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Welcome to Book Alley, Pasadena's premier independent new and used bookstore!
We are located at 1252 E. Colorado Blvd. (at Chester).
There is plenty of free parking on Chester and in the lot behind the store.
We receive hundreds of different titles every week. Please come in and browse our beautiful store!
Featured Selections
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Bleak House, 1st edition [complete in 20 parts] - $3,500.00
Dickens, Charles
...comes in its original illustrated blue paper wrappers; 20 parts in 19 volumes housed in a custom made gilt-stamped green cloth case. Includes 40 illustrations by H. K. Browne. Nearly all of the original advertisements are present. Part X has the 3 plates and Part 9 has the explanation slip for the missing plate.
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Quiet Days in Clichy, 1st edition - $1,200.00
Miller, Henry
...a clean and tight copy of the scarce first and original edition. Tells the story of Joey, an American writer living in Paris with his
roommate Carl, who is also a writer. Amidst bouts of poverty, the two
have a series of erotic and romantic encounters with a diverse
procession of women: a runaway teen, a Danish widow, and other lusty,
strange, and/or tragic characters. |
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Thunderball, 1st British edition - $250.00
Fleming, Ian
...stated first British edition. Ninth in the Bond series; hardcover WITH dust jacket. A skeleton hand is stamped is blind stamped to front board; spine has beautiful gilt lettering. A Bond collector's dream. |
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The Tin Woodman of Oz, 1st Edition - $300.00
Baum, Frank L.
...Originally
an ordinary man by the name of Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman used to
make his living chopping down trees in the forests of Oz, as his father
had before him. The Wicked Witch of the east enchanted his axe to
prevent him from marrying the girl that he loved. The enchanted axe
chopped off his limbs, one by one. Each time he lost a limb, Nick
Chopper replaced it with a prosthetic limb made of tin. Finally, nothing was left of him but tin. Book is in
very good condition, illustrated throughout by John R. Neill and
includes all twelve full color illustrated plates. |
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Pride and Prejudice, 1st thus - $950.00
Austen, Jane
...gorgeous octavo in original gilt-stamped green cloth binding with elaborate golden board art; lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thomson throughout. A wonderful copy of this beloved classic, gift quality.
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Dracula, 1st edition - $7,000.00
Stoker, Bram
...an early Issue, complete with an ad for The Shoulder of Shasta and a publisher's catalogue at rear. This particular copy was owned by Chicago newspaperman and mystery writer Vincent Starrett, author of "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes." It contains Starrett's bookplate on front endpaper as well as his signature in top corner of half-title page. A very clean and tight copy of this very scarce first edition.
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Fight Club, signed 1st Edition - $650.00
Palahniuk, Chuch
...an exceptionally fine copy of the '96 cult novel, signed by Palahniuk on the title page. Documents the struggle of an anonymous man struggling with American consumerism and changes in pop culture masculinity.
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Better Than Sex, signed 1st Edition - $575.00
Thompson, Hunter S.
...Volume IV of the Gonzo Papers, signed by Thompson with his initials "HST" on the title page; lavishly illustrated with photographs and facsilimie memos and letters. The book contains a number of magazine articles and other essays Thompson wrote about the Clinton election and consists largely of faxes Thompson sent to various celebrities, politicians and journalists about the subject.
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