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1943ref. 26192Viking PressNY 1943 HBDJ August 1943 6th Printing VG-/GOOD AS-IS FADE sunning Spine DJ eliminating reading of Title on DJ spine & some sunning to front DJ left edge O/W nice OP Oversized Brown Cloth with yellow figure of boy with hat & shorts minor Rub Interior Nice Tight Clean light wear Fox 120 PGS DJ protected in clear Mylar Dust jacket is bright orange with black letters and a wonderful caricature of Loomis on the front .here puts down in black and white a method which will teach anyone no matter who awkward he is with his fingers to draw. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Viking Press,NY hardcover
1931ref. 26153George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd London 1931 HB NODJ OP Early reprint February 1931 was orig publ Sept. 1930 NF/VG- AS-IS NOJACKET Thick Purple cloth cvr Titled in Gold Gilt on Spine light wear rub Interior nice tight clean light wear fox. 301 PGS Some FOX STAINS interior. Hard Cover. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd London hardcover
1902ref. 26018David McKay Phil. Publ 1902 HARDBACK NODustjacket.1902. 1st edition VG/VG- NOJACKET AS-IS Decorative Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo 5 X 7 1/2 in. . 288 pages plus publisher's ads in Back end with Things Generally by Max Adeler. 12mo. Tan cloth decorated with a circus motif with an elephant lions and clown. Spine title slightly faded. A few occasional smudges inside; date stamp on rear pastedown. No dust jacket. Titled in Gold Gilt on spine cvr. First Edition. Hard Cover. David McKay Phil. Publ hardcover
1957ref. 25942Stephen Daye Press NY 1957 HBDJ1957 1st Edition THUS FINE-/GOOD AS-IS OP Gold BEIGE TWEED Cloth & lettered in Black & White on Spine DJ some Scuffing & small tears chips wear front some scuff rub & small chips Extremities O/W DJ Nice Bright Nice Interior Nice Tight Clean DJ PriceClipped Top Spine DJ small chips. 298 pgs Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox .A collection of fairy tales from numerous traditions: Chinese Irish Spanish Native American even extraterrestrial ! With Gaiety & wit the author has created fairyland of desert foothills forest & Sea. Here we meet Spanish Elves who came with the Early Explorers holding court with their Queen Conchita Maria Delphina Dolores in her undersea Palace with its shimmering Gardens. Leprechauans dwell among the mighty meet Misty-Moisty Mary & Stitch absent minded Tailor . First Thus. Hard Cover. Stephen Daye Press, NY hardcover
1901ref. 25960Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1901 HBDJ 1901. 1st Edition Early Printing VG-/GOOD AS-IS illus. cloth name/date on end paper light foxing of title page slight soil o/w vg w/chipped & soiled DJ 96 pgs 16mo Pictorial light blue foxed cloth binding GOOD Condition with Orange Decoration & boy & girl within Black circle inside on front cvr with slight wear edges. Back DJ lists Thru Nurnberg Stove with light wear fox edge tears Spine DJ end chips DJ protected in clear Mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. hardcover
1900ref. 23069Harper & Brothers Publ. 1900. HB NODJ illustrated cloth Cover in Beige black Red of 2 Men observing typewriter 1st edition 1900 2nd Printing Light Wear Soil Cover Gold gilt titles Spine Rubbed NF/NF NODJ 171 pgs ADS Interior Nice tight Clean Cover small stain Binding is 12mo. 4 1/2 X 7 in. Small chip to Blank Margin edge few pgs . First Edition. Hard Cover. Harper & Brothers Publ. hardcover
1989ref. 25886EASTON PRESS CONN. 1989. HARDBACK NODJ ISSUED FINE/FINE- NOJACKET 1989 1st Edition THUS Brown Genuine LEATHER with Gold Gilt Filigree Decorations on Cvrs. Titled in gold gilt on Spinecvr with 3 Raised Bands. Outer pgs edges Gold Gilt with Brown silk Bookmark sewn-in. 6 X 9 1/4 IN. 349 PGS Index. First Thus. Hard Cover. EASTON PRESS CONN. hardcover
1959ref. 25829John Long London Litmited 1959. HBDJ Stated 1st Published 1959. First Edition. 1st Printing Small Blue cloth Hard Back with FADE extremities light rub wear. Book Condition: GOOD-. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR with some Brown Stains AS-IS. 12mo . Usual X-LIBRARYstamps marks and wear; DJ protected with Mylar Cover 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 in. Titled in White on Spine Cvr. Back DJ stains wear small Creases 192 pgs NO ADS in Back .When the Body of a Night-Club Hostess was discovered in a cheaply Furnished Basement sitting-room it did not look like the kind of case Detective Chief Superintendent Duck Mallard relished Handling. she had been strangled by cord of her Dressing Gown. Crime Novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. John Long, London, Litmited hardcover
1989ref. 25769Chelsea Green Publ Chelsea VT 1989. PBO June 1989 Stated 1st printingminor Rub & Scuff Cover 310 pgs Index Slightly soiled WRAPS and some highlighting of text on 5 or so pgs book is in very good- condition. Pre-publication proof with mock-up illustrations and no maps only notes of where they will go to look for the celebrity Graves . A guide to the cemeteries of California. Illustrated by many photos. first edition. Binding is Tall Gold Yellow WrapsVG-/VG- AS-IS SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover. Chelsea Green Publ, Chelsea VT paperback
1945ref. 25784NEW DIRECTIONS NY 1945. HBDJ 1945 1st U.S. Edition 2nd Issue State VG/GOOD AS-IS DJ small chip Top edge front Not Affecting Illustration Spine DJ small Endp chips Not Affecting Titles Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox Grey cloth boards with light wear Rub & slight edge Fade & Titled in Blue on Spine cvr 292 pgs 8vo. DJ protected in Clear Mylar in Dustjacket of B/W Shack in front of Sky Scraper Building photograph by Hubert Creekmore B/W photo of Miller on Back DJ by Larry Colwell He spent three years traveling around the country and wrote this critique of America which consists of essays and stories. Illustrated with photographs;. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. NEW DIRECTIONS NY hardcover
ref. 22897London: Routeledge & Sons Printed By L. Upcott Gill at London & County Printing Works. HARDBACK NODJ NO DATE 1876 1st Edition 1st state with pages numbered through 140 plus 4 pgs of ads Interior Nice tight clean Mild FoX Thruout Light Wear VG/VG- NOJACKET Reddish Cloth with Gold Gill decoration & Lettering on Spine CVR 7 1/4 X 4 3/4 in. . . First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Routeledge & Sons, Printed By L. Upcott Gill at London & County Printing Works hardcover
1899ref. 25535John Lane The Bodley HeadNY & London Printed By University Press Cambridge 1899. HB NO DJ ISSUED Original ribbedtweed Plain Blue Cloth with gold gilt Titles & Outline Border on Front 1st Edition 2nd printing 1899 on Title Page VG/VG- AS-IS NOJACKET Small Size 4 1/4 X 7 inches Approx 275 Pgs NO ADS in Back Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear Spine Cvr Darkened Slightly with Gilt Titles. Gold Gilt to Outer pgs TopEdge. First Edition. Hard Cover. John Lane, The Bodley Head,NY & London, Printed By University Press Cambridge hardcover
1912ref. 25531International Correspondence Schools ScrantonPA. 1912. HARDBACK NODJ ISSUED Small Beige embossed Cloth with rub wear Scuff & small Stains Cvr1912 Stated 1st edition 6th thousand 1st Impression NF/GOOD AS-IS NOJACKET Approx 3 1/2 X 5 1/2 in. Titled in Gold Gilt on Spine Cvr Interior nice tight cleanlight Wear FOX 315 pgs Memoranda & ADS 24 Mo. .Principles involved in dislay of merchandise are taken up in Orderly Manner Thus making the handbook convenient for Reference. Includes Backgrounds Composition Ornaments Artificial Flowers Scene Painting ETC TRIMMERS. Hard Cover. International Correspondence Schools Scranton,PA. hardcover
1988ref. 25519Maverick Publ Bend Oregon 1988. PAPERBACK PBO with Light Rub wear Signed by Holly Knox 1988 1st edition 5 3/4 X 9 in. Interior nice tight Clean 8 vo. NF/NF AS-IS SOFTCOVER She later worked in Mack Sennett Movies & Hal Roach Comedies & Cecil B. DeMilles Stock Co. Then stock market Crashed. Then she went to Paramount Club & Became Sally Manipulating her Huge Pink Ostrick Fans Slowly & gracefully Showing only teasing glimpses of her Nude body . Great star of Burlesque was Born. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Maverick Publ, Bend, Oregon paperback
1905ref. 25516Samuel Edson Cassino & Son Salem Mass. H. M. Caldwell 1905. HARDBACK NODJ ISSUED1905 1st Edition NF-/VG- AS-IS NOJACKET pictorial red cloth cvr with Paste-On Label of Group of Chickens & Rooster by Farm Fence CVR light rub wear Scuff with light Stains on Back Inner Hinges Starting slightly cracked with Mended Clear Tape Hinge repairs Interior nice tight clean light Wear FOX 95 pgs Titled in Black on front Cvr Small Hardback 12mo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Samuel Edson Cassino & Son, Salem Mass., H. M. Caldwell hardcover
1927ref. 25482LOS ANGELES: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1927. HARDBACK NODustJacket 1927 on Title Page 1st Edition 1st Printing NF/NF AS-IS NOJACKET Grey & White Pictorial Boards with Design & Grey Cloth Spine Cvr with Tiny Chips Margin Cover rub wear Tiny Tears Edges Approx 6 3/4 X 9 3/4 in. Interior nice tight clean lightWear FOX 23 pgs . Illustrations in B/W & BeigeYellow include George EastmanJames B. Duke George F. Baker who Built & Endowed the Harvard Graduate School of Business Robert De Sorbonne The Foundation He Established 700 Yrs. Ago Still Flourishes ETC . includes Wealthy People who Donated Money to Charity or Built Universities etc Illustrations in B/W & BeigeYellow include George EastmanJames B. Duke George F. Baker who Built & Endowed the Harvard Graduate School of Business Robert De Sorbonne The Foundation He Established 700 Yrs. Ago Still Flourishes ETC. First Edition. Hard Cover. LOS ANGELES: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, hardcover
1959ref. 25439McGraw-Hill Book Co 1959. HBDJ Stated 1st Edition 1959 NF/GOOD- AS-IS Lavender & Grey Decorated Boards with Black Cloth spine Decorated in Red with Silver Gilt Titles Cover light Rub Wear Interior nice tight clean light Wear Fox 262 pgs DJ light rubwear tiny Chips Tears Edges DJ Spine small Chip out Top Takes out A in Ardmore with lite Scuff SpineEnds DJ tiny Tears Chips 8 VO. 6 x 8.5 in. hard cover book DJ protected by Clear Mylar cvr .Queen of Silent Pictures winded & dined by Stage-Door Johnnies Tycoons Royalty Etc. Book rich in Silent-Film Lore where she starred in Peacock Alley Plow Girl Fascination starring with Basil Rathbone Bob Leonard Wallace Reid John Gilbert ETC She was Friends with Rudolph Valentino & Married Prince David Mdivani who Stole her Fortune Scarce biography of the rags to riches and back star of the Ziegfield Follies and Silent Era Hollywood. Fascinating!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover
1928ref. 7945Grosset & Dunlap 1928. HBNODJ 1928 1st edition 4th printing in 1930 Pre-Text Lists Thru this Title RED cloth Cover Has minor Rub Wear & Scuff & Crease to Front Cover Tiny chips corner Cvr Interior Book Nice Tight Clean Few pgs light Soil or small Mrks VG/VG- AS-IS NOJACKET Slight Ding back Covercouple pgs small dogeared 212 pgsAds in Back starting with This Isnt All ! Hardy Boys Series listing 9 titles ending with Great Airport MysteryThen Ted Scott Flying Stories with 12 titles ending with Air to Alaska Buddy Books For Boys 20 titles ending Skinny McCord Tom Swift 33 titles ending His Big Dirigible Don Sturdy 10 titles Radio Boys 13 titles last have Famous Rover Boys 30 titles ending Winning a Fortune Tom Swift to #33 only appeared in this printing. 1930D-7. First Edition. Hard Cover. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1927ref. 25206Henry Holt NY 1927. HARDBACK NODustJacketNF/VG- AS-IS NOJACKET Black Cloth COVER light rub wear & tiny Scuff stains 1927 1st Edition Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX Wear 347 Pgs NO ADS in Back Titled in Red on Spine Cvr .This book deals with Calamity Jane Belle Starr Cattle Kate Pearl Hart Poker Alice and some other Female Characters of the early West. It is better written than some of its predecessors.". Contents: Calamity Jane.--The woman has to suffer: Cattle Kate.--Belle Starr.--The extinction of a comet: Lola Montez.--The last lady road agent: Pearl Hart.--Mme. Moustache and some gaming ladies.--And other wildcats: Minnie Poker Alice Kitty the schemer.--The claws of respectability: . First Edition. Hard Cover. Henry Holt, NY hardcover
1962ref. 25145MACRAE Smith Co. Philadelphia 1962. B/W photo of Author Taken by Roger Pain is on Back DJ. HBDJ SIGNED 1962 1ST EDITION VG/GOOD AS-IS DJ light Wrinkling Soil Wear & Scuff Mark Top Front DJ DJ small chips Tears Wear edges Extremities DJ bottom spine end small chip out 1.5 in. Grey Boards with Red Cloth Spine with Titles in Silver Gilt Interior Nice tight Clean light Wear FOX 252 pgs Light Stains Back Edge DJ shows B/W photo of Author Taken by Roger Pain. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. MACRAE Smith Co. Philadelphia hardcover
1915ref. 24979LOTHROP LEE & SHEPARD PUBLISHERS Boston 1915. HARDBACK NODustJacket Stated 1st Edition Published March 1915 NF-/GOOD AS-IS NOJACKET 153 PAGES.WEAR Rub slight Soil On Orange Cloth COVER with Blue & Red of Girl in Red Striped Dress & 2 Boys Walking with Windmills Background OTHERWISE OK. Spine lettering Cvr Worn Rubbed Front endpaper small Red E written in Interior nice tight clean light Fox Wear few tiny dogears 153 pgs ADS in Back Thru St. Dunstan Boy Scouts . with publishers Preface Author proved to be man of unusual Culture Especially Well-Read & Excellent Linguist. .Contents include A little boy in Belgium Boys School Ten O'Clock Playtime Holidays in Belgium Stories Grandmother Told me to Boarding-School Outbreak of War ETC. First Edition. Hard Cover. LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD PUBLISHERS, Boston hardcover
1930ref. 25014Grosset & Dunlap 1930. HBDJ 1930 REPRINTVG/GOOD AS-IS DJ Sunned with Tiny Chip Tears Edges Back Light wear Soil fox & Small Scuff Mark Top edges LISTS ADS thru Beau Geste Beautiful Dark Black with Red Embossed Titles light wear Interior Nice tight Clean FOX toning Thruout 334 pgs Not photoplay edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1985ref. 24897William MorrowNY 1985. PAPERBACK 1985 1st Edition Galley Proof Prior to Publication Uncorrected Bound Galleys NF SOFTCOVER Bound Galley Proof 481 pgs LIGHT RUB & Wear . Front cover says Please check any quotations or attributions against the bound copy of the Book. We urge this for the sake of editorial accuracy as well as . This collection of Vita Sackville-West's letters to Virginia Woolf assembled with extracts from Woolf's replies and a linking narrative is a fascinating document of their freindship from 1922 until Virginia's suicide in 1941. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. William Morrow,NY, paperback
1924ref. 24806The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia PA 1924. HBDJ 1924. Early Vintage Edition THICK Hard Cover Purple with Black Lettering Cloth Book Condition:VG CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD AS-IS DJ Small Chips Edges & corner Extremities Yet Illustration Title & Author INTACT . 12mo Original red cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners and spine ends. DJ moderately soiled w/ short tears and chipping to edges. Approx. 1/2" loss at top of spine and top edge of front panel; approx. 1" loss to bottom corner of rear panel.Contents nice 370 Pgs NO ADS in Back Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear Back DJ light wear Soil & tiny & small Chips Edges Lists Thru Roly Poly Family .Previous owner's name in pencil to top edge of front panel. .Nan Cutler expects the governess to be tall & Lanky & Old with a hard little knot of hair & a Disagreeable habit of Snooping into Closets. The One who Comes is a very DiffereNT person. So Different that it is Something of A Mystery Why She Comes at All. But she Holds over Nan The Tight Rein that spirited young Lady Needs & the Mystery Begins to Clear when Mr. Cutler Comes Back. Previous owner's name in pencil to top edge of front panel. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, hardcover
1906ref. 24799Thomas Y. Crowell & Company New York 1906. Previous owner's gift inscription & earlier Crayon Mark on front endpaper. HARDBACK NODustJacket BOOK Near Very GOOD condition NOJACKET September 1906. Stated First Edition 1st Printing LIght Green & Red & White Cloth Hardback in Pictorial boards of Farm Scenme. 187 pgs. . No dust jacket. Moderately edgeworn. Lightly soiled. Spine faded. Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear NO ADS in Back Titled in Red on Front & White on Spine which is FADED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, New York hardcover