Literature / Fiction (A.L.O.E. to Caldwell)
Thaddeus Books
THADDEUS Literature/Fiction (A.L.O.E. to Caldwell) July 26, 1996
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All books listed alphabetically in order by Author
1. A.L.O.E.. PARLIAMENT IN THE PLAY-ROOM. London, T. Nelson & Sons, 1966.
1st. Decorated cloth, 16mo. Very good condition. Slight cover, edge wear,
foxing. Owner signature title. Black & white frontis plate. 168 pages +
ads......$12.50
2. Ackworth, John. CLOG SHOP CHRONICLES. London, Charles H. Kelly, 1896.
Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Some cover wear. Corners
lightly worn/bumped. Inscriptions endpapers. 362 pages + ads......$15.00
3. Adan, Martin. THE CARDBOARD HOUSE. St. Paul, Graywolf Press, 1990. 1st
printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Edge mark. Translated by Katherine Silver. 103
pages......$10.00
4. Addison, Joseph, Steele, Richard and Budgell, Eustace (With some Prefatory
Notes by Thackery, W.M.). THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS - FROM THE
SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712. New York, Heritage Press, 1945. 1st Heritage.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Color tinted drawings.
With Illustrations drawn for this Edition by Gordon Ross.. 198
pages......$12.00
5. (Agee, James). LETTERS OF JAMES AGEE TO FATHER FLYE. New York, Goerge
Braziller, 1962. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in worn
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. More than 90
letters written over a 30 year period to Agee's oldest friend, an
Episcopalian Priest. With Chronology of References. Good tight copy. 235
pages......$16.00
6. Aldanov, Mark. THE FIFTH SEAL. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943.
1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Lower edges bumped.
Owner plate endpaper. Translated by Nicholas Wreden. Good tight copy. 482
pages......$12.00
7. Alexander, Lynne. SAFE HOUSES. N.Y, Atheneum, 1985. 1st American.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Glue marks paste-down endpaper. Edges bumped. 261
pages......$10.00
8. Amiel, Joseph. HAWKS. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. 1st. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in Lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light fading cover edges. Mystery &
airline sabotage. Good tight copy. 420 pages......$10.00
9. Amory, Cleveland. THE CAT WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS. Boston, Little, Brown &
Co, 1987. 1st/4th printing. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white drawings. Good tight copy. 240 pages......$8.00
10. Andrews, Jane. TEN BOYS: WHO LIVED ON THE ROAD FROM LONG AGO. Boston,
Ginn & Co, 1896. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Some cover
wear/fading. Light edgewear. Bumped. Black & white drawings. Good tight copy.
243 pages + ads......$12.00
11. Armstrong, Thomas. DOVER HARBOUR. Toronto, Collins, 1943. 1st. Hardcover
- cloth, octavo. very good/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Free endpaper & half-title unstuck. Black & white map, endpapers.
Good tight copy. 576 pages......$10.00
12. Asch, Sholem. EAST RIVER. N.Y, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Small scuff on back cover. Good tight
copy. 438 pages......$10.00
13. Ashley, Mike. THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SHORT HORROR NOVELS. New York, Carroll
& Graf Publishers, 1988. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very
light edgewear. Ten complete novelettes by Stephen King, Oliver Onions, Conan
Doyle, Algernon Blackwood & six others. Good tight copy. 518
pages......$10.00
14. Atlas, James. THE GREAT PRETENDER. New York, Atheneum, 1986. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Edge mark. "...surely the funniest & most candid
book about literary ambition ever written." Good tight copy. 277
pages......$14.00
15. Auchincloss, Louis. THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1964.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Corners lightly
worn. Novel of the impact & character of a near-great New England headmaster
in a boy's school. Good tight copy. 341 pages......$11.00
16. Auel, Jean M. THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS. New York, Crown Publishers, 1985. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Decorated endpapers. Good tight copy.
645 pages......$17.50
17. Austen, Michael. LOVE-ACT. New York, Harmony Books, 1982. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Edge mark. Good tight copy. 185 pages......$10.00
18. (Author of "The Martyrdom of an Empress"). GRAY MIST: A NOVEL. New York,
Harper & Bros, 1906. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Light cover/edge wear. Light damp stain lower edge. Water colors.
Possibly Dated (October 1906) & Signed by Author on page 1. Novel - principle
incident based on actual fact (Author). Illustrated with water-color drawings
by the author. 281 pages......$15.00
19. Author of The Story of Margaret Kent. SONS AND DAUGHTERS. Boston, Ticknor
and Co, 1887. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Good condition+. Cover/edg wear.
Bumped. Lower spine end lightly frayed. Good tight copy. 473
pages......$15.00
20. Baldick, Robert. DINNER AT MAGNY'S. New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan,
1971. 1st American. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos.
Recreations of the legendary dinners at Paris' famed Restaurant Magny - with
the leading literary figures of the age: 1862 - 72. With Glosssary of Names,
Bibliography, Index. Tight well-bound volume Hard to find. 253
pages......$20.00
21. Baldwin, Faith. THAT MAN IS MINE. Philadelphia, The Blakiston Co, 1946.
Decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Good tight copy. 274
pages......$10.00
22. Baroja, Pio (Translated and with an Introduction by Kerrigan, Anthony).
THE RESTLESSNESS OF SHANTI ANDIA: AND OTHER WRITINGS BY PIO BAROJA. Ann
Arbor, Univ. of Michigan Press, 1959. 1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Corners slightly bumped. Light pencil marking several pages.
With stories, essays, sketches & THE LEGEND OF JAUN DE ALZATE. Good tight
copy. 415 pages......$15.00
23. Barr, Amelia. BETWEEN TWO LOVES. New York, Dodd Mead, 1889. Decorated
cloth, Small 16mo. Very good condition. Very slight soiling rear cover. Black
& white frontis plate. Good tight copy. 311 pages......$12.00
24. Barr, Amelia E. LOVE FOR AN HOUR IS LOVE FOREVER. New York, Dodd Mead,
1891. 1st. Decorated cloth, Small 16mo. Very good condition. Black & white
frontis. Well bound, tight volume. 306 pages......$12.00
25. Barrett, E. Boyd. WHILE PETER SLEEPS. N.Y, Ives Washburn, 1929. 1st/2nd
printing. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Owner's
plate. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good tight copy. 321 pages......$12.00
26. Barrie, J. M. (Illustrated by Hatherell, William). SENTIMENTAL TOMMY: THE
STORY OF HIS BOYHOOD. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. 1st edition.
Decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Corners lightly bumped.
Owner signature. Black & white drawings. Well-bound volume. 478
pages......$20.00
27. Barrie, J.M. THE LITTLE MINISTER. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons,
1912. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Very slight cover wear. 2 Black & white plates.
Good tight copy. 510 pages......$11.00
28. Barrie, J. M.. TOMMY AND GRIZEL. London, Cassell & Co., Ltd, 1900. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Spine starting. 431
pages......$17.50
29. Barrington, E. GLORIOUS APOLLO. New York, Dodd Mead, 1925. 1st/4th
printing. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Very light edgewear.
Front hinge starting. Black & white frontis of Byron. The life of Lord Byron
written in the form of a novel. 371 pages......$12.50
30. Barth, John. LETTERS. N.Y, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Edge mark. Good tight copy. 772 pages......$10.00
31. Bawden, Nina. A WOMAN OF MY AGE. New York, Harper & Row, 1967. 1st U.S.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Very slight edge wear. Good tight copy. 160
pages......$12.50
32. Beach, Rex. THE BARRIER. New York, A.L. Burt Co, 1908. 1st. Decorated
cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in worn, slightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis from movie.
Good tight copy. 310 pages + ads......$15.00
33. Beach, Rex. THE SILVER HORDE. N.Y, Harper & Bros, 1909. 1st edition.
Decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Black & white drawings.
390......$10.00
34. Beattie, Ann. FALLING IN PLACE. N.Y, Random House, 1980. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Edge mark. 342
pages......$10.00
35. Beck, L. Adams. THE PERFUME OF THE RAINBOW: AND OTHER STORIES. New York,
Dodd Mead, 1931. 3/4 dec cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Slight
cover/edge wear. Corners lightly bumped. "Book of dreams and delights
gathered in many wanderings in by-ways of the Orient." Good tight copy. 330
pages......$12.00
36. Bels, Alberts. THE VOICE OF THE HERALD: A NOVEL - THE INVESTIGATOR: A
NOVEL - STORIES. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1980. 1st English. Decorated
cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Small glue stain rear cover. Reverse Black & white drawings.
Russian Mystery Lit. Decorated endpapers. Good tight copy. 368
pages......$15.00
37. Benson, Arthur Christopher. THE CHILD OF THE DAWN. New York, G. P.
Putnam's Sons, 1912. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Light
cover/edge wear. Page edges lightly stained. Metaphysical novel of Life after
death & the immortality of the Soul. Scarce. Good tight copy. 396 pages +
ads......$12.00
38. Berriault, Gina. THE LIGHTS OF EARTH: A NOVEL. San Francisco, North Point
Press, 1984. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Good
tight copy. 157 pages......$10.00
39. Besant, Walter. CHILDREN OF GIBEON. N.Y, Harper & Bros, not dated. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Slight edgewear.
Owner's plate/inscription front endpaper. Good tight copy. 447
pages......$12.00
40. Black, William. A PRINCESS OF THULE. Chicago, Belford, Clarke & Co, not
dated (1886?). Decorated cloth, 12mo. Good condition. Cover/edge wear.
Lightly bumped. Good tight copy. 462 pages......$12.00
41. Blatty, William Peter. JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME!. New York,
Doubleday, 1963. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge mark. Tiny
nick front cover. Good tight copy. 158 pages......$13.50
42. Bloundelle-Burton, John. DENOUNCED: A ROMANCE. New York, D. Appleton &
Co, 1896. 1st. 3/4 bnd paper, 12mo. Good condition. Slight edgewear. Upper
spine end frayed. Small tear frnt endpaper. 369 pages......$12.00
43. Bolster, David. ROLL ON MY TWELVE. London, The Sylvan Press, 1945.
1st/2nd printing. Decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Light
cover/edge wear. Owner signature front endpaper. Black & white drawings by
BIRO. 2 center pages taped at hinge. Short stories of the Royal Navy. With
Glossary of Naval Terms & Navy Slang. Good tight copy. 144 pages......$14.00
44. Boothby, Guy. SHEILAH MCLEOD. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1897.
1st. Decorated cloth, 16mo. Very good condition. Corners bumped. Small
bookplate front endpaper. Black & white illustrations. Exotic novel of
travel, treachery & love. Good tight copy. 255 pages......$15.00
45. Bosher, Kate Langley. MISS GIBBIE GAULT. N.Y, Harper & Bros, 1911. 1st
edition. Decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Black & white frontis
drawing. 326 pages......$10.00
46. Bosse, Malcolm. FIRE IN HEAVEN. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1985. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Panoramic novel of Asia. Good tight
copy. 653 pages......$13.50
47. Bowman, Earl Wayland. ARROWROCK: SONGS AND STORIES OF A PRODIGAL.
Caldwell ID, Caxton Printers Ltd, 1931. Decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good
condition. Light cover/edge wear. Hinge starting. Inscriptions endpaper.
Deluxe Limited edition. Number 13 of one hundred signed and numbered copies.
SIGNED BY EARL WAYLAND BOWMAN. Anthology of Bowman's work - Poetry, Songs &
stories. Well-bound volume. Rare. 340 pages......$35.00
48. Bradford, Barbara Taylor. ACT OF WILL. New York, Doubleday, 1986. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy.
374 pages......$12.00
49. Bradford, Roark. JOHN HENRY. New York, The Literary Guild, 1931. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Cover/spine fading.
Lower frnt edg bmpd. Inscriptn half-titl. Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. Light
foxing endpapers. Literary Guild label slightly chipped. Good tight copy. 225
pages......$20.00
50. Bradford, Barbara Taylor. TO BE THE BEST. New York, Doubleday, 1988. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Slight corner wear. "A WOMAN OF
SUBSTANCE" continues. Good tight copy. 513 pages......$12.50
51. Bradford, Barbara Taylor. VOICE OF THE HEART. New York, Doubleday, 1983.
1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition
in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly
bumped. Good tight copy. 732 pages......$12.50
52. Brand, Millen. THE OUTWARD ROOM. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1937. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Small owner plate front
endpaper. Novel by Brand. Tight well-bound volume. 309 pages......$12.00
53. Brewster, Dorothy. EAST WEST PASSAGE: A STUDY IN LITERARY RELATIONSHIPS.
London, Allen & Unwin, 1954. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. The effect of
Russian Literature on English & American Writers. Good tight copy. 328
pages......$12.00
54. Broun, Karen. THE GIRL FROM WOOLWORTHS (A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE STARRING
ALICE WHITE - ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTOPLAY). New York, Efrus &
Bennett, Inc, 1929. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Light
cover/edge wear. Black & white photos. "Novelized" version of the Movie. Good
tight copy. 226 pages......$15.00
55. Brown, Dee. KILLDEER MOUNTAIN: A NOVEL. New York, Holt, Rinehart &
Winston, 1983. 1st ed/2nd pr. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good
condition. Very slight cover wear. Edge mark. Good tight copy. 279
pages......$10.00
56. Buck, Joan Juliet. DAUGHTER OF THE SWAN. N.Y, Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
1987. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge mark. Good tight copy. 336
pages......$10.00
57. Buffett, Jimmy. WHERE IS JOE MERCHANT: A NOVEL TALE. New York, Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. 2
cover creases. Edge mark. By the author of Tales from Margaritaville. Good
tight copy. 383 pages......$12.00
58. Burdick, Eugene. THE NINTH WAVE. New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1956. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light cover/edge wear. Good
tight copy. 332 pages......$11.00
59. Burke, Thomas (Illustrated by Blaine, Mahlon). LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS. New
York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. "New" edition. Decorated cloth,
octavo. Very good condition. Light cover/corner wear. Front hinge starting.
Black & white drawings. Novel by Thomas Burke. 277 pages......$10.00
60. Burnett, W. R. HIGH SIERRA. New York, CENTER BOOKS, 1943. 1st Center
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in worn torn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light cover/edge wear. Foxing
endpapers. First published by Knopf, 1940. 292 pages......$9.00
61. Burton, Richard F. (Translator & Annotator) Edited by Shumaker, David,
from the Edition privately printed by the Burton Club. TALES FROM THE ARABIAN
NIGHTS: SELECTED FROM THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT. New York,
Avenel Books, 1978. 1st Avenel edition. octavo. Very good condition.
Laminated paper boards. Black & white frontis & line drawings. Illustrations
for this volume selected from the 1859 edited edition of the E. W. Lane
translation. Tight well-bound volume. 872 pages......$25.00
62. Busch, Frederick. THE MUTUAL FRIEND. N.Y, Harper & Row, 1978. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 222 pages......$12.00
63. Butler, Jack. IN LITTLE ROCK WITH MISS LITTLE ROCK: A NOVEL BY JACK
BUTLER. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Large octavo. very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Good tight copy. 655 pages......$12.50
64. Caine, Hall. THE DEEMSTER. New York, H.M. Caldwell Co, not dated (Pre
1900?). Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Light cover wear. Hinges starting. Black & white
frontis of Caine. 377 pages......$10.00
65. Caldwell, Taylor. NO ONE HEARS BUT HIM. New York, Doubleday, 1966. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in worn,
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Another trip
through the doors of old John Godfrey's Sanctuary. The Man who Listens. Good
tight copy. 298 pages......$12.00
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