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Mark Twain: An Exhibition Selected Mainly from the Papers Belonging to the Samuel L. Clemens Estate on Deposit in the Huntington Library.

By: Twain, Mark

Price: $15.00

Publisher: San Marino, Anderson & Ritchie:The Ward Ritchie Press: 1947

Seller ID: 15320

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Tan wrappers with deep brown title. Wraps have minor soiling and very light wear on overlapping edges. Overall a solid very good copy. An Exhibition Selected Mainly from the Papers belonging to the Samuel L. Clemens Estate on deposit in The Huntington Library. Exhibition June 2, 1947. The handlist prepared by Edwin H. Carpenter, Jr. with Introduction by Dixon Wecter presents an exhibition in 14 cases of Twainiana, including letters, manuscripts, notes, photographs, correspondence, business records, notebooks, personal souvenirs, ending in case number 14 with manuscripts and notes for Twain's ...
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Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography

By: Twain, Mark

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Larchmont, Peter Pauper Press: 1930

Seller ID: 15321

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

One of 525 copies (500 for sale) printed at the Walpole Printing Office in New Rochelle, New York. Title page woodcut and 7 woodcuts in the text. Original green cloth, printed paper label on the spine along with original tan glassine dust wrapper which has some short tears and other minor wear. Book feels unread. Very nice copy of this early Peter Pauper Press edition. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 25 pages
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Mark Twain in the White House : A Chapter from His Autobiography -- VII -- in The North American Review, December 7, 1906

By: Twain, Mark

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, North American Review Publishing Co.: 12.6.1906

Seller ID: 15323

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

323; Vol. 183, No. 9; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1089-1216 + ads pages
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The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, as they Appeared to the Author

By: Twain, Mark

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Hartford, American Publishing Company: 1870

Seller ID: 15325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark brown cloth with gilt title and decoration on front and ornate gilt titling on spine with a blindstamped APC (for the publisher) on back. Some light edge and corner wear with minor damage at spine ends. and along front edge of spine. Interior is lightly and evenly aged. Former owner's name with presentation inscription on second front free endpaper. Overall, a solid and attractive copy of this book. This is an 1879 printing -- the first was in 1869 -- probably the third or fourth. This was probably Twain's most popular book; it sold more copies in his lifetime than any other. ; 234 B&W Il...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn {Robotic Edition}

By: Twain, Mark (eds. Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Diani & Devine Press: 2011

Seller ID: 13439

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Book is as new. No dust wrapper as issued. ; B&W Drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 359 pages; Special edition of Huck Finn in which the "N" word Is, in every case, changed to "robot," and the illustrations have been redone to show Jim as a robot rather than an African-American. Theese changes make for an entirely new reading experience that falls somewhere between satire and science fiction. Signed with inscription, "To Ken," by both editors on the title page. Privately published and somewhat uncommon book, especially signed. ; Signed by Editors
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Mark Twain Press Critic (Interviewing the Interviewer and The American Press)

By: Twain, Mark with Commentary by Thomas C. Leonard

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Berkeley, The Friends of the Bancroft Library: 2003

Seller ID: 14102

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book would be Infine condition except for a couple of small, stray marks on front. See scan. The two Twain essays were printed for the first time in this keepsake volume for The Friends of the Bancroft Library. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Rabbit is Rich

By: Updike, John

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York City, Knopf: 1981

Seller ID: 7612

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book has very light shelfwear; jacket has light edge and corner wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 467 pages; Flat-signed by Updike on the ffep. ; Signed by Author
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Trust Me Short Stories

By: Updike, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A Knopf: 1987

Seller ID: 8438

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Book and jacket appear As New, square and securely bound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages; Collection of short stories by one of America's greatest 20th century writers.
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The Witches of Eastwick

By: Updike, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York City, Alfred A. Knopf: 1984

Seller ID: 6275

ISBN: 0-394-53760-2

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Slight fading to edges of boards, light age-toning on endpapers form contact with DJ. DJ has light wear to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages
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Rabbit At Rest

By: Updike, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York City, Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Seller ID: 6276

ISBN: 0-394-58815-0

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Very light shelf wear, with light remainder mark on bottom foredge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages
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Brazil

By: Updike, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1994

Seller ID: 11845

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Unread copy with only light shelf wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages; One of the great American novelists of the last half of the 20th century.
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People One Knows: Interviews with Insufficiently Famous Americans

By: Updike, John

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Northridge, Lord John Press: 1980

Seller ID: 15182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only a hint of wear, about fine. This book was issued in a Limited Edition of 300 signed, numbered copies, 100 of which were specially bound. This copy is a stated Presentation Copy which may have been printed especially for Updike. It is signed, but there is no number or place for a number. I have not been able to find other Presentation Copies. There is no slipcase or dustjacket, which may be the way this copy was issued. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 41 pages
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People One Knows: Interviews with Insufficiently Famous Americans

By: Updike, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Northridge, Lord John Press: 1980

Seller ID: 15184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only very light, general wear. No slipcase. This book was issued in a Limited Edition of 300 signed, numbered copies, 100 of which were specially bound. This copy is not numbered (it is signed), probably indicating that it was an extra copy that was not officially issued. Most Limited Editions have extra copies, either for the author or in case there are problems with some of the books in the limitation.The book came from interviews that Updike did with ordinary Americans whom he came in contact with in his daily life.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 41 pages
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The Music School: Short Stories

By: Updike, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1966

Seller ID: 16366

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Book has almost no wear except for a bit of dustiness on top edge and light toning on foredges. Jacket has some very minor edge wear with one very short closed tear. Both book and jacket are about near fine. This is a nice collection of Updikes' well-crafted stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages
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The Pilgrim Ship

By: Upstairs Al

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The Christian Herald: 1911

Seller ID: 10727

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Blue cloth with white titles and decoration. Light general wear and aging. Still square and securely bound. VG. ; B&W Frontispiece of Ship; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages; The only date is 1911 on back of title page. Not sure if this is a first priniting. The book is a religious allegory.
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Rising Up and Rising Down : Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means

By: Vollman, William T.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Collins: 2004

Seller ID: 15090

ISBN: 0060548185

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine copy, without dustjacket as issued, of Vollman's abridgement of his seven-volume treatise on violence. This copy is Fine except for some minor packing wear. Important and readable work on violence. Signed by Vollman on the half-title page. Also, an autographed card from a Vollman booksigning for this volume laid in. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 733 pages; Signed by Author
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The Rifles

By: Vollman, William T.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 1994

Seller ID: 15091

ISBN: 0670848565

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

Book is fine except for a remainder mark on bottom edge. Jacket seems pristine. Rifles is Volume 6 of Vollman's seven volume project, Seven Dreams, a series based on the conflicts between Native Americans and European colonizers. Signed by Vollman on the Seven Dreams title page which is a separate page from the true title page of this work. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 411 pages; Signed by Author
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Girl with Curious Hair -- Advanced Reader's Copy

By: Wallace, David Foster

Price: $350.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: (1989)

Seller ID: 16979

ISBN: 0393027570

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

This Advanced Reading Copy of David Foster Wallace's second book, Girl with Curious Hair, in fine condition; it seems as new and unread. Signed by Wallace on the title page above his name which he has crossed out. Remarkably nice condition. Letter from publisher to reviewers laid in. This ARC is very uncommon signed.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages; Signed by Author
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The Sword: Poems

By: Warren, G. O. (Gretchen Osgood)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oxford, B. H. Blackwell: 1919

Seller ID: 16217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

The book has very light, general wear but with some light toning on edges. Many pages are unopened. Book is square and securely bound. Gretchen Osgood Warren was from the wealthy Osgood family of Boston. Her potrait with her daughter by John Singer Sargent is considered on of the artist's most important. Warren wrote poetry and was published in important magazines like Poetry. She is somewhat forgotten today. (One article I read constantly referred to her as a man.) Her poetry is worth a read. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; pages
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Beyond Concord: Selected Writings of David Atwood Wasson

By: Wasson, David Atwood (ed. Charles M. Foster)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana University Press: 1965

Seller ID: 16209

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Book has very light, general wear and aging. There is a light stain on bottom edge. Jacket has very light edge and corner wear but with some soiling and a lightly sunned spine. This both a biography and critical examination of the life of David Atwood Wasson, a frequently overlooked contemporary and frined of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and a good selection of Wasson's essays. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 334 pages
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Magnificent Destiny : A Novel about the Great Secret Adventure of Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston

By: Wellman, Paul I

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1962

Seller ID: 12967

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good dust jacket

Book has light wear and minor soiling. Stil square and securely bound. Jacket has edge and corner wear, some chips, along with insect damage on back bottom edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 444 pages
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The Massacre At Fall Creek

By: West Jessamyn

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York City, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1975

Seller ID: 6709

ISBN: 0-15-157820-6

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Book is square and securely bound. Corners lightly bumped, former owner's inscription on list of West's books after half-title page. Dust jacket price clipped, head of spine chipped, some wear to edges and corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages; Stated First Edition. Signed by West on half-title page; Signed by Author
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The House of Mirth

By: Wharton, Edith

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Vintage Books/ The Library of America: 1990

Seller ID: 16000

ISBN: 0679725393

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

This is the first softcover edition of The House of Mirth. Book has only light, general wear. Spine has no creasing and book seems unread. Book is about near fine. ; The Library of America; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages
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Hudson River Bracketed

By: Wharton, Edith

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1929

Seller ID: 16213

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Light edge and corner wear with mild rubbing at extremities and anticipated aging. Square and securely bound with no tears or parting. Very nice copy of this late Edith Wharton novel that some say is underappreciated. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 560 pages
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Tobias Brandywine

By: Wickenden, Dan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York City, William Morrow: 1948

Seller ID: 6565

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The book is VG with only light, general wear and aging. The dust jacket is G- with some chips (a large one on the top rear, but still in one piece and reasonable in mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 366 pages; Novel tracing the history of a family.
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Category: American Literature