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Paris, E. Dentu, 1865, in-16, mz. tela coeva, tagli spruzzati di azzurro, pp. 316, (4). Scoloriture al dorso. Prima edizione francese: l'edizione americana originale, (titolo: Alice Wilde, the raftman's daughter) è del 1860; l'autrice, prolifica nel genere "dime novels", scrisse libri a carattere sociale, fra cui uno su l'abolizionismo (apprezzato da A. Lincoln) ed il 1° romanzo poliziesco americano ("The Dead Letter", 1866).
ref. 2343136378.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1950ref. 120106Frankfurt am Main: Kleinbuch Verlag Werner Nowack, 1950. 80 S.; 8°; farbig illustrierte Orig.-Broschur;
1951ref. 120035Frankfurt: Deutscher Kleinbuch-Verlag Werner Nowack, 1951. 80 S.; 8°; farbig illustrierte Orig.-Broschur;
1951ref. 120131Hamburg: Friedr. Petersen [vormals Kleinbuch Verlag], 1951. 80 S.; 8°; farbig illustrierte Orig.-Broschur;
1951ref. 120127Hamburg: Friedrich Petersen [vormals Kleinbuch Verlag], 1951. 80 S.; 8°; farbig illustrierte Orig.-Broschur;
1988ref. 26407Guéret Imprimerie Lecante 1988 In-8 paginé 209 à 464 pp
1907ref. Q2421Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer 1907. Softcover. Good. Color wraps 32mo; 62 2 pp. Half-inch loss at the middle of the front joint else Very Good with light soil. Number 7 in the "New Joke Series" with illustrated ads for Ottenheimer's other dime series and playing cards on the wraps. "How can you keep a dog from going mad in August Shoot him in July." "If you were riding on a jackass what fruit would you resemble A beautiful pear." I. & M. Ottenheimer paperback
Paris, Librairie L. Hachette et Cie, 1855, in-16, mezza pelle coeva con titolo e fregi oro al dorso, piatti marmorizzati, pp. (4), 258, (2). Prima traduzione francese, apparsa l'anno successivo alla prima americana (Fashion and Famine, New York, Bunce & Bros, 1854). Buone condizioni.
1914ref. 32839New York: Frank Tousey 1914. Early if not first printing. Rear wrapper series advert lists to #476 in the series. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Color pictorial to front wrapper. A bit of light wear. Usual yellowing to paper with discoloration along spine. A VG copy. 30 2 pp. Text double column. Adverts last 2 pages. Partially unopened. 11-1/8" x 7-7/8" OCLC records just a later edition and that in but two copies. Frank Tousey unknown books
1915ref. 32841New York: Frank Tousey 1915. First printing thus. Rear wrapper series advert lists through this title. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Color pictorial to front wrapper. Wear to spine fold. Some age toning to paper. A VG copy. 30 2 pp. Text double column. Adverts last 2 pages. Partially unopened. 11-1/4" x 7-7/8" A series that usually features Wall Street with boys making fortunes after beginning as a runner messenger whathaveyou. Rear advert lists through #516 in the series though Bragin notes only 488 original titles before Tousey began recycling to total 1193 issues cf. Bragin p. 23. This title not listed on OCLC. Frank Tousey unknown books
ref. 6131565988.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 5057Paris, chez Durand et Pissot, 1752 – in-12, 376 pp – rel. basane blonde d'ép., tr. rouges
1950ref. 120110Frankfurt am Main: Kleinbuch Verlag Werner Nowack, 1950. 80 S.; 8°; farbig illustrierte Orig.-Broschur;
ref. 3846506265.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 698297143Editorial Academica Espanola . Papeback. New. pp. 88 Editorial Academica Espanola unknown
1923ref. 48298New York: Street & Smith Corp. 1923-1925. 15 Vols. 8vo. 320; 304; 314; 315; 317; 307; 320; 319; 317; 320; 318; 318; 317; 308; 319 pp. plus 69 pp. publ. ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers much of the cover art Western motif pulp art with gunfighters cowboys and American Indians minor chipping & wear to head & foot of spines some creasing edgewear light uniform interior toning as usual still a VG- set stapled as issued. A substantial run of the famed Western Story Library featuring Ted Strong westerns which would eventually number 75 titles. Ted Strong was a character originally created by Street & Smith’s Young Rough Rider Weekly as an homage to Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign for a second Presidential term. Strong owned a Dakota ranch similar to Roosevelt’s and with his gang of eastern boys dressed in khaki uniforms such as those worn by the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War they cleaned up the territory for law and order. Published bi-monthly these stories re-issued Ted Strong westerns originally published in the Young Rough Rider Weekly and later collected in the New Medal Library. Later volumes contained new material and collected stories from the Wild West Weekly. See: J. Randolph Cox The Dime Novel Companion p. 278; Bold Oxford History of Popular Culture 6 p. 321 Street & Smith Corp., paperback
ref. 73-5505Chicago: Kohl & Middleton's South Side Dime Museum circa 1800s. 16vo. Very Good. Soft cover. Black and white mailer. Chicago: Kohl & Middleton's South Side Dime Museum, [circa 1800s] paperback
pp. xi, 353 + Portrait frontis and full page photographs. Edges foxed. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, soiled. Original priced dust jacket, chipped with some loss. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Edward Zane Carroll Judson (1821?-1886), known as Ned Buntline, was an American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist. He is best known for his dime novels that built many wester characters into legends. W3
1895ref. 49634New York: F.M. Lupton Publisher 1895. Very Good. New York: F.M. Lupton Publisher 1895. Reprint. Octavo; printed wraps with ten cent price to upper cover; 63pp with text printed in two columns. Mild rubbing and toning; couple wee nicks along edges; binding sound; Very Good and sound. Uncommon entry in the publisher's Arm Chair Library series; at the rear wrap the publisher boasts that the entries in this series "are not published in pamphlet form but in the form of a neat and handsome book. nicely printed and bound in attractive paper covers." We find no copies in retail and four holdings in OCLC at Northern Illinois Princeton Bowling Green and Ciudad Juarez. F.M. Lupton Publisher unknown
1915ref. 30798New York: Frank Tousey 1915. Early if not first printing thus. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Color pictorial to front wrapper. Wear to spine fold. Some foxing & browning. A VG copy. 30 2 pp. Text double column. Adverts last 2 pages. Partially unopened. 11-1/4" x 7-7/8" A series that usually features Wall Street with boys making fortunes after beginning as a runner messenger whathaveyou. Rear advert lists through #516 in the series though Bragin notes only 488 original titles before Tousey began recycling to total 1193 issues cf. Bragin p. 23. This title not listed on OCLC. Frank Tousey unknown books
1898ref. 49148New York: Frank Tousey Publisher 34 & 36 North Moore Street 1898. Early if not first printing of this edition. Series advert to rear cover lists through #173 of the series. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Spine roll. Age toning & browning to paper with minor edge chipping. An About VG copy. 14 2 pp. Text triple column. Adverts last 2-1/2 pages. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. 11-5/8" x 8-1/2" An early tale from this popular series which began in 1876 cf. Dime Novel Companion p. 220-221. Some speculate Frank Reade was an inspiration for the coming Tom Swift series ca 1910 as each protaginist is quite the inventor of futuristic devices which in turn give rise to fantastic adventures. Frank Tousey, Publisher, 34 & 36 North Moore Street unknown books
1897ref. 49259New York: Frank Tousey Publisher 29 West 26th Street 1897. Early if not first printing of this edition. Series advert to rear cover lists through #162 of the series. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning & browning to paper small stain in upper right. Withal a VG copy. 14 2 pp. Text triple column. Adverts last 2 pages. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. 11-3/4" x 8-3/8" An early tale from this popular series which began in 1876 cf. Dime Novel Companion p. 220-221. Some speculate Frank Reade was an inspiration for the coming Tom Swift series ca 1910 as each protaginist is quite the inventor of futuristic devices which in turn give rise to fantastic adventures. OCLC shows only one institutional holding of this edition. Rare. Frank Tousey, Publisher, 29 West 26th Street unknown books
64 pages. Features: Funny cover illustration of ditzy blonde beating table of men at poker; Nice colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Drillers Drill work clothes for men; One-page blue and black recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); One-page colour ad for the 1949 'futuramic' Oldsmobile; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features the new Crusader Trioset; Are We Governed by Bureaucrats? - an examination of the brain trust alleged to run Canada from the back room; Seventeen Lotus Blossoms - early appearance of this Sax Rohmer story, illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Quebec City - photo-illustrated article; McCarthy's Last Affair - short story involving hockey; Television - The New Monster - 'a cultural bomb is being thrown into Canadian homes', by Morley Callaghan; Eyes in the Dark (short story); Canada's New Statesman - Louis St. Laurent; Champion spark plugs ad features illustration of man pouring sap from maple tree; Handsome colour centerfold Chevrolet ad features a 1949 Fleetline four-door sedan with Fisher Body; A Dime for God - photo-illustrated article about the good works of Frere (Brother) Sauvageau, the Quebec Brother who, by his beggin, has fed, clothed, and educated hundreds of boys, and cured souls by asking them to have faith; "Going Steady" and the Sex Problem; One-page colour-photo ad for Heinz canned soup, spaghetti and baked beans; Colour half-page Canada Dry ad; Canadian General Electric (CGE) ad for their radios, including the Models C122, C751 and C545; Quarter-page ad for the Thistle 'minipak' baby stroller and 'nibs' chariot; Rare one-page two-colour (red and black) Canadian Red Cross ad features illustration of plaintive woman (nurse?) at top; Fashion article on hats includes photos; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features illustration of young boy dreaming of growing to be a basketball star; Housecleaning Can Be Fun (?); Half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features Mornglo ware; Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features colour photo of two girls in bonnets feeding ducks; Nice back cover Coke ad features illustration of nervous young man visiting young girl's home; and more. Average wear. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address hand-corrected on address label, otherwise unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1863ref. WRCAM56536New York: Beadle and Company 1863. 96pp. Frontis. Original pictorial orange wrappers. Minor edge wear spine lightly worn tiny chip to upper outer corner of front wrapper. Still very good plus. An interesting entry in the Beadle and Adams Dime Novels series this is Number 64 centered around the Cherry Valley Massacre and the siege of Fort Schuyler during the American Revolution in 1777. This edition comes from the first series of Dime Novels a genre that Beadle originated and made vastly popular. JOHANNSEN BEADLE AND ADAMS I p.85. Beadle and Company unknown books
