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1997ref. 31749New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670870897 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with soiled top edge in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear; In this story Clark and Marcia explore the meaning of faith in their own lives and in the lives of others. They explore how faith can help us through difficult times.; 8vo; 502 pages . Viking hardcover books
1934ref. 199085Paris: Galerie Charpentier 1934. Paperback. Good Wraps are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; there is a number written in orange pencil on the cover and spine; spine strip has a closed tear; textblock edges are edgeworn/scuffed/foxed/smudged; interior has prices realized penciled in; interior is clean; binding appears solid. Off-white wraps with brown lettering; 67 pp.; xxxii plates; richly illustrated. Text in French. Prices realized are helpfully penciled in at the margins. [Galerie Charpentier] paperback books
1991ref. 43300New York: The Ecco Press 1991. First printing. Near fine in a near fine jacket. First edition a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter. With praise from Czeslaw Milosz Joseph Brodsky and others on back panel. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Quarter black cloth over black boards in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 162 pages. Interior clean throughout if trivially toned. The Ecco Press unknown books
2023ref. 2342694New York: William Morrow 2023. Revised and Expanded Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. New. Revised and expanded edition. An exceptional copy. 2023 Hard Cover. xii 708 pp. The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters with revealing new insights into The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion was one of the most prolific letter-writers of the last century. Over the years he wrote a mass of letters - to his publishers to members of his family to friends and to "fans" of his books - which often reveal the inner workings of his mind and which record the history of composition of his works and his reaction to subsequent events. A selection from Tolkien's correspondence collected and edited by Tolkien's official biographer Humphrey Carpenter and assisted by Christopher Tolkien was published in 1981. It presented in Tolkien's own words a highly detailed portrait of the man in his many aspects: storyteller scholar Catholic parent friend and observer of the world around him. In this revised and expanded edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien it has been possible to go back to the editors' original typescripts and notes restoring more than 150 letters that were excised purely to achieve what was then deemed a "publishable length" and present the book as originally intended. Enthusiasts for his writings will find much that is new for the letters not only include fresh information about Middle-earth such as Tolkien's own plot summary of the entirety of The Lord of the Rings and a vision for publishing his "Tales of the Three Ages" but also many insights into the man and his world. In addition this new selection will entertain anyone who appreciates the art of letter-writing of which J.R.R. Tolkien was a master. William Morrow hardcover books
1969ref. 41676Beaconsfield England: Darwen Finlayson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Reprint Edition. Cloth. 0852080182 . Edition in Near Fine condition with some sunning in a Very Good clipped dust-jacket with minor tearing along the top edges ; Deals with places in Hampshire and with famous familes of the county but is essentially a connected narrative from pre-Roman times up to the present day; 8vo; 80 pages . Darwen Finlayson hardcover books
ref. 32075Boston: Ditson. Sheet music. 4to pp. 5 including front. Cover printed in black with lithograph of Gianetta standing by a stairway looking down the canal at a gondolier. Fold chipped where this was disbound some slight yellowing in places o/w a VG clean copy. Ditson unknown books
1850ref. 572464London: Robert Cocks & Co 1850. Softcover. Good. Unknown edition. Folio. Originally three nested bifolia making 12 pages. Notched and worn along the spine from once being bound within an album as a result some of the leaves remain bound while some are detached though all are present edgewear including chips and tears "1850" in ink on the front cover a complete but good only copy. For duet voice and piano. Plate number 7641. Robert Cocks & Co unknown books
1892ref. 1369835Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1892. Student's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 284 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt text. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear and rubbing to corners. Textblock has light age toning and faint staining to rear endpaper and pastedown. 1369835. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1988ref. 89546Berkeley: North Point 1988. Uncorrected proof. 230 pp. Two small smudges to the front panel else near fine in printed wrappers. Berkeley: North Point, unknown books
2005ref. 85516North Andover:: Persimmon Press. Fine. 2005. Paperback. 1882903137 . Black and white illustrations throughout. Second edition paperback. Fine in oversize pictorial wraps. . Persimmon Press, paperback books
1911ref. 58754London: George Allen 1911. First separate UK edition. 67 pp. Light foxing to the fore-edge and preliminaries else fine; an unusually crisp copy with the spine still snowy white. First separate British edition originally published in FROM ADAM'S PEAK TO ELEPHANTA 1892 with a new Preface by the author. Attractive bookplate of Ileene Knox. London: George Allen, unknown books
1925ref. 58755London: George Allen & Unwin 1925. First edition. Spine slightly faded else nearly fine. First edition of these two complementary studies of Shelley both focusing on his psychosexual nature. Carpenter in the first part of the book is "impelled to conclude that the poet's nature was really intermediate or double in character -- INTERMEDIATE as between the masculine and feminine or DOUBLE as having that twofold outlook upon the world. The time has gone by when a remark of this kind could be interpreted as derogatory." In the second part Barnefield brings forward "considerable positive evidence from Shelley's life and writings to show that in him was a strangely double nature and that there was certainly a homosexual COMPONENT in his make-up." London: George Allen & Unwin unknown books
2003ref. 11575Baltimore MD: PublishAmerica 2003. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Inscription note attached to cover. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelf wear else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo. 357pp. Illus. b/w. Mounted bookplate on endpapers. PublishAmerica unknown books
1967ref. 447415New York: Twayne Publishers 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a little sunning on the front panel. Twayne Publishers hardcover books
1991ref. 22984New York: Pocket Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671673130 . A first printing of the first edition stain to foredge else Fine in Fine dust-jacket with trivial edge-wear signed by the author Scott Carpenter directly on the title page; In a last ditch effort to save his naval career Rick Tallman a hotshot fighter pilot accepts a position as the commander of the unproven and untested Steel Albatross a new stealthy underwater submarine. It soon becomes a deadly game when he is tasked with stopping the Soviets from activating an underwater weapon that could render all US computers useless ; 8vo; viii 371 5 pages; Signed by Author . Pocket Books hardcover books
1920ref. 289New York: The Macmillan Company 1920. Hardcover. Very good. Small hard cover 7 3/16" x 4 3/4". Publisher's green cloth binding. 164pp. Very good condition throughout with light shelf wear only to covers. An early instructional manual on the pleasures and practicalities of camping in cold weather with chapters on Personal Equipment Food Shelter and Beds Campfires and Stoves Wildlife in Winter etc.The design on the front cover which wraps around the spine is of a stylized forest with a top border of geese and lower border of salmon. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1978ref. 167925Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1978. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film including one showing actress Faye Dunaway talking with director Irvin Kershner on the set. A fashion photographer suddenly becomes clairvoyant witnessing serial murders from the perspective of the killer. John Carpenter's first major studio film with many elements drawn from Italian giallo adapted from a screenplay co-written by Carpenter and David Zelag Goodman. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1866ref. 1411039New York: Hurd and Houghton 1866. Hardcover. Octavo vii 359 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth; fraying to spine caps and corners wear to hinges. Text block has penciled name and inscription on front endpapers foxing to endpapers and title page occasional light foxing within spine break at page 145. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1411039. FP New Rockville Stock. Hurd and Houghton hardcover books
1988ref. 53520London: Secker & Warburg 1988. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket. First UK edition of this story of a survivalist's attempt to build an ark - à la Noah but with people - by at the time "Japan's foremost living novelist." 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original dark blue cloth silver lettered spine. In original unclipped £11.95 color pictorial jacket designed by Peter Dyer. Lavender endpapers. 4 342 pages. Jacket with trace edgewear. Book with light toning to leaves else crisp and clean. Secker & Warburg unknown books
1959ref. 629158New York: Schulte Publishing Company 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 697pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The final anthology of this much-praised and long-running series edited by an African-American poet issued after a 30 year hiatus in conjunction with Braithwaite's 80th birthday. An important compendium representing most active American poets of the period. Schulte Publishing Company hardcover books
1991ref. 40445New York: Facts on File. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Later Printing; First Printing. Cloth. A Later printing/first edition in Very Good condition in alike dust-jacket; Over 2000 entries on all aspects of this large and varied region - its history personalities geography politics economy ecology and more; 4to; 544 pages . Facts on File hardcover books
1956ref. 171239Boston MA: Bookbuilders Workshop 1956. First edition. Softcover. Number 87 of only 100 copies that were designed hand-set and printed by Arnold Paul Sable. Printed on Flemish Book paper and with Deepdenand Lydian sans-serif types. A collection of 14 poems by Carpenter. A near fine copy in string-tied wrappers with some very minor wear. An attractive and nicely printed book. Uncommon with only 6 copies listed in OCLC and no copies currently in commerce as of July 2020. Bookbuilders Workshop unknown books
2014ref. 15143Berkeley: Counterpoint 2014. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Don Carpenter was one of the finest novelists in the West. His first novel A Hard Rain Falling published in 1966 has been championed by Richard Price and George Pelecanos called it “a masterpiece . . . the definitive juvenile-delinquency novel and a damning indictment of our criminal justice system.” His novel A Couple of Comedians is thought by some the best novel about Hollywood ever written. Fridays at Enrico’s is the story of four writers living in Northern California and Portland during the early heady days of the Beat scene a time of youth and opportunity. This story mixes the excitement of beginning with the melancholy of ambition often thwarted and never satisfied. Loss of innocence is only the first price you pay. These are people men and women tender with expectation at risk and in love. Carpenter also carefully draws a portrait of these two remarkable places San Francisco and Portland in the ’50s and early ’60s when writers and bohemians were busy creating the groundwork for what came to be the counterculture. 326 pages 1950s 1960s. Counterpoint hardcover books
1920ref. 19994New York: Blue Ribbon Books 1920. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 308pp. Green cloth. Age wear and some staining on binding. Fore- and bottom page edges uncut. Stamp "Retailed at Macy's" on title-page. Notes in pencil on few pages throughout. Overall good condition. Blue Ribbon Books hardcover books
ref. 215769Greensboro NC: Weatherspoon Art Gallery University of North Carolina - Greensboro undated. Staplebound. VG. Quarto. Staplebound. Cream wraps with orange rectange and titles. 27 pages b&w images some color. 26 cm. Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina - Greensboro unknown books
