[Rarebooks] FS: Some SIGNED First Editions, prices greatly reduced

Charles Agvent charles at charlesagvent.com
Wed Oct 21 12:26:39 EDT 2015


Price reduced to $35 NET

PERCY, Walker. THE THANATOS SYNDROME. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin 
Library, 1987. First Edition. Decorated green leather. Limited and true 
First Edition SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by 
him not included in the trade edition. Slight wear to gilt edges, Fine. 
(#004617)        $75.00

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Price reduced to $300 NET

RIDING, Laura [LYE, Len]. FOUR UNPOSTED LETTERS TO CATHERINE. Paris: 
Hours Press, n.d [1930]. First Edition. Octavo (5-5/8" x 7-3/4") bound 
with a dark green leather gilt-stamped spine and boards decorated by Len 
Lye. [iv], 51, [3] pages. Copy #58 of 200 hand-set and SIGNED by the 
author on the colophon page. Rubbing and light wear to the tips of the 
leather spine, mostly at the head. Still Near Fine. (#011909)        $450.00

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Price reduced to $40 NET

SARTON, May. THE HOUSE BY THE SEA. A JOURNAL. New York: W. W. Norton & 
Company, Inc., (1977). First Edition. Illustrated with photographs by 
Beverly Hallam. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in 1980 on the half 
title page. Foxing to the bulked text edges, seemingly common to this 
title, and slightly to the half-title page. Still Near Fine in a Near 
Fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. (#013546)        $75.00


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Price reduced to $50 NET

SITWELL, Osbert. DICKENS. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First Edition. 
Cloth-backed decorated boards. Copy #52 of only 110 numbered copies 
SIGNED by the author. Offsetting to the corners of a few pages. Very 
Good. (#006052)        $125.00

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Price reduced to $50 NET

STEPHENS, James. THEME AND VARIATIONS. New York: Fountain Press, 1930. 
First Edition. One of 850 SIGNED and numbered copies of a total run of 
892 printed on Barcham Green's handmade paper at the Curwen Press. Near 
Fine in slipcase, as issued. (#000546) $125.00

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