Category: Literature & Fiction

Following of the Star, the : A Romance (1st Edition, 1911)

By: Barclay, Florence L. ; Illustrated by F. H. Townsend

Price: $11.00

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons : 1911

Seller ID: 14805

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

426 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, purple cloth, gilt lettering on front and spine, blindstamped decor, 426 pages + 6-pg publisher catalog in rear, lovely full-color glossy frontispiece illustration by F. H. Townsend. ; Same date. NAP. A m a z o n b u y e r s please note: image matches this edition, but this edition is a true first by G. P. Putnam's Sons, NOT a reprint by Grosset & Dunlap. ; Charming love story set in the small village of Bramble Dene, England; the three sections of the novel are entitled Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh. ; Extremely light shelfwear visible at heel and crow...
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Annotated Mother Goose, the : Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained

By: Baring-Gould, William S.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Bramhall House : 1962

Seller ID: 24265

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

350 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, olive green cloth over spine, yellow boards, dark gray patterned endpapers, 350 pages, index, bibliography, hundreds of b/w illustrations reproduced from famous illustrators of the past. Book includes 884 Mother Goose rhymes presented in approximate chronological order, with copious notes on their origins and meanings. ; Copyright 1962. This is 15th printing, circa 1978. ; Written by William S. Baring-Gould and Ceil Baring-Gould. Illustrations by Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish and Early Historical W...
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the :

By: Baum, L. Frank, with Justin G. Schiller; Illustrated by Barry Moser

Price: $24.00

Publisher: University of California Press : 1986

Seller ID: 23389

ISBN-13: 9780520058224

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

268 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Square hardcover, black and gray cloth, green endpapers, 268 pages, 62 striking b/w illustrations. Jacket features ferocious looking witch and metallic green letting. ; Originally published 1900. This new edition, 1986, is wonderfully illustrated with original wood engravings by the great Barry Moser. ; Boards slightly bowed. Jacket very lightly foxed. ; Oz Series; Vol. 1
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the : Complete and Unabridged, Larger Type for Easy Reading

By: Baum, L. Frank; Illustrated by W. W. Denslow

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Lancer Books : 1968

Seller ID: 23428

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

191 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, color illustrated cover, 191 pages, several b/w illustrations by W. W. Denslow. ; Lancer 13-442. Magnum Easy Eye Edition stated. Originally published 1900. This is a complete paperback edition, 1968, with large type and with many of the same illustrations as the original. ; Light wear to exterior only. No marks, no major defects. ; Oz Books Series; Vol. 1
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Norwood, Or, Village Life in New England : By Henry Ward Beecher, from the New York Ledger (1e, 1st Edition, 1868)

By: Beecher, Henry Ward

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner & Company : 1868

Seller ID: 16325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

549 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, original purple cloth, gilt spine lettering, [xii] + 549 pages + 4-pg publisher catalog in rear, tan endpapers, rag (cotton fiber) paper throughout. ; 1st edition in book form. Title page 1868. Copyright page 1867. No additional printings. ; This was the first novel by the famed Congregationalist preacher. It was originally published in parts in the New York Ledger. A sprawling novel filled with all sorts of odd characters, family life, New England sociability, almost autobiographical. ; Cloth moderately worn at heel and crown, purple color mostly faded...
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Professor, the : A Tale by Currer Bell, Author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, Etc

By: Bell, Currer (Charlotte Bronte)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers : 1868

Seller ID: 15719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

330 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, 330 pages, decorative blindstamped boards, gilt spine lettering, pale pink endpapers. ; Written by Charlotte Bronte prior to Jane Eyre but not published until after its success. Originally published 1857. This edition, published in 1868 by NY: Harper & Brothers, carries only the pen name Currer Bell and also has brief a preface by her husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls. ; Cloth shows only a touch of wear. Gilt lettering is bright and readable. Front endpaper has one name in old, faded ink, andother name in pencil. A very small amount of fo...
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Are You Hungry, Are You Cold : A Novel

By: Bemelmans, Ludwig

Price: $27.00

Publisher: World Publishing Company : 1960

Seller ID: 24257

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

245 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, yellow cloth, top edge red, 245 pages, b/w drawing on jacket, same on title page, b/w portrait photo of author on rear of jacket. ; From the famous author of Madeline. "Romps in the hay, pedophilic priests, burning down convents, and a dog named Hitler. Bemelmans' best novel" set in France and Germany before and during WW2. Possibly a little bit autobiographical. ; Book shows very little wear but cloth and endpapers are foxed. Gift note penned on front endpaper. Jacket clipped, otherwise intact, moderately foxed, spine faded but readable.
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Devil's Dictionary, The

By: Bierce, Ambrose

Price: $15.00

Publisher: World Publishing Company : 1942

Seller ID: 20678

ISBN-13: 9781582343808

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

276 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, umber cloth, all edges red, cheeky devil illustration on front, 276 pages, about 750 ordinary words concisely defined by the great Ambrose Bierce, master of wit and sarcasm. ; Originally published in book form 1911. This is new edition 1941, 3rd printing, 1942. ; Spine sunned but readable. Pages starting to yellow from age. Very small tear to cloth at crown otherwise no other defects. Binding tight. Lacks jacket.
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Madison Avenue Cut-Out Book, the : Presentation by Bigger, Fusmythe, Roundheel, Clod and Smart

By: Bigger & Fusmythe; Illustrated by Rolf Siljander

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Citadel Press : 1962

Seller ID: 24140

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

48 pages; Folio (13.25") 34 cm; Large softcover, about 10.25 x 13.25 inches, die-cut in shape of briefcase, 48 unnumbered pages, one board game (with no rules) and 20 large b/w illustrations in style of paper dolls, with snippy captions, such as ; This is a client. (puppy) Tell him he's your best friend. ; These are kid gloves. (fancy gloves) Use them for handling clients. ; This is our personnel department. (guillotine) They have some sharp ideas. ; And so on. ; Front cover shows minor edgewear, two small spots. (Image shows a representative page)
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Rally to Kill / Dead Run / Done to Death : Detective Book Club

By: Bill Knox, Jack Foxx, Sara Woods, Bill Pronzini

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Walter J. Black : 1975

Seller ID: 24414

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

474 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover. Three novels in one volume, as issued. Pale white, gray and pale blue covers, 148 + 139 + 187 pages, total 474 pages. No illustrations apart from three small b/w thumbnails on front, showing original covers of titles included. Unabridged. ; Contents, authors and settings are: 1) Rally to Kill, by Bill Knox, Glasgow, Scotland. 2) Dead Run, by Jack Foxx (Bill Pronzini) Malaysia. 3) Done to Death, by Sara Woods, Yorkshire, England. ; Exterior rubbed and foxed. Spine a bit sunned but quite readable. Interior clean, binding tight. No jacket. ; Detective Boo...
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Cooking with a Velvet Touch : 86 New Recipes for Velvetized Carnation Evaporated Milk

By: Blake, Mary

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Carnation Company : 1965

Seller ID: 22074

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

48 pages; 8vo (9") 19 cm; Softcover booklet, 48 glossy pages, index, 25 full-color photos, 86 recipes of all kinds. ; Light edgewear. One leaf creased at lower corner. No other defects.
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Which Way to Mecca, Jack? : From Brooklyn to Beirut, the Adventures of an American Sheik

By: Blatty, William Peter; Illustrated by Gil Miret

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Bernard Geis Associates : 1958

Seller ID: 23741

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Poor dust jacket

256 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth over spine, tan boards, tan endpapers, 256 pages, many b/w line illustrations. ; This is the first novel from the man who later wrote The Exorcist. A humorous novel about family life in Lebanon (author lived in Lebanon for several years). Originally published in magazines, 1957-1958. This is 1st edition in book form, 1960. ; Book shows light wear only. One front and one rear page tanned from being against endpapers. Spine and top edge a bit sunned. Binding tight. Jacket is lightly foxed but heavily chipped, affecting the word Which on spine, th...
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Unitarian Universalist Poets, the : A Contemporary American Survey

By: Bosveld, Jennifer

Price: $9.25

Publisher: Pudding House Publications : 1996

Seller ID: 16007

ISBN-13: 9780944754337

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

208 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Pale green illustrated covers, 100 short original poems by noted 20th century American Unitarian Universalists, most previously published. Brief bio of each poet. Appendix lists poets who are available for readings, workshops, or lectures, with contact information. ; Isbn 0614101875. Foreword by Nina Penfold. Cover art by Sandra Olinek. ; No defects.
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Camp Croft Cartoons

By: Bothwell, Dick; Illustrated by Peter Paul Czerepak

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Camp Croft : 1942

Seller ID: 21482

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

28 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Oblong red softcover, 28 unnumbered pale gray pages on stiff cardstock, over 90 high-quality b/w cartoons, some with multiple panels. ; Published by Post Exchange, Camp Croft, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1942. Boot camp humor from early days of World War 2.; Moderate edgewear. Owner name, company, platoon, etc, on front cover in old ink, with platoon number corrected by small piece of tape (we have not attempted to remove). Oldprice lightly penned inside front cover. No other marks. Binding tight. Rare in any condition.
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Like Any Other Man

By: Boyle, Patrick

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Grove Press : 1968

Seller ID: 23742

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

332 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, 332 pages. ; GP-484. First printing stated. Jacket priced. No dimple. ; Tragi-comic novel of Irish heavy drinker and 'powerful ox of a man' who lives life on the edge. ; Top edge lightly spotted. Otherwise book shows hardly any sign of use. Jacket is unclipped with two small chip to crown.
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But That's Unprintable : About the Taboos in Magazine and Newspaper Comic Cartoons, with 135 Tabooed Illustrations by the Country's Leading Cartoonists

By: Breger, Dave

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Bantam Books : 1955

Seller ID: 23666

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

152 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; White paperback, all edges inked red, [viii] + 152 pages, 135 b/w single-panel cartoons declared unprintable, published here for first time. Many nudes. Historical (and juicy) commentary by cartoonist and editor Dave Breger. ; 1st edition, paperback original, published May, 1955. ; Subtitle on front: "135 Hilarious Cartoons They Wouldn't Dare Publish." Blurb: "Here they are -- the rib-ticklers, the hot potatoes, the eye-fillers, the wild ones and the belly laughs -- all drawn with tongue in cheek by America's leading cartoonists. But not one of them could ever have ...
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Tone, The, Part 2 : The Dragon

By: Bronte; Illustrated by Rick Cain

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cain Studios : 1988

Seller ID: 17941

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

60 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Small softcover booklet, brown and tan pages throughout, 60 unnumbered pages, b/w line art on every page margin. ; Beautifully illustrated mystical tale. Front cover shows crescent moon, bearded elder man, scrolls with the words The Teller Circle, Imagine, Create, See. ; No defects. A most unusual book. Quite scarce. (We have been unable to determine if there is a Part 1 that precedes this volume or which Bronte is the author)
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Sooner or Later

By: Brooks, Shirley; Illustrated by George Du Maurier

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers : 1868

Seller ID: 21437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

348 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, brown textured cloth, gold lettering on spine, 348 pages, main text in 2 columns, small type, 16 b/w illustrations. ; Humorous novel of manners, originally published in 3 vols, 1866-1868. This is a very early 1-vol reprint, dated 1868, with preface dated 1867. ; English author Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816-1874) was a novelist, popular playwright and longtime contributor to famous Punch humor magazine. ; Cloth shows moderate edgewear and some fading to spine but lettering is quite readable. Front endpaper has antique 1.0 x 2.5-inch bookdealer labe...
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Incident at 125th Street : A Novel (1e, 1st Edition, Signed)

By: Brown, John Edward

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company : 1970

Seller ID: 23405

ISBN-13: 9780385028257

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

176 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, pale gray cloth, [x] + 176 + 6 pages, ; One crime. Many solutions. ; Front endpaper inscribed "June 1970, For Bob and Betty, with appreciation for your hospitality" and SIGNED by author "Jack." Otherwise book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket is unclipped, very lightly sunned, with minor edgewear only.
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Really Babies, 1e : (1st Edition, 1908)

By: Brownell, Elizabeth B. ; Illustrated by Elizabeth B. Brownell

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Rand, McNally & Company : 1908

Seller ID: 14299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

63 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large hardcover, brown cloth, gilt lettering, 63 glossy pages, title on front in gilt edged in black, small b/w photo paste-downs on front and rear. ; Original nursery rhyme-style poems, illustrated with b/w photos of real children, age about 1-5 years, wearing normal (1908) clothing. Glossy throughout. ; Cloth quite worn, small chips to photo paste-downs. Light foxing here and there, also pale dampstains to lower margins of rear leaves, none affecting text or pictures. Several leaves have small tears to lower margins, a common feature of large books well-loved by...
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Category: Literature & Fiction