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$35.00
ak4/18/2668

Amparo


MORTIMER, CHAPMAN

FIRST EDITION Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition spain english expat tourist holiday

$30.00
ak4/19/2694

The King of California: J. G Boswell and the making of a secret american empire


ARAX, MARK & WARTZMAN, RICK

FIRST EDITION, Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w with minor water stain (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition north american history biography james griffin boswell california

$32.50
ak4/19/2695

Business in Great Waters, The U-Boat Wars 1916-1945


TERRAINE, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper, 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition anglo-american submarine war military history

$25.00
ak4/19/2696

John Studebaker: An American Dream


CORLE, EDWIN

FIRST EDITION Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-, very poor: flap detached, segments missing): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1948

KEYWORDS: modern first edition north american history west

$60.00
1y96/49

How Tom Beat Captain Najork And His Hired Sportsmen


HOBON, RUSSELL & BLAKE, QUENTIN (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, quarto hardcover, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, illus titlepage, frontispiece, unpaginated, VG (heavy scuffing and wear to edges of boards and spine, moderate creasing to hinges, moderate foxing to boards, mild tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (heavy foxing to faces, moderate scratching and soiling to faces, heavy curling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition illus childrens literature

$52.50
ak4/20/2756

So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away


BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, VG (moderate tanning and foxing to edges and within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1983

KEYWORDS: richard brautigan usa us american literature modern first edition counter culture counterculture

$40.00
ak4/20/2762

Memoirs of a Geisha


GOLDEN, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, ADVANCED READING COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 394pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature japan geisha advanced reading copy

$75.00
ak4/20/2763

Cloudslitter


BANKS, RUSSELL

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION (ADVANCED READING COPY); super octavo white illus. light card covers, 758pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing, a touch of tanning within, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: HarperFlamingo / Harper Collins 1998

KEYWORDS: russell banks signed modern first edition literature advanced reading copy

$40.00
ak4/20/2764

Dead Men's Trousers


WELSH, IRVINE

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; super octavo illus. light card covers, 419pp, VG+ (sl. tanning within, a touch of soiling to edges, sl. scuffing to covers, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2018

KEYWORDS: ian banks scottish literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy

$25.00
ak4/20/2765

The Collected Stories of Sean O'Faolain: Volume 1


O'FAOLAIN, SEAN

FIRST EDITION; this vol. only; octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Constable 1980

KEYWORDS: irish literature modern first edition short stories story collected sean o'faolain

$245.00
ak4/20/2767

Jurassic Park


CRICHTON, MICHAEL

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo white cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi+399pp, VG (moderate tanning and light foxing within, light foxing and scuffing to boards) in d/w VG (light soiling and scuffing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Century 1991

KEYWORDS: jurassic park modern first edition popular fiction speculative dinosaurs dinosaur

$175.00
ak1/16B/2781

Socialism Plus: Some Predictions


HASTINGS, JOHN P.

FIRST EDITION, c. 1936 (Bagnall H461); octavo green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front, xi+360pp, VG- (light creasing to spine, light scuffing rubbing and moderate soiling to boards, light tanning and foxing within, occasional underscoring by prev. owner with newspaper clippings taped in)

PUBLISHER: J. P. Hastings c. 1936

KEYWORDS: john p hastings new zealand politics political modern first edition socialism socialist

$130.00
ak1/16B/2782

Einstein's Monsters


AMIS, MARTIN

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; octavo red light card covers, black lettering to front, 127pp, nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1987

KEYWORDS: british english literature modern first edition uncorrected proof copy story short stories signed martin amis

$65.00
ak1/16B/2785

I, George Nepia


NEPIA, GEORGE & MCLEAN, TERRY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY NEPIA, octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus., VG (light scuffing to boards, light tanning and occasional light foxing soiling within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing chipping and creasing, heavy fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: george nepia rugby all blacks new zealand sports sporting memoir autobiography signed modern first edition

$42.00
1y97/36

The Thanks Giving Visitor


CAPOTE, TRUMAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 64pp., VG (moderate scuffing and bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate tanning and foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to page interiros) in d/w, VG (moderate curling and scuffing to edges, mild soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition memoir autobiography

$25.00
ak4/22/2808

Lost


MAGUIRE, GREGORY

FIRST EDITION Imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Regan Books, 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ghost fantasy london

$25.00
ak4/22/2809

The Son of a Witch


MAGUIRE, GREGORY

FIRST EDITION Imperial octavo hardcover (NF) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Regan Books, 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition wizard of oz fantasy literature sequel wicked

$25.00
ak4/22/2813

Three to Get Deadly


EVANOVICH, JANET

FIRST EDITION Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) : all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton, 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition new jersey crime thriller literature

$30.00
ak4/23/2852

Death of a Doctor


FEKETE, GYULA

FIRST EDITION Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Corvina Press, 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition hungarian political post war literature

$30.00
ak4/22/2816

Summer of the Cicada


NAPIER, WILL

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSRCIBED BY AUTHOR, Octavo sofcover (NF) : all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape, 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed and inscribed by author southern us gothic literature

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