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The Little Men of the Desert. By A Lucky Man. Illustrated by Reynold C. Anderson.

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 53223

Los Angeles: Wetzel, (1949). First edition. Blue boards, front cover lettered in yellow. Comic-style illustrations, many half-page, some in color. A little edge wear, a clean very good copy. One of 167 numbered copies. A curious tale of diminutive prospectors in the American desert, much of it in dialect. From the lost-race collection of Stuart Teitler.
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The Gods Give My Donkey Wings.

By: Abbott (Angus Evan) [pseudonym of James Barr]

Price: $100.00

Publisher: London: Methuen, 1895. First edition.

Seller ID: 52050

Red cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Some darkening of spine, one stain near base of spine, in general a decent very good copy. The American edition was published by Stone & Kimball in the same year. A Utopian travelers tale, of a strange community in an unlocated mountainous region. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy II, 12. The British edition is uncommon.
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The Man With the Broken Ear. Translated from the French .... by Henry Holt.

By: About (Edmond)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54377

NY: Henry Holt, 1878. Later printing. The first US edition was published by Holt in 1867. Brown decorative cloth, designed and lettered in black and gilt. Issued in the Leisure Hour Series. An unusually bright and attractive copy. Biological science fiction, a man is brought back to life after 46 years. A translation of L'HOMME A L'OREILLE CASSEE (Paris, 1862)
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Transactions of the Antiseptic Club. Illustrated.

By: Abrams (Albert)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 55053

NY: Treat, 1902. Presentation edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies (this copy not numbered, out-of-series). Originally published in 1895. Tan pictorial cloth, designed and lettered in black. Some shelf wear, a very good copy. Humorous illustrations. Sarcastic and fantastic sketches of the San Francisco medical profession, with a forecast of the future. This presentation edition is uncommon.
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Mack.

By: Adams (Carl B.)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 53091

Baltimore: Saulsbury, (1919). First edition. Wine cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Modest wear to corners, small bookstore stamps within, a clean very good copy. Signed by the author on the front fly leaf. 58 pages. The satiric autobiography of a monkey.
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Short Story Masterpieces. By The Best American Authors. Illustrations by J. Greville Wilmot.

By: Ade (George), Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, Opie Read, et al.

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 52754

Chicago: Daily Story Publishing Company, 1900. First edition. Purple cloth, white cloth spine, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. 20 inserted plates by J. Greville Wilmot. Inner rear hinge cracking, a couple of ownership names on front fly leaf, moderate shelf wear to tips and edges; generally a fairly bright, very good copy. This anonymously edited anthology contains thirty stories by popular authors of the day, including Opie Read, Mary E. Wilkins, George Ade, Albert Bigelow Paine, Stanley Waterloo, Irving Bacheller and others. There are several supernatural & fantastic stories, includi...
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A Rude Awakening.

By: Aldiss (Brian W.)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 52928

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1978. First edition, advance uncorrected proof copy. Orange wrappers designed in white, lettered in black. A nice clean copy, near fine. Signed by Aldiss on the title page.
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Image for Bodily Functions. Stories, Poems, and a Letter on the Subject of Bowel Movement addressed to Sam J. Lundwall on the Occasion of His Birthday February 24th, A.D. 1991.

Bodily Functions. Stories, Poems, and a Letter on the Subject of Bowel Movement addressed to Sam J. Lundwall on the Occasion of His Birthday February 24th, A.D. 1991.

By: Aldiss (Brian W.)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 54317

London: Avernus, (1991). First edition. Blue cloth, unlettered. A fine copy in a lightly worn dust jacket, some rubbing to corners and edges. Limited to 100 copies, signed by Aldiss on the front fly leaf.
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Last Orders and Other Stories.

By: Aldiss (Brian W.)

Price: $65.00

Seller ID: 55146

London: Cape, (1977). First edition, advance, uncorrected proof copy. Tan wrappers designed and lettered in black. Author & title written on the spine in pen, paper browning a little, fine otherwise.
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Enemies Of The System.

By: Aldiss (Brian)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 52949

London: Cape, (1978). First edition, uncorrected proof copy. Pale pink patterned wrappers. A bit of glue residue on front wrapper, a clean very good copy. A dystopian novel.
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New Arrivals, Old Encounters. Twelve Stories.

By: Aldiss (Brian)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54687

London: Cape, (1979). First edition, uncorrected proof copy. Patterned wrappers. Spine faded, light wear to edges, otherwise fine. An advance, uncorrected proof.
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The Malacia Tapestry.

By: Aldiss (Brian)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54688

London: Cape, (1976). First edition, uncorrected proof copy. Patterned wrappers, piece torn from spine affecting the title, spine a bit faded, small piece from outer edge of back cover, nice otherwise. An uncorrected proof of the first edition.
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The Romance of a Mystic Ring.

By: Allen (Constance M.)

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 53660

Los Angeles: Baumgardt, 1906. First edition. Blue cloth, front cover designed and lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. A bit of wear to lower spine, some modest edge wear, front flyleaf missing; a fairly bright, very good copy. A very curious novel of the occult, including reincarnation, magic rings, mystic bonds, and other paranormal activities. Also color therapy, cross-dressing, and a propitious earthquake. Very scarce. Smith: American Fiction 1901-1925: A-146.
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The Devil And I.

By: Allen (Linda Marguerite Sangree).

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 54698

NY: Dillingham, [c.1902]. Re-issue; first published by Dillingham in 1889. Original slate decorative wrappers. 322 pages, plus 2 leaves of publishers ads at rear. An old stain to the upper corner, some modest wear to base of spine and edges, a clean very good copy in general. See Wright II: 84. The first edition was issued anonymously. Allen also wrote under the name 'Sangree', and WorldCat cites a copy of this book under that name. A weird novel involving hypnotism.
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The Devil And I.

By: Allen (Linda Marguerite Sangree). [published anonymously].

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 52616

NY: Dillingham, 1889. First edition. Later wrappers with printed paper labels, created by the binder John Ruyle. Stapled. One leaf of publishers ads at rear, for Dillingham/Carleton, dated 1889. Likely this is a copy of the paperbound issued which was lacking its wrappers. Large ink rubberstamps of Pratt's Circulating Library on the title page and early leaves, and on numerous pages throughout; paper browning, creases to title page, very good otherwise. Wright II: 84. The book was reissued by Dillingham c.1902 with the author's name affixed; this first edition was issued anonymously. Allen als...
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Marigold. A Story. By the Author of "Jewel Sowers".

By: Allonby (Edith) -published anonymously.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London: Greening, 1905.

Seller ID: 52671

First edition. Purple cloth, front cover ruled and lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt. One leaf of ads at rear, also a 16-page publishers catalog at rear dated Sept., 1904. A bit of rubbing to hinges and edges, spine slightly sunned, a clean very good copy. Alloby's second novel, published anonymously, a sequel to JEWEL SOWERS (1903), also set on the imaginary planet Lucifram, where everything is upside-down. Allonby committed suicide at age 29, before the publication of her third novel, THE FULFILLMENT, which was also issued by Greening in 1905. Locke: A SPECTRUM OF FANTASY I, page 11 ...
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Time's Arrow or The Nature of the Offence.

By: Amis (Martin)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 52929

London: Cape, (1991). First edition, uncorrected proof copy. White pictorial wrappers. A fine copy.
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Time's Arrow or The Nature of the Offense.

By: Amis (Martin)

Price: $55.00

Seller ID: 54489

NY: Harmony, (1991). First American edition. Black boards, gray cloth spine lettered in silver. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Amis on the title page.
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The Last Load. Stories and Essays.

By: Anstey (F.) [Thomas Anstey Guthrie].

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 53886

London: Methuen, (1925). First edition, remainder issue. Gray boards, lettered in black. 8-page catalogue at rear dated "629". Slightly leaned, a very nice copy otherwise in a slighty worn, very good dust jacket, some very light chipping to the top of the spine. There is a small price reduction sticker on the spine, which is slightly chipped. The first issue was in blue cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt, and the catalogue at the rear dated "625". This collection includes two supernatural stories.
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Tourmalin's Time Cheques.

By: Anstey (F.) [Thomas Anstey Guthrie].

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Chicago: Donohue Brothers, [c.1892].

Seller ID: 55282

Early reprint. Original pictorial wrappers, front cover printed in red & black. [206]pp., stapled. The back cover is lacking; the book is rebound in the tan lettered wrappers of Pratt's Circulating Library from Denver. Front cover is glued partly onto the original front wrapper, but it is mostly undamaged. The title is spelled differently on the front wrapper: Tourmaline's instead of Tourmalin's. The rubber stamp of Pratt's Circulating Library is stamped on the covers and all through the book, on almost every page! The British edition appeared from Arrowsmith, also in 1891. A comic novel in wh...
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