Diary of a Mad Old Man Tanizaki, Junichiro [As New] [Hardcover]

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(viii), 177, (7) pages; Clean and secure in original binding of green cloth spine over olive boards in very nice dustjacket with some wear at spine ends. OCLC 1297023019 Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett. Ellen Raskin illustrated dust... More

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket: Good. Knopf, 1965. Binding is tight with tan boards and bright green cloth spine with title, author and publisher printed in gold. Front cover has three embossed figures. Dust jacket is good, with shelf wear to... More

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A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a touch of wear to the head of the spine. A beautiful blind musician exacts the ultimate sacrifice from the man who is both her disciple and her lover. A tattooist turns the body of an exquisite... More

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Second printing, inscribed by the translator, Howard Hibbett. Small octavo (8.25 x 5.25 in.); 183pp.; black boards backed with orange cloth, in dust jacket. Signed, dated, and inscribed by Hibbett to the previous owner, on the front free endpaper:... More

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1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. A significant presentation copy This outstanding copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper to the woman who inspired this work: "To Mabel Frohlich who is the model for my heroine. Sue Kaufman". As there is... More

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Humorous advertisements pre-1900. Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, no wear, but has gift inscription on half-title page. Dj is price-clipped. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item # B8005. More

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK edition. Double sided dust jacket which is chipped top of spine, The scarce double sided jacket exhibits minor chipping and rubbing to extremities, Beautiful wrap around jacket... More

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The uncommon first edition of this science fiction short story from Olaf Stapledon. A publisher's file copy, with 'File Copy' stamp to half title. Stapledon's tale is set in the late 1990s, and tells of the world that has been rebuilt from the... More

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1953. First edition thus. 117pp., illustrations on the endpapers and many in-text and full-page illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard. This is Hemingway's classic story of an old fisherman's fight with a giant marlin. The sought-after... More

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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1990. Number 441 of a limited edition of 600 copies signed by Eisenstaedt. Beautifully made book bound in linen with a deep blue goatskin spine lettered in gilt, with five tissue protected photogravures evocative of... More

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Laurence Block had previously published two bawdy novels under a pen name but he decided to publish this one under his own. This book is a First Edition in FINE condition. The unclipped dust jacket is NEAR FINE. Has a 1/2 inch closed tear at the bottom... More

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An exact facsimile of the Scribners first edition published in 1952. A fine book in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase. First Edition Library Facsimiles have the same weight, size, typeface, art, dust jacket, finish and texture as the originals.... More

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Publisher's half-blue morocco and gray linen boards. Oblong folio. Black cloth suede-lined clamshell box with leather spine label. Illustrated with 5 photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Limited to 600 copies signed by the photographer. Publisher's... More

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True first edition in good condition in the original jacket. Pages 111 and 112 with small stain to the edge and the spine is worn at the top and bottom with the titles mostly gone. A good copy in a very good clipped jacket. Seal and letter A present on... More