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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
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
1993Best.-Nr. 540028Orkney: Clocktower Press 1993. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Caroline Hunter. Slim octavo. 20pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Features four short pieces by Irvine Welsh; this issue was published in the same year as his novel Trainspotting. Clocktower Press unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 541716Oxford: Ziprint Parchment 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Jon Piper. Octavo. 43pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine with some rubbing to the rear wrap. A short-lived poetry anthology edited by James Lindesay and Bruno Tolentino with a name inspired by W.H. Auden's early 1920s magazine Oxford Poetry. Contributors to this issue Lindesay Tolentino Elizabeth Jennings Sally Purcell Ruth Padel Francis Warner John Wain and many others. Both runs of this magazine and individual issue appear scarce. OCLC locate 10 assorted copies over two records. Ziprint Parchment unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 510626New York: National Institute of Arts and Letters 1900. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside. Measuring approximately 14" x 19¾". Backed onto acid-free Japanese tissue. A bit of light creasing a couple of short tears and tiny chips very good. A scarce broadside printing president Charles Dudley Warner's address before the first public meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters; he speaks at some length about copyright law as well as the relationship between publishers and authors "and I mean the the author and not the mere craftsman who manufactures books for a recognized market". The National Institute of Arts and Letters was formed by members of the American Social Science Association in 1898 and merged with the American Academy of Arts in 1976 to form what is now known as the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Warner was an essayist novelist and friend of Mark Twain with whom he co-authored the The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Not in OCLC or BAL. National Institute of Arts and Letters unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 509963Los Angeles: Renaissance Books 2001. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Blue wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in. Renaissance Books unknown books
1893Best.-Nr. 457492Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated edition. Volume one of two only. Octavo. Illustrated with gravure plates. Publisher's red and green gilt decorated cloth top edges gilt green silk bookmark. Front hinge cracked spine cocked edges rubbed very good in a very good paper-backed red linen cloth dustwrapper with gilt spine lettering extremities worn lacking the slipcase. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 461556New York: McGraw-Hill 1983. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Corners worn foxing on the page edges creases on some page corners good only in good dustwrapper with soiling and modest tears. Inscribed by the author to Bill Boggs four-time Emmy Award-winning New York television talk show host: "To Bill Thanks for having me on - it was my first interview & it was great! Best wishes Warner Wolf. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
