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1962ref. 008322New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR verso of front end page - "To Dana Ericson best wishes Marcia Brown". Her 2nd Caldecott Medal Winner. Second Printing Scribner's code B - 3.62 RJ copyright page priced $2.95 front flap same as 1st Printing and with Caldecott Medal front panel. Near Fine tiny corner bump rear board in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny chips at spine ends. Also included is a 1962 Newberry and Caldecott Award Dinner place mat 13" x 21 1/2" featuring the center illustration from Once a Mouse and also around the edge listing the Newberry winner The Bronze Bow published by Houghton Mifflin Company. In Fine condition well-suited for framing and quite SCARCE. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
1966ref. 008665Boston: Ginn and Company 1966. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Sixth Edition. Double Elephant - over 25" - 50" tall. 25 3/4" h x 18 1/2" w. A teacher's book for reading to the whole class with folding wings that unsnap so book can be fully open and on display. Contains 9 stories 38 pages each page with great period illustrations featuring biracial children playing. earlier editions have only 6 stories and 25 or fewer pages. States "100 Edition" bottom of title page copyright dates of 1966 1964 1961 1957 1952 1948. Very Good Plus bump top edge of front cover slight waviness to thick paper pages a clean and quite handsome copy would be lovely displayed in a child's room or given the condition with years of use left for a preschool. Ginn and Company Hardcover
1966ref. 008665Boston: Ginn and Company 1966. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Sixth Edition. Double Elephant - over 25" - 50" tall. 25 3/4" h x 18 1/2" w. A teacher's book for reading to the whole class with folding wings that unsnap so book can be fully open and on display. Contains 9 stories 38 pages each page with great period illustrations featuring biracial children playing. earlier editions have only 6 stories and 25 or fewer pages. States "100 Edition" bottom of title page copyright dates of 1966 1964 1961 1957 1952 1948. Very Good Plus bump top edge of front cover slight waviness to thick paper pages a clean and quite handsome copy would be lovely displayed in a child's room or given the condition with years of use left for a preschool. Ginn and Company Hardcover books
19618vo., First Edition, page-edges browning lightly as usual; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. THE FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION AND THE SOLE APPEARANCE OF THE WORK IN PUFFIN. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hammond A3e.
19968vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED [WITHOUT INSCRIPTION] BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The twentieth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
1991Roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The twelfth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
2019ref. 8452Monument CO: Wordfire Press 2019. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near Fine. 5 7/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 339 2 PP. #18 of only 25 signed limited editions prepared and sold by the author himself. Important to note only 22 were available for sale. Without a doubt one of the finest examples of fine leather binding I have ever encountered on a newly issued book. Each of the 25 copies from this limited first printing run are bound in vegatan oiled leather. Due to the nature of the natural tanning process each volume is unique with its own distinctive patterning. What may be perceived as nicks or scratches are really a consequence of the tanning method. The cover is embossed with a stunning relief image of Mad Amos. Housed in original red cloth slipcase. 5 7/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 339 2 PP. A nice collection of 18 Mad Amos Malone stories which blend fantasy with the western in ways that interest Foster's Fantasy fans as well as lovers of tales of the Old West. I don't think Eastwood could have handled Worthless Malone's unicorn companion. A rare book in AS NEW condition. Wordfire Press unknown
1990ref. 2412050446ybvkThe Asahi Shimbun, Japan, 1990. 2 blank sheets; titlesheet, 2 sheets with (3) pages with japanese and english introduction; 10 sheets mixed 12 folded doublesheets of glossy paper creating 13 single-, 18 double- and 6 fourpage images and panoramas, all in a fantasy-/surrealist-style; 4 sheets with 6 pages of japanese and english introduction and colophone; 1 blank sheet. - Blind-titled white hardcover-binding with black-titled white and silver dustjacket and white-titled silver bellybind ('obi'); folio (ca. 38 x 26 cm).
1953ref. 004930Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1953. Book. Illus. by Kenneth Fagg. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Near Fine slight discoloration to light blue cloth in spine gutters and along top edge in a Near Fine dust jacket small chips at the spine tips and front flap clipped top corner with pencilled price of 2.50. Jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg. Part of the classic Winston Science Fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. This title SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. John C. Winston Co. Hardcover
1953ref. 004930Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1953. Book. Illus. by Kenneth Fagg. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Near Fine slight discoloration to light blue cloth in spine gutters and along top edge in a Near Fine dust jacket small chips at the spine tips and front flap clipped top corner with pencilled price of 2.50. Jacket illustration by Kenneth Fagg. Part of the classic Winston Science Fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. This title SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. John C. Winston Co. Hardcover books
1938ref. 31915London: Published by George Newnes Ltd. 1938-1939. Tanning to text paper covers bright fine copies in a fine binding. 31915. Octavo three issues all covers by S. R. Drigin pictorial wrappers bound in black boards with spine stamped in gold. 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
1887ref. L0271xii144 pages Illustrated throughout. Quarto 10 3/4" x 8 1/2" bound in original pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket in a custom slipcase. First edition first state with the De Vinne Press seal immediately below the copyright notice. The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children The Brownies was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Not unlike fairies and goblins Brownies are imaginary little sprites who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. Never allowing themselves to be seen by mortal eyes they are male drawn to represent many professions and nationalities all mischievous members of the fairy world whose principal attribute is helping with chores while a family sleeps. The Brownie characters became famous in their day and at the peak of their popularity were a pioneering name brand within merchandising. The first appearances of Brownie characters in a print publication took place in 1879 but not until the February 1881 issue of Wide Awake magazine were the creatures printed in their final form. The first proper story The Brownies' Ride appeared in the February 1883 issue of the children's periodical St. Nicholas Magazine. Published in 1899 The Brownies Abroad is considered the first Brownie comic strip though it didn't utilize speech balloons until the publication The Brownie Clown of Brownie Town of 1908. From 1903 The Brownies appeared as a newspaper Sunday strip for several years. The first compilation The Brownies Their Book was published in 1887 followed by 16 books in the series until the last in 1918. Condition: Rubbing to boards and spine extremities; marginal damp-staining through majority of leaves ownership inscription. Dust jacket damp-stained some wrinkling and creasing few small chips a better than good copy in scarce like jacket. The Century Company hardcover
1887ref. L0271xii144 pages Illustrated throughout. Quarto 10 3/4" x 8 1/2" bound in original pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket in a custom slipcase. First edition first state with the De Vinne Press seal immediately below the copyright notice. The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children The Brownies was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Not unlike fairies and goblins Brownies are imaginary little sprites who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. Never allowing themselves to be seen by mortal eyes they are male drawn to represent many professions and nationalities all mischievous members of the fairy world whose principal attribute is helping with chores while a family sleeps. The Brownie characters became famous in their day and at the peak of their popularity were a pioneering name brand within merchandising. The first appearances of Brownie characters in a print publication took place in 1879 but not until the February 1881 issue of Wide Awake magazine were the creatures printed in their final form. The first proper story The Brownies' Ride appeared in the February 1883 issue of the children's periodical St. Nicholas Magazine. Published in 1899 The Brownies Abroad is considered the first Brownie comic strip though it didn't utilize speech balloons until the publication The Brownie Clown of Brownie Town of 1908. From 1903 The Brownies appeared as a newspaper Sunday strip for several years. The first compilation The Brownies Their Book was published in 1887 followed by 16 books in the series until the last in 1918. Condition: Rubbing to boards and spine extremities; marginal damp-staining through majority of leaves ownership inscription. Dust jacket damp-stained some wrinkling and creasing few small chips a better than good copy in scarce like jacket. The Century Company hardcover books
1997ref. 120767NY: Putnam 1997. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vonnegut on the title page. Slate-colored speckled endpages. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Purportedly there were few copies of the first printing issued with the speckled endpages preceding the second state with plain slate-colored endpages. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vonnegut's last novel published during his lifetime. Putnam hardcover
1997ref. 120767NY: Putnam 1997. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vonnegut on the title page. Slate-colored speckled endpages. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Purportedly there were few copies of the first printing issued with the speckled endpages preceding the second state with plain slate-colored endpages. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vonnegut's last novel published during his lifetime. Putnam hardcover books
2011Huge book: 15" w x 22" h, in Near Fine condition with a bumped lower back corner, small tear at front lower corner, small impact mark at bottom spine with very small tear, some light scuffing. Otherwise Fine. Contents include: stories from Weird Fantasy #12, 13, 17; Weird Science #13, (two stories) 16, 18, 22, Weird Science-Fantasy, #23, 24,, 27 with three previously unpublished works from Spawn of Venus, one a "splash page pencil rough." Shock and War Stories (pp. 98 -- 133): Shock Suspenstories, Frontline Combat, #15, Two-Fisted Tales #13, 33, 34, 41, with (13) full page cover art prints from other editions of the above publications. 152 pages. This is a very large object and will require special shipping to be arranged by seller at time of purchase.
20153 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, coloured plates, double-page plan in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth heightened in gilt, backstrips lettered in brown and gilt, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. The FS edition of this classic fantasy comprises A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022). COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE.
19888vo., First Edition; yellow cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The fifth Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby. A near fine copy, with no trace of the usual fading at backstrip. 7200 copies were printed. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
2000ref. 016337Springfield: Gauntlet 2000. Book. Illus. by Harry O. Morris. Fine. Hardcover. Signed Copy. First Edition/First Printing. A collection of more then 60 short stories by the authorsome written especially for this edition. The book features full color illustrations by Harry O. Morrisa forward by the author's father and an afterword by Peter Straub. This being copy #51 of 250 slipcased copies that were produced . This copy is signed by the authorhis father Richard MathesonPeter Straub who added an afterword and Morris. This copy is further signed by 26 other authors that contributed comments about Matheson and about stories that he wrote that affected them them in some way. Among others this copy was signed by Clive BarkerJoe R. LansdaleDean KoontzRamsey CampbellRay GartonDennis EtchisonF.Paul Wilson and others. Stephen King and Ray Bradbury also contributed but did not sign this edition. The purchase of this book also includes a video tape of the movie "Arousal" that was written and directed by Matheson. This copy of the moviewhich is still shrink-wrappedwas issued with this book and I believe that there were only 500 copies manufactured. Gauntlet Hardcover
2006ref. 019436Colorado Springs: Gauntlet 2006. Book. Illus. by Clive Barker. Fine. Hardcover. Signed By All Contributors. First Edition/First Printing. An as new copy with a very light crease to the front flap and veryyyyyy light rubbing/edgewear to the slipcase. Last anthology to be edited by Williamson who died during production. Original fiction by Poppy Z. Brite Richard Matheson Ray Garton Thomas F. Monteleone Richard Christian Matheson Ray Bradbury and many others. This is the lettered editionthis being #FF of 52 copies. Original cover art endpaper illustrations and an original color print that was produced for this edition only by Clive Barker. This copy has been signed by ALL contributors except Ray Russell. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Gauntlet Hardcover
1929ref. 007928Paris: Editions De La Pleiade 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An edition limited to 1270 copies 50 copies out of trade this #218 of the 1100 copies printed on vellum. Wonderfully illustrated by Jacques Boullaire. Full translation from the first English edition of 1726 by Mrs. S. Martin-Chauffier. . Two volumes bound in quarter vellum over decorative floral paper covered boards floral end papers top edges gilt original paper covers and spines bound in. Near Fine light soiling to vellum small rubs at corners. A lovely set of this classic story. Editions De La Pleiade Hardcover
1929ref. 007928Paris: Editions De La Pleiade 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An edition limited to 1270 copies 50 copies out of trade this #218 of the 1100 copies printed on vellum. Wonderfully illustrated by Jacques Boullaire. Full translation from the first English edition of 1726 by Mrs. S. Martin-Chauffier. . Two volumes bound in quarter vellum over decorative floral paper covered boards floral end papers top edges gilt original paper covers and spines bound in. Near Fine light soiling to vellum small rubs at corners. A lovely set of this classic story. Editions De La Pleiade Hardcover books
1959ref. 237081959. Science fiction and fantasy zine "Moonshine" archive 1959 to 1973. With content by sci-fi writers and readers discussing books authors publishing conventions and the organizations that supported the field. Produced for circulation through the Fantasy Amateur Press Association the four issues of Moonshine include work by Rick Sneary Len and June Moffatt and Stan Woolston. Their essays and reports cover FAPA the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society Westercon the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund European science fiction groups amateur printing and the preservation of earlier publications. Moonshine. California: published by the editors for the Fantasy Amateur Press Association 1959 to 1973. Four illustrated side stapled mimeographed issues. Archive includes: 1 Rick Sneary ed. Moonshine. No. 27. May 1959. Sneary writes on the International Science Fiction Society Pierre Versins European publishing FAPA administration conventions and the exchange of books and periodicals between American and European readers. 2 Rick Sneary Len Moffatt and Stan Woolston. Moonshine. No. 38. August 1969. Issued during planning for Westercon XXIII with material on the Santa Barbara bid convention committees LASFS and FAPA correspondence. The issue records the practical work behind regional science fiction and fantasy conventions including voting publicity finances and program planning. 3 Rick Sneary Len Moffatt Stan Woolston and June Moffatt. Moonshine. No. 43. May 1972. Cover and lettering by June Moffatt. Len Moffatt's "Partial Recall: The FANlife of Len Moffatt" begins a serialized autobiography with his Pennsylvania childhood and his discovery of science fiction publications and correspondence in 1939. Sneary's "Thot's While Typing" discusses FAPA mailings LASFS conventions copyright publishing and the fate of printed archives. Woolston's "One Fan's Outlook" considers amateur writing the British Science Fiction Association writing contests professional publication Ray Bradbury Fred Pohl and zine production. 4 Len and June Moffatt Rick Sneary and Stan Woolston. Moonshine. No. 44. August 1973. Moffatt's "Len's Den" records the 1973 Trans Atlantic Fan Fund campaign and preparations for travel to Britain. It also covers LASFS the Petards the Sherlock Holmes Society of Los Angeles mystery publishing and plans for a later travel account. Woolston writes on the Best of FAPA poll Anthony Boucher Ray Bradbury collecting correspondence conventions and the work of editing and duplicating publications. Moonshine presents science fiction and fantasy as fields shaped in large part by fan interaction and participation in small print networks unique to genre fiction in mid-century American and English literature. Moderate toning and edge wear; scattered handling creases and minor staple oxidation; text and illustrations remain clear and complete in the photographed copies. Overall good condition. A thirteen year record of science fiction and fantasy writing debate and publishing outside the commercial press. unknown
1959ref. 237081959. Science fiction and fantasy zine "Moonshine" archive 1959 to 1973. With content by sci-fi writers and readers discussing books authors publishing conventions and the organizations that supported the field. Produced for circulation through the Fantasy Amateur Press Association the four issues of Moonshine include work by Rick Sneary Len and June Moffatt and Stan Woolston. Their essays and reports cover FAPA the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society Westercon the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund European science fiction groups amateur printing and the preservation of earlier publications. Moonshine. California: published by the editors for the Fantasy Amateur Press Association 1959 to 1973. Four illustrated side stapled mimeographed issues. Archive includes: 1 Rick Sneary ed. Moonshine. No. 27. May 1959. Sneary writes on the International Science Fiction Society Pierre Versins European publishing FAPA administration conventions and the exchange of books and periodicals between American and European readers. 2 Rick Sneary Len Moffatt and Stan Woolston. Moonshine. No. 38. August 1969. Issued during planning for Westercon XXIII with material on the Santa Barbara bid convention committees LASFS and FAPA correspondence. The issue records the practical work behind regional science fiction and fantasy conventions including voting publicity finances and program planning. 3 Rick Sneary Len Moffatt Stan Woolston and June Moffatt. Moonshine. No. 43. May 1972. Cover and lettering by June Moffatt. Len Moffatt's "Partial Recall: The FANlife of Len Moffatt" begins a serialized autobiography with his Pennsylvania childhood and his discovery of science fiction publications and correspondence in 1939. Sneary's "Thot's While Typing" discusses FAPA mailings LASFS conventions copyright publishing and the fate of printed archives. Woolston's "One Fan's Outlook" considers amateur writing the British Science Fiction Association writing contests professional publication Ray Bradbury Fred Pohl and zine production. 4 Len and June Moffatt Rick Sneary and Stan Woolston. Moonshine. No. 44. August 1973. Moffatt's "Len's Den" records the 1973 Trans Atlantic Fan Fund campaign and preparations for travel to Britain. It also covers LASFS the Petards the Sherlock Holmes Society of Los Angeles mystery publishing and plans for a later travel account. Woolston writes on the Best of FAPA poll Anthony Boucher Ray Bradbury collecting correspondence conventions and the work of editing and duplicating publications. Moonshine presents science fiction and fantasy as fields shaped in large part by fan interaction and participation in small print networks unique to genre fiction in mid-century American and English literature. Moderate toning and edge wear; scattered handling creases and minor staple oxidation; text and illustrations remain clear and complete in the photographed copies. Overall good condition. A thirteen year record of science fiction and fantasy writing debate and publishing outside the commercial press. unknown books
19658vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; purple cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at headband and with small loss at upper edge of rear panel. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The author's third book for children and EXTREMELY SCARCE IN SIGNED FORM.
