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réf. 160516London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good-. N.D. Hardcover. A first edition in very good- condition. The cover shows wear and age. The interior pages have some foxing tanning and pen marks. This volume is sIgned and dated August 1930 by previous owner; In the vein of The Odyssey and The Iliad The Fortunate Wayfarer tells the story of a man who is thrust into a series of adventures after being shipwrecked on an unknown island. Along the way he meets a variety of characters some helpful some not and must outwit and defeat them all in order to return to civilization.; 8vo; 310 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1929réf. 160515Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in near fine condition. A very clean copy free of any interior marks. The slightest amount of wear is visible on the spine; ; 8vo; 309 pages . Little, Brown and Company hardcover
réf. 160519London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. N.D. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. A very good undated edition. The binding is loose and the cover shows some wear. There is foxing present throughout text with spine slightly cocked ; The Golden Web is the story of a young girl who is desperately searching for her father. She is trying to find him in different parts of the world but she is never sure if he is alive or dead. She meets different people who help her in her search but she is never sure if they are truthful. The Golden Web is a mystery novel that is full of suspense.; 8vo; 320 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1926réf. 160011Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition with general shelfwear to the volume; The Golden Beast is a novel about a young girl who is taken from her family and placed in a boarding school run by a mad scientist. The scientist believes that the girl whom he calls Beast has extraordinary powers and must be kept secret. The girl struggles to survive in a hostile and dangerous environment and she must use her powers to protect herself and her friends.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1908réf. 160033Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good copy. Spine has slight rubbing and wear. Ink signature on title page. Otherwise very good reading copy. ; The Great Secret is a novel about a young girl who discovers a magical world hidden from her. She must choose between staying in the magical world or returning to her everyday life.; Black and White Lithograph ; 8vo; 293 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1916réf. 160041Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition book with slight rubbing of edges. Dust jacket in Good condition with small tears in upper front and back corners. Slight tear in back of dust jacket too. ; The Kingdom of the Blind is a novel about a blind man named Reginald who is banished from his home because he is blind. He travels to different kingdoms and meets different people including a princess who is also blind. The kingdom that Reginald ends up living in is the least popular of the kingdoms he visits and he is persecuted by the people there. However he is able to find happiness in his new home.; Black & White; 8vo; 305 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1908réf. 160505Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine. 1908. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the first edition in near fine condition. The clear black and white illustrated cover is clean. The book is tightly bound with a previous owner's signature on front endpaper; Collection of stories published between October 1907 and August 1908 in "The Cosmopolitan" ; B&W; 8vo; 278 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1932réf. 160319Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good-. 1932. Hardcover. An edition in very good- condition. Pen markings on title page. Bookplates have been removed from front and back endpages. Spine is cocked. The spine is cocked and there are pen markings on the title page and bookplates that have been removed from the front and back flyleaves ; -PRISONER tells the dramatic story of George Manley Jr. and the men and women he helps to free from the notorious Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York.The Man from Sing Sing is the story of George Manley Jr. one of the most celebrated and influential civil rights activists of the 20th century. A self-taught lawyer Manley crusaded tirelessly on behalf of the incarcerated using his skills and courtroom presence to expose the injustices of the criminal justice system. In 1952 he helped to free Frances Newton the last woman to be sentenced to prison in New York State. With the help of his colleagues Manley helped to reform Sing Sing the notorious prison in Ossining New York and helped to free thousands of inmates. The Man from Sing Sing is a powerful and stirring tale of human endurance determination and courage and a testament to the power of the human spirit.; 8vo; 306 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1905réf. 160512Boston: Little Brown & Company. Very Good. 1905. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition. There is a small amount of fraying and cocking to the spine. The volume is clean and tightly bound; Basis for a silent film in 1915 ; 8vo; 309 pages . Little, Brown, & Company hardcover
1905réf. 160513London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. A first edition in very good condition. There is a small amout of fraying and cocking to spine. There is gilt lettering against dark navy boards. A previous owner's signature is featured on the front endpage and the pages are slightly frayed; Basis for a silent film in 1915 ; Drawings; 8vo; 315 pages . Ward Lock & Co. Limited hardcover
1941réf. 160520Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine first edition first printing in dust-jacket of equal condition. The dust-jacket illustrations are bright with small chips near spine. The book is clean tightly bound and free of marks ; Jacket drawing by George F. Kelley ; 8vo; 264 pages . Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1913réf. 160086Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1913. Hardcover. An edition in very good plus condition. The front cover has minimal wear and the bright gold lettering is still intact; The Mischief Maker is a children's book about a mischievous cat named Fuzzy. Fuzzy is always up to no good and is always finding new ways to have fun. He always manages to get himself into trouble but in the end he always manages to get himself out again. This book is perfect for children who love adventure and fun.; Black and White; 8vo; 372 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1919réf. 160264Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1919. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition with cllean covers featuring lovely gilt lettering. There is some slight fraying to the upper spine; Frontispiece by F. Vaux Wilson. ; 8vo; 315 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
réf. 160547London Melbourne And Toronto: Ward Lock & Co. Limited. Very Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition with navy boards that feature gilt lettering. There is some foxing present throughout the text; ; B&W; 8vo; 316 pages . Ward, Lock & Co. , Limited hardcover
1908réf. 160535New York: Donald W. Newton. Good. 1908. Hardcover. An edition in good condition. The pasted on illustration on cover has faded and shows age and wear. There are no marks on interior pages; however the boards are beginning to detach. There are a few stains on back cover; Alternatively titled "As a Man Lives" ; 8vo; 303 pages . Donald W. Newton hardcover
1908réf. 160530New York: C. H. Doscher & Co. Very Good. 1908. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. Illustrations on the cover have faded and show some agewear. There are pen marks including a previous owner's signature on thefront endpage. Foxing is present throughout. Author's name is misspelled "Philips" on cover but is spelled correctly on title page; Alternatively titled "As a Man Lives" ; 8vo; 303 pages . C. H. Doscher & Co. hardcover
1903réf. 160532New York: Dodd Mead and Company. Near Fine. 1903. Hardcover. A very good edition with smartly illustrated covers. The interior is clean tightly bound and free of marks. There are a few minor chips to gilt lettering on spine; ; B&W; 8vo; 341 pages . Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1903réf. 160536London: Ward Lock & Co Limited. Very Good. 1903. Hardcover. A very good edition. The boards are red with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. There is some wear and minor areas of discoloration to the cover. Foxing is present throughout text; ; B&W; 8vo; 319 pages . Ward Lock & Co Limited hardcover
réf. 160542Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The cover shows normal shelfwear with a slightly cocked spine. Pages 69-86 have creases from small fold to bottom corner. Volume is free of pen or pencil marks; Frontispiece by H. Weston Taylor ; 8vo; 314 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1998réf. 34494London: MacMillan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0333729889 . A lovely first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with original wrap-around band. SIGNED by author Julie Parsons directly on the title page; A psychological thriller featuring a psychiatrist recently returned home to Dublin to nurse her dying mother who learns her daughter has been brutally murdered; 8vo; vi vii-viii 2 3-376 pages; Signed by Author . MacMillan hardcover
1983réf. 25770New York: Random House. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394528085 . A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with minor soiling to page edges in Near Fine dust-jacket with light edgewear and crease to front flap. SIGNED by author Richard North Patterson directly on the title page; A tense psychological thriller of surveillance and danger amnesia and obsession rivalry and sexuality parents and children--and of the tragic secret hidden in the past that links these elements in a deadly chain. from the dust-jacket ; 8vo; x 3-322 4 pages; Signed by Author . Random House hardcover
1985réf. 33769Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition in unread As New condition. SIGNED by author Irving Stone; A story of the life of the famous French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro including insights into the group's interrelationships with particularly interesting information about Renoir. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xxxiv 647 1 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover
2005réf. 15757New York: ibooks Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1596871555 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Scarce to find unsigned; Catherine Calabretta is a nationally known and admired computer consultant dubbed by Business World as America's Guardian of Privacy. Perhaps she of all people should have known not to get involved with the sophisticated self-described sexual connoisseur but she did get involved and now she is implicated in his death; 8vo . ibooks, Inc. hardcover
2006réf. 29935New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0307264653 . A beautiful first printing of the first edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering. SIGNED and dated 4/17/07 by author John Updike directly on the front free endpaper; The story of Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy an alienated American-born teenager who spurns the materialistic hedonistic life he witnesses in the slumping New Jersey factory town he calls home. Turning to the words of the Holy Qur'an as expounded to him by the pedantic imam of a local mosque Ahmad devotes himself fervently to God. Neither the world-weary guidance counselor at his high school nor Ahmad's mischievously seductive classmate Joryleen succeeds in deflecting him from his course as the threads of an insidious plot gather around him; 8vo; viii 310 2 pages; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
2012réf. biblio105TRAYCASED LETTERED EDITION. Excellent condition. This is copy "V" of the 26 lettered leather-bound hardcovers signed on the illustrated limitation page by the author. Will be carefully packed in a box and mailed with delivery confirmation. We ship by the next business day. Cemetery Dance hardcover