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SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
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A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds edited by Peggy Kamuf. Ninth printing paperback published by Columbia University Press in 1991. In good condition: Wraps are sunned on spine, laminate is bubbling, light soiling to page edges, underlining and notes on a few pages. $75
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The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. Limited hardback in jacket published by Alfred Knopf in 1954. Numbered 1847/2500. Very good condition in very good jacket: jacket is sunned and lightly soiled, light edge wear; binding edges sunned. $300
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The Barbarian Invasions of Italy (2 volume set) by Pasquale Villari, translated by Linda Villari. Hardbacks without jackets published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1902. Each volume includes a fold-out map and a frontispiece with tissue overlay. Condition is good: light soiling and wear to bindings, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, foxing throughout, both volumes have a very slight spine slant. $125
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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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Recueil D'Antiquites Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines by
Anne Claude Philippe de Pestels de Lévis de Tubières-Grimoard de Caylus (Comte De Caylus). Published by Chez Desaint & Saillant in 1752. Condition is good: Bound in full brown morocco with ribbed bands and titles on spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, includes all plates and illustrations; leather is heavily worn, corners worn and rounded, hinges cracking, foxing throughout, previous owner's name and small inscription written on verso of rear free endpaper. $500
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The boys are now officially back in the store!
It's winter, which means it's time to stay warm by cuddling.
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