If you ever have an opportunity to visit the shop you know that we mainly have non-fiction, and have been accused of being a "fiction-free zone". At this time, however, we do have 520 titles of literature and fiction that are available as of July 18, 2007 in Walpole, NH. You may wish to use the "find" function of your browser to search for your favorite author or title. Please note the inventory number in ( ) just before the price to aid in ordering, and do place your order at any time.

1. THE MENTOR - A WISE AND FAITHFUL GUIDE AND FRIEND - 12 VOLUME SET WITH 148 ISSUES, Associated Newspaper School, New York, very good, bound in green buckram cloth (hardcover), The MENTOR was published to acquaint the reader with the world's knowledge by devoting a little time to interesting reading and to looking at beautiful pictures. Each issue contains one simple, lucid article by a well known authority, and six exquisite pictures. Offered is a bound twelve (12) volume set of 148 issues, a complete run from the first issue, Volume 1, Number 1, February 17, 1913 to Volume 5, Number 24, February 1, 1918., (Order No: 17853 ), $400.00

2. Adams, Franklin P. (FPA), HALF A LOAF, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1927 1st ed, 79pp, very good, purple cloth spine, orange cloth boards (hardcover), (Order No: 36397 ), $35.00

3. Adams, Franklin P. (FPA), OVERSET, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1922 1st ed, 119pp, very good, light blue cloth spine (hardcover) dj panels laid in, A collection of FPS's satire., (Order No: 36857 ), $15.00

4. Addison, Joseph; Steele, Richard; and, Budgell, Eustace, THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLY PAPERS - FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712, The Heritage Press, New York, (1945), ill. by Gordon Ross, 198pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover) in good slipcase, With some prefatory notes by W. M. Thackeray., (Order No: 51173 ), $8.50

5. Aldington, Richard (edited with an introduction by), WALTER PATER - SELECTED WORKS, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, (1948), 557pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 41678 ), $10.00

6. Aldington, Richard, ARTIFEX: SKETCHES AND IDEAS, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., Garden City, NY, 1936 1st ed, 248pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: Artifex; A Splinter of America; Abel; Purpose in Life; Freedom of the Press; A Renaissance Aryan; Merely an Egg; The Jubilee; The Partridge; Jolly Girls; Letter to a Young Man; Female Thinking Extravert; Ethics of Authorship; What Fools These Mortals Be; The Squire; D. H. Lawrence; Sea Travel; Mrs. Todgers., (Order No: 44061 ), $12.50

7. Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, A SEA TURN AND OTHER MATTERS, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1902, 300pp, good+, decorated gray cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 46171 ), $12.50

8. Allington, Maynard, THE COURT OF BLUE SHADOWS: A NOVEL, Brassey's, Inc., Washington, (1994), 269pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0028811046, (Order No: 17463 ), $3.50

9. Allis, Marguerite, WATER OVER THE DAM: A NOVEL OF OLD CONNECTICUT, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1947), 376pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Against the authentic background of canal history, Miss Allis tells the story of human passion, love, hate and greed. Tale is set in the area of Farmington, Connecticut., (Order No: 45113 ), $20.00

10. Ambler, Eric, THE NIGHT-COMERS, William Heinemann, Ltd., London, (1956) 1st UK, 233pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), An exceptionally nice copy (we underdescribe) of the first UK edition., (Order No: 42340 ), $40.00

11. Andreyev, Leonid, THE SEVEN WHO WERE HANGED, Illustrated Editions Company, New York, (1941), ill. by Irving Politzer, 190pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A story of Imperial Russia-- a tale of seven people condemned to die, five revolutionists for terrorism and two criminals for murder., (Order No: 31932 ), $7.50

12. Arene, Paul (translation and note by Frances Wilson Huard), THE GOLDEN GOAT, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1921), 256pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) - SEE NOTE, "An Arabian Nights Tale of Buried Treasure and Romantic Love." NOTE - owner's name TORN from front free endpaper., (Order No: 40227 ), $15.00

13. Aretino, Pietro (translated by Raymond Rosenthal), ARETINO'S DIALOGUES, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London, (1972), 384pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 004850002X "In the time of the Renaissance there were three occupations open to women. A woman could be a wife, a whore, or a nun. In these frank, boisterous dialogues, Aretino, with tongue in cheek, describes the advantages and disadvantages, the perils and pleasures, of all three professions as viewed by two women who have experienced them all.", (Order No: 47261 ), $12.50

14. Arlen, Michael, THE LONDON VENTURE, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1920) -B-, ill. by Michel Sevier, 197pp, good, black cloth w/faded spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 26088 ), $10.00

15. Arlen, Michael, MAY FAIR - LIMITED AND SIGNED LARGE PAPER EDITION, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1925), 369pp, good+, orange boards, vellum spine (hardcover) - SEE NOTE, "Being an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: Together with Suitable Reflections on the Last Follies, Misadventures and Galanteries of These Charming People." CONDITION NOTE CONTINUES - Nice clean and tight copy in poor slipcase as published. LACKS spine label and there is wear at the bottom of the spine. Internally very nice., (Order No: 45032 ), $20.00

16. Arnold, Matthew -- Buckler, William E. (edited and with an introduction by), PASSAGES FROM THE PROSE WRITINGS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD: SELECTED BY THE AUTHOR, Vision, London, (1963), 235pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Matthew Arnold's won discriminating selection from his writings., (Order No: 24439 ), $6.00

17. Bacheller, Irving, VERGILIUS: A TALE OF THE COMING OF CHRIST, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1904, B&W illustrations, 279pp, good, olive green cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With hearty greetings - Irving Bacheller - Sand Beach Conn. - Sep. 2 1904", (Order No: 39906 ), $20.00

18. Bacon, Charlotte, A PRIVATE STATE: STORIES, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, (1998), 179pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1558491147 A finely crafted collection of stories about women who have arrived at awkward edges in their lives., (Order No: 28655 ), $10.00

19. Bailey, Temple, THE TIN SOLDIER, The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1919 2nd ptg, 456pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40214 ), $10.00

20. Baldwin, James, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN - THE FIRST EDITION LIBRARY FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION, The First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, 303pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) in fine slipcase, Exact facsimile of the First Edition, except for a statement on copyright page and FEL on rear flap of the dustjacket. This copy LACKS the FEL fact sheet., (Order No: 45498 ), $35.00

21. Bangs, John Kendrick, A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX, Harper & Brothers, NY, 1900, ill. by Peter Newell, vg, red cloth, teg, Later printing of BAL 726., (Order No: 2479 ), $20.00

22. Bangs, John Kendrick, THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT, Harper and Brothers, NY, 1900, ill. by Peter Newell, 204pp, vg, red cloth, teg, Later printing of BAL 731., (Order No: 2480 ), $20.00

23. Barham, R. H., THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS OR MIRTH AND MARVELS, Macmillan and Co., Ltd, London, 1911, ill by H.G. Theaker, 546pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 3670 ), $40.00

24. Barker, Clive, THE INHUMAN CONDITION: TALES OF TERROR, Poseidon Press, New York, (1986) 1st ptg, 220pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671626868 In these five tales you will discover THE INHUMAN CONDITION--a world of ordinary people, going about their daily business, until suddenly they take a wrong turn and find themselves on the twisted back roads of the human psyche, in a world of powerful eroticism, violence and uncontrollable desires., (Order No: 21063 ), $5.00

25. Barnes, Howard McKent, THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF BARGAIN ROW, The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, IL, (1915), B&W illustrations, 315pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover) pictorial pastedown on front board, "Illustrations from photographs of scenes in the play." Nice clean, bright and tight copy., (Order No: 29375 ), $7.50

26. Barretto, Larry, A CONQUEROR PASSES, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1924 1st ed, 309pp, good+, decorated black cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 47343 ), $20.00

27. Barrie, James M., TOMMY AND GRIZEL, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1900 1st US ed, 509pp, 2pp ads, very good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover), Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 31580 ), $7.50

28. Bass, Jeanette Martin, END OF THE BEGINNING, Dorrance & Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1956), B&W frontis, 132pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The picturesque eastern shore of Virginia where the author spent her early life and the historical location of Jamestown have been used as the setting for this novel, which takes place during the formative and desparate years between 1619 and 1622., (Order No: 40198 ), $12.50

29. Basu, Romen, SANDS OF TIME: A NOVEL, Facet Books International, New York, (1985), 222pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by author, ISBN 0932377025 The story is set in the turbulent days of Korea, the Indo-Pak conflict, Suez and the Congo., (Order No: 36211 ), $10.00

30. Basu, Romen, A HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE: A NOVEL, Sri G. C. Ray, Calcutta, (1968), 191pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Warmly inscribed by the author, with a typed letter signed by the author laid in., (Order No: 36212 ), $10.00

31. Batchelor, John Calvin, PETER NEVSKY: AND THE TRUE STORY OF THE RUSSIAN MOON LANDING, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1993) 1st ed, 499pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 0805021418 Eight years in the making and based on long-rumored accounts of a Soviet manned mission to the moon launched prior to Apollo 11, this story takes on nothing less than the titanic contest of the Cold War, the never-to-be-repeated heroics of the sixties' space race, and the hopelessly tragic history of the Soviet Union., (Order No: 25662 ), $5.00

32. Bates, H. E., THE DAFFODIL SKY, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, n.d., 256pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40300 ), $8.50

33. Beerbohm, Max, A PEEP INTO THE PAST, Privately Printed, n.p., 1923, 16pp, very good+, brown cloth spine, brown paper covered boards, Edition limited to 300 copies printed from type on Japan Vellum. Remnants of tissue dustjacket., (Order No: 27186 ), $150.00

34. Beerbohm, Max, MAINLY ON THE AIR, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958 1st ed, B&W frontis, 213pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A new, enlarged, and definitive collection of his broadcast talks, together with some essays., (Order No: 27336 ), $6.00

35. Beerbohm, Max, MAINLY ON THE AIR, William Heinemann Ltd, London, (1946), 132pp, good, orange cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 32692 ), $5.00

36. Benford, Gregory and Zebrowski, George (edited, with an introduction and notes, by), SKYLIFE: SPACE HABITATS IN STORY AND SCIENCE, Harcourt, Inc., New York, (2000) 1st ed, color illustrations, 355pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151002924 A collection of stories and essays about humankind's growing away from the cradle of Earth., (Order No: 39565 ), $10.00

37. Bennett, Charles A., AT A VENTURE, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1924 1st ed, ill. by Clarence Day, Jr., 184pp, good+, green cloth spine, paper covered boards (hardcover), (Order No: 39146 ), $10.00

38. Benson, Arthur Christopher, ESCAPE AND OTHER ESSAYS, Smith, Elder & Co., London, (1915), 296pp, good, olive green cloth (hardcover), Essays include: Escape; Literature and Life; The New Poets; Walt Whitman; Charm; Sunset; The House of Pengersick; Villages; Dreams; The Visitant; That Other One; Schooldays; Authorship; Herb Moly and Heartsease; Behold, This Dreamer Cometh., (Order No: 48765 ), $12.50

39. Berkewicz, Ulla (translated by Leslie Willson), ANGELS ARE BLACK AND WHITE, Camden House, Columbia, SC, (1997) 1st ed, 218pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1571131124 The story of young Reinhold Fisher's struggle for identity as he grows up in Nazi Germany., (Order No: 35348 ), $7.00

40. Bernhard, Robert, THE ULLMAN CODE - A NOVEL, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1975), 242pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) - See Note, Nice clean and tight copy, very bright dustjacket; however, a previous dustjacket protector had been "glued" to the pastedowns, and some remnants of glue residue remains, but is not seen., (Order No: 30137 ), $15.00

41. Billington, Rachel, THEO AND MATILDA, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, (1990) 1st US, 346pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060164832 A love story played out over the ages, a compelling, multilayered novel about five different couples, all named Theo and Matilda, whose romances span more than twelve centuries. Review press release laid in., (Order No: 17465 ), $3.00

42. Bingham, Sallie, UPSTATE: A NOVEL, The Permanent Press, Sag Harbor, NY, (1993), 128pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author 1993, ISBN 1877946338, (Order No: 33207 ), $14.50

43. Blakely, James "Doc" (foreword by Paul Harvey), SHOOT, LUKE! THE AIR IS FULL OF PIGEONS, Rich Publishing Company, Houston, TX, (1990) 1st ptg, 237pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover) lacks FFEP, ISBN 0960725679 Considered an authority on the creative use of humor, Doc Blakely is frequently quoted by newspaper columnists and radio commentator Paul Harvey., (Order No: 50087 ), $7.50

44. Bloom, William, A GAME FOR CHILDREN: A NOVEL, Grove Press, Inc., New York, (1971) 1st Amer, 220pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394482999 Set against the background of English provincial life, this story tells of Jenny, thirteen, and Tristram, fourteen, strangely drawn together by the unseen influence of eighteen-year-old Kelvin., (Order No: 26232 ), $9.50

45. Boccaccio, Giovanni, IL DECAMERON DI MESSER GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO - CITTADINO FIORENTINO - FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Per Giovanni Silvestri, Milano, 1816, very good+, full vellum, leather spine labels (hardcover), Volume I, 293pp; Volume II, 398pp; Volume III, 319pp; and Volume IV, 287pp. Text in Italian, Armorial Bookplates in each volume, exceptionally nice clean and tight set., (Order No: 50800 ), $250.00

46. Borland, Hal, WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, (1963) 2nd ptg, 288pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6370 ), $6.00

47. Bostwick, Frank J., SEPARATE BEACHHEADS: THE BOSTOCK CHRONICLES OF LOYALIST ADVENTURES II, Loyalist House, Stanhope, Canada, (1987), ill. & maps by the author, 142pp, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0969229218, (Order No: 44602 ), $20.00

48. Boullosa, Carmen, THEY'RE COWS, WE'RE PIGS, Grove Press, New York, (1997) 1st ed, 180pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0802116108 First published in 1991, translated from the Spanish in 1997 by Leland H. Chambers., (Order No: 11253 ), $5.00

49. Bourdillon, F. W. (rendered from the Old French by), AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE, Le Roy Phillips Foulis Books, Boston, MA, 1913, ill. by Marjorie Nash, 80pp, Very good, faded green boards, teg (hardcover), "The present translation varies a good deal from that I printed with the Old-French text. I have to some extent relaxed the restriction I imposed on myself there, and have given freer turns, even verging occasionally on paraphrase, to bring out the full meaning, which it is often possible to miss in the original, especially in the very condensed style of the verses.", (Order No: 44695 ), $20.00

50. Brancato, Robin F., COME ALIVE AT 505: A NOVEL, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, (1980) 1st ptg, 212pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394842944 Radio is Danny's obsession. It's the way he communicates and the way he copes with senior-year anxiety. Then Danny gets the chance of a lifetime--a shot at the real thing when a local radio station sponsors a Talent Search., (Order No: 30012 ), $10.00

51. Branner, H. C. (translated from the Danish by Vera Lindholm Vance) (introduction by Richard B. Vowles), TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE - SELECTED SHORT STORIES BY H. C. BRANNER, University of Wisconsin Pr., Madison, WI, 1966, 211pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 48734 ), $6.00

52. Bronk, William, VECTORS AND SMOOTHABLE CURVES - THE COLLECTED ESSAYS OF WILLIAM BRONK, North Point Press, San Francisco, CA, 1983, 221pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) OWNER'S INSCRIPTION, ISBN 0865471258, (Order No: 43709 ), $10.00

53. Bronte, Emile, WUTHERING HEIGHTS - THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN, The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, (1980), lithographs by B. Freedman, 331pp, fine, decorated blue leather, aeg, (hardcover), "Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather" With unused Easton Press bookplate laid in., (Order No: 51181 ), $30.00

54. Brooke-Rose, Christine, THE LANGUAGES OF LOVE, Secker & Warburg, London, 1957 1st ed, 239pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Author's first novel - a satirical novel of manners. Exceptionally clean and bright copy with but light dust on the top edge of the book block. Bright red cloth, uniform colors on dustjacket. SCARCE!!!, (Order No: 34422 ), $300.00

55. Browner, Jesse, CONGLOMEROS, Random House, Oxford, UK, (1992) 1st ed, 245pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679408797, (Order No: 12515 ), $4.50

56. Bufalino, Gesualdo (translated from the Italian by Patrick Creagh), NIGHT'S LIES, Harvill, London, (1991), 158pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0002711222 In an island fortress-prison four political prisoners, sentenced to death for plotting against the Bourbon monarchy, spend their last night before they go under the guillotine. As they see the scaffold set up in the courtyard, they each search back through their past to find some pattern that will give meaning to the impending sacrifice of their lives., (Order No: 41746 ), $6.00

57. Bunner, H. C., THE MIDGE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1886, 235pp, good+, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), BAL 1900., (Order No: 34943 ), $12.50

58. Burdett, Osbert, CRITICAL ESSAYS, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1926), 169pp, good, orange cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 39184 ), $10.00

59. Burgess, Gelett; and, Porter, Bruce (editors), THE LARK: BOOK I, NO'S 1-12; AND BOOK II, NO'S 13-24 AND THE EPILARK NO. 25 - AN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, William Doxey, San Francisco, CA, 1895-1897, B&W illustrations, very good+, original pictorial brown cloth (hardcover), An exceptionally nice set of the chief literary organ for the bayside bohemians of the last decade of the 19th century. Includes the first appearance of Burgess's "The Purple Cow." First edition, second issue of Number 1 with the Doxey imprint replacing the C. A. Murdock imprint, which is the usual state for this set., (Order No: 49848 ), $325.00

60. By the Author of "Patricia Brent, Spinster", THE RAIN-GIRL: A ROMANCE OF TODAY, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1919), 307pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, Condition Note - Spine is darkened, cloth is spotted on bottom edge of rear board., (Order No: 40308 ), $15.00

61. Byrd, C. L., SOHO: A MULTIGENERATIONAL NOVEL FROM LOWER EAST SIDE PEDDLERS TO ART WORLD POWER BROKERS, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1981 1st ed, 511pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385171854 The story of three young women drawn into the magnetic field of SoHo., (Order No: 29765 ), $7.50

62. Cabell, James Branch, THE WAY OF ECBEN - A COMEDIETTA INVOLVING A GENTLEMAN, Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1929 1st ed, decorations by Frank C. Pape, 209pp, very good, black cloth spine (hardcover) in worn slipcase, "This is the story of Alfgar who heard the music from behind the moon..." Nice clean and tight copy that has probably never been read. Spine imprinting has worn off. Slipcase has some edgewear., (Order No: 46730 ), $7.50

63. Calkins, Franklin Welles, MY HOST THE ENEMY AND OTHER TALES - SKETCHES OF LIFE AND ADVENTURE ON THE BORDER LINE OF THE WEST, Fleming H. Revell Company, Chicago, IL, 1901, B&W illustrations, 302pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) edgewear, old hinge repairs, Tales of the West. NOTE this copy has edgewear and old hinge repairs, but is a nice tight copy to enjoy reading., (Order No: 44913 ), $17.50

64. Callaghan, Morley, IT'S NEVER OVER, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1930 1st ed, 225pp, very good+, black cloth (hardcover) dj panels cut and laid in, This is Morley Callaghan's third book., (Order No: 36379 ), $175.00

65. Canfield, Dorothy, HOME FIRES IN FRANCE, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918 1st ed, 306pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, (Order No: 40221 ), $6.00

66. Canin, Ethan, BLUE RIVER: A NOVEL, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1991 1st ptg, 222pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395498546, (Order No: 10471 ), $2.50

67. Carter, Burnham, THE MOUNTAIN AND OTHER STORIES, Private Published, n.p., 1961, 272pp, very good, white cloth spine (hardcover) w/lightly worn slipcase, Inscribed by the author. Limited to 200 numbered copies., (Order No: 50607 ), $40.00

68. Caskoden, Edwin [Charles Major] - Rewritten and Rendered into Modern English from Sir Edwin Caskoden's Memoir, WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER - JULIA MARLOWE EDITION WITH SCENES FROM THE PLAY, The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1890), B&W illustrations, 359pp, good++, decorated olive green cloth, teg (hardcover) SEE NOTE, "Or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth." Following the text is "The Author and The Book" by Maurice Thompson, 8 pages. Signed by Julia Marlowe on front free endpaper, "In remembrance - Julia Marlow - February, 1903." Laid in is ALS by Charles Major dated December 27, 1906. Nice clean and tight copy with a few stray pencil marks. Author's first book., (Order No: 40678 ), $300.00

69. Chalmers, Stephen, ENCHANTED CIGARETTES OR STEVENSON STORIES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1917, B&W illustrations, 44pp, very good, brown boards (hardcover), (Order No: 41724 ), $15.00

70. Chandler, Katherine R. and Chandler, Roy F., MORGAN'S PARK - THE GUN OF JOSEPH SMITH, BOOK THREE, Iron Brigade Armory, Pub., Jacksonville, NC, (1997) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 356pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) author inscribed, ISBN 1885633106 The final volume of THE GUN OF JOSEPH SMITH. Now Tucker is twenty and the excitements, dangers, and sometimes violences of his adventures continue. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper., (Order No: 45279 ), $125.00

71. Chase, Mary Ellen, UPLANDS, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1935, 297pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A simple romance of first love, birth and death., (Order No: 41774 ), $15.00

72. Cheever, John, THE BRIGADIER AND THE GOLF WIDOW, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1964) 1st ed, 275pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), A new collection of 16 short stories by Cheever., (Order No: 51359 ), $5.00

73. Cher, Marie, THE DOOR UNLATCHED, Gerald Howe Ltd, London, (1927), 259pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This first novel by the author of LIFE IN STILL LIFE tells the story of a modern young man who is haunted, baffled, and tormented by intimations of a submerged personality., (Order No: 26165 ), $25.00

74. Chernyshevsky, Nikolai (introduction by Kathryn Fever) (translated by N. Dole & S. S. Skidelsky), WHAT IS TO BE DONE?, Ardis Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI, (1986), 462pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0875010172 Facsimile reprint of the 1886 edition. This novel, written while the author was in prison in 1862-63, was inspiration for Russian revolutionaries from Plekhanov to Lenin and Stalin., (Order No: 50590 ), $9.50

75. Church, Richard, SPEAKING ALOUD, Heinemann, London, (1968), 276pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 434129224 "So let these talks still speak for themselves, as they were delivered to students in Heidelberg and the Sorbonne, to Jesuit seminarists in South India, to Buddhist monks in Colombo, to school teachers in Weymouth.", (Order No: 32484 ), $8.50

76. Church, Samuel Harden, PENRUDDOCK OF THE WHITE LAMBS: A TALE OF HOLLAND, ENGLAND AND AMERICA, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, (1902), frontis by Frank T. Merrill, 329pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author SEE NOTE, Slight cant to the book block, inscribed by the author in 1903 on the front free endpaper., (Order No: 40646 ), $20.00

77. Clark, Donald Lemen; Angus Burrell; Brewster, Dorothy; and Hull, Helen (selected by), NEW COPY: A BOOK OF STORIES AND SKETCHES, Columbia University Press, New York, 1931 1st ed, 229pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here are the stories and sketches which were not written to meet the demands of American magazines, yet which in the opinion of the present editors have real merit., (Order No: 42097 ), $25.00

78. Cleeve, Brian, DARK BLOOD, DARK TERROR, Random House, New York, (1965) 1st ptg, 218pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple little chips on dj, Counterspy Sean Ryan mixes again with politics, murder and violence., (Order No: 33014 ), $4.50

79. Cohen, Judith Beth, SEASONS, The Permanent Press, Sag Harbor, NY, (1984), 219pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0932966381 A fictionalized memoir that deals with loss, a modern pastoral that depicts the end of a golden age in terms of marriage, the optimism of the sixties and the belief in the redemptive power of rural living., (Order No: 51016 ), $4.00

80. Cohen, Matt, THE COLORS OF WAR: A NOVEL, Methuen, New York, (1977) 1st ptg, 234pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 045893257 Review press release laid in., (Order No: 32467 ), $5.00

81. Coleman, Wanda, BATHWATER WINE (BATH WATER WINE), Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1999 2nd ptg, B&W illustration, 291pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover) orig acetate cover, signed, ISBN 1574230662 Signed by the author on blank leaf following copyright page., (Order No: 40402 ), $20.00

82. Coles Editorial Board, THE WORKS OF DYLAN THOMAS; INCLUDING UNDER MILK WOOD, Coles Notes, Toronto, Canada, (1980), 188pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 49853 ), $10.00

83. Connolly, Cyril (edited with an introduction by), THE GOLDEN HORIZON, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Ltd., London, (1953), 596pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 43782 ), $6.00

84. Conrad, Joseph, TYPHOON AND OTHER STORIES, Everyman's Library - Knopf, New York, (1991), 305pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) w/acetate dustcover, ISBN 067940547X, (Order No: 29045 ), $14.50

85. Cooper, James A., CAP'N ABE, STOREKEEPER - A STORY OF CAPE COD, Sully and Kleinteich, New York, (1917) 2nd ed, ill. by A. O. Scott, 340pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 51174 ), $6.00

86. Corlies, Margaret L., SHREDS, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1905, B&W illustrations, 137pp, very good, lt blue cloth, teg (hardcover)inscribed by the author, Collection of the authors essays and stories., (Order No: 27611 ), $20.00

87. Countess Loveau de Chavanne, OUIRDA: OR AMERICAN GOLD REGILDING THE CORONETS OF EUROPE, Drexel Biddle, Publisher, New York, 1900, ill. Ivan Peronet Thompson, 332pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, This story tells of modern life in Paris., (Order No: 40017 ), $20.00

88. Crane, Stephen, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE: THE FIRST EDITION LIBRARY FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION, The First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover) in fine slipcase, shrink wrap, Exact facsimile of the First Edition. New copy in original shrinkwrap - never opened. (Could be Collectors Reprints imprint instead)., (Order No: 45629 ), $35.00

89. Creek, Herbert LeSourd (edited with introduction and notes by), THE BEST OF CARLYLE: SELECTED ESSAYS AND PASSAGES, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York, 1939, 534pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 26807 ), $10.00

90. Crews, Harry, THE MULCHING OF AMERICA: A NOVEL, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, 269pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684809346 In this hilarious black comedy, the author unleashes his savage wit on the classic rags-to-riches saga, the American Dream of Everyman to succeed--no matter what the cost., (Order No: 22657 ), $4.00

91. Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler, WHERE THE TRADE-WIND BLOWS: WEST INDIAN TALES, The Macmillan Company, London, 1898 1st ed, 308pp, good, decorated tan cloth w/light soil as usual, (Order No: 23679 ), $75.00

92. Cunliffe-Owen, Sidney, THE LADIES OF SOISSONS, The Newman Press, Westminster, MD, (1960), drawings by Pat Keely, 126pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This novel is about an imaginary Community of English nuns who leave England in the train of James the Second. The story centers on the very varied characters of the Mitred abbesses, some tremendous and worldly, some timid, some austere, some heroic and devout., (Order No: 48828 ), $14.50

93. Curtis, George William, THE POTIPHAR PAPERS, Harper & Brothers, Publisher, New York, 1865, 214pp, good+, original brown cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB no external marks, (Order No: 46311 ), $8.00

94. Cushman, Dan (introduction by John Jakes), VOYAGEURS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN AND OTHER STORIES, Capra Press, Santa Barbara, (1995), 238pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0884963896, (Order No: 32380 ), $4.00

95. Daninos, Pierre, THE SECRET OF MAJOR THOMPSON: A FRENCHMAN'S DISCOVERY OF AMERICA AND ENGLAND, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1957, B&W illustrations, 272pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Illustrated by Walter Goetz. Translated from the French by W. Marmaduke Thompson. Now Major Thompson, as editor, interpreter, and guide to Pierre Daninos, explores the foibles of the English-speaking world and discovers America., (Order No: 12553 ), $5.00

96. Daudet, Alphonse, FROMONT, JR., AND RISLER, SR., Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago, IL, n.d. c1910, B&W illustrations, 238pp, good+, decorated green cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 40274 ), $12.00

97. Davis, Richard Harding, SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897 1st ed, ill. by Charles Dana Gibson, 364pp, good+, lightly soiled cloth as usual (hardcover), Frontispiece and five B&W plates, complete., (Order No: 14856 ), $10.00

98. Davis, Richard Harding (recently dramatized by Augustus Thomas), SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE - PLAY-GOERS' EDITION, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1902, B&W illustrations, 364pp, very good+, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), "Illustrated with Photographs of the Characters and Scenes in the Play." An exceptionally nice clean and tight new-looking copy., (Order No: 45601 ), $10.00

99. Davis, Richard Harding, CAPTAIN MACKLIN - HIS MEMOIRS, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1902 1st ed, ill by Walter Appleton Clark, 329pp, good, decorated green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 46162 ), $5.00

100. de Miomandre, Francis (translated by William A. Drake), WRITTEN ON WATER [ECRIT SUR DE L'EAU], Brentano's Publishers, New York, 1929 1st ed, woodcuts by Clement Serveau, 303pp, good++, light blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 49516 ), $7.00

101. de Navery, Raoul, CAPTAIN ROSCOFF: A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, n.d. c1910, 414pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40539 ), $25.00

102. de Saint-Pierre, Bernardin, PAUL AND VIRGINIA - WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1894, ill. by Maurice Leloir, 174pp, ads, good++, maroon cloth spine (hardcover) faint edgewear to boards, A classic story of naive love, first published in 1788 and becoming an instant hit for all generations., (Order No: 46312 ), $20.00

103. Deland, Margaret, PARTNERS, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1913, B&W illustrations, 115pp, very good, decorated green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40355 ), $10.00

104. Deland, Margaret, THE WAY TO PEACE, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1910, ill by Alice Barber Stephens, 94pp, very good+, decorated gray cloth (hardcover) orig. tissue jacket, (Order No: 40357 ), $20.00

105. Deland, Margaret, THE VOICE, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1912, ill. by W. H. D. Koerner, 85pp, good+, decorated green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40527 ), $7.50

106. Dell, Floyd, SOUVENIR: A NOVEL, Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1929 1st ed, 278pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover) dustjacket cut and laid in, Dustjacket was cut down, and the front, spine and rear panel is laid in as one piece, and flaps are trimmed an laid in also. Also laid in is a Alfred A. Knopf flyer, BOOKS BY FLOYD DELL., (Order No: 40441 ), $20.00

107. Derleth, August, SAC PRAIRIE PEOPLE - WITH BOTH PROOF AND TRADE DUSTJACKETS, Stanton & Lee Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1948, 322pp, very good w/good dustjackets (hardcover) SEE NOTE, This copy has two dustjackets, both the trade and proof jackets. CONDITION NOTE CONTINUED: owner's name and address is on the title page, and an obit for Derleth is affixed to the front free endpaper. A nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 47220 ), $65.00

108. Derleth, August, WALDEN WEST, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, (1961), ill. by Grisha Dotzenko, 262pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) owners name, (Order No: 47245 ), $7.00

109. di Giovanni, Norman Thomas (edited by) (translated by Norman Thomas de Giovanni and Susan Ashe), CELESTE GOES DANCING AND OTHER STORIES, AN ARGENTINE COLLECTION, North Point Press, San Francisco, CA, 1990, 184pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0865474362 A dazzling collection of stories from the Argentine., (Order No: 28736 ), $4.00

110. Dickens, Charles, AN ACCOUNT OF A WEDDING: EXCERPTS FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1964), color illustrations, 31pp, very good+ (hardcover) in good+ slipcase, Copy 155 of 1300 copies prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1964. Card from Sam Dalton laid in,, (Order No: 32818 ), $35.00

111. Dickens, Charles, MR. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH, AND MEETS WITH A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE WITH A MIDDLE AGED LADY IN YELLOW CURL PAPERS, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1965), color illustrations, 44pp, fine, green cloth (hardcover) in very good slipcase, Copy 372 of 1300 prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1965. Card from Sam Dalton Laid in. Excerpts from the "Pickwick Papers.", (Order No: 32822 ), $25.00

112. Dickens, Charles, THE FIRST DAY'S JOURNEY AND THE FIRST EVENINGS ADVENTURES WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES - EXCERPTS FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1963), color illustrations, 45pp, fine (hardcover) in very good+ slipcase, Copy 1154 of 1300 prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1963., (Order No: 32823 ), $30.00

113. Dickens, Charles, DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1960), color illustrations, 47pp, very good+ (hardcover) in good+ slipcase, Copy 522 of 1300 prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1960. Card from Sam Dalton laid in., (Order No: 32824 ), $35.00

114. Dickens, Charles, MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY IN TWO CHAPTERS, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1958), color illustrations, 49pp, very good+ (hardcover) in very good slipcase, Copy 449 of 1200 prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1958., (Order No: 32828 ), $35.00

115. Dickens, Charles, EXCERPTS FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1967), color line drawings, 30pp, very good+ (hardcover) in good slipcase, Copy 278 of 1300 prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1967. Card from Sam Dalton laid in., (Order No: 32829 ), $20.00

116. Dickens, Charles, CHRISTMAS AT DINGLEY DELL, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1954), line drawings, 39pp, fine, cloth spine, marbled boards (hardcover) in good slipcase, Copy 474 of 1000 prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1954. Card from Sam Dalton laid in. "A story of how Mr. Pickwick spent the holidays with the Wardle family, and the tale Mr. Wardle told on Christmas Eve of 'The Goblins who Stole a Sexton.'", (Order No: 32830 ), $30.00

117. Dickens, Charles, A CHRISTMAS TREE, Samual A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1961), color illustrations, 47pp, very good+ (hardcover) in very good slipcase, Copy 1257 of 1300 prepared as a Christmas Greeting in 1961. Card from Sam Dalton laid in., (Order No: 32833 ), $25.00

118. Dickens, Charles, THE BATTLE OF LIFE - A LOVE STORY BY CHARLES DICKENS, Samuel A. Dalton, Philadelphia, PA, (1956), 88pp, fine, red cloth spine (hardcover) in good slipcase, One of 1,000 copies prepared as a Christmas greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. Light edgewear to slipcase., (Order No: 50637 ), $17.50

119. Dickinson, Howard W., ARCHAMON, FRIEND, Privately Printed, New York, (1930), 55pp, good, orange cloth w/light fade to spine, signed by the author, A story about the philosopher Archamon of Ancient Greece. Limited, signed edition of Five Hundred Copies., (Order No: 27610 ), $15.00

120. Dille, Glen F. (edited by), LA COMEDIA LLAMADA SERAFINA: AN ANONYMOUS HUMANISTIC COMEDY OF 1521, Southern Illinois Press, Carbondale, IL, (1979), 114pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809308665 An edited and annotated edition of a delightfully ribald classic, this is the first since 1873, and the first modern fully annotated edition of LA COMEDIA LLAMADA SERAFINA., (Order No: 19734 ), $12.50

121. Diver, Maud, AWAKENING: A STUDY IN POSSIBILITIES, John Lane Company, New York, 1911 1st ed, 432pp, very good, olive green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 39611 ), $20.00

122. Diver, Maud, FAR TO SEEK: A ROMANCE OF ENGLAND AND INDIA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (1921), 460pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover), "As part of my book is set in Lahore during the outbreak, in April, 1919, I wish to state clearly that, while the main events are true to fact, the characters concerned, both English and Indian, are purely imaginary.", (Order No: 40079 ), $10.00

123. Dixon, Thomas, THE WAY OF A MAN - THE STORY OF THE NEW WOMAN, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1919 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 295pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), Dedicated to Dorothy Dix., (Order No: 47344 ), $15.00

124. Dobree, Bonamy, ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1700-1740, Oxford University Press, New York, 1959, 701pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This volume is concerned with English Literature from 1700 to 1740, a period in which men were anxious to discover the limits of reason, and in which nature poetry was invigorated by the new wonder science had aroused., (Order No: 34104 ), $10.00

125. Donnelly, Ignatius (edited by Walter B. Rideout), CAESAR'S COLUMN: A STORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1960, 313pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A romance of the future written by Ignatius Donnelly originally in 1889 to protest the growing concentration of wealth and power in the hands of Big Business., (Order No: 40669 ), $15.00

126. Doyle, A. Conan, THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD, D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1896 1st US ed, B&W illustrations, 361pp, very good+, decororated red cloth (hardcover), Very clean and tight copy, lightest of fade to spine., (Order No: 7527 ), $85.00

127. Drake, William A. (edited by), AMERICAN CRITICISM, 1926, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1926), 368pp, good, cloth spine, paper covered boards w/light corner wear, Here are essays which, out of the large number appearing in American periodicals between July, 1925, and July, 1926, have given the highest degree of pleasure and the most definite impression of general appeal and permanence of interest. EX-LIB - no external marks, two library stamps front-endpaper., (Order No: 30838 ), $8.50

128. Duffy, Maureen, ILLUMINATIONS: A FABLE, Sinclair-Stevenson, London, (1991), 249pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 1856190617, (Order No: 17460 ), $5.00

129. Dun, Mao (translated by Madeleine Zelin), RAINBOW, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (1992) 1st ptg, 237pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0520073274 This volume chronicles the changing political and social climate of China during the early years of the twentieth century., (Order No: 45173 ), $15.00

130. Durrell, Lawrence, THE DARK LABYRINTH - A NOVEL, Faber and Faber, London, (1961), 266pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner inscription, Lawrence Durrell's novel THE DARK LABYRINTH was originally entitled CEFALU. This story conveys it characters to Crete; it is a modern novel about modern people, but not without echoes of the Minos legend., (Order No: 50670 ), $15.00

131. Dybek, Stuart, THE COAST OF CHICAGO, Vintage Books, New York, (1991) 1st ptg, 175pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0679733345 The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybek's stories., (Order No: 38766 ), $17.50

132. Eco, Umberto, L'ISOLA DEL GIORNO PRIMA, Romanzo Bompiani, Milan, Italy, (1994), 473pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 8845223183 In Italian., (Order No: 46074 ), $20.00

133. Emery, Sarah A., THREE GENERATIONS, The Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, (1988), ill. by Miss L. B. Humphrey, 244pp, fine, green buckram cloth (hardcover), Quality reprint of the 1872 edition republished under the auspices of Parker River Researchers, Newburyport, MA., (Order No: 50106 ), $15.00

134. Emery, Sarah Anna, MY GENERATION, The Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, (1987), 283pp, fine, maroon buckram cloth (hardcover), Quality reprint of the 1893 edition republished under the auspices of Parker River Researchers, Newburyport, Massachusetts., (Order No: 50107 ), $25.00

135. Empson, William (edited with an introduction by John Haffenden), THE ROYAL BEASTS AND OTHER WORKS, Chatto & Windus, London, (1986), 201pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0701130849 THE ROYAL BEASTS, a prose fantasy, tells how a tribe of mutants--half-man, half-animal--wisely refuse to be classed as human beings., (Order No: 33631 ), $3.50

136. Farr, Finis, THE ELEPHANT VALLEY - A SPY NOVEL IN WHICH THE AMERICANS ARE NOT THE VILLAINS, Arlington Huse, New Rochelle, NY, (1967), 272pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 30241 ), $5.00

137. Fast, Howard, THE PASSION OF SACCO AND VANZETTI: A NEW ENGLAND NOVEL, The Blue Heron Press, Inc., New York, (1953) 1st ptg, 255pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, Howard Fast has gathered together the folk lore of the Sacco-Vanzetti case, weaving it, along with facts scrupulously examined and integrated, into a strange and haunting and demanding novel., (Order No: 38974 ), $15.00

138. Faust, Irvin, THE STEAGLE, Random House, New York, (1966) 1st ptg, 247pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 10130 ), $5.00

139. Faust, Irvin, A STAR IN THE FAMILY, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1975 1st ed, 306pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385010230, (Order No: 32685 ), $3.00

140. Fender, J. E., THE PRIVATE REVOLUTION OF GEOFFREY FROST, Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH, (2002) 1st ptg, 300pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1584652128 Being an Account of the Life and Times of Geoffrey Frost, Mariner, of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, as Faithfully Translated from the Ming Tsun Chronicles, and Diligently Compared with Other Contemporary Histories., (Order No: 50999 ), $8.50

141. Fennerton, William, THE LUCIFER CELL - A NOVEL, Atheneum, New York, 1968 1st ed, 306pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 32385 ), $4.00

142. Feval, Paul (translated and adapted by Cleveland B. Chase), COMRADES AT ARMS: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF D'ARTAGNAN AND CYRANO, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1930 2nd ptg, 302pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Cyrano de Bergerac gallops to join his former adversary, D'Artagnan, to protect George Villiers and his wife Claire de Cernay. But opposed to them, determined to destroy the young couple, is the most fiendishly subtle mind in all France--Mazaarin: Cardinal, Prime Minister, lover of George's mother, the Queen Regent., (Order No: 32330 ), $75.00

143. Fiedler, Leslie A., NO! IN THUNDER: ESSAYS ON MYTH AND LITERATURE, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, (1960), 336pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author turns to myth and literature--he explores his theme in the work of Dante, Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Peretz, Kafka, Bernard Malamud, Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren and Cesare Pavese., (Order No: 30296 ), $5.00

144. Fischer, John (edited by), SIX IN THE EASY CHAIR, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1973), 273pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0252003799 The oldest and one of the liveliest columns in American journalism, Harper's Easy Chair has provided "criticism of society" since 1851. John Fischer, who has written for the Easy Chair since 1951, has gathered thirty-eight of the best articles by the six columnists who have occupied the Chair; Donald Grant Mitchell, George William Curtis, William Dean Howells, Edward S. Martin, Bernard DeVoto, and Fischer himself., (Order No: 16422 ), $5.00

145. Fiske, Horace Spencer, PROVINCIAL TYPES IN AMERICAN FICTION, Kennikat Press, Inc., Port Washington, NY, (1968), 264pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), Originally published in 1903 by the Chautaugua Press., (Order No: 4739 ), $7.50

146. Fitzgerald, F. Scott, THE GREAT GATESBY - COLLECTORS REPRINTS, INC. FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION, Collectors Reprints, Inc., New York, 218pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) in very good+ slipcase, Exact facsimile of the First Edition, except for a statement on the copyright page., (Order No: 45487 ), $75.00

147. Fleming, Berry, SIESTA, Second Chance Press, Sag Harbor, NY, (1987), 345pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0933256663 First published in 1935., (Order No: 45729 ), $8.00

148. Flynn, Robert, LIVING WITH THE HYENAS: SHORT STORIES, Texas Christian Univ. Press, Fort Worth, TX, (1995), 211pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0875651445 The people in Robert Flynn's short stories learn to make accomodations to the hyenas and to a society and culture that tolerates hyenas. Whether they find themselves in Vietnam or rural Texas, Flynn's characters are often heroes in the most personal sense of the word and by standards which matter only to them., (Order No: 22916 ), $8.00

149. Ford, Corey, HOW TO GUESS YOUR AGE, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1950, ill. by Gluyas Williams, 40pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 4598 ), $5.00

150. Forkner, Ben (edited by) and Burgess, Anthony (preface by), MODERN IRISH SHORT STORIES, The Viking Press, NY, (1980), 557pp, good w/good dustjacket, The twenty-six short stories in this first-rate collection provide a sample of the best in modern Irish prose., (Order No: 19491 ), $14.50

151. Fowler, Nathaniel C., GUMPTION - THE PROGRESSIONS OF NEWSON NEW, Small, Maynard and Company, Boston, MA, 1905, B&W illustrations, 332pp, ads, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 51205 ), $25.00

152. Frame, Ronald, PENELOPE'S HAT, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1989) 2nd ptg, 440pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0671726161, (Order No: 11259 ), $5.00

153. Fredericks, Arnold, THE FILM OF FEAR, W. J. Watt & Company, New York, (1917) 1st ed, frontis by Will Foster, 314pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, Clean and tight copy, NOTE - there is a slight cant to the book block., (Order No: 40303 ), $175.00

154. Frye, John and Frye, Harriet, NORTH TO THULE, Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, NC, 1985, 190pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0912697202 An Imagined Narrative of the Famous "Lost" Sea Voyage of Pytheas of Massalia in the Fourth Century BC., (Order No: 46874 ), $5.00

155. Fuller, Edmund, A STAR POINTED NORTH, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1946) 1st ed, 361pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A historical novel about Frederick Douglas, the first American Negro to become a great leader of his people.", (Order No: 40518 ), $15.00

156. Galindo, Sergio (translated by John and Carolyn Brushwood; introduction by John Brushwood), THE PRECIPICE (EL BORDO), University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1969), drawings by Luis Eades, 185pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0292784082 An intimate picture of the complexity of life in a contemporary Mexican family., (Order No: 45267 ), $8.50

157. Geis, Bernard (adapted by) (Toystoy, Leo), THE PICTURE-STORY OF LEO TOLSTOY'S WAR AND PEACE, Frederick Fell, Inc., New York, (1956), B&W photographs, 120pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Drawing from both the novel and the motion picture, here is a fascinating presentation of Tolstoy's masterpiece., (Order No: 17380 ), $7.50

158. Gentry, Jean Littleton, MAMA AND THE OUTLAW, Richard R. Smith Publisher, Rindge, NH, 1953, 240pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by publisher, The joys of that old home, the warmth and companionship of a large family, the rich color of a romantic era make this an unusual and fascinating novel., (Order No: 43074 ), $20.00

159. Gerber, Helmut E. (editor), THE ENGLISH SHORT STORY IN TRANSITION 1880-1920, Pegasus, New York, (1967), 512pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A collection of twenty-six of the best and most exemplary short stories in English literature from the period 1880 to 1920., (Order No: 14030 ), $6.00

160. Gessner (translated by W. Hooper), NEW IDYLLES, Printed for S. Hooper, London, 1776, copperplate engravings, 129pp, very good, 3/4 leather (hardcover) (slight bow to boards), teg, with; "LETTER FROM M. GESSNER to M. FUSLIN, Author of the History of the Swiss Painters, on Landscape Painting." and, "THE TWO FRIENDS OF BOURBON, A MORAL TALE. BY M. DIDEROT." Raised bands on leather spine, some rubbing to spine and edges of boards., (Order No: 120 ), $350.00

161. Gibson, William and Sterling, Bruce, THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE: A NOVEL, Bantam Books, NY, (1991), 429pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket, review press release/photo laid in, The authors explore a future in which information is the ultimate currency and the computer the ultimate weapon., (Order No: 16761 ), $15.00

162. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (translated from the German by Martin Greenberg), FAUST PART TWO, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1998) 1st ptg, 255pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0300068263, (Order No: 43712 ), $10.00

163. Gold, Herbert, SWIFTIE THE MAGICIAN, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1974), 168pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket, A fable of the sixties, Herbert Gold's extraordinary new novel recalls a decade in the personal history of a young television filmmaker and the three women who touch his life., (Order No: 24550 ), $15.00

164. Gold, Ivan, NICKEL MISERIES: A COLLECTION, The Viking Press, New York, (1963), 210pp, good+ w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover), A collection of two novellas and three short stories., (Order No: 35578 ), $5.00

165. Gordon, Armistead C., OMMIRANDY: PLANTATION LIFE AT KINGSMILL, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1917 1st ed, ill. by Walter Biggs, 295pp, good+, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), Nice clean, bright and tight copy., (Order No: 36459 ), $45.00

166. Graham, Don (edited by), SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST: 24 STORIES FROM MODERN TEXAS, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1986) 1st ed, 278pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0292776004 These selections make up an album of Texas life during the more than half-century that has seen the open range converted to a modern agricultural and industrial state., (Order No: 38924 ), $10.00

167. Graham, Philip, INTERIOR DESIGN: STORIES, Scribner, New York, (1996) 1st ptg, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0684803720, (Order No: 11481 ), $6.00

168. Grass, Gunter (Manheim, Ralph translated by), LOCAL ANAESTHETIC, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, (1970) 1st ed, 284pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 14096 ), $2.50

169. Green, Helen, AT THE ACTORS' BOARDING HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES, The Nevada Publishing Co., New York, 1906, B&W illustration, 380pp, good+, decorated tan cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40081 ), $20.00

170. Greenfeld, Josh, THE RETURN OF MR. HOLLYWOOD, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1984 1st ed, 311pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385184077 The author has created in the character of Larry Lazar the ultimate All-American, Bi-Coastal Showbiz Man: a hyphenate caught up in a raucous romp of eating, drinking, fighting, and fornicating., (Order No: 27696 ), $5.00

171. Grillo, Ernesto (critical introductions by), EARLY ITALIAN LITERATURE: VOLUME I PRE-DANTE POETICAL SCHOOLS; VOLUME II THE DAWN OF ITALIAN PROSE - TWO VOLUME SET, Blackie and Son, Limited, London, 1920, good w/lightly chipped dustjackets (hardcover), Two volume set: Volume I PRE-DANTE POETICAL SCHOOLS, 388pp; Volume II THE DAWN OF ITALIAN PROSE, 169pp., (Order No: 34409 ), $45.00

172. Gross, John (chosen and edited by), THE OXFORD BOOK OF ESSAYS, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991, 680pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0192141856 A wide-ranging collection, this book includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities, meditations, diversions, old favorites, recent examples that deserve to be better known., (Order No: 22531 ), $4.00

173. Grossinger, Tania and Neiderman, Andrew, WEEKEND, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1980), 280pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312860064 From the dustjacket: "It all starts as a typical July Fourth weekend at the Congress, the internationally famoaus Catskill resort hotel. Thousands of vacationers, their pockets filled with cash and their minds on easy sex, begin to arrive from the city. But while singles meet at the pool and other folks congregate at the bar, a time bomb is slowly ticking: an outbreat of cholera so devastating that the wildest holiday of the year quickly becomes a deadly nightmare." I read this book years ago in conjunction with my interest in the history of summer resorts and vacations, and found it hard to put down. A fun and fast read., (Order No: 50251 ), $25.00

174. Grubb, Davis, A DREAM OF KINGS, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955, 357pp, very good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover) author signed, A novel of Civil War days; an intense, lyric projection of Tom Christopher's growth to manhood; and a deeply moving love story. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper., (Order No: 39908 ), $60.00

175. Guillaume, Bernice F. (compiled and edited by), THE COLLECTED WORKS OF OLIVIA WARD BUSH-BANKS, Oxford University Press, New York, 1991, B&W frontispiece, 321pp, fine, black cloth (hardcover) (published without a dustjacket), ISBN 0195061969 One of the publications from The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers., (Order No: 13043 ), $6.00

176. Gulliver, Lemuel (from an unpublished manuscript edited, with notes, by Matthew Hodgart), A NEW VOYAGE TO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOUYHNHNMS: BEING THE FIFTH PART OF THE TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE PARTS OF THE WORLD, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1970) 1st Amer, B&W map, 91pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Wherein the Author returns and finds a New State of Liberal Horses and Revolting Yahoos., (Order No: 31891 ), $12.00

177. Hall, Esther Greenacre, BACK TO BUCKEYE, Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1934 1st ed, ill. by Lee Townsend, 317pp, good++ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Sequel to COLLEGE ON HORSEBACK. In this volume, the girls spend the summer on the Buckeye. Nice clean, tight and bright copy., (Order No: 49437 ), $35.00

178. Hall, James W., MEAN HIGH TIDE, Delacorte Press, New York, (1994) 1st ptg, 371pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0385307985 The author plunges into the clear blue waters and wild terrain of southern Florida in this novel., (Order No: 32671 ), $4.50

179. Hamilton-Paterson, James, THAT TIME IN MALOMBA, SOHO Press, Inc., New York, (1990), 180pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0939149427, (Order No: 35135 ), $2.50

180. Han Shaogong (translated by Julia Lovell), A DICTIONARY OF MAQIAO, Columbia University Press, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, 333pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231127448 One of the most talked about works of fiction to emerge from China in recent years, this novel about an urban yourth "displaced" to a small village in rural China during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) is a fictionalized portrait of the author's own experience as a young man., (Order No: 40932 ), $13.50

181. Hanes, Frank Borden, JACKKNIFE JOHN, The Naylor Company, San Antonio, TX, (1964), 265pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) author inscribed, "First Cutting Horse Adventure Not Recommended for Schools.", (Order No: 38935 ), $10.00

182. Hansen, Brooks and Davis, Nick (warmly inscribed by Nick Davis) [Warmly inscribed by Nick Davis], BOONE: A NOVEL, Summit Books, New York, (1990) 1st ptg, 395pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE, ISBN 0671681087 Years after his tragic death in New Mexico, Eton Arthur Boone's unique place in history is being restored in BOONE. CONDITION NOTE - Small nick bottom edge front board., (Order No: 36011 ), $2.00

183. Hansen, Ron, DESPERADOES, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979 1st ed, 273pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394503503 Author's first book - "the story of the notorious outlaw gang, the Daltons.", (Order No: 17120 ), $30.00

184. Harington, Donald, WITH, The Toby Press, New Milford, CT / London, (2004), 491pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1592640508 "Impossible to categorize, WITH is a sensual, irresistible tale, full of unexpected twists and turns.", (Order No: 49667 ), $12.50

185. Hart, Henry (edited by), AMERICAN WRITERS' CONGRESS, International Publishers, New York, (1935), 192pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), From 1930 on, more and more American writers began to take sides in the world struggle between barbarism (deliberately cultivated by a handful of property owners) and the living interests of the mass of mankind. Contains Langston Hughes "To Negro Writers." Other contributors include Dos Passos, Farrell, and Dahlberg., (Order No: 37533 ), $45.00

186. Hart, Josephine, DAMAGE: A NOVEL, Alfred A. Knopf, London, 1991 1st Amer, 198pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679401350 A remarkable first novel revealing the frenzied dimensions of erotic and emotional obsession., (Order No: 19768 ), $3.00

187. Harte, Bret, TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1899 (1898), 348pp, good+, brown cloth, (Order No: 22953 ), $25.00

188. Harte, Bret, A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS AND OTHER STORIES, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1891 1st US, 294pp, ads, very good, green cloth (hardcover), BAL 7357 - Other stories include: The Chatelaine of Burnt Ridge; Through the Santa Clara Wheat; and, A Maecenas of the Pacific Slope., (Order No: 43676 ), $25.00

189. Harte, Bret, BARKER'S LUCK AND OTHER STORIES, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1896 1st ed, 265pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Barker's Luck; A Yellow Dog; A Mother of Five; Bulger's Reputation; In the Tules; A Convert of the Mission; The Indiscretion of Elsbeth; The Devotion of Enriquez., (Order No: 45280 ), $22.50

190. Hazlitt, William (edited with an introduction and notes by Gerald Lahey), LIBER AMORIS: OR, THE NEW PYGMALION, AN AUTHENTIC STORY OF THE TWO FACES OF LOVE, New York University Press, New York, (1980), B&W frontis, 266pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814749992 Rarely published and generally unavailable, it is hoped that the present facsimile edition with an essay of Introduction and critical notes will help to place this absorbing work of self-confession in its true perspective as a genuinely representative expression of the Romantic temper., (Order No: 51449 ), $7.50

191. Heaney, Seamus, FINDERS KEEPERS: SELECTED PROSE, 1971-2001, Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, (2002) 1st ed, 452pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0374154961 The most complete one-volume edition of Heaney's prose to date., (Order No: 48613 ), $9.50

192. Hemingway, Leicester, THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1953) 1st ed, 308pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Beginning in the early dawn of D Day when swarms of Allied landing craft struck the beaches of Normandy, this vivid documentary novel follows the lives of a few men in an Army Film Unit in their sweep across France and into Germany., (Order No: 39660 ), $20.00

193. Henricksson, John (editor), NORTH WRITERS: A STRONG WOODS COLLECTION, Univ. of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, (1991), 292pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816619506 In this anthology the land is celebrated, cursed, glorified, and explored by writers who simultaneously reveal themselves, their cultures, and their roots., (Order No: 32426 ), $17.50

194. Henriques, Robert, HOME FIRES BURNING - A NOVEL, The Viking Press, New York, 1945, 241pp, good+ w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 41106 ), $9.50

195. Henry, DeWitt (edited by), OTHER SIDES OF SILENCE: NEW FICTION FROM PLOUGHSHARES, Faber and Faber, Boston, (1992), 297pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0571198112, (Order No: 35132 ), $3.50

196. Herford, Beatrice, MONOLOGUES, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1908, ill. by Oliver Herford, 139pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 42080 ), $12.50

197. Hergesheimer, Joseph, CYTHEREA - LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1922, 371pp, very good, reddish brown cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, Copy 249 of the 270 limited, signed by the author, "Large Paper Edition.", (Order No: 10627 ), $30.00

198. Hergesheimer, Joseph, THE PARTY DRESS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1930, 345pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover) dustjacket cut and laid in, (Order No: 30660 ), $9.50

199. Hergesheimer, Joseph, MOUNTAIN BLOOD: A NOVEL, Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1915 1st ed, 312pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) dustjacket panels laid in, (Order No: 36808 ), $10.00

200. Hergesheimer, Joseph, THE LAY ANTHONY: A ROMANCE, Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1914 1st ed, 327pp, good, purple cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 37198 ), $10.00

201. Holton, Milne (edited, with an introduction by), THE BIG HORSE: AND OTHER STORIES OF MODERN MACEDONIA, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, 1974, 232pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826201628 Stories by 20 writers from the Macedonian literary movement, all of whom began their careers after 1945. The collection ranges from traditional work in imitation of Russian or European masters to radical experiments in the antistory., (Order No: 14394 ), $7.50

202. Homer - Eickhoff, R. L. (translated and edited by), THE ODYSSEY: A MODERN TRANSLATION OF HOMER'S CLASSIC TALE, A Forge Book, New York, (2001) 1st ed, 432pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312866690 A dramatic modern translation of one of the world's most enduring epic tales of adventure, romance, and human struggle, and the foundation of all Western literature., (Order No: 34342 ), $10.00

203. Homer, Art, THE DROWNT BOY - AN OZARK TALE, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, (1994) 1st ptg, 155pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826209815, (Order No: 41182 ), $7.50

204. Hospital, Janette Turner, ISOBARS, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1990), 177pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807117102 The author presents stories of lives precariously balanced between the past and the present, between the real and the imagined, between the steamy tropical rain forests and beaches of Australia and the urban landscapes of North American cities., (Order No: 24423 ), $7.50

205. Hotchkiss, C. C., THE SPUR OF DANGER, W. J. Watt & Company, New York, (1915), ill. by Will Grefe, 310pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, (Order No: 40298 ), $15.00

206. Hotchkiss, Chauncey C., BETSY ROSS: A ROMANCE OF THE FLAG, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1901 1st ed, 367pp, ads, good++, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) SEE NOTE, The romance which the author has woven around the origin of our flag will quicken the pulse of every reader by the wealth of striking characters and dramatic incidents, and the absorbing interest of the plot. History has furnished a motive which has been curiously neglected in fiction, and the picturesque figures of the time, sea-rangers and Quakers, redcoats and Continental soldiers, and even Washington himself, have to do with the development of a strange and thrilling story wherein Betsy Ross takes the leading part. CONDITION NOTE - EX-Church Library copy -- no external marks, only a stamp on front free endpaper, and label on rear pastedown., (Order No: 25048 ), $25.00

207. Howells, W. D., THEIR SILVER WEDDING JOURNEY - TWO VOLUME SET, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1899 1st ed, B&W illustrations, very good+, pictorial gray cloth (hardcover), BAL 9726. Two Volume Set: Volume 1, 401pp; Volume 2; 464pp. Dustjackets (original?) appear to be silvered wallpaper?, (Order No: 4445 ), $40.00

208. Howells, William Dean, THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1895, ill. by Clifford Carleton, 399pp, very good+, teg w/original cloth dustjacket (hardcover), A handsome copy with an uncommon early cloth dustjacket., (Order No: 51618 ), $35.00

209. Hughes, Monica, SANDWRITER, Julia MacRae Books, London, (1985), 159pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0862031982, (Order No: 33265 ), $4.50

210. Humphrey, William, MY MOBY DICK, Doubleday & Co., Inc., NY, 1978 1st ed, 96pp, vg+ w/vg dj, (Order No: 3585 ), $25.00

211. Hutchings, Emily Grant (introduction by), JAP HERRON - A NOVEL WRITTEN FROM THE OUIJA BOARD, Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1917 1st ed, B&W frontis, 230pp, very good++, maroon cloth (hardcover) front panel of dj laid in, With an introduction "The Coming of Jap Herron" in which the author relates the events from psychic research leading to this volume. Frontis of Mark Twain drawn from life by John Cecil Clay. The same image is repeated on the front cover of the dustjacket which is cut and laid in (no other parts of jacket). Uncommon., (Order No: 43241 ), $375.00

212. Hutchinson, M. F., THE WAYS OF A GIRL OR THE STORY OF ONE YEAR!, David McKay, Publisher, Philadelphia, PA, n.d. c1910, B&W illustrations, 320pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) - SEE NOTE, Decorated green cloth with bright color stampings, uncommon in dustjacket. Previouse owner's name TORN from front free endpaper., (Order No: 40226 ), $30.00

213. Hutchinson, A. S. M., BIG BUSINESS, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1932 1st ed, ill. by Gluyas Williams, 315pp, very good, purple cloth (hardcover) some light fading (no dj), (Order No: 40229 ), $10.00

214. Huxley, Aldous, AFTER MANY A SUMMER, Chatto and Windus, London, 1939 1st ed, 314pp, very good, brown cloth, dustjacket lightly faded as usual, Small chip out of the dustjacket at the top of the spine. Free endpapers exhibit some browning from acidification from being in contact with the acidic dustjacket. Overall an exceptionally clean and bright copy except as noted., (Order No: 18756 ), $125.00

215. Hyde, Henry M., ONE FORTY-TWO: THE REFORMED MESSENGER BOY, Herbert S. Stone and Company, Chicago, 1901, B&W illustrations, 204pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover), These sketches appeared in the columns of the "Chicago Tribune.", (Order No: 36272 ), $17.50

216. Isaacson, Knight, THE STORE: A NOVEL, Walker and Company, New York, (1974) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 278pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802704549 This powerful and disturbing novel probes the dark underworld of the fashion industry., (Order No: 27700 ), $4.00

217. Iskander, Fazil, THE THIRTEENTH LABOUR OF HERCULES - SECOND PRINTING WITH ADDITIONS, Progress Publishers, Moscow, (1978) 2nd ptg, 196pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), First published in 1972. This new edition of Iskander's work contains two additional stories from recent publications., (Order No: 50090 ), $15.00

218. Izzi, Eugene, A MATTER OF HONOR: A NOVEL OF CHICAGO, Avon Books, New York, (1997) 1st ed, 424pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0380973421, (Order No: 38494 ), $2.50

219. Janvier, Thomas A., THE PASSING OF THOMAS AND OTHER STORIES, Harper & Brothers, Pub., New York, 1900 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 181pp, very good, decorated gray cloth (no dustjacket), Five Stories: The Passing of Thomas; In the St. Peter's Set; At the Grand Hotel du Paradis; The Fish of Monsieur Quissard; and, Le Bon Oncle d'Amerique. Nice clean and tight copy from a single owner estate., (Order No: 27354 ), $10.00

220. Janvier, Thomas A., SANTA FE'S PARTNER - BEING SOME MEMORIALS OF EVENTS IN A NEW-MEXICAN TRACK-ENDTOWN, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1907 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 237pp, very good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), BAL 10864, (Order No: 45077 ), $10.00

221. Johns, Marston, SPACE VOID, Arcadia House, New York, (1965), 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), "They came out of the void, from Venus, only to find there was no answer to their radio signals. Earth seemed dead.", (Order No: 46125 ), $20.00

222. Jones, Douglas C., THE COURT-MARTIAL OF GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1976) 4th ptg, 291pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684147386, (Order No: 4423 ), $5.00

223. Jones, Elizabeth Inglis, CRUMBLING PAGEANT, Constable & Co., Ltd., London, (1932) 1st ed, 315pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A story of the clash of two classes, and of the struggle in a woman's heart between the desire for splendour and social recognition and the natural passion for comfort and an honest man's faithful affection." Uncommon, especially in dustjacket., (Order No: 41653 ), $95.00

224. Jones, Madison, AN EXILE, Frederic C. Beil, Savannah, GA, (1990), B&W illustrations, 139pp, fine, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0913720615 Illustrations by Dean Bornstein., (Order No: 14102 ), $12.50

225. Kahmann, Chesley, CARMEN - SILENT PARTNER, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934 1st ed, ill. by Armstrong Sperry, 249pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) 2 small chips on jacket, "Carmen was the oldest girl in a little family that lived on the edge of a great coffee plantation in the hills of Puetro Rico. Her father and mother had been killed in a hurricane and Carmen hadtaken charge of the family with the help of Teodoro, her oldest brother.", (Order No: 51617 ), $35.00

226. Kantor, MacKinlay, THE CHILDREN SING, Hawthorn Books, NY, (1973) 1st, 213pp, vg w/vg dj, (Order No: 3681 ), $20.00

227. Kauffman, Reginald Wright, THE FREE LOVERS: A NOVEL OF TO-DAY, The Macaulay Company, New York, (1925) 1st ed, 241pp, good+ in scarce good dustjacket (hardcover), The passionate story of a young couple who deliberately experiment with life, on "Main Street," in "Greenwich Village," through "Suburbia." "Here is a genuine modern romance which moves with the rapid beat of our exotic age.", (Order No: 34227 ), $150.00

228. Kerenyi, C.; Gall, Michel; and Sichtermann, Hellmut (commentaries by); Erich Lessing Photographic Interpretation, THE VOYAGES OF ULYSSES: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF HOMER'S CLASSIC BY ERICH LESSING, Herder Freiburg, Vienna, (1965), 115 color plates, 261pp, index, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) in good slipcase, With selections from T.E. Shaw's translation of the Odyssey and Ithaka, der Peloponnes und Troja by Heinrich Schliemann., (Order No: 7638 ), $15.00

229. King, Michael, LORIEN LOST: A NOVEL OF ARTISTIC OBSESSION, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1996) 1st ed, 50 B&W line ill., 195pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) w/review press release, ISBN 0312143494 A "New Victorian" novel about a quest for love and art., (Order No: 15618 ), $7.00

230. King, Stephen, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES, Viking, NY, (1993), 810pp, fine, off-white wraps with very light rubbing, "Unrevised and Unpublished Proofs", (Order No: 7601 ), $75.00

231. Kingley, Charles, HYPATIA, OR NEW FOES WITH AN OLD FACE, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1897), ill. by Edmund H. Garrett, 477pp, very good, green cloth, teg (hardcover), Illustration shown on page 19 is also on the front board in bright gilt stamping., (Order No: 43677 ), $15.00

232. Kipling, Rudyard, STALKY & CO., Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1899 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 310pp, good++, decorated green cloth, teg (hardcover) faintest edgwear, Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 50525 ), $10.00

233. Klyver, Richard D., THE APOSTLE OF GREENLAND: "A NOBLE OBSESSION", Vantage Press, New York, (2000) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 122pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 053313417X A FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHY OF HANS EGEDE--EXPLORER, COLONIZER, AND MISSIONARY--WHO BROUGHT CHRISTIANITY TO GREENLAND., (Order No: 38652 ), $25.00

234. Knight, Adele Ferguson, MADEMOISELLE CELESTE: A ROMANCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, A. L. Burt Company, New York, orig pub 1910, color frontis, 322pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, (Order No: 40302 ), $12.50

235. Knox, Olive, RED RIVER SHADOWS, Macmillan, Toronto, 1948, 303pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A charming love story with a background of history. It throws welcome light on a fascinating period in the struggle to build Canada., (Order No: 35178 ), $7.50

236. Komaiko, S. B., HERE TO STAY: A COLLECTION OF JEWISH SHORT STORIES, Bloch Publishing Company, New York, 1951 2nd ptg, 322pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) faded spine, inscribed by author, (Order No: 40273 ), $7.50

237. Kraft, Eric, LITTLE FOLLIES: THE PERSONAL HISTORY, ADVENTURES, EXPERIENCES & OBSERVATIONS OF PETER LEROY (SO FAR), Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1992) 1st ed, 437pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 051758543X Even if you didn't grow up on Bolotomy Bay when Babbington, Long Island, was the "Clam Capital of America," you will recognize Peter Leroy as Everyboy., (Order No: 34395 ), $5.00

238. Kronenberger, Louis, A MANIA FOR MAGNIFICENCE, An Atlantic Monthly Pr. Book, Boston, MA, (1972) 1st ed, 236pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Twenty-one richly enjoyable essays in which Kronenberger writes of the vast, brilliant, worldly aspects of American and European culture--the "mania for magnificence.", (Order No: 27335 ), $6.00

239. Kubitz, Frances R., DAMARISCOVE ISLAND, published by the author, n.p., (1997), ill. by Frederick T. Kubitz, 147pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, (Order No: 48423 ), $20.00

240. LaFay, Vivienne, THE SEDUCTRESS, Venus, n.p., (1995), 250pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 073943117X First published by Black Lace in London. Black Lace novels are sexual fantasies., (Order No: 50864 ), $5.00

241. Lambton, Antony, ELIZABETH AND ALEXANDRA, E. P. Dutton, New York, (1985) 1st Amer, 415pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 052524395X In a subtle blend of fact and fiction, this book is a vivid documentary of life as a German princess destined for a great dynastic alliance., (Order No: 21298 ), $40.00

242. Landon, Joseph, ANGLE OF ATTACK - A NOVEL, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1952 1st ed, 254pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The story of eight flyers who refused to surrender., (Order No: 29812 ), $7.50

243. Lane, Jane, RABBITS IN THE HAY, The Newman Press, Westminster, MD, 1958, 330pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author shows how Babington and his fellow conspirators were duped into betraying hapless Mary, Queen of Scots, whom they thought to serve, and were finally driven to their terrible doom like rabbits trapped for slaughter, retreating hopelessly before the scythes of the hay-harvesters., (Order No: 25231 ), $6.50

244. Langsford, A. E., HMS MARATHON, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, (1990), 240pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891413901 An accomplished story-teller turns the sights on the war at sea: the Mediterranean, 1942., (Order No: 50049 ), $5.00

245. Larrimore, Lida, ROBIN HILL, Macrae Smith Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1932 1st ed, 266pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 30160 ), $20.00

246. Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel (translated by Alan Sheridan), LOVE, DEATH AND MONEY IN THE PAYS D'OC, George Braziller, New York, (1982) 1st ptg, B&W map, 597pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A literary analysis of an eighteenth-century fable from the south of France., (Order No: 31393 ), $15.00

247. Leautaud, Paul (translated from the French by Humphrey Hare), THE CHILD OF MONTMARTRE, Random House, New York, (1959), 256pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 34686 ), $4.00

248. Leavitt, David, WHILE ENGLAND SLEEPS, Viking, New York, (1993) 1st ed, 304pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670833495 Set against the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe, WHILE ENGLAND SLEEPS tells the story of a love affair between Brian Botsford, an upper-class young writer, and Edward Phelan, an idealistic, self-educated employee of the London Underground and a Communist Party member., (Order No: 20021 ), $7.50

249. Lenoir, John Monte (in collaboration with Jeannette Marie Furlong), YOUR DAUGHTER AND MINE: A NOVEL OF SORORITY LIFE, The William-Frederick Press, New York, 1946, 131pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Here is a fast moving story of college life, a striking argument in favor of fraternal organizations in our universities and colleges., (Order No: 38765 ), $45.00

250. Leontief, Estelle, SELLIE AND DEE: A FRIENDSHIP, Chicory Blue Press, Goshen, CT, (1993), 40pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961911166 A Crimson Edge Chapbook, (Order No: 45069 ), $7.50

251. Lewis, Sinclair, BABBITT - THE FIRST EDITION LIBRARY FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION, The First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) in fine slipcase, shrink wrap, Exact facsimile of the First Edition. New copy in original shrinkwrap - never opened. (Could be Collectors Reprints imprint instead)., (Order No: 45543 ), $35.00

252. Lewis, Sinclair, ELMER GANTRY: THE FIRST EDITION LIBRARY FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION, The First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) in fine slipcase, shrink wrap, Exact facsimile of the First Edition. New copy in original shrinkwrap - never opened. (Could be Collectors Reprints imprint instead)., (Order No: 45618 ), $50.00

253. Lewis, Sinclair, MAIN STREET: THE FIRST EDITION LIBRARY FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION, The First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) in fine slipcase, shrink wrap, Exact facsimile of the First Edition. New copy in original shrinkwrap - never opened. (Could be Collectors Reprints imprint instead)., (Order No: 45620 ), $40.00

254. Li, Qiao (translated from the Chinese by Taotao Liu & John Balcom), WINTRY NIGHT, Columbia University Press, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, 291, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231122004 An epic spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this ambitious and lyrical novel traces the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan as a result of the Sino-Japanese war, through World War II., (Order No: 30740 ), $12.50

255. Lincoln, Joseph C., RUGGED WATER, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1924 1st ed, 385pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) old tape repair 1/2 title hinge, (Order No: 35632 ), $7.50

256. Lincoln, Joseph C., "SHAVINGS" A NOVEL, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1918 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 382pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A delightful novel of Cape Cod, filled with the salty flavor, delicious humor and picturesque characters that only a Lincoln book possesses.", (Order No: 51050 ), $15.00

257. Lion, Hortense, MILL STREAM, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1941 1st ed, 391pp, good w/very lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), In this swift-moving drdama of post-Revolutionary days we meet Bradley Taylor along with many other interesting characters, to bring to life the story of the first successful textile mill on this side of the Atlantic and the heroic struggles of the men who kept the wheels turning., (Order No: 41693 ), $30.00

258. Lively, Adam, BLUE FRUIT, The Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, (1988) 1st ptg, 136pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871133113, (Order No: 11258 ), $4.00

259. Livesey, Margot, CRIMINALS: A NOVEL, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1996 1st ed, 269pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "Advance Reader's Edition", ISBN 0679444874 The author shows how the best intentions can somehow turn wrong--and how families pull together, form themselves anew, and, occasionally, tear apart at the seams., (Order No: 19037 ), $4.00

260. Lloyd, Dan, RADIANT COOL - A NOVEL THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (2004) 1st ptg, 357pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0262122596 "A witty and ingenious fable about the puzzles and paradoxes of the phenomenon of consciousness, with an illuminating nonfictional appendix expounding his own take on the subject.", (Order No: 41183 ), $20.00

261. Lloyd, John Uri, SCROGGINS, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1904, ill. by Reginald B. Birch, 119pp, good, pictorial boards (hardcover) spine darkened, teg, The adventures of Scroggins, an eccentric old Rocky Mountain stage driver., (Order No: 32154 ), $10.00

262. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, THE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, AND THE PROSE WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW - 7 VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Ticknor and Fields, Boston, MA, 1866, very good, 3/4 leather, teg (hardcover) light rubbing to leather, Handsome set, Revised Edition. THE POETICAL WORKS: Volume I; 318pp, Voices of the Night, Ballads and Other Poems, Poems on Slavery, The Spanish Student; Volume II; 283pp, The Belfrey of Bruges and Other Poems, Evangeline, the Seaside and the Fireside; Volume III; 351pp, The Golden Legend, The Courtship of Miles Standish, Birds of Passage; Volume IV; 372pp, The Song of Hiawatha, Tales of a Wayside Inn, Birds of Passage; THE PROSE WORKS: Volume I; 364pp, Outre-Mer., Volume II; 391pp, Hyperion; and, Volume III, 365pp, Kavanagh, Drift-Wood., (Order No: 51606 ), $250.00

263. Loomis, Charles Battell, A BATH IN AN ENGLISH TUB, A. S. Barnes & Company, New York, 1909, ill. by Robert A. Graef, 144pp, good+, decorated olive green cloth (hardcover), First published in 1907., (Order No: 44275 ), $10.00

264. Lovett, James, EAST OF THE FALL OF ROME - A BYZANTINE BEDSIDE COMPANION, Redhouse Press, Istanbul, Turkey, (1975) 1st ed, 312pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Having lived in Turkey for twenty years, the author relates "three comic novels amounting to a unique picture of daily life in Byzantium.", (Order No: 50246 ), $35.00

265. Lowell, Robert (edited and introduced by Robert Giroux), COLLECTED PROSE, Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, (1987) 1st ptg, 377pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0374126259 This first collection of Robert Lowell's prose ranges in time from an essay on the ILIAD written in 1935 at St. Mark's to the unfinished study, "New England and Further," on which he was working when he died in 1977., (Order No: 26470 ), $5.00

266. Lucas, E. V., GIVING AND RECEIVING, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1922) 1st ed, 216pp, good+, green cloth spine paper covered boards (hardcover), (Order No: 25480 ), $10.00

267. Lumley, Brian, NECROSCOPE: RESURGENCE, THE LOST YEARS, VOLUME TWO, A Tom Doherty Associates Bk, New York, (1996) 1st ed, 415pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312859481 Lumley's skillful mix of epic fantasy and vampire mythology., (Order No: 41422 ), $10.00

268. Lyons, A. Neil, A MARKET BUNDLE, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1922, 318pp, very good, light brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 38603 ), $45.00

269. Maack, Iris Harrelson, REFLECTIONS - A NOVEL, Carlton Press, Inc., New York, (1974), 109pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, "REFLECTIONS is a modern, explosive novel about a woman - Eve (a real name and symbolic) - who is in the process of discovering herself. Two small closed tears on the dustjacket., (Order No: 50793 ), $15.00

270. MacGrath, Harold, A SPLENDID HAZARD, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1910), ill. by Howard C. Christy, 370pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover) clean, tight, and bright, Great color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy., (Order No: 43681 ), $7.50

271. Macgrath, Harold, THE ENCHANTED HAT, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1908), ill. by Will Grefe, 219pp, good, decorated gray cloth (hardcover), With Decorations by Franklin Booth., (Order No: 46523 ), $10.00

272. Mack, William P., COMMODORE KILBURNIE - A NOVEL, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (2002) 1st ptg, 209pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip jacket, ISBN 1557404806, (Order No: 49533 ), $6.00

273. MacLean, Alistair, CIRCUS, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1975 1st ed, 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385110030 A Smashing Tale of Espionage and Suspense by the Master Storyteller of Them All. Three aerialists are the top attraction in Tesco Wrinfield's famous American traveling circus. They have come to the attention of the CIA and their assignment: penetrate a fortified castle and retrieve a top-secret--and very deadly--scientific formula., (Order No: 20102 ), $5.00

274. MacNamara, Brinsley, THE VALLEY OF THE SQUINTING WINDOWS, Brentano's, New York, 1919 1st ed, 296pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Newspaper clippings of reviews tipped in on rear free endpaper., (Order No: 40517 ), $85.00

275. Madden, David (edited and with an introduction by), REDISCOVERIES, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1971), 334pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction by One of Their Favorite Authors., (Order No: 28795 ), $10.00

276. Maeterlinck, Maurice (illustrations by Paul J. Meylan and decorations by Charles B. Falls), OUR FRIEND THE DOG, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1905, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, decorated green cloth, teg (hardcover), First published in 1904., (Order No: 48425 ), $20.00

277. Malzberg, Barry N. & Greenberg, Martin H. (editors), THE SCIENCE FICTION OF KRIS NEVILLE, Southern Illinois Univ. Pr., Carbondale, IL, (1984), 241pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809311127 An anthology of science fiction stories from Kris Neville., (Order No: 13465 ), $9.50

278. Marshall, Archibald, ANTHONY DARE, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1923, 331pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 40099 ), $10.00

279. Martin, Helen R., BARNABETTA (ERSTWHILE SUSAN), Grosset & Dunlap, New York, orig pub 1914, B&W illustrations, 340pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, (Order No: 40306 ), $8.00

280. Martinez, Tomas Eloy (translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane), SANTA EVITA, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1996 1st Amer, 372pp, fine, wraps (softcover) ADVANCE READER'S EDITION, press release, A novel about the amazing real-life afterlife of the legendary Eva Peron., (Order No: 31284 ), $10.00

281. Martinez, Tomas Eloy (translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane), SANTA EVITA, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1996 1st Amer, 372pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), review slips, ISBN 0679447040 From one of Latin America's finest writers, a mesmerizing, blackly comic novel about the amazing real-life afterlife of the legendary Eva Peron. Review slip and press release laid in, dustjacket promotional band on top of dustjacket, minor rubbing on edge of dustjacket in a couple spots., (Order No: 31285 ), $3.50

282. Maruya, Saiichi, GRASS FOR MY PILLOW, Columbia University Press, New York, (2002) 1st ptg, 345pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231126581 An extraordinary look at a little known aspect of the Japanese experience of World War II: civilian opposition to the draft and the war., (Order No: 38992 ), $16.50

283. Mason, Michael (edited and introduced by), ESCAPE: AN ANTHOLOGY, Chatto & Windus, London, (1996) 1st ptg, 366pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0701163224 Escape stories never cease to fascinate. In this gripping anthology Michael Mason brings together varied accounts of escapes from 2500 years of Western literature and history., (Order No: 48733 ), $6.00

284. Maugham, Robin, THE MAN WITH TWO SHADOWS, W. H. Allen, London, 1975, 156pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0491015739 First published in 1958., (Order No: 34666 ), $5.00

285. May, Janis Susan, LACEY - A ROMANCE OF THE REGENT'S ENGLAND, Walker and Company, New York, (1987) 1st ptg, 226pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802709559 "A Romance of Regency England in which three couples discover that love does conquer all.", (Order No: 48214 ), $12.50

286. May, Phil; du Maurier, George; Leech, John; Keene, Charles; Ravenhill, L.; et al, MR. PUNCH ON THE CONTINONG - PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR, Educational Book Co., Ltd., London, n.d. c1900, 152 B&W illustrations, 192pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) light stain rear board, (Order No: 44955 ), $12.50

287. Mayhew, Margaret, REGENCY CHARADE - A ROMANCE OF THE REGENT'S ENGLAND, Walker and Company, New York, (1986) 1st ptg, 183pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802709125, (Order No: 48211 ), $25.00

288. McAdam, E. L. and Milne, George (edited by), A JOHNSON READER, Pantheon Books, New York, (1964) 1st ptg, 464pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here are the most famous of Johnson's works--the lives of Savage and Milton, RASSELAS, the Preface to the DICTIONARY, the Preface to SHAKESPEARE, and samples of Johnson's poetry--both light and serious., (Order No: 34673 ), $5.00

289. McCoy, Maureen, DIVINING BLOOD, Poseidon Press, New York, (1992) 1st ptg, 269pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0671750658 Also laid in, review slip and photo., (Order No: 12787 ), $3.50

290. McCutcheon, Roger P., EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE, Oxford University Press, New York, 1949, 192pp, very good, salmon colored cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 35551 ), $6.00

291. McCutcheon, George Barr (illustrations by Harrison Fisher), JANE CABLE, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1906 1st ed, ill. by Harrison Fisher, 336pp, very good+, limp green leather, teg, (hardcover) in original box, An uncommon edition of this book, bound in limp green leather and still in the original "gift box" with the original tissue protecting the book in the box. Obviously an unread book that was a gift never given. Box is undecorated and worn., (Order No: 44819 ), $70.00

292. McFee, William, NORTH OF SUEZ, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., NY, 1930 (1st), 309pp, vg+ in g box, teg, signed limited copy 312 of 350, (Order No: 1358 ), $40.00

293. McFee, William, CASUALS OF THE SEA, Doubleday Page & Co., New York, 1916 1st US, 470pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) acidic paper used for text block, (Order No: 38311 ), $12.50

294. McGorian, Gladys, THE PRINCE REGENT'S SILVER BELL - A ROMANCE OF THE REGENT'S ENGLAND, Walker and Company, New York, (1987) 1st ptg, 226pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802709540, (Order No: 48215 ), $12.50

295. McKelvie, Martha Groves, THE RESTLESS SOUL FINDS MRS. CRUSOE, Franklin Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1967), ill. by Evelyn F. Haines, 150pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 39901 ), $15.00

296. McMillen, Wheeler, POSSUMS, POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE, The Countryside Press, Philadephia, PA, 1964 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Here is a sparkling collection of anecdotes distilled by Wheeler McMillen from his own experience as journalist, speaker, businessman and politician., (Order No: 27658 ), $11.50

297. McMurtry, Larry, BUFFALO GIRLS: A NOVEL, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 351pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, ISBN 067168518X The life and times of Calamity Jane--a woman whose past embraces the whole short, violent, passionate history of the West, from the mountain men who first made their way into Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas in search of beaver pelts, to the buffalo hunters who destroyed the great herds, to the gunfighters, like Wild Bill Hickok (perhaps the love of Calamity Jane's life), to the Indians and soldiers who fought the final battle that made the West no longer "wild.", (Order No: 32984 ), $2.00

298. Meisenhelder, Rachel, GOD BLESS OUR AUNTS, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, (1945) 1st ptg, ill. by Dorothy McKay, 262pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "brings back the days when the most important thing in the world was to live on the top of the hill on the most fashionable street in town.", (Order No: 39477 ), $10.00

299. Merimee, Prosper, AN AUTHOR'S LOVE: BEING THE UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF PROSPER MERIMEE'S INCONNUE - TWO VOLUME SET, Macmillan and Co., London, 1889, good, black cloth (hardcover), Volume I, 205pp; Volume II, 220pp., (Order No: 39622 ), $30.00

300. Metzger, Barbara, RAKE'S RANSOM - A ROMANCE OF THE REGENT'S ENGLAND, Walker and Company, New York, (1986) 1st ptg, 249pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0802709117, (Order No: 48213 ), $10.00

301. Middleton, Haydn, GRIMM'S LAST FAIRYTALE: A NOVEL, Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Pr, New York, (2001) 1st US, 249pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0312272901 Once upon a time, the Brothers Grimm were undisputed masters of storytelling. In this volume, the author tells a feverish fairytale that holds a fractured mirror to the lives of these men., (Order No: 30501 ), $8.00

302. Milne, A. A., NOT THAT IT MATTERS, E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, (1920) 1st US, 233pp, good+, brown paper covered boards (hardcover) See Note, These little essays originally appeared in THE STAR, THE OUTLOOK and in THE SPHERE. Paper label on spine, and paper label on front board (label on front board has a small portion torn)., (Order No: 31997 ), $12.50

303. Milne, A. A., THOSE WERE THE DAYS: THE DAY'S PLAY; THE HOLIDAY ROUND; ONCE A WEEK; THE SUNNY SIDE, Methuen & Co., Ltd., London, (1929) 1st ed, 887pp, ads, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Exceptionally nice clean, bright and tight copy. As usual a tad darkening to the spine of the dustjacket and a few neglibible chips to the paper due to the fragileness of this paper., (Order No: 38951 ), $200.00

304. Milne, A. A. (selected and introduced by), THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, (1929) 1st ed, ill. by Ernest H. Shepard, 171pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) some darkening to spine, bookplate, Selections from WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, NOW WE ARE SIX; WINNIE-THE-POOH, and THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Nice clean and tight copy, no dustjacket, some darkening to the blue cloth spine., (Order No: 38953 ), $125.00

305. Milne, James, PAGES IN WAITING, Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York, (1969), 202pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0836913086 First published 1927. Chapters and Contents include: Heroines and Hero Worship; Literary History without Tears; and, Memories and Portraits., (Order No: 22837 ), $10.00

306. Miss Read, CHANGES AT FAIRACRE, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1992 1st Amer, ill. by John S. Goodall, 250pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395631262 Fairacre is changing, even though this downland village and Miss Read's school may still look as they did one hundred years ago., (Order No: 27918 ), $10.00

307. Miss Read (Mrs. Dora Saint), VILLAGE CENTENARY, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981 1st Amer, ill. by J. S. Goodall, 236pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395312620 It is the one hundredth anniversary of Miss Read's school, which first admitted pupils in 1880. Here are all the ideas the village had to celebrate the occasion., (Order No: 36317 ), $10.00

308. Monette, Paul, TAKING CARE OF MRS. CARROLL, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1978) 1st ed, 277pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316578215 In this novel, two male lovers, a legendary movie goddess, an estate caretaker who brings enormous integrity to an act of larceny, a repressed prep-school teacher, and a polyestered Beverly Hills agent mount an incredible conspiracy., (Order No: 25243 ), $30.00

309. Monroe, Debra, A WILD, COLD STATE, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, 272pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0671897179 Here, Monroe's novellas and stories are linked by the lives of six characters who inhabit the cold, unforgiving geography of rural Wisconsin., (Order No: 11478 ), $5.00

310. Montale, Eugenio (translated by G. Singh), THE BUTTERFLY OF DINARD, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1971, 186pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0813112524 Short stories and a series of autobiographical sketches and recollections., (Order No: 31590 ), $10.00

311. Moore, George, THE BROOK KERITH - A SYRIAN STORY, William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1927, 468pp, good, brown cloth spine, marbled boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE, Largely uncut and unopened pages., (Order No: 42021 ), $10.00

312. Moore, George (signed by the author), CONVERSATIONS IN EBURY STREET - LIMITED EDITION, William Heinemann, Ltd., London, 1924, 277pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) lt edgewear, Signed limited edition of 1,030 copies with 1,000 for sale. Pages largely unopened and uncut., (Order No: 51183 ), $20.00

313. Moore, Robin, THE MOSCOW CONNECTION - A NOVEL, Affiliated Writers of Amer, Encampment, WY, (1994), 498pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, ISBN 1879915111 A novel by the author of THE FRENCH COLLECTION. The author has inscribed a special bookplate prepared for this book to "Fellow Middesex Alumnus." In additon there is a printed letter from the author to "Old School Tie Friend" dated November 4, 1994., (Order No: 46884 ), $20.00

314. Moricz, Zsigmond (translated with an introduction and notes by Stephen Vizinczey), BE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, Central European Univ. Press, Budapest, (1995), 312pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1858660602 The moving story of a bright and sensitive schoolboy growing up in an old-established boarding school in the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary., (Order No: 39468 ), $7.50

315. Morley, Christopher, THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1923 1st ed, 304pp, very good, brown cloth spine, buff covered boards (hardcover), Dustjacket panels cut and laid in., (Order No: 28379 ), $10.00

316. Morley, Christopher (signed by the author on the front free endpaper), THE TROJAN HORSE, J. B. Lippincott Company, New York, 1937 1st ed, 249pp, very good (hardcover) dj panels laid in, signed by author, The legend of Troilus and Cressida, which includes every phase of human passion--joy, intrigue, comedy and despair--is one of the world's most famous love stories. Here it is brought to modern emotions and issues., (Order No: 30509 ), $20.00

317. Morley, Christopher (translated by), TWO FABLES, Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY, 1925 1st ed, B&W ill., 95pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) dustjacket panels laid in, "The two stories contained in this volume he came across while has was abroad, and he was so delighted with them that he could not resist translating them. THE WHITE BLACKBIRD, by Alfred de Musset, he worked on last summer in France; but he discovered THE YOUNG FOREIGNER, a brilliant satire of manners by Wilhelm Hauff, in prewar Germany, and it is particularly interesting in that it expresses a point of view.", (Order No: 34917 ), $14.50

318. Morley, Christopher, PLUM PUDDING: OF DIVERS INGREDIENTS, DISCREETLY BLENDED & SEASONED, Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY, 1921, ill. by Walter Jack Duncan, 242pp, good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Mr. Morley has occupied himself with books in particular, but also with divers other ingredients such as city and suburban incidents, women, dogs, children, tadpoles, and so on., (Order No: 40030 ), $8.00

319. Morley, Christopher, RELIGIO JOURNALISTICI, Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY, 1924 1st ed, 62pp, good+, light blue boards (hardcover) small chip top of spine, Withdrawn from the hectic yet beloved journalistic life, Morley in a contemplative mood looks back., (Order No: 41723 ), $14.50

320. Morley, John David, THE ANATOMY LESSON, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1995) 1st US, 184pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0312134266, (Order No: 11250 ), $4.00

321. Morley, John David, THE CASE OF THOMAS N., The Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, (1987) 1st ed, 214pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871131528, (Order No: 11570 ), $6.00

322. Morris, Jan, DESTINATIONS: ESSAYS FROM ROLLING STONE, Oxford University Press, New York, 1980 2nd ptg, 242pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195027086, (Order No: 9825 ), $5.00

323. Morris, Kenneth, THE SECRET MOUNTAIN AND OTHER TALES, Faber & Gwyer, London, (1926), ill. by K. Romney Towndrow, 199pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) w/some light wear to cloth, Exquisite color illustrations., (Order No: 38491 ), $50.00

324. Moss, Frank T., BLUEFIN: A MODERN SEA ADVENTURE, The Perigee Press, Walpole, NH, (1985) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 288pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0961517107 Against the backdrop of an international fishing tournament, Frank Moss weaves a struggle for seapower, fame, money, romance, and the very existence of a population of magnificent fish., (Order No: 46048 ), $10.00

325. Moss, Geoffrey, NEW WINE: A NOCTURNE IN TINSEL, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1927), 333pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) (some spotting to cloth bds), The romance, sophisticated, tender, witty, of a cabaret dancer in Bucharest., (Order No: 30031 ), $25.00

326. Mukerji, Dhan Gopal, GHOND THE HUNTER, E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, (1928) 1st ed, ill. by Boris Artzybasheff, 205pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Ghond is an Indian boy of High-caste who lives in a village where the old Hindu customs have not been interrupted. This village is situated on the edge of the jungle and the story tells beautifully how an old Hindu priest teaches Ghond the habits and life of the wild animals. A vivid picture is given of the sights and sounds and cruelties of life in the jungle., (Order No: 51230 ), $7.50

327. Mulholland, Rosa, THE CRANBERRY CLAIMANTS, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, n.d. c1900, B&W ill., 128pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 33015 ), $20.00

328. Murdoch, Iris, THE GREEN KNIGHT, Viking, New York, (1994) 1st ed, 472pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670852295, (Order No: 40827 ), $5.00

329. Murray, Albert, SOUTH TO A VERY OLD PLACE, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, (1971) 1st ed, 230pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0070440735 A book about one black intellectual's perspectives on a selected number of white Southern writers., (Order No: 46277 ), $10.00

330. Nason, Richard, BOILED GRASS AND THE BROTH OF SHOES: RECONSTRUCTING LITERARY DECONSTRUCTION, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC, (1991), 168pp, fine, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0899506437 Richard Nason's Boiled Grass and the Broth of Shoes, as begun in 1989 in the omnibus Pulpsmith (volume 8) and serialized in 1990 and 1991 in The Generalist Papers, became a gleeful rallying point for readers and writers who detest the Deconstructionist critics and their pet poets. The author's thesis is that our arts have become as corrupt as our politics, as mediocre and as dull., (Order No: 13833 ), $7.50

331. Nathan, Robert, ROAD OF AGES, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1935 1st ed, 234pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First Edition, First Issue with the colophon (in four lines) stating (as in the advance copy) that the paper was supplied by P. H. Glatfelter Co., (Order No: 31881 ), $3.00

332. Nathan, Robert, THERE IS ANOTHER HEAVEN, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1929), 192pp, good, blue cloth w/faded spine (hardcover) dustjacket laid in, (Order No: 34942 ), $7.50

333. Nicholson, Meredith, THE PORT OF MISSING MEN, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1907), ill by Clarence F. Underwood, 399pp, good+, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) signed by author in 1907, (Order No: 39919 ), $45.00

334. Nicole (translated from the French by Ruth Whipple Fermaud), ALBERTINE IN THE LIONS' DEN: THE STORY OF A PARISIAN EXPERIMENT IN INFIDELITY, Random House, New York, (1957) 1st ptg, 176pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Albertine encounters some of the more potent antidotes to dull married life., (Order No: 29841 ), $7.50

335. Nixon, Cornelia, NOW YOU SEE IT, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, (1991) 1st ed, 186pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316611700 Review press release laid in., (Order No: 11257 ), $5.00

336. Norday, Michael, DESOLATE SANDS, The Vixen Press, New York, (1955), 183pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) classic "campy" jacket, "The play...It was never meant to be performed on stage. It was designed for life--and its actors were not acting--they were living!", (Order No: 26168 ), $27.50

337. Norfolk, Lawrence, IN THE SHAPE OF A BOAR, Grove Press, New York, (2000) 1st Amer, 322pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802117015, (Order No: 40333 ), $12.50

338. Noyes, Alfred, WALKING SHADOWS: SEA TALES AND OTHERS, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, (1918), 304pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, (Order No: 40223 ), $10.00

339. O'Brian, Patrick, THE WINE-DARK SEA - AN AUBREY / MATURIN NOVEL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1993) 1st Amer, 261pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393035581, (Order No: 45912 ), $9.00

340. O'Brian, Patrick, THE COMMODORE - AN AUBREY / MATURIN NOVEL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1995) 1st Amer, 282pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393037606, (Order No: 45913 ), $8.00

341. O'Brian, Patrick, THE HUNDRED DAYS - AN AUBREY / MATURIN NOVEL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1998) 3rd ptg, 281pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393046745, (Order No: 45915 ), $10.00

342. O'Brian, Patrick, BLUE AT THE MIZZEN - AN AUBREY / MATURIN NOVEL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1999) 1st Amer, 262pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393048446, (Order No: 45916 ), $7.00

343. O'Brian, Patrick, THE UNKNOWN SHORE, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1995) 1st Amer, 313pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393038599, (Order No: 45919 ), $10.00

344. O'Hagan, Andrew, THE MISSING, The New Press, New York, (1996) 1st ptg, 208pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1565843355 A fascinating literary meditation on missing persons., (Order No: 25713 ), $20.00

345. O'Higgins, Harvey J., SILENT SAM AND OTHER STORIES OF OUR DAY, The Century Co., New York, 1914, 390pp, very good+, gray cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Silent Sam; His Mother; In the Matter of Art; Tammany's Tithes; The Clowns; The Devil's Doings; The Hired Man; The Honeymoon Flat; The Old Woman's Story; The Hot-Air Harps; The Reporter; The Mother-in-law; In the Musee; The Exiles; During the War; In Lovers Meeting; The Two Mickeys; and, Larkin., (Order No: 39322 ), $25.00

346. O. Henry, ROADS OF DESTINY, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1909 1st ed, 376pp, good, red cloth (hardcover), BAL 16277. First edition, first state with "h" missing on page 9, line 6., (Order No: 45893 ), $15.00

347. Oppenheim, James, PAY ENVELOPES: TALES OF THE MILL, THE MINE AND THE CITY STREET, B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1911, ill. by Harry Townsend, 259pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) dustjacket panels laid in, Bright and clean copy. Dustjacket front and rear portions laid in., (Order No: 32787 ), $45.00

348. Osborne, Karen Lee and Spurlin, William J. (editors), RECLAIMING THE HEARTLAND: LESBIAN AND GAY VOICES FROM THE MIDWEST, University of Minnesota Pr., Minneapolis, MN, (1996), B&W illustrations, 227pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816627541 Here is a wide range of fiction, poetry, memoir, essays, and photography, by writers and artists who have lived in the Midwest. This collection adds a vital point of view to the canon of lesbian and gay literature., (Order No: 30052 ), $8.50

349. Osborne, Newton G., OPERATION MEDUSA: ON THE TRAIL OF THE DEADLIEST VIRUS YET KNOWN TO MANKIND, Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, (1995) 1st ptg, 280pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0805936629 A work of fiction examining the dangers innocent, unsuspecting humans may face at the hands of the doctors conducting clandestine research of new technology., (Order No: 34987 ), $20.00

350. Ostrovsky, Nicholas (translated from the Russian by Louise Luke Hiler) -- HENRY R. LUCE Copy (see note), BORN OF THE STORM, Critics Group Press, New York, 1939, 252pp, very good, brown cloth (no dustjacket), On the front pastedown is the bookplate - "Ex Libris - Henry R. Luce." This copy was donated to a library and so stamped below the bookplate, but was never ascessioned for circulation., (Order No: 29897 ), $25.00

351. Owen, Mary Alicia (introduction by Charles Godfrey Leland), OLD RABBIT THE VOODOO AND OTHER SORCERERS, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1893, B&W illustrations, 310pp, ads, good, decorated gray cloth (hardcover), Illustrated by Juliette A. Owen and Louis Wain. A collection of stories from an area "in Missouri, as "all along the Border," a mixed race of Negro and Indian descent, who have inherited a vast stock of the traditions of both races, and combined or blended them strangely into new life." Nice clean and tight copy of this uncommon title., (Order No: 43678 ), $185.00

352. Owens, Sharon, THE TEA HOUSE ON MULBERRY STREET, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (2005) 1st ptg, 323pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399152652, (Order No: 48335 ), $4.50

353. Paine, Dorothy Charlotte, HILDA OF THE HIPPODROME, The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, IL, (1910), 282pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, (Order No: 40215 ), $12.50

354. Palmer, Cuthbert A., THE MAN WITHOUT A NAVEL, The Dragon Press, Ithaca, NY, (1932), ill. by Sammie A. Abbott, 70pp, very good+, bright red cloth (hardcover) dustjacket laid in, A humorous novel in the best surrealiste tradition. NOTE RE: DUSTJACKET - Original owner cut dustjacket, and laid in the front cover and spine, and front flap., (Order No: 30661 ), $125.00

355. Partridge, Edward Bellamy, SUBE CANE, The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1917 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 356pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Sube is a plain unadorned American boy, not very different from the ones you know, but more fun than a barrel of monkeys., (Order No: 50094 ), $14.50

356. Pasternak, Boris; Magarshack, David (translated by), THREE LETTERS FROM BORIS PASTERNAK, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, (1967), 29pp, very good, olive green cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket, Light rubbing to boards as usual., (Order No: 49856 ), $4.50

357. Patterson, Theodore T., GOLF IS FROM SATAN, Authors Choice Press, San Jose, CA, (2001), 287pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) uncorrected review copy, ISBN 0595170609 Written for those who couldn't care less about golf, but are interested in personality tests, theology, and the lost golf chanteys of the Gaels, Scots, and English., (Order No: 38102 ), $15.00

358. Paulsen, Gary, CLABBERED DIRT, SWEET GRASS, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, (1992) 1st ed, color illustrations, 120pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151181012, (Order No: 4429 ), $5.00

359. Pearlman, Mickey (edited by), A FEW THOUSAND WORDS ABOUT LOVE, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1999), 240pp, fine, wraps (softcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0312217889, (Order No: 26610 ), $2.00

360. Perelman, S. J., (Marschall, Richard, edited by), THAT OLD GANG O'MINE: THE EARLY AND ESSENTIAL S. J. PERELMAN, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1984 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688031994 Between these covers are fifty-five articles and over six dozen cartoons written and drawn by S. J. Perelman between 1925 and 1931, the years immediately following his graduation from Brown University., (Order No: 22880 ), $7.50

361. Phelps, William Lyon, WHAT I LIKE - IN PROSE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1933) 1st ed, 718pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) signed by author, "This collection of prose pieces is confessional. I have included only passages that I personally enjoy reading. Nothing is here because it ought to be here, nothing is omitted; they are in this book and they are out of it because I choose. It is properly called 'What I Like'.", (Order No: 24369 ), $12.50

362. Philip, Maxwell (edited with an afterword by Selwyn R. Cudjoe; introduction and annotations by William E. Cain), EMMANUEL APPADOCCA; OR, BLIGHTED LIFE, A TALE OF THE BOUCANEERS, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, (1997), B&W map, 275pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1558490760 Originally published in 1854, this remarkable novel tells the story of a mulatto son's quest for vengeance against his white father, a sugar planter who abandoned him and his mother., (Order No: 28500 ), $10.00

363. Phillips, David Graham, GEORGE HELM, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1912 1st ptg, 303pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) dustjacket panels laid in, "George Helm" is the brilliant novelization of the Lincoln type of man and the Lincoln idea of courage, character and humor., (Order No: 39281 ), $15.00

364. Pickering, Samuel F., THE RIGHT DISTANCE, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1987) 1st ptg, 192pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0820309060 Essays by Samuel Pickering., (Order No: 42063 ), $5.00

365. Plympton, A. G., A FLOWER OF THE WILDERNESS, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1900, illustrated by the author, 260pp, ads, very good, tan cloth (hardcover) owner's name TORN from FFEP, First published in 1899., (Order No: 40218 ), $10.00

366. Pownall, David, STAGG AND HIS MOTHER, Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1991 1st ed, 192pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0575050322, (Order No: 11968 ), $7.50

367. Pownall, David, THE GARDENER, Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1990 1st ed, 247pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0575047240 Review slip and press release laid in., (Order No: 11969 ), $10.00

368. Powys, T. F., UNCLAY, The Viking Press, New York, 1932 1st ed, 319pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) chip top of dj spine, In this novel, the visitor is death. UNCLAY is laid in a village where men's earthly humors have had unbridled play--where the lusts of the flesh have sprouted with the same wanton vigor as the weeds in the farmer's fields. To this modern city of the plain comes Death with an order to "unclay" two of its inhabitants., (Order No: 31214 ), $60.00

369. Prose, Francine, HOUSEHOLD SAINTS, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1981) 1st ed, 227pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312393415 New York's Little Italy in the 1950s--a community closely knit by gossip and tradition--provides the setting for the extraordinary tale of the Santangelos., (Order No: 43801 ), $15.00

370. Purdy, James, THE CANDLES OF YOUR EYES: AND THIRTEEN OTHER STORIES, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, (1987) 1st ed, 143pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555840663 James Purdy's third volume of short stories. These fourteen stories are contemporary fables of deep loneliness and almost mystical redemption., (Order No: 14304 ), $5.00

371. Putnam, Harold, THE SLAVE TRADER'S WIFE: 1627-1666, Putnam Family Trust, Vero Beach, FL, (2003) 1st ptg, 390pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0974749907 The author graduated from Dartmouth, class of '37. This is part of a trilogy about Colonial New England from 1626 to 1692. A Puritan Captain dies in the slave trade. A sequel to SALEM LADY (1626-1627), fictional/historical accounts of the settling of Salem., (Order No: 51000 ), $12.50

372. Quennell, Peter, THE SINGULAR PREFERENCE: PORTRAITS & ESSAYS, The Viking Press, New York, 1953, 224pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A book of singular enchantment--twenty-eight portraits of rare individuals who have figured more or less prominently on the literary scene., (Order No: 45679 ), $7.50

373. Quignard, Pascal (translated by Bruce Boone), ALBUCIUS, The Lapis Press, Venice, CA, (1992), B&W illustrations, 188pp, ill., very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0932499694, (Order No: 31520 ), $7.50

374. Rabe, David, RECITAL OF THE DOG: A NOVEL, Grove Press, New York, (1993) 1st ed, 308pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802114881, (Order No: 38640 ), $7.50

375. Raven, Simon, THE SABRE SQUADRON, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1966) 1st ed, 239pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small bump top board, (Order No: 36604 ), $3.00

376. Rea, Michael M. (edited by) (introduction by Charles McGrath), THE AMERICAN STORY: SHORT STORIES FROM THE REA AWARD, The Ecco Press, Hopewell, NJ, (1993) 1st ed, 306pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket, tribute card to REA laid in, ISBN 0880013419 Selected by Ann Beattie, Stanley Elkin, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Shannon Ravenel, Joy Williams, Tobias Wolff. This collection brings together the finest work by twenty-one of our foremost practioners of contemporary short fiction., (Order No: 23671 ), $9.50

377. Reed, Kit, THE BALLAD OF T. RANTULA: A NOVEL, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1979) 1st ed, 234pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316736600 This is the story of the breakup of a marriage caused by infidelity (his) and Women's Lib (hers)--a contemporary chaos narrated by their only son, thirteen-year-old Freddy "Futch" Crandall., (Order No: 27701 ), $4.50

378. Reeves, James (retold by); de France, Marie, THE SHADOW OF THE HAWK: AND OTHER STORIES BY MARIE DE FRANCE, The Seabury Press, New York, (1977) 1st Amer, ill. by Anne Dalton, 154pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816431884 Contents include: The Shadow of the Hawk; Launfal; The Nightingale; The Were-wolf; The Ash Tree; The White Doe., (Order No: 39957 ), $10.00

379. Reynolds, Gerard A., THE RED CIRCLE, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, (1915), 320pp, very good w/chipped and taped dustjacket (hardcover), A dramatic story of the Boxer uprising in China, and the adventures of a small coterie of Europeans who are forced to abandon their homes to escape the fury of the mob., (Order No: 40580 ), $45.00

380. Rhodes, Eugene Manlove, THE DESIRE OF THE MOTH, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1916 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 149pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) light dampstain top of first 28pp, Bookplate on front pastedown., (Order No: 51255 ), $65.00

381. Rice, Alice Hegan, QUIN, The Century Co., New York, 1921 1st ed, 393pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40225 ), $7.50

382. Ricks, Peirson, THE HUNTER'S HORN: A NOVEL, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1947 1st ed, 361pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This distinguished novel mirrors all the easy- going and exotic local color of the eastern Carolina lowlands a few decades after the Civil War., (Order No: 32291 ), $7.50

383. Riley, James Whitcomb, SKETCHES IN PROSE AND OCCASIONAL VERSES, The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1891, 263pp, good+, tan and maroon cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 45435 ), $7.50

384. Roberts, Charles G. D., THE FORGE IN THE FOREST, L. C. Page & Company, Boston, 1902, 311pp, ads, very good, decorated tan cloth (hardcover), "Being The Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart; and how he crossed the Black Abbe; and of his adventures in a Stange Fellowship.", (Order No: 36830 ), $15.00

385. Rollins, Hillary, THE EMPRESS'S NEW LINGERIE AND OTHER EROTIC FAIRY TALES: BEDTIME STORIES FOR GROWN-UPS, Harmony Books, New York, (2001), 157pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0609607057 A collection of wittily reimagined fairy tales for a strictly adult audience., (Order No: 48829 ), $7.50

386. Rose, Don, HARDY PERENNIAL, published by the author, Philadelphia, (1937) 1st ed, 95pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) author signed, "A conglomerate collection of nonsense and stuff, selected with care from the author's daily columns in the Philadelphia EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER, and from some other sources." Inscribed by the author in 1940, and with his Christmas Card laid in., (Order No: 24566 ), $10.00

387. Roth, Philip, OUR GANG (STARRING TRICKY AND HIS FRIENDS), Random House, New York, (1971) 1st ed, 203pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039447886X, (Order No: 7657 ), $3.00

388. Rutter, Owen, GOLDEN RAIN, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1928 1st ed, 309pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Against the background of the Borneo jungle Mr. Rutter has told a story of a white girl and a native chief.", (Order No: 41654 ), $15.00

389. S. E. H., Heald, Sarah E., THE EAGLE'S PLUME: A STORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF VERMONT, Sunshine Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1890, 112pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) some motling to cloth, Wright III, 2618., (Order No: 40201 ), $25.00

390. Saintsbury, George, PREFACES AND ESSAYS, Greenwood Press, Publishers, Westport, CT, (1970), B&W frontis, 446pp, very good+, purple cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0837140110 First published in 1933. Most of these studies were written between 1882 and 1895, during the author's years of presswork; some, again, between 1919 and 1929, after his retirement from Edinburgh., (Order No: 44312 ), $12.50

391. Saltus, Edgar Evertson (Myndart Verelst, Archibald Wilberforce), MR. INCOUL'S MISADVENTURE: A NOVEL, Benjamin & Bell, New York, 1887 2nd ptg, 216pp, ads, good++, decorated green cloth (hardcover), BAL 17134. "A novel which is sure to be condemned by every one who prefers platitude to paradox, to tea and toast to truffles and red pepper." Second printing with "unpaged 8-page catalog." From a "one family collection.", (Order No: 25489 ), $20.00

392. Saltus, Edgar Evertson (Myndart Verelst, Archibald Wilberforce), EDEN: AN EPISODE, Belford, Clarke & Company, Chicago, (1888) 1st ed, 187pp, ads, good++, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), BAL 17136. Binding "B": Imprint at foot of spine: BELFORD, CLARKE. From a "one family collection.", (Order No: 25490 ), $15.00

393. Saltus, Edgar Evertson (Myndart Verelst, Archibald Wilberforce), HISTORIA AMORIS: A HISTORY OF LOVE ANCIENT AND MODERN, Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1906 1st ed, 278pp, very good+, red cloth w/gilt stampings, TEG, BAL 17166. Title page in red and black. An exceptionally nice copy from a "one family collection.", (Order No: 25491 ), $45.00

394. Saltus, Edgar, DAUGHTERS OF THE RICH, Mitchell Kennerley, New York, (1909), color frontis, 259pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 32178 ), $7.50

395. Saltus, Edgar, THE PALISER CASE, Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919, 315pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) front cover of dustjacket laid in, (Order No: 39325 ), $15.00

396. Sandburg, Carl, THE SANDBURG RANGE, Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, (1957) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 459pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "The first representative selection from his entire work.", (Order No: 1359 ), $3.00

397. Sandburg, Carl, REMEMBRANCE ROCK, Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, (1948) 1st ed, 1067pp, good+ black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 1360 ), $5.00

398. Sansom, William, THE CAUTIOUS HEART, Reynal & Company, New York, (1958), 186pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here we have the story of a young composer who has become enamoured of Marie whom he has met in one of the plushier pubs where he plays the piano for a living., (Order No: 23523 ), $5.00

399. Sansom, William, THE LOVING EYE, Reynal & Company, New York, (1956), 253pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) (some soil and wear), Matthew, approaching forty, suffering from ulcers and a surfeit of living, was suddenly awakened from his dreams by a beautiful stranger. He became so obsessed by her that he dreaded an encounter which might shatter the illusions he had built around her. The conflict between the dream and the reality, when once they met, provide the substance of this fabled story., (Order No: 23524 ), $3.50

400. Sarton, May, FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS, Rinehart & Company, Inc., New York, (1955), 281pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper in 1960. In presenting this modern drama, Sarton has followed the lines of classic tragedy. Her setting is the academic world of Harvard, Cambridge, and Boston, and her central figure is Edward Cavan, an English professor and an unquestioned genius. Her novel dramatizes the plight of the embattled American liberal, and in so doing appraises honestly and freshly some of the bitter problems of the day., (Order No: 42136 ), $35.00

401. Sartre, Jean-Paul (translated from the French by Lloyd Alexander), NAUSEA - A NOVEL (THE NEW CLASSICS SERIES), New Directions, Norfolk, CT, orig pub 1938, 238pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, NAUSEA is the story of a man who cannot stand being alive., (Order No: 51420 ), $20.00

402. Sassoon, Siegfried, MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN, Faber &