[Rarebooks] FS: 3 Modern First Editions, price reduced, including early Mencken and Eugene O'Neill's First Book

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:    Was $125   Now  $50:

INGALLS, Rachel. MRS. CALIBAN. London: Faber & Faber, (1982). First 
Edition. True First Edition of this extraordinary short novel which was 
cited as the most promising novel published in England in 1982 and which 
earned Ingalls a citation as one of the twenty best post-war American 
novelists. A romantic coupling of a bored, alienated housewife with a 
supernatural entity. As new in dustwrapper.         $50.00
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Price reduced:    Was $150   Now  $100:

MENCKEN, H. L. A BOOK OF PREFACES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1917. 
First Edition. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth. Four essays on Conrad, 
Dreiser, Huneker, and Puritanism as a Literary Force. Some fading of 
gilt to the spine though that on the front cover is still bright and 
strong. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper.         $100.00
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Price reduced:    Was $350   Now  $150:

O'NEILL, Eugene. THIRST. Boston: The Gorham Press, (1914). First 
Edition. Cloth-backed boards with printed paper labels on the front 
cover and the spine. O'Neill's first book, a collection of five plays 
including "The Web," "Warnings," "Fog," and "Recklessness," in addition 
to "Thirst." Atkinson AI-1-I: only1000 copies printed. Owner ink stamp 
on the front free endpaper; moderate wear. Very Good.         $150.00

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