Kenneth William Baxendale

Charles Dickens' London 1812-1870

Kent, Alteridem, 1986. Hardcover. 50p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Six circular indentations in the back board and back panel of dustjacket. Otherwise, text clean, binding tight, and jacket fully intact. Illustrated tour of London as it was during the lifetime of Charles Dickens. Measures approx. 12" x 8.5. Very Good .

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Book number: 188497

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Robert Benchley

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or David Copperfield

Garden City, Blue Ribbon Books, 1946. Hardcover. 233p. A red cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition without a dustjacket. Very faint, almost imperceptible foxing on the cloth. Otherwise clean and tight. A collection of Benchley's humorous writings, illustrated by Gluyas Williams. Very Good .

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Book number: 193294

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Robert Benchley

The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of His Favorites

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1983. Paperback. 333p. A softcover book in fine condition. Illustrated with cartoons by Gluyas Williams. As New .

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Book number: 191471

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Robert Benchley

Inside Benchley

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Universal Library edition. Paperback. 311p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned and lightly creased; top corners of back cover also creased. Otherwise clean and tight. A collection of essays and addresses by the American humorist, illustrated with cartoons by Gluyas Williams. Very Good .

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Book number: 191466

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Robert Benchley

My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew

Garden City, Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. Hardcover. 361p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Bottom corners lightly bumped; a few faint spots on front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Vintage reprint of this collection of Benchley's humorous essays. Very Good .

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Book number: 193175

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Lafcadio Hearn; Elizabeth Bisland, ed

The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910. Hardcover. 468p. Ex-library, original cloth. A hardcover book in FAIR condition. Corners bumped and worn; spine ends also heavily worn. Labels on spine and back cover. Bookplate, stamps, owner's inscription, and card pocket on endpapers. Additional library marks on title page. Closed tear in page 351; page 463 roughly opened. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Fair .

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Book number: 198415

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Jan H. Blits

The End of the Ancient Republic: Essays on Julius Caesar

Durham, NC, Carolina Academic Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 95p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight, but has foxing on the foredge. The jacket is lightly tanned and has some small tears at the head of the spine and on the flap folds; otherwise intact. Inscribed and signed by Blits on the front free endpaper. A study of William Shakespeare's tradgedy, JULIUS CAESAR. Very Good .

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Book number: 190061

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Jacob M. Braude

Complete Speaker's and Toastmaster's Library

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1969. 6th printing. Hardcover. 8 vols. A set of 8 navy blue hardcover books with slipcase. Fine condition across the set. The slipcase has a small tear in the lamination on one side, but is still sturdy and glossy. Includes HUMAN INTEREST STORIES; PROVERBS, EPIGRAMS, APHORISMS, SAYINGS, AND BON MOTS; REMARKS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE; SPEECH OPENERS AND CLOSERS; RHYME AND VERSE - TO HELP MAKE A POINT; DEFINITIONS AND TOASTS; ORIGINS AND FIRSTS; and BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL POINTMAKERS. As New .

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Book number: 186245

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Germaine Bree, ed

Twentieth Century French Literature: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry

New York, Macmillan, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 538p. A red cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Underlining and marginalia in pencil on numerous pages. Otherwise, binding is tight. French literature textbook with all text in French, except for an English foreword. Fair .

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Book number: 191871

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E.K. Brown; Leon Edel

Willa Cather: A Critical Biography

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 351p; viii. Ex-library. A green cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine is tanned and lightly worn at the ends, and has a label at the bottom. Binding is cockeyed, but still tight. Convent label and stamps inside, but otherwise, text unmarked. Fair .

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Book number: 188559

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C. Charles Burlingame, introduction

Mark Twain

New York, Privately printed for C. Charles Burlingame by the Bigger Press, Inc, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 24p. A thin hardcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly tanned, and light brown stains on front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A privately printed keepsake volume of Mark Twain quotes illustrated by Kathryn Howard. Very Good .

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Book number: 195035

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Simon Callow

Being an Actor

New York, Penguin Books, 1995. Paperback. 240p. A softcover book in good condition. Edges a bit worn; spine creased and a section of pages wrinkled, although there is no visible dampstaining. Text clean and binding tight. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. Good .

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Book number: 204386

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William Carleton

Rody the Rover or the Ribbonman

NY, Stringer & Townsend, 1850. 1st American Edition. Wraps. 1st Am. ed. 104p. Lacks covers; removed from larger volume. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Good condition. First American edition of one of Carleton's classic tales of 19th century Irish life. Scarce. Fair .

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Book number: 59430

Catalogue: Literary

Keywords: Rare

Thomas Carlyle

Past and Present

London/New York, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd/E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1960. Hardcover. 304p. A blue cloth hardcover book in good+ condition. Binding is cockeyed and pages slightly bent (though not creased) due to improper storage. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Everyman's Library #608 (Essays & Belles-Lettres). Good .

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Book number: 191896

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Thomas Carlyle

Past and Present

Chicago, W.B. Conkey Company. Hardcover. 418p. Ex-library. A small hardcover book bound in decorated cloth. Good condition, considering its age. Cloth is lightly soiled all over; more conspicuous stain on the back cover. Small notation near bottom of spine, as this copy was part of a seminary library. Seminary stamps inside and ink notation on front pastedown. Pages deeply tanned with age, but text unmarked and binding tight. Undated vintage edition, ca. 1910s, from the publisher's Amaranth Series. Measures approx. 6.25" x 4.25. Good .

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Book number: 194680

Catalogue: Literary