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Trowbridge, England: Wizard's Tower Press & The BristolCon Foundation, 2014. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Trowbridge, England: Wizard's Tower Press & The BristolCon Foundation, 2014. First Edition . Fine. Fine first edition softcover book in as-new condition, with one story SIGNED by author Cheryl Morgan. Size approx. 5" x 8". Very clean color illustrated cover; no fading, creasing or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. 340 pages. This anthology brings together tales from the light and dark sides of Steampunk. Living ghosts, walking ferns and ingenious androids populate versions of the city at once familiar and peculiar. Above them soar the magnificen men and women in their flying machines. Whether seeking revenge or adventure, the characters in these stories will draw you down the side-streets of Bristol to the brass and steam filled worlds you never dreamed were there..

New York: Liveright, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Liveright, 1971. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. Very clean green cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean olive green endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 273 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, has one tiny chip (smaller than a match head) at top rear panel edge, very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Short stories and essays by E. M. Forster written between 1900 and 1915 and first published in book form in this edition. Approx. 8" x 6". Literature..

Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Stated First Edition.. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. Very clean green cloth boards wtih gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers. No previous owner marks. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. 209 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. As new, gift quality signed book in fine dustjacket. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Richly textured stories in author's debut collection. The title story was listed as one of one hundred distinguished stories in The Best American Short Stories 1992. Two of the stories received Pushcart prizes, and "What the Thunder Said" appeared in the 1993 edition of Best American Short Stories..

New York: Viking Press, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. Very clean decorated boards with vertrical gray and yellow stripes, clean gray cloth spine, black lettering on spine. Nice sharp corners, no fraying or wear, very slight bumping at base of spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean gray endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 279 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Collectible quality book and dustjacket. 8vo. Literature..

New York: Appleton; George H. Doran; Doubleday Page; Scribner's, 1923. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. New York: Appleton; George H. Doran; Doubleday Page; Scribner's, 1923. Stated First Printing. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Clean dark green cloth boards with clean paper labels on cover and spine. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 414 pgs. with index. Illustrated with portraits of American authors, and some of their best loved works. 8vo. Fiction..

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. clean gray cloth boards with illustration of cowboy riding toward horizon, gold lettering in black title box on both cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Age-toning to text block edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 595 pages. Illustrated jacket is clean but age-toned, not price clipped, has thumb-nail sized chip at top right front corner, a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Paddington Press, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Paddington Press, 1978. First Edition . Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean hardcover book in clean bright dust jacket. Clean sunset yellow cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with beautiful woodcuts. 352 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, small price clip at upper corner of front inside flap, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A treasury of the finest fishing writing of all time. Famous fishing stories such as R. D. Blackmore's "Crocker's Hole,"; humorous tales from Rudyard Kipling and Henry van Dyke. A wealth of lore and tradition from such great anglers as Izaak Walton and H. D. Thoreau, along with works from Washington Irving, Sir Walter Scott, John Keats, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ernest… Read More

New York: Arden Book Company, 1935. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Thirteenth Printing.. New York: Arden Book Company, 1935. Thirteenth printing. Very Good+/Good. Thirteenth printing in original dust jacket. Clean brown boards with red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings by various artists. 219 pages. Dust jacket is complete, quite clean, but separated at both front and rear flaps. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The instigators of this book offered masculine artists and writers, for the first time in their era, the opportunity to express their honest opinions of women, mores, sex, marriage and many other things! Contributors include Rex Stout, Ogden Nash, Carl Carmer, Philip Wylie, and more..

London: Folio Society, 2010. Book. Illus. by Paul Cox, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. Tenth Printing.. Fine, gift quality hardcover book in a clean unworn slipcase. White cloth boards with burgundy illustration on front and rear cover and spine, silver title box on spine with burgundy lettering. No soiling, no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean burgundy endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Wonderful illustrations throughout by Paul Cox. 268 pages. Burgundy paper-covered slipcase is clean, unfaded, no chipping or wear..

New York: Modern Library, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Modern Library No. 87 in unclipped jacket. Later edition (1945 - 1966), with "A Modern Library Book" on front panel of dustjacket beneath "43 stories by 31 authors." Toledano binding no. 8. Gray cloth boards with burgundy title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. Slight fraying at top spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with pink top-stained upper page edges. Clean Kent illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Edited, with an Introductory Note, by Robert N. Linscott. 43 stories by 31 authors. 436 pages with index. Clean bright color illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped (1.95), has corner chips. 393 titles listed on verso of dustjacket. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Includes stories by Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, Robert Benchley, James Thurber, S. J. Perelman and more..

New York: Modern Library, 1963. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later printing.. Modern Library No. 250 in illustrated dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 10. Very clean blue cloth boards with blind-stamped hexagon logo on cover, gold lettering and torchbearer on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean Kent style endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Pages and edges are clean. Edited, with an Introduction by Robert N. Linscott. 517 pages. Clean illustrated jacket has edge wear, closed tears, chip at top edge of rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition decorated American trade binding. Clean blue cloth boards with white image of female bicycler on cover, unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Many wonderful black & white illustrations. 176 pages..

Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 1977. Stated First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean gray boards with silver line decoration, rust spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No previous owner markings. Signed "Roberta Silman" on half-title page. 243 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears, very slight browning to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

London: Bloomsbury, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. London: Bloomsbury, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near FIne . First Edition, SIGNED by author, in unclipped jacket. Clean black boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright, corners are sharp and unworn. Clean orange endpapers; no previous owner markings. Flat-signed by author on half-title page; ribbon page marker. 314 pp. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1971. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition. Clean khaki cloth boards with brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean brown endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 345 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, tiny shallow water mark at base of spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An anthology of short stories, all with islands as the setting, by authors such as Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne, Washington Irving, Golding, among others. 8vo. Literature..

Norfolk, Connecticut: Direction 14 (New Directions), 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Norfolk, Connecticut: Direction 14 (New Directions), 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with crisp black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 160 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has very slight rubbing, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Thirteen short stories, each in its different way a pin or pins stuck into our too complacent sensibility. In the seemingly pedestrian events of the closing of a boys' camp forthe season, Mr. Goodman, our most subtle ironist, finds fascinating grist for his fine-granding psychological mill..

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Clean Limited Edition in unworn slipcase. Clean glossy boards depict a Nine of Hearts playing card on the front cover, nine of diamonds on the rear, with black cloth spine with gold lettering. No bumping, soiling or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrations from wood engravings, with additional playing card illustrations in red. 137+ pages. Clean paper-covered slipcase decorated with spades and clubs has very slight browning to edges, no wear. Stories include "The Luck of the Roaring Camp", "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", "The Man of No Account", and six more. A delightful copy!.

University Of Chicago Press, 1977. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. University Of Chicago Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition in original unclipped jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate (no name) on front free endpaper. 338 pp. Clean jacket is not price clipped (10.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1912. Book. Good. Hardcover. Decorated American trade binding. Brown cloth boards with yellow city scene on cover with yellow lettering and line border, gold lettering on spine. Paper label on spine from University Club of St. Paul, Minnesota. Light soiling to cloth, moderate fraying to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Lovely old University Club custom bookplate on front pastedown. Pages and text block edges are clean and unmarked. 374 pages with Index. A collection that is substantially a reprint of extracts from "Silk and Stuff" in the Pall Mall Gazette (1893-1909)..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Clean Stated First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with red lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean illustrated endpapers. Small previous owner name and date neatly penned at top corner of blank fly leaf. No other marks. Illustrated by Virginia Grilley. 72 pages. Clean illustrated jacket is not price clipped (1.75 on front inside flap), has a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A delightful group of children's stories, each full of humor, each with a gracious, early nineteenth century charm..