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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1936. Ruddy orange full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear; few small numbers at lower spine area. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures. Deckled pages generally very good. Gold monochromatic silhouette collage of magical, good and nefarious characters at endpapers. Frontispiece plate w/intact fine tissue guard: "Peer Before the King of the Trolls. Bind fine; hinges intact. Features one dozen smooth color plates with captioned tissue guards. In addition, profusely illustrated with headers, tailpieces, partial-page vignettes throughout. Former edition of the Girard College Library of Philadelphia; punch-stamp at title page, couple small stamps to copyright, neat card pocket inside back cover. Apparently a reference stored example with near perfect plates and captioned page guards. Among the masterpieces of world literature, this early verse drama by the celebrated Norwegian… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Limited , 1936. Stated at copyright page: "First Published 1936 by George G. Harrap & Co., Limited." Ruddy orange full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design w/light shelf wear, bump. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures; Harrap in gilt at spine heel. Pages near fine. Endpapers with golden silhouette collage of magical fairies and nefarious trolls. Earthy reddish-brown top-stain. Antiquarian pictorial bookplate inside cover: "Ex Libris, V.B. Wyman Pilcher". Plate depicts silhouette of rancher resting on fence w/sheep on hill in b.g. Frontispiece plate of "Peer Before the King of the Trolls. Bind fine; hinges intact. Features one dozen smooth color plates; each with captioned tissue guard. In addition, profusely illustrated with headers, tailpieces, partial-page vignettes throughout. Rare in original wrap-around pictorial dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, chip, rub, vintage… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Limited , 1936. Stated at copyright page: "First Published 1936 by George G. Harrap & Co., Limited." Large gift book design. Rich brown full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, rub, bow. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures; Harrap in gilt at spine heel. Pages near fine, clean. Endpapers with golden silhouette collage of magical fairies and nefarious trolls. Earthy reddish-brown top-stain. Frontispiece plate of "Peer Before the King of the Trolls. Bind fine; hinges intact. Features one dozen smooth color plates; each with captioned tissue guard. In addition, profusely illustrated with headers, tailpieces, partial-page vignettes throughout. Rare near very good first edition of fine book craftsmanship. Among the masterpieces of world literature, this early verse drama by the celebrated Norwegian playwright humorously yet profoundly explores the virtues, vices,… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1936. Stated at copyright page: "Printed in Great Britain" Ruddy orange full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, light shelf wear, discoloration, bow. Features bright stylized titles and two whimsically impish troll creatures; Harrap in gilt at spine heel. Pages near fine, no writing. Endpapers with golden silhouette collage of magical fairies and nefarious trolls. Earthy reddish-brown top-stain. Frontispiece plate of "Peer Before the King of the Trolls. Bind fine; hinges intact. Features one dozen smooth color plates; each with captioned tissue guard. In addition, profusely illustrated with headers, tailpieces, partial-page vignettes throughout. Rare in original wrap-around pictorial dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub, mended with acid-free and other adhesive to back wrapper; unclipped 4.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features frontispiece image rendered in gold, white, grey, and black of Peer before the… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1936. Undated; circa 1936. Almond colored leather three-quarters of front board wrapping around spine to one quarter at rear; remainder of thick durable boards is ruddy red cloth with checkered pattern weaved in. Highly unique cover design features stylized titles, image of Gynt scored to leather in line-work emanating from vortex surrounded by orbs and irregular stars impressed in dark brown w/dark green streak projected to cover's edge which is passing through three-quarter green disc. Four thick raised bands at spine. Deckled pages very good, clean; no writing. Frontispiece plate of "Peer Before the King of the Trolls. Bind good; notched hinges intact. Features one dozen richly colored plates with captioned tissue guards. In addition, profusely illustrated with headers, tailpieces, partial-page vignettes throughout. Among the masterpieces of world literature, this early verse drama by the celebrated Norwegian playwright humorously yet… Read More

Chuokoron, 2008. Black cover w/yellow jacket ribbon w/pictorial image of floating woman in white. Yellow cloth ribbon. In Japanese. You end up separated families is guided by the smell of the soil -. Previous play, brave new world and see whether anything happened to her happy family. Draw a light novel and difficult to show signs of life in the modern world at the end. 521 pages.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Payson & Clarke, Limited , 1928. Stated First Printing at copyright page. 1928 at title and copyright pages. Superbly written rarity from Ernest Ingersoll, author of Birds in Legend, Fable and Folklore, &c. Beautifully inscribed by Ernest Ingersoll at front endpaper: "To a friend of many days - Ernest Ingersoll. New York, May 4, 1928". Intriguing cellular or floral patterned boards in hues of light blue, red and varying browns, light shelf wear. Deep dark brown cloth spine wrap, crisp red impressed spine titles and dragon symbol, fine. Frontispiece plate of classic design: "The Persian hero Gushtap killing the dragon. From a Persian edition of Firdausi's poem, Shah Namah, seventeenth century". Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Deep red top-stain. Illustrated throughout with iconic and ancient symbols, photography, etc. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rare original beige wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub; unclipped 3.50, protected in new clear… Read More

Detroit - New York : Singing Tree Press - Payson & Clarke , 1968. 1968 at title page and Library of Congress number beginning with 68. A reissue of the rare original first edition of 1928 in complete facsimile form. Black full cloth boards, red impressed spine titles with red dragon vignettes, light shelf wear, bow, discoloration. Frontispiece plate of classic design: "The Persian hero Gushtap killing the dragon. From a Persian edition of Firdausi's poem, Shah Namah, seventeenth century". Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Deep red endpapers. Original bookbinding adhesive can be seen through adhered endpaper. Illustrated throughout with iconic and ancient symbols, symbology, medieval sculptures, illustrations, photography, etc. Bind fine; hinges intact. Superbly written rarity from Ernest Ingersoll, author of Birds in Legend, Fable and Folklore, &c. with an introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn of the American Museum of Natural History, dated December 20, 1927.… Read More

London: Mr. William Heinemann, 1920. Limited leather edition from Mr. William Heinemann; 1920 early printing. Large finely crafted volume in slip-case measures 8 x 10 1/4" x 2" and weighes over 4 1/2 lbs. Dark brown pebbled morocco (leather) boards, gilt accents and spine titles, light shelf wear. Spine features four raised hubs or bands w/gilt decoration, and five panels with gilt borders and titles in two. Varying crisp gilt decoration, vignettes, and borders to front and back boards. Gilt dentelle borders to perimeter of pastedowns. Pastel colored thick flourishing endpapers varying at front and back. Frontispiece mounted color plate adjacent to half-title page: "Hey ! up the chimney, lass ! Hey after you!" Rough-cut deckled heavy stock pages near fine; no writing. Smooth bright gilded top edge. Bind fine; accordian hinges intact. Bright red silk ribbon page marker. Includes rare slip case with dark brown leather to opening edges and cut to curve of… Read More

299 Washington Square, Boston : Roberts Brothers Publishers , 1883. 1883 at title and copyright page. Revised edition with textual printing errors corrected. From title page: "Carefully Revised and Corrected by the Author, Expressly for this New Edition." Fine gold cloth boards, gilt and black cover design, ornately detailed gilt spine titles and design, moderate shelf wear. Bright pictorial cover features oval gilt portrait of Adina w/detailed black embossed borders. Spine features crisp titles and accompanying gilded imagery of dove, winged angel, dentelle flourishes. Pages very good, clean. Brown patterned endpapers. String-bind good, square; hinges intact. Small antiquarian bookstore label inside cover: "H. H. Otis, Bookseller & Stationer, 288 Main St. Buffalo, N. Y." Pictorial tags features text as titles of a book with 'BIBLE' at spine. This epistolary novel by J. H. Ingraham is uniquely presented as a collection of thirty-nine letters from Adina to… Read More

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Judson Press, 1984. Slight shelf wear. Pages fine, no marks. Signed by Ingram at title page. Illustrated. Oversize design. 80 pages. Tan wraps.. Signed by Author(s). Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Purad Inc. Publication, 1978. November 1978 draft. Subjects analyzed are photochemistry of smog, effects of smog components, component damage factors, economics of control strategies. Includes text, charts, graphs, etc. Some cover, edge wear. Pages good. 172 pages. (Spine title: NO vs. Smog). Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Melbourne, Australia: Penguin Books, 1986. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages good. Spine reinforced w/ adhesive. The city of women is love, Billie Shockley says. But in the city of women that is her world, love takes strange forms. 171 pages. Few bookstore marks.. Paperback. Good. Book.

Welland, Ontario: The Canadian Modern Language Review, 1988. Moderate wear. Pages very good, clean. Irons selects 35 authors and 33 articles under the headings: Teaching the Language Skills; Error Analysis; Language and Culture; and, Communitive Syllabus Design. 434 pages.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Zebra Books - Grove Press, 1972. Stated first printing. Classic, '70's cover design. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages very good. For the first time, Clifford Irving's own story! His untold story of the Howard Hughes affair which he himself had fabricated and notoriously was a feature story on 60 Minutes prior to scandal... and after. Irving conceived and executed the daring hoax of writing a fake autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes. A story of international intrigue and beautiful women, of New York executives and the jet set of two continents, this is a spine-tingling thriller - but its people are real and the story actually happened. 378 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

New York, Toronto, London, Sydney: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. Beautiful blck full cloth boards, blind-stamp border, silver cover and spine titles, slight corner wear. Coated silver endpages; slight flaw inside back cover. Pages very good w/ color photoplate section, de Hory line drawings throughout. Verso title page clipped. Dj moderate wear, rub; clipped. Very attractive, in protective sleeve. Astonishing and incredible-but-true story of the world's greatest art forger, who painted over a thousand brilliant fake canvasses worth at the time more than sixty million dollars in the 'inauthentic' market of fine art. Of notable influence, de Hory, would quite possibly be the inspiration for Clifford Irving's possibly even greater single hoax a few years later of the inauthentic autobiography of Howard Hughes. 243 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Glaser, Milton (Jacket Design). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston , 1964. Stated First Edition and First Published in the United States, February 1964. Grey cloth boards, Near fine first edition in very good wrapper. Light grey full cloth boards, light shelf wear, moderate cloth roal to upper 1". Cover design features artistic depiction of explosive material. Spine features serious titles with Dresden in old German font. Pages near fine, clean. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original matte pictorial wrapper, light shelf wear, rub; unclipped 4.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Date code 0264 to front flap. Detailed index. Also includes ephemeral 1980's print of major news publication article on the perspective of an apology from the England and America. 255 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Random House, 2001. First printing. Flat signed by John Irving at title page. Faux parchment boards, maroon leatherette spine wrap, gilt spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Dj fine; unclipped 26.95, protected in new, clear sleeve. While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant. 316 pages. Insured post.. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London - New York: William Heinemann - Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. Stated Third Impression, February 1907. Large 7 3/4" x 10" design. Olive full cloth boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, spine sunning. Cover depicts Rackham design in gilt of the aged Rip with walking stick. This particular volume adds a Postscript on the lore of the Catskills. Thick heavy stock leaves of text, very good; moderate roll. Dark green page edges at all sides. Thick heavy stock green matte endpapers. Bind good; hinges intact. Includes fifty-one color plates with captioned tissue guards from the inimitable Arthur Rackham and sixty-two pages of text. This unique volume features the extravagent plates mounted on green matte leaves following Irving's story. Also, decorative headers, tailpieces, etc. throughout. Near very good example of fine book craftstmanship. Printed by Ballantyne & Co., Limited, Tavistock St. London. Insured post. Set in Sleepy Hollow,… Read More

Chicago: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1891. Green cloth boards, some corner, edge wear. Ink spot at cover. Pages good; some w/notation, marginalia. Frontispiece plate of Irving. Includes chronological table; Biographical Sketch of Irving; Rip Van Winkle; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; and, Philip of Pokanoket. 147 pages.. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.