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An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Founded Upon the Seventh Edition of Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press: 1980

Seller ID: 22981

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. top edge foxed, marking in dark pink pen on bottom edge, price on dust jacket clipped, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 910 pp
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The Comic History of Rome

By: A' Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Price: $500.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co.: N.D.

Seller ID: 26957

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Expertly rebacked in half-leather over marbled boards, original spine laid down in six compartments, gilt lettering in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in remainder. Illustrated with ten hand-colored steel engravings and 98 in-text woodcuts by John Leech. nd (c. 1870). "One of the wittiest writers of the day" (Allibone, 152), writer Becket worked with illustrator Leech on the staff of the poplar and influential humor magazine "Punch." Leechs "humor is as keen, his sense of fun as marked [as George Cruikshanks] [Leechs pictures] are of the most graphic and mirth-...
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The Comic History of England: with Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech (Two Volumes bound in One)

By: A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Price: $650.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.: N.D.

Seller ID: 16767

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Beautifully bound in burgundy half leather over marbled boards by Henry Young and Sons, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, elaborate gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. nd (c. 1864). Profusely illustrated with 20 hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts by John Leech. Gilbert Abbott Beckett (1811 1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster S...
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The Comic History of England: with Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech (Two Volumes bound in One)

By: A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.: N.D.

Seller ID: 26956

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Beautifully bound in burgundy half leather over marbled boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, elaborate gilt tooling in the remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. nd (c. 1864). Profusely illustrated with 20 colored etchings and 200 woodcuts by John Leech. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster School and was called to the bar at Gray's...
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Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook

By: Adams, Scott

Price: $5.00

Publisher: NY, Harper Business: 1996

Seller ID: 7787

ISBN: 0887307884

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Publisher's laminated boards. Profusely illustrated in B&W. . FINE/FINE.. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Unpaginated pp
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De Coverley Papers

By: Addison, Joseph; Samuel Thurber (ed)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon: 1892

Seller ID: 25567

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full paper-covered boards, lettering on spine and cover. In the second number of Addison and Steele’s SPECTATOR papers eighteenth-century readers were introduced to the members of “The Club.” Heading the list of those characters who, among them, were intended to represent the entire range of public opinion and enlightened bias for the London of 1711 was “a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley.” Sir Roger was initially conceived of as an aging Restoration rake. In the old days he. . . was what you call a fine gentlema...
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Don't stand too close to a Naked Man

By: Allen, Tim

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Hyperion: 1994

Seller ID: 16171

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall. X,210 pp
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Maledicta 9: Lillian Mermin Feinsilver Festschrift 1986-1987: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression

By: Aman, Reinhold (ed)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Waukesah, Wisconsin, Maledicta Press: 1986

Seller ID: 22187

ISBN: 0916500292

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Clean, unmarked, square, and tight. FINE.. Maledicta Series. Vol. 9. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 320 pp
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Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad

By: Arno, Peter

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1956

Seller ID: 9694

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Quarter bound in beige cloth over pink boards, white and blue lettering on cover, blue lettering on spine. Illustrated with author's full-page B&W cartoons throughout. . Spine and boards lightly soiled, endpapers browning. Price-clipped dust jacket shows moderate chipping and wear including inch-long tear to front panel near heel of spine. VERY GOOD+/GOOD+ . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 128 pp
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Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days & Sixty Scenes

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $99.00

Publisher: Garden City, Long Island, NY, Doubleday & Company: 1976

Seller ID: 27709

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

0385113056 Stated First Edition, 1st Printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over burgundy boards, gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. . Only the slightest shelf-wear at head and heel and corners, else as new, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, also shows only very minor shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vii), 230 pp
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Slightly Out of Order: Best Cartoons from the Continent

By: Association Internationale des Humoristes

Price: $11.00

Publisher: NY, Viking: 1958

Seller ID: 15642

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's yellow cloth over brick red boards, cartoon embossed on the front cover in black, black lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W cartoons by members of the Association Internationale des Humoristes. . Spine is lightly cocked, slight shelf-wear to heel of spine, lower tip of front cover is slightly bumped, else unmarked, tight and clean. VERY GOOD. . B&W drawings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 96 pp
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Haiku U.: From Aristotle to Zola, 100 Great Books in 17 Syllables

By: Bader, David M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY, Gotham Books: 2005

Seller ID: 27626

ISBN: 1592401287

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's beige cloth over blue boards, blue lettering on spine. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW.. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 100 pp
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Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica

By: Bangs, John Kendrick; H. W. McVickar (Illus)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Brothers: 1895

Seller ID: 7581

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's full gold cloth, gilt, black and red lettering and decoration on spine and cover, publisher's red medallion embossed on rear cover. Illustrated with 19 full-page and hundreds of in-text B&W drawings by Harry Whitney McVickar (1860-1905). . Former owner's name and date (Dec. 2, 1896) on ffep, slightly cocked, else fine. NEAR FINE. . B&W Drawings. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xii, 265, (6) pp
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EIGHT GREAT COMEDIES

By: Barnet, Sylvan; Morton Berman; and William Burto (eds)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: NY, New American Library / A Mentor Book: 1958

Seller ID: 5116

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's glossy wraps. 12mo. 469, (3) pp. Includes The Clouds by Aristophanes; Manfragola by Niccolo Machiavelli; Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; The Miser by Moliere; The Beggar's Opera by John Gay; The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov; and Amrs and the Man by George Bernard Shaw; as well as several essays on Comedy. This is a new, unopened copy, with a former owner's name written on the fep, else fine. NEAR FINE.. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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A Kiss for Cinderella: A Comedy

By: Barrie, J. M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1929

Seller ID: 27082

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, brown endpapers. . Former owner's bookplate on fep, small spot on cover, ends of spine mildly worn, else as new; tight, unmarked, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie Series. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 102 pp
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Dave Barry Does Japan

By: Barry, Dave

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1992

Seller ID: 14866

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

0679404856 Quarter bound in blue cloth over white boards, copper lettering on spine . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, 210, (3) pp
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Dave Barry Does Japan

By: Barry, Dave

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1992

Seller ID: 23553

ISBN: 0679404856

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in blue cloth over white boards, copper lettering on spine. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, 210, (3) pp
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Tricky Business

By: Barry, Dave

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2002

Seller ID: 21806

ISBN: 0399149244

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over light blue boards, red lettering on spine and cover, red endpapers. Humorist Barry (Big Trouble) brings together a motley group of South Florida eccentrics on an ill-fated casino boat voyage in his second full-length comic mystery novel. A tropical storm is bearing down on the Florida coast, but the Extravaganza of the Seas, a luxury gambling ship, sets sail on its nightly excursion in spite of the weather. Aboard are Fay Benton, an attractive cocktail waitress trying to make ends meet for her kid; a collection of pot-smoking would-be rockers (at l...
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Father, Dear Father

By: Bemelmans, Ludwig

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1953

Seller ID: 14953

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Publisher's full green linen cover, red lettering on spine, red design and author signature in red on cover, author's B & W sketches throughout. . Head of spine gently bumped, pulled. tep slightly sunned, former owner's stamp on fep, square and clean. Clipped dust jacket yellowed and worn at edges, small tears at corners. GOOD/FAIR. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 247 pp
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Chips Off the Old Benchley

By: Benchley, Robert

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1949

Seller ID: 21535

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Book has a 1/4 inch chip on front cover, text block clean. GOOD+. . B&W Illustrations. 81/2/X5 1/2. 273 pp
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Dr. Johnson's Waterfall and other Poems

By: Bevington, Helen

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1946

Seller ID: 21871

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Book is in very good condition. Yellowed endpapers but very bright interior. Poet was nominated for Pulitzer Prize. Silver lettering on Black Boards. No Jacket. First Edition . 164 pp
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IF LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES, WHAT AM I DOING IN THE PITS?

By: Bombeck, Erma

Price: $6.95

Publisher: NY, McGraw Hill Book Company: 1978

Seller ID: 4593

ISBN: 0070064512

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. 8vo (approx 6.25 x 9.5"). 203 pp. Bound in publisher's full red paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration on cover. The volume is in perfect, unopened, unmarked condition. The dust jacket (now in Mylar) has minor chipping and shelf-wear. AS NEW/VERY GOOD. Classic American humor. Erma Bombeck assesses the individual's chances for survival in the seventies, dealing with such issues as the difficulty of replacing a toilet-tissue spindle and the recent discovery that lettuce is fattening. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Little Book of Stupid Questions

By: Borgenicht, David

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Barnes & Noble Books: 2001

Seller ID: 24075

ISBN: 0760723931

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in blue cloth over light blue boards, gilt lettering on spine. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xii, (ii), 109 pp
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Rejected Addresses or the New Theatrum Poetarum

By: Boyle, Andrew

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Constable & Company Ltd.: 1929

Seller ID: 25087

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in white cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, all edges deckle. Illustrated with B&W drawings. . Volume shows mild wear and rubbing around edges of boards, spine sunned, former owner's inscription on ffep. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. vii, (iii), 181, (3) pp
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Kai Lung's Golden Hours

By: Bramah, Ernest

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, George H. Doran Company: 1923

Seller ID: 19473

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's orange cloth with color plates on both cover and spine label, fore-edge and bottom edge deckle. Some pages are still uncut. With an Introduction by Hillaire Belloc. . Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed with some small chips at the head of the spine, spine label is rubbed and has a small chip, small split on bottom edge of rear cover hinge, endpapers are lightly foxed, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Plates on covers are bright and intact. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xiii, 333 pp
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