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1949réf. biblio423This is a hardly opened extremely rare copy of an largely unknown Hungarian/Viennese woman surrealist writer who published in Hungarian with this exception. These two early 20th century folk tales reveal a romantic sensibility with fantastic shadings in the vein of Meyrinck even Kafka from a writer virtually unknown in the U.S. She is a discovery waiting to be made for the energetic student of the modern melding of Eastern European artistic traditions. Photo on request. Universum Book Publishing Company hardcover
1960réf. MF-1ZurichSwitzerland: Rascher Verlag 1960. Classic text in German includes Eliade"s complete work on the history philosophy psychology and techniques of Yoga. 515 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar. Minor edgewear and very small closed edge tears on dustjacket. Small discoloration spot on center outer edge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rascher Verlag Hardcover
1905réf. 18328Fair HC no DJ. Dark blue cloth over boards; front cover and spine gilt stamped with foliate urn and festoon designs and titles; front cover with color paper panel; gilt red and white end papers; two-color title page. Covers and spine scuffed/lightly soiled; front free end paper missing; cracked at front and rear hinges but remains tightly bound; 6 color plates present; lacking color plate facing p. 40 and frontispiece; clean interior but for few pages with faint pencil erasures; moderate foxing throughout. 'Stories for the Children'. 24mo 95 pp; illustrated. London/New York: Ward, Lock & Co./Platt & Peck, no date (1905) hardcover
1953réf. 17411Inscribed by author. Very Good HC in Fair DJ. Red cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on spine. Clean square covers and spine; slight fading along cover edges; tightly bound; slightly age darkened end papers; inscribed on front free end paper 'With gratitude To Ruth the friend who has been such a wonderful help. Louise M. Welles'; owner name and address on front free end paper; bright clean interior. DJ is scuffed; clean but for several smudges on rear cover; some fading along edges; 1 x 3 inch chip missing at rear cover tail edge; other small chips and tears along edges. 8vo 103 pp; illustrated. Cf OCLC #19037964. New York: Vantage Press hardcover
1937réf. 17443Text in Norwegian/Teksten i norsk. Good HC no DJ. Blue and white paper over boards backed with red cloth; front cover with pictorial design; rear cover plain but for publisher's device; gilt stamped title on spine. Covers are lightly scuffed; clean but for a faintly mottled appearance perhaps from past mildew; slight rubbing wear at fore corners; spine is slightly faded; gilt titles on spine are somewhat dulled; tightly bound; gift inscription and date 1937 on front free end paper; bright clean interior. 8vo 93 pp; illustrated. Oslo: A.M. Hanches hardcover
1937réf. LS-58Portland Maine: Falmouth Book House 1937. Classic scarce text contains stories and tall tales of lumber-camp life in the Maine woods including modern Paul Bunyans bunk-house gossip narratives of fearless men and their exploits with death while bringing the logs out back-woods humour etc. 164 pgs. Illustrated by the author. Dustjacket has a few tiny closed edge tears and a small chunk missing on lower spine edge; in mylar. Text has minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Falmouth Book House Hardcover
1985réf. WA6774Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1985. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to full red leather gilt all edges gilt some foxing. Out-of-print thus. With color plates by Michael Hague. Easton Press hardcover
1887réf. DEMO013716IBoston: Roberts Brothers 1887. Deluxe Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Wilhelm von Kaulbach. 4to 342 pages new full dark morocco leather spine label original pictorial top cover bound in at rear .top edge gilt fore-edge untrimmed; ex libris A. Freiberg of Cincinnati. No. 224 of 400 copies printed for America of the English Edition De Luxe. Twelve India Proof steel engravings after Joseph Wolf engraved by Augustus Fox. Modern form of the traditional legend of REINHART FUCHS. "Under the veil of animals the symbolic representations of the diverse passions of men stand boldly in relief ." Roberts Brothers hardcover
1910réf. 001240New York: A. L. Burt Co. 1910. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto 361 pages. presentation inscription to Everett Hiorns at Xmas 1910. 96 woodcuts by Edward Linley Sambourne who succeeded John Tenniel and the chief artist at "Punch'. With a chromolithed frontispiece by J. Watson Davis and a pictorial cover showing nude children and nacked frogs. A. L. Burt Co. hardcover
1914réf. 0005909Chicago: Rand McNally 1914 . First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Octavo green cloth spine sunned hinge cracking at frontispiece short tear in the fore-edge of one plate otherwise tight and fresh; attractive period bookplate on front free endpaper. Seven of the Nights including Sinbad the Sailor. Illustrated by Milo Winter with 16 plates plus the endpapers and the top cover. Rand McNally hardcover
1897réf. 140428-B02Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1897. Good hard cover. 1897. 366 pages. color plates . Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Government Printing Office Hardcover
1918réf. 2020509Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1918 . Early printing. Hardcover. Good/price-clipped dj. John R. NEILL in b&w. 4to pictorial label on a bright blue cloth but dampstained severely on rear cover rear hinge splitting; the dust jacket has some inside repairs to tears with archival repair tape some chips remain; this was Virginia's copy in 1920. Twelfth book in the series. Illustrated by John R. Neill with 12 full-color plates and 100 or more black-and-white illustrations around Princess Dorothy and the Tin Woodman. Reilly & Lee hardcover
1899réf. 2020181Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Company 1899 . Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. W.W. DENSLOW. Quarto 102 unnumbered pages pictorial boards rubbed edgeworn corners worn rebacked in brown leather with new endpapers. Ex libris Elsie Walch 1929. Note: it appears that young Elsie helpfully provided pencilled page numbers at the top of each page. Verse by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow who of course also did THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ the next year. Hand-lettered by Ralph Fletcher Seymour his first big job after arriving in Chicago from Indiana. and before he began his Alderbrink Press. The final page is a drawing of Ralph Seymour by W. W. Denslow. Geo. M. Hill Company hardcover
1938réf. w120111996J.J. Augustin Publisher 1938. 460pp. Blue hard back faded spot on lower spine Rebound in library buckrum EX-Library minimal markings VG B & W photos indices for titles and first lines Collection of 180 folk songs and ballads from the Southern Highlands; each with short historical comments research reference known verses and with a few alternate verses and some with music for the tune. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. J.J. Augustin Publisher Hardcover
2004réf. 41938London: Orion 2004. First edition first prnt. Illustrated by Geoffrey Taylor. Signed by Paver on the title page. Includes an illustrated booklet with the same title containing the first four chapters of the novel and author's note distributed for promotional purposes by Ottaker's. 5.5 x 8.5 inches glossy pictoral stapled wraps. 30pp. The booklet is an unread copy in Fine condition. The book is an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. First volume in Paver's "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series. Paver's first book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Excerpt. Orion Hardcover
1972réf. SB13539NY: Columbia University Press 1972. Former owner's inked name at upper corner of half title page else textblock is immaculate and very tight; Printed end papers. Textblock edges are sound and straight. Green cloth binding minor bump at foot of spine. Clipped dust jacket illustrated minimally worn. 150pp. First U.S. Edition. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine in mylar. Illus. by Drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Columbia University Press
1994réf. 5115New York: Derrydale Press 1994 . First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. 8vo 137 pages green cloth small name label on endpaper; glassine dj torn in the repaired publisher's box lacking one edge panel Copy no. 149 of 322 copies signed by Alvord on the title-page and by its "sponsor" Harold "Pick" Pickering at the end of his letter. 98 pages on Paul the remainder on the North Woods. The first state of 322 copies signed on the title. . Siegel 81; Frazier A1. Nine charming full-page plates by Alvord with a number of humourous black-and-white sketches. Laid in in a memo from the original owner of the book explaining that Alvord was the brother of her friend Charlotte. Alvord was a commercial artist in Superior Wisconsin and told these stories at the Happy Home Club there. Derrydale Press hardcover
2003réf. 10522NY: Knopf 2003. First trade edition first prnt. 1st issue dustjacket. Preceded by a self-published paperback edition. Signed and dated "'03" by Paolini on the title page. A 4 x 6 inch color digital photograph of Paolini at the booksigning laid in. One dustjacket corner just touched not immediately apparent; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Volume 1 in Paolini's Inheritance trilogy. Paolini's first novel. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover
réf. BOOK_0946495785New. unknown
réf. 9-5H0385322518. BRAND NEW. Never read or opened. No remainder mark 9-5H0385322518 Doubleday Books for Young Readers
réf. 06657New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. Two volumes. Small octavo rebound in recent brown cloth/sturdy library cloth bindings pp. xliv 45- 245 & 351 illustrated with small engravings. Signature of Isaac Chalom Edrehi on endpaper and title-page of each volume and his frequent pencil notes throughout. Very good. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1865. Two volumes. hardcover
1939réf. biblio64Happy Time Story Box with 4 books - Happy Time Story Box: Little Black Sambo; Mother Goose; Rag Doll Susie; 'Round the World We Sail. The Box is in Poor condition with a piece torn from its side. The books are in near fine condition each with their own DJ Very hard to find the box with the 4 books with DJ in this condition. More pictures provided upon request. Children bkrm up The Saalfield Publishing Co. paperback
1999réf. 02195El Paso TX: Cinco Puntes Press 1999. Hardcover. Fine in dustjacket. small 4to. First U.S. Edition originally published in Mexico in 1996 by Ediciones Colectivo Callejero Guadalajara Copyright page includes National Endowment for the Arts logo; erratum laid in saying NEA `has withdrawn previously committed funding' Cinco Puntes Press hardcover
1948réf. 008656Sao Paulo: Discoteca publica municipal 1948. A cura di Oneyda Alvorenga chefe da discoteca publica municipal. Un volume 23 pagine di 217 pagine. Brossura editoriale piccoli difetti al dorso tomo III dei Registros Sonoros de Folclore musical brasileiro. Catimbò di Luis Gonzaga Angelo Manuel Laurentino da Silva Mestyre Hilario Maria Placida. Raro. Discoteca publica municipal unknown
réf. 6097New York: Viking Ariel 0-01. Fourth printing. Hardback. Fine/near fine. 4to 184 pages cloth map endpapers of Neverland; a few light spots on rear panel of dj Signed by the illustrator Scott Gustafson on the half-title page. Illustrated with 50 of his superb oil paintings in full color. Viking Ariel hardcover