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Travers, Robert.
20th Meridian, A Novel
New York, W.W. Norton,
1951, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, A young man goes from youth to manhood aboard a freighter's transatlantic run during war time. A disgruntled crew, enemy U-boats, a hold carrying cases of Scotch whisky and an alcholic First Mate. High seas action and vivid personality characterization. Light blue cloth boards and spine. DJ not price clipped, sea illustration, yellow lettering, 1/2 closed tear to upper spine edge, corners bumped. Author profile to rear cover, mild soil. Clean, no markings, solidly bound. 8 vo, 280 pp
(Meridian, First, Edition, First, Modern, Edition, Sea, Stories, Transatlantic, Freighters, High, Sea, Adventure) Cat No. 2302.
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18.50
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Ogg, Oscar.
The 26 Letters
New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company,
1950, Third Print ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, Mr. Ogg describes the history of letters as a form of art that is a priceless heritage. With thumbnail stories: the discovery of the Altimira wall paintings; the strange letter to Darius; the finding of the Rosetta stone; the competition of Saint Columba and Saint Finnian. He tells how type is made and how a modern printing press works. Explaining the principles of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Here is the complete and fascinating story of writing, illustrated with more that 275 black and white and colored drawings. From the characters scratched upon cave walls, to the Egyptians systematic and decorative writing, through the Greeks well formed characters and the Romans who made further improvements which incorporated into their alphabet all the letters we have today except for J, U and W. Red cloth boards and spine, black and gilt title panels. DJ price clipped, tan with characters, grey title panel. Chips and closed tears to rear edges and spine ends, upper rear edge 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 inch chip, front edge near spine and spine end chipped 1 inch by 2'. Clean text, solidly bound. sm 4to, 254 pp
(History, Of, Letterins, History, Of, Writing, Early, Printing, Type, Greek, Letters, Egyptian, Hieroglyphis, Chinese, Alphabet) Cat No. 2545.
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16.50
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Mojtabai, A.G.
The 400 Eels of Sigmund Freud, First novel, First Edition
New York, Simon and Schuster,
1976, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, The authors first novel, and first edition. The book is about an educational experiment: a handful of high-school students from various parts o the country are selected based on their scientific potential. A utopian community. With one rebel boy becoming the focal point. Tan boards, blue cloth spine. DJ price clipped, white illustrated black spine. Few pages to rear have a mild edge stain. Mild soil to DJ. All else clean, tightly bound. 8vo, 258 p
(Novels, First, Edition, Modern, Novel, High, School, Students, Experimental, Communities, Utopian, Communities) Cat No. 1430.
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12.50
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Moravia, Alberto.
5 Novels: Mistaken Ambitions, Agostino, Luca, Conjugal Love, A Ghost at Noon
New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy,
1955, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine, Jacket: Very Good, Introduction by Charles J. Rolo. Italian born Moravia became a key literary figure in America in 1949 when Farrar published Women of Rome. Five complete and unabridged works. Bound in brown cloth boards & spine. Clean & tight not writing. DJ not price clipped, brown and yellow. Lower spine 2 small closed tears all else NF. Excerpts from critical comments on Moravia's work to be found on rear fly leaf. substantial volume. tall 8 vo
(Vintage, Books, Novel, Vintage, Novels, Alberto, Moravia, Works) Cat No. 245m.
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17.50
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Canning, John, Editor.
50 Great Horror Stories
New York, Bell Publishing,
1971, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, 50 of the strangest horror stories of this and other ages: a werefolf set on its sinister course; a Cambridge Scholar sung to his own death, by his dead colleagues; a lethal Apazauca spider stalking human prey; a vampire not to be denied; the mournful spirit of a walled up monk and hideous cries of zombies suddenly realizing they are dead! Gothic tales, stories of vengeance, Amazonian horrors, and many others. By noted writers as: Frank Usher, Ronald Seth, and Michael and Mollie Hardwick, J. Wentworth Day, Vida Derry. First Edition. Black cloth boards and spine. DJ tan pictorial, mild edgewear, chip to lower spine end. tall 8 vo, 694 pages
(Usher, Ronald, Seth, And Michael, And Mollie, Hardwick, J., Wentworth, Day, Vida, Derry, Horror, Stories, First, Edition, Horror, Stories, Werewolf, Stories, Vampire, Stories, Stories, Of, The Unexplainable.) Cat No. 1491.
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15.00
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