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Caine, Hall.
The Last Confession; the Blind Mother; She's all the World to Me
New York, A.L. Burt,
Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Cain (English author 1853-1931) from the Isle of Man wrote many novels, plays with some film adaptations. Frontispiece of Caine. Reprint of these three novels Maroon cloth boards and spine, gilt to spine. Mild spotty fading to front board edge and rear edge. All else, clean and tightly bound. 390 pages sm 8vo.
(Caine, English, Novelist, Playwrite, The Last, Confession, By, Hall, Caine, Isle, Of, Man, Writers, She's, All, The World, To, Me:, A, Manx, Novel, Manaz, Authors) Cat No. 1840.
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14.50
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Saunders, John Monk.
The Last Flight: Photoplay Title of Single Lady
New York, Grosset & Dunlap,
1931, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, Post WWI- Youthful ex-warriors of the sky on a self destructive path of the 1930's post Europe wild life of Bullfights, bars and cafes'; unable to let down from the high nervous excitement of fighting and flying. Along came Nikki and joined them in their spectacular careers through the bars of Paris, cafe's of Lisbons, and the bull ring of Madrid. Nikki, the young, tender and strangely exciting girl finds herself the center of their mad exploits. Yellow cloth boards and spine, black lettering. Boards mild spotting. DW, color illustrated of plane, inset to lower corner picture of actor Richard Barthelmess, from the film. Mild soil, few small edge and spine end chips, closed tear lower edge, chip to lower corner. Rear cover, list of Grosset & Dunlap books. Rear pastedown stained, "Gimbles" sticker to upper edge. DW in brodart mylar, flaps squared. All else clean, tightly bound. sm 8 vo, 383 pp. Second Printing before publication
(War, I, Novels, The Last, Flight, John, M., Saunders, 1920's, Paris) Cat No. 2924.
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30.00
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Abbey, Lloyd.
The Last Whales
New York, Grove Weidenfeld,
1989, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fine, Jacket: Near Fine, A novel of the Blue Bull Whale and their indomitable will to live. Driven nearly mad by mercury poisoning and weakened by parasites, a mature Blue Bull whale searches for his mate and last surviving calf. He remembers the dozen other calves killed by explosive harpoons during his forty years in the North Atlantic Ocean. Hundreds of miles away, on the other side of the equator, an orphaned cow, newly mature and eager for a mate, hears and responds to the bull's call, giving him hope that his family is still alive. Green boards, green cloth spine. DJ not price clipped, green black spine, green and red lettering. Map illustrated end papers, glossary to rear. First Edition. Clean, no defects. 358 pages, sm 4to.
(Blue, Bull, Whales, Whale, Habits, Whale, Habitats, First, Edition, Mammals) Cat No. 2115.
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12.50
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Stockton, Frank R.
The Late Mrs. Null
New York, Charles Scribners Sons,
1886, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Stockton's 2nd novel (not serialized). Victorian romance. Green cloth boards, decorated, gitl to spine. Mild rubbing and bumping of spine ends, mild rubbing of spine edge. Rear board spotty soil, and small rade markings. 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 panel to pastedown, reflecting book as ex-lib, name of library to top of label scratched out, no other markings. Text clean, solidly bound. BAL 18884, First Edition Second Print. sm 8 vo, 437 pp
(R., Stockton, The Late, Mrs., Null, First, Edition, Victorial, Novel, Victorian, Romance) Cat No. 2394.
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30.00
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Hough, Emerson.
The Law of the Land
New York, Hurst & Company,
1904, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Arthur I Keller, Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, Subtitled, "Of Miss Lady, whom it involved in mystery, and of John Eddring, gentleman of the South, who reads deeper meaning." Taking place in the South, and plantation life, after the Civil War. Three plates and frontispiece by Arthur I Keller. Bright red cloth boards and spine, yellow lettering, blind stamp design. Mild wrinkle to upper spine end, page 291 closed tear to lower corner. Text very clean, tightly bound, solid copy. First Edition. sm 8vo, 416 pp
(I, Keller, Illustrator, The Law, Of, The Land, First, Edition, Emerson, Hough, Iowa, Authors, Historical, Fiction, Southern, Fiction) Cat No. 2228.
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22.50
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