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1837ref. 25411London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition second issue. Hardcover. g. Octavo. XIV 2 609 1pp. 3/4 leather over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece and title-page. First edition second issue of this fascinating work profusely illustrated with forty-three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. The plates are in early states with page locations and without titles or imprints but the earliest Buss and Seymour plates have been replaced by those of Phiz. The engraved title is showing the later correction "Weller". Other issue points: p.43 2nd paragraph below chapter V line 1 reads "ruined wall" in the singular; with the signature misprint on p.261 reading X2; with signature "E" present on p.25; the d of "holding" is raised above line on p.260; p.342 line 5 "S. Veller" instead of Weller; p.400 line 21 "his friends". Some rubbing along edges of binding. Contemporary previous owner's signature on fly leaf. Plates foxed. Lower corner of very first pages damp-stained. Binding in overall good interior in good to very good condition. Chapman and Hall hardcover
ref. 460029Studio Vista. Hardcover. Fair. Fairly good condition for year Studio Vista hardcover
1967ref. 1755339733Dean and Son Ltd 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Owner's name in presentation area. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Dean and Son, Ltd hardcover
2016ref. 1852806229Society of Illustrators 2016. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Covers show shelf wear and creasing. Sticker residue on bottom of spine strip. Binding is sound; no writing or other markings. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Society of Illustrators paperback
ref. 0603057659.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1891ref. 336577Paris: Librairie Larousse 1891. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. J. Blass B. Moloch & Georges Tiret-Bognet. Librairie Larousse n.d. preface dated 1891; pp. 7 8-336pp. In illustrated paper wraps as issued with glassine jacket over wraps held in place by shop label on verso of front cover; 21.7cm x 15cm. 130 reproductions of caricatures from French German English and Italian sources plus original illustration by J. Blass Pierre-Albert Douat B. Moloch Alphonse Hector Colomb and Georges Tiret-Bognet. Spine is uncreased binding tight and sturdy; a few small scattered pencil dashes in margins else illustrations and text also very good. Moderate amount of wear to wraps and jacket glassine chipped at head of spine wax paper torn and chipped over spine. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Librairie Larousse paperback
1972ref. 1413667Galesburg: Mother Bickerdyke Historical Collection 1972. Hardcover. Quarto Two volumes continuously paged: xviii 760 pages. In Good plus condition. Spines are black with gold print. Boards in black cloth gold print; light wear to spine caps and corners light scratching on rear panels. Illustrated: b&w photographs drawings facsimiles. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QB ND-QB. 1413667. FP New Rockville Stock. Mother Bickerdyke Historical Collection hardcover
1931ref. 1412312New York: The Macmillan Company 1931. Limited edition 312/400. Hardcover. Quarto x 326 pages. In Fair plus condition in a Fair slipcase. Slipcase in black paper title label on spine illustrated pastedowns on front and rear panels; tears to corners and edges stain and crease to pastedown on rear panel shelf wear. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and light blue cloth to boards; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has deckle edges; spotting to edges and endpapers spine cracks at pages 178 and 194. Illustrated: color frontispiece and plates printed music. Signed in ink by the contributors on the limited edition page. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QB ND-QB. 1412312. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1909ref. 656820G.P. Putnam's Sons 1909. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8 volumes complete. A good set in period 3/4 navy blue morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands and two gilt-ruled compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt filet top edges gilt marbled endpapers spine faded to brown with rubbing; some rubbing to boards; some nicking to spine tips. Illustrated with photogravures after Coburn and Dore. G.P. Putnam's Sons paperback
1880ref. 76438München: Braun & Schneider c. 1880. Folio 35x23 cm. Publisher binding. Halfcloth frontcover with handcoloured illustration. - Münchener Bilderbogen verschiedene Auflagen. Erster Bogen - Fünfziger Bogen: Ausgewählte Nummern zwischen 296 und 818. 50 double-page plates printed on one side only: on each plate 4 handcoloured costume illustrations with explanatory titles 100 leaves with folt in the middle. Woodcuts by Knilling. - Nice copy. With the plates in vivid colours representing historical costumes and costumes of all over the world. - Added "Sachregister Bogen 1-91" 8 pp. Braun & Schneider hardcover
ref. 0060847875.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1837ref. 473178Rudolph Ackermann Eclipse Sporting Gallery London 1837 Second Edition. 1837. Hardcover. hardback large 8vo xii206pp. title vignette and 18 hand coloured aquatints by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins. owner's bookplate of Richard Meinertzhagen with a signed inscription on flyleaf 'Ben Lind from Dick Meinerzhagen Jan 1935' the recipients not known; from the Pollen / Benson family library of Norton Hall occasional slight foxing otherwise clean and binding sound page edges gilt marbled endpapers gilt-decorated full leather binding slightly rubbed Very Good condition . Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, London, 1837, Second Edition, hardcover
1900ref. 232828Sampson Low Marston & Company London 1900. 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition hardback 8vo xvi294pp illustarted page edges gilt pages browning otherwise clean and sound no inscriptions internal binding shaken but holding red printed cloth slightly frayed at top of spine spine titles faded Good condition . Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, 1900, hardcover
1904ref. 457260London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. 1904 one of 500 copies. Good. 1904. Hardcover. hardback large 8vo xii478pp 22 colour plates slight browning otherwise clean and tight no inscriptions green cloth gilt pictorial decorations and titles bumped and rubbed on spine and board edges Good condition . London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1904, one of 500 copies, hardcover
ref. 81668hLondon: Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A tidy batch of sound Kingstons issued in the "Boys' Own Favourite Library" series. Circa late 1890s. Bound in publisher's red and blue gilt pictorial cloth hard covers with beveled edges. All edges gilt; black coated endpapers. All about very good or better with some handling & shelf-wear to covers and edges some with owner's names and toning to text but all with firm hinges and bindings. The first volume shows discoloration inside front cover from removal of a bookplate. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. An attractive and readable lot. There will be no upcharge requested for additional postage if shipping within Canada or the USA. Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Hardcover
ref. 1379675London: George Routledge and Sons 18--. Hardcover. 12mo 186 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth mitred edges gilt stamped illustration. Wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text block has gilt edges. Name in ink on title page intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w drawings color frontispiece and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #3. 1379675. FP New Rockville Stock. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
ref. 140949009West Kingston RI & Hampton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2012. Signed Limited Edition; Publisher's Copies. Fine/Fine. Publisher's Copies. A signed limited deluxe edition set of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series all matching and uniformly marked Publisher's Copy PC. All signed by the author and each volume's illustrators respectively: Michael Whelan Phil Hale Ned Dameron Bernie Wrightson Darrel Anderson and Jae Lee. The Gunslinger is additionally signed by its publisher Donald Grant. Two copies of The Little Sisters of Eluria are included; one from the limited edition signed by both King and Whelan and the second from the Artist's Edition signed by Whelan only. All Fine in Fine dust jackets. Slipcases with light wear traycases close very slightly misaligned. Brooks A18.1b A34.1b A43.2b A61.2 A88.3 A89.2 A90.2. An extreme rarity as the maximum of only 12 possible sets of matching publisher's copies could ever exist. The Dark Tower series is not tethered to any specific genre instead fusing together a complex meta-textual universe of dark fantasy western sci-fi and horror. Equally inspired by Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns King modeled his anti-hero Roland Deschain on Clint Eastwood's character in Man with No Name and incorporated slow-burn sparse dialogue from The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Donald M. Grant unknown
1843ref. 140947309London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans 1843. First Edition. Near Fine. 1843 1845 1846 1846 1848. First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books Smith II.4-6 II.8-9. A Christmas Carol is the first issue with title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 in Roman numerals; half title and verso of title page printed in blue; "Stave I" on page 1. The Chimes first edition second issue with the publisher's name below the plate on the vignette title page. The Cricket on the Hearth first edition second issue with 2pp. ads. The Battle of Life first edition Todd's fifth state of the engraved title page with "A Love Story" in a scroll held by a cupid; terminal ads announce the publication in parts of Dombey and Son and the bound volume of Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man first edition first and only issue. All five volumes bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt seasonal stamping unique to each book. Morocco title labels to ribbed spines gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp in gilt to front turn-in of each volume. Original cloth covers and spines bound in rear of all volumes but the last. Housed in an open-ended slipcase moderately rubbed and toned covered in the same floral gilt-embellished paper used for endpapers. Near Fine with slightly rubbed spines. Light edge toning to interiors occasional thumbing and staining and spots of foxing. No writer is more closely associated with Christmas than Charles Dickens who began with the immortal A Christmas Carol in November 1843. It was published on December 19 and sold so well there were seven editions by the following May. The Chimes followed in December 1844 and three more books appeared in 1845 1846 and 1848 two of the title page dates follow the then-common practice of dating a book published in November or December with the coming year. The enduring appeal of Dickens' Christmas stories lies in his unmatched ability to combine sentimentality with melancholy or righteous fury a balancing act of light and dark. A Christmas Carol composed as Dickens walked weeping through the dark London streets was intended to draw attention to the plight of the working poor in London. The Chimes attacks the cruelty and hypocrisy of the rich and the protagonist of The Cricket on the Hearth contemplates murder. The Haunted Man the last novella emphasizes the need to remember past sorrows and hardships. Dickens wanted his Christmas books to be pretty - his specifications for the first cut severely into his profits - and it is appropriate that these copies have been given jewel-like bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe one of the most famous fine binderies in the English-speaking world. A beautiful set of beautiful stories illustrated by the leading artists of the day. Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans unknown
1963ref. 140940527Highlands North Carolina: The Nantahala Foundation 1963. First Edition. Very Good. First edition copy #32 of 100 signed by Jonathan Williams and illustrator R.B. Kitaj. Stringbound wraps. Very Good with wear to back wrap from removed sticker. Jargon 61. The Nantahala Foundation unknown
ref. 006212336X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1901ref. 21324Cambridge: University Press 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Very Good. 8vo. 26 by 20 cm. No pagination 16 leaves with content. 14 portraits of professors administrators and/or members of Harvard community lampooned. Light verse with a illustrated vignette on the left a full page plate illustration of the figure on the facing page. Wonderful piece of Harvardiana and quite impressive humorous work by then undergraduates. Light foxing of early and last pages. Cover is has light soiling that blends in with normal age toning and minor chipping and rubbing along edges spine extremities. University Press hardcover
1894ref. 024029Chicago Illinois: Pilgrim's Progress Publishing Co. 1894. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Barnard Frederick; Dalziel Brothers. Bunyan's celebrated 1678 Christian allegory specifically designed to appeal to young readers with 100 illustrations by Frederick Barnard & other artists as well as engravings by the Dalziel Brothers. In 327 pages with an Introductory Notice of the Author. Copyrighted in 1893 by John C. Winston who also provided the lithographed Frontispiece from 1890 this is the 1894 edition by Pilgrim's Progress Publishing Co. Small quarto 7.75" x 10" has brilliantly decorated brown cloth boards stamped with an elaborate design of Christian on his journey & black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG- minus: quite clean with the occasional spot or smudge text block strong & straight though both hinges are cracked & rear endpapers have become detached. Modest rubbing to extremities very heavy at both ends of spine & all corners--all show slight tears & fraying. Pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning heavier to edges. Light foxing to title page which becomes quite heavy on the adjacent tissued guard. No DJ as issued: the boards are lovely enough! 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 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Pilgrim's Progress Publishing Co. hardcover
ref. 2106220015Litor Publishers Ltd not given. Interior is excellent. Cover: spine is torn on bottom some discoloration Litor Publishers Ltd unknown
ref. 0331789477.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 423463DC Comics. Paperback. Good. 'Arak: Son of Thunder' was a comic series featuring the titular protagonist running from 1981-1985 his adventures spanning 51 issues including a special annual. Arak is a Native American hero and the son of the thunder god in his youth an attack on his tribe leads to his canoe drifting across the oceans eventually being found by Viking warriors with whom he begins his adventures - eventually allying with Charlemagne and his knights battling ancient and legendary foes all whilst on a quest to reunite with his lost tribe. A classic DC adventure hero series.The issues themselves are in good condition with little wear though not a complete run the set includes issue nos.: 1-2 4-8 11 DC Comics paperback
