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1916biblio1<p>Scarce collection of 11 children’s bedtime stories by author of Wizard of Oz. STORIES PLAY INCLUDE Wondrous Wise man Doll & Jumping Jack Prince Marvel a Play Mister Doodle ETC<br /> Nursery BooksHARDBACK NODJ 1916 1st edition GOOD/FAIR AS-IS NOJACKET White Boards with Yellow Trim are somewhat soiled Worn & small stains and parts of the spine paper have come off. Webbing is showing between the front board and the first page loosening the binding. On the "This Book Belongs To" page it is filled in in ink. There is a pencil signature on the front inside board. There is a crayon scrawl on the first Half title page opposite the Snuggle Tales list but not on the title page with the author and illustrator's name. The rest of the pages are all in good condition. Tall octavo with illustrated stiff paper boards Thin 8vo pictorial boardsTall octavo with illustrated stiff paper boards NOJACKET Back Cvr Yellow with soil rub wear</p> The Reilly & Britton Co., CHICAGO hardcover
197521183871975. Caedmon of Whitby Press n.d. 1975. 8vo. Original cloth in dust-wrappers; pp. xii 253; a few illustrations in the text; wrappers a bit rubbed nad with marginal re-inforcements on the inside previous bookdealer's pencil annotations to endpapers; a good association copy.First edition. The authors worked on the the Scoresby papers bequeathed to the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society ordering and listing them. Their work resulted in the present life which quotes extensively from the papers. - This copy signed by both authors inside front cover a typed letter on the printer's stationery signed by Cordelia Stamp addressed to Paul Gallico thanking him for the beauty and precision in the description of a snowflake in Gallico's book The Snow Goose to which the Stamps refer on page 37 in this book. hardcover
192524516<p>Printed By A.L. Burt 1925. HBDJ1925 1st edition first printing with the jacket listing on the back only 5 Lakewood Boys titles thru this title and 5 Ranger Boys titles. VG/GOOD AS-IS Dust jacket is Nearly intact with Nice Front DJ tiny edge chips & Spine DJ small piece out at Bottom of inch or so & tiny Chips Across top spine dj and the binding and all pages are in great shape. Back DJ Edge chips Extremities Color DJ light Rub Wear Tiny Chips Tears Extremities white Spine Ends DJ small Chips Fox Back DJ light wear small chips Not Affecting Titles end with Ranger boys & Their Reward Beautiful Green RedBlack Brown Cloth Cover Illustration of Man with gun shooting Cougar light Rub Wear 248 PGS ADS IN Back End with Boy Allies with Marshall Foch There is no Burt age code on the spine making this a pre-1927 text. This title was originally printed in 1925. The book is in it's original jacket with paper loss to top and bottom of spine . The book is clean with an erased pencilled gift inscription on the ffe and a coated frontispiece. Jacket is protected by archival mylar . Stories for Boys of High School Age A vintage juvenile adventure novel B/W Glosssy Frontispiece Nice Illustration Duplicates DJ Illustration Without the Least Warning Dozen Men seemed to Rise From Nowhere all About Them There is a really nice illustration on this frontspiece. Pre-Text & Back DJ lists thru Lakewood Boys in South Sea Islands Ranger Boys Series Blank Inner Flaps DJ Priceclipped. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.</p> Printed By A.L. Burt hardcover
192924426Published By Grosset and Dunlap. 1929. HBDJ 1929 First edition. 1st Printing Back DJ lists thru Jerry Hicks & His Gang Dustjacket is GOOD condition with only minimal edgewear and a small chip at the bottom left of the front panel and a scratch on the back panel With Colors Britght. Book is VG Condition a sharp tight copy with no writing or names. THICK Brown cloth book Lettered in Red Outlined in Black is VG Condition. Book square hinges tight. No writing in the book. Dustjacket GOOD or better condition with moderate wear Scuff & Tiny & small chips Tears Extremities AS-IS . The front flap has a synopsis of the story. The rear flap has a synopsis of " Jerry Hicks Ghost Hunter". First three titles were issued in 1929 probably as a breeder set. 198 pgs There are pages of G&D series ads post text thru Roy Blakeleys Go-as-you Please Hike but none for this series Interior Nice Tight Clean light wear FOX .The Gang Runs Afoul of Egg-Head Davis the leader of another group of Bayfield Boys & Then Fur Flies but the irrepressible Jerry setting his master mind to work marches on to Victory Rollicking Adventures etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Published By Grosset and Dunlap. hardcover
193024519Published By Grosset and Dunlap. 1930. HBDJ 1930 1st Edition Early Issue Pretext Lists Thru Series #3 & Back DJ list Thru This TitleDustjacket is GOOD condition with only minimal edgewear & a small scratch on the back panel With Colors Bright with FOX. Book is VG Condition a sharp tight copy .scarce 4th & final book in this series. .THICK Brown cloth book Lettered in Red Outlined in Black is VG Condition. Book square hinges tight Book is in it's original jacket with paper loss to top of spine affects R&Y in Jerry & tiny chips Bottom spine DJ . Dustjacket has a synopsis of the story on the front flap and a biography of William Heyliger on the back flap. Heyliger wrote a plethora of boys series and sport books from the turn of the century to the early 1930's for many publishers. There are many Grosset & Dunlap titles listed on the jackets reverso in black ink most likely making this a post 1933 printing. The book is clean with no writing. The paper of the book is also clean with almost no aging. Jacket is protected by archival mylar. .Incomparable Jerry Itching to be Big Business man sells his gang on idea of being brushed & Shined go on Camping Trip Hunt for BuRied Treasure Corky the Dog is Trained to find Treasure in Ground They are Tamed by Hard Boiled EGG etc Merry Rollicking side-splItting Yarn. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Published By Grosset and Dunlap. hardcover
1943mon0000257585Longmans Green and Co 1943-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 3.5973 in x 18.9856 in x 13.9894 in. Ex-library book usual markings. This copy has the same type of cover as the photo but its a different edition 1940. Well read with some wear to spine but good otherwise. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover
193329190HBDJ STATED 1ST MODERN LIBRARY 1933 on copyright pg 265 BOOKS FOUND VERSO & BACK OF EARLY ISSUE DJ VG/VG- DJ HAS small chips tears extremities THICK BLACK CLOTH GOLD GILT STREAMER ON FRONT CVR 703 pgs INDEX Bound in dark black balloon cloth with PURPLE Topstain. Kent endpapers. Toledano binding #7. <br /> Gilt bright. Binding tight. Jacket is VG Minus with mild soiling and minor wear to corners. Top of lightly-darkened spine shows a chip with loss and a closed tear. Minor chipping to top rear panel. DJ shows 265 titles indicating a Spring 1939 printing.<br /> MODERN LIBRARY hardcover
19091962Roycrofters NY 1909. HB NODJ ISSUED Embossed Brown Suede Cover poor condition with rub & wear & part tie-string missing 1st edition 1909 Interior NF/VG AS-IS NODJ. First Edition. Full-Leather. Roycrofters, NY hardcover
192022630A. C. Gilbert Conn. Publ. New Haven 1920. HB NO DJ 1920 1st edition NF/NF- NODJ Bound Brown Illustrated cloth with Green of Boy doing magic 61 pgs Ads Interior Nice tight Clean Light FoX Wear Small 12mo. . First Edition. Hard Cover. A. C. Gilbert Conn. Publ. New Haven hardcover
199472134Worcester: Images 1994. Oblong FolioSigned Limited Edition. Signed limited edition. 93 pp. no 58/500 limited copies. Illustrated with 44 colour and black and white plates. Printed in a combination of full colour duotone and monochrome on Royal Art 170 gsm matt art paper. Hand sewn and bound in blue aberleave buckram with a case of equal quality. Slight rubbing to slipcase with a slight case to front board of book. With an introduction by Gavin Stamp. Includes letters from publishers to previous owner prospectus notices of the exhibition held in London and book launch party and Greeves' obituary from The Daily Telegraph. Tom Greeves the co-founder of the Victorian Society and champion of Bedford Park. A lovely clean copy of this work. 1897817401 . Near Fine. Cloth. Limited Edition. 1994. Images 1994 hardcover
1912014603Lecoq, Mathorel et Ch. Bernard Paris 1912 fort in-8 Cartonnage éditeur
19962081502111901042Chinese book office 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: hardcover book Chinese book office paperback
193725318Boston Little Brown 1937. HBDJ 1937 Stated 1st Edition1st Printing Published April 1937 NF-/VG AS-IS Back DJ Color of Red & B/W Flamengo Dancers has Tiny Chips Tears Extremities DJ light rub wear & Tiny Tears Edges Red Cloth Lettered in Black lite wear .He Paid all the Checks for the Losses on the Artistic Movies He Directed for Gloria Brown & For Drinks for the House . Hollywood themed Novel of a popular director of "artistic" movies who wanes in popularity and is soon forgotten. He reemerges as a South American character actor and while on location he becomes unconscious and wakes up not knowing if he is a general of a rebel army or just an actor playing a general. Found in Anthony Slide's The Hollywood Novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Boston, Little Brown hardcover
191926968New York: Barse & Hopkins 1919 HBDJ n.d. ca 1919 VG/GOOD- AS-IS Beige Hardcover Trimmed & Titled in Red cloth cover color PasteOn illustration of Cinderella in Pink Dress seated on green Cushioned chair as she tries on Slippers for Prince whos wearing Yellow sash & Red Boots & black & Yellow Srtriped Pants & tipping his Furlined Hat with Yellow Feather . A title in "The Pleasant Hour" series 62 pgs. Very good in a good- dust jacket loss of approximately 1 cm at base of spine of book some overall chipping and edgewear to the dustjacket but the color pastedown is bright and attractive on front Cvr. Illustration on the dj differs from that on the pastedown. Uncommon in dust jacket. Light edge sgtains to Cvr Faded DJ has small edge Chips & Tears Back DJ Light wear soil Lists thru Traveling Besrs in Fairyland SPINE DJ ends small chips Front inner DJ flaps lists thru Corner House Girls snowbound Interior nice tight clean light wear fox DJ Protected clear Mylar including stories about Jock her terrier dog by Evelyn Everett-Green 'Bridget in Charge' by Dorothea Moore & Advice from Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland Jack & Bean-Stalk beanstalk & Night before christmas with Santa claus Color Illustration Color frontispiece of surprised Cinderella as Fairy gives her a Pumpkin coach with Mice Pulling it & cover color illustration the Swedish-born artist von Hofsten who came to Chicago in 1893 as a young man and who became in a short time the head of the illustration department of the Herald Tribune. Color frontispiece and 5 additional color plates. consisting of traditional fairy tales and other stories and poems by various authors -Illustration on the dj differs from that on the pastedown. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: Barse & Hopkins, hardcover
1966159648N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage reference photograph from the 1966 film showing director Joseph Losey with actress Monica Vitti on the set. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. <br /> <br /> Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. <br /> <br /> Shot on location throughout Italy the Netherlands and England. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
194525271New York: House of Field-Doubleday Inc. Publishers Printed in the United States at Webberprint Inc. New York 1945. HBDJ 1945 1st Edition Hard Cover. Book Condition: VG. First Edition. Scarce. Octavo Bound in the Publisher's Original Red Cloth Binding with Gilt Lettering to Upper Board and spine Cvr Light Wear Top edges Publ. red others trimmed. DJ VG- AS-IS 242 pgs. plus BLANK plates at Back not included in pagination. Cover is lightly rubbed/soiled with gilt only lightly darkened Interior pages Lightly browning just a Litlle the plates all VG. . FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Plain cream Endpapers FOX. B/W Illustrated by Pogany with 8 full-page black & white illustrations printed on light gray paper. .Not a distorting mirror not magnifying the aberrations or minimizing the virtues of the world's movie capital. It is a crystal-clear and crystal-clean device which gives a fine image of its subject. The pathetic story of the Cigarette Girl Dorothy who becomes Moona Maya the star of the A. B. C. pictures headed by A. C. Sourwine the film magnate is a drama of youth trying to adjust itself to the strange new world of talking pictures. Allan Day - whoever he is - is not an Alice in Wonderland. He is a sane observer in an insane asylum. He dedicates his book to 29126670 American girls under the age of 25. Mr. Day has not attempted any really scientific approach to the subject of movieitis; not by any means. He has given it a treatment exclusively his own and the result is an overpowering and dramatic book." . First Edition. Hard Cover. New York: House of Field-Doubleday, Inc., Publishers, Printed in the United States at Webberprint, Inc., New York hardcover
192329078HARDBACK NODustjacket 1923 FIRST IMPRESSION VG WITH TINY NICK TOP SPINE CVRCopyright Page Reads Special Edition Limited edition to 100 copies No. 3." Limited First Edition NOJACKET VG Condition AS-IS Lite Wear There is no other writing in the book. 45 pg. He suffered from Hypergraphia . A PLAY about vampires by Inman a recluse best known for his enormous Diaries. Very scarce Vampire themed theatrical play. <br /><br /><br /> Boston, MA: B. J. Brimmer Co, hardcover
19082004020014The Scott Stamps and Coin Co 1908-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Bound in contemporary leather. Leather rubbed and chipped. Gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Front board splitting. Page creasing. Some stamps collected. <br> This album contains spaces for all varieties of Postage Stamps issued in any country in the World during the 19th Century also portraits of the rulers flags and arms of every nation together with valuable statistical information regarding their size population capitals etc etc. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. The Scott Stamps and Coin Co hardcover
193528016<p>Harper & Brothers 1935. HBDJ GOOD/VG FACSIMILE DUSTJACKET 1935 STATED Second edition Dates Match on title & copyright pg which has foxing Green & Blue Decorated Cloth with Gold Gilt spine cover FOX & TINY CHIPS Along Edges Cover minor rub few small stains wear Scuff Interior Nice tight Clean minor wear very light Fox 278 pgs Back of green cloth cvr has FOX & stains to edgesnominal author of the influential 1913 book "The House in Good Taste"and a prominent figure in New York Paris and London society. During her married life the press usually referred to her as Lady Mendl. Illustrated with photos following pg 142 Light Green endpapers Light fox. Hardcover. Good/Very Good.</p> Harper & Brothers hardcover
1965144421Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Vintage borderless press photograph of Monica Vitti from the 1966 film. With holograph annotations and agency stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on an original comic strip by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway. O'Donnell wrote an original screenplay for the film although much of it was never used and he novelized the film the same year it was released. One of the key "mod London" films of the 1960s directed in blazing saturated color by Joseph Losey the closest he would come to popular entertainment starring Monica Vitti in the sexy title role her first English-speaking role joined by Dirk Bogarde and Terence Stamp. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy Netherlands and England.<br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
195128577Valentine's Manual New York 1951. BUT Rebound for a school library with school library book plate etc. EX-LIBRARY USUAL WEAR STAMPS POCKET ETC. HARDBACK NODustjacket 1951 First Edition STATED NO JACKET PRETEXT LISTS THRU DAY WITH MOPSY EX-LIBRARY USUAL WEAR STAMPS POCKET ETC. GREY Cloth WITH Purple Snow Blizzard & House Illustration on Front Cvr Hardcover-cloth. GOOD Condition . Illustrated by the author. Octavo 8 " Tall X 5 3/4 IN. APPROX 125 pages gray cloth. A very good clean hardcover with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners BUT Rebound for a school library with school library book plate etc.; hinges and binding solid paper moderately yellowed. First edition. HBDJ GOOD 125 pages. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by MABEL BESTSY HILL. Ex-Library. Valentine's Manual, New York, hardcover
1969167091N.p.: Aetos 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1969 Italian film showing actors Silvana Mangano and Terence Stamp in an intimate moment. Stamp of photographer Angelo Frontoni on the verso.<br /> <br /> Over the course of several days a mysterious visitor seduces each member of a bourgeois Milanese family. The second film in director Pier Paolo Pasolini's Mythical Cycle quartet preceded by "Oedipus Rex" 1967 and followed by "Porcile" and "Medea" both 1969.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Rome and Milan. <br /> <br /> 9.25 x 6.75 inches. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Rosenbaum 1000. Godard Histoires du cinema. BFI 1166. Aetos unknown
193130131<p>HBDJ 1931. First Modern Library Edition STATED. NF/VG- AS-IS "Jacket has some wear and foxing foxing to closed page edges. Ink name on the back of the first page and the title page." 12mo 190pp. BACK OF DJ HAS PRE ZIPCODE COUPON. & MENTIONS 190 BKS Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Beautiful Stated First Modern Library Edition #190. Blue soft cloth with logo in gilt on front board and titles in gilt on spine. Binding style #6 as called for. Square tight and clean throughout with just a hint of wear to spine ends but quite minor. Edges mildly toned. Very attractive unclipped correct First Issue dust jacket WITH TINY EXTREMITIES WEAR & CHIPS. $.95 190 titles listed has some tiny closed tears and rubbing to edges and folds. Chipping to spine ends. Light soiling. Still solid bright and uncommon in any condition. A sharp collectable copy and scarce in this condition. This is a great classic on books and book collecting Probably the most famous bookselling novel to be written book seller in a horse drawn wagon </p> The Modern Library, New York hardcover
194829736HBDJ 1948 1ST EDITION EARLY ISSUE VG/VG<br />AS-IS In yellow pictorial boards with bumped top corners some wear to spine ends and puncture to bottom of rear spine gutter. COLOR STICKER LABEL GLUED ONTO ENDPAER SAYS FIVE CHILDREN & IT Page ends have been tinted brown covering "library copy" stamps with some staining to top and bottom insides of spine cover of more contemporary paperback copy of title has been affixed to front pastedown and part of ffep has been clipped off with new endpaper affixed. Interior and covers nice and clean. Scarce jacket is unclipped $1.95 with a couple of 1/2 inch closed tears to top and botttom of front panel one inch closed tear to top of rear spine crease puncture to bottom of rear spine crease and a few nicks. A few marks/spots - Very Good . Yellow Binding with Blue & black & BrownIllustration on Front cvr is tight. 251 PGS ADS When it Grants them a Wish a Day the Consequences are frequently Awkward. They become as Beautiful as the Day. & R Locked Out of Their Own Home. They get Wings & Nearly have to Spend the Nite on a Church Tower. Robert Becomes a Giant. Lamb grows Up in a Matter of Seconds. & Red Indians Invade the English Countryside published by Looking Glass Library #( Random House), New York hardcover
1974280019Westminster: printed at the Church Literature Association 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. leaves in printed warped folder. Physical description; folder holding letter by Sir John Betjeman and 4 drawings by Gavin Stamp. Subjects; Holy Trinity Church Sloane Street. Sir John Betjeman. Gavin Stamp. Drawings. Church Art. Westminster: printed at the Church Literature Association paperback