Category: Literature & Fiction

Galley Slave's Ring, the : Or, the Family of Lebrenn

By: Eugene, Sue, translated by Daniel De Leon

Price: $32.00

Publisher: New York Labor News Company : 1911

Seller ID: 21006

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

223 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering and decor, 223 pages. ; Historical fiction. 'A Tale of the French Revolution of 1848.' ; Volume 19 in the Mysteries of the People, or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages Series. ; Gift note in fountain pen on front endpaper dated 1918. Otherwise only a touch of shelfwear. Scarce. ; Mysteries of the People Series; Vol. 19
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Iron Trevet, the : Or, Jocelyn the Champion

By: Eugene, Sue, translated by Daniel De Leon

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York Labor News Company : 1906

Seller ID: 21003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

272 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering and decor, 160 pages. ; Historical fiction. 'A Tale of the Jacquerie.' ; Volume 14 in the Mysteries of the People, or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages Series. ; Gift note in fountain pen on front endpaper dated 1918. Small spot on fore-edge. Otherwise only a touch of shelfwear. Scarce. ; Mysteries of the People Series; Vol. 14
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Pilgrim's Shell, the : Or, Fergan the Quarryman

By: Eugene, Sue, translated by Daniel De Leon

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York Labor News Company : 1904

Seller ID: 21002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

280 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering and decor, 280 pages. ; Historical fiction. 'A Tale from the Feudal Times.' ; Volume 12 in the Mysteries of the People, or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages Series. ; Gift note in fountain pen on front endpaper dated 1918. Otherwise only a touch of shelfwear. Scarce. ; Mysteries of the People Series; Vol. 12
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Poniard's Hilt, the : Or, Karadeucq and Ronan

By: Eugene, Sue, translated by Daniel De Leon

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York Labor News Company : 1908

Seller ID: 20998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

281 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering and decor, 281 pages. ; Historical fiction. 'A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres.' ; Volume 6 in the Mysteries of the People, or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages Series. ; Gift note in fountain pen on front endpaper dated 1918. Otherwise only a touch of shelfwear. Scarce. ; Mysteries of the People Series; Vol. 6
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Sword of Honor, The, Complete in 2 Volumes : Or, the Foundation of the French Republic

By: Eugene, Sue, translated by Daniel De Leon

Price: $32.00

Publisher: New York Labor News Company : 1910

Seller ID: 21005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

652 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Set of 2 vols, hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering and decor, 324 + 328 pages. ; Historical fiction. 'A Tale of the French Revolution.' ; Volume 18 in the Mysteries of the People, or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages Series. ; Gift note in fountain pen on front endpaper dated 1918 in one vol. Otherwise only a touch of shelfwear. Quite scarce. ; Mysteries of the People Series; Vol. 18
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Mig Alley : A Gripping Novel of a Jet Fighter Ace (Paperback Original)

By: Eunson, Robert

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1959

Seller ID: 21868

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

191 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Paperback original, 191 pages, all edges yellow. ; Ace D-365. Korean War novel. ; Minor edgewear only. No marks, no creases ; Ace Books D Series; Vol. 365
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Amazing Cynicalman, the : (Signed)

By: Feazell, Matt; Illustrated by Matt Feazell

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Not Available Books : 2003

Seller ID: 21839

ISBN-13: 9780974476704

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

148 pages; 24mo (5") 13 cm; Oblong softcover, [vi] + 148 pages, comic strip style throughout, illustrated with b/w line art. Title page inscribed and SIGNED by author "Matt 08" and he also drew a strutting Cynicalman doffing his hat. ; Complete run of comics (aka minicomics) from 1997-2002, as seen in several Michigan newspapers. ; Covers are very slightly wavy. No other defects.
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Mad Magazine Number 122 : October 1968

By: Feldstein, Albert B.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: E. C. Publications : 1968

Seller ID: 23921

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

48 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Softcover, color glossy covers, 48 pages, tons of b/w illustrations, many writers and artists. ; Topics: Mad's ideal presidential candidate. Updated superheroes. Genteel Ben, illustrated by Don Martin. Message to the Smothers Brothers. Mad looks at movie monsters. Lighter side of hair. Game show originator of the year. Spy vs Spy. Long long cigarettes. Guess Who's Throwing Up Dinner? The Hippie Man (spoof of The Music Man) and more. ; Light wear. Covers show three small closed tears. Rear cover (with fold-in cartoon by Al Jaffee) very lightly creased, as usual. Bi...
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Maumewa : An Indian Lyric of the Ozarks

By: Fellow, Henry Coffin

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Tilma Printing Company : 1930

Seller ID: 21053

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

38 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Red softcover, flocked (fuzzy) covers, bound with knotted cord as issued, 38 pages, preface and brief glossary, b/w frontispiece illustration. Warmly inscribed to Prof. F. C. West and SIGNED by author who also wrote his Wichita address. ; Published by author, 1930. Epic poem, in style of Hiawatha, telling of meeting of Hernando de Soto with the Red Men of Arkansas and Oklahoma. ; Henry Coffin Fellow (1856-1948) PhD, once called the Cowboy Poet of Oklahoma, was professor of literature at University of Kansas, Wichita. ; Covers worn, many small edge chips. Cord fray...
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Second Book of Verse : (Signed)

By: Field, Eugene

Price: $52.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons : 1895

Seller ID: 19187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

260 pages; 12mo (7.25") 18 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, gilt lettering, [x] + 200 pages, top edge gilt, laid paper throughout, 76 original poems with rhyme and meter. ; Copyright 1892. This printing 1895. Sentimental, topical, narrative and humorous verse. ; Exterior shows moderate wear. Cloth on spine sunned but gilt is bright and readable. Front endpaper has three items affixed: 1) armorial bookplate of Eugene Field, 2) bookplate of George H. Yenowine, 3) printed poem entitled Booh which is SIGNED by Eugene Field in a very fine hand. Same page also has gift note from George H. Yenowine dated 1...
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Little Book of Tribune Verse, a : A Number of Hitherto Uncollected Poems, Grave and Gay

By: Field, Eugene, and Joseph G. Brown; Illustrated by Allyn Wolcott Palmer

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap : 1906

Seller ID: 16336

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

249 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, pale green cloth, gilt lettering, purple and green decor, 249 pages + 4 sepia-toned illustrations on unnumbered plates, over 150 original poems written 1881-1883 while Field was associate editor of Denver Tribune, and published there anonymously. ; Poems by Eugene Field, collected and edited by Joseph G. Brown, with illustrations by Allyn Wolcott Palmer. Book is copyright 1901 but plates are dated 1906.; Cloth worn but not frayed, gilt on front is bright, on spine is dull and mostly worn off. Residue of an old bookplate on front endpaper. A few pages ha...
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Tales Told in Canada

By: Fowke, Edith

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Doubleday Canada : 1986

Seller ID: 9414

ISBN-13: 9780385250412

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

174 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Purple softcover, 174 pages, index of tale types and motifs, bibliography, 50 Canadian folktales told, each with extensive historical background and info. ; Compiled by Canada's most famous collector of folklore. ; Minor wear to lower tips. No other defects.
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Tops ! : The Get-Away ; Look out ! ; the Sea

By: Fraumann, Louise K.

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Tops : 1955

Seller ID: 15217

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

32 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, stiff metallic gold covers with red lettering and decor, 32 unnumbered pages. ; This is a bizarre booklet with three action-packed short stories entitled The Get-Away, Look out, and The Sea. ; Published by Louise Keatley Fraumann. No date but we estimate about 1955. Number One is stated, and inside rear cover has a promo for Number Two. (No connection to Topps trading cards) ; Edges of covers, which extend beyond textblock, show light wear. No other defects. No marks. Binding of three staples intact. Quite scarce in any condition.
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Beyond Time

By: Frostic, Gwen; Illustrated by Gwen Frostic

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Gwen Frostic/Presscraft Papers : 1971

Seller ID: 24341

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

64 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Hardcover, brown textured leatherette over spine and rear board, buff decorated front board, 64 unnumbered pages, variety of deckle papers. Title page has embossed design, as issued. Color and monochrome linoleum-block illustrations throughout. ; Gwen Frostic (1906-2001) was a Michigan poet, book manufacturer, linoleum-block nature artist and papermaker who wrote, illustrated, printed and published 20 different titles which have been described as enchanting, delicate, breathtaking, and inspirational. ; Light wear to heel and crown. No other defects. ; Laid in: two ...
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Beyond Time : (Signed by Gwen Frostic)

By: Frostic, Gwen; Illustrated by Gwen Frostic

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Gwen Frostic/Presscraft Papers : 1971

Seller ID: 20559

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

64 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Brown and buff decorated boards, 64 unnumbered pages. Variety of deckle papers. Title page embossed, as issued. Color and monochrome linoleum-block illustrations throughout. SIGNED by author. ; Gwen Frostic (1906-2001) was a beloved Michigan poet, book manufacturer, linoleum-block nature artist and papermaker who wrote, illustrated, printed and published 20 different titles which have been described as enchanting, delicate, breathtaking and inspirational. ; No visible wear. Publisher's postcard laid in.
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Caprice Immensity, The

By: Frostic, Gwen; Illustrated by Gwen Frostic

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Gwen Frostic/Presscraft Papers : 1983

Seller ID: 20063

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

64 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Tall hardcover, green boards printed in dark green and brown, title in thermographic ink. Pictorial endpapers in tan and rich red-brown. 64 unnumbered pages, many different types of paper, some with deckle edges. ; Gwen Frostic (1906-2001) was a Michigan poet, book manufacturer, linoleum-block nature artist and papermaker who wrote, illustrated, printed and published 20 different titles which have been described as enchanting, delicate, breathtaking, and inspirational. ; No visible wear. The only defect: gift note penned on reverse of front free endpaper. Scarce.
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Evolving Omnity, the : Block Prints and Words (Signed)

By: Frostic, Gwen; Illustrated by Gwen Frostic

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Gwen Frostic/Presscraft Papers : 1981

Seller ID: 24266

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

60 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Tall hardcover, beautiful mottled tan boards printed in brown and olive green with red thermographic lettering. Tan illustrated endpapers. 60 unnumbered pages, many different types of paper, some with deckle edges. Illustrated on nearly every spread with lovely nature forms: trees, birds, flowers, geese, etc, in earth-tone colors. ; Gwen Frostic (1906-2001) was a Michigan poet, book manufacturer, linoleum-block nature artist and papermaker who wrote, illustrated, printed and published 20 different titles which have been described as enchanting, delicate, breathtak...
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These Things Are Ours

By: Frostic, Gwen; Illustrated by Gwen Frostic

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Gwen Frostic/Presscraft Papers : 1960

Seller ID: 20555

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

60 pages; 8vo (9.5") 24 cm; Hardcover, green and yellow decorated boards, 60 unnumbered pages, wonderful variety of handmade textured and deckle pages, nature-inspired illustrations throughout. ; Gwen Frostic (1906-2001) was a beloved Michigan poet, book manufacturer, linoleum-block nature artist and papermaker who wrote, illustrated, printed and published 20 different titles which have been described as enchanting, delicate, breathtaking, and inspirational. ; Book shows almost no wear. A touch of sunning to edges. ; Item laid in: publisher's leaflet listing seven titles, will illustration of ...
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Wisps of Mist : (Signed)

By: Frostic, Gwen; Illustrated by Gwen Frostic

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Gwen Frostic/Presscraft Papers : 1969

Seller ID: 23086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

66 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Hardcover, silver-toned cloth, white illustrated front board. 66 unnumbered pages. Beautiful hand-made paper throughout, of various colors and materials, some with deckle edges. Some lettering printed in silver. Illustrated with hand-pressed linoleum block prints. SIGNED by author-illustrator. ; Gwen Frostic (1906-2001) was a Michigan poet, book manufacturer, linoleum-block nature artist and papermaker who wrote, illustrated, printed and published 20 different titles which have been described as enchanting, delicate, breathtaking, and inspirational. ; Front cover h...
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Gods and Tulips

By: Gaiman, Neil; Illustrated by Rembrandt van Rijn

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Westhampton House : 1999

Seller ID: 19082

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

46 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Softcover, full-color glossy covers, 6 + 32 + 8 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. Afterword by Christopher Oarr. ; Neil Gaiman's three famous essays: Good Comics and Why You Should Sell Them. ; On Signings. ; Writing: The PRO/con Speech. ; Published to benefit Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Many tips for bookstore managers on how to hold a signing. ; No defects. (Please note: This item has comic-book-style cover art but is not a comic)
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Category: Literature & Fiction