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Paul S. Eriksson, New York, 1968. HBDJ, 1st Edition, 1968, NF-/VG-, AS-IS, white Boards with Black Cloth Spine Title in Red light Wear, DJ light rub, wear Scuff tiny chips edges, 184 pgs, interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, Small mended Tear Back DJ, .It says everything that people don't want to know about themselves or their mates or their marriages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1964. HBDJ,1964, First Modern Library Edition 1964 (Unstated). Back of Foxed DJ lists 7 Titles Short Stories of Chekhov Thru Poems, PLAYS OF PUSHKIN, Back Inner DJ flap Pre Zip Code Coupon VG+/GOOD+ . 4 7/8  x 7 1/4 IN. 423 pages. Bright blue cloth hardcover (Toledano binding # 11). DJ VERSO IS Blank, Tight, square binding, bright gilt, sharp corners. Light crimping spine ends, small former owner stamp top half-title page. The first issue dust jacket shows light perimeter edgewear, light rubbing along the folds, short creases bottom spine, and moderate rubbing & soiling front & back panels. The top front flap is neatly price-clipped & bears a small former owner name. CREASES TO BTM Spine DJ, Mylar protected jacket. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Ace Science Fiction Books, NY, 1985. HBDJ, 1985, 1st edition THUS, PC, Bookclub edition of the paperback original. Precedes the British hardcover , First Hardcover Edition. F-/NF, Light rub, wear Scuff DJ, Yellow cloth lettered Black spine, Small edge tear Back DJ . Gregorio Rivas has retired from the Redemptionist trade - at 31 he's no longer willing to risk his life rescuing new recruits from the savage religion of Messiah Norton Jaybush. until Rivas sets out to save his long-lost love, in a violent piulgrimage that will take him through the landscape of the damned which is 22nd century California . Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1942. HBDJ, 1942, Stated 1st ML edition , correct first issue jacket (281 titles listed on verso) , & BACK DJ 95 CENTS & OVER 275 TITLES & PREZIPCODE COUPON, VG/GOOD+, Blue cloth Hardcover with Red Box with Gold gilt Title. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+. 362 PGS + ADS End G60, the Idiot , 12mo. Pages are browning slightly with age, and corners are lightly bumped. Jacket corners and top and bottom edges of spine are torn, and there is wear to edges & small Extremities chips. DJ Spine has several creases running along it & tiny end chips, and there are two LITE creases on front cover. In protective mylar. REDTOPSTAIN ,correct first issue jacket (281 titles listed on verso) Foremost ironist in America, her verse "sharpened to arrowpoint and dipped in the bubbling acid of her wit." Includes Big Blonde, The Sexes, NY to Detroit, Last Tea ETC. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1972 HBDJ, 1972. STATED First edition on Copyright Pg, 1ST Printing, VG+/VG, AS-IS, Yellow COLOR ILLUSTRATED Boards surrounding Color Illustration of Cable Car with 2 B/W Eyes in Front Chugging Uphill in Front of Houses Hardcover. TITLED IN BLACK ON FRONT CVR, Book Condition: A VERY GOOD+ copy . DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR, VG CONDITION WITH TINY Chips Extremities, Oblong large octavo in color illus yellow boards; [32] pgs. col. illus. 20 x 24 cm. In a super-sturdy sewn library binding , DJ protected Clear Mylar, Unpaginated,Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Light Rub scuff DJ FIRST EDITION (stated) 1972 hardcover Pictorial boards. Cover is worn at corners, shows a tiny dent at middle back near the spine, and some general shelf rubbing. Gift inscription handwritten on second front page. Binding is solid. ,Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. story of an unusual friendship between a cable car and a chance encounter with a dragon during Chinese New Year. dragon and old San Francisco, wonderful adventures by one of San Francisco's favorite natives, takes you on wonderful adventures in the City by the Bay, Nob Hill, China Town, Russian Hill, and the possibility of a disasterous plunge in the San Francisco Bay unless a miracle occurs, A zany tale set in San Francisco during the Chines. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

MODERN LIBRARY NY, 1946 HBDJ, A Stated First Modern Library Edition on Copyright pg, 1946. VG/GOOD, AS-IS, The 316 ML titles listed inside the DJ are correct for the first edition. Book is in VG condition; tight Green Cloth binding with Title in Gilt inside Black Box, clean boards with minimal wear, bump at upper-right corner, no writing or marks on the interior pages. The dust jacket is in Good condition; decent front panel with small light stain and DJ spine with modest soiling/discoloration, some scuffing on the folds, 1/8 inch chipping at corners and bottom of spine small chips NOT AFFECTING Titles, 3/8 inch chip on top-left edge of spine. 5 X 7 1/4 IN. , Blue Topstain outerTop pgs edge, 400 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Orange & White Rockwell Kent Endpapers ,HBDJ, Stated First Modern Library Edition 1931, NF/VG, 200 Title Back of Dust jacket & PRE-ZIP CODE COUPON The book is almost VG, 513 PGS, NO ADS IN BACK, MACY'S STAMP TITLE PG,, RED TOPSTAIN, nice and tight, with very minor toning. The Dustjacket has minor toning and minimal EDGEchipping. The spine is slightly toned. REDrust CLOTH STREAMER RUNNING MAN ON FRONT & TITLED IN GOLD GILT ON Spine Cvr, Back & VERSO DJ panel refers to 200 books, correct for the first issue & PreZipcode Coupon & 95 cents. 4 1/4" x 6 5/8". Russet red balloon cloth binding NF (Toledano # 7), unblemished deep red topstain . gilt Lite Fade , tight, square binding, in Aqua Green Dustjacket with lines at top & Btm & Illustration of Ship with 1 smokestack in Ocean blowing Smoke, Panarama of Sea as a background for struggle of men in Ships agains

HBDJ, STATED 1ST Modern Library, 1961,NF/VG-, SMALL CHIP Front DJ , TINY CHIPS DJ SPINE Ends, THICK BLACK Cloth with Silver Gilt Titles to SPINE, 499 PGS + List of Titles, Back of DJ Lists titles Basic writings Freud Thru Theory Leisure Class ,Deep & Intimate Account of Actual Family from Slums Mexico City.Manuel & Roberto, the Brothers,TEIR SISTERSX CONSUELO & MARTA & JESUS THE FATHER. World of Violence & Death. Capacity for Gaiety. Hope for Better Life.

MODERN LIBRARY NY, 1946 HBDJ, Stated First Modern Library Edition on Copyright pg, 1946. VG/VG, AS-IS, no bad wear but there's THIN EDGE masking tape applied neatly to the bottom and top edges DJ from reinforcement to edge on Verso of DJ. The 316 ML titles listed inside the DJ are correct for the first edition. Book is in VG condition; tight Green Cloth binding with Title in Gilt inside Black Box, clean boards with minimal wear, bump at upper-right corner, no writing or marks on the interior pages. The dust jacket is in VERYGood condition; front panel with VERY small light stain and DJ spine with modest soiling , some scuffing on the folds, 5 X 7 1/4 IN. , Blue Topstain outerTop pgs edge, 400 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK, OVER 300 GREAT Titles mentioned on back of DJ. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Hurst & Company NY, 1881. HBDJ, 1881, 1st edition Thus, Beautiful pictorial cloth cover with Green , blue , black & Grey with gold gilt & decoration on spine, Cover minor rub wear Covr, DJ some rub, wear & numerous small pieces chips alaong extremities on affects title on spine , Mild wear internally O/W Nice, Tight Clean, VG+/G00D, AS-IS, Cover is distinctive design in colored inks & Gold, Larger type, Fine Heavy Paper, Firmly bound in Cloth, 170 pgs, . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1972 HBDJ, 1972. Stated 1ST EDITION , 1st PRINTING .SIGNED BY AUTHOR, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, .Yellow COLOR ILLUSTRATED Boards surrounding Color Illustration of Cable Car with 2 B/W Eyes in Front Chugging Uphill in Front of Houses Hardcover. TITLED IN BLACK ON FRONT CVR, Book Condition: A very NEAR Fine+ copy . DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR SMALL EDGECREASEs & tiny Tears DJ & few Scuff Marks is VG- CONDITION Oblong large octavo in color illus yellow boards; [32] pgs. col. illus. 20 x 24 cm. In a super-sturdy sewn library binding. Signed by Caen on HALF title page which also HAS FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION. , DJ protected Clear Mylar, Unpaginated, DJ Spine Tiny Chips, This is the only children's book ever done by Mr. Caen. Light Soil Back DJ ,Ages 4-8, rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. story of an unusual friendship between a cable car and a chance encounter with a dragon during Chinese New Year. dragon and old San Francisco, wonderful adventures by one of San Francisco's favorite natives, takes you on wonderful adventures in the City by the Bay, Nob Hill, China Town, Russian Hill, and the possibility of a disasterous plunge in the San Francisco Bay unless a miracle occurs, A zany tale set in San Francisco during the Chinese New Year's celebration about a young cable car that is tired of his job so he turns left instead of right on Jackson St, ending up in the middle of a parade where he meets a Chinese dragon who is also bored with his work. The famous columnist's foray into juvenile fiction, set of course, in San Francisco. The late Herb Caen was a humorous and active voice for the city by the bay. This charming children's book was written for his son Christopher. , Numerous full color illustrations from water color.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

HBDJ, Very Good/VG-, AS-IS. ,Feb 1924, 1st Edition, STATED 1ST ISSUE, , Single illustration as Frontispiece by Frances Creedon. Preface by John Steven McGroatyBEIGE Tweed Cloth Lettered & ILLUSTRATED FRONT CVR IN BLUE OF WOMAN, Cover VERY light rub, wear Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, , 166 pgs, 12mo. BEIGE Cloth HARDBACK WITH BLUE TITLES & OVAL ILLUSTRATION IN BLUE. Hardcover. Clean crisp copy with no markings. Very good in VG- dust jacket with SPINE & edge chips & Tiny STAINS TINY CHIPS TEARS BACK OF DJ, . Clean crisp copy. SMALL CHIP TOP OF DJ SPINE , 120-page slightly undersized hardcover published by the author. Stated "First Issue, February, 1924." Signed by the author on first endpage. Single illustration as frontispiece. Good. Fully clean and tight. Tear to bottom margin of one page. Chip to front hinge at upper spine. Moderate soling to page tops. Obvious wear to dust jacket with spine discoloration, Good/Fully Clean and Tight/ SLITE Obvious Wear to Dust Jacket/Signed On First Page, centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena, then part of the Spanish estate San Pasqual in 1847, just before California's statehood. Love Story of Early Days in Pasadena IN WHICH FAMOUS OLD SPANISH Families are woven into the Plot, Includes Founding of Tournament of Roses

HBDJ, First Modern Library Edition #187 ,1931. First Edition stated on copyright page, VG-/GOOD, , Rose brown balloon cloth thin flexible boards stamped in gilt at spine and front cover.Back DJ cover states complete list of 190 Bks COUPON with Pre Zip Code Coupon. , book is Near Fine, with a Bloomingdales stamp to title page and a penciled price to ffep. Penciled owner's signature. Binding tight and straight. Jacket is Very Good, with separation to front and rear flaps and attendant chipping. Deep price clip. Minor chipping to top of slighty darkened spine and 1/2" closed tear to bottom. Spine separation starting very lightly. 372 PGS, NO ADS IN BACK

HBDJ, 1917 ON COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST Edition THUS , EARLY ISSUE, SIGNED by Morley on HALF TITLE PG ! NO INSCRIPTION ,Very Good+ copy. VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS OR TEARS , BACK OF DJ ADVERTISES THIS TITLE, SMALL BLUE ILLUST CLOTH CVR WITH PURPLE ILUSTRATION OF HORSE PULLING BKSHOP ON WHEELS AT TOP , BLUE CLOTH SPINE, COVER SHOWS MINOR SHELF WEAR Binding is tight and sturdy. Minor fading to spine CVR Gilt, minimal shelf wear. RED Embossed Cloth with Rub to Gold Gilt TiTles on SPine CVR, 190 PGS, LITE INTERIOR FOX, Morley's first novel,The protagonist, traveling bookseller Roger Mifflin,With his traveling book wagon, Roger Mifflin moves through the New England countryside of 1915, making bookselling seem one of the world's highest callings. This is a great classic on books and book collecting Probably the most famous bookselling novel to be written, classic tale of a traveling bookstore, horse-drawn, and the protagonist's dealings with his sister.

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Fiske Enterprises, 1979 HBDJ, Oversized Red Boards with Gold Gilt titles, Stated 1st edition, November 1979, , over 300 Vintage Fotos, NF+/FINE-, Light Rub wear, DJ protected clear Mylar, 288 pgs, INDEX, 12 x 9.25. ,extraordinary collection of photographs tracing a century of history in the little town the Indians once called "Cahuengna" that later became famous the world over as the seductive capital of the film industry. Hollywood's absorbing story included ""The beginnings of the city," "The beginnings of the movies," and "The beginnings of the myth.". Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

HBDJ, 1931. Stated First Modern Library Edition COPYRIGHT PG, BK VG- / GOOD- DJ, 1ST in the first issue, 200-title dust jacket. , here is some minor staining. The DJ, which is good only, has about one inch of chipping on the top and bottom of the spine, a small stain the front panel and a vertical chip on the spine. There a few tears elsewhere on the front and back panels. Obviously, this is not that good a DJ, but it is still very rare for a first of this issue,and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle - all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual's place in the historical process

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, 1979 HBDJ,Oversized , Stated 1st edition,November 1979, , over 300 Vintage Fotos, VG+/VG+, Light Rub wear. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

MODERN LIBRARY NY #90 on DJ Spine, 1951 Grey & White Running man Rockwell Kent Endpapers, Publisher blue topstain top outer pgs,HBDJ, 1951, Stated 1st Modern Library edition on copyright pg, NF/NF Light WhiteBrown DJ WITH BlackLettering on top & Red Lettering at Btm of DJ Front. Unclipped DJ is in NF condition showing slight tearing along the edges and EVER SO slight discoloration in a protective mylar cover. Boards and binding are in NF condition with just very slight wear and slight cant forward. Text is in NF condition with no markings whatsoever OTHER THAN the inscriptions described above. Red Cloth with Black Label on front & Spine cvr, 5 X 7 1/4 IN. Tiny chips tears spine DJ Ends, Back Inner Flap Lists Thru Jean-Christophe, . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

HBDJ, 1931. First Modern Library Edition STATED. NF/VG-, AS-IS, "Jacket has some wear and foxing, foxing to closed page edges. Ink name on the back of the first page and the title page." 12mo, 190pp. BACK OF DJ HAS PRE ZIPCODE COUPON. & MENTIONS 190 BKS Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Beautiful Stated First Modern Library Edition #190. Blue soft cloth with logo in gilt on front board and titles in gilt on spine. Binding style #6 as called for. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of wear to spine ends but quite minor. Edges mildly toned. Very attractive unclipped correct First Issue dust jacket WITH TINY EXTREMITIES WEAR & CHIPS. , ($.95 190 titles listed), has some tiny closed tears and rubbing to edges and folds. Chipping to spine ends. Light soiling. Still solid, bright and uncommon in any condition. A sharp collectable copy and scarce in this condition.. This is a great classic on books and book collecting, Probably the most famous bookselling novel to be written, book seller in a horse drawn wagon,

Borzoi Books/ Alfred A. Knopf NY, 2004. HBDJ, 2004, Stated First Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright page, BRAND NEW, UNREAD! CONDITION: Near Mint, The dust jacket is in very fine/new condition, showing no shelf wear, not price-clipped. blue embossed Cloth with Gold Gilt Titles on Spine, The book is in very fine/new condition, very tightly bound. No writing or markings inside the book other than the autograph. No remainder. No pages are missing or bent. Not ex-library, 959 pgs, + Index. the 42nd president of the United States reveals, for the first time and in his own words, how he sees his life and career. MY LIFE is a 900+-page work that is ambitious in scope, yet very conversational in tone. Clinton speaks fondly of his early years in Hope, Arkansas, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

HBDJ ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1928, VG-/VG- , Lite Staining at Fold DJ & Back & Front TINY CHIPS AT DJ SPINE ENDS ALL TITLES PRESENT, , PINKCLOTH HARDBACK WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES ON FRONT LITE FADE ,HAS STAIN SPOT FADE ON FRONT & BACK CVR CORNERS , BEIGE ILLUSTRATED DJ HAS LITE STAIN ON FRONT & BACK CORNER BTM, DJ IS SALMON ILLUSTRATED WITH ON DJ SPINE 7/6 NET WITH METHEUMN AT BTM SPINE DJ & BACK DJ WINNIE HOLDING CANDLE & TIGGER, Main issue is fading to bottom corners of the front and rear boards fr. Otherwise, a very tight, clean copy.Dustjacket in VG- condition with edgewear and staining to the bottom corners of front and rear panels. BACK 10 PGS OR SO HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE STAIN , BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6 , , first British edition and precedes all others, being the earliest and most desirable printing of this book. This British edition precedes the American Edition,once more we meet Christopher robin & his friends in the forest