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BIGGERS, EARL DERR.
The
Black Camel.
8vo, publisher’s cloth,
spine darkened slightly and tips with
minor rubbing; dust jacket, chipping to
spine panel tips with corresponding tape
repairs to verso, some soiling and overall
rubbing, spine faded; ownership signature
to front flyleaf.
FIRST EDITION
, in the vari-
ant jacket with the Charlie Chan letter on
rear panel.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929
[300/400]
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(BINDINGS.) Aspin, J.
Cosmorama;
a View of the Costumes and
Peculiarities of All Nations.
Half-title.
72 hand-colored engraved illustrations on
18 plates. 12mo, 19th-century full mottled
tan calf by Bayntun, gilt rule surrounding
arabesque cartouche gilt device within
additional gilt rule and cornerpieces, spine
tooled in gilt in compartments with
morocco lettering pieces in two, all edges
and inner dentelles gilt, minor wear to
joints; bookplate to front pastedown,
plates clean with intermittent light mar-
ginal foxing, slipcase.
FIRST EDITION
.
London: J. Harris, [c. 1827]
[350/500]
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[BIERCE,AMBROSE.]
The Fiend’s
Delight. By Dod Grile [pseud.].
12mo,
original brown cloth decoratively stamped
in blind and gold, with gilt lettering and
satyr figure on front cover and spine, spine
sunned, light rubbing to spine tips; con-
tents clean.
FIRST EDITION OF BIERCE
’
S
FIRST BOOK
. With 32 pages of advertise-
ments at end (last leaf torn).
London: John Camden Hotten, [1873]
[1,000/1,500]