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Alfred A. Knopf, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust jacket. An authorized American edition. Not an X-lib. Clean, tight & unmarked text, appears unread. Bright green cloth boards have a few small scattered spots, else As New. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. Orders are shipped daily via USPS with delivery confirmation.

Artist & Writers Guild, 1935. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Artist & Writers Guild, 1935. Quarto. Pictorial wraps. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have light shelf wear with a few small creases. 26 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

NY: Frederick A. Stokes. 1st. 1929. good-. Hardcover. 11.5" tall; unpaginated; red cover with gilt lettering; color il'd pastedown on front cover is in fine condition; each recto page has drawing by Wells with text in his handwriting (reproduced); heavy wear to extrems of cover; chips & tears to cloth over spine; tears to paper over hinges; front hinge is cracked but sewn binding is holding; foxing on first page .

Poughkeepsie, New York: The Artists and Writers Guild, Authorized American Edition, 1935. Paperback. 4to ( 29 cm x 23.5 cm), pictorial color wrappers. 26 pp., numerous color illus. A charming 1935 reproduction of an original H. G. Wells illustrated manuscript, written when he was a boy, with printed text below. Appearing on the verso of the title page is a printed author inscription to Miss Marjory Hicks, and an excerpt of an 1898 letter from Henry Hicks explaining the origins of the story. CONDITION: Very good, light wear, wrappers toned, spine rubbed, interior clean and very appealing.

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Good with no dust jacket; Hardcover;. 1939. First American Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9 1/4 x 11 3/4, unpag. ; rblue boards; color picture paste-on front; corners, head/base of spine bumped & rubbed thru; water stain on title page and back end pagessoiling along other edges; sev. Sm. Spots on rear; corners outer edges are worn ; some internal smudges & spots but sporadic; Previous owner states that book was gift by Author but not provenance; All serious buyers are welcomed to make a reasonable BEST OFFER; Member of FL ABA. .

Grosset & Dunlap. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Elephants, Juvenile Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Harrap, 1929. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original cloth backed decorated orange paper-laid boards (upper board lightly bowed). Pp. 44 illus with coloured plates throughout (endpapers lightly tanned, previous owner's neat 1929 gift inscription on front endpaper).

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Wells, H.G.. Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. First American Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has moderate shelfwear corners and spines ends rubbed through, small splits at top and bottom of front hinge. Rear hinge cracked. Foxing on first few pages. Red stain on front end paper. Very nice copy.

"The Adventures of Tommy" by H.G. WELLS. 1929 1st American edition; Frederick A. Stokes Company; New York. With illustrations in color throughout by Wells. The story appears in print on the left-hand page, with the corresponding text in Wells' handwriting and color illustrations on the right-hand pages. The book was written by Wells for a child of a friend who was ill - "Tommy" saves the life of a rich man and is rewarded with an elephant. The book is larger in size - it measures 11 3/4" tall x 9 1/8" wide.

Condition:
There are a few small, light stains on the front cover; light soiling to the front cover illustrations; tiny cloth tears at the cover corner tips, and at the top-left corner of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Light foxing to the end papers, and to the first couple and last couple pages. There appears to be two characters written in pencil within the text on the 2nd illustrated page after the title page. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. H.G. Wells. 1949 Frederick Stokes First American Edition of this charming tale written & illustrated by Wells. A very nice bright copy in G+ condition missing the red cover along the spine end. Otherwise a very nice clean copy!

(London: Constable Young Books: 1967) New Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 32 (177 x 230 mm). Illustrated by the Author. An owner's name at the head of the half-title page. Old tapestains to fixed endpapers; a near fine copy in like dust-jacket.

NY: Artists & Writer's Guild, 1935 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Soft Cover. Illustrated by author. Authorized American Edition. 26 pgs, oversize softbound. Charming story written by the author for his own amusement. Cover shows soil. VERY GOOD+..

The Amalgamated Press, London., [1928]. First edition, preceding the Harrap trade edition. Quarto. pp [12]. Wrappers. A colour facsimile printing of the author's original handwritten and illustrated children's story. The title-page design and front cover are by Gil Dyer. ''Limited and Numbered Edition-de-Luxe Published for private circulation only'', this being numbered 918.Bottom corner of front cover chipped and repaired. Staples rusted. Some creasing. Covers a bit dusty. Good.

London, George G. Harrap, 1929.. FIRST TRADE EDITION 1929, 4to, 260 x 220 mm, 10¼ x 8½ inches, brown cloth backed orange boards with black lettering and vignette to upper cover, 45 pages. The rectos have delightful coloured illustrations by Wells with the story printed in a facsimile of his handwriting, each faces the same text in letterpress. Charming story about a small boy who helps out a Proud Rich Man and the Present he gives to Tommy. Faint browning to endpapers and half-title, a few fox spots on half-title, no inscriptions. A very good plus clean tight copy in very good gold and black DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, 10 mm (½") missing at tail of spine, 15 mm (¾") missing at head of spine, 2 small splits to lower hinge, small chips to corners, 4 small closed edge tears, a tiny chip to lower edge of upper panel, inner flaps tarnished, still legible). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Published by The Amalgamated Press, 1928 (Circa.). Paperback. Very Good. Illustrated by Wells, H.G.. Very good condition. Large format. Paperwraps. Limited and numbered edition-de-luxe. Published for private circulation. Appears to be facsimile of an edition first published in a magazine. Colour illustrations and 'hand written' text. Copy no. 499. Covers are grubby, with some creasing; 2 ink stamps to top of front cover. A few light margin marks.