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Bly, Carol LETTERS FROM THE COUNTRY
New York, NY Harper & Row 1981 0060103574 / 9780060103576 First Edition Hardcover Signed by Author
SIGNED. This is a First Edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is in near find condition. There is a faint difference in the matte finish of the cloth binding at the spine. The covers have a grey paper in fine condition. The end papers are in dark grey and are pristine. The pages appear to be unread. The author signed on the title page (no inscription, no date) . The pages appear to be unread. The dust jacket is in very good condition - there is a slight loss of the grey color layer of the paper at the foreedges. The corners and spine edges show some wear - tiny tears. The original price is still present. The jacket is -protected from any further wear by a new archival, see-through and removable mylar cover. First edition is stated and there is a full number line. The cover art is an aerial angle of a farm (in a subtle winter setting) - designed by Gloria Adelson. ; 8vo; 184 pages; Signed by Author
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24.00 USD
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Cornish, Blanche Warre SOME FAMILY LETTERS OF W. M. THACKERAY Together with Recollections by His Kinswoman
Boston, MA Houghton And Mifflin 1911 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine
This is a hardcover, limited edition, book in near fine condition. There is no dust jacket. The covers are very clean, the binding tight, corners straight. The interior pages are very clean as are the end papers. There are no marks or writing. This is number 60 of 550 copies printed. The covers are a soft green paper with a blind-stamped border and monogram. There is a delicate tinted portrait of Thackeray from a sketch by Richard Doyle. ; 8vo
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43.00 USD
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Cross, J. W. GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE As Related in Her Letters and Journals (Three Volumes)
New York, NY Harper & Borthers 1885 Hardcover Near Fine
This is the 1885 edition in a 3 volume set in the original publishers binding; green cloth with gilt. The bindings are very tight, the books are clean, bright, and crisp, the gilt is bright. The end papers are coated brown paper. The pages are very clean and there are no marks or writing. There are three engraved frontispieces of Eliot and a plate with a portrait of Robert Evans, all with tissue guards. There are other illustrations in black and white. Each volume has a bookplate of the former owner on the front pasted down end paper. Volume 1 contains a gift note pasted in on the front free end paper. The set was a given to the owner by William Purcell and dated December 25, 1885. Purcell was Editor of the Rochester Union and Advertiser newspaper. ; Vol. 3 VOL; Small 8vo
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65.00 USD
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Hesse, Hermann BRIEFE Erweiterte Ausgabe
Frnakfurt Suhrkamp Verlag 1964 First Edition Hardcover
This is a hardcover book without a dust jacket. Handsomely bound in grey cloth covers and a lightly stampled title on the spine in gilt. The book is quite crisp and clean except for a hint of a spot on the cover and light spots on the page edges at the foot of the book. Tight, bright, No marks or writing on end papers or pages. There is a short closed tear on the rear end paper. Well cared for. In German. ; 8vo; 567 pages
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17.00 USD
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Jacob, Gilles and Claude de Givray (editors) FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT Correspondence 1945 - 1984
New York, NY The Noonday Press 1990 0374522022 / 9780374522025 First American Edition Softcover Fine
This is the First American Edition of this book in a softcover (trade edition) . There is a Review Copy laid in from the publisher. The book appears to be unread. The spine has no creases. The corners and covers are fresh, straight, and very clean. The interior is perfect. There are no marks or wiring. Gift condition. This thick and somewhat heavy book may require extra postage if shipped by air. ; Photographs; 8vo; 590 pages
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19.00 USD
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Randolph, Mary LOVE LETTERS FROM THE NILE
New York, NY The Knickerbocker Press 1910 First Edition Hardcover Illustrated by F. Perlberg
This is the first edition hardcover book published in 1910. The book has a tight binding, green cloth cover with a river scene in black and Egyptian stylized flower and rive scene accents in light blue ink. The title in the spine is in gilt and the cloth has darkened. The rear covers has some spots; the front cover is clean. There is a touch of cloth fraying at the very tips of the cornres. The end paper as a bookplate of George Young Hull who is supposed to be connected to the Hull House in Chicago. There is another former owner gift note on the other end paper with a love greeting (dated Dec 16, 1910. . The interior pages are clean and crisp. The book has full page illustrations by F. Perlberg. ; 8vo; 205 pages
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45.00 USD
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Rodman, F. Robert (Editior) THE SPONTANEOUS GESTURE Selected Letters of D. W. Winnicott
Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 1987 0674833368 / 9780674833364 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket
This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book appears to be unread. It has a tight binding. There are no flaws to describe. It is crisp, bright, clean ... No marks or writing. The dust jacket is equally crisp and clean, unclipped, no wear. And it is covered in a new, archival, see-through, removable mylar cover. ; 8vo; 211 pages
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37.00 USD
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls WEST FROM HOME Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder San Francisco 1915 (To Almanzo Wilder)
New York, NY Harper & Row 1974 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Good dust jacket
This is a hardcover first edition book in a dust jacket. The book is very clean and crisp in a tight binding with no marks or writing. Crisp and clean. The unclipped dust jacket has a water stain has a few closed tears and a touch of wear to the bottom front cover. The jacket is now protected in a new archival see-through and removable mylar cover. The design of the cover is a domes of one of the buildings at the World's Fair Panama Exposition, a streecar, and a postage stamp. The appendix has some recipes from the Exposition. Edited by Roger Lea MacBride. Historical setting is by Margot Patterson Doss. ; 8vo; 124 pages
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18.50 USD
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