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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 Contains two screenplays that were never produced "Dark Carnival" and "Catacombs" as well as the unpublished short story "You Must Never Touch The Cage".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).
1945ref. 008505New York: The Macmillan Co 1945. Book. Good. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR Maud and Miska Petersham at front end page. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1946. A Good copy lacking the dust jacket front end page loose chips and small tears at edges of front end page text block completely free with old internal tape mend shadows in gutters front and back dampstain top corners of text in margins not affecting text or illustrations. A copy in need of and deserving restoration as SIGNED copies of this award winner are SCARCE. The Macmillan Co, Hardcover
1945ref. 008505New York: The Macmillan Co 1945. Book. Good. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR Maud and Miska Petersham at front end page. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1946. A Good copy lacking the dust jacket front end page loose chips and small tears at edges of front end page text block completely free with old internal tape mend shadows in gutters front and back dampstain top corners of text in margins not affecting text or illustrations. A copy in need of and deserving restoration as SIGNED copies of this award winner are SCARCE. The Macmillan Co, Hardcover books
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.
1943ref. 010666New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1943. Book. Illus. by Slobodkin Louis. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Edition First Printing of this beloved children's classic. All four jacket corners clipped pencil price of 2.00 front flap War Bonds ad rear flap "I" at copy right page. Very Good mug stain front board in the shape of a moon in a Very Good dust jacket faint red circular stain front panel spine darkened 2" closed tear rear panel. small chips and edge tears. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1944 Many Moons was also made into an opera by American composer Celius Dougherty in 1962; into a play adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning in 1946; and in 1966 an animated adaptation was produced by Gene Deitch as part of the animated film Alice of Wonderland in Paris. Harcourt, Brace & Company Hardcover
1943ref. 010666New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1943. Book. Illus. by Slobodkin Louis. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Edition First Printing of this beloved children's classic. All four jacket corners clipped pencil price of 2.00 front flap War Bonds ad rear flap "I" at copy right page. Very Good mug stain front board in the shape of a moon in a Very Good dust jacket faint red circular stain front panel spine darkened 2" closed tear rear panel. small chips and edge tears. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1944 Many Moons was also made into an opera by American composer Celius Dougherty in 1962; into a play adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning in 1946; and in 1966 an animated adaptation was produced by Gene Deitch as part of the animated film Alice of Wonderland in Paris. Harcourt, Brace & Company Hardcover books
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
ref. 010217New York: George H. Doran Co. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Early American Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Date circa 1924. Near Fine small faint stain front cover in original mustard-colored cloth with red stamped lettering to cover and spine and orange decoratively illustrated end papers. In Very Good original light brown dust jacket with red lettering to spine and cover along with a central illustration from one of the stories also in red. Chips at head of spine and a triangular chip at base stain top corner front panel. flaps uniformly clipped the flaps have no text. With the glorious 25 Kay Nielsen illustrations. George H. Doran Co. Hardcover
ref. 010217New York: George H. Doran Co. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Early American Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Date circa 1924. Near Fine small faint stain front cover in original mustard-colored cloth with red stamped lettering to cover and spine and orange decoratively illustrated end papers. In Very Good original light brown dust jacket with red lettering to spine and cover along with a central illustration from one of the stories also in red. Chips at head of spine and a triangular chip at base stain top corner front panel. flaps uniformly clipped the flaps have no text. With the glorious 25 Kay Nielsen illustrations. George H. Doran Co. Hardcover books
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 books
1929ref. 009098Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. 1929. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Spanish born American novelist's first book a book for children. Felipe Alfau's novels are Locos: A Comedy of Gestures 1936 and Chromos written in the 1940s but left unpublished until 1990 the latter being nominated for the National Book Award in 1990. RARE in dust jacket Near Fine tiny bump top corner in a Very Good dust jacket soiling small chips particularly at spine ends and edges and first two words in title at head of spine a bit rubbed yet still legible. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. Hardcover books
1911ref. 008492Chicago: Reilly & Britton 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printings. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Six Volumes 32mo 4" h x 3" w. The Night Before Christmas dated 1905 the rest 1911. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial paste downs to front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White end papers each book with numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set lacking the original slipcase spines a bit rubbed contents clean and unmarked hinges solid. SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Reilly & Britton, Hardcover
1911ref. 008492Chicago: Reilly & Britton 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printings. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Six Volumes 32mo 4" h x 3" w. The Night Before Christmas dated 1905 the rest 1911. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial paste downs to front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White end papers each book with numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set lacking the original slipcase spines a bit rubbed contents clean and unmarked hinges solid. SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Reilly & Britton, Hardcover books
1950ref. 008952New York: McCall Corporation 1950. Magazine. Very Good. Magazine. First Printings. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seven of the first nine Redbook Magazines from 1950-51 1.3.4.5.6.7 and 9 that each contained an original Dr. Seuss story overall Very Good wear with paper loss at spine ends some with tears at spine folds toning some pages with small corner creases. Jun. 1950 Vol. 95 No.2 "Gustav the Goldfish" p. 48-51; Aug. 1950 Vol.95 No.4 "Tad and Todd" p.56-58; Sep. 1950 Vol. 95 No. 5 "Marco Comes Late" p.58-59 Oct. 1950 Vol. 95 No.6 "How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town"; p.46-48; Nov. 1950 Vol. 96 No.1 "Steak for Supper" p. 44-46; Dec.1950 Vol.96 No.2 "The Big Brag" p.46-47; Feb. 1951 Vol. 96 No.4 "The Rabbit the Bear and the Zinniga-Zanniga" p.46-47. Between June 1950 and December 1957 Seuss had 23 original stories first published in Redbook Magazine. At least 3 of the 23 predated the first book publications of the same titles. "Gustav the Goldfish" was the basis for the book A FISH OUT OF WATER by Helen Palmer Seuss' first wife. The 2 stories are identical in plot while Helen's book does not rhyme and is illustrated by P.D. Eastman. Six of the seven stories were featured in two Random House books of "lost" Seuss stories The Bippolo Seed and Other Stories 2011 and Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories 2014 both with forewords by Charles D Cohen. Individually and collectively these magazines are SCARCE in current commerce with few individual copies ever showing up at auction. A RARE opportunity for the dedicated Dr. Seuss collector. McCall Corporation Paperback books
