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THE BOOK OF THE HEARTH; OR LOVE'S EMBLEMS.
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854. Green Cloth. 167 pp. 33 steel engravings. Green cover is stamped and ruled in gilt, front & back. Spine is similar, with gilt aged. Cover is scuffed, a little soiled, and edgeworn. All spine extremities worn. Aeg. Coated yellow eps. Interior foxed; some pages loose. A book intended to "express the sentiments of a woman's heart." Ephemera includes a note accompanying a resolution of sympathy from the Women's Relief Corps, dated 1913, on the death of Mrs. Julia M. Bowker. Good.
[Book #4898]
Price: $32.00
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OMNIBOOK, JULY 1949.
New York: Omnibook, Inc. 1949. softcover. 144 pp. 12mo. Front cover has a charcoal drawing of Audie Murphy wearing his Army helmet and looking extremely young, sad and wistful. Covers are somewhat aged, soiled and/or foxed. Spine staples are rusted. Spine ends have small, closed tears. Interior is aged. Contents include abridgements of: "To Hell and Back," by Audie Murphy; "The God-Seeker," by Sinclair Lewis; and "The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," by John Dickson Carr. Very good.
[Book #3215]
Price: $40.00
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Doyle, Arthur Conan.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (WITH) THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
London: George Newnes, Limited. Green Cloth. As. Later Printing. 158 pp. and 158 pp., including period and book advertising. Binding is green cloth with blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering and rule on spine. Binding is slightly aged, soiled and edge-worn. Spine ends and corners are bumped and rubbed. A tear along the outer margin of page 31 of "The Yellow Face" has been repaired with tape. The complete "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" and ending with "The Copper Beeches" bound together with the complete "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes," beginning with "Silver Blaze" and ending with "The Final Problem." Illustrated with several full-page, b/w illustrations by Sidney Paget, with captions. Illustrations are on slightly glossy stock which has aged better than the poorer quality text stock which has darkened. Otherwise, interior is clean, crisp and tight. Very Good.
[Book #7361]
Price: $175.00
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Huxley, Aldous.
RETROSPECT; AN OMNIBUS OF ALDOUS HUXLEY'S BOOKS.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1933. Black Cloth. Contents individually paginated. Black cover with gilt design center front, gilt lettering on spine. Spine faded. Edges soiled. Light shelfwear to bottom front edge and corner. Front hinge loose. Binding tight. A volume intended as a companion to "Point Counter Point," this reprints from the original plates the novels "Chrome Yellow" and "Brave New World," The Palio at Siena from "Along the Road," short stories "The Gioconda Smile," "The Tillotson Banquet," "Uncle Spencer," "Two or Three Graces," "Chawdron," and "After the Fireworks." Poetry includes "Leda," "Almeria," "Armour," "The Cicadas," "Femmes Damnees," "Arabia Infelix," and "The Moor"; and "Vulgarity in Literature, an Essay." Very Good.
[Book #4590]
Price: $18.00
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