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New York: George Routledge, 1886. 1st . Very Good/None. Randolph Caldecott. Hardcover, 216 pages, 172 B&W illustrations. An exceptionally bright, tight copy. Green beveled covers with gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Surprisingly scarce. First American Edition. A significant memoir, published in the year of Caldecott"s death. Record # 303331

NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1932. 1st . hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edna E. Potter. Hardcover with dust jacket. Wonderful color, black & white illustrations by Edna Potter. 128 pages. Dust jacket lightly chipped. Spine faded. Record # 64582

New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 302 pages. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Black boards with white binding, small gilt pictorial to front cover, many page ends uncut, black book ribbon, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, burgundy slip case with black pasted labels. Light soiling to spine, very slight rubbing to boards, pages crisp… Read more

New York: Random House, 1986. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 339 pages. Hardcover with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout. Previous owner's embossed stamping on front-fly leaf and signature. Otherwise clean. Record # 469844

San Juan, P.R.: Fundacion El Nuevo Dia, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 375 pages, Spanish text with copious photographs throughout. Volume 1 only. Light dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 456616

New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1851. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering, 226 pages. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Some pages show minor foxing. Light rubbing to corners and at top and base of spine. Clean, unmarked text. Record # 608323

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1967. 7th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. SIGNED. 458 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY EDDIE RICKENBACKER TO GLADYS NERLICK ON FRONT ENDPAPER - DATED 1967. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Price clipped dust jacket with wear, tears along edges - now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 611699

Boston: A.J. Wright, 1848. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, 300 pages, illustrated with 6 b&w engravings from sketches done by the author. Interesting sailing, whaling adventures by a 14-year veteran seaman. Embossed brown cloth with gilt design on cover, gilt lettering and design on spine. Spine cloth chipped, worn at top and bottom. Previous owner's signature in pencil on… Read more

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1946. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Addison Burbank, after Kate Greenaway. SIGNED. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. 162 pages. The story of the life of Kate Greenaway and her work with illustrating. In very good condition, some yellowing to edges of pages. The dust jacket is laminated,… Read more

Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Columbia, S.C., University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 344 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Gilt titles on spine. Decorative stain to top edge. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight… Read more

NY: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Ltd to 750 w/ new material edited by Abraham Nasatir, 1st pub in 1911 by the Missouri Historical Society, b&w Illustrations 207 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to boards. Decorative staining to top edge. Previous owner's signature on end paper (in pencil). Record… Read more

New York: Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 272 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY MICHAEL TUCKER AND JILL EIKENBERRY (Author dedicated book to wife, Jill) on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468057

Columbia OH: Ohio State University Press, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 368 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to corners. While “freaks” have captivated our imagination since well before the nineteenth century, the Victorians flocked to shows featuring dancing dwarves, bearded ladies, “missing links,” and six-legged sheep. Indeed, this period has… Read more

New York: Macmillan Company, 1903. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, 372 pages, with illustrations, gilt top edge and faded gilt title on spine, gold cloth bound. Light spine edge fray and corner bumps, minor rubbing, light tape repair to front fly leaf with previous owner’s bookplate. Overall, internally clean, bright and tight copy. Record # 855353

London: Peter Owen Publishers, 1972. 1st UK . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, 379 pages. 8 pages of b&w photographs. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear to top edge of cover and dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 467086

New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 493 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white engravings. Foxing to frontis, title page, and occurring to pages surrounding illustrated pages. Brown cloth covers with fading, rubbing moderate wear. Binding is firm. Good + condition. Record # 611929

Boston: American Unitarian Association, nd. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 225 pages. Hardcover. No date of publication. Ex-library copy with bookplate on inside front cover and label at bottom of spine. Top edge gilt. Black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, unmarked text. Record # 614003

Sydney Australia : Macmillan, 2013. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 398 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY ROD LAVER on title page. 32 pages of b&w and color photography. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 857464

Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 383 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of black & white photographs. Foxing to top edge. Light wear to dust jacket edges. Clean, unmarked pages. Record # 613692

New York: Newmarket Press, 2005. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 289 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An tour of Buster Keaton's life and art. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Creasing to dust jacket front flap. Includes 40 black-and-white photographs. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy. Record # 951703