Literature: Twentieth And Twenty-First Century from Arroyo Seco Books
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Out-Of-Doors In The Holy Land
by Van Dyke, Henry; Color Plates; Binding Design By Margaret Armstrong
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1908
- Binding
- Blue Cloth, Gilt
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$125.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine. Xv, 325 Pp. Blue Cloth, Elaborately Gilt And Multicolor Margaret Armstrong Design, Top Edge Gilt. First Printing, With 1908 Date On Title Page. Clean, No Names Or Marks, Spine And Cover Gilt Brilliant. Exceptionally Well Preserved, No Fading.
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US$125.00
Discourse On Human Inequality ( All Men Are Created Unequal) [Original Typescript]
by Durant, Will
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- Used - Very Good
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- Original Draft Manuscript
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- No Binding
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$750.00
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Unpublished. Original Draft Manuscript . No Binding. Very Good. Thirteen Pages Typewritten Notes, In Carbon, Constituting His Text For A Projected Article Or Talk, Possibly One Of His Radio Talks. With Durant's Typeovers, Handwritten Marginal "Corrected" At Top Of First Page, Ink And Typed Corrections, And Rusty Paperclip. Durant Uniquely Described The Context Of History… Read more about this item Item Price
US$750.00
The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited And Distasteful Diversion For Christmas
by Gorey, Edward
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780151004157
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$25.00
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Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Violet Illustrated Boards. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $15.00. As New.
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US$25.00
Ntoyente
by Garcia Lorca, Federico (Introduction By Jose Benjamin, Translator's Note By Rolfe Humphries)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- White Wrappers
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$75.00
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Athens (1930): Metafrasi Olympias Karagiorga, 1970. First Edition Thus . White Wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. 8 1/4" Tall. 1/1000 copies, finely printed, stiff white wrappers with a parchment-like jacket. Text in Greek. Small signature on title, small inscription on endpaper.
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US$75.00
Nikolai Gogol
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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- Used - Near Fine Book
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Tan Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$150.00
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Norfolk, Connecticutt: New Directions, 1944. First Edition, First Issue . Tan Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good. 7 1/4" Tall. Plates. 172 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. Nabokov's Extensive And Important Essay On Gogol. The First State Book (With Five Masters Of Modern Literature Titles Listed On Verso Of Half-Title) Has Virtually No Wear, No Marks,… Read more about this item Item Price
US$150.00
Bread In The Wilderness
by Merton, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1953
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- Red Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$30.00
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New York: New Directions, 1953. First Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. Orange Cloth, Embossed Cross On Front Panel. Errors On Pp 22 And 30 Have Been Corrected In The Text. Slight Wear, Small Nick In Cloth Right Edge Front Panel. Clean And Bright Internally.Very Slight Fading To Spine.
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US$30.00
A Tramp Abroad Illustrated By W. F. Brown, True Williams, D. Day And Other Artists-With Three Or Four Pictures Made By The Author Of This Book Without Outside Help, In All Three Hundred And Eighty Eight Illustrations (Sold By Subscription Only)
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens); Illustrated By W. F. Brown, True Williams, D. Day And Other Artists
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Published
- 1880
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$250.00
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New York: American Publishing, 1880. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good. Xvi, 631 Pp + 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Second Year Of Issue (First Published 1879), With Frontispiece Titled "Titian's Moses" Facing The Twain Portrait. Wear, But Gilt Complete And Clear, Clean And With Tight, Unbroken Hinges. Fraying Along Ends Of Spine Exposing The Binder's Ribbon,… Read more about this item Item Price
US$250.00
The Odyssey Of Homer
by Translation By T. E. Lawrence / T. E. Shaw, With His 3 Page "Translator's Note" At End, Design By Bruce Rogers
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1932
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$12,500.00
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London Uk: Emery Walker, Wilfrid Merton And Bruce Rogers, 1932. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine. One Of The Most Famously Well Produced Books Of The 20Th Century. Unpaginated, One Of 530 Copies Only. Bound In Full Black Niger Morocco With Top Edges Gilts And Gilt Spine Lettering, Deckled Edges. Printed On Special Paper Made By J.… Read more about this item Item Price
US$12,500.00
One Page Typed Letter, Signed, From Literary Agent Harold Ober, July 24, 1934 To L. T. Wallace Of Aubrey, Moore & Wallace, Chicago Il, Discussing Wallace's Inquiry Ro Richard Macaulay For Radio Scripts, And Attaching Ober's List Of Represented Clients (Including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, Etc.)
by Ober, Harold
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1934
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- No Binding
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$450.00
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New York City: Harold Ober, 1934. No Binding. Fine. One Page Letter, Signed, With One Page Carbon List Including Catherine Drinker Bowen, Agatha Christie, Marjorie Flack, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Gallico, Claude Houghton, Ines Haynes Irwin, Ben Ames Williams, Philip Wylie, Etc.
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US$450.00
Ximena At The Crossroads
by Riesco, Laura (Translated By Mary G. Berg)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$125.00
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Fredonia, New York: White Pine Press, 1998. First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8 1/2" Tall. Frontispieces, plates. 269 Pages, As New. Covers Without Any Visible Defects. "Selected As 1994'S Best Novel Of The Year In Peru...." Inscribed By Mary G. Berg, The Translator "With Much Love". This Edition Is In English.
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US$125.00
The Big Secret
by Colby, Merle
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- Used - Near Fine Book
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Black Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$25.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1949. First Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good. Frontispieces, plates. Black Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine Book In Very Good Dj Priced $3.00. A Very Nice Example With Just A Touch Of Wear, And Some Small Spots Of Rubbing Down Center Of Spine For Some Reason.
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US$25.00
Dry Martini: A Gentleman Turns to Love
by Thomas, John; Cover Paste-On Illustration By Baskerville
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1926
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- Red Cloth
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$35.00
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New York: George H Doran, 1926. First Edition, First Printing . Red Cloth. Good. 250 Pp. First Issue, With Doran Symbol And "A" On Copyright Page. A Worn Copy, Frayed At Corners, Hinges Split, Spine Label Split But Intact, Contents Clean, Unmarked And Near Fine. "The Upper Bohemia, The Right Bank Of Paris In The 1920S, Is The… Read more about this item Item Price
US$35.00
The Prose Of Oscar Wilde [Two Books, Different Issues, One With De Profundis Etc. Added]
by Wilde, Oscar; Decorations And Type By Frederic W. Goudy
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, 1st & 2nd Issues
- Published
- 1916
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- Full Leather, Gilt
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$350.00
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New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1916. First Edition Thus, 1st & 2nd Issues . Full Leather, Gilt. Near Fine/Fair. Ix, 706, + 3 Pp Catalogue Of Wilde's Works At End; Ix, 806 Pp. Two Volumes, Both With Top Edge Gilt. 1: Shorter Volume Is 706 Pp., Red Leather With Heavy Gilt Design By Goudy, Purple Endpapers, Half Title,… Read more about this item Item Price
US$350.00
How I Live Now
by Rosoff, Meg
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine DJ
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Black Boards
- ISBN
- 9780385746779
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$27.50
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New York: Wendy Lamb Books / Random House, 2004. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. As new.
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US$27.50
Bricks Upon Dust
by Tabori, Paul
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$20.00
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1945. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 1/2" High. 203 Pp. Blue Cloth. File Copy From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library (Library Pocket On Ffep And Stamped "The Property Of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library" On Fep). Covers Clean With Very Slight Edge Wear.
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US$20.00
La Longue Nuit
by Beaumont, Germaine [Battendier]
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$50.00
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Denoel Et Steele / Sequana. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 305 Pp. Specially Printed By Denoel Et Steele For Sequana, In Blue Wrappers, Date 1936 On Rear Cover. Bound Into Full Morocco, Spine Gilt, Marbled Endpapers. Covers Worn At Edges, Gilt Bright. Per Wikipedia, Germaine Beaumont (1890-1983) Was A French Journalist And Writer. Her Real Name Was Germaine… Read more about this item Item Price
US$50.00
The Twilight Of The Nymphs
by Louys, Pierre, Translated By Phillis Duveen, Introduction By Shane Leslie; Plates By Cecil Beaton
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$45.00
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London: The Fortune Press, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Browj Clothj, Spine Gilt. English Unbleached Hand Made Paper, Deckled Edges. #184 Of 1200 English Language Copies. No Names Or Marks, Spine Frayed At Top Not Affecting Lettering (Cat Attack), Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, Spine A Little Darkened, All Gilt Still Brilliant. Colorful Personal… Read more about this item Item Price
US$45.00
For Special Services
by Gardner, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780698111639
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$26.25
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Coward Mc Cann, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Printing (No Additional Printing Shown). Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $9.95
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US$26.25
Emmanuel College Magazine Vol. 1 No 2 October 1889 - Volume Xix No 2 19091909
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Editions
- Published
- 1889
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- Printed Wrappers
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$315.00
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Cambridge Uk: Emmanuel College, 1889. First Editions . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 35 Volumes, A Long But Incomplete Run. [Vol I] No 2 1889, Vol. Ii No 2 1891, Vol Iv No 1 & 3, Vol. V No. 1 & 3, Vol. Vi No. 2 & 3, Vol. Vii No 2 & 3, Vol. Viii No 1 &… Read more about this item Item Price
US$315.00
Rushes (Inscribed By Author)
by Rechy, John
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394508610
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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US$56.00
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New York City: The Grove Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 222 Pp. Red Cloth, Git, Over Brown Boards. Inscribed By The Author To Writer William Goyen "In Admiration & Respect & Gratitude For Your Influence On My Work. Sincerely, John Rechy". Fine In Fine Dj. Not Price Clipped.
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US$56.00
