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1932ref. 000292Paris: L'Atelier du Livre 1932. Hardcover. See Description. Jean Bouchaud. 8vo. pp. XII 216 4. #397 of 2000 printed "sur velin blanc." 10 color plates Illustrations en couleurs de Jean Bouchaud. Title page printed in red and black. Bound in 3 quarter dark purple morocco. Top edge gilt. Binder's ticket on verso of front free end paper upper left corner. Pages are clean. Small tear or paper defect in margin of p. 121. A near fine copy. Claude Farrere 1876-1957 French novelist. Many of his works were set in exotic locations. His Fumee d' Opium first published in 1904 is an interwoven collection of stories which focus on the opium dens and brothels of Vietnam or Cochin China during the 1930's. The book appeared in English under the title Black Opium. This edition contains illustrations by Jean Bouchaud. L'Atelier du Livre hardcover
19488vo., First Edition; red cloth, upper board blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, fore-edges lightly spotted else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the later creased and frayed at edges, with small chips at top and bottom margins f front panel, and wanting lower fifth of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS WARM SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A classic ghost adventure, with dustwrapper artwork by Stein. Extremely scarce in the dustwrapper.
2006ref. KNY10050160Moscow: Eksmo, 2006. 960 pp. Language: Russian. Condition: not graded in detail, please see the photos. Original title: Polnaya entsiklopediya Ambera. The photos show the actual copy offered. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking after receipt of payment (bank transfer or PayPal); delivery time 12–28 business days including customs clearance. Shipping for this book (up to 1 kg): Netherlands €24.70, Belgium €29.60, Germany €19.90, France €29.10, Austria €29.10, Switzerland €46.00; other countries on request. The exact amount is confirmed when we accept your order. The parcel is sent from outside the EU/UK/Switzerland. Import VAT on books (e.g. Netherlands 9 %, Germany 7 %, Belgium 6 %, France 5.5 %, Switzerland 2.6 %, UK 0 %) and a customs handling fee of the carrier may be charged to the buyer on delivery; they are not included in the price. Consumers in the EU have the statutory 14-day right of withdrawal (see the seller terms). If the book does not match the description or is damaged in transit, please contact us right after receipt.
1984ref. 005495New York: DC COMICS 1984. Bound Comic/Digest. Illus. by BISSETTE STEPHEN R. : TOTLEBEN JOHN : YEATES TOM. New. Comic. 1st Edition. Comic - 1st. Print - Scarce high-grade Canadian Newsstand 95 cent price variant - PGX Graded 9.4 NM White Pages - Swamp Thing No. 21 is a Key of the Modern Age of Comics. This is the second of the Alan Moore Swamp Thing tales and the root of what became DC Comics' Vertigo line of comics for mature readers. - Features the 1st. of a series of stories that updated the origin of The Swamp Thing "The Anatomy Lesson". DC COMICS Paperback
1988In order to save her sick grandmother, Truzjka embarks upon a fanciful journey to find the answer to the question of where the wild geese go. "The imagination, wonder and universality of this original tale are reflected perfectly in the intricate full-color illustrations of Jamichael Henterly. A timeless story, to be shared by all ages." - from dust jacket. Three small spots of soiling to back free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Wonderful copy. Book
2 volumi in-8, legatura cartonata editoriale con sovraccoperta e cofanetto, pp. XX+780(4); VII+790(6); illustrazioni in bianco e nero. Normali tracce del tempo ai dorsi e al cofanetto. Piccola macchia marginale al taglio verticale del volume La leggenda di Conan il Cimmero. Per il resto discreto.
ref. SONG2130470785Used: Good unknown
2013ref. 1-1616616571Star Wars 2013. Hardcover. New. 448 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.25 inches. Star Wars hardcover
2011ref. 2-1589947207Fantasy Flight Pub Inc 2011. Hardcover. New. 2nd brdgm edition. 11.25x11.25x2.75 inches. Fantasy Flight Pub Inc hardcover
ref. 004852New York: MacMillan 1942. 152pp/illus. Wonderful book with numerous color illus. Clean and undamaged except for light wear and chipping to dj two tape marks on front and rear dj flaps and previous owner name inside back cover. . 4th Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MacMillan hardcover
1983ref. 012889Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. 1983. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Roswitha Quadflieg. First Edition" stated. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 396 pages. Dust jacket has a tear to rear panel. The price $15.95 is intact. Contents clean and tight. "Bastian a lonely boy steps through the pages of a book and finds himself caught up in a dangerous quest in a magical kingdom known as Fantastica. Doubleday & Co. hardcover
1951ref. 305351Boston: Bruce Humphries Inc 1951. This is the story of a man's blind infatuation his heartbreak and his slow decline into a living inferno. Rare! Book and jacket are both in good condition with wear to the jacket edges and soil and cover soil and wear to the spine ends of the book. A rare fantasy title with original jacket. 1038 pages 5.5 x 8 inches. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by None. 5.5 x 8. Bruce Humphries, Inc
1972ref. 007027Berkeley CA: RIP OFF PRESS 1972. Bound Comic/Digest. Illus. by CORBEN RICHARD : METZGER GEORGE : JACKSON JACK. New. Comic. 1st Edition. Underground Comic - 1st. Print - CGC Graded 9.2 NM- Off-White to White Pages - A CORBEN classic!!! - Richard Corben's horror/adventure comic moves to Rip Off Press for its 2nd. issue. "To Spear a Fair Maiden" by Jan Strnad with art by Corben is part of a 16-page color section. Also "Cycle" by George Metzger and "Queen of Darkness" by Jack Jackson. More stories and art by Bob Bliss Lind and Carbonik and Herb Arnold. . RIP OFF PRESS Paperback
1953ref. 31556New York: Galaxy Publishing Corporation 1953-1955. A generally fine set. 31556. Small octavo ten issues pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. This was to be a companion to Galaxy Science Fiction in the tradition of Unknown. Author's include Damon Knight Frank Robinson Richard Matheson Robert Bloch Philip K. Dick Isaac Asimov John Wyndham Algis Budrys Zenna Henderson Jerome Bixby Philip Jose Farmer Fredric Brown and others. It could not duplicate the audience of Campbell's Unknown which failed due to WWII paper shortages. This magazine's content was not broad based fantasy fiction while it did publish quality fiction it stayed away from traditional fantasy and popular sword and sorcery. It also got lost in the SF digest magazine boom. The covers of the first two issues are by Richard Powers. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 137-142. Galaxy Publishing Corporation unknown
1896ref. 0006192London: David Nutt 1896. New edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavos clothbacked boards joints repaired one fore-edge bumped; Ex libris Harry Perkins Weber and the engraved bookplate of a private golf club. This set contains both of Cervantes' work Parts I & II. Issued in the Tudor Translations series. "DON QUIXOTE" is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn - PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 111." "I have DON QUIXOTE by the bedside . DON Q is the best book out there on political theory followed by "Hamlet" and "MacBeth" -Subcommandante Marcos Zapatista leader." .Sedo Collection 1162; David Nutt hardcover
2007ref. 003402New York: Doubleday 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. AN OUTSTANDING COPY - SIGNED by the AUTHOR on a special tipped in page. Author's Signature only. # 132 OF 777. A First edition First printing with the corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. Doubleday Hardcover
1955ref. 004942New York: Ballantine Books 1955. Horizontal crease to cloth at heel of spine some page browning else a square sharp-cornered tighlty bound near fine book in slightly foxed and rubbed dust jacket with some scattered wear at extremities. Winner of the International Fantasy Award. Dust jacket illustrated by Richard Powers. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ballantine Books Hardcover
ref. BN262540Alanna - Ankunft in der Schwarzen Stadt Fantasy. Bastei Lübbe Taschenbücher Pierce Tamora and Neckenauer Ulla Alanna - Ankunft in der Schwarzen Stadt Fantasy. Bastei Lübbe Taschenbücher Pierce Tamora and Neckenauer Ulla Alanna - Ankunft in der Schwarzen Stadt Fantasy. Bastei Lübbe Taschenbücher Pierce Tamora and Neckenauer Ulla unknown
ref. 10890Pencil note gives date of transmission on the BBC Third Programme as 29 January 1949. Folio ii 16 pp. Text clear and complete. Fair on aged and spotted paper. First page headed in pencil 'Mr. John Keir Cross' and with the following also in pencil at foot: 'Transmission: Sat. 29th January 1949. 7.45-8.25 p.m. Third Prog.' First two pages give details of the production including the names of the producer Noel Iliff and of the seven 'Speakers': Alan Wheatley Laidman Browne Valentine Dyall Patricia Jessel Anthony Jacob Robert Marsden and Raf de la Torre. Second page includes instructions regarding the characters of the 'Voices' and a 'Production Suggestion'. The text of the piece is on the following sixteen paginated pages. The script is original in both senses of the word and not merely a selection from the poet. The characters include 'The Beddoes Voice: not a characterisation - a stylised reading voice capable of considerable range of feeling' 'Thomas Forbes Kelsall: quiet attractive' and 'Encyclopaedia Voice: academic and detached'. [Pencil note gives date of transmission on the BBC Third Programme as 29 January 1949.] unknown
ref. BN605773Weird Tales: v. 1: A Facsimile of the World's Most Famous Fantasy Magazine Haining Peter Weird Tales: v. 1: A Facsimile of the World's Most Famous Fantasy Magazine Haining Peter Weird Tales: v. 1: A Facsimile of the World's Most Famous Fantasy Magazine Haining Peter unknown
1968In 4, 22 x 31, pp. 316. Brossura editoriale. Pubblicazione stampata in ciclostile. Edizione originale di questa rara prima bibliografia realizzata in Italia grazie all'importante collezione del goriziano Alfio Bertoni
1927ref. 66801Heidenau b. Dresden : Verlagshaus Freya 1927. 3200 S. : mit ganzseitigen Tafeln nachgebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband, Seiten alters- und papierbedingt gebräunt, sonst guter Zustand
19948vo., First Edition; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The sixteenth Discworld novel, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
ref. 19989CHNew York NY: Arthur A. Levine Books/An Imprint of Scholastic Press 1999 342 pp. Original purple paper covered boards w/ green cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice. First Edition First State. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Mary Grandpre. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arthur A. Levine Books/An Imprint of Scholastic Press Hardcover
ref. 20186CHNew York NY: Arthur A. Levine Books/An Imprint of Scholastic Press 1999 342 pp. Original blue paper covered boards w/ green cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice. First Edition First State. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Mary Grandpre. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arthur A. Levine Books/An Imprint of Scholastic Press Hardcover
