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1919105763N.P.: Harry B. Joseph 1919. cloth gold stamped top edge gilt. 4to. cloth gold stamped top edge gilt. 617 pages. First edition. History of Philadelphia from it's beginnings to World War One. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Cloth soiled wear to spine ends and corners. Inside hinges cracked with covers partially detached from book block. (Harry B. Joseph unknown books
1989019577Santa Fe New Mexico: Santa Fe Fine Arts Publishing LTD. Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0944082017 . Light-colored striped cloth hardboards with image pasted on the front cover. In a case held closed by a leather beaded string. String is worn and flakey. Signed by Joyce Mills. Everything kept in a cloth clamshell slipcase. Illustrations and folk stories of Native American spirits and beings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 48 pp . Santa Fe Fine Arts Publishing, LTD hardcover books
199535979Dublin: New Writers' Press 1995. First edition. 52 pp w/notes. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dublin: New Writers' Press unknown books
196957879London: Jonathan Cape 1969. Revised edition third printing. 8vo pp. 253. Edited with an introduction by Theodore Spencer. With additional material and a foreword by John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon. Paper over boards stamped in gilt. Edges slightly spotted o/w a nice copy in little soiled dj. Jonathan Cape unknown books
1944271786New York. : New Directions. 1944. . Apparent first edition. . Black cloth gilt spine title. . Light wear to spine heel otherwise a very good copy in a near very good price-clipped dustjacket with a 1†tear at the top of the front panel and some light edgewear. . 8vo. Edited by Theodore Spencer. New Directions. hardcover books
194424207New York: New Directions Books 1944. First American edition. Cloth. A very good copy top edge lightly toned owner's bookplate to front pastedown boards bright and tight in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips at the folds. 234 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. 4to. Edited by Theodore Spencer. New Directions Books hardcover books
1944001271New York: New Directions 1944. First Printing. One of 3000 copies printed. Edited from the manuscript in the Harvard College Library by Theodore Spencer. Prior owner name front endpage. Book top edge lightly soiled and foxing on endpages. Dustjacket is rubbed at spine folds and has small edge chips at spine and at tips. Price of $3.50 is present front flap. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. New Directions Hardcover books
1944BBJC12561New York: New Directions 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 234 plus frontispiece portrait. Spine tips lightly bumped and sunned; some light sunning along edges of boards; contemporary bookplate on FFEP. Dust jacket tanned; light scuffing along joints; chip at head of spine extending onto top edge of rear panel; price-clipped; VG in mylar. <br/><br/>" 'Stephen Hero' is an early version of Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' probably completed about 1906. It is said that when the manuscript came back to Joyce after rejection by the twentieth publisher to whom it was submitted he threw it into the fire from which his wife was able to rescue only a portion of the whole work. 'Stephen Hero' is more an autobiography of Joyce and less an objectivized novel" from the dust jacket. New Directions hardcover books
195540692New York: A New Directions Book 1955. Later edition. Light green cloth binding black lettering to spine. Blue printed paper DJ. Moderate wear to binding rubbing to edges age-toning to textblock. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. DJ worn and sunned edges clipped. A VG example in an About VG DJ. 6 251 1 blank pp. Black& white photographic images within. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> A New Directions Book hardcover books
19441334131New Yorkq: A New Directions Book 1944. Hardcover. Octavo; G-/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; Spine black with gold print; DJ in torn pieces with spine large portion of front and almost entire rear missing laid in rather than covering boards; Boards in black cloth with gold print wear to spine caps and corners light shelfwear; Text block front flyleaf torn out mild tanning to endpapers light age-toning to paper text is clean; 234 pages frontispiece port. illustrated b&w plates. 1334131. FP New Rockville Stock. A New Directions Book hardcover books
1963UJOYSTE01afA New Directions Book 1963. Very Good. Joyce James. Stephen Hero. NY: A New Directions Book 1963. 253pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with faintly rubbed wraps. A New Directions Book paperback books
002542New Directions. F. First Edition. book in near fine condition with creases down the spine. New Directions unknown books
194418725New York: New Directions 1944. First American Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 234pp. Pinpoint rubbing and trivial fading to board edges else a tight Near Fine copy in the original unclipped dustwrapper toned on lighter portions and with a small 1/8" loss at base of spine not affecting any lettering. An attractive copy. An early draft of "Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man" published posthumously. The British edition preceded the American by some months. New Directions unknown books
195559906NY:: New Directions. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Edited by Theodore Spencer John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon. . First edition thus. Very good in a very good age toning dust jacket. . New Directions, hardcover books
194416965London: Jonathan Cape 1944. 210 pages; The title page continues:Part of the First Draft of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'; Edited with an Introduction by Theodore Spencer; with bookplate of British Information Service Branch Lending Library Wein I. Karnternerstrasse 53 on front endpaper; the Star edition of this work; bound in blue paper covered boards dark blue cloth spine gilt spine titles; some edge tips wear and rubbing to binding; pages darkened a little; good condition. Hard Cover. Good. Jonathan Cape Hardcover books
199921995NY: Dutton 1999. First edition. 264 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with one 1/8 in. tear. SIGNED by Oates on the title page. Promotional flyer laid in. NY: Dutton unknown books
1999111643New York: Dutton 1999. First edition. Hardcover. A novel written by Oates using the Rosamond Smith name. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by Oates in full as well as her using the initials "RS. Dutton unknown books
1999160538New York: A Dutton Book 1999. Octavo two-part boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #160538 A Dutton Book unknown books
19993084NY: Dutton 1999. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates with "RS" on the title page. A "Gersh Literary and Talent Agency" sticker with Ron Bernstein's stamped name affixed to the front free endpage. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complimentary Copy. Dutton Hardcover books
19999007543New York: Dutton 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. <br/><br/> Dutton hardcover books
196047933New York: Harper and Brothers 1960. First American Edition. Octavo 21 cm; one quarter light green cloth with darker green coated cloth sides in green pictorial dustwrapper; 9-285pp. Dustwrapper spine tanned heel and crown chipped; mild handling wear soiling and toning rubbing to extremities; inner flap price-clipped. Textblock slightly yellowing at margins; ownership signature on ffep bookseller's plate on rear pastedown. Very Good overall.<br/><br/>A posthumously released collection of 34 short stories by Irish-Anglo novelist Joyce Cary many of which were previously published including his Romance at the time the only short story to appear in Time magazine; four stories are published here for the first time. A tireless writer Cary suffered from ALS in his later years and reportedly used a rope to support his arms to write; failing that he dictated his stories until he could no longer speak. He employed a wide variety of themes and subjects but often wrote of life in Nigeria where he worked as a magistrate and officer. Harper and Brothers unknown books
1976173455Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press 1976. First edition. Softcover. A partially unopened copy that isn't stapled either. A near fine copy. Signed by Oates. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1976127964Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press 1976. First edition. Softcover. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1976WRCLIT74885Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1976. Printed self wrappers. First edition published as SPARROW 45. About fine. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
1976WRCLIT74886Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1976. Printed self wrappers. First edition published as SPARROW 45. A trace of bump and soiling at upper fore-corner very good. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
