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  • Seller image for Dracula for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Bram Stoker

    Published by The Modern Library, 1932

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Modern library edition, early reprint (circa 1950s) of Stoker's classic tale of vampiric horror. In the striking dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. New York: The Modern Library, 1932. Publisher's original cloth, decorated and lettered in black and gilt; pp. xii, 418. An about near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with 377 titles to verso. Binding is tight and sturdy, minimal wear to boards, a touch of foxing to edge of text block. Internally clean. Jacket shows light shelfwear and rubbing with a couple small closed tears, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721595340571

  • Seller image for David Hockney for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Marco Livingstone, David Hockney

    Published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the first full-length critical study of Hockney. Signed by Hockney to the half-title in red marker. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981. Publisher's original cloth, spine lettered in gilt; 281. With 185 illustrations, 36 in color. Very faint bow to front board, else a fine copy in a near fine+ dust jacket showing the slightest trace of shelfwear. Scarce signed, protected in archival mylar. Signed by Illustrator(s).

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721410530400

  • Seller image for Suburban Monastery Death Poem for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    d.a. levy

    Published by Zero Edition, 1968

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    Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of this scarce levy item, an important work of the mimeo revolution. With the cover and illustrations by Barb O'Connelly. Cleveland, OH: Zero Edition, 1968. Side-stapled mimeo sheets bound in stiff white wraps with the cover drawings on blue paper adhered to the front and rear wraps; pp. [28]. In very good condition. Wraps show some general shelfwear, toning to wraps and adhered illustrations. Internally clean with light toning.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721408702138

  • Seller image for ukanhavyrfuckincitibak for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    d.a. levy, Edited by rjs, With six color silkscreens by T.L. Kryss

    Published by Ghost Press, 1968

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    Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this essential and extensive collection of levy's poetry, concrete poetry, picture-poems, prose, poetic manifestos and editorials, plus letters from poets and writers written in support of levy after his indictment and arrest, and newspaper accounts of same. Cleveland, OH: Ghost Press, 1968. Publisher's original stiff illustrated wraps bound with black library type, mimeographed pages; pp. unpaginated [approx. 275 with six color silkscreens by T.L. Kryss]. Very good or better showing minimal shelfwear and some toning/foxing to back cover, scattered foxing internally. Scarce.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721334340366

  • Seller image for Moby Dick; or, The Whale for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Herman Melville

    Published by Harper & Brothers, 1851

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    Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First American edition of Melville s masterpiece and arguably the greatest single work in American literature. In the BAL first issue binding. This edition follows the three volume English edition by a month and is the first with its familiar title, along with the addition of 35 passages and the epilogue. Moby Dick was originally a "complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harpers' fire destroyed the plates of all his books and most of the copies remaining in stock" (DAB). These mixed reviews and lack of commercial success led to Melville's financial difficulties and decline in literary reputation. However, in the early 20th century, the novel was rediscovered and reappraised by scholars and critics, who recognized its complex narrative structure, rich symbolism, and profound themes. This reappraisal firmly established "Moby-Dick" as one of the great American novels and a masterpiece of world literature. "Moby-Dick is the great conundrum-book. Is it a profound allegory with the white whale the embodiment of moral evil, or merely the finest story of the sea ever written? Whichever it is, now rediscovered, it stirs and stimulates each succeeding generation, whether reading it for pleasure or with a scalpel. Within its pages can be found the sound and scents, the very flavor, of the maritime life of our whaling ancestors" (Grolier). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Publisher s original blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, border and central publisher's life-buoy device to covers in blind, orange coated endpapers; pp. xxiii, 635, [6 ads]. Binding firm and secure, professionally rebacked with the spine laid down and light professional touch ups to the rear board. The original spine shows minor loss to the tips and two closed tears to the crown, oxidized to green. Boards show toning, a few scattered ink drops, rubbing and light discoloration. Typical foxing throughout, endpapers rubbed with a couple small penciled notations to the front endpaper, a penciled cross to the rear endpaper and owner's details to the first blank. A nice example, protected in a removable archival jacket.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721327872626

  • Seller image for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Mark Twain

    Published by Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885

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    Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First American edition, first issue of Twain's classic and one of the Great American Novels. "All American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." - Ernest Hemingway. All generally accepted first issue points present: page [9] with "Decided" remaining uncorrected (to "Decides"); page [13], illustration captioned "Him and another Man" listed as on page 88; page 57, 11th line from bottom reads "with the was." Other issue points continue to be debated and have no relevance for priority, due to the use of multiple plates. Thus, the former points are the only way to distinguish between the first and second printings. That being said, this copy also contains the following points: frontispiece portrait with cloth table cover under the bust, bearing the imprint of the Heliotype Printing Co.; copyright page dated 1884; page 143 with "l" missing from "Col." at top of illustration and with broken "b" in "body" on line seven; page 155 without the final "5"; page 161, no signature mark "11." (References: BAL 3415; Johnson, 43-50; MacDonnell in Firsts, 29-35; McBride, 93) New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Publisher's original green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt and black; pp. [1-9], 10-366. Frontispiece and 173 text illustrations by E.W. Kemble. In good condition. Boards show shelfwear and rubbing with a few minor stains to back cover, loss and fraying to extremities including the spine ends. The binding was at one time over-opened at the frontispiece, now neatly secured with archival glue, with a small portion of the frontispiece stuck to the page opposite, lacking the tissue guard. Scattered foxing with a few minor thumb soils and smudges, else internally clean. One signature loose at the top, but still secure. A presentable copy, protected in a removable archival jacket.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721325615496

  • Seller image for The White Album for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Joan Didion

    Published by Simon and Schuster, 1979

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Didon's celebrated second collection of essays, with the titular essay being chosen by Publisher's Weekly as one of the 10 most important essays since 1950. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Quarter black cloth over red boards, original jacket ; pp. 223. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight and sturdy, minimal wear to boards with faint sunning. Owner's name to flyleaf, else internally clean and fine. The dust jacket shows just traces of shelfwear and toning, a few creases to flaps. A very nice copy, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721145678409

  • Seller image for One Hundred Years of Solitude for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    Published by Harper & Row, 1970

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing of M�rquez's magnum opus, one of the most widely acclaimed novels of the twentieth century. In the second dust jacket with a period at the end of the front flap's first paragraph. New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Publisher's original green cloth boards, lettered in gilt; pp. (viii), 422, [1]. No numberline at the last page, as called for on the first printing. A very good or better copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square, minimal shelfwear to boards. Owner's bookplate to flyleaf, name and date to half-title with a small smudge, else internally clean and fine. Jacket remains bright and vivid, with light shelfwear to extremities and a few closed tears, one small unnecessary tape reinforcement to verso, trace of rubbing and dampstaining along the bottom of the rear panel. An attractive copy, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721065829757

  • Seller image for The Beautiful and the Damned for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of Fitzgerald's second novel, a satire of the Jazz Age with the plot following the young artist Anthony Patch and his flapper wife Gloria Gilbert who become "wrecked on the shoals of dissipation" while excessively partying at the dawn of the hedonistic Jazz Age. First state without the publisher's colophon to the title page (Bruccoli A8.1.a). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Publisher's original green cloth, front board stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt; pp. (x), 449. A very good copy. Binding remains sturdy, light shelfwear and rubbing to boards with a few minor instances of discoloration to front board, a few white flecks to rear board. Internally, pages show scattered foxing, free of any markings. A presentable copy, protected in a removable archival jacket.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1721062750714

  • Seller image for Tripping Corpse 3 for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Raymond Pettibon

    Published by SST Publications, 1983

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, number 192 of 500 copies, numbered in red to the bottom corner of the front wrap by Pettibon. A scarce issue of Pettibon's iconic zine that reproduces twenty-eight psychologically-charged drawings. Lawndale, CA: SST Publications, 1983. Original illustrated wraps, side-stapled; pp. [28]. In very good or better condition, showing light toning and just a touch of shelfwear. Protected in a removable archival jacket.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1720620241303

  • Seller image for Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing, signed and dated by Ginsberg to the title page with a drawing of a flower to the page opposite. Issued as the thirtieth anniversary edition of Howl, this "annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition processas well as a treasure trove of anecdotes, an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques, and a veritable social history of the 1950s." Edited by Barry Miles. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine; pp. xiv, 194. Illustrated throughout with photographs and facsimiles of the original draft. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1720490292961

  • Seller image for Ankor Wat (Signed & Inscribed to Sally Grossman) for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Allen Ginsberg

    Published by Fulcrum Press, 1968

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    Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First paperback edition of Ginsberg's long, moving poem, written during his travels through South East Asia before the dreadful direct US military intervention. Beautifully illustrated by photographs by Alexandra Lawrence showing the statues of Ankor Wat in the grip of giant roots and trees. Signed and inscribed to Sally Grossman, model and wife of Bob Dylan's one-time manager Albert Grossman, with an drawing of a flower and a stamp to the lower corner. London: Fulcrum Press, 1968. Publisher's original illustrated glossy wraps; pp. [48]. Near fine. Binding sturdy, minimal wear, a touch of discoloration to rear wrap. Inscribed by Author(s).

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1720459596937

  • Seller image for The Grapes of Wrath for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    John Steinbeck

    Published by New York, 1939

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Steinbeck's masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In the first state dust jacket with the "First Edition" statement and $2.75 price present on the front flap (Goldstone & Payne, A12, a). New York: The Viking Press, 1939. Publisher's original beige cloth, lettered and decorated in brown, pictorial endpapers; pp. vi, 619. A, about near fine copy in an about very good dust jacket. Binding is sturdy and square, a touch shaken, minimal shelfwear to boards with a bit of toning to spine and extremities. Internally clean with no markings. Jacket shows some shelfwear with chipping to spine tips, spine toned, splitting along flap folds with a few spots of loss, tape reinforcements to verso. Presents well, protected in archival mylar.

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  • Seller image for Slouching Towards Bethlehem for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Joan Didion

    Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Didion's first collection of essays. Perhaps Didion's most famous work, the essays capture the cultural and social upheaval of America in the 1960s. In the titular essay, Didion presents a grim, unvarnished view of the Haight-Ashbury district, contrasting the idealized counterculture with its darker, more chaotic realities. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. Bound in publisher's red cloth spine, titled in gilt, over cloth boards decoratively embossed; pp. xviii, 238. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight and sturdy, minor wear and bumping to boards, a bit of discoloration to board extremities. Owner's name to flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows some general light shelfwear and rubbing, faint dampstain to top of the front panel and a some tiny indentations to the front panel as well, front flap creased. Presents well protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1720455676315

  • Seller image for The Book of the New Sun (Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch) for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Gene Wolfe

    Published by Simon & Schuster / Timescape Books, 1983

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First editions, first printings of all four volumes of Gene Wolfe's celebrated The Book of the New Sun. Comprising The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch. A major work of modern science fiction and fantasy that invites comparisons to Herbert's Dune and Tolkien's Middle Earth, winner of numerous awards including the World Fantasy Award and the British Science Fiction Association Award for the first volume, and the Nebula Award for the second. (Anatomy of Wonder, 4-616) New York: Simon & Schuster / Timescape Books, 1980-1983. Publisher's original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. Volumes are all in about near fine condition, with like dust jackets, unclipped with prices intact. Minor shelfwear present, remainder stamp to the bottom edge of the text block of volume one, remainder mark to volume two, owner's name to the flyleaf of volume four, else clean. Jackets show light wear with toning to the back panels. A nice set, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1720450814184

  • Seller image for The Doors of Perception for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Aldous Huxley

    Published by Chatto & Windus, 1954

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression of one of the most influential psychedelic texts, detailing Huxley's experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision", and reflects on their philosophical and psychological implications. London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Publisher's original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. [1-4], 5-63, [1]. An about very good copy in a good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy, minor shelfwear and toning to boards with a small white stain to the top of the front board. Offsetting to endpapers, scattered foxing to pages. Jacket shows general shelfwear, rubbing and chipping with a few closed tears. Toning to spine and back panel. Protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1719515795992

  • Seller image for A Farewell to Arms for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Ernest Hemingway

    Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929

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    Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second issue of Hemingway's classic, one of the best novels to emerge from World War 1 and the work which secured Hemingway's literary reputation. Second issue denoted by the legal disclaimer on page x, which didn't arrive in time for the first issue and was subsequently removed after this issue. In the matching second issue dust jacket. (Hanneman, A, 8A) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Publisher's original black cloth boards, bronze title labels lettered in black to front board and spine; pp. (x), 355. A good copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy, although a touch shaken and over opened. Wear and rubbing to boards with a bit of fraying to extremities, bronze labels rubbed and worn with some loss to the spine label. Stray pen mark to verso of flyleaf, a few small stains to rear endpapers, else internally clean. Jacket shows general light shelfwear, rubbing and toning with traces of soiling to back panel. Protected in archival mylar.

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  • Seller image for Logical Investigations (Complete in Two Volumes) for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Edmund Husserl

    Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in English, first printing of Husserl's groundbreaking philosophical work, first published in German in 1900 and one of the few texts to have influenced both continental and analytical philosophy. Complete in two volumes, translated by J.N. Findlay. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. Publisher's original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt; pp. xviii, 432, 11 ads, [1]; xviii, [2], 435-877, [3], 11 ads, [1]. Near fine copies in about near fine dust jackets. Bindings remain tight, sturdy and square with minimal wear. Very faint stain to the bottom corner text block edges of volume 2, which does not extend inside. Small bookshop label to the front pastedown of volume one, else both volumes internally clean and free of markings. Jackets show light shelfwear, a bit of sunning to the spines, stray pen mark and a small closed puncture to front panel of volume 2, which is also price-clipped. Presentable copies, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1719342397824

  • Seller image for N or M? for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Agatha Christie

    Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First US edition, first printing, preceding the UK edition. In the scarce, original dust jacket illustrated by Leo Manso. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1941. Publisher's original blue cloth, titled in dark blue; pp. (vi), 289. A very good or slightly better copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to boards with a faint dampstain to spine heel, traces of foxing to top edge of text block. Internally clean. Jacket shows general shelfwear and toning, with a couple closed tears and creasing to spine crown, tape reinforcements to verso, spine a touch sunned. A presentable copy with the scarce dust jacket, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1719259147051

  • Seller image for The Vampires of Finistere for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Peter Saxon [Rex Dolphin]

    Published by Howard Baker, 1970

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this rare occult fantasy, one of six novels in the "Guardians" series featuring a London-based group of occult detectives battling the forces of evil during the 1960's. Writer Rex Dolphin used the common pen name of Peter Saxon to publish. London: Howard Baker, 1970. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. 190. A near fine copy in a very good or slightly better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy, minimal wear to boards. Owner's brief information penned to the flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows light sheflwear and rubbing, protected in archival mylar. Scarce.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1719254788183

  • Seller image for Fahrenheit 451 for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Ray Bradbury

    Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing of Bradbury's dystopian classic. With the fantastic dust jacket and frontispiece artwork by Joe Mugnaini. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. Publisher's original red cloth boards, spine lettered in silver; pp. 158. A near fine copy in an about near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, minimal wear to boards, a touch of foxing to text block edges. Internally clean and fine. The dust jacket is bright and vivid, showing traces of edgewear and thumbsoiling, a few pinholes to back panel and flaps. A very presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1719254432739

  • Seller image for Magick in Theory and Practice for sale by Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, ABAA/ILAB

    Aleister Crowley

    Published by Castle Books

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Early 1970s printing of the Castle Books edition of what is often considered to be Crowley's magnum opus. Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books [nd but 1970s]. Publisher's original beige cloth boards, spine lettered in black; pp. xxvii, [1] 436. About very good in a like, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy, minor shelfwear to boards. Light staining to top corner of boards which extends to a handful of pages. Owner's name to flyleaf. Jacket shows shelfwear and rubbing with a chip to back panel, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1719244284262

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    Thomas Pynchon

    Published by The Viking Press, 1973

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Pynchon's masterpiece and a cornerstone of modern American literature. New York: The Viking Press, 1973. Publisher's orange cloth, stamped in blind with spine lettered in red, orange topstain, first state unclipped dust jacket; pp. (vi), 760. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, minor shelfwear to boards. A bit of discoloration to topstain, minor rubbing to bottom corner of text block. Internally clean with no markings. The dust jacket remains bright and vivid with the spine nearly unfaded, showing just traces of shelfwear, rubbing and a tiny closed tear to back panel. Tiny crease to front flap. A very presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

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    Stephen King

    Published by Doubleday and Company, 1978

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of King's apocalyptic horror novel, with the T39 gutter code and the first state dust jacket priced at $12.95. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1978. Publisher's original ocher paper boards, black cloth spine lettered in gilt; pp. (xii), 823. A very good copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight and sturdy with a light concavity to spine, minor shelfwear to boards. Internally clean with no markings. Jacket shows light shelfwear and and rubbing with a closed tear and pinhole near spine heel, neatly reinforced with archival tape to verso. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

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    Dashiell Hammett

    Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1931

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing of Hammett's fourth novel, his personal favorite of his own books and a high point of noir literature. Basis for two film adaptations, an Orson Welles radio adaptation and a major influence on the Coen Brotthers' 1990 film Miller's Crossing. (Johnson, pg. 134; Layman A 4.2.a.) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Publisher's original green cloth with an illustration of a key in dark green, ruled in maroon, spine decorated in maroon and teal, first issue jacket; pp. (viii), [2], 3-282, [2]. A very good copy in an about very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy, minor shelfwear to boards with spine ends lightly pushed and a touch of fraying to one corner, light toning and foxing to boards. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, with an area of horizontal abrading and a faint tape mark, old penciled prices erased from flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows general shelfwear and light creasing with chipping to extremities, small stain to rear flap, protected in archival mylar.

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    Agatha Christie

    Published by Odhams Press Limited, 1933

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Christie's uncommon collection of macabre tales, notable for the first appearance in book form of her short story "The Witness for the Prosecution," for which Christie subsequently wrote an award-winning play that was later adapted to film and television. Unlike her detective fiction, this collection features supernatural elements and was published by Odhams, rather than Collins Crime Club, and was not available in shops, being only obtainable by collecting coupons found in the publisher's weekly magazine, The Passing Show. Scarce in the original dust jacket. London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. Publisher's original maroon cloth, spine stamped in gilt; pp. 247. An about very good copy in a like, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy, minimal wear to boards with uneven fading to boards and spine, gilt lettering faded. Foxing to edges of text block and scattered internally, else no markings. The dust jacket remains bright and vivid showing light general shelfwear with a few small tears, tape reinforcements to verso. A presentable copy of this scarce title, protected in archival mylar.

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    Agatha Christie

    Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1936

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing (preceding the US edition) of what is generally considered to be one of Christie's best novels. Featuring the recurring characters of Hercule Poirot, Colonel Race, Superintendent Battle, with the crime writer Ariadne Oliver making her first appearance in a Poirot novel. London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1936. Publisher's original red cloth, spine lettered in black, no dust jacket; pp. (iv), 5-286. In very good condition. Binding firm, minimal wear to boards with some light soiling and general grubbiness, small stain to foredge, a hint of sunning to spine. Faint offsetting to endpapers, else internally clean. A nice copy, protected in a removable archival jacket. Scarce.

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    Ernest Hemingway

    Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Hemingway's third and final collection of short stories, six of which are published here for the first time. All first printings points present, including the Scribner's seal and "A" to the copyright page, in the first issue dust jacket priced at $2.00 and with Laurence Stallings's review of "Death in the Afternoon" on rear panel (Hanneman, A12A). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Publisher's original black cloth with inlaid gold paper labels to cover and spine, lettered in black; pp. (viii), 244. An about near fine copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight and sturdy, minimal wear to boards with a touch of rubbing to gold labels with the front one a bit tarnished. Owner's name to flyleaf, light offsetting to endpapers, else internally clean. Jacket shows some general shelfwear and rubbing with chipping to extremities, a couple closed tears to panels. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1717465473709

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    Stanislav and Christina Grof

    Published by Thames and Hudson, 1980

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, inscribed by Grof to the title page "To Fella / with much love and warm memories of our joint expressions at Esalen / Stan / June 1985." New York: Thames and Hudson, 1980. Oversize paperback; pp. 96 with illustrations throughout. About near fine, showing minor shelfwear to extremities, original price sticker to back cover, owner's name to title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1717463886326

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    Martin Fallon [Henry Patterson]

    Published by Abelard-Schuman, 1963

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    Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this early Patterson thriller, writing as Martin Fallon, the second novel to feature British Intelligence officer Paul Chavasse. Housed in a custom slipcase. London: Abelard-Schuman, 1963. Publisher's original brown cloth, spine lettered in silver; pp. 160. A near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy with a trace of a lean, minimal shelfwear to boards. Small price sticker removed from flyleaf, else internally clean. Jacket shows light shelfwear witha couple small closed tears and creasing to back panel, closed tear to rear flap. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

    Seller Inventory # ABE-1717004914318