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1986Best.-Nr. UWARKIT00MELAtheneum 1986. Fine. Warner Philip. Kitchner: The Man Behind the Legend. New York: Atheneum 1986. 247pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Atheneum hardcover books
1918Best.-Nr. 29001Dijon: Librairie L. Venot for the American Y.M.C.A. 1918. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Small pamphlet. Light brown side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Previous owner's name written in pencil to front wrapper. A few pencil markings throughout. Minor yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. 32 pages. French Travel. FRETRAV/021915. Librairie L. Venot for the American Y.M.C.A. paperback books
1946Best.-Nr. 8689Philadelphia: Press of the Wistar Institute 1946. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A reprint of a study originally published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology. The author Francis James Warner was affiliated with the Pavlovian Laboratory of the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic of Johns Hopkins medical schoool. With 20 figures and bibliography. Stapled covers. Very good condition. Pages 385-418. NAT/020215. Press of the Wistar Institute paperback books
Best.-Nr. UWARCOU00TNVery Good. Warner Elisha. Country Printer: An Informal Autobiography of Elisha Warner. NP: NP ND. Book condition: VG. Light shelf wear and soiling. unknown books
Best.-Nr. UWARCOU01KRVery Good. Warner Elisha. Country Printer: The Autobiography of Elisha Warner. NP: NP ND. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Tiny spot of soiling on front board. unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 10144North Mancester IND. 1927. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Both issues Vg in wraps and stapled bindings/buyer gets the Spring 1927 and Summer 1928 issues. This will allow the buyer a generous sampling of the works of Stauffer Doyle Madge Ohe and the inimitable Italian bard Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni. Periodicals. PER410311. paperback books
1993Best.-Nr. 26033Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 1993. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine tiny former owner name and date at the front free endpaper in a crisp Fine dustjacket. Octavo #66 in Cambridge's wonderful "Studies in Linguistics" series. Cambridge University Press unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 22852Princeton University Press 1962. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb copy of the 1962 1st edition all but pristine. Clean and Fine in a crisp Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo impressive scholarly Melville criticism. Princeton University Press unknown books
1876Best.-Nr. 10900Hartford CT: American Publishing Company 1876. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid very well-preserved copy of the 1876 1st edition. Clean and VG in its decorative chocolate boards with bright gilt-lettering and blindstamped flourishes to the panels. Very light foxing at the endsheets and pastedowns otherwise clean as could be. Thick octavo 477 pgs. "Issued by subscription only and not for sale in bookstores" from the title page. American Publishing Company unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 10594McFarlane Ward McFarlane and Japan Society of New York 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A wonderful Presentation copy: INSCRIBED BY LANGDON WARNER TO ERIC GILL THE GREAT BRITISH PRINTMAKER AND TYPEFACE DESIGNER AND SCULPTOR AND STONECUTTER -- AND KEY FIGURE IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT. A solid well-preserved copy to boot of the 1936 1st edition. Tight and VG with light foxing at the endsheets in a bright price-intact VG- dustjacket wth light wear at the spine ends and light creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panle edges. Still though an attractive presentable copy. Thick quarto 55 pgs. of text plus 85 crisp black-and-white plates. Signed by Author. McFarlane, Ward, McFarlane and Japan Society of New York unknown books
1837Best.-Nr. TB31667New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with a black leather label with gilt text and extensive gilt decorations on the spine. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with heavy rubbing to the leather over the joints and to the edges of the boards. The front free end page is torn at its lower two inches and there is an early prior owner's name Lynda Brownell Sherman Conn. written in pencil on the third free end page. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is completely intact and has suffered no damage. The preliminaries show moderate foxing and the last 50 pages of the text also show moderate foxing. The joints and hinges remain tight and strong. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography U.S. Iana the first edition of this title was published in 1836. Barber an illustrator and historian 1798-1885 was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index in the front of the book is a hand colored fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time see note above regarding condition. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. Howes B-120 Originally published in 1836. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber hardcover books
1965Best.-Nr. 615993New York: The John Day Company 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sixth impression. Illustrated By Richard M. Powers. Introduction By Colin Turnbull Quarto. 115 1pp. 7" record enclosed in sleeve on rear pastedown. Small dark stain mostly confined to the foredge else near fine in near very good dust jacket with a stain on the front panel near the flap fold and moderate overall wear. The John Day Company hardcover books
1880Best.-Nr. 616447New Haven: Henry Howe 1880. Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 511 3pp Illustrated. Decorative green cloth beveled boards stamped in gilt and black. A fine and especially bright example of this American decorated publisher's binding. Henry Howe unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 620642New York: Street & Smith 1936. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Perfect bound in wrappers. Stain along bottom edge and spine of rear wrap stain on bottom edge very good. This issue features stories from Raymond Z. Gallun Murray Leinster Douglas Drew Donald Wandrei and more. Also includes a young 13 year old Harry Warner Jr.'s first letter of comment. Just two years later in 1938 Warner who would later become admired by fans for his letter writings would go on to publish the fanzine Spaceways. He followed it with Horizons in 1939 which ran for 64 consecutive years as part of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association FAPA mailing with Warner only ever missing two mailings. One-time fan Roger Ebert once wrote: "Locs letters of comment were the currency of payment for fanzine contributors; you wrote and in the next issue got to read about what you had written. Today I can see my name on a full-page ad for a movie with disinterest but what Harry Warner or Buck Coulson had to say about me - well that was important. Street & Smith unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 607840Washington D.C.: American Council on Education 1941. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. xv 301pp. Green cloth with faded gilt-stamped letters small portrait label on front board. Ex-library with the usual markings cloth soiled and dampstained with extremities frayed thus a fair to good only copy lacking the dust jacket. "Prepared for The American Youth Commission. American Council on Education hardcover books
1967Best.-Nr. 609737New York: Ace Books Inc 1967. Softcover. Very Good. First book edition originally serialized in Weird Tales. Mass market paperback. Front cover illustrated by Jack Gaughan. Wrappers lightly rubbed and soiled a few nicks and tiny bumps very good or better. Ace #M-152. Ace Books Inc unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 609907New York: Ace Books Inc 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Ace Double. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Mass market paperback. Wrappers with a few nicks along the edges and spine tiny ink mark near the base of the spine on The Stolen Sun cover near fine. Ace #G-618. Ace Books, Inc unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 609206Washington D.C.: Counterpoint 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition hardcover issue. Edited by Michael Steinman. Octavo. 338pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Also issued in paperback the hardcover is uncommon. Counterpoint hardcover books
1962Best.-Nr. 613290Greenwich Connecticut: Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Mass market paperback. Spine a touch cocked wraps a bit worn near fine. "A choice collection of great stories that thunder the glory of the old horse soldiers in their final triumphant days at Fort Starke. Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 595143Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Quarto. Comb-bound wrappers. Fine. University of New Mexico Press unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 592239New York: The Macmillan Company 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 274pp. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with tiny chips and rubbing. "A critical assessment of American efforts to stem Southeast Asia's slide into chaos and Communism. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1959Best.-Nr. 594199New York: Looking Glass Library 1959. Hardcover. Good. First edition thus first published in 1950. Illustrations by Edward Gorey. 12mo. Pictorial black and gold papercovered boards. School stamp and ink blot on front pastedown with pen markings on contents page pages age-toned with dark soiling on page 29 about very good with spine ends and corners moderately chipped lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title page. Looking Glass Library hardcover books
1959Best.-Nr. 572784New York: Looking Glass Library 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised edition with new illustrations by Edward Gorey. 12mo. Owner name and light surface abrasion on the front fly with underlining and a bit of marginalia throughout the text. Binding cocked board edges and corners rubbed and bumped with several chips thus about very good lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title page. Looking Glass Library hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 553458New York: Barnes & Noble Books 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Later printing. ix 214pp. Illustrated in black and white. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Barnes & Noble Books hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 551942New York: Hearst Books 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 63pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hearst Books hardcover books