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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 2d

Down the Great River. By Captain Willard Glazier. Early Reprint. Hubbard Brothers. Philadelphia, Circa 1895.

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The front cover of this early printing. It's in a maroon cloth with elaborate gilt stamping of the title text, a canoe and paddle, and the spine label of similar variation.

The title page showing the lengthy full title similar to other travel and conquest narratives.

A map of the waterways of northern Minnesota where Glazier purportedly discovered the actual source of the river (he was fabricating this claim).

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 3d

A Good Man Is Hard to Find. By Flannery O’Connor. First Edition, First Printing. Harcourt, Brace, & Co. New York, 1955.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in a second-issue dust jacket with the same design as the first issue: yellow with vibrational patterns in red where the title text appears.

The copyright page showing the first edition statement.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 6d

The Dead Zone. By Stephen King. First Edition, First Printing. Viking. New York, 1979.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket with black background and large title text in a bronze gold. Below the text is an image of a man's face staring straight at the camera. Half of his face is shrouded by shadow. From the shadow a talisman of some sort emerges. The talisman is gold and circular.

The copyright page showing the Viking "First Published" statement.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 9d

Portraits. By Richard Avedon. First Edition, First Printing. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. New York, 1976.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket–just a white background with title text and author name in uppercase.

The black and white portrait photograph of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

The foldout photograph of Andy Warhol and a group of his friends standing in various poses.

Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 10d

The Wicked Series: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, Out of Oz. All Signed by Gregory Maguire. First Editions, First Printings. HarperCollins. New York, 1995-2011.

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All four volumes arranged in a row. At the front is the first edition of Wicked. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a leafless vine framing a pink space with the title text in a circular frame. Inside the circular frame the dust jacket has a gap showing the pictorial board underneath. The pictorial board shows the image of the Wicked Witch of the West in cap and robes, looking downward.

The title page of Wicked showing Gregory Maguire's signature in sharpie.

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Billie Bloebaum @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 13d

As October sneaks up on us, I know that some of us are starting to think about holiday shopping. If books or bookish gifts are on your list, consider supporting your local indie bookstore(s). I've made a couple of starter packs of the ones here on Bluesky for you to follow & befriend.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 13d

The Stand. By Stephen King. Complete and Uncut Trade Edition. Doubleday. New York, 1990.

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The front cover of the complete and uncut trade edition. It's in the original dust jacket with the classic image of the dueling characters, one with sword, the other with sickle. The image is framed, however, by a red border that reads "FOR THE FIRST TIME COMPLETE & UNCUT".

The copyright page showing the first trade edition statement.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 15d

Rosa Parks: My Story. Signed by Rosa Parks. First Edition, First Printing. Dial Press. New York, 1992.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a portrait photo of Rosa Parks.

The half-title page showing Rosa Parks' dated signature.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 17d

Mao Zhuxi Yulu [Quotations from Chairman Mao][The Little Red Book]. First Complete Edition, Third Edition Overall, First Printing. General Political Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Peking, 1965.

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The volume in original wrappers standing upright on its red clamshell box. It is plain tan with a red frame around the title text in Chinese.

The portrait of Mao in the front matter.

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 19d

Lord of the Rings Signed by Tolkien in Elvish to Auction
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'Lord of the Rings' Signed by Tolkien in Elvish to Auction

A first edition of The Lord of the Rings signed by JRR Tolkien in Elvish Tengwar script will go under the hammer at Forum Auctions' Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper sale on September 25.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 20d

Masters of Deceit. Signed by J. Edgar Hoover. First Edition, First Printing. Holt & Co. New York, 1958.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring the title text and author name in large, uppercase letters over a cream background. Between title and author text is one splatter of red–like a paint or blood splatter.

The front free endpaper showing J. Edgar Hoover's signature in blue pen.

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Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) @iobabooks.bsky.social · 22d

Recent changes to U.S. trade policies are affecting the book trade. The IOBA Board of Directors penned this letter reflecting our concerns. It was sent to U.S. Congress and Senate Committees.

Dear Chairman,

I'm writing to you as the President of the Independent Online Booksellers Association. IOBA is a U.S.-based, nonprofit, international trade organization benefiting member booksellers conducting business online, with many members also having brick and mortar retail operations.

The Executive Branch of the US government issued Executive Orders 14193, 14194, 14195, 14226, 14227, 14228, 14257, 14259, 14266, and 14298, all readable at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

The stated intents of the Executive Orders were balancing trade and improving national security, but these Orders caused unintended, significant harm to the bookselling trade. Additionally, the Orders apply to trade in newly produced goods, but our members are unduly burdened as they trade mainly in used, collectible, and antiquarian books.

Books are tariff-free in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 9/2025, but Orders override that, and U.S. and non-U.S. booksellers are severely constrained by country-by-country ad valorem tariffs of 10% to 25% or a flat rate from $80 to $200 USD. Navigating uncertainty, major countries and blocs have suspended parcel shipments to the U.S., thus affecting our member booksellers.

Particularly harmful is suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries. Books have low profit margin, and most online sales are for a single book, thus the ad valorem tariffs negate any profit on, and effectively stop, international sales to U.S. booksellers and retail customers.

Even a 10% levy on books, plus the undue burden of reportage, threatens the viability of the traditionally low profit bookselling business. Some of our member booksellers specialize in non-U.S. topics and source books from non-U.S. countries. Current tariffs effectively thwart these booksellers from sourcing inventory, and their businesses will fail if this is not remedied.

Our U.S. and non-U.S. member booksellers operate what is classified as a "small business," are self-employed, and their trade supports their families and their local economies. Current Executive Orders, as written, are causing both present and lasting harm to these booksellers.

I urge you to use the power of your position to influence key decision-makers, with the goal of amending Executive Orders, and other policies, to stop this harm.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey A. Rothermel
President, Independent Online Booksellers Association

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 23d

Sir Francis laps up the last days of summer sun.

A photo of our Boston terrier sitting in the sun on the back deck. He's on a gray wicker leg rest. There's a couch and wicker table behind him. On the table, a potted plant sits in the sunlight. There are fallen leaves strewn around. Shadows frame the potted plant and Sir Francis.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 23d

Alone With Me. Inscribed by Eartha Kitt. First Edition, First Printing. Henry Regnery Co. Chicago, 1976.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a striking photo of Eartha Kitt as she looks over her shoulder at the camera, chin down and eyebrows up.

The front free endpaper showing Eartha Kitt's inscription.

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Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) @iobabooks.bsky.social · 24d

The IOBA would like to congratulate this year's Ruggles Prize winners: Laurane Reine-Adelaïde, Anushmita Mohanty, and Kaveh Bahar!

The IOBA is a sponsor of the Ruggles Prize. You can learn more about the prize here: rugglesprize.org

David Ruggles Prize

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · 27d

Mondays are for Misery. By Stephen King. First Edition, First Printing. Viking. New York, 1987.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring an image of the title in blood-like letters above a window with a dour man sitting next to it while a shadow of a woman in a dress holding an axe looms over him.

The copyright page with Viking's first published statement.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Sep 12

We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy. Inscribed by Maurice Sendak. First Edition, First Printing. Harper Collins. New York, 1993.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a Sendak illustration of a bunch of dressed in rags and newspapers, holding strands of wheat, as a large chasm of a toothless mouth opens up in the background as though it were going to consume them. Above the mouth is a big nose and two eyes looking down. Behind this face is a red background with stars above it.

Sendak's inscription tucked into the gutter of the half-title page.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Sep 11

The Bill Hodges Trilogy: Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch. First Editions, First Printings. Scribner. New York, 2014-2016.

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The three volumes of the Bill Hodges Trilogy. All first editions in the original dust jackets. The second and third installments are laying flat while the first installment–Mr. Mercedes–is standing upright atop them. It features an image of an umbrella open and dispersing bloody rain against a white background.

All three volumes standing in a row with the third volume–End of Watch–at the front. It's dust jacket features an image of blue fish swimming in blood diluted with water. One of the fish is a florescent pink.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Sep 8

The President Is Missing. Signed by Bill Clinton and James Patterson. First Edition, First Printing. Little, Brown and Knopf. New York, 2018.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring an image of the Truman Balcony on the White House from across the lawn. It is backlit over a dark sky.

The title page showing both authors' signatures.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Sep 8

It’s been awhile so thought we should repost our Collector’s Counsel, an informational series for book collectors.

It includes a glossary of book terms, a list of first edition points by publisher, a map of rare book fairs, and more. Check it out!

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Collector’s Counsel – Evening Land Books

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Sep 5

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. By Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert. First Edition, First Printing. Simon & Schuster. New York, 1989.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket with the collage-form image of a coconut tree and a polka-dotted border along the top and fore-edge. The background is orange.

A two page spread showing letters a, b, and c huddling beneath the coconut tree.

A two page spread showing letters d, e, f, g, and h climbing up the coconut tree.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Sep 4

Apollo. Inscribed by Alan Bean. First Edition, First Printing. Greenwich Workshop Press. Shelton, 1998.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring one of Bean's paintings of three Apollo astronauts. They are standing in front of the lunar lander. The one in the middle has his arms outspread. This painting is on the top half of the jacket. On the bottom half is the title text and author names over a black background. The two sections are separated by a red, white, and blue banner.

The title page showing Alan Bean's inscription in blue marker.

A two-page spread of one of Bean's paintings. It features two astronauts as the plant the American flag onto the lunar surface.

A two page spread of one of Bean's paintings. It shows an astronaut with a camera fixed to the chest of his suit. His arms look like they're sort of floating from the low gravity. Behind him is the American flag. To the side of this painting is a column of text, describing what moment precisely on the Apollo mission this painting depicts.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Sep 1

In honor of Labor Day:

The Truth About Inflation. No Author. Informational Pamphlet. Socialist Labor Party. Palo Alto, Circa 1966.

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The front page of The Truth About Inflation. It has the Socialist Labor Party written vertically along the folded edge. It has the title text in a blotted design and two columns of text starting the essay.

The pamphlet opened, showing its columns of text.

The back page with the final paragraphs and a mailer survey at the bottom.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Aug 29

A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America. By Father Louis Hennepin. First American Trade Edition, First Printing. A.C. McClurg & Co. Chicago, 1903.

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Both volumes standing together in their brown quarter cloth spines with tan boards. They look rather plain.

The frontispiece showing a nude man holding a pipe, looking over a river winding through bluffs with various canoes paddling across it.

Hennepin's map of North America. It is oddly proportioned. It reaches from the East Coast to roughly the Missouri. It is full of inaccuracies. It emphasizes the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Aug 28

Thunderball. By Ian Fleming. First Edition, First Printing. Jonathan Cape. London, 1961.

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The front cover of the first edition of Thunderball. It's in the original dust jacket featuring an image of a skeleton hand with a knife through the space in its fingers, stabbing down a pair of cards: an ace and queen.

The copyright page showing the correct publisher name and date.

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