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SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
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Go Tell It On the Mountain by
James Baldwin. Hardback first edition in jacket, published by Alfred A.
Knopf in 1953. Ex-library copy in good condition with good jacket.
Stated First Edition; library stamp on front free endpaper, pocket
remains and tape residue on rear endpapers; DJ is sunned and rubbed,
edges worn with 1" chips at corners and spine ends, price on jacket
pulled off with tape removal; tape residue on front and rear boards,
book has a slight spine slant, corners slightly bumped, minor soiling to
a few pages, previous owners' inscriptions on first blank. $200
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The Armagideon Times (3 volume set) by
Paul Simonon and Robert Gordon McHarg III Consists of three fanzines
dedicated to The Clash all contained in a special custom folio; light
wear and bent corners to folio, actual zines are fine. $100
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The Complete Alice & The Hunting of the Snark by
Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Hardback first edition
published by Salem House in 1987. This copy is near fine in a near fine
jacket. $75
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The Red Book: Liber Novus by Carl
Jung, edited and introduced by Sonu Shamdasani. Hardback fifth printing
published by W. W. Norton & Co. Inc. in 2009. Very good in very good
jacket. This is the complete edition with the facsimile reproductions
of Jung's original manuscript pages; DJ is lightly rubbed, some edge
wear with several 1" tears; binding is shaken, spine ends slightly
bumped
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Journals: Early Fifties, Early Sixties, by
Allen Ginsberg, edited by Gordon Ball. Signed hardback first edition
published by Grove Press in 1977. In very good condition with very good
jacket - light sunning to jacket, binding edges lightly sunned and
soiled. $75
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Walt Disney: The Art of Animation by
Bob Thomas. First edition hardback in jacket, published by Golden Press
in 1958. Good in good jacket, with jacket sunned on spine, some edge
wear with 1/2" chips and tears at corners and spine ends; corners and
spine ends bumped, front hinge is cracking. $200
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Have you ever noticed the big safe full of books
behind Iliad's front counter? We get asked about it frequently. "Is it
really old?" is a common question (the answer: no, we bought it new just
a few years ago). But most customers want to know what kind of books
merit storage in a safe (we think of these as the rarest of our rare
books), so in this column we'll pick one book every month and tell you
about it. This month's book is...
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Half of Paradise by
James Lee Burke, hardback first edition in jacket published by Houghton
Mifflin in 1965. Condition is very good in very good jacket. States
"First Printing" on copyright page, jacket has printed price of $4.95,
NO remainder marks; minor sunning and soiling to jacket, some edge wear
with 1" tear at spine top, tape repairs to jacket interior; corners
slightly bumped. $400
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As we prepare to move into a new decade (get
ready for all the jokes about 20/20 vision!), we're starting to see a
lot of "best of the decade" lists emerge. LitHub just put together this excellent list of the top 20 nonfiction books of the last decade.
That's pretty broad, and indeed, the list encompasses science, history,
politics, biography, and more. I've only read a few of these, but based
on that sampling I really want to work through this whole list now.
How many of these great titles have you read?
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