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1.
Delavan 1837-1937 A Chronicle Of 100 Years
Delavan 1837-1937 A Chronicle Of 100 Years

 Bloomington: The City Of Delavan Illinois, 1937. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illustrated wrappers. 78pp, (1). Prepared by Workers of The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Illinois. Cover design by the Federal Art Project in Illinois. Illustrated throughout. A clean, bright, and solid copy. Now quite scarce. Dykes, #79. READ MORE
Price: $200.00
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Dumbarton Oaks Papers Number Seventeen
Dumbarton Oaks Papers Number Seventeen

 Washington DC: The Dumbarton Oaks Center For Byzantine Studies, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Quarto volume bound in blue cloth and lettered in gilt at the spine. Contains the following essays: A. H. M. Jones - The Greeks Under the Roman Empire; Moses Hadas - Hellenistic Literature; Romilly J. H. Jenkins - The Hellenistic Origins of Byzantine Literature;... READ MORE
Price: $200.00
3.
Minneapolis, The Story Of A City
Minneapolis, The Story Of A City

 (Minneapolis): Minnesota Department of Education and Minneapolis Board of Education, 1940. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original illustrated wrappers. 94pp. Illustrated. Compiled by Workers of the Federal Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Minnesota. A very clean,bright and solid copy. A scarce WPA publication. Dykes, #152. READ MORE
Price: $200.00
4.
Stories Of New Jersey. Its SIgnificant Places, People And Activities
Stories Of New Jersey. Its SIgnificant Places, People And Activities

 New York: M. Barrows And Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. In original yellow cloth binding, with lettering and state map stamped in blue. Octavo, xiii, 422pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey. Profusely illustrated with two in-text maps. This copy has what Scharf &... READ MORE
Price: $250.00
5.
Satan Was A Man. EDWARD HALE BIERSTADT.
Satan Was A Man

 New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Lovely cover art by William Addison Dwiggins. Scarce in this superb condition. READ MORE
Price: $250.00
6.
Undertones Of War. EDMUND BLUNDEN.
Undertones Of War

 London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, (1928). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine. In a plain buff dust jacket with borders and lettering in black. An exceptionally clean, bright and lovely example of this superb work, considered along with Sassoon's Memoirs of An Infantry Officer among the finest works to come from... READ MORE
Price: $700.00
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The Novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte. Jane Eyre, Villette, Wuthering Heights, The Professor, Shirley, and Combined in one Volume; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall with Agnes Grey. CHARLOTTE BRONTE, EMILY BRONTE, ANNE BRONTE.
The Novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte. Jane Eyre, Villette, Wuthering Heights, The Professor, Shirley, and Combined in one Volume; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall with Agnes Grey
Edmund Dulac (illustrator).
 London: J. M. Dent, 1922. Leather Bound. Near Fine. Six octavo volumes now bound in full smooth calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. This set appears to have been specially bound for The J. W. Robinson Company of Los Angeles. Their name appears next to the Sangorski & Sutcliffe statement at the front free endpaper. At the rear of each volume... READ MORE
Price: $2,250.00
8.
Listen, Moon! LEONARD CLINE.
Listen, Moon!

 New York: The Viking Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and lovely copy of this scarce title. A wonderful comic novel telling of a Johns Hopkins Latin Professor, Higbie Chaffinch, as he takes off with the free spirited daughter of a very conservative minister, and a remaing cast of characters consisting of Hiltonshurley... READ MORE
Price: $350.00
9.
Light In August. WILLIAM FAULKNER.
Light In August

 London: Chatto & Windus, 1933. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. 480pp. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The rare and complete dust jacket is very lovely. It has received some minor restoration at the spine ends. Compelling art work by Goetz. From a relatively small print... READ MORE
Price: $3,500.00
10.
Marriage Returns of York County, Maine Prior to 1892. JOHN ELDRIDGE AND ANDERSON FROST, JOSEPH CROOK, II.
Marriage Returns of York County, Maine Prior to 1892

 Camden, ME: Picton Press, (1993). First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine. As new. An excellent copy in all respects, now quite scarce. Illustrated endpapers. READ MORE
Price: $200.00
11.
Alias Blackshirt. BRUCE GRAEME.
Alias Blackshirt

 New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Blue cloth lettered in black. Powder blue endpapers. A lovely copy in an extremely clean and bright original dust jacket. Just a hint of edge-wear to the jacket. READ MORE
Price: $250.00
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Expostion De La Doctrine De L'…glise Catholique Orthodoxe AccompagnÈe Des DiffÈrences Qui Se Recontrent Dans Les Autres …glises ChretiÈnnes. WLADIMIR GUETT…E.
Expostion De La Doctrine De L'…glise Catholique Orthodoxe AccompagnÈe Des DiffÈrences Qui Se Recontrent Dans Les Autres …glises ChretiÈnnes

 Paris: Fischbacher, 1884. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A lovely copy of an extremely rare text. GuettÈe began his religious life a Roman Catholic but later broke from the Church after becoming convinced there were many flaws in the Roman Orthodoxy. He wrote many books on his theological concerns. His books from the 19th century are now quite scarce. This... READ MORE
Price: $250.00
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The Naval History Of Britain, From The Earliest Periods Of Which There Are Accounts In History, To The Conclusion Of The Year M.DCC.LVI. Compiled From The Papers Of The Late Honourable Captain George Berkley, Commander Of His Majesty's Ship WINDSOR. JOHN HILL.
The Naval History Of Britain, From The Earliest Periods Of Which There Are Accounts In History, To The Conclusion Of The Year M.DCC.LVI. Compiled From The Papers Of The Late Honourable Captain George Berkley, Commander Of His Majesty's Ship WINDSOR

 London: T. Osborne and J. Shifton, 1756. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large Crown Folio, 16 3/4 tall by 10 1/2 wide. [17], 2-576 - (577 is mis-numbered as 573) - so - [(573-706)], [2]. This is a mis-numbering flaw only - all contents complete with every catchword matching. This is a complete text. Contains extensive Contents listing just after... READ MORE
Price: $2,500.00
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Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland, Part I and The General History. P. W. JOYCE, A. M. SULLIVAN.
Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland, Part I and The General History

 New York: Murphy & McCarthy, 1902. Hardcover. Fine. Large 4to. A beautiful copy of this massive work. New spines and corners all in red grained leather, frame the original illustrated cloth on boards. Marbled edges. New endpapers as well. This book has been lovingly restored and is now very solid and can be safely read and enjoyed. Illustrated throughout with... READ MORE
Price: $400.00
15.
Silverfoot. MAUD LINDSAY.
Silverfoot

 Boston: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, Co. (1924). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in original grey cloth with illustrations and title stamped in black. Illustrated endpapers. All illustrations by Florence Liley Young. All plates are present. In the extremely rare complete dust jacket which shows only minor wear with a closed tear at the bottom edge of... READ MORE
Price: $250.00
16.
The Catalans. PATRICK O'BRIAN.
The Catalans

 New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very nice copy of a very difficult book to find in any condition. The dust jacket shows a little wear around the edges and has one chip at the top of the spine. READ MORE
Price: $500.00
17.
The Bonfire Murder. T. ARTHUR PLUMMER.
The Bonfire Murder

 New York: The Macaulay Company, (1937). First American edition. Hardcover. Good / Very Good. Probable married jacket. The book is solid but has some shelf wear. The jacket is quite bright and very attractive. Inspector Frampton of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the murder of a Mayor, found charred in a victory bonfire. A slight complication arises -... READ MORE
Price: $275.00
18.
Northwest Passage. KENNETH ROBERTS.
Northwest Passage

 New York: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Two volume limited edition housed in the original illustrated slip-case. Maroon cloth, spines lettered in gilt, map endpapers, top edges gilt. White dust jackets are complete though the lettering on the spines is faded by half and there is moderate wrinkling to volume I, very minor wrinkling to... READ MORE
Price: $1,650.00
19.
A Necessary End. PETER ROBINSON.
A Necessary End

 Toronto/London: Viking, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of this, the third Inspector Banks Mystery. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE
Price: $200.00
20.
The President Vanishes. REX STOUT, Anonymous.
The President Vanishes

 New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. 8vo. Red cloth lettered in black. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy with just a hint of edge-wear. A piece of the top corner of the jacket's rear flap is missing. The sensational tale of the kidnapping of the... READ MORE
Price: $1,200.00
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An Introduction To Greek And Latin Palaeography. SIR EDWARD MAUNDE THOMPSON.
An Introduction To Greek And Latin Palaeography

 Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine. Profusely illustrated throughout. A classic text in the field. This copy signed by Romilly Jenkins, a very distinguished scholar and author. The dust jacket shows loss at the bottom right corner of the front panel and is... READ MORE
Price: $300.00
22.
Corporal Glory. S. ROBERT TRALINS.
Corporal Glory

 New York: Exposition Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / near fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of this World War II novel of life in the Marine Corps and the efforts of a man who wants out. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very scarce and particularly in this fine condition. Wonderful lurid period cover art. READ MORE
Price: $225.00
23.
The Mystery Of The Papyrus. G. B. VALE.
The Mystery Of The Papyrus

 London: Methuen & Company, (1929). Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Original green cloth, lettered in blue on the front panel and the spine. 8vo. Eight page publishers catalog at rear. 246pp. In the complete and exceedingly rare dust jacket. The front panel of the jacket is bright and in good condition. The spine is faded with text in blue maintained... READ MORE
Price: $2,750.00
24.
The Code Of The Woosters. P. G. WODEHOUSE.
The Code Of The Woosters

 London: Herbert Jenkins, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original green cloth lettered in black. "PGW38" license plate visible. There is some edge-wear at the spine ends and corners and a small horizontal crease along the bottom edge of the front panel. All of the colors are very bright. 7'/6 price on the spine. Great jacket art... READ MORE
Price: $4,000.00
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The Small Bachelor. P. G. WODEHOUSE.
The Small Bachelor

 New York: George H. Doran Company, (1927). First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original yellow cloth, lettered in brown. In a complete and quite lovely dust jacket with illustration by Hartmann. The jacket has recieved minor archival work, mostly to remove tape and tape residue from the verso. This novel is based on an earlier stage treatment... READ MORE
Price: $1,750.00

 
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