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Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tarzan at the Earth's Core.
New York: Metropolitan, [1930]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 301 pages. Publisher's green cloth and dust jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to cloth extremities with a leaning spine. Bump near head of front joint lightly affecting textblock. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few chips and tears. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91042 | Mar 1, 2012
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Boardman Robinson [illustrator]. Herman Melville. LIMITED.
Moby Dick; or, The Whale.
[Brattleboro]: Limited Editions Club, [1943].
Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Signed by Robinson.
Two quarto volumes. Publisher's binding, glassine dust jackets, and slipcase. Overall fine condition with a bit of toning to jackets.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91159 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Erle Stanley Gardner]. Charles J. Kenny.
This Is Murder.
New York: Morrow, 1935. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 290 pages. Publisher's binding with minor rubbing and abrading to cloth extremities. Mild toning along spine. Foxing and offsetting to endpapers and with foxing to page edges. Lightly scattered foxing to pages with occasional folded corners. Overall very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91139 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Roger Zelazny.
Creatures of Light and Darkness.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 187 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Faint spotting to page edges. Jacket shows toning with some mild rubbing to spine ends. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91231 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Charlie Chan]. Earl Derr Biggers.
Behind That Curtain.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, [1928]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 337 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Minor bio-predation to cloth extremities with a slightly leaning spine. Inscription on front free endpaper. Toned jacket shows rubbing and wear to edges with a few small chips and tears. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91020 | Mar 1, 2012
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James Dunbar-Brunton.
Big Game Hunting in Central Africa.
London: Andrew Melrose, 1912. First edition. Octavo. 339 pages. Illustrated with photographs and a photogravure frontispiece. Publisher's binding. Covers well worn with threading and abraded corners. Rear joint split with abrasion. Rear hinge starting, though both somewhat weak. Pages with very light toning and foxing throughout. One illustration at page 52 separated. Folding map at rear has some tape repair to verso. Bookplate. Otherwise, generally a very good copy of this scarce item.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91263 | Mar 1, 2012
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Robert E. Howard.
Conan the Barbarian.
New York: Gnome, [1954]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Mild rubbing to cloth extremities. Pages toned. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few small chips and tears, with minor sunning along spine. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91128 | Mar 1, 2012
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Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tarzan and the Leopard Men.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1935]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 332 pages. Publisher's blue cloth and dust jacket. Minor rubbing and abrading to cloth extremities with soft bumping to lower corners. Spine with some sunning and rear hinge slightly shaken. Price clipped Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with large folded tears to front panel. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91043 | Mar 1, 2012
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Walter Miller.
A Canticle for Leibowitz.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1960]. First British edition, first printing. Octavo. 320 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Minor rubbing and darkening to jacket edges with a couple of small edge tears. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91161 | Mar 1, 2012
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David Blunt. BOOKPLATE.
Elephant.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First American edition.
With the bookplate of "Dame Fashion" and noted elephant enthusiast Grace Jewett Austin, with "Elephant Collection No. 564" written on the half-title, presumably in her hand.
Octavo. 260 pages. Fully illustrated. Publisher's binding and price-clipped dust jacket. Covers very lightly rubbed, mostly on bottom edge. Jacket well rubbed and lightly soiled with small chips and moderate tears at edges. Pages very lightly toned and foxed. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91250 | Mar 1, 2012
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John Steinbeck.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America.
New York: Viking Press, [1962]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 246 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Minor running and toning to cloth extremities with a slightly leaning spine. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few small chips and tears. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91195 | Mar 1, 2012
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Alex Haley. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Roots.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First edition,
limited to 500 numbered copies. Signed by Haley.
Octavo. 587 pages. Publisher's binding and slipcase. Faint rubbing to boards, otherwise fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91266 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Louisiana]. [Edward Livingston].
Code Civil de l'Etat de la Louisiane.
[Paris] Publie par un Citoyen de la Louisiane, 1825. First French edition. Octavo. 792 pages. Contemporary calf, spine perished and boards mostly detached. Pages show toning to edges and many with staining. Two gatherings sprung, causing abrading to fore-edges. Some endpapers may be lacking. Text in French. Fair.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91272 | Mar 1, 2012
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[August Derleth, editor].
The Arkham Sampler,
1948-49.
Eight issues. Volume I (Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4) and Volume II (Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4). Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948-49. First editions. Octavo. All issues 100 pages (except Autumn 1949, 128 pages. Publisher's wrappers. Minor wear to a few wrappers. All very good or better. (Total: 8 Items)
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91015 | Mar 1, 2012
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Robert E. Howard [subject]. L. Sprague de Camp, et al. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Dark Valley Destiny.
[New York]: Bluejay Books, [1983]. First edition,
limited to 1000 copies. Signed by both de Camps.
Octavo. 402 pages. Publisher's binding, dust jacket, and slipcase. Sunning to spine of jacket and extremities of slipcase. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91065 | Mar 1, 2012
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Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). Typed Sentiment Signed.
[N.p., n.d., ca. 1986]. Typed sentiment entitled "The Adventure of THE DYING DETECTIVE" with a very brief summary of the original Arthur Conan Doyle story,
signed by Asimov in blue ball-point.
On light blue card stock. Fine. Approximately 5 x 5 inches.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91001 | Mar 1, 2012
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Michael Crichton. SIGNED.
Jurassic Park.
New York: Knopf, [1993]. Gift edition, first printing.
Signed by autopen by Crichton
on second free endpaper. Octavo. 461 pages. Publisher's binding and acetate dust jacket. Minor rubbing to boards with soft bumping to corners. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few small chips and tears. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91055 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Andre Norton. SIGNED.
Star Born.
Cleveland: World Publishing, [1957]. Fifth printing.
Signed by Norton
on title page. Octavo. 212 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Foxing to page edges and with offsetting to endpapers. Jacket shows mild rubbing and wear to edges. Overall near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91168 | Mar 1, 2012
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Robert E. Howard [subject]. L. Sprague de Camp.
The Miscast Barbarian: A Biography of Robert E. Howard (1906-1936).
Saddle River: Gerry de la Ree, 1975. First edition,
limited to 900 numbered copy. This copy noted on limitation page as being for Jack Cordes.
Quarto. 43 pages. Publisher's binding with some mild rubbing and scuffing. Overall fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91267 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Roger Zelazny.
Damnation Alley.
New York: Putnam, [1969]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 157 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91232 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom. SIGNED BY HERBERT.
The Lazarus Effect.
New York: Putnam, 1983. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Herbert
on title page. Octavo. 381 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Soft bumping to extremities of boards. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few tiny tears. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91122 | Mar 1, 2012
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William Styron. SIGNED.
The Confessions of Nat Turner.
New York: Random House, [1967]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Styron
on second free endpaper. Octavo. 428 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91198 | Mar 1, 2012
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W. A. Ballie-Grohman.
Fifteen Years' Sport and Life in the Hunting Grounds of Western America and British Columbia.
London: Horace Cox, 1900. First edition. Small quarto. 403 pages. Illustrated. Three folding maps in pocket at rear. Publisher's binding. Covers lightly rubbed with some abrading to corners and worn spine ends. Some foxing to plates, tissues, and lightly throughout. Light toning to edges. Bookseller's ticket. Otherwise, generally near fine copy of this scarce first.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91243 | Mar 1, 2012
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Eudora Welty. SIGNED.
Losing Battles.
New York: Random House, [1970]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Welty
on title page. Octavo. 436 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Price clipped jacket shows modest rubbing to edges. Fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91216 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. H. G. Wells [subject]. Jack Williamson. SIGNED/LIMITED.
H. G. Wells: Critic of Progress.
Baltimore: Mirage, 1973. First edition,
limited to 1500 copies. Signed and inscribed by Williamson
on title page. Octavo. 162 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91297 | Mar 1, 2012
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Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923-2005; 1923-). Original Drawing Signed.
[N.p.], 6/28/96.
Original black pencil drawing of Sister Bear, signed and dated by the Berenstains in multi-colored pencils.
Fine. Approximately 11 x 8.5 inches.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91005 | Mar 1, 2012
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Greg Bear. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Wind From a Burning Woman.
[Sauk City]: Arkham House, [1983]. First edition,
limited to 250 copies. Signed by Bear
and illustrators on limitation bookplate tipped to front free endpaper. Octavo. 270 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91017 | Mar 1, 2012
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W. D. M. Bell.
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter.
London: Country Life, 1923. First edition. 187 pages, index. Illustrated. Publisher's binding. Covers well worn and somewhat toned and soiled with abraded edges and corners. Rear hinge lightly broken with front weak. Endpapers foxed. Light toning to page edges. Otherwise, generally very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91247 | Mar 1, 2012
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James G. Blaine.
Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield.
Volume I.
Norwich: Henry Bill, 1884. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 646 pages. Publisher's binding with rubbing and abrading to cloth extremities. Spine ends heavily chipped and front joint splitting. Hinges broken. Front preliminary pages detached. Name to title page. Fair.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91249 | Mar 1, 2012
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894). Autograph Note Initialed.
[N.p.], 1857
. Autograph note initialed by Holmes in black ink briefly discussing the deadline of an article.
Note is mounted onto a larger sheet (on the verso of the left margin), some light wrinkling from mounting, three creases, some offset from ink when the note was folded. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91009 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Jack Vance. SIGNED.
The Dragon Masters.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1976. First American hardcover edition, first printing.
Signed by Vance
on title page. Octavo. 102 pages. Publisher's binding. Fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91205 | Mar 1, 2012
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Nelson Bond. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Thirty-first of February.
New York: Gnome Press, [1949]. First edition,
limited to 112 numbered copies. Signed by Bond
on limitation page. Octavo. 272 pages. Publisher's binding and slipcase. Foxing to spine cloth. Lightly worn and abraded slipcase. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91036 | Mar 1, 2012
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Joel Chandler Harris.
Uncle Remus and His Friends.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, [1892]. Riverside Press edition. Octavo. 357 pages. Publisher's binding with minor rubbing and abrading to cloth extremities. Some staining and soiling to boards. Hinges cracked. Foxing and light soil to endpapers. Good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91116 | Mar 1, 2012
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Richard Stark.
Lemons Never Lie.
New York: World Publishing, [1971]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 152 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Mild rubbing and wear along top edge and spine ends. About fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91193 | Mar 1, 2012
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Gary F. Kurutz. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The California Gold Rush: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997. First edition,
limited to 1000 copies. Signed by Kurutz.
Large octavo. 771 pages. Publisher's binding. Fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91269 | Mar 1, 2012
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Dale R. Leonard.
Hunting Colorado's Bighorn Sheep.
[N.p.]: Self published, [n.d., circa 1970]. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Publisher's binding. Covers somewhat rubbed with lightly frayed corners. A few minor abrasions to text block. Otherwise, generally near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91271 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. H. G. Wells.
Experiment in Autobiography.
New York: Macmillan, 1934. Later impression. Octavo. 718 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Toning to cloth extremities with foxing along joints. Staining to textblock. Price clipped jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few small chips and tears. Good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91296 | Mar 1, 2012
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Toyokuni. Hand-Colored Japanese Print.
[n. p., ca. 18th Century]. Measures 14.75 x 10 inches. Toning and scattered foxing. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91337 | Mar 1, 2012
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Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933). Autograph Sentiment Signed.
Pasadena, Calif, Nov. 22, 1932.
A friendly short note to Frank H. Bohner in Biggers' hand and signed by Biggers.
On card stock. One small sticker residue on left margin (not affecting text), else fine. Approximately 3 x 5 inches.
Biggers is the author of the Charlie Chan series.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91006 | Mar 1, 2012
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Maya Angelou. SIGNED.
The Heart of a Woman.
New York: Random House, [1981]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Angelou
on title page and dated in year of publication. Octavo. 272 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Mild toning and rubbing to jacket edges with a small closed tear to rear panel. Overall fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91010 | Mar 1, 2012
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[William Everson]. Leigh Wiener [photographer]. Anthony L. Lehman. SIGNED/LIMITED.
A Visit with William Everson.
Los Angeles: George Houle, 1987. First edition,
limited to 26 lettered copies. Signed by Everson, Lehman, and Weiner.
Octavo. 21 pages. Publisher's binding. Fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91103 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom. SIGNED BY HERBERT.
The Jesus Incident.
New York: Putnam, [1979]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Herbert
on title page. Octavo. 405 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Light foxing to page edges. Jacket shows mild rubbing and wear to edges. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91121 | Mar 1, 2012
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Robert E. Howard.
The Coming of Conan.
New York: Gnome, [1953]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to cloth extremities. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few small tears and a bit of sunning along spine. Very good.
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| Lot: 91127 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Roger Zelazny. SIGNED.
Lord of Light.
Garden City: Doubleday, [1967]. Book club edition.
Signed by Zelazny
on title page. Octavo. 245 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Spine slightly leaning with foxing to page edges. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges. Very good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91235 | Mar 1, 2012
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Kevin Davies [illustrator]. Clive Barker [editor].
Night Visions 4.
Niles: Dark Harvest, 1987. First edition,
limited to 500 numbered copies. Signed by all contributors.
Octavo. 274 pages. Publisher's binding, dust jacket, and slipcase. Minor rubbing to slipcase, otherwise fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91016 | Mar 1, 2012
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Patricia Cornwell. SIGNED.
The Body Farm.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1994]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Cornwell
on title page. Octavo. 387 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Minor rubbing to cloth spine ends Front free endpapers with light bend at top edge. Jacket shows toning and mild rubbing. Near fine.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91053 | Mar 1, 2012
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[Jerry Weist]. Robert Heinlein.
Space Family Stone.
London: Gollancz, 1969. First British edition, first printing. Octavo. 267 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Spine leaning. Ex-library with typical markings and wear. Stamps and library indicators have been crudely removed. Overall good.
Auction 201209
| Lot: 91119 | Mar 1, 2012
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Robert E. Howard.
The Sword of Conan.
New York: Gnome, [1952]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 251 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Faint bumping to cloth extremities. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a bit of bio-predation to spine ends and front panel. Very good.
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