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The Adventure of the Peerless Peer

By: Farmer, Phlip Jose

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, Aspen Press: 1974

Seller ID: 4147B-26

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Inv. #4147B-26. First edition of this classic Sherlockian pastiche featuring Holmes and Lord Greystoke (aka Tarzan) battling German agent Von Bork (of "His Last Bow") in Africa in 1916. Farmer was the "American Agent for the Estates of Dr. Watson, Lord Greystoke, David Copperfield, Martin Eden, and Don Quixote." An exceptional copy of this important book that will appeal to collectors of Sherlockiana, Tarzaniana, Farmer, and Science Fiction.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; viii, 111 pages
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Salmagundi

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $2,250.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, Casanova Press: 1932

Seller ID: 1023D

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. #1023D. One of 525 numbered copies. Includes "Ultimately," a poem by Ernest Hemingway, on the back outside cover. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Faulkner. These short pieces, with one exception, first appeared in the Double Dealer Magazine.Fine in publisher's original tan thick paper wrappers, title printed in red and black on front cover. Publisher's slipcase slightly worn.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall
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The Historical Writings of John Fiske

By: Fiske, John

Price: $2,000.00

Publisher: Boston & New York, Houghton and Mifflin: 1902

Seller ID: 1172C

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Inv. # 1172C. 12 volumes, complete as issued. Standard Library Edition. 3/4 red leather over marbled boards with marbled endpapers. T.E.G. "Illustrated with many photogravures, maps, charts, facsimiles, etc." According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Fiske (1842-1901) was a lawyer who soon turned to writing. The first part of his life was given to popularizing (Herbert) Spencerian evolution, but he also achieved popularity as a lecturer on history, spending the latter part of his life writing on this subject. His books were popular accounts based largely on secondary authorities and note...
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The Complete Works

By: Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Price: $4,000.00

Publisher: Boston & NY, Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1882

Seller ID: 450A

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. #450A. 13 volumes. 3/4 Tan Leather over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G. Six dentils. Gold decoration on spine. Introduction by George Parsons Lathrop (Hawthorne's son-in-law). Illustrated frontispieces to each volume. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Marble Faun

By: Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Boston & NY, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.: 1890

Seller ID: 447D

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

#447D. 2 Volumes. 3/4 red leather over red cloth boards. Six gilt-decorate d rules on spine.; B&W Photogravures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Old Man and the Sea

By: Hemingway, Ernest

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1952

Seller ID: 1226J

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Inv. #1226J. First Edition, first printing with an "A" on the copyright. Bound in 3/4 maroon morocco over marbled boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139 pages; Five bands on spine with title and elaborate decorations in gilt.
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Washington Irving's Complete Works

By: Irving, Washington

Price: $1,550.00

Publisher: Boston, Estes & Lauriat: 1882

Seller ID: 451A

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Inv. #451A. 12 volumes, complete. 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with steel engravings. Home Library Edition. ; Steel engraving; 8vo
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The Complete Plays of Henry James

By: James, Henry

Price: $375.00

Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davis: 1949

Seller ID: 1291E

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Inv. # 1291E. Bound in full blue leather by Bayntun of Bath, with marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Elaborate gilt decorations on spine. Stated first edition. Edited by Leon Edel. Illustrated with photgraphs. ; 8vo
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