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New York: Viking Press, 1945. 170 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". First Edition, third printing (July, 1945). Illustrated wrappers, some tears and missing sections but front cover is mostly intact, in very good condition. Blue cloth over boards with black design on cover and lettering on spine, some wear to spine top and bottom, INSCRIBED by author on the front free endpaper, beautifully illustrated in blue tones, slightly musty smell, otherwise in near-fine condition.A beautiful book, illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff, Caldecott Honor recipient noted for his strong work and surreal designs, this is a biography about Fridtjof Nansen, a noted Norwegian scientist, explorer, and diplomat. A fascinating look at this influential and humanitarian person. Winner of a Newberry Honor award in 1941. Scarce in jacket and signed

Worcester, MA: N. Hervey, (ca. 1850). 24 pp. Approximately 3 3/4 x 4 1/2". Green paper over boards with red cloth spine, beautiful engravings throughout of animals, birds, and plants, a few ink markings and small water stain on front cover, hinges cracked, owner's writings in pencil on front and rear free endpapers with inscription dated 1858, some foxing, otherwise in very good + condition.Nathaniel Hervey published with Henry J. Howland from 1835 to 1893. A list of Howland's Worcester Toys is on the back cover. A lovely little children's book which has not been colored in, remarkably. Animals include the camel, goat, wolf, wild boar, roe, sheep, cony, and jackal. Birds include the hoopoe, swan, crane, partridge, great horned owl, sparrow hawk, quail, cormorant, osprey and swallow. Plants include frankincense, camphor, cinnamon, cane, flax, fig tree, plantain, mandrake, lign aloe, and palm tree. All with nicely done engravings

Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1988. 32 pp. Approximately 2 9/16 x 2 1/16". LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Black leather over boards with copper gilt lettering on front cover and spine, frontispiece, bound by Hugo Grummich, designed and hand typography by the publisher, some foxing to top edge, otherwise in near fine condition. (Bradbury, Schori 51)Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) was a Swedish poet and playwright of Jewish German birth. She was greatly impacted by the rise of the Nazis during World War II and escaped Germany only one week before having to report to a concentration camp. Her poetry is very lyrical and poignant. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966

Van Nuys, CA: Barbara J. Raheb, 1979. 32 pp. Approximately 5/8 x 15/16". LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, this being #284. Green pyroxylin cover with gilt titles and decorations on spine and cover, illustrated, signed on the colophon, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Raheb 126)A beautiful miniature book, this story was first published in 1823 anonymously and later was credited to the author in 1837. Perhaps one of the best-known poems ever written, it is responsible for the image and characteristics of Santa Claus that is still prevalent today.

Austin, TX: Amistad Press, 1977. (26) pp. Approximately 5/8 x 7/8". LIMITED EDITION of unknown copies, this being #15. Green cloth over boards, paste-down paper label on cover and spine, illustrated, fine condition. (Bradbury, Amistad Press 19)A charming little book containing little humorous nonsense sayings

Seal Harbor, ME: High Loft, 1981. [9] pp. Approximately 5 1/4 x 8 1/2". LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies. Brown stiff paper covers with title and woodcut in a boxed border on front cover, stitched binding, printed, & bound at High Loft by August Heckscher, woodcuts by Nancy McCormick, minor corner creasing, in fine conditon.August Heckscher II (1913 - 1997) was an American author, correspondent, speech writer and biographer as well as an arts consultant in the White House during John F. Kennedy's administration. He was also a NY parks commisioner among other things during his diverse career. He wrote a well-known biography of Woodrow Wilson. This sweet little pamphlet tells a more personal story of what kinds of books should be in a country library, being that "the essence of a country library is that it should be for browsing, full of surprises, its treasures appearing as if by chance and then losing themselve irrecoverably for a while." First printed in The Christian Science Monitor, September 1974.… Read More

This book is actually a November, 1970 First Canadian paperback edition, Harlequin paperback #51441. Slight corner bumping and creasing but front cover is still bright and shiny. Age toning is present as is common in books of this vintage. Clean and tight binding with no markings. Back covers is creased near spine. In excellent shape for its age; following true to the Neels recurring subject of Dutch surgeons.