1960ref. 8627Chicago IL: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 20 Volume Set. . Books Tight. Book Shows Some Wear; edges are Shelf Rubbed. Text is clean no markings seen Black & White Illustrations with B&W and color Photographs. Text is clean no markings seen. . Good with no Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 1960. Field Enterprises Educational Corporation hardcover
1956ref. 024505NY: HARPER & BROS. two small closed tears to an unclipped dj. owner's label to front paste-down. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1956. HARPER & BROS hardcover
2000ref. 235244Vancouver British Columbia: Raincoast Books - Bloomsbury Books 2000. Book. Illus. by Thomas Taylor; Cliff Wright; Giles Greenfield; Jason Cockcrift; . Very Good. Hardcover. First and Later Printings. 8vo. All seven hardcover books have light rubbing on the corners of the dustjackets; no interior markings. Dj art by Thomas Taylor; Cliff Wright; Giles Greenfield; and Jason Cockcrift. The first three books in the slipcase are later printings. The last four books are first Rainboast/Bloomsbury editions. To be clear the seven books here are: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Raincoast Books - Bloomsbury Books Hardcover
2005ref. 002686Los Angeles Ca: Graham 2005. Book. Illus. by Steadman Ralph. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Thus. AN OUTSTANDING COPY - SIGNED by the Author and the illustrator on a special tipped in page. Number 263 of 451. Author's Signature only. 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. Graham Hardcover
2011ref. 002114Gauntlet Press 2011 One of 52 signed and lettered copies this is copy "AA". Comes in a traycase. Contains two screenplays that were never produced "Dark Carnival" and "Catacombs" as well as the unpublished short story "You Must Never Touch The Cage". This book was purchased directly from publisher and is like new. Will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy shipping box. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders. Gauntlet Press hardcover
19798vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
19673 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, Second Impression, with 3 folding maps in red and black, inscriptions on front free endpapers; red cloth, gilt backs, red tops, an unusually bright, crisp set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the wrappers mildly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panels. FIRST REVISED EDITION. 'A number of errors and inconsistencies that still remained in the text have been corrected, and an attempt has been made to provide information on a few points which attentive readers have raised…This edition offers this Foreword, an addition to the Prologue, some notes and an index of the names of persons and places' (Author's Foreword). Hammond A5.e.i; A5.e.ii; A5.e.iii respectively (recording the first impressions).
1998ref. 228181Grass Valley California: Underwood Books 1998. Book. Illus. by Frank Frazetta;. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Editions. 4to. 163 189 159 pp. Please note these are large and very heavy books and wherever in the world you are the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Also the books are larger than the scanner bed so the scans are slightly incomplete. All three books have light rubbing on the corners of the dustjackets; no interior markings. Underwood Books Hardcover
1929ref. 5528The only book by Susan Glaspell published in Russian. One of 5 200 copies printed. Susan Glaspell 1876–1948 was an American novelist and the first significant modern female playwright in the United States. Her third novel 'Fidelity' was originally published in 1915. In 1931 her play 'Alison's House' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This Russian translation was completed by Adel' Polotskaia-Volina 1880–1944. She studied at the University of Geneva from 1901 to 1904 and upon returning to Russia worked as a translator for various magazines and publishing houses. During the Soviet era she was employed at the National Library in Leningrad. We couldn't trace any copy via OCLC. Mysl' paperback
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ref. 003-Ho.J. Feder in Schwarz und Aquarell, über Bleistift, auf Velin, mit Feder rechts unter der Darstellung signiert ?K Hassmann ?, rechts unten mit Bleistift betitelt?. 25,9:19,9 cm. Gebräunt, mit Lichtrandrand rundum. Bekannt wurde Hassmann wegen seiner originellen Tierkarikaturen, wie sie hier vorliegen.
ref. 004-Ho.J. Feder in Schwarz und Aquarell, über Bleistift, auf Velin, mit Feder rechts unter der Darstellung signiert und datiert ?K Hassmann. 1902?, rechts unten mit Bleistift betitelt. 25,7:19,3 cm. Gebräunt mit Lichtrandrand rundum. Bekannt wurde Hassmann wegen seiner originellen Tierkarikaturen, wie sie hier vorliegen.
ref. 005-Ho.J. Feder in Schwarz und Aquarell, über Bleistift, auf Velin, mit Feder rechts unter der Darstellung signiert und datiert ?K Hassmann 1902?, rechts unten mit Bleistift betitelt. 25,4:19,5 cm. Gebräunt, mit Lichtrandrand rundum. Bekannt wurde Hassmann wegen seiner originellen Tierkarikaturen, wie sie hier vorliegen.
19118vo., First Edition, endpapers moderately browned; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, boards very lightly age-marked, backstrip slightly browned (but all gilt bright and entirely legible), a very good, bright, firm copy. With the small neat contemporary signature of Claude Sisley [second cousin of the artist] on front paste-down. One of the finest 'homo-superior' novels and a classic of Edwardian fantasy. Very scarce.
1886ref. 47471London [u.a.] : Macmillan 1886. VIII, 95 S. : "With thirty-seven illustrations by the Author", ; octavo, Eigentümersignatur auf Vorsatzblatt ("Christmas Greetings 1887) roter Kaliko - Einband, , gebundene Ausgabe, Goldschnitt, goldgeprägter Deckel und Rücken, Seiten alters- und papierbedingt gebräunt, sonst guter Zustand
19088vo., with frontispiece [by Du Maurier]; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, hand-made endpapers, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. This classic collection of sixteen short stories was first published in 1884. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Bleiler 13; Tymn 3-2 (both recording the first edition).
2001ref. 000697Springfield PA: Gauntlet Publications 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As new in leatherette slipcase still in publishers shrinkwrap. Never opened. One of 700 numbered copies signed by Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker who wrote the afterword. New edition of Bradbury's first book originally published by Arkham House. Edited by Donn Albright with a new introduction by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories not in the original edition archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket reproduces an original painting by Bradbury. Paste-down on slipcase. Gauntlet Publications hardcover
1938ref. 34265London: Published by George Newnes Ltd. 1938-1939. Mild tanning to text paper some mild edge rubbing a fine set. 34265. Octavo three issues all covers by S. R. Drigin pictorial wrappers. Fantasy magazine was a combination of reprints and new materials as well as factual articles. Authors included John Beynon John Russell Fearn Eric Frank Russell and others. The magazine was canceled due to the war. "Fantasy 's lifetime was too short to make a value judgment on its position in SF but there is not denying that Sprigg had considerable editorial acumen and that Fantasy would no doubt have developed into a major magazine" - Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 254-56. Published by George Newnes Ltd. unknown
1996ref. 010064NY: Knopf 1996. A great set of the first three novels in the author's Dark Materials series. All are the first U.S. editions in un-price clipped dustwrappers and with no remainder marks. Much more reasonable than the first British editions of these popular novels. Scarce in the first editions and in this protected condition. The first book in the series "The Golden Compass" has a signed bookplate affixed to the second free endpaper. Nice matching trilogy of first U.S. editions. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Knopf Hardcover
1947ref. 16686AVON FANTASY READER Avon Books 1947 thru 1952 first edition 18 volumes complete near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Contributions by Robert E. Howard Gelett Burgess William Hope Hodgson Hugh Cave Algernon Blackwood Edust-wrapper ard Lucas White James Francis Dwyer G. K. Chesterton Frank Owen Ray Bradbury Anthony Boucher Nelson Bond E. Hoffman Price H. P. Lovecraft Sax Rohmer Manly Wade Wellman M. R. James Lord Dunsany Clark Ashton Smith Seabury Quinn Francis Flagg Doanld Wollheim Malcolm Jameson Amelia Reynolds Long Fritz Leiber Robert Bloch Donald Wandrei Ambrose Bierce C. L. Moore Abraham Merritt Frank Belknap Long David Keller Jack Williamson Edmond Hamilton Henry S. Whitehead Carl Jacobi William F. Harvey C. M. Kornbluth S. Fowler Wright Murray Leinster August Derleth H. G. Wells H. R. Wakefield et.al. Along with AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER all 3 volumes near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Avon Books paperback
1947ref. 16686AVON FANTASY READER Avon Books 1947 thru 1952 first edition 18 volumes complete near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Contributions by Robert E. Howard Gelett Burgess William Hope Hodgson Hugh Cave Algernon Blackwood Edust-wrapper ard Lucas White James Francis Dwyer G. K. Chesterton Frank Owen Ray Bradbury Anthony Boucher Nelson Bond E. Hoffman Price H. P. Lovecraft Sax Rohmer Manly Wade Wellman M. R. James Lord Dunsany Clark Ashton Smith Seabury Quinn Francis Flagg Doanld Wollheim Malcolm Jameson Amelia Reynolds Long Fritz Leiber Robert Bloch Donald Wandrei Ambrose Bierce C. L. Moore Abraham Merritt Frank Belknap Long David Keller Jack Williamson Edmond Hamilton Henry S. Whitehead Carl Jacobi William F. Harvey C. M. Kornbluth S. Fowler Wright Murray Leinster August Derleth H. G. Wells H. R. Wakefield et.al. Along with AVON SCIENCE FICTION READER all 3 volumes near fine to fine in full color pictorial wraps. Avon Books paperback books
ref. rja31588UKthick 8vo HBdw/dj1st edn. Children's edition. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright crisp clean colour pictorial artwork by Jason Cockcroft illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Topfore-edges with some slight toning and blemishes; contents bright tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Dw/dj design/artwork repeated to boards and immaculate plain white endpapers. UKthick 8vo HBdw/dj1st edn10-607pp paginated includes 37 chapters; plus unpaginated half-title title pages and a dedication. Harry has been burdened with a dark dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him. . . . . In this final seventh instalment of the Harry Potter series J. K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding richly woven narrative which plunges twists and turns at a breathtaking pace confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling whose books will be read reread and read again. Want more ROWLING Joanne Kathleen titles For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and/or CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight/value of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note stocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded AFTER order's receipt and BEFORE the order's despatch especially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now in some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,2007. hardcover
1913ref. 0042811913 Paris, Hachette, sans date [1913]. Grand in-quarto (236 X 296 mm) vélin ivoire relié à la Bradel, dos lisse orné d'un fleuron et d'un fer doré représentant un chat d'après Rackham, titre doré, nom de l'éditeur en queue, titre doré sur le premier plat avec un grand fer doré représentant un pélican stylisé d'après Rackham, tête dorée (reliure de l'éditeur) ; (1) f. blanc, frontispice, 38 pages, (1) f., 43 planches, (1) f., (1) f. blanc. Lacets de fermeture manquants, quelques rousseurs en marge du plat supérieur.
1947ref. 34546New York: Avon Book Company later Avon Book Company Inc. Avon Publishing Co. Inc. and Avon Novels Inc. 1947-52. Mild toning to cream pages some lamination separation from front cover of first issue no peeling nicks at corners of a number of issues tape to several issues at rear corners a bright nearly fine to fine set. Above average. Housed in clamshell boxes. 34546. Small octavo 18 issues pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. A complete set of the Avon Fantasy Reader which consists of 18 issues. Editor Donald Wolheim and the publisherJoseph Meyers considered these to be books rather than a magazine an anthology series and they brought to a mass audience some of the great genre fiction. The story selection came from a wide range of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales All-Story and Argosy Thrill Book Astounding and Amazing as well as stories from hardcover book publications. Authors included William Hope Hodgson Lord Dunsany Clark Ashton Smith H. P. Lovecraft Robert E. Howard M. R. James Ambrose Bierce A. Merritt Algernon Blackwood C. L. Moore Fritz Leiber and many more. A few original stories were printed including A. E. Van Vogt Carl Jacobi A. Merritt Robert Bloch Robert E. Howard and most notably "Ylla" by Ray Bradbury part of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines p. 124-132. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 124-132. Avon Book Company (later Avon Book Company, Inc., Avon Publishing Co., Inc., and Avon Novels, Inc.) unknown
1950ref. 16455Science -Fantasy 1950 thru 1958 / Nova Publications THE FIRST 28 CONSECUTIVE VOLUMES first editions vg to near fine copies in full color pictorial wraps. Also contains issues 44 & 45 from 1960 & 1961. The companion volume to New Worlds. Edited soon by John Carnell it featured the usual stable of British writers: Arthur C. Clarke John Brunner Ken Bulmer Brian Aldiss John Christopher William Temple et.al. Nova Publications paperback