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Some edgewear and rubthrough to short segments at top and bottom of spine. NOTE: a rectangular piece (4.5" x 3.5) has been clipped from the rear cover of magazine. AND a 3" x 3" piece clipped from the last page. The previous owner wanted to take advantage of Book Of The Month Club's free offer to new club members for My Friend Flicka and Thunderhead.

AFTERMATH OF A LENGTHY REJECTION SLIP (in Story Magazine, Vol. XXIV, Number 106, March-April 1944. (Charles Bukowski's First Time Published!)
Bukowski, Charles
NEW YORK: STORY, 1944. Some edgewear and rubthrough to short segments at top and bottom of spine. NOTE: a rectangular piece (4.5" x 3.5).. more
Price: $2,900.00

FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES: THE NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART COLLECTION AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Jonaitis, Aldona
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1988. FINE. Heavy, measures 9x12 inches. Silver lettering to spine, silver design to front board, black cloth-covered boards. Nice full color.. more
Price: $100.00

ARS PHILTRON: CONCERNING THE AQUEOUS CUNNING OF THE POTION AND ITS PRAXIS IN THE GREEN ARTE MAGICAL : EDITION CODEX VASCULUM
Schulke, Daniel
Xoanon Publishing, 2008. Second Edition, (Revised and Expanded) As new. Standard edition, numbered and limited. #93 out of 720 in Rust colored cloth.. more
Price: $575.00

Four Volumes, each measuring 8" wide x 10.5" high. 3940 pages total (684; 1060; 1096;1100), Three-Quarter bound (corners and wraparound spines of handsome leather) Morocco leather (goatskin) over rugged teal boards. Bright gilt lettering to spines.Endpapers are a marbling of duo-tone forest and light green, alternately patterned in nested waves, laced throughout with brilliant gold outlines. Marbling to all edges in a lighter version of the green-and-gilt endpapers described above. Volume I has several small whitish spots, and Volume III two small bumps to the book's edge. Hinges are all tight and strong. Recent touch-up by a conservator - reconstituting corners, matching and fill-in of 100-year old dye have made this set absolutely stunning`. This is a very heavy set

THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON 1811-1912 (4 Volumes, Complete) (With notice of antecedent explorations)
Gaston, Joseph
CHICAGO, ILL: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912. Four Volumes, each measuring 8" wide x 10.5" high. 3940 pages total (684; 1060; 1096;1100), Three-Quarter bound (corners and wraparound.. more
Price: $500.00

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