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Acts of Faith Erich Segal
New York Bantam Books 1992 0553070347 / 9780553070347 First Edition Cloth and Board Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
"Spanning more than a quarter of a century, moving with immediacy from the tough streets of Brooklyn to ultramodern Brasilia, from Montreal's famous "Main" to an Israeli kibbutz, and radiating with the splendor of two holy cities, Rome and Jerusalem, Erich Segal's Acts of Faith is a towering novel of piety, passion, and politics that explores the mysteries of religious faith to penetrate the ultimate mystery of the human heart." Blue dust jacket shows some shelfwear, mostly on back. Some yellowing on inner flaps. Jacket is now in Brodart. Purple cloth spine with gold title, slightly rubbed, grey boards. Tail of spine is bumped as is one corner. Slight ding to bottom edge of boards. 529p.
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15.00 USD
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Andersen, Hans Christian Fairy Tales Vol. 3
Odense, Denmark Flensted Forlag 1958 World Edition Cloth Very Good Fair 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich
"This edition is being issued from Hans Christian Andersen's native town in a new translation made direct from the Danish text and accompanied by the original illustrations." Light dust jacket with color portrait of author on front panel. Chipping and tearing to top edge of jacket. Heavy foxing to front panel of jacket. Dark blue cloth with white title on spine and white decoration on front board. Head and tail of spine are lightly rubbed. Top edge of pages dyed light blue. Binding is tight, interior is clean and bright. 368p.
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10.00 USD
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Bagnold, Enid National Velvet
New York William Morrow and Company 1935 First Edition Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Laurian Jones
Black cloth spine with silver titles and decorations on spine and cover. Half of boards covered with red cloth. Spine is quite faded and has some circular light spots. White scuff mark on black cloth at bottom of rear board. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Red top-stain, foxing to page edges. Board edges are rubbed and foxing. Simple line drawings at head of each chapter. Illustrated endpapers. 303p.
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12.00 USD
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Bannerman, Helen The Story of Little Black Sambo
Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott Company Cloth Very Good Very Good 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall Helen Bannerman
"The only authorized American edition", printed on front panel of dust jacket. Color illustration of Sambo holding umbrella on front panel of dj. One very small closed tear at top of front panel and another very small closed tear at top of rear panel. Jacket is lightly soiled. Bottom inside corner of front flap is clipped, Price of $2.00 is had written at top. A couple of light stains to reverse of dust jacket. Red cloth with black titles on spine and front, black line illustration of tiger holding umbrella with tail on front board. Cloth is clean and bright, very mild rubbing at head and tail of spine and points. Interior has a few minor smudges. Lovely color illustrations. 56p.
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50.00 USD
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Baring-Gould, William and Ceil baring-Gould The Annotated Mother Goose
New York Bramhall House 1962 Seventh Printing Cloth Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish and Early Historical Woodcuts
Chapter decorations by E. M. Simon. 'Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained by William S. Baring-Gould & Ceil Baring-Gould.' Red dust jacket with black and white titles and small black and white illustration on front panel. Jacket is moderately shelfworn: scuffed, with small chips and tears. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Yellow cloth with black titles on spine and front board. Boards very slightly bowed. Decorative endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on ffep, ragged bottom edge where someone tried to remove it. Top edge of pages dyed red. Binding is tight, interior is clean. 350p.
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15.00 USD
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Barthelme, Frederick Two Against One
New York Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988 1555842143 / 9781555842147 First Edition Cloth and Board Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Portrait of a modern marraige gone awry set against the suburban modern south. Pictorial dust jacket shows some shelfwear and a little soiling. Slightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Jacket is now in brodart. Gray cloth spine with silver title, blue gray boards. A little sunning to edges, bumped tail of spine. Interior is clean, binding is tight. 264p.
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5.00 USD
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Bedier, Joseph The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
New York The Heritage Press 1960 Cloth and Board Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Serge Ivanoff Signed by Illustrator
Lovely gift edition of one of the greatest romances, Tristan and Isuelt. This edition is adorned with eleven full page color illustrations. The illustrator signed this book on the half-title page, denoting the location as Paris. There is no jacket but there is a matching slipcase. Maroon cloth spine with paper label, gold title on black background. Spine is faded. Boards are covered with maroon paper with allover design of cream shields and crowns. Points are rubbed, as are head and tail of spine. Pages have decorative speckled edge. Text is printed on heavy weight cream paper. Illustrations are on matte paper with green border. Reverse of each illustration page has same pattern as boards but with green background. 173p. Maroon slipcase is faded at edges, particularly at one side. A few stray pencil marks but no cracks or breaks.
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160.00 USD
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Brickell, Herschell O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1944
Garden City Doubleday, Doran & Company 1944 First Edition Cloth Fair No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Twenty-sixth annual O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories. Collection of award winning short stories. Authors include: Irwin Shaw, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Marjorie Hope, Wendell Wilcox. Blue cloth with gold title on spine. Cloth is heavily worn with some dark stains, points bumped. Bleached spots at tail of spine. Includes short bibliographies of each author and a list of past prize winners. 268p.
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5.00 USD
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Brown, Helen Gurley Sex and the Office
New York Bernard Geis Associates 1964 First Edition Cloth and Board Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Follow up to the hugely successful 'Sex and the Single Girl'. Stated first printing. Pink dust jacket with green and fuchsia titles on spine and front panel. Rear panel has portrait of author. Upper point on front panel has open tear. Shelfwear to head of spine and part of upper edge of front panel. Scratches across small portrait of author and the word office on front panel. Sticker remains on inside front flap but original price is not affected. Jacket is now in clear mylar cover. Dark green cloth spine and light green boards. Title in light green on spine and authors name in brown on front board. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped and rubbed. Very edges of boards lightly faded. Top edge of pages dyed green, brown endpapers. Interior is clean and bright. 309p.
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15.00 USD
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Buck, Pearl S. The Exile
New York The John Day Company 1936 Third Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Third printing. Light brown cloth with gold title on spine, most of the gold is rubbed off. There is a blind embossed design on both spine and cover. The spine is heavily soiled and there is a depression in the cloth at the design. Head and tail of spine are bumped, cloth is worn through at points. Cloth is dusty. Binding is cracked at front board. Price written on ffep. Foxing to endpapers. 315p.
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10.00 USD
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Bulfinch, Thomas Bulfinch's Mythology
Garden City Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. 1938 Cloth Very Good Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
Deluxe edition, one volume containing: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and The Legends of Charlemagne. Jacket is heavily worn with chips and tears along all edges. Some soiling to jacket. Dj is now protected by clear mylar cover. Beige cloth with gold title on red background, gold decoration on spine. Head and tail of spine are bruised. Light soil to boards. Binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed red. Pages slightly yellowed. Small address label from previous owner on front free endpaper. Fourteen black and white illustrations taken from famous works of art. 778p.
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25.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan and the Ant Men
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1924 Reprint Cloth Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
1950's reprint. Front panel of jacket has full illustration of Tarzan with bow and arrow surrounded by tiny men. Rear panel has ad for adventure books fro boys by Zane Grey. Front flap bears the number 100100. Very top of spine panel is missing, extending along the very top edge of the front panel. Title on spine is unaffected. Small chips and creases to tail of spine panel. Small area of damage mid spine. Some wrinkling to lower corner of front panel. Colors are very bright. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Bright green cloth with dark green graphic of Tarzan riding elephant through jungle. Head and tail of spine are rubbed. Cloth is clean. Top edge of pages dyed green. Brown endpapers with map of Africa. Pages are lightly yellowed but otherwise clean. 346p.
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35.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan and the City of Gold
Racine, Wisconsin Whitman Publishing 1952 Authorized Abridged Edition Cloth Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Jesse Marsh
Hardcover Whitman #2307. Wrap around jacket illustration by Don McLoughlin, Tarzan with bow and arrow, city of gold in background. Jacket has only a small amount of edgewear, including a couple of small chips at top of front and back panels. Colors bright. Now protected by clear mylar cover. Orange-brown cloth with blue title on spine, front board has blue and yellow title with illustration of city. Cloth is clean with only minor rubbing at head and tail of spine and points. All page edges dyed red, illustrated endpapers. Previous owners name and address written in black ink opposite title page. Binding is tight. Black line drawings by comic artist Jesse Marsh. Pages yellowed but otherwise clean. 250p.+ ads.
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30.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan and the Forbidden City
Racine, Wisconsin Whitman Publishing 1952 Authorized Abridged Edition Cloth Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Jesse Marsh
Whitman hardcover #2306. Wrap around jacket illustration by Don McLoughlin, Tarzan with bow and arrow being followed by gorillas. Jacket is worn at edges with small chips and tears. Colors are bright. Jacket now protected by clear mylar cover. Aqua colored cloth with brown title on spine. Brown and yellow title and gorilla on front board. Head and tail of spine are lightly rubbed. Binding is tight. All page edges dyed red. Illustrated endpapers. Seventeen full page line drawings. Pages yellowed but otherwise clean. 250p. +ads.
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25.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan and the Golden Lion
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1923 Madison Square Cloth Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall J. Allen St. John
Madison Square edition dust jacket. J. Allen St. John dust jacket illustration, black line drawing Tarzan with yellow lion. Red title on front panel, black title on spine. Rear panel lists other Madison square editions. Jacket is moderately soiled, with some edgewear, a few tiny tears and small chips. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Black and white frontispiece on glossy paper. Contains 7 internal black and white illustrations on glossary paper, several of which are given incorrect page numbers. The book seems to be 1924 reprint, making the book and jacket a mismatch. Red cloth with black titles, title on front board has black border. Cloth is worn at edges. Head and tail of spine are beginning to fray. Cloth is lightly soiled, a few light spots on rear board. Interior is lightly yellowed, otherwise clean. 333p. + ads.
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70.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan and the Golden Lion
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1923 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
1950's reprint. Jacket has C. E. Monroe illustration, lion attacking native with Tarzan holding knife in background. Jacket has substantial wear to front flap fold. A few chips and tears to head and tail of spine. Some soiling to rear panel. Yellow rear panel has ads for Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy books. Price clipped. Brown paper tape has been applied to the top and bottom edges on the reverse of the jacket, probably to stabilize the edges. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Book is covered with textured tan paper. Black graphic of Tarzan on elephant in Jungle on front board. Black title and decoration on spine. Head and tail of spine are rubbed, as are bottom points. Cloth is clean. Brown endpapers with map of Africa. One small line drawing on title page, no other internal illustrations. Interior is clean and bright. 332p.
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25.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1918 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
No printing date is given, but research points to 1950. Dust jacket illustration by C. Edmund Monroe, Jr. Jacket is worn at edges with small chips and tears. Rear panel has ad for Adventure stories for boys by Zane Grey. Front flap bears the no. 12125. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Book is covered with blue green textured paper with black illustration of Tarzan on elephant in jungle. Black title and decoration on spine. Top and bottom edges of boards are lightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine are bruised. Brown endpapers with map of Africa. Previous owners name written neatly in black ink on top of title page. Small illustration of Tarzan on elephant on title page, no other internal illustrations. 350p.
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25.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan at the Earth's Core
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1929 Reprint Cloth Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall J. Allen St. John
1932, first of the Grosset & Dunlap reprints. Dust jacket has wrap around J. Allen St. John illustration of Tarzan battling ape-man. Colors are bright. Jacket has small amount of edgewear. The top color layer is missing to small areas at the head and tail of spine area. There are also some similar small spots on the spine and along the front fold. It is a very good looking jacket. Rear flap lists thirty ERB titles. Dj is now protected by clear mylar cover. Red cloth with black titles on spine and front board. Cloth is bright and clean. Head and tail of spine are lightly bruised. Minimal rubbing to points. Top edges of pages dyed green. Previous owners name and address written in green ink on ffep. Frontis illustration by J. Allen St. John, no other illustrations. Pages lightly yellowed otherwise clean. 301p. + ads.
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225.00 USD
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan of the Apes
New York Penguin Books 1990 First Thus Soft Cover Fine No Jacket as Issued 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Trade paperback with introduction by John Seelye, Graduate Research Professor of American Literature at the University of Florida and general editor of the Penguin American Library. Also offers suggestions for further reading and notes. This is an excellent edition for scholarly study. Front cover is black and white version of original cover art. Book is clean and unread. 286p.
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan the Terrible
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1921 Reprint Hard Cover Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
1950's reprint. Jacket illustration by C. E. Monroe, Tarzan battling a furry, tailed humanoid. Jacket is worn at the edges with some small chips and tears, mostly at the spine and points. Front flap bears the number 100100. Rear panel has ad fro Zane Grey's adventure books for boys. Bright green boards with dark green graphic of Tarzan on elephant in jungle. Dark green title and decoration on spine. Head and tail of spine are rubbed. Front top corner is bumped. Small spots of brown debris stuck to small are of rear board. Brown endpapers with map of Africa. One small black line drawing on title page, no other internal illustrations. Pages only mildly yellowed, otherwise clean. Includes glossary. 305p.
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25.00 USD
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