Search Results: Vintage Fiction from Post Horizon Booksellers

London, England: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 255pp, [12] Florin Books catalogue. Gift inscription and prev owner name both inked to ffep. Khaki cloth shows moderate soiling to front cover, toning to spine, lighter soiling to back cover, commensurate w age and handling. No edgewear. Binding square and sound. Duodecimo. First published 1923 by Harper & Brothers, and winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize, the novel was reissued in the Florin Books series, 1933 by Jonathan Cape. A story of pioneer life in Iowa during the American Civil War for an immigrant family of Scottish Covenanters.

London, England: Florin Books / Jonathan Cape, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 415pp, [12] Florin Books catalogue. Mottled beige cloth w dark brown lettering on cover and spine. Spine has yellowed. Light bumping to bottom corners, no edgewear. Joints and hinges sound. First published by Cassell and Co. (1926), then included in The Collected Works of Radclyffe Hall (1929), then re-issued in this Florin Books edition (1933.

London, England: Cassell and Company Limited, 1936. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Grave, Charles. x, 245pp. Sixteen drawings by Charles Grave. Front hinge cracking. Dark blue cloth w dulled bronze lettering on spine. Moderate shelf wear, light bumping to corners. Binding sound, but rounded, lightly cocked. Colour illustrated DJ shows moderate overall soiling commensurate w age and handling, heavier at fore edges. Shallow chipping to corners and head. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Contributors include: Bartemeus, Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, C. Fox Smith, Admiral R. A. Hopwood, Eric Keown, Basil Lubbock, F. Dorothy Senior, Sinbad, Taffrail, W. Townend. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, C.H., M.P.

Chicago and New York: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lee, Ella Dolbear. 245pp + 82pp, unpaginated. Frontispiece colour plate. Thirty-nine full-page blackline illustrations and many more smaller blackline illustrations in text. Brown-tone illustrated endpapers (D.E. Saunders). Dark red cloth w gold lettering on spine and colour full-page illustration tipped on front board. Bottom corners rubbed, moderate wear to head and tail. Binding square, joints and hinges sound. Stories to page 245 are indexed. Nine stories follow on the unpaginated pages and these are not indexed. Additional shipping may be required - 23 x 18 x 4cm

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Duffield & Company, 1925. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 329pp. Prev owners' names inked to ffep. Dark blue cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. Corners rubbed. Scuff to head and tail. Binding shaken but sound. 12mo: 193 x 135mm. First published 1924 by Woman's Home Companion, for whom the author worked as an editor.

New York, NY, USA: Harper & Brothers, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 484pp + 6pp publisher's catalog, unpaginated. Red cloth w gold lettering on cover and spine. Lettering dulled and chipped. Corners, head and tail are bumped. Moderate shelf wear to bottom edges. Light surface abrasion to joints. Mild soiling to boards, commensurate w handling. Binding square and sound.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McLeod & Allen, 1912. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Keller, A.I.; Ward, Herbert; Smith, F. Hopkinson. viii, [2], 3-357pp. [8] indexed plates including frontis. Prev owner name inked to ffep. Black cloth with gold and white lettering, white border, and figure on cover, gold lettering and gilt illustration on spine. White lettering and border on cover are worn but remain clear. Light scuff to corners, head and tail. Binding square. Joints and hinges sound. Duodecimo

New York, NY, USA: Scholastic, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [32pp]. Two-tone illustrations. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean, showing light handling. Stapled binding sound. Quarto. Original copyright 1973, this is the first Scholastic printing, February 1975, stated. Scholastic catalog no. TJ3162.

London, England: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 248pp, [8] Publisher's Catalog. Two frontis. Decorative endpapers. Rear hinge cracking. Presentation inscription on ffep, dated 1894. Decorative blue cloth w gilt lettering on cover and spine. Age toning to edges. Heavy soiling to spine, moderate soiling to boards. Bumping to corners, mild wear to bottom edges and tail. Binding rounded, a little loose, but remains sound. n.d. 189-? A.L.O.E. (A Lady of England) was the pseudonym for Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821-1893), an English writer and poet for both children and adults.

London, England: The Religious Tract Society. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 64pp, [16] pub cat. Frontis. Gift inscription inked to ffep, dated 1906. Decorated khaki cloth w gold lettering to cover and spine. Soiling commensurate w age and handling. No edgewear. Binding square and sound. 16mo: 163 x 118mm. n.d. c1886. Listed in the publisher's catalog as one of the "Improved Sixpenny Story Books bound in Cloth Boards With Frontispieces on Art Paper". No author given, either on the title page, nor in the publisher's catalog.

London, England: Hutchinson Library Services, Ltd., 1972. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 186pp. Blue boards w bright gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling, small stain to bottom back edge. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Duodecimo: 19.5 x 13.5cm. First published in Great Britain by Ward, Lock & Co., London, 1922, this edition, revised by Penelope Wallace, the author's daughter, published by Hutchinson, 1972.

Chicago, IL, USA: Child Development Inc., Publishers, 1946. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume 5: pp1-164. Volume 6: pp165-320. Both volumes - colour, two-tone and bw illustrations. Colour illustrated endpapers Red boards w embossed illustration, lettering and border on cover, gold lettering on spine. Bumping to corners. Bindings square and sound. Octavo. Volumes 5 and 6 from the eight volume set, Book Trails.

Chicago, IL, USA: Child Development Inc., Publishers, 1946. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume 3: pp1-164. Colour illustrated endpapers showing surface loss on both front and rear pastedowns. Volume 4: pp195-320. Both volumes - colour, two-tone and bw illustrations. Red boards w embossed illustration, lettering and border on cover, gold lettering on spine. Bumping to corners. Bindings square and sound. Octavo. Volumes 3 and 4 from the eight volume set Book Trails

Toronto, ON, Canada: Longmans Canada Limited, 1964. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240pp. Red cloth with crisp black lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. DJ clean, showing moderate wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo. An appealing novel about the family of a United Church minister, set in the little town of Bradley, BC. Elsie Laurence portrays the Canadian scene without self-consciousness or deprecation and handles the religious theme with sincerity

Chicago, IL, USA: Rand McNally & Company, 1974. 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dennis, Wesley. 223pp. Illustrations in text, many full-page, one map. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean, showing very light shelf wear, small wear at top front corner. Binding square and not creased. First published 1953, this is the 3rd SC printing, 1974, stated. Adapted for film, 1967.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Bantam Books, 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 178pp, [1], [3] pub cat. Text block edges dyed yellow. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Duodecimo. Originally published by Houghton Mifflin in March, 1977, this is the first printing of the Bantam edition, December, 1978, stated.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker and Company, 1962. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128pp. Brown boards, blue cloth quarterwrap spine w gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Brown and blue titled DJ is clean and without wear. BOMC blindstamp square bottom of back board beside tail. Small octavo: 21 x 15cm. A fine copy of the BOMC edition of John Le Carre's first novel.

Toronto, ON, Canada: William Briggs, 1913. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 366pp. Frontis w tissue guard paper intact. Red cloth w gold lettering on cover and spine. Corners bumped and worn. Wear to head and tail. Moderate soiling to cloth commensurate w age and handling. Light splatter stain on back board cloth. Duodecimo. Buschlen, J. P. (John Preston), 1888-1966 followed this novel with a collection of short stories on the same theme entitled, Behind the Wicket: Short Stories Relating to Life in the Canadian Banks (1914). He also wrote a number of works under the name Jack Preston.

London, England: Grafton Books / Collins Publishing Group, 1988. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208pp. Prev owner name inked at top of title page. Brown endpapers. Creamy yellow cloth w gilt lettering on spine. No edgewear, light bumping to tail. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, but is price-clipped.

New York, NY, USA: Delacorte Press / Eleanor Friede, 1981. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [96pp]. Black endpapers. Prev owner name neatly on ffep. Off-white boards with stamp of author's initials, dark blue half-wrap spine with crisp gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. DJ clean, showing very small wear at corners, light shelf wear to bottom edges. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Octavo: 22.5 x 17.5cm. First printing, stated.