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1957ref. 2102NY: Simon and Schuster 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Polgreen John. 8.4" x 10.88" 44 pgs. Green library boards. Spine straight binding tight pages clean w/vanilla tone. Faint foxing throughout. X-library w/graphics no DJ. Book is wrapped and then boxed for shipment with tracking number. Thank you. This is the second of a series on Adventure in Space. The series is the story of the rocket age in which Man will pierce the atmosphere and conquer the open space beyond it. This age is going to come much sooner than most people realize and some of you who read this will take an active part in it. Here you will learn about the people who will fly the rocket ships. Willy Ley sometimes credited as Willie Ley was a German-American science writer and space advocate who helped popularize rocketry and spaceflight in both Germany and the United States. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor. Simon and Schuster hardcover
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1943ref. 025971New York NY U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1943. First Edition 3rd Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Pogany Willy. Lovely edition of these timeless love sonnets their beautiful sentiments brought to life with the striking full-color tipped-in plates & pen-and-ink drawings of Hungarian illustrator Willy Pogany 1882-1955. Orig. published in this edition in 1936 this is the 3rd 1943 printing of that FIRST EDITION 4th printing from 1945 in 96 deckle-edged pages including an Introduction & closing Notes by Charlotte Porter & Helen A. Clarke with Index to First Lines in rear. Hardcover book has light gray-tan cloth-covered boards with red lettering & a rose design to front cover. Condition is VG: extremely clean binding tight & square creamy white vellum pages are unmarked but quite tanned heaviest around edges. Former owner's vintage bookplate inside front cover. Exterior shows only mild rubbing to extremities & slight bumping to spine tips & corners with a tad of fraying at some. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
1952ref. 260109-MB24Viking Press 1952. Very Good Hardcover with Dustjacket First edition illustrated DJ spine hs several chips and tears. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Bonestell Chesley; Freeman Fred; Klep Rolf illustrators. Viking Press Hardcover
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1944ref. 26030018First printing very scarce. Illustrated dust jacket is age-toned with scattered foxing and light soiling. Spine a bit sunned. Shelfwear to edges with some small chips and short closed tears and a 1" vertical tear with creasing to bottom edge of back cover. Chips to head and tail of spine. Rubbing to folds. Two open tears to spine at rear joint and one small open tear to front cover not interfering with text or illustration. Flaps intact not price-clipped. Blue cloth boards have a couple small spots of soiling. Light shelfwear and toning to edges corners bumped. Spine a bit toned and black and red spine titling lightly rubbed. Slight forward lean. Red topstain faded and dust soiled. Interior age-toned. Binding tight. The Viking Press hardcover
ref. 29774London: Macmillan. 1997. First edition. First edition. Original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine in the pictorial dustwrapper featuring a portrait of Edmund Spenser engraved by J. Thompson. A very good copy the binding square and firm with a small but pronounced bump to the bottom edge of the upper board. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that is lightly creased at the edges. A major work of literary revision by Willy Maley a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow the places the work of Edmund Spenser within an elaborate cultural and political context. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Macmillan. 1997 hardcover
2002ref. RFRAART00twSmoke and Fire News 2002. Very Good. Frankfort William. Wild Willy. The Artificer: A Horner's Sketchbook. An Illustrated Guide.Powder Horns.18th Century. Waterville Ohio: Smoke and Fire News 2002. 73pp. 4to. Comb bound. Book condition: Very good. Smoke and Fire News unknown
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1924ref. 13404Henry Holt and Company 1924-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket is quite chipped on the edges darkened all around some soiling spine so darkened text is just barely visible. Boards are covered with batik-like paper purple cloth spine top and bottom edge sunned corners worn head/tail of spine worn. Pen name inside front cover front endpaper removed small damp stain upper left corner frontis page which also has a pen question mark interior paper is toned. 1924 first edition in the English language. Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 1873 – 1954 known as Colette or Colette Willy was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime actress and journalist. She is best known here for her novella "Gigi" which was adapted for a musical. All orders packed with care most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve independent bookseller since 2011 Henry Holt and Company hardcover