Category: Literature & Fiction

Funny Bone Scrapbook

By: Stattle, Jorge, with Dorothy Dix, Edgar Guest, et al; Illustrated by Gladys Parker

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Jorge Stattle

Seller ID: 23684

Condition: Very Good+

1020 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; ENGLISH throughout. This amazing lotcontains one 7-inch-tall hardcover with 80 clippings plus one oblong softcover with about 30 clippings plus 29 small softcoverbooklets with over 2600 clippings. Approx 1020 total pages, over 2700 jokes. Assembled by Jorge Stattle, 1920s-1960s, with bulk from 1940s-1950s. ; 1) The Scribble-In Book, hardcover, 1940, with 56 "Mopsy" (fashionable female protagonist) single panel cartoons by Gladys Parker, 21 short poems by Edgar Guest, 12 weird news stories, 2 advice columns by Dorothy Dix (pen name of Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer) an...
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Forgotten Village, the : Life in a Mexican Village, with 136 Photographs from the Film of the Same Name

By: Steinbeck, John, with Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid; Illustrated by Robert Kline

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Viking Press : 1941

Seller ID: 20584

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

143 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Tall hardcover, beige cloth, 143 pages, list of film credits, 136 full-page b/w photos with captions. ; 2nd printing before publication stated. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket rubbed, spotted, with small edge chips, but all readable.
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Forbidden Planet

By: Stuart, W. J.

Price: $34.00

Publisher: Bantam Books : 1956

Seller ID: 24380

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

184 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, [viii] + 184 pages, all edges inked yellow. Cover art features Robby the Robot. ; Novelization of one of the greatest science fiction films ever made. ; Bantam A 1443. In the year 2371, the men of Space Cruiser C-57-D land on Altair 4 to rescue survivors of previous mission, but instead find only one mysterious mad scientist. Blurb: "The story of man's leap to the stars and the astonishing discovery of a more than human wisdom--a power that could shatter our universe." ; Written by W. J. Stuart (pen name of Philip MacDonald) based on original screenplay b...
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Funny Cats

By: Suares, Jean Claude, and Jane Martin

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Welcome Enterprises : 1995

Seller ID: 23972

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

78 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Square hardcover, yellow illustrated endpapers, 78 glossy pages, small b/w cartoons here and there, 39 full-page b/w photos of wild and silly b/w cats and humans, some featuring celebrities such as Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier, from great photographers such as Terry DeRoy Gruber and Walter Chandoha, 1950s-1990s, with quotes about cats and captions by the photographers. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket has minor edgewear only. No marks, no major defects.
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Tlingit Myths and Texts : Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 39

By: Swanton, John R.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Native American Book Publishers : 2007

Seller ID: 24105

ISBN-13: 9780722238394

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

460 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Yellow softcover, [viiii] + 451 + 1 pages, 460 total pages, pronunciation guide, footnotes, 109 tales. This incredible book contains 30 ancient myths or tales recorded from Tlingit (Native American) people at Sitka, Alaska, plus 58 recorded at Wrangell (these 88 are given in English) plus 21 more given in original language, with interlinear literal translations, and with colloquial English translations. ; Material collected in 1904, originally published by Smithsonian Institution in 1909. This is a top-quality facsimile reprint, 2007. ; Front cover has several small ...
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Annotated Edition : Edited with Notes and Commentary by Arthur E. Case

By: Swift, Jonathan, with Arthur E. Case

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ronald Press Company : 1955

Seller ID: 20328

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

374 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, [xvi] + 374 pages, footnotes, endnotes, appendix with bibliography, brief biography of Jonathan Swift, themes of Gulliver's Travels, textual variants, etc. ; Copyright 1938. This is 17th printing, 1955. ; Minor exterior wear. Main defect, book has several pages with margin notes neatly penciled in. Jacket sunned, spotted, with closed tears, but all readable.
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Jerusalem Delivered, the : Translated into English Spenserian Verse, with a Life of the Author

By: Tasso, Torquato, with Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen

Price: $40.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company : 1861

Seller ID: 23518

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

624 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Hardcover, dark green cloth, pale yellow glossy endpapers, 624 pages, footnotes, endnotes, ornate designs and the name Tasso blindstamped on covers, gilt decor and title Tasso on spine, 6 b/w engravings (with tissue guards) including frontispiece portrait. This edition also includes 60 pages of front matter with biography of Tasso and list of English nobility and gentry who went on crusades. ; Third American, from the last English Edition, translated by J. H. Wiffen, illustrated with Six Fine Steel Engravings, 1861, stated. ; Famed Italian poet Torquato Tasso penned...
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Home Ballads with Illustrations : Bayard Taylor's Home Ballads, Illustrated

By: Taylor, Bayard

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Company : 1881

Seller ID: 21165

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

64 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark brown leather, gilt lettering, 64 pages numbered to 61, dark brown floral endpapers in green and gilt, all edges gilt, 24 b/w illustrations. ; Originally published 1875. This edition 1881. Front cover: Bayard Taylor's Home Ballads, Illustrated. Title page: Home Ballads by Bayard Taylor with Illustrations. ; Contents: The Quaker widow. The holly-tree. John Reed. Jane Reed. The old Pennsylvania farmer. ; Edgeworn but intact. Gift note on front flyleaf in fountain pen dated 1896. A lovely old gift book.
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Press Boners : An Extensive Collection of Humorous Typographical Errors Selected from Thousands of Newspapers and Other Media

By: Tempel, Earle

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Pocket Books : 1967

Seller ID: 23960

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

174 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Paperback, yellow covers, gold spine, 174 + 2 pages, all edges inked red, ad for Famous Writers School bound in as issued, nearly 1000 bloopers, boners, mistakes and errors from the highbrow world of print journalism. ; PB 50506. Blurb: "A grab bag of journalistic howlers gathered from thousands of newspapers across the country." ; Book is crisp and clean, no marks, no creases, no defects, only a whisper of shelfwear. Appears unread. Quite scarce.
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This Then is Maud : Being a Monodrama as Writ and Arranged by Alfred Tennyson

By: Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Roycrofters : 1900

Seller ID: 15319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

80 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Published in the year 1900, by Roycrofters, an amazing publishing house where paper was made by hand, printing was by handpress, bindings were handsewn, and books were beautiful. This edition is bound in rich gray-brown suede leather with yapp edges, gilt title on front, deep red cloth liners, 80 heavy-duty pages, red page-marker ribbon, b/w decorative initials, red lettering on divider pages. ; Decorations designed by Samuel Warner. ; Exterior shows a touch of sunning to spine, which is unlettered. No other defects inside or out. Book is in remarkably good condition ...
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Vanity Fair : Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather (Easton Press)

By: Thackeray, William Makepeace, with John T. Winterich; Illustrated by William Makepeace Thackeray

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Easton Press : 1979

Seller ID: 20354

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

759 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black leather, gilt lettering and decor, [xxii] + 759 pages, all edges gilt, bright blue moire cloth endpapers, blue page-marker ribbon. ; 'Illustrated with two hundred drawings made by the author for the f*rst edition, with an introduction by John T. Winterich.' Originally published 1847-1848. This edition 1979. ; No visible signs of wear. Original publisher's bookplate affixed to front endpaper, owner name in pen. No other defects. ; 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series
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Under Milk Wood : A Play for Voices

By: Thomas, Dylan

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New Directions : 1954

Seller ID: 22908

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

107 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Black paperback, [xvi] + 107 pages, 10 pages of music (tunes and lyrics) for the songs, notes on pronunciation, list of original cast. ; 1st edition, 1954. Foreword by Daniel Jones. "A moving and hilarious account of a spring day in a small Welsh coast town." ; Book is intact but worn, pages yellowed from age, spine a bit rolled, last leaf (blank) slightly discolored. ; New Directions Paperbook Series; Vol. 73
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Vergnugliches Hannoversches Worterbuch, Ein : An Enjoyable Hannoverian Dictionary

By: Toll, Hans J.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Sparkasse der Hauptstadt Hannover : 1969

Seller ID: 23704

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

168 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; GERMAN text throughout. Set of 2 volumes. Vol-1, red, 80 pages, 18 b/w line illustrations, 1969. Vol-2, green, 88 pages, 19 b/w line illustrations, comprehensive index, 1970. ; Plain text throughout, except title page and section headers in old Fraktur script. ; Promotional humor published by Sparkasse der Hauptstadt Hannover (Hanover Capital Savings Bank) 1969-1970. ; Almost no sign of wear. Spines are faded but readable. Scarce.
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War and Peace, Complete in 2 Volumes

By: Tolstoy, Leo, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude; Illustrated by Vassily Verestchagin

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Heritage Press : 1938

Seller ID: 18891

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

1712 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Set of two hardcover volumes, brown cloth, silver decor, top edges brown, [xxiv] + 815 + [xvi] + 857 pages, 1712 total pages, chronology, footnotes, endnotes. English throughout. ; Written by Leo Tolstoy. Edited and translated by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude. Introduction by George Macy. Color illustrations (vol-2 only) reproduced from paintings of Napoleonic Wars by Vassily Verestchagin, b/w illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg. ; No jackets, as issued. Books show no wear. No marks. Very slight fading to spines. Original slipcase of unlettered boxboard is present, qu...
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Echoes of Life, Or, Beautiful Gems of Poetry and Song : A Choice Collection of Poetry and Prose

By: Townsend, Grace

Price: $23.00

Publisher: L. P. Miller & Company : 1891

Seller ID: 22488

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

605 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Thick heavy hardcover, gray cloth decorated in black, silver and gilt; 605 pages; index; brief bios of great writers; a few short stories; 31 art songs and folk songs with tunes, lyrics, and either full piano or four-part harmony; about 1500 short to medium-length poems with rhyme and meter; 12 b/w and 3 color full-page steel engravings, all depicting girls or lovely young ladies. ; Published in Chicago, Philadelphia and Stockton, California, by L. P. Miller & Company, 1891. ; Poetry was a popular pastime in the 19th century and this publication collects some of the...
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Mills of Tuxbury, The

By: Townsend, Virginia F. ; Illustrated by F. T. Merrill

Price: $16.00

Publisher: A. K. Loring : 1871

Seller ID: 12591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

363 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Original full green cloth, gilt lettering and decor on front and spine, pale yellow endpapers, 4 b/w illustraions on glossy plates, including frontispiece. ; Dated 1871. No additional printings. Illustrations by Frank Thayer Merrill, engraved by John Andrew & Son. ; Picturesque novel of life in a New England mill town, with woman protagonist, authored by longtime assistant editor of Arthur's Home Magazine. ; Moderate exterior wear, mainly to lower tips. Pages a bit yellowed from age. 8 leaves creased at upper tips, not affecting text. Owner name and address penne...
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Dream of Red Mansions, A, Complete in 3 Volumes

By: Tsao Hsueh-Chin and Kao Ngo; Illustrated by Tai Tun-Pang

Price: $64.00

Publisher: Foreign Languages Press : 1978

Seller ID: 24135

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

1904 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Set of three heavy hardcover volumes, each with tan slipcase, dark blue-black cloth over spines, blue boards, top edges blue, pale green speckled endpapers, red page-marker ribbons, many full-color illustrations on glossy plates, colorful jacket art, explanatory footnotes. Laid in, as issued, small chart entitled Chief Characters in the Novel and their Relationships. ; Written by Tsao Hsueh-Chin (Cao Xueqin) and Kao Ngo. Illustrated by Tai Tun-Pang. Translated by Yang Hsien-Yi and Gladys Yang. ; Vol-1 [xvi] + 599 pages. Vol-2, [vi] + 701 pages. Vol-3 [vi] + 586 pa...
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War Prayer, the : With Drawings by John Groth

By: Twain, Mark; Illustrated by John Groth

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Perennial Library/Harper & Row : 1989

Seller ID: 23084

ISBN-13: 9780060911133

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

96 pages; 8vo (8") 21cm; Softcover, 96 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout with striking b/w drawings. ; Written circa 1900. Originally published 1923, long after Twain's death. This edition, with new illustrations, copyright 1968. This is 5th printing, 1989. ; Brilliant satirical anti-war poem written during Philippine-American War. ; Light wear to exterior. Remainder mark on bottom. Inside covers somewhat yellowed from age. No other defects.
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Story of Mary's Little Lamb, the : The Story of Mary and Her Little Lamb, As Told by Mary and Her Neighbors and Friends

By: Tyler, Mary Sawyer

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Longfellow's Wayside Inn : 1956

Seller ID: 17829

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

48 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Softcover, stiff gray leatherette covers, side-stapled binding, 48 glossy pages, 38 b/w photos and facsimiles. ; Originally published by Mr and Mrs Henry Ford, 1928. This edition 1956. True facts behind the beloved poem, Mary Had a Little Lamb, the school where it took place, the original poet, published editions through the years, the first music (1831) it was set to, and more. ; Owner name and date (1964) neatly penned on title page. No other defects.
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Oh ! Calcutta ! : An Entertainment with Music Devised by Kenneth Tynan, Directed by Jacques Levi

By: Tynan, Kenneth; Illustrated by Clovis Trouille

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Grove Press : 1969

Seller ID: 19289

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

190 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, 190 pages, complete script, about 60 b/w photos from the production. Many nudes. ; Black Cat B-226. 1st Paperback Edition, 1969. Published by Black Cat Books, division of Evergreen Books, imprint of Grove Press, 1969. ; Scripts and photos from the most famous sexy, bawdy, smutty, raunchy, racy play of the 1960s, written with collaboration of Peter Schickele, Samuel Beckett, Jules Feiffer, John Lennon, Sam Shepard and more. ; Covers show light shelfwear. No other defects. ; Black Cat B Series; Vol. 226
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Category: Literature & Fiction