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Rickenbacker, Capt. Edward V.
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Seven Came Through
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Doubleday 1943
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Subtitled: Rickenbacker’s Full Story Including His Message to
America. Introduction by W.L. White. A later printing. Very Good to
Near Fine book with bit of slant and slight starting at front hinge,
in a similar jacket with light edge wear and slight rubbing, price
of $2.50 present. Quite nice copy that is signed and inscribed by
author on first FEP in blue ink and dated 1962. Rickenbacker was the
U.S.’ most famous Ace during WWI. He was a civilian in WWII but was
on a mission to the Asian Theatre, supposedly to deliver a secret
message to McArthur. The B-17 he was in went down in the Pacific,
and this book is his recounting of the survivors drifting at sea in
life rafts for 24 days before being rescued.
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N134 |
Ruark, Robert
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The Old Man and
the Boy
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Henry Holt 1957
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Very Good book with touch of corner wear and tiny bump top front
corner, boards are mildly bowed, previous owner name in ball point
front end page with date xmas 1957; in a Very Good, price-clipped
jacket with slight edge and corner wear, touch of soiling back
panel, sun yellowed on spine, with touch of yellowing flap folds and
top edges. This is Ruark’s classic story of his mentoring in the
ways of the outdoors by his grandfather. A book to read multiple
times.
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N115 |
Ruber, Peter (Editor)
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Arkham's Masters
of Horror
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Arkham House 2000 |
Subtitled A 60th Anniversary Anthology Retrospective of the First 30
Years of Arkham House. Fine book in Fine jacket; no price on jacket;
a print run of 4000 copies was produced. |
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Sallis, James (Editor)
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The Guitar in Jazz
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Univ of Nebraska Press |
Near Fine book with shelf wear bottom edges and boards
slightly splayed, in a Near Fine jacket with light edge wear and
rubbing and overwrite impressions on black, back panel. An unread
copy signed by Sallis on the title page.
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N128 |
Sandoz,
Mari
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The Buffalo Hunters
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Hastings House 1954
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Subtitled “The Story of the Hide Men.” Very Good to Near Fine book
with several rubs on front board, light edge and corner wear,
previous owner stamp on half title page; in a Fair jacket that is
worn along edges with small chips and tears, several creases, soiled
back panel, sun faded, especially on the spine, with closed tear of
about 1/2 an inch on middle of front flap at fold. Price of $4.50 is
present. This copy has been signed by Sandoz in brown ink also on
half title page
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N108 |
Sandoz, Mari
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Old Jules
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Little Brown
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Near Fine book with just the slightest of sun tan to spine, spine
ends soft and rolled, 1935 stated on title page and Published
October, 1935 stated on copyright page, a very nice copy that is in
Fair to Good jacket with edge wear, wrinkling, several small closed
tears, and small chips missing, faded on spine and lightly soiled
back panel, sticker ghost front flap .
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N61 |
Sanford, John |
A Palace of Silver - A Memoir of Maggie Roberts |
Capra Press 2003 |
Limited first edition, this is #7 of 100 such copies signed by
Sanford and Norman Corwin (Foreword) on the limitation page. Fine
unread book in Fine jacket, no slipcase as issued. |
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N62
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Sanford, John
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A Palace of Silver - A Memoir of Maggie Roberts
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Capra Press 2003
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Lettered limited first edition, this is copy F of 26 such copies
signed by Sanford and Norman Corwin (Foreword) on the limitation
page. Fine unread book in Fine jacket, book has very small, slight
smudge front page edges housed in Fine slipcase. |
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N135 |
Sellers, Cleveland with Robert Terrell
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The River of
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Morrow 1973
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Subtitled: The autobiography of a black militant and the life and
death of SNCC. Near Fine, unread book with several light spots pages
edges, and a very slight push at top of spine; in a Near Fine jacket
with light rubbing on panels, and age yellowing along the edges.
Sellers was wounded in a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) protest when South Carolina State Troopers fired on the
demonstrators, killing 3 and wounding 26. Sellers was jailed for
seven months. He later returned to graduate school and is now
President of Voorhees College.
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N63 |
Silko, Leslie Marmon
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Yellow Woman and a Beauty of Spirit
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Simon and Schuster 1996
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Subtitled: Essays on Native American Life Today. Fine unread book in
Fine jacket. Signed on the title page by Silko and dated 3-13-96
Tempe. |
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N64 |
Stegner, Wallace
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The Sound of
Mountain Water
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Doubleday 1969
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Subtitled: “The Changing American West.” Near Fine, unread book,
light edge wear on boards with slight color loss at spine ends, very
slight pushing at spine ends, small spot and discoloration on back
board. Dust jacket is Very Good with light edge and corner wear,
mild rubbing and soiling, mild sunning on spine and age yellowing
along edges and folds. Wide-ranging essays about the West. This copy
is the second state with corrected copyright page.
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N36 |
Tefertiller,
Casey |
Wyatt Earp
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Wiley & Sons 1997
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This is a specially bound, limited first edition that uses the page
block of the Wiley 1st trade edition. Fine minus, unread book that
has some waviness to the end pages. No dust jacket as issued,
slipcase has very slight wear. This is copy 19 of 150 such copies,
signed and numbered by the author on a limitation page. A beautiful
highly collectible copy bound in quarter leather. There is a card
holder tipped to the back end page that holds a business card for
the Dexter Saloon in Nome. A facsimile Earp signature is on the
reverse of the card.
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N101 |
Terkel, Studs
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Division Street: America
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Pantheon 1967 |
Very Good book with light edge wear, pushing at bottom of spine,
page block bowed away from spine at top and with a small rubs and
abrasions to the red top edge stain, in a Very Good jacket that has
mild rubbing, price clipped with vertical crease front flap, couple
of closed tears and two small spots with color loss along top edge.
This is Terkel’s first book of oral histories and focuses on
Chicago. Jacket blurbs by Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Algren and Tom
Wolfe. This copy has been inscribed by the author on the first front
end page – To cousin Jim from Kel – in pencil and dated at the
book’s release Jan 7, 1967.
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N78
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Thoreau,
Henry David |
Faith in a Seed |
Island Press 1993 |
A special limited edition of this selection of writings by Thoreau.
Edited by Bradley P. Dean, Introduction by Gary Paul Nabhan, Intro.
by Robert D. Richardson, Jr., and illustrated by Abigail Rorer, Near
Fine book in glassine wrapper housed in matching green slipcase.
Book has a light binding rub front board and is very slightly faded
on spine, as is glassine wrapper, slipcase is also Near Fine with
light shelf wear, an unread copy. This is number 541 of an edition
of 600 copies with a laid in wood engraving numbered 541 and signed
by Rorer in pencil.
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N81 |
Woodard, Charles L. |
Ancestral Voice - Conversations with N. Scott Momaday |
Univ of Nebraska Press 1989 |
Fine minus book with price sticker stain FFEP in a Very Good jacket
that has moderate edge wear along top with some wrinkling and two
creases front flap. An engaging series of interviews. Jacket front
panel and all interior illustrations by Momaday, who is also an
accomplished artist. Signed by Momaday on the title page. |
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N89 |
Wright,
Richard
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White Man, Listen!
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Doubleday 1957 |
Near Fine book with a few light foxing spots page edges,
offsetting on end pages, and lightly pushed at spine, in a Very Good
jacket that is price clipped, with yellowing and soiling along edges
of white portions, edge and fold wear with some loss of color, two
small spots of color loss top right of front panel, probably from a
sticker removal. A tight and unread copy.
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