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  • MASKS AND IKONS. by Abbott, Kathleen.
    Abbott, Kathleen.
    MASKS AND IKONS.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    London: Enitharmon Press, 1973. First edition - A collection of poems issued in an edition of just 400 copies, of which 20 were specially bound. Illustrations on the cover page and the outer wrappers by Juliet Standing. Designed and printed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. 45 pp plus the colophon. ISBN: 0-901111-49X.

    Condition: Near fine in light green wrappers with self flaps (name of poet Elizabeth Harrod on first page.)

    Book ID: 68151
    Keywords: fine press, Poetry
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  • DELAWARE LITERATURE. by Able, Augustus H III; foreword by Henry Seidel Canby.
    Able, Augustus H III; foreword by Henry Seidel Canby.
    DELAWARE LITERATURE.

    Edition: First printing, limited edition. .

    New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. 1947. First edition - First separate publication of this offprint from 'Delaware, a History of the First State' with a new foreword by Henry Seidel Canby. Discusses the importance of regional literature in understanding American life. Includes discussion of fiction, both romantic and realistic, nonfiction prose and poetry, Glossy frontispiece. States that this is one of 250 copies, but it is not numbered. Large format, measuring 8 1/12 in wide by 11 inches tall, 32 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled blue wrappers (some toning and sunning to the edges of the cover,)

    Book ID: 51951
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  • ALL CREATURES DARK AND DANGEROUS. by Allyn, Doug.
    Allyn, Doug.
    ALL CREATURES DARK AND DANGEROUS.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    Norfolk, Virginia: Crippen and Landru, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects seven stories - including the award winning "Franken Kat" and "Roadkill" - in which veterinarian David Westbrook tends to the ailing animals of his rural Michigan town, and comes up against the dark side of their human owners. One of 200 copies, individually numbered and SIGNED by the author. Includes a separately printed pamphlet, with his short story "Saint Margaret's Kitten." Checklist of Allyn's novels and short stories. 194 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 1-885941315.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new) Pamphlet is fine in dark green wrappers.

    Book ID: 86582
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  • THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder. by Ambler, Eric.
    Ambler, Eric.
    THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. One of 250 copies of the first edition numbered and SIGNED by Ambler on the limitation page. Specially bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering in a matching slipcase. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-892962380.

    Condition: Fine in fine slipcase.

    Book ID: 80392
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  • NOTES ON A DREAM. by Anderson, Maxwell.
    Anderson, Maxwell.
    NOTES ON A DREAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    Austin: University of Texas, (1971). Hardcover first edition - The first publication of this group of 18 poems written by this noted playwright for his wife Gilda from 1952 (two years before they were married) through the year of his death in 1959. Introduction by Laurence G. Avery. One of only 750 copies designed by William R. Holman. Frontispiece drawing of Gilda. 48 pp. plus colophon. First edition (750 copies). Very good in blue cloth.

    Condition: Fine in blue cloth with white paper label on front cover, gilt lettering on spine.

    Book ID: 85797
    Keywords: limited edition, Poetry
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  • THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF THE CENTURY. by [Anthology, signed] Hillerman, Tony, editor. Sara Paretsky, signed.
    [Anthology, signed] Hillerman, Tony, editor. Sara Paretsky, signed.
    THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF THE CENTURY.

    Edition: Signed, limited first edition.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 46 mystery stories from O. Henry in 1903 and Willa Cather in 1905 to Tom Franklin in 1998 and Dennis Lehane in 1999. Includes selections from Dashiell Hammet, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Stephen King, James Crumley Brendan DuBois, Steven Greenleaf and more. One of only 100 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the editor, Tony Hillerman. Although not called for, this is also signed by contributor Sara Paretsky. Preface by series editor Otto Penzler and introduction by Tony Hillerman. Biographical notes. xviii, 813 pp. ISBN: 0-618-012672.

    Condition: Fine in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a fine black slipcase (no dust jacket, as issued).

    Book ID: 74292
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  • PULPHOUSE: The Hardback Magazine, Issue Nine, Fall 1990. by [Anthology, signed] Rusch, Kristine Katherine, editor (Joe R. Lansdale, Harry Turtledove and Nina Kiriki Hoffman, signed)
    [Anthology, signed] Rusch, Kristine Katherine, editor (Joe R. Lansdale, Harry Turtledove and Nina Kiriki Hoffman, signed)
    PULPHOUSE: The Hardback Magazine, Issue Nine, Fall 1990.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of 1000 numbered copies. An anthology of dark fantasy stories. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Joe R. Lansdale at 'the Pit', Harry Turtledove at 'Honeymouth' and Nina Kiriki Hoffman at 'Housewife.' This also includes stories by Melinda Snodgrass, Nancy Collins, Lisa Tuttle, Steve Perry, William Wu, and others. 259 pages. Statement of limitation tipped in at rear of book.

    Condition: Fine (as new) in black leatherette with green metallic lettering, no dj as issued.

    Book ID: 25512
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  • BLACK BORDERS. by Barboza, Anthony, with poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza
    Barboza, Anthony, with poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza
    BLACK BORDERS.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    New York: By the author, (1980). SIGNED first edition - A book which was the culmination of a series of photographs Barboza created between 1975-1980, with the publication of this funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The title refers both the black border around each photograph, which gives a unity to the book, and to the fact that most, although not all, portraits are of African Americans, of writers, artists and musicians working on the edge (or on the border) "What sets these photographs apart, and gives them their durable vitality, is their innovative use of lighting and backgrounds. . Barboza turns the dark distorted forms into expressive echoes of the sitters. Underneath setups…

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    New York: By the author, (1980). SIGNED first edition - A book which was the culmination of a series of photographs Barboza created between 1975-1980, with the publication of this funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The title refers both the black border around each photograph, which gives a unity to the book, and to the fact that most, although not all, portraits are of African Americans, of writers, artists and musicians working on the edge (or on the border) "What sets these photographs apart, and gives them their durable vitality, is their innovative use of lighting and backgrounds. . Barboza turns the dark distorted forms into expressive echoes of the sitters. Underneath setups create shadows that loom above and behind Normal Lewis and the World Saxophone Quartet, while side arrangements turn the shadows into repetitions and echoes, doubling Amiri Baraka, and James Baldwin. Barboza then went on to add a bit of blur to some of the portraits, creating the appearance of back and forth motion or elusive ghosting to Ntozake Shange and Pharoah Sanders. The backdrops that he created and employed were equally unorthodox. Rolls of hanging paper were cut, slashed, and sliced, creating abstract patters of squiggles, lines, and openings, and then overpainted with expressive dashes and arcs of silvery spray paint. . So James Van Der Zee is surrounded by a whorling swirl of shining light, Toukie Smith shares the stage with snake-like back-and-forth forms." (Loring Knoblauch, Collectordaily) . Includes poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza and brief handwritten captions under each portrait. SIGNED on the title page by Barboza and numbered AB/72, dated 1981. Square format, unpaginated (32 pp)

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    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Quite scarce now.

    Book ID: 88626
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  • WIND ON THE RIVER. by Barre, Richard; foreword by Harlan Coben.
    Barre, Richard; foreword by Harlan Coben.
    WIND ON THE RIVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of suspense, a Christmas story, a Western story, published in an edition of only 3000 copies. Foreword by Harlan Coben. Frontispiece. SIGNED by Barre on the title page. 60 pp plus colophon.. ISBN: 1592660452.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 65673
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  • THE STAR. by Barre, Richard; foreword by Michael Connelly.
    Barre, Richard; foreword by Michael Connelly.
    THE STAR.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of suspense, a Christmas story, published in an edition of only 1000 copies. Foreword by Michael Connelly. Frontispiece. This is one of only 26 copies in slipcase lettered and SIGNED by both Barre and Connelly on the limitation page. ISBN: 159266010X.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards in a fine slipcase

    Book ID: 65675
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  • THE STAR. by Barre, Richard; foreword by Michael Connelly.
    Barre, Richard; foreword by Michael Connelly.
    THE STAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of suspense, a Christmas story, published in an edition of only 1000 copies. Foreword by Michael Connelly. Frontispiece. SIGNED by both Barre and Connelly on the title page. 43 pp. Cover design and photograph by Frank Goad. ISBN: 1592660088.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 80743
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  • BETHANY. by Barre, Richard; foreword by Robert Crais.
    Barre, Richard; foreword by Robert Crais.
    BETHANY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second in this series of short suspense stories, a Christmas story, published in an edition of only 2000 copies. Foreword by Robert Crais. Frontispiece. SIGNED by Barre on the title page. 51 pp. plus colophon. Cover design and photograph by Frank Goad. ISBN: 159266038X.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 80744
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  • BETHANY. by Barre, Richard; foreword by Robert Crais.
    Barre, Richard; foreword by Robert Crais.
    BETHANY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short story of horror and suspense published in an edition of only 2000 copies. Foreword by Robert Crais. SIGNED by Barre on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 51 pp. ISBN: 159266038X.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 65672
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  • THE STAR, BETHANY, WIND ON THE RIVER (set of three books) by Barre, Richard; forewords Michael Connelly, Robert Crais and Harlen Coben.
    Barre, Richard; forewords Michael Connelly, Robert Crais and Harlen Coben.
    THE STAR, BETHANY, WIND ON THE RIVER (set of three books)

    Edition: First printings.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2002, 2003, 2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Three books in this series of short suspense stories, each a Christmas story. The first book in the series, The Star, was issued in an edition of only 1000 copies with a foreword by Michael Connelly. Bethany was issued in a limited edition of only 2000 copies with a foreword by Robert Crais. The third book, Wind on the River, is both a Christmas story, a Western story, published in an edition of only 3000 copies with a foreword by Harlan Coben. Each book includes a frontispiece and each is SIGNED by Barre on the title page. Although not called for, 'The Star' is also SIGNED by…

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    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (2002, 2003, 2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Three books in this series of short suspense stories, each a Christmas story. The first book in the series, The Star, was issued in an edition of only 1000 copies with a foreword by Michael Connelly. Bethany was issued in a limited edition of only 2000 copies with a foreword by Robert Crais. The third book, Wind on the River, is both a Christmas story, a Western story, published in an edition of only 3000 copies with a foreword by Harlan Coben. Each book includes a frontispiece and each is SIGNED by Barre on the title page. Although not called for, 'The Star' is also SIGNED by Connelly on the title page. Cover designs and photographs by Frank Goad. ISBN: 159266038X.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 80964
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  • LA DOGANA: Poemes Venitiens. by Bauchau, Henry (1913 - 2012); images d' Henriette Grindat.
    Bauchau, Henry (1913 - 2012); images d' Henriette Grindat.
    LA DOGANA: Poemes Venitiens.

    Edition: First printing.

    Lausanne: Editions Castella, (1967). First edition - Edition originale, un des 900 exemplaires numerotes sur Canson et Ingres et imprimee sur les presses de l'Imprimerie Chabloz a Renens. Ouvrage illustre de 12 photographies d'Henriette Grindat. (#650 out of 900 copies of the regular edition). A relatively early work of this Belgian poet, active in the Resistance during World War II, a lawyer and psychoanalyst, who moved to Paris in 1946 where he was friends with Camus and Gide, among others. Swiss photographer Henriette Grindat (1923 - 1986) was known for her complex surrealistic images which were often achieved by means of collage, photograms, or solarisation - many of which, like the ones in this book, depicted the effects of light and water. Unpaginated (36 pp including the colophon), Large format.

    Condition: Fine in stiff white covers in dark red outer wrappers with black lettering and self flaps.

    Book ID: 85251
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  • MAX BEERBOHM AND THE OXFORD CHANCELLORS: A Keepsake to Commemorate the Visit of The Grolier Club of New York and The Zamorano Club of Los Angeles to the William W. Clary Oxford Collection, August 28, 1961. by [Beerbohm, Max] Clary, William W.
    [Beerbohm, Max] Clary, William W.
    MAX BEERBOHM AND THE OXFORD CHANCELLORS: A Keepsake to Commemorate the Visit of The Grolier Club of New York and The Zamorano Club of Los Angeles to the William W. Clary Oxford Collection, August 28, 1961.

    Edition: First printing.

    Privately printed, 1961. First edition - Includes a reproduction of the manuscript of Beerbohm's Sonnet "To The 'Most Distinguished Chancellor' That Oxford Has Had?" and a reproduction of the caricature "The Old and the Young Self" 12 pp. Handsewn

    Condition: Fine in teal wrappers with black lettering.

    Book ID: 58043
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  • ONE NIGHT STANDS. by Block, Lawrence.
    Block, Lawrence.
    ONE NIGHT STANDS.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains 24 early previously uncollected Block stories which were originally published in the 1950s hard-boiled mystery digests. Includes a new introduction by Block, and a bonus science fiction story, "Make a Prison," in a separately printed pamphlet tucked into a bright yellow pocket on the rear pastedown. "122 out of 450 SIGNED and numbered copies. 206 pp. ISBN: 1-885941307.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some sunning to the spine of the dj)

    Book ID: 67644
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  • EHRENGRAF FOR THE DEFENSE. by Block, Lawrence.
    Block, Lawrence.
    EHRENGRAF FOR THE DEFENSE.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    Mission Viejo, CA & Royal Oak, Michigan: A.S.A.P. Publishing, (1994). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes an introduction by Edward D. Hoch and an afterword by Block. Illustrated by Phil Parks. Color frontispiece portrait of Block. #165 out of 250 copies SIGNED by all contributors on a special limitation page. Bound in gray cloth with applied illustrations to both the front and back covers. 167 pp.

    Condition: Fine in a fine clear acrylic slipcase.

    Book ID: 65643
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  • LOOK & MOVE ON. by Bowles, Paul (translator); Mrabet, Mohammed.
    Bowles, Paul (translator); Mrabet, Mohammed.
    LOOK & MOVE ON.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A short novel of obsession by this Morrocan author, taped and translated from the Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. Number 175 of 250 hardcover copies individually numbered and SIGNED by both Bowles and Mrabet on the colophon page. 125 pp. Cover illustration by Mrabet. ISBN: 0-876852568.

    Condition: Very near fine in orange illustrated boards with a black cloth spine and paper label on spine (original dust jacket has been replaced by new mylar wrapper)

    Book ID: 88299
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  • ONE THERE WAS IN PALESTINE. by Bradford, Ralph.
    Bradford, Ralph.
    ONE THERE WAS IN PALESTINE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Washington, D.C.: Printing House of Judd & Detweiler, (1949.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A single long poem on the life of Jesus in a lovely edition, 'designed and directed by Lester Douglas, printed under the supervision of John H. Davis at the Printing House of Judd & Detweiler. . . lettering by Cal Hoke. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in 1960. Slim volume - unpaginated leaves (32 pp.)

    Condition: Fine in flexible red cloth with gilt lettering in a rather tattered original glassine wrapper (which served to protect the book.)

    Book ID: 55558
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  • Brother Antoninus [William Everson].
    THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Detroit: University of Detroit Press, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - The poetry of Everson's conversion and his integration into the religious life. A very attractively designed and printed book, one of only 1,000 copies printed by the poet at the Albertus Magnus Press, St. Albert's College, Oakland. Number One of the Contemporary Poets Series. Slightly oblong format (8 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches), 88 pp

    Condition: Good condition overall - some toning to the boards, missing the front endpaper, but otherwise tight and clean - in a very good dustjacket. A reasonable copy of this early book by one of the significant poets of the 'San Francisco Renaissance.'

    Book ID: 30943
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  • NOVELLE CINQUE: Tales from the Veneto. by Bumgardner, George H., editor and translator.
    Bumgardner, George H., editor and translator.
    NOVELLE CINQUE: Tales from the Veneto.

    Edition: Limited, numbered first edition.

    Barre, Massachusetts: The Imprint Society, 1974. Hardcover first edition - #561 of 1,950 copies printed from Centaur type at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona on Magnani paper - a handsome production of this collection of 5 novellas, translated from the Italian, edited and annotated by Bumgardner. Illustrated with four full-color and full-size reproductions of 16th century manuscripts. Notes. 144 pp plus colophon.

    Condition: Fine in quarter red cloth with gilt lettering and tan paper-covered boards in a near fine slipcase (some sunning to edges of slipcase.)

    Book ID: 55133
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  • 18. by Burke, Jan.
    Burke, Jan.
    18.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Mission Viejo, CA: A.S.A.P. Publishing, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of 18 short stories by this award-winning writer. Limited/first edition #22 of 100 copies SIGNED on the limitation page by all of the contributors: Jan Burke, Edward D. Hoch, who wrote the introduction and by Phil Parks, the dust jacket illustrator. 330 pp. ISBN: 1-892011247.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase (as new.)

    Book ID: 78401
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  • PATTERNS: STORIES. by Cadigan, Pat. (introduction by Bruce Sterling)
    Cadigan, Pat. (introduction by Bruce Sterling)
    PATTERNS: STORIES.

    Edition: First edition.

    Kansas City, MO: Ursus Imprints, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of 400 numbered copies SIGNED on a special illustrated preliminary page by Cadigan, Bruce Sterling who wrote the introduction, and artists Vern Dufford and Robert A. Haas. Fourteen stories including her cyberpunk trilogy: "Rock On," "Pretty Boy Crossover," and the Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominee "Angel," as well as one story - "The Power and the Passion" - written especially for this collection and first published here. Full color frontispiece, 207 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-942681-096.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket and cloth slipcase.

    Book ID: 55635
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  • COUNT OF ELEVEN. by Campbell, Ramsey.
    Campbell, Ramsey.
    COUNT OF ELEVEN.

    Edition: First edition.

    London: Macdonald, (1991.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel with a good deal of very black humor. One of a numbered limited edition of 250 copies, in full bungundy leather, all edges gilt, marbelized endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. SIGNED and numbered on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-356-20216X.

    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 53984
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  • Clark, Kevin.
    GRANTING THE WOLF.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    (Pittsford NY): State Street Press Chapbooks, 1984. SIGNED first edition - Poet's first book, a small chapbook, published in a limited edition of only 400 copies. The powerful first poem in this book 'Widow Under a New Moon' became the title of his second chapbook. SIGNED by Clark on the title page and also INSCRIBED on the dedication page "For... that the wolf will articulate its howl in our work, Thanks" and dated in 1987. Designed and printed at the Visual Arts Workshop, Rochester, NY. Cover art by Janet Mardrosian. 29 pp.

    Condition: Fine in white stapled wrappers in an illustrated gray outer wrapper.

    Book ID: 36872
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  • MAD DOG BLACK LADY. by Coleman, Wanda.
    Coleman, Wanda.
    MAD DOG BLACK LADY.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American poet's first regularly published collection. #129 out of 200 copies numbered and signed by Coleman. 133 pp plus colophon and final photograph of author. ISBN: 0-876854129.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards with burgundy cloth spine, paper title label on spine, in original acetate wrapper.

    Book ID: 88745
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  • THE TERRY-BRODERICK DUEL. by Douglas, Carroll.
    Douglas, Carroll.
    THE TERRY-BRODERICK DUEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. Hardcover first edition - An account of the 1859 duel which resulted in Broderick's death - "An argument about the future of slavery led to a deadly duel near Lake Merced, south of San Francisco. The rivals, David Broderick and David Terry, were two prominent politicians who at one time had been friends. Broderick, a U.S. senator, was a leader of the Free Soil wing of the Democratic Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery. As a legislator, he had blocked laws introduced to ban black people from the state. He had fought unsuccessfully against the California Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed whites who had brought slaves into California before statehood to hold…

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    San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. Hardcover first edition - An account of the 1859 duel which resulted in Broderick's death - "An argument about the future of slavery led to a deadly duel near Lake Merced, south of San Francisco. The rivals, David Broderick and David Terry, were two prominent politicians who at one time had been friends. Broderick, a U.S. senator, was a leader of the Free Soil wing of the Democratic Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery. As a legislator, he had blocked laws introduced to ban black people from the state. He had fought unsuccessfully against the California Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed whites who had brought slaves into California before statehood to hold them in bondage. Terry, a California Supreme Court Chief justice, had lobbied for California to enter the Union as a slave state, and was a member of the dominant pro-slavery Chiv wing of the Democratic Party. While he served as a justice, the state Supreme Court ordered fugitive slave Archy Lee returned to his enslaver. When Terry lost his reelection bid because of his pro-slavery views, he blamed Broderick. The two men exchanged insults and Terry challenged Broderick to a duel." (Gold Chains) Illustrated with Woodcuts by Malette Dean. Typography by Jane Grabhorn, Press work by Lawton R. Kennedy. 89 pp. plus colophon.

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    Condition: Near fine in decorated pale grey boards with a red cloth spine, paper label on spine (bookplate, light toning to edges of boards and pages, sunning to spine). Some pages still unopened.

    Book ID: 87563
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  • THE HILL OF SUMMER: A Novel of the Soviet Conquest by Drury, Allen
    Drury, Allen
    THE HILL OF SUMMER: A Novel of the Soviet Conquest

    Edition: Limited first edition (undisclosed limitation)

    Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover first edition - Includes a special message by the author, not found in the trade edition. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks.

    Condition: Fine in brown leather with gold lettering and designs, all edges gilt, watered silk endpapers, ribbon bookmark bound in.

    Book ID: 9594
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  • THE CELESTIAL BUFFET and Other Morsels of Murder. by Dunlap, Susan.
    Dunlap, Susan.
    THE CELESTIAL BUFFET and Other Morsels of Murder.

    Edition: First printing.

    Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first collection of short mystery stories by this award winning author - it includes seventeen stories, four featuring Jill Smith and one with Kiernan O'Shaughnessy as well as two tales of "The Celestial Detective" who investigates crime in the Afterlife or rather crimes that sent someone to the Afterlife. Each section has an introduction by Dunlap. A limited edition, one of 250 copies, each individually numbered and signedby Dunlap on the limitation page. 213 pp plus a Susan Dunlap checklist, colophon and 4 pp publisher's ads. A separately printed pamphlet 'A Tail of Two Cities: A Jill Smith Story' in red stapled wrappers is in a pocket on the rear pastedown. ISBN: 1-885941536.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new) with a fine booklet.

    Book ID: 79235
    View cart More details Price: $45.00