CATHER, WILLA

My Mortal Enemy

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 122 pp. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 11372

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CATHER, WILLA

Sapphira and the Slave Girl

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 1. Hard Cover. Covered in light green cloth with pasted labels on front & spine, deckled edge. Borzoi Dog emblem emboosed on back cover. Unclipped dust jacket shows wear and fading with a small piece missing from top of spine, back hinge starting to crack, binding has separated from cover but no loose pages. Otherwise, text is clean and unmarked. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. viii, 295 pp. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 22179

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Keywords: Willa Cather American Literature 20th Century Fiction Women Writers Slavery Virginia Novels, Poetry & Literature Women

CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Special Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Jose and Luis Jimenez y Aranda. Publisher's full brown leatherette, spine in three compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt decoration in remainder, gilt borders and decoration on covers, a.e.g, printed endpapers. Illustrated with B&W plates. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE.. B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (x), 625, (2) pp. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 24179

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CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE; CHARLES W. ELIOT (ED.)

The First Part of the Delightful History of the Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of the Mancha

NY: P. F. Collier, 1909. Limited Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Volume14 Only. Edition de Luxe, this is set # 6215. Publisher's full gray buckram with Veritas emblem embossed in gilt and red on cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g, fore-edge and bottom edge deckle, patterned endpapers, b&w frontis. Heel of spine is rubbed, book is shaken in binding, coffee stains and rubbing to front cover, interior quite clean. Reading copy. GOOD. The Harvard Classics Series. Vol. 14. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 545 pp. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20745

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Keywords: Harvard Classics Fiction and Literature Humor Novels, Poetry & Literature Fiction

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE

The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha

NY: Random House, 1941. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Hans Alexander Mueller. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on red label on spine with gilt borders and decoration, t.e.g. (red), cream endpapers. This edition of the "Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote De La Mancha" was designed by George Salter. The type used is Linotype Scotch and the illustrations, which are engraved in wood, are by Hans Alexander Mueller. The book was composed, printed and bound by H. Wolff, New York, using paper manufactured by P.H. Glatfelter Co, and buckram cloth made by the Bancroft Mills." Translated from the original Spanish by Peter Motteux.. Former owner's name neatly stamped on ffep, otherwise unmarked, unopened, tight, square and clean. The illustrated slipcase is worn and beginning to split along the seams. NEAR FINE/GOOD (slipcase).. Woodcuts. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 567, (1) pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 6815

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Keywords: Fiction; Literature; Classic Fiction; Don Quixote; Quixote; Novels; Illustrated Books Novels, Poetry & Literature Romance

CHAMBER, ROBERT W.

The Fighting Chance

NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1907. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by A. B. Wenzell. Publisher's full red cloth, red embossed lettering on cover. Illustrated with numerous B&W full-page plates by A.B. Wenzell. Spine faded, covers lightly rubbed, head and heel mildly worn, edges lightly soiled, else near fine. VERY GOOD. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 499 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 10301

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Keywords: Fiction; Romance Literature; Novels Fiction 1st Editions Illustrated Books Novels, Poetry & Literature Romance

CHAMISSO, ADALBERT VON

The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl

Emmaus, PA: Story Classics, (1954). Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Peter Rudland. Limited Edition (No. 1,052 of 3,000 copies). Publisher's full black and white woven cloth, gilt lettering on black panel on spine, embossed black decoration on cover, top edge green. Illustrated with eight full-page, two-color plates by Peter Rudland. Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838) was a German poet and botanist, author of Peter Schlemihl, a famous story about a man who sold his shadow.. The volume is in perfect condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. The pale green slipcase is sunned and slightly worn. AS NEW.. Story Classics Series. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, 87, (1) pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 24001

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Keywords: Short Stories; Illustrated Books; Collectible Books; Story Classics; Rodale Press; Illustrated Books Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY

Troilus and Cressida: A Love Poem in Five Books a Love Poem in Five Books

NY: Literary Guild, 1932. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Eric Gill. Quarter bound blue over ivory, gilt lettering on spine, intricate gilt embossed design on lower front corner, light blue end papers, detailed illustrated title page, detailed border on every page, fore-edge deckle. Spine sunned and faded, page edges slightly soiled, hinge starting, volume lightly sunned. Wood engraving. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xviii, 309 pp. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 14831

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Keywords: Literature; Poetry Classics Love Poems Illustrated Books Novels, Poetry & Literature

CHEEVER, JOHN

Bullet Park

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition, first printing. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, silver lettering on spine and cover, fore-edge deckle. "Cheever's deepest, most challenging book. It has the tone of a summing-up and the tension of a vision." — The New York Times. "In a class by itself, not only among Cheever's work but among all the novels I know." — Joseph Heller. Very slightly sunned along top edge only, otherwise as new; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is in perfect condition. NEAR FINE/FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 245, (1) pp. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26212

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Keywords: Literature; Fiction; Novels; John Cheever; Novels, Poetry & Literature Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

CHEEVER, JOHN

The Wapshot Scandal

NY: Harper & Row / Perennial Library, 1973. First Paperback Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. POOR. READING COPY ONLY.. Mass Market PB. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 244 pp. Poor with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 12739

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Keywords: Literature; Novels, Poetry & Literature

CHEEVER, JOHN

The Wapshot Scandal

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Unclipped dust jacket has slightly bumped corners with minor chipping. Top fore-edge slightly speckled. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 309 pp. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19911

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Keywords: American Literature Fiction; John Cheever Novels, Poetry & Literature

CHEEVER, JOHN

The Wapshot Scandal

NY: Harper & Row, 1964. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition, first printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on black panel on spine, tan endpapers, fore-edge deckle. The Wapshot Scandal by John Cheever, is a follow-up to his National Book Award-winning The Wapshot Chronicle. It was Cheever's second published novel, and won the William Dean Howells Medal in 1965. The scandal of the title involves one of the Wapshot wives running off with an 18-year-old bagboy from the local A&P and making a life with him in Italy.. Very slight rubbing at the head of the spine; otherwise unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, shows almost imperceptible sunning of the spine, else fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. Mass Market PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 309, (1) pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26217

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Keywords: Literature; Novels; Fiction; Wapshot; John Cheever; Novels, Poetry & Literature Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

CHEEVER, JOHN

The Wapshot Chronicle

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition, first printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over green boards, red and yellow lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. The Wapshot Chronicle is the debut novel by John Cheever about an eccentric family that lives in a Massachusetts fishing village. Published in 1957, it won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1958, and was followed by a sequel, The Wapshot Scandal, published in 1964. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Wapshot Chronicle 63rd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Very slight shelf-wear, spine lightly creased, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is very slightly worn on edges only, and lightly browned along the top edge of the front flap only, otherwise fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 307, (1) pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26213

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Keywords: Literature; Novels; Fiction; John Cheever; Wapshot; First Edition; Novels, Poetry & Literature Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

CHEEVER, JOHN

The World of Apples

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. 0394483464. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0394483464. Publisher's full black boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle. The volume is lightly sunned along the top edge, otherwise tight, square and clean. The price-clipped dust jacket is chipped at the head of the spine with slight loss, else near fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 174, (1) pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 9679

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Keywords: 0394483464 Short Stories Fiction; Literature; Americana Novels, Poetry & Literature Short Stories

CHEKHOV, ANTON

The Works of Anton Chekhov

Roslyn, NY: Black's Readers Service, N.D.. Reprint. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full beige leatherette with bright gilt decoration on spine, gilt lettering in red panel on spine, ruled border and gilt lettering on front cover, t.e.g, red silk bookmark bound in, decorative endpapers.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 632 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 17120

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Fiction; Lieterature; Plays; Drama; Collectible Books; Theatre & Performing Arts Novels, Poetry & Literature Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books