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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. [c.1951]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting four of the most famous works by Henrik Ibsen, the great Norwegian playwright. The material used is borrowed from Everyman's Library; translator(s) not identified. Includes an introduction by Eric Bentley. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 358 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #6.4. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, rounded cover corner & mild soiling to textblock edges and cloth, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.25) with chipping and small tears along edges, somewhat darkened spine, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxiv, 383 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1963-67]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering 6 major plays by the noted Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). Translated and with an introduction by Eva Le Gallienne. --- In Toledano spine 11 / red cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1963-67 (though 1961 date appears in book). ML #307.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor chafing to edges & a little rubbing, otherwise bright, undamaged and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xliii, 499 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Boni & Liveright, Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1919-1925]. Flexible Leatherette. Three plays by the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) in an early Modern Library edition by publisher Boni & Liveright. --- In Toledano spine #2 / dark green leatherette ("Croftleather") limp boards / spine with gilt titling & horizontal bars / gilt Modern Library-BL device to cover / faded green topstain / Brodzky illustrated M-L endpapers / lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1919-1925 (no publication date appears in book). ML #54.1. --- A well-preserved copy without markings or significant damages. Discreet Colorado Springs bookseller label to rear paste-down.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; (6), 342 pages .

New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. A 1949 reprint of the 1910 issuance. Three plays by the noted Norwegian playwright are presented in this Everyman's Library reprint edition. They include: "A Doll's House", "The Wild Duck" and "The Lady from the Sea." "House" and "Duck" translated, and with an introduction, by R. Farquharson Sharp; "Lady" translated by Mrs. Eleanor Marx-Aveling. Number 494 in Everyman's Library Drama series. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full olive cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front paste-down and wrinkling to upper part of spine, otherwise a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xv, 255 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good with no dust jacket. [c.1961]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering 4 major plays by the noted Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). Though the plays are presented in the English language, no translator(s) are credited. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1941 (no publication date appears in book). ML #6.2. --- A rather well-worn copy with rubbing and loss of spine gilding. A partial split near front of volume has been carefully repaired on this item.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; 330, (6, ads) pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1959-60]. Hardcover. Six plays by the noted Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen are presented in this Modern Library edition. They include: A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder. Translated, and with an introduction, by Eva Le Gallienne. Volume wrapped in black jacket with image of a bust of Ibsen to cover. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale grey cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 388 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959-60 (though 1957 date appears in book). ML #305.1. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate chafing to spine ends and with slight rubbing, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxxiii, 510 pages .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. A collection of four plays by the noted 19th Century Norwegian playwright in a fancy reprint edition. Translated by Eva LeGallienne, and with illustrations by Tony Eubanks. --- In full leatherette-like red cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations on covers and spine; title gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt, and with colorful patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a couple of faint scratches to gilding on fore-edge, else a bright, firm, clean copy lacking additional obvious damages.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 405 pages .

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+. 1957. Hardcover. The famed play by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was written in verse. This attractive edition in slipcase and illustrated in color and black & white by Per Krohg. Translated and with an introduction by William and Charles Archer. Sandglass leaflet not present. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with illustration on cover; titling in gilt on green spine block; green stippled textblock edges. Slipcase in dark green paper-covered boards. --- Book itself is clean, bright and tightly-bound; prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise lacking markings but with mildly sunned spine. Poor-only slipcase is in disrepair with tears at joints but all parts are present.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xviii, 315, xxiv pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Fair in Good dust jacket. [c.1966]. Hardcover. Ex-library. A Modern Library edition offering 6 major plays by the noted Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). Translated and with an introduction by Eva Le Gallienne. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on burgundy spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1966 (though 1961 date appears in book). ML #307.1. --- Evidence of former Butte, Montana lending library ownership consists of rubberstampings, pocket, frequent inked notations, spine label & circular embossings; also with loosened front hinge, otherwise binding is sound and interior text unmarked. Jacket is wrapped in mylar protector which is taped to the book, and with taped-on spine sticker. Note: This item is damaged and is priced accordingly. ; Ex-Library; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xliii, 499 pages .

New York: The Modern Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1925-28]. Flexible cloth. Three plays by the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) in an early Modern Library edition. Includes an introduction by H. L. Mencken. Likely published c.1925-28 (no publication date appears in book). --- In Toledano spine #4 / brown leatherette ("Croftleather") limp boards / gilt titling and decorations on spine / gilt torchbearer to front panel / brown topstain / yellow Bernhard endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. ML #36.1. --- With prior owner's signatures in two locations and fancy doodling to front paste-down, a few stray pencilings to rear endpapers, else a tightly-bound, sound, unmarked copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xiii, 305 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1961]. Hardcover. A Modern Library Giant edition offering eleven of the great Norwegian playwright's most noted works, rendered into the English language. Includes: "A Doll's House," "Ghosts," "An Enemy of the People," "The Master Builder," "Pillars of Society," "Hedda Gabler," "John Gabriel Borkman," "The Wild Duck," "The League of Youth," "Rosmersholm" and "Peer Gynt." With an introduction by H. L. Mencken. --- In Toledano spine G5 / red cloth / gilt titling on black cover & spine blocks / faded black topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Ge, verso advertises titles in ML catalog, but no total number. Likely published c.1961 (no publication date appears in book). ML #G18.1. --- With mild soiling to spine, prior owner's signature in ink to front free endpaper, else a… Read More

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. Three notable plays by the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) in an illustrated Heritage Press reprint edition. Illustrated in color and b&w by Fredrik Matheson. In translations revised by William Archer, and with an introduction by John Gassner. --- In green, cream and pink striped paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth, with spine titling in gilt. Textblock edges stippled in maroon. Sandglass flyer not present. Volume in green paper-covered slipcase. --- Spine with light sunning & scratching to gilt titling; else a clean, bright, tightly-bound copy. Slipcase with minor sunning; remains structurally sound.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xii, 327 pages .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. A collection of 12 autobiographical sketches of notable writers, ranging from Charlotte Brontë to Joseph Conrad, paired with 5 autobiographical sketches of actors, including Joseph Jefferson and Tommaso Salvini. Edited by George Iles. Includes a frontis portrait of Mr. Conrad. Vol. XVII, Parts I and II of the publisher's Pocket University Series. --- In navy cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped decoration to cover, titling & decorations in blue on spine, top edge gilt. --- Spine is somewhat sunned but lettering is readable; interior has yellowed but lacks other markings and volume is sturdy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 190, 120 pages .

East Petersburg, Pennsylvania: Fox Chapel Publishing. Very Good. 2011. Softcover. 9781565235892 . A profusely illustrated guide to knot-tying. The illustrations provide step-by-step detailed instruction on how to tie these knots; from simple square knots to complicated ones. The emphasis is on nautical knots. An entry in publisher's The Handy Boater series. --- A clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy but with small tear to back cover.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); 96 pages .

Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Folded Map. 1988 revised edition. 30 x 60 minute quadrangle for this section of north-central Nevada. Bears USGS item number 40116-E1-TM-100. In excellent shape, but with a few penciled markings. ; 40 in. wide x 24 in. tall (unfolded) .

[Seoul], South Korea: Yekyong Publications Co.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. A representative portfolio of the paintings of Korea's modernist artist Choung Za Kim. She is a Professor Emeritus of Art at Seoul National University and is credited with bringing American modernism into Korea. The wide variety of works presented in this volume include watercolors, oils and acrylics, as well as woodblock prints, lithographs, serigraphs and goaches. Artworks presented in full color (one in a multi-page fold-out) and in black & white. Text is presented in both Korean and English, and with an introduction by Si Hwa Chung. --- In full olive cloth-covered boards with author signature to front panel in script, in Korean to spine; both in gilt. Volume wrapped in jacket color painting to front panel. --- An about Fine copy: clean, bright and tightly-bound. Jacket with small hole near spine, minor wrinkling to edge, otherwise in great shape and lacking damages; wrapped in… Read More

New York: William Morrow & Co.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1989. BCE. Hard Cover. 0688077080 . Book club edition, despite "First Trade Edition" statement on copyright page. A full-sized copy of John Irving's 1989 novel, in which an eleven-year-old boy's Little League foul ball causes a tragedy and changes his life. --- In pale blue paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with faded spine titling stamped in silver. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with an image of an armadillo to cover. --- With sunning to cover edges, bumped cover corner and loss of silver spine titling, interior is clean and unmarked. Unpriced dust jacket with sun-caused spine discoloration, creasing and small tears to extremities, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in.; 543 pages .

New York: Henry Robbins / E. P. Dutton. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1978. BCE. Hard Cover. 0525237704 . A likely book club edition of John Irving's 1978 novel. The author's reputation was largely established with the publication of "The World According to Garp." This highly popular offbeat story was made into a movie starring Robin Williams in the title role. --- In blue paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in simple navy dust jacket with Shyla Irving photographic portrait of the aurhor to back panel. --- A Good-only copy with tanned leaves and repaired split to binding at front of book. Interior is clean and unmarked. Unpriced dust jacket is in pretty good shape, though with creasing to extremities & wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 437 pages .

Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. Famous writer takes reader on tour of the Alhambra palace in Spain; this edition aimed at younger reader of mid-1920s but the language is sophisticated and of interest to those of all ages. In full black linen finish cloth covers with red printing, numerous photos; some scuffing and minor staining. Interior: beginnings of spine crack frt hinge; else tight and solid. ; Academy classics for junior high schools; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 401 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1964]. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library edition, 1945 (confirmed by list of ML titles at rear of volume). Selections from Washington Irving's "The Sketch Book [of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]", "Bracebridge Hall", "Tales of a Traveller", "The Alhambra", "Wolfert's Roost" and with the unabridged "[Diedrich] Knickerbocker's History of New York." Edited, with an introduction by Saxe Commins. Volume wrapped in dark blue jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on burgundy spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 306 titles in ML catalog. ML #240.1. --- With dulling to cover gilding and bookseller's pencilings to front free endpaper, interior is otherwise unmarked and binding is sound. Unclipped dust jacket with creases & crumpling along top edge, and… Read More