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Sadiq, Muhammad.
A History of Urdu Literature.
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. ix, 429 pages. Index. Bibliographical
references.
Very good hardcover and dust jacket in glued-down library acetate cover.
Exlibrary: Spine labels, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf; barcode
label and pocket on rear free endpaper. #24613. $35
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St. John, Kathryn.
Dutchmen: The Tale of New Netherland.
Stony Brook, New York: Quoin Publishing, 1990. 1st edition, 1st printing. iii,
410, [1] pages.
Historical fiction about the Dutch in New Netherland. 'An action tale rich with
the romance and colorful history of an untamed colony where 10,000 men and
women, saints and sinners, visionaries, settlers and soldiers made an indelible
impression upon the face of the New World.' - Rear cover. Good stiff pictorial
wrappers (soft cover), edges slightly worn; former owner's name stamp on
half-title page. ISBN 0962676403. #25023. $15
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Salisbury, Graham.
Eyes of the Emperor.
New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2005. 1st printing. 228 pages. Inscribed and signed
by the author on title page.
Summary of this novel: Following orders from the United States Army, young
Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Japanese during world War II.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0385729715. #26602.
$20
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Sandburg, Carl.
Rootabaga Stories.
Illustrations and decorations by Maud and Miska Petersham. New York: Harcourt,
Brace, 1922. 4th printing. 230 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Inscribed by
the author, 'James F. Jones - yours zigzag - Carl Sandburg'. First published in
1922.
Good pictorial hardcover, front cover and spine slightly faded; foxing along
edges of frontispiece illustration and title page. #25583. $60
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Shakespeare, William.
The Tempest. A Facsimile of the First Folio Text.
Introduction by J. Dover Wilson. London: Printed at the Chiswick Press and
Published by Faber & Gwyer, 1928. 4to (large book). [ii], 19, [2] pages. First
Folio Line-Indicator laid in. Publication date supplied, as there is no date in
this volume.
Facsimile of the 1623 text. Paper-covered boards with original taped spine.
Covers slightly stained, spine tape slightly cracked in places; some foxing on
endpapers; former owners' attractive round bookplate on front flyleaf. #25678.
$50
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Shepard, Sam.
Cruising Paradise. Tales.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 1st edition. 239 pages. Signed by the author
on the half-title page. Round stamp on lower right-hand corner of half-title
page, 'Signature, Theatre Company'.
Near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0679415645. #28346.
$140
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Short, Christopher (Leslie
Charteris).
Leslie Charteris' The Saint and the Habsburg Necklace, Written
by Christopher Short.
New York: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1976. 1st edition in the
U.S. 186 pages.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0385112262. #26081.
$25
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Siebenschuh, William R.
Fictional Techniques and Factual Works.
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983. 1st printing. 183 pages. Index.
Bibliographical references. Frontispiece. Review slip laid in.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0820306363. #28014.
$20
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Silbert, Layle.
The Free Thinkers. Two Novellas.
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2000. 1st printing. 317 pages. Inscribed, dated
and signed by the author.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 1583220259. #26086.
$35
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Slick, Bernadette.
A Century in America: An American Saga.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Professional Press, 1995. 1st printing. 256 pages.
A novel dedicated to anthracite coal miners and immigrants and to commemorate
the building of the Anthracite Miners' Memorial in Forest City, Pennsylvania.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 1570871299. #25083.
$22.50
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Smith, Nyx. (Pseudonym of Robert C.
Weller).
Shadowrun: Striper Assassin.
Cover illustration by Comas. Illustrations by Janet Aulisio. New York: Roc /
New American Library / Penguin Books, 1993. 1st printing. 313 pages.
Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author: 'Florence, Thanks for your
support! Bob (a.k.a. The Author).'
'Death reigns under the full moon on the streets of Philadelphia.' - Front
cover. Good pictorial paperback (soft cover), edges and corners slightly worn, some
browning of pages, crease on spine, some foxing on edges. ISBN 0451452542.
#26050. $50
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Stevens, April.
Angel Angel.
New York: Viking, 1995. 1st printing. 211 pages. Dated, inscribed and signed by
the author. Author's first novel.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0670858390. #26670.
$20
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Stromholm, Stig.
Folk: Sex Berattelser.
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soners, 1976. 220, [1] pages. Dated, inscribed and
signed by the author. Contents - Den lyckligaste. De darnast lyckligaste.
Percennius Quidam. Rum mot garden. Sondagsoppet. Faktureringschefen.
Text in Swedish. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
ISBN 9117631424. #28298. $35
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Stromholm, Stig.
Guvernoren eller Inbillningskraften. Roman.
Stockholm: Natur och Kultur, 2001. 1st printing. 174, [1] pages.
Text in Swedish. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and torn dust jacket; the
upper part of the inside of the jacket is stained. ISBN 9127082733.
#28297. $25
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Stumpp, Georg E. M.
Ketchup on My Spurs.
New York: Vantage Press, 1989. 1st edition. 236 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Photographs. Illustrations.
First novel by a Long Island, New York author. Very good hardcover in slightly
worn dust jacket. ISBN 0533082447. #25060. $35
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Sullivan, Frank.
A Rock in Every Snowball.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1946. 1st edition. 220 pages. Dated, inscribed and
signed by the author.
Good hardcover, fore edge and bottom edge foxed. #25592. $45
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Swan, Jane Ellen.
The Saxon Chronicle, Volume III: The Millers' Daughters.
New York: Vantage Press, 2004. 1st edition, 1st printing. 880 pages. Map.
Dated, inscribed and signed by the author.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0533147085. #26007.
$35
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