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197068944NY:: Lion Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0874600715 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine lower corner of front flap is clipped dust jacket. An attractive well preserved copy. . Lion Press, hardcover books
196957719NY:: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. First printing. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Funk & Wagnalls, hardcover books
196923524New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1969. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG average wear/VG pc/light soiling/few chips & tears at extremities. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Ed Renfro. Small 4to. <br/><br/> Funk & Wagnalls hardcover books
196823523NY: Funk & Wagnalls 1968. 1st edition. Rust-colored cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG/VG pc/1cm wrap around tear at top edge. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Kenneth Longtemps. Small 4to. <br/><br/> Funk & Wagnalls hardcover books
197273033NY:: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0070278636 . No statement of printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . McGraw-Hill Book Company, hardcover books
197134111NY: Holiday House 1971. Book Club edn. Edward Gorey. Small horizontal 8vo pages not numbered. Ex library with bookplate and sticker; pocket removed. Somewhat soiled in little chipped dj. A story for children. Holiday House unknown books
V06K-00224Albert Whitman & Co. Used - Good. Good condition. Albert Whitman & Co unknown books
199225440NY: Clarion 1992. 1st edition. Color pictorial boards. Dust jacket replicates binding design. F/VG two closed tears at top edge. Unpaginated. Illustrated. 4to. <br/><br/> Clarion hardcover books
1971157901New York: Holiday House 1971. Later printing. Small oblong hardcover. Features text by Heide and illustrations by Edward Gorey. A very good plus copy in illustrated boards with some light bumping to the base of the spine and some faint foxing to the page edges in a very good dust jacket with some minor wear. Holiday House unknown books
197120384New York: Holiday House 1971. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Oblong paperbound 8vo. Unpaginated. A fine copy of this short novel with illustrations by Gorey. Holiday House paperback books
199283354NY:: Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0688083196 . First printing. Fine in a near fine light flap creases dust jacket. . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, hardcover books
199489819Boston:: Little Brown. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0316354449 . Second printing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Little, Brown, hardcover books
1971Embry 196708Holiday House 1971. Early printing. Faint toning to endpapers else fine in near fine lightly toned dust jacket in mylar cover. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Holiday House, 1971. Early printing. unknown books
199976571New York NY.: DK Publishing Inc. Very Good. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red paper covered boards with blind-stamping to the upper cover and gilt stamping to the spine in a very nice dust jacket. The covers have a touch of light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with nice color illustrations. This book is signed/inscribed by the illustrator Mary Grandpre on the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Illustrator . DK Publishing, Inc. hardcover books
197121032124New York: Holiday House 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Gorey Edward. First printing oblong sixmo size 64 pp. signed by Edward Gorey. Edward St. John Gorey 1925-2000 is well-known and well-loved for his poisonously funny picture books which are complex humorous serious and provocative. <br/><br/>In this work Treehorn was shrinking.and he didn't know why.as the publisher says on the dust jacket flap: "With his usual tongue-in-cheek approach Edward Gorey glorifies the many imaginings of the story in witty pen and ink drawings." The book would win the New York Times Illustrated Book of the Year Award for 1971 with the reviewer stating: "The spare orderly illustrations counterpoint the garrulous text and thereby the vacuum in the middle of the child's life is chillingly and hilariously conveyed" n.b. from the web site of the New York Times. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cloth-covered boards of green with illustrations in black and white and black lettering decorative boards on the title page signed by Gorey on the title page in his usual manner of putting a line through his printed name and signing above in black ink the story unfolds with text on the left verso and illustrations on the right recto; oblong sixmo size 6 1/4" by 7 1/8" unpaginated with thirty-two printed leaves. Dust jacket shows the original price of $3.95 and mirrors the design of the book on the panels and spine the front flap with a short summary of the book the back flap with short bios of the author and artist. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume could almost be deemed fine; the binding is clean other than a speck or two the corners are perfectly straight with just a hint of rubbing the text block is strong and square with solid hinges the pages are clean and bright and the book is free of prior owner markings. The unclipped dust jacket is also near fine clean with minimal edgewear and a hint of toning to the spine. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Toledano B51a. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Holiday House hardcover books
1984100857New York: Holiday House 1984. Complete set of Florence Parry Heide's Treehorn trilogy signed by illustrator Edward Gorey in the first two volumes and inscribed by Heide with a sketch of a birthday cake in the third. These sly surreal tales follow a boy whose marvelous adventures his body slowly shrinking a tree sprouting dollar bills a genie offering birthday wishes escape the notice of the adults in his life who are too preoccupied with dinner plans home improvements and office hours to pay attention: "'Well I'll let it go for today' said his teacher. 'But see that it's taken care of before tomorrow. We don't shrink in this class.'" Edward Gorey's illustrations perfectly capture Treehorn's stoic self-reliance. The Shrinking of Treehorn is an early reprint in a first-issue dust jacket priced at $3.95 no blurbs. Treehorn's Treasure and Treehorn's Wish are stated first editions in first-issue jackets. A fine set signed by author and illustrator. Three oblong volumes measuring 6 x 6.75 inches: 64 64 64. Original pictorial boards original unclipped color pictorial dust jackets. Black-and-white illustrations throughout text. The Shrinking of Treehorn and Treehorn's Treasure signed by Gorey on title page; Treehorn's Wish inscribed by Heide on front free endpaper. Holiday House unknown books
198176348New York NY.: Holiday House. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in green paper covered boards with black printing to the upper cover and spine in a nice dust jacket with light soiling. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio . Holiday House hardcover books
1984036147Berkeley: Judah L. Magnes Museum 1984. 110p. b/w illus. quarto format original stiff wrappers. Judah L. Magnes Museum unknown books
608449on First-Day Cover for the 15 cent American Dance stamps Scott # 1749 #1750 #1751 #1752 with pictorial cachet by Artmaster postmarked New York NY April 26 1978. Boldly signed by Peter Duchin. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good. Provenance from the estate of Adrian Fagan. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1912508451912. MORTON Isabella. HENGLER Florence. LITTLE MISS DAPHNE AND OTHER TALES. Illustrated by Isabella Morton. NY: Frederick A. Stokes 1912. 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. Signed presentation by Hengler on front pastedown: "To dear Christopher "Lorrie" Norrie this was my first book I think your favorite story will be "Tale of a Gold-Fisk". Let me know Flo. Florence Hengler. 1953." Near fine; few small chips & tears minor spots d/j. $125.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1995170945Milano and Frejus: Electa and Villa Aurelienne 1995. First edition. Softcover. 173 pages. A catalog on the work of surrealist artist Florence Henri. Text in English and French with contributions by Catherine Pulfer and Alberto Ronchetti. Includes numerous duotone images list of exhibitions and bibliography. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some very minute wear. Electa and Villa Aurelienne unknown books
1990145816San Francisco CA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1990. First edition. Softcover. 158 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 13 1990 through February 10 1991 at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and then traveled to 3 other locations for additional dates. Foreword and acknowledgments by John R. Lane. Essay by Diana C. Du Pont. Includes 64 black and white plates and 85 black and white figures. A near fine copy in wrappers. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art unknown books
15240ESt. Leo FL: Katharine T. Carter & Associates n.d. First Edition. Paperbound 11 3/4†x 8 3/4â€. Four page color brochure presenting paintings by Florence Putterman. With an essay by art critic Gerrit Henry “Florence Putterman: Art at the Four Corners.†Fine in printed wrappers. Katharine T. Carter & Associates unknown books
196277291Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. A later printing. Rear paste-down is folded down and glued that way production flaw else good in a very good dust minor edge wear jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
196572301Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. B0007DWWII . First printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books