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19904669Gorham ME: Self Published 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Signed by author else tight bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear two small closed tears at rear else bright and clean. Taupe coated paper boards gilt lettering. 8vo. 324pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>Signed by the author an emeritus professor of chemistry at Univ. of Southern Maine. A very handsome copy of this detail exploration of this explosive topic. Self Published hardcover books
1911156171New York: Mitchell Kennerley 1911. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-281 282: blank inserted frontispiece with duotone illustration original blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. Anonymously translated macabre murder mystery. Short weird novel by this noted practitioner of the conte cruel. This publisher specialized in material of a somewhat avant-garde nature. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Literature p. 117. Tymn Horror Literature 3-147. Bleiler 1948 p. 180. Previous owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed at fore edges spine ends and along outer joints several small stains to cloth spine panel tanned a good copy with tight and clean interior. #156171 Mitchell Kennerley unknown books
197523516London: Bodley Head 1975. Later printing. Pictorial composition boards. Dust jacket. VG edgewear/small price sticker removal abrasion at ffep/VG pc. 56 pp. Illustrated by Sendak. Square 8vo. <br/><br/> Bodley Head hardcover books
1963TB27464New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1963. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and decorated paper covered boards with white text on the spine and on the front board with a blind embossed decoration. A small octavo measuring 8" by 7 1/4" with a prior owner's book plate roughly removed from the front paste down an embossed name and address on the first free end page with the same on the rear paste down. Oddly the binding on this book was staple bound and the steel staples have reacted with the glues in binding and are showing rust stains in the gutter of the front board. In a near fine dust jacket with a hint of soiling to the upper edge of the spine area and to the upper edge of the rear panel. The lower corner of the front flap of the jacket is clipped; however the upper corner of the flap shows the price "$3.50 GMC". 56 pages of text and illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Hanrahan A55 Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
196375969New York NY.: Holt Reinhart and Winston. VG. 1963. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in tan marbled paper covered boards with white and blind-stamping to the upper cover with a gray cloth spine with wehite stamping in a dust jacket with light scuffing and foxing and light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contnets are bright and clean with illustrations. . Holt, Reinhart and Winston hardcover books
19635056New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Owner signature at ffep else tight bright and clean. DJ shows small closed tear in upper corner light wear at head with two very small related chips else bright and clean. Quarterbound grey cloth spine green paper boards white ink lettering in blind decorative element. Square 8vo. 55pp. <br/><br/>A rather handsome copy of a book difficult to find so. Hanrahan A55 Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
81891hardcover. 307pp. 8vo cloth d.w. New York 1972.<br/><br/> unknown books
194658732London: Faber and Faber 1946. First Edition third impression. 8vo pp. 349. Folded diagram of the "forbidden city" in the rear. Bound in faded purple cloth. This was poet Barbara Howes's copy with her name on the flyleaf and bookplate on the endpaper. An account of the history of the Ching dynasty. Faber and Faber unknown books
1946247987London: Faber & Faber 1946. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated folded map at rear. 349pp. 8vo cloth d.w; minor chipping to dust wrapper price clipped. London: Faber and Faber 1946. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Faber & Faber unknown books
193311954New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1933. First edition 8vo pp. 2 368; frontispiece illustrated endpapers; very good copy in a chipped jacket. Epic narrative of Russia's great social experiment. <br/><br/> Harrison Smith and Robert Haas unknown books
1933197815New York Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1933. 1933. First edition second printing "November 1933". 8vo. Frontispiece duotone illustration. Original gilt stamped red cloth; pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped; short tear; few nicks. Very good. F. Hardcover. New York, Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. hardcover books
193321403NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1933. 8vo pp. 368. Cover little soiled o/w a nice copy. A look at Soviet life during the early 1930s. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas unknown books
193323963New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas 1933. 1st edition. Red patterned cloth binding. Red & black pictorial eps. No dust jacket. VG spine lettering slightly dull. ix 10 - 368 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harrison Smith & Robert Haas hardcover books
19511342787Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira 1951. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G; blue gray green black pictorial spine with yellow text; dust jacket shows mild rubbing to exterior; minor chips to edges; tape mend to rear head fore edge; some foxing inside dj; cloth has minimal wear; strong boards; text block edges show slight age toning; interior clean; profusely illustrated; pp 147; arts - Collections. 1342787. FP New Rockville Stock. Editions d'Art Albert Skira hardcover books
1972173666Los Angeles: The Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation 1972. Paperback. VG- light scuffing and fading to wraps light interior foxing. Black wraps with embossed black lettering. 48 pp. BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from October 24 to November 19 1972. The Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation paperback books
194958733London: Faber and Faber 1949. First Edition. 8vo pp. 313 illustrated. This was poet Barbara Howes's copy with her bookplate on the endpaper. A translation of the autobiography of the 16th century Portuguese adventurer who travelled all over Asia. Faber and Faber unknown books
1969021529London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969. xv 255 1p. b/w illus. dj History of civilisation. Weidenfeld & Nicolson unknown books
19669010217New York: Scribner's 1966. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped. <br/><br/> Scribner's hardcover books
1963134361New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1963. Octavo 242 pp. cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. Fifteen stories and a novella published in the UK in 1962 as THE BLACK PRINCE AND OTHER STORIES. A nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with some light edge wear and an internal tape mend at upper rear spine fold. #134361 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1978Embry 37760Arbor House 1978. First edition. Fine in faintly worn dust jacket with a short closed tear to front panel. Arbor House, 1978. First edition. unknown books
197872563New York: Arbor House 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First American Edition first printing. Signed by Ken Follett on the title page. An English-language translation of Rene Louis Maurice and Jean-Claude Simoen's Cinq Milliards au bout de l'egout 1977 which concern Albert Spaggiari's break-in at the Societe Generale bank in Nice France on July 16 1976. Octavo. Small smudge to the top edge with some mild rubbing to the dust jacket. Better than very good. Arbor House hardcover books
71999hardcover. 8vo cl.-backed bds. d.w. N.Y. 1978. Bank robbery in Nice France.<br/><br/> unknown books
197876271New York NY.: Arbor House. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in gray paper covered boards with a red cloth spine with black stamping in a nice dust jacket with light soiling and edge-wear. The covers show light toning to the edges. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. Laid-in at the front is an interesting 90 word TLs Typed Letter Signed by Ken Follett concerning his non-authorship of the book. 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. . Arbor House hardcover books
195068349New York: Alfred A Knopf. Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author. Very Good in a nice dust jacket. . Alfred A Knopf hardcover books
1952167366New York: Knopf 1952. Third. hardcover. very good/good. 325 pages 8vo blind-stamped blue cloth with a decorative silver-stamped spine slight fraying at the top of the spine dust wrapper heavily worn and chipped; price-clipped. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1952. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Julius Edelstein warmly Maurice Samuel."<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books