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1) Legends of Vancouver by Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) copyright Canada 1926 McClelland
&Stewart Ltd. Toronto, 9th printing 1949 dust jacket some wears in corners, slight bend in top outside cover corner, red cloth board, gold embossed front and spine, 5.25” wide x 8” tall,165 pages - These Indian stories, first published in the Vancouver Daily Province in 1910. The original first edition was privately printed in Vancouver in 1911 (1000 copies), and it sold out right away. One of the best-known books of Canadian Mohawk author E. Pauline Johnson, who was no doubt the best-known female North American Indian writer of the first half of the 20th century, and whose books continue to sell.
2) A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
a Rainbow Classics, published by the World Publishing Company, special contents of this edition copyright 1946 by The World Publishing Company, 10WP1164, no jacket, decorative tan/blue/cream cover, maroon/gold embossed spine,5.25”x8.5” tall,143 pages – see also # 46, 155
3) The Reader’s Digest Twentieth Anniversary Anthology Copyright 1941, Reader’s Digest Association, Pleasantville, New York, dust jacket with some tearing, gray decorative board, 123 pages
4) The Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge (The Golden Books)
unique small size 4”x7”tall 3/8” thick, warn pages green cover, stamped cover gold embossing wearing away, inscription Christmas 1910 on inside cover and on tissue page between left side picture of Coleridge and facing page of gold decorative title page, 31 pages
5) SOLD Bachelor Belles by Harrison Fisher with illustrations by Harrison Fisher, decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood, Toronto, William Biggs 1908, stated Published October 1908, The University Press, Cambridge,U.S.A., pearl grey cloth with gilt titles and full cover paper label of Harrison Fisher portrait in full color trimmed in gilt, Unpaginated, 7.5”x10.75” tall, good condition, inscription Xmas 1908 on inside right first blank page, 5th page NOTE “This volume, while largely made up of hitherto unpublished illustrations, contains certain pictures which are kindly loaned by the Cosmopolitan Magazine and the Curtis Publishing Company.” “The true First Edition with All 22 full page, full color plates of beautiful turn of the century women by Harrison Fisher, perhaps best known for his moving World War I posters. This beautiful copy contains a collection of poetry by a variety of authors such as Theophile Gautier, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Shakespeare, and James Whitcomb Riley among others. Each page is beautiful decorated with art work by Theodore B. Hapgood.”
6) SOLD -From The Cradle to The Grave. Life of ELD. S.A. HOWENSTINE
copyright, 1894, by Lydia Howenstine, Fort Wayne, Indiana, S.W. Underwood, Book and Job Printer, 1894. 5.75”x7.75”, maroon cloth on board, decorative black and gold title on spine, good condition
7) SOLD - The Hardy Boys – 55 OF THE 58 ORIGINAL TITLES! COPYRIGHT STARTING WITH #1 THE TOWER TREASURE 1959 THROUGHT TO #58 COPYRIGHT 1979 – good (some x-library) to some excellent never read condition, some stamping and inscriptions but generally a good set (only missing volume #’s 30, 55 & 56). INCLUDING BONUS: THE HARDY BOYS DETECTIVE HANDBOOK, revised edition 1972, excellent never read condition 5.5”x8.25”, 214pp, prev owner name on inside front cover. A GREAT COLLECTION TO OWN!!!!
8) SOLD Looking…Seeing poems and song lyrics by Harry Chapin drawings by Rob White, autographed by the late Harry Chapin on inside right page at early 70’s concert in Vancouver, B.C.
9) Chester Rand or The Path To Fortune by Horatio Alger, Jr.
New York, Hearst & Company, grayish board/cloth cover loose from spine otherwise good condition, front jacket coloured picture of red boat and boy in sailor suit some wear on cover,5” x 7.25”tall
10) SOLD “Nearer My God To Thee” Story of the Wreck of the Titanic, the Ocean’s Greatest Disaster, Memorial Edition, edited by Marshall Everett, copyright 1912 by L.H.Walter, dark green cover with glued black and white picture gold gilt lettering, loose spine wearing top and bottom, some water marks on lower edge of pages, fairly good shape, 316 pp + 317 to 320 list of the dead, 5.75”x8” tall
11) SOLD - Good Medicine, the Illustrated Letters of Charles M Russell,
introduction by Will Rogers and a Biographical Note by Nancy C. Russell, Double Day & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York, copyright 1929, no obvious print date, prev owner inscription inside cover.no ISBN, seller#48108, gray cloth stamped with maroon buffalo, pictorial end papers front and back, 9”x12” tall, DJ in good condition mylar wrapped, 162 pp.
12) SOLD -CHARLES M. RUSSELL , the CMR Book text by John Willard with foreword by Senator Mike Mansfield, Salisbury Press. Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, 78-125897, copyright Canada1970 by Superior Publishing Company, First Edition, printed and bound in Canada by Evergreen Press Ltd., Vancouver, Canada – 1970, brown cardboard covers with gold gilt brand and title on cover, no DJ, 64 pp., extra coloured plate laid inside cover, 10”x13.75”tall
13) Queen Alexandra’s Christmas Gift Book, Photographs From My Camera, ‘to be sold for charity’, published by the Daily Telegraph, London, 1908, cream glazed cloth covers with green lettering on heavy paper stock with tissue guards, loose spine, photos on pages in good condition, 9”x11.5”. “A 'photo-album', some repro photos tipped in on black paper + tissue guards, Two-tone photographs laid-in. Informal photos of the Royals on holiday, at Balmoral, on board ship, 'abroad', on horseback, on the river, at home. Queen Alexander documented her family with considerable skill and a Kodak camera. Her attendance at the London Stereoscopic School encouraged other women to train, her photos now recognized as important in photo-history.” No d/j as issued.
14) SOLD - Introduction to the Study of MINERALS AND ROCKS by Austin Flint Rogers Ph.D. copyright 1912, 1921 McGraw-Hill, printed US, The Maple Press Co, York, PA, maroon coloured cloth on board, leather-like, 5”x7.25” tall
15) The COLUMBIAN VIKING DESK ENCYCLOPEDIA
2 volume set, A – K to page 676 and L – Z pages 677 – 1398, Viking Press, New York 1953, redish brown cloth board covers, good condition minimal fraying on spine top and bottom with covers a little loose but on tight spine, owners name and some ink scribbling on edges, 5.75”x 8.5” each 1/2”thick - A CONSICE IMPRESSIVE COLLECTOR SET!
16) Golden Treasury of Bible Stories by Arthur Whitfield Spalding
paintings by Clyde N Provonsha and Robert Temple Ayres, southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tennessee, 1954, red hard covers with clack and gold, colored inside cover art front and back, 10.25”x8”tall, 2”thick, excellent condition
17) The CONSOLIDATED WEBSTER ENCYCLOPEDIA DICTIONARY –a library of Essential Knowledge, inscription, title page torn out so no dates but very old, 569 pages + tables, coloured art inside covers facing front and back, 7”x10.25”tall 4”thick, fair to good condition pages and cover, loose spine cover pulling away
18) Websters TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY – UNABRIDGED
“BEING THE UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY BY NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D., publishers Guild Inc., New York, N.Y. 1938 copyright 1936 (listing copyrights from 1904 to 1938), excellent condition, tan/yellow board cover, leather-like, red edge index tabbed pages, 8.5”x11”tall, 5”thick.
Oct 28/03
19) MOMMIE DEAREST by Christina Crawford, 1978 copyright by Christina Crawford, published by William Morrow and Company, Inc. New York, gray board cover, very good condition, no DJ, no inscriptions or markings, 260 pp, 5.75” x 8.5”
tall
20) ) SOLD - STILLWATCH by Mary Higgins Clark, 1984 copyright by Mares Enterprises Inc., published by Simon and Schuster New York, lt/ orange board cover, good condition but tape tear on front cover, no DJ, inscription on inside front cover “Lisa Clark” in blue felt tip pen, 284 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
21) SOLD - THE ANOINTED by Clyde Brion Davis, copyright 1937 by author, published by Farrar & Rinehart Inc. New York/Toronto printed in the US, tan and blue cover with pic in lower right front of boat in water, good condition but cover a little dirty, no DJ, inscription stamped on inside right of cover in purple ink “W.H.White Nanton Alta.”, 277 pp, 5.5” x 8” tall
22) ) SOLD - TIDE-RODE by Adelyn Bushnell, copyright 1947 by author, third impression, published by Coward-McCann Inc. New York, dark green cover with gold gilt lettering on spine, dark green board cover, good condition but some wearing on spine edges, no DJ, inscription on inside left front in blue pen “Laurie Jean Potter Taber Hospital”, 344 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall
23) TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by A.L.Burt Co. 1915? after the A.C. McClurg first edition of 1914, dark green cover with black stamped title and spine, fair condition spine loose, no DJ, inscription inside right side black ink “Mrs. Walter Johnson Lelaval Sask.”, 401 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
24) THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT by Zane Grey, 1910 copyright by the author, published September 1910, printed in the US by Grosset & Dunlop New York, published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers, gray cover with faded blue/brown picture of mountains/sky, faded condition and worn loose spine, no DJ, inscription stamped inside all covers with Forestburg Library stamp and inside left remnants of library sleeve, 298 pp plus 8 pages catalogue at back, 5” x 7.5” tall (see also# 250)
25) BUCCANEERS AND PIRATES OF OUR COAST by Frank R. Stockton, Every Boy’s Library Boy Scout Edition, illustrated by George Varian and B.West Clinedinst, copyright1897 – 1898, by the Century Co. Copyright 1898, by the Macmillan Company, Reprinted Nov 1898 through to this edition 1917 printed in the US by The Berwick & Smith Co. Publishers Grossey & Dunlop New York (Macmillan’s Standard Library), hard board green cover tight condition with chipping on bottom front edge of cover and some age wearing on front but fairly good condition, no DJ, inscription on inside front right in pencil “James Johnson Melaval Sask.”, 325 pp = 1 ad = 1 blank, 5” x 7.5” tall, -great copy for any collector of Every Boy's Library special editions!!
26) LITTLE WOMEN AND GOOD WIVES by Louisa M Alcott, published by London James Nisbet & Co., Limited 22 Berners Street, W., inside left of title page is a full colour plate by A. Dudley “Jo sells her hair”, green cloth cover gilt lettering black stamping with red flowers and gold gilt lettering and on spine, fairly condition some spine wear and loose, no DJ, inscription on inside left and right of cover ink and pencil, 448 pp, back page bottom “Printed by Morrison and Gibb Ltd., Edinburgh”, 5.25” x 8” tall – see also # 206
27) EVERYBODY LOVES OPRAH Her Remarkable Life Story the unauthorized biography by Norman King, copyright 1987 by Bill Adler Books, Inc., First Edition published by William Morrow and Company, Inc New York, white/pink cover with silver gilt lettering on spine, excellent new like condition, DJ in excellent shape, no inscriptions or markings , 222 pp, isbn 0-688-07396-4, 5.75” x 8.5” tall- see also #178
28) SOLD - HOME SWEET HOME My Canadian Album by MORDECAI RICHLER, copyright 1984 by Author, First Edition, published by McClelland and Sewart, tan and black edge/spine cover with black MR stamped on front cover gold gilt lettering on spine, excellent new like condition, DJ has a little wear along the top edge and spine, no inscriptions or markings, 291 pp + 1 page note on the type, isbn 0-7710-7488-3, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
29) PEONY by Pearl S. Buck, copyright 1948 by the author, publisher by The John Day Company New York, greenish blue cloth cover with dark blue/gold gilt front picture and spine marking, good condition cover a little dirty, no DJ, inscription on inside right in pencil “Alice Grahan”, 312 pp, 5.75” x 8” tall- “A novel about Jews in China and their assimilation as Chinese. A Chinese girl is more than a servant, less than a daughter and falls in love with the son of her employer.”
30) SOLD - RABBLE IN ARMS by Kenneth Roberts, copyright 1933, 1947 by Kenneth Roberts, printed in the US by International Collectors Library, American Headquarters, garden City New York, special edition red and gold gilt cover in “The Rafael Palacios Binding” with info card intact inside front cover, excellent brand new never read condition, no DJ, no inscriptions or markings, 586 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall (see also#296)
31) SOLD - SEX AND THE NEW SINGLE GIRL by Helen Gurley Brown copyright by author, published by Bernard Geis Associates, red cloth cover, with black lettering on spine, good condition some small wear top and bottom of spine, no DJ, no inscriptions or markings, 251 pp, 5.50” x 8.5” tall
32) SOLD - THE INDOMITABLE HORNBLOWER - Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower, Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (3 complete novels) by C.S. Forester, BOOK CLUB EDITION, published in the US by Little, brown and Company Boston Toronto, blue cover with gold gilt lettering on spine, excellent condition, DJ with some wearing on spine, no inscriptions or markings, 640 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
33) STORM by George Stewart, copyright 1941 by author, First edition, published by Random House, blue cloth board cover with black/silver on cover and spine, map end pages front and back, very good condition, DJ with wearing on edges and spin, no inscriptions or markings, 349 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall
34) AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser, published by foreign Languages Publishing House MOSCOW 1951, English but some what appears to be Russian on the title page and back inside left page, rose cloth cover with dark rust coloured lettering on front and spine, good condition some fading on spine, no DJ, no inscriptions or markings, 606 pp, 5.25” x 8” tall
35) 1876 by Gore Vidal, copyright 1976 by author, First Edition, published by Random House New York, dark blue cloth board cover with silverfish blue and gold gilt lettering on cover and on spine, excellent never read condition, no DJ, no inscription bit a label name plate glued to inside left front cover, 364 pp + bibliography, isbn 0-394-49750-3 trade, 0-394-40651-6 limited, 6.25” x 9.5” tall
36) SOLD - ETTIQUE by Ben Wicks, copyright 1981 by author, published by McClelland and Stewart, white and red spine cover, excellent never read condition, no DJ, no inscriptions or markings, 144 pp, isbn0-7710-8997-X, 6” x 9.25” tall
37) THE BOAT WHO WOULDN’T FLOAT by Farley Mowat, copyright 1969 by author, fourth edition 1971, published by McClelland and Stewart, green/blue cloth solver gilt lettering on spine, map end pages front and back, excellent never read condition, DJ some wearing on folds, inscription left of title page in ink “Grace Sheane April 1974”, 243 pp, isbn 7710-6569-8, 5.75 x 8.75” tall – see also # 49, 172
38) BLANKET AND BEADS A History of the Saskatchewan River by James MacGreggor, copyright 1949, published by the Institute of Applied Art Edmonton Alberta, red cloth cover black stamped ink title and on spine, excellent condition, no DJ, no inscription, 276 pp, 6.25” x 9” tall
39) PROFESSIONAL LOVER by Maysie Greig, copyright 1932 1933 by DoubleDay, Doran and Company, Triangle Edition published by The Blakiston Company PA, blue cover black stamped ink, fairly good condition some wearing on edges and spine, no DJ, inscription on inside right in ink and marking top right front cover in felt .50c, , 282 pp, 5.25” x 7.5” tall
40) AURORA DAWN or, The True History of Andrew Reale by Herman Wouk, Author’s First Novel, copyright 1947 by author, published by Simon and Schuster, dark gray/black cover with gold gilt HW on front and pink colouring on spine over title, good condition, no DJ, previous owner name and stamping in inside covers, 241 pp, i5.75” x 8.25” tall (see also #63 by Wouk)
41) ESCAPE by Ethel Vance, copyright 1939 by Little, Brown and Company, First Edition, published September 1939, tan coloured cover with black and red stamped title and spine lettering, fairly good condition but dirty, no DJ, inscription on inside right front “Mac Stewart”, 428 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall
42) SOLD - SHAKESPEAR E - MACBETH edited by George Lyman Kitteredge, published by Ginn and Company, copyright 1939 by author, soft small school edition in lt. green cloth cover, worn but fair condition, stamped with school name,230 pp, 4.5” x 6.25 tall
43) SOLD - SHAKESPEARE’S JULIUS CEASAR edited by John Hampden, M.A., first published in this series in March 1926 this edition in 1947(twice).published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. London and Edinburgh, red soft cloth cover with black stamped lettering, fairly good condition some wearing on spine, inscription on inside right front “H Ruth Leiske”, 192 pp, 4” x 6.25tall
44) THREE MODERN PLAYS The Dover Road, Hayfever, and Journey’s End, Aldine Modern English Series, copyright 1943 by J.M.Dent & Sons (Canada Limited), FIRST EDITION, reprinted 1946, yellow/orange hard cover with black stamped cover and spine, good condition some wearing on spine, no DJ, no inscription but ink stamped library and inside back glue marks from loose library pocket, 221 pp, 4.5” x 6.5” tall
45) ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll, published by Peebles Press International New York, dark green cover with gold gilt edging and lettering front and spine, excellent near new condition, no DJ, inscription inside left cover in ink, 292 pp, 4.5” x 7.5” tall
46) ) SOLD - TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson, Whitman Publishing Company, 2125 Whitman on spine, decorative board cover in green/tan square child like stamping, fairly good condition but loose spine, no DJ, inscription on inside right “Jim from Ron” in ink, 237 pp, 6” x 8.25” tall –see also # 2, 155
47) MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie, copyright 1933, 1960 by author, published by Dodd, Mead & Company New York, Book Club Edition, black board cover gold spine lettering, excellent condition, DJ good shape with some wearing on spine fold and edges, inscription on inside right in red ink, 213 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall - This book was the basis of the movie starring Bette Davis, Ingrid Berman, Albert Finney, Sean Connery and many other stars.
48) SOLD - THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain copyright 1918 by the Mark Twain Company, published in the US by arrangement with Harper & Bros authorized edition Grosset & Dunlop publishers new York, red with black ink Companion Library cover, very good condition tight spine, no DJ, no inscriptions or markings but a Christmas sticker stuck to top inside back left cover page, 405 pp, 5.25” x 7.5” tall - with BONUS 48b) softcover Airmont Books, 1962. Trade Paperback, good first Airmont, 4.25" - 7" tall, illustrated covers. 255pp. spine edge wearing, library stamp on inside cover.
49) AFTERMATH Travels in a Post-War World by Farley Mowat, copyright 1995 by author, published by Ken Porter Books Limited Toronto, black board cover with gold gilt on spine, excellent never read condition, DJ in great shape with some wear along top, inscription in ink on inside left 2nd page, 239 pp, 5.75” x 8.75” tall – see also # 37, 172
50) SOLD - THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM by Mordecai Richler, copyright 1994 by Mordecai Richler Productions Limited published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, FIRST EDITION AND AUTOGHRAPHED by author on title page, excellent never read condition, gold and grey cover with gold gilt MR on cover and lettering on spine, with mint condition DJ, inscription, 275 pp plus glossary, source notes, 6” x 8.5” tall
51) SOLD - DISPATCHES FROM THE SPORTING LIFE by Mordecai Richler, copyright 2002 Mordecai Richler Productions Limited, forward copyright 2002 Noah Richler, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada printed and bound in the US, red board cover with gold gilt spine lettering, excellent never read condition, perfect condition with DJ, inscription in ink on inside right of cover, 295 pp, 5.75” x 8.85” tall
52) CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA by L.M. Montgomery, copyright 1912 by L.C. Page & Company, First Canadian Edition September 1943, published by Ryerson Press Toronto, clue cloth board cover with yellow lettering on cover and spine good condition with some wearing on corners, with original DJ but wearing away and glued to some secondary paper to hold it together years ago, inscription inside left and right of cover and price tag from past dealer taped inside right, 306 pp, 6” x 8.5” tall
59) Vol. 4 The Hinge of Fate Pub. Sept. 1950 1,000 Pages - Book 1. The Onslaught of Japan - Book 2. Africa Redeemed
60) Vol. 5 Closing The Ring Pub. Sept. 1951 749 Pages - Book 1. Italy Won -Book 2. Tehran to Rome
61) Vol. 6 Triumph and Tragedy Pub. Sept. 1953 800 Pages - Book 1. The Tide of Victory - Book 2. The Iron Curtain
68) THE ISLAND RACE Volume 1 by Winston S. Churchill, “Corgi Edition reissued 1972” Copyright Cassell & Co. Ltd 1964, England, 7.5" x 10" tall, 168pp., Soft Cover good condition some slight edge wear but all pages clean and tight no markings or inscriptions, Volume 1 takes the story from the invasion of Britain in 55 BC by Julius Caesar to the execution of Charles I in 1649 - “The Island Race has been designed to present, in an impressive array, the hundreds of reproductions in colour and monochrome of the historic paintings which have preserved for all time a contemporary view of the great events and the outstanding figures of this country’s history. No more fitting setting could be devised for the story of his own people, told by the greatest Briton of our age.”
85) THE GRASS GROWN by Colleen McCullough, copyright 1991 by author, stated FIRST EDITION Number sequence is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, published by William Morrow New York printed and bound in the U.S., white/red hard cover with gold gilt spine lettering, very good condition with one small water mark on bottom edge of cover, very good condition DJ not clipped, no inscription/markings, 894 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “Front endpapers, Map of Italia Back endpapers, Map of Mundus Romanus - A page with a list of maps and Illustrations. More than a chronicle of historic clashes and great events, The Grass Crown brings to life the men, women, and children who will help shape the future of the Western world--and whose acts of courage, passion, and treachery interweave to create an enthralling and relentlessly paced story of a remarkable society and a glorious epoch.” (see#343)
98) AIRPORT by Arthur Hailey, copyright 1971 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Doubleday New York, good/fair condition tight spine some edge wear, with blue board cover with gold spine lettering and green dot on spine, no DJ, no inscriptions/markings, 440 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “a fictional story--fast paced, exciting, richly textured with memorable characters. But, the true hero of this novel is the Airport itself--viewed through the eyes of a master storyteller.” (see also#97/99/100/235 by Hailey)
99) HOTEL by Arthur Hailey, copyright 1965 by author, first edition not stated, published by Doubleday New York, good to excellent condition with beige board cover with blue/gold spine lettering, no DJ, no inscriptions/markings, 376 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “A story of a hotel in New Orleans in 1964 and a look at the operation of the hotel and the characters within it.” (see also #97/98/100/235 by Hailey)
100) HOTEL by Arthur Hailey, copyright 1965 by author, (BCE/BOMC), published by Doubleday New York, good condition with gren/blue board cover with black spine lettering, no DJ, owner name in ink on inside right of cover, 376 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “A story of a hotel in New Orleans in 1964 and a look at the operation of the hotel and the characters within it..” (see also#97/98/99/235 by Hailey)
107) ATONMENT by Ian McEwan (author of Booker Prize winner Amsterdam), copyright 2001 by author, stated April 2002 FIRST EDITION in the United States of America, published by Nan A. Talese Garden City, NY Doubleday, hard cover with DJ fine never read condition with Black boards quarterbound in gray cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Gray endpapers, no inscription/markings XXXXX, 351 pp, 7.75” x x9.75” tall – “In Atonement he takes the reader from a manor house in England in 1935 to the retreat from Dunkirk in 1941; from London's World War II military hospitals to a reunion of the Tallis clan in 1999."
108) Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling, copyright 1999 by author, First Edition. HBDJ, stated First American Edition, October 1999, copyright pg number line 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4, Arthur A. Levine Scholastic, Decorated Diamond Design cloth cover of Turquoise & Purple , THIS BOOK HAS A DUST COVER WITH THE WORDS HARRY POTTER IN RAISED LETTERS , excellent pristine never read condition with perfect DJ and no inscription/markings, salmon orange endpapers, Illustrations By Mary Grandpre, 435 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall - The third book in the highly acclaimed 'Harry Potter' series. (see also # 109)
109) Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling, copyright 1999 by author, Vancouver, British Columbia: Raincoast Books, 1999. stated First Canadian Edition, printing code 10 9 8 7 printed and bound in the U.S., The third book in the highly acclaimed 'Harry Potter' series. “Completely different from the American edition, the Canadian first edition is similar in format and design to the British original. It is the same size as the British edition and has the same dustwrapper art by Cliff Wright, with British newspaper reviews and a list of British Awards on the front flap, and a child's fan letter on the back flap. It also has exactly the same text as the British edition, with none of the textual alterations made in the American edition. The Canadian edition has inevitably gone into many subsequent printings and first printings are now scarce”, Pristine never read fine flawless copy in equally fine dust-wrapper with no inscriptions or markings, 317 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall (see also # 108)
110) MISS AMERICA by Howard Stern, copyright 1995 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by New York: Regan Books, near fine condition with good DJ not clipped, no inscription/markings, 482 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall –“ Some of the biggest news stories of the decade. Colorful pictorial end pages many photographs”
111) David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, copyright 1950 New York: Modern Library Random, illustrations by "Phiz"; Introduction by E.K. Brown. Very Good condition: cover is very nice smooth, green cloth, bright gilt lettering on spine; previous owner's name on front title page no DJ, 923 pp, 4.74” x 7.25” tall
112) SOLD -Four Great Detective Novels copyright London: Odhams Press Ltd, by Christie, Agatha, Milne. A. A., MacDonald, Philip and Cole, G. D. H. And M., burgundy cloth board cover with gold spine lettering, good tight spine condition with some corner rubbing and no DJ, no inscription/markings, 704 pp, 5.5” x 8.5” tall
113) SOLD -THE SCARLET SLIPPER MYSTERY Nancy Drew #32 by Carolyn Keene, copyright 1954 by NY Grosset & Dunlap, Blue illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth cover with navy titles, spine and corners lightly worn some chipping on front right corners and dirty on bottom left corner, no DJ, no inscription/markings, 214 pp, 5” x 7.5”
114) SOLD - The Saturday Evening Post Treasury New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954 First Edition 12th Printing, copyright 1954 by Curtis Publishing, red and black edged cover with gold stamping on cover and spine lettering, good unread condition with DJ wearing on edges,no inscription/markings, 543 pp, 7.25” x 10.25” tall - Selected from the complete files by Roger Butterfield and the editors of the Saturday Evening Post. Two 32-pg portfolios: one of classic cover paintings; the other of memorable advertisements. Illus. in B&W.Cover-Norman Rockwell.
115) THE WHITE AND THE GOLD. The French Regime in Canada by Thomas B Costain, copyright 1954 by author, stated “FIRST EDITION after the printing of a signed and numbered edition”, published by Toronto, Doubleday Canada printed and bound in Canada, hard green cover with white and gold block and spine lettering, good condition but spine loose on inside lower cover condition, no DJ, previous owner name in ink on inside right cover, 482 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “Illustrated with maps and portraits. From John Cabot's landing at Cape Breton Island in 1497 to the death of Laval in 1708, this readable history begins the multiple-volume The Canadian History Series under the editorship of Thomas B. Costain
116) Romney: Masterpieces in colour by C. Lewis Hind, pre 1908 issue, probably a pre press proof copy editor edition as inside right cover typed “Masterpieces in Colour edited by - - T. Leman Hare” – also error in page ordering and pages 13,14,15,& 16 are duplicated which means a repeat of plate II Lady Hamilton – so this copy has actually 9 colour plates, published by London: T C & E C Jack, Ltd./ New York: Frederick A Stokes Co, the last page (79) notes that “The plates are printed by Bemrose & Sons, Ltd. Derby and London/ The text at the Ballanytne Press, Edinburgh, good copy tight spine minor edge wear for age, some library minor markings, 79 pp, 6” x 8” tall
117) THE ART-LIFE OF WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT by Helen M. Knowlton, copyright 1899 by Little Brown and company, published by Boston Little Brown and Company 1900, University Press John Wilson and Son Cambridge, U.S.A., gray board cover with brown cover stamping and gold spine lettering, good tight spine with good/fair condition, a very good copy with some wear to front cover corners and spine sun faded, with no DJ, owner name in ink inside right front and some pencil sketches on cover, 219 pp, 5.5” x 8” tall
118) Tom Quest Adventure – The Tell Tale Scar by Fran Striker, copyright 1947 by author,1st Grosset and Dunlap New York, dark red shelf-worn boards with bumped corners black front and spine lettering, red & black with maroon pictorial endpapers, tight spine in good condition with worn cover condition no DJ, a name plate glued to inside right front but no other inscription/marking, 216 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall – “young boys' adventure story - Tom Quest and his friends search for Tom's father Hamilton, a scientist and explorer, who is lost in Peru.”
120) BOYS' BOOK OF SEA BATTLES by Chelsea Curtis Fraser, New York: The World Publishing Company (Falcon Books). [1950]. First edition, cover art by Marini, glossy paper-covered pictorial boards hardcover, pictorial endpapers, good condition, no DJ as issued, ink stamp on bottom of inside cover else no inscription/markings, 216 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
121) SOLD - Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life by Thomas Wolfe, copyright 1952 by author, 1929 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, renewal copyright 1957 Edward C. Aswell, as administrator, C.T.A. of the Estate of Thomas Wolfe and/or Fred W. Wolfe, published NY: Charles Scribner, Introduction by Maxwell E. Perkins, orange cloth covered boards with black and gold stamping and spine lettering, good condition with some corners bumped and no DJ, no inscription but some ink scribble markings along page edge, 522 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall (see also # 239)
122) FIRE FROM HEAVEN by Mary Renault, copyright 1969 by author, stated FIRST PRINTING, pantheon Books Random House New York, blue board cover with gold spine lettering, good condition with some sun fading on top edge of cover no DJ, inscription/markings XXXXX, 375 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
123) THE Southerners by Edna Lee, copyright 1953 by author, Appleton Century Crofts, Inc - New York, grey/blue board cover with navy blue spine lettering, good condition with some spine top/bottom wear, no DJ, no inscription/markings,407 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall - Set In Atlanta. Author's 3rd Novel
124) Born Free. A lioness of two worlds by Joy Adamson, copyright 1960 by author, First EDITION 5th Printing May 1960, London: Collins & Harvill, , Yellow pictorial wrapper edge cover with good condition no DJ, no inscription 160 pp, 6.75” x 9.75” tall - famous of stories about Elsa the lioness and Joy Adamson's life in Africa, which was made into a film and TV series.(see#125)
125) The Story of Elsa by Joy Adamson, copyright 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966 by author, BCE EDITION, New York: Pantheon 1966, Illus. b&w photos. Brown cloth gilt title cover with good condition with Djwith wearing edges, noinscription/markings, 319 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall - Wonderful photographs of Elsa the Lioness and her adopted family, the Adamsons. Also includes photos from the movie.(see#124)
126) THE ROBE by Lloyd C. Douglas, copyright 1942 by author63rd impression 1960, Riverside Press Houghton Mifflin Co Boston, orange and navy cover, some edge wear, no DJ, no inscription/markings, 508 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall
127) THE STREET by Ann Petry, copyright 1946 by author, Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1947 stated 2nd print 1947, gray cloth-covered boards wit blue illustration and lettering, good condition corners bumped no DJ, some ink stamping inside covers else clean, 436 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall
128) Green Mansions A Romance of the Tropical Forest by W. H. Hudson, copyright 1916 by Alfred A. Knopf and again copyright 1944 by Random House, Inc, manufactured in the U.S. by Kingsport Press, Kingsport Tennessee, Designed by Stephan Salter, hard cover, nice copy with illustrated color frontispiece and litho plates color illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, Foreword by John Galsworthy, hard cover with Cloth-backed pictorial boards, good clean never read condition, DJ not issued with out the original sleeve, no inscription/markings, 303 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
129) SOLD - A SUMMER PLACE by Sloan Wilson, copyright 1958 by author, Ridge Press Book published by Simon & Schuster, BCE 1958 hard board gray/tan cover with red spine lettering and cover stamping, good never read condition, with DJ some edge wear, no inscription/markings, 276 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “Delmar Daves wrote and directed the film which featured Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue in his first starring role. The "summer place" of the title was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and Max Steiner's relentlessly memorable theme became one of the best-selling singles of all time.” Author of The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit.
130) LANTERN IN THE VALLEY by Faye Campbell Griffis, Illustrated by Vera Bock copyright 1956 by author, stated First PRINTING, published by New York Macmillan, hard black board cover with red spine lettering and cover stamped, fair condition dirty edges rubbed cover some ink on inside cover no DJ, 136 pp, 5.5” x 8” tall - A warm and lively story of a Japanese family and the importance of festivals and the continuous work in the rice fields.
131) OF WHALES AND MEN by R. B. Robertson, copyright 1954 by author, illustrated w/ B & W photos, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Borzoi Books, blue cloth board cover with gold spine lettering, good condition, no DJ, ink owner name on inside front cover, 300 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “a whaling voyage from Scotland to the Antarctic Ocean - The author, a doctor, accompanied a whaling expedition to the southern oceans, 1950-1951.”
132) SOLD - Tides in the West by Leonard D. Nesbitt, not dated, illustrations by Wm.W. Perehudoff, Saskatoon: Modern Press, brown board cover in good condition with no DJ, no inscription/markings, 419 pp, 5.75” x 9” tall, Charts, photographs, index, Alberta; Calgary (Western Canada, Agriculture, Marketing, Wheat Pools
133) The Dogs of the South by Charles Portis (author of True Grit), copyright 1979 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York green board cover with ivory cloth spine, metallic green lettering good never read condition with good DJ some small tears on back edge, no inscription or markings, 246 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
134) Ordeal By Fire: Canada 1910-1945 by Ralph Allen, copyright 1961 by author, published by Doubleday, grey board cover with red/gold spine lettering, good condition no DJ,no inscription/markings, 492 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall , BCE?- "The story of the thirty-five tumultous years in which Canada fought two world wars abroad, faced social, political, and economic upheavals at home, and virtually completed the transition from a British to a North American nation"
135) Wine Of Satan (A Tale Of Bohemond Prince Of Antioch)
by Laverne Gay, copyright 1949 by author, Charles Scribner & Sons 1949, edition not stated BCE? EDITION, black board cover withgold gilt spine stamping and top edge of pages are dyed red, good tight condition no DJ, owner name in ink on inside right cover, 308 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “A powerful and dramatic tale of love and war in the high Middle Age, to the story of Bohemond, a man of superb subtlety and passion, whose amazing personality captivated his age and mapped the destinies of the First Crusade.”
136) YOURS IS THE EARTH by Margaret Vail, copyright 1944 by author, edition not stated, published by Lippincott NY 1944, beige cloth board cover, good condition no DJ, ink stamping on inside covers, 287 pp, 5.75” x 8” tall – “The story of an American woman and her daughter when the Nazis rolled over France and her French husband became a prisoner of war. The story of an American woman and her daughter when the Nazis rolled over France and her French husband became a prisoner of war.”
137) Applejack for Breakfast by Alfred and Helen Monteith Campbell, copyright 1946 by authors, Scribners New York 1946. first edition? orange board cover no DJ, X-discarded Library stamping in covers, 191 pp, 5.25” x 7.25” tall – “The old fashioned true story of a husband, wife and small child who decide to go "rustic," and the adventures that follow their country life on a farm in New Jersey.”
138) GOLIATH the Life of Robert Schuller by James Penner, copyright 1992 by author, published by Anaheim, California: New Hope, Special DeLuxe bound edition. Extra Fine special deluxe bound edition. Maroon leather binding with gilt lettering on the front board and the spine. Title page states, “ has been produced for Members and Friends of the Crystal Cathedral television Ministry. "This edition is not for sale or resale in retail outlets.”, Pristine copy, no inscription/markings pristine never read or even opened, 440 pp, 6.75” x 9.5” tall -Book was privately produced for the members and friends of the Crystal Cathedral Television Ministry
(139 – 145) - SOLD TIME LIFE BOOKS 4 TITLES OF “THE OLD WEST” SERIES: "The Old West" Time Life Books New York, 1975, ALL excellent never read condition, no DJ issued, padded binding, dark brown imitation leather; the front cover has much raised decorations and oval paste-on, art 8.5" x 11" tall, B&W and Color Photographs and Illustrations "The Old West" Time Life Books. We had 7 of the series:
139) THE RAILROADS 140) THE TOWNSMEN 141) THE GREAT CHIEFS 142) THE TRAILBLAZERS 143) THE INDIANS 144) THE CANADIANS 145) THE FORTY-NINERS
146) WHITE HYACINTHS by Elbert Hubbard, copyright 1907,RARE/BEAUTIFUL FIRST EDITION, Private Press, Bound in full limp light brown suede leather covers with the title impressed in the front, inner covers silk moire. Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed, Illustrated with double title page "Being a book of the heart.wherein is an attempt to body forth ideas and ideals for the betterment of men, eke women, who are preparing for life by living." Etched portraits of Hubbard and his wife tipped in , un-faded very good condition with tight spine and no inscription or markings,162 pp, 5" X 7 3/8" tall - a lovely example of the Roycrofter art and craft; "If I had but two loaves of bread I would sell one of them and buy White Hyacinths to feed my soul."
147) The Sun is Silent by Saul Levitt, copyright 1951 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by NY: Harper & Brothers printed and bound in the U.S., brown/black board cover with gold gilt spine lettering, very good near new condition, with no DJ, no inscription/markings, 303 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall
148) SOLD - Bomba the Jungle Boy Among the Pygmies by Roy Rockwood copyright 1931 Edition by Cupples & Leon Company N.Y., orange board hard cover with black illustration and spine lettering, fair to good condition no DJ, one ink stmping on inside bottom front right page no other markings first inside right blackwhite cover page torn out but all other pages in tight spine intact, 212 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
149) SOLD - PEE-WEE HARRIS - by PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH illustrated 4 b/w plates by H.S. Barbour, copyright 1922by Grosset & Dunlap Publisher New York, first EDITION?, cover mustard cloth with red/black lettering, light soil and rubbing. The book itself has some wear at the corners fir to good tight condition no DJ, ink stamped owner name in inside front right page else no other marking,, 191 pp. followed by ads, 5” x 7.5” tall – author of The Tom Slade Books series and The Roy Blakeley Books
150) SOLD -The Clue Of The Tapping Heels by Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, copyright 1939 by NY Grosset & Dunlap first edition, illustrated by Russell H. Tandy, light blue cloth with un-faded orange printing, orange spyglass endpapers, fair condition no DJ, owner name ink stamped on inside right first two pages some cover fraying and wear and some pages lower inside edges and corners torn away, tight spine and all pages intact, 214 pp followed by ads, 5” x 7.5” tall – rare
151) SOLD - WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - German copy - Wo die Wilden Kerle Wohnen by Maurice Sendak, copyright 1963 by author, published Zurich, Switzerland: Diogenes Verlag AG, 1967150/86/41/11 (15,000 copies, 1986 edition by printer 41, 11th printing of this title - info from Works of Maurice Sendak, Hanrahan), hard cover with tight spine, good condition, issued with no DJ, exactly same cover/pages as US edition with German wording, no inscriptions, some ink scribble on inside 2nd right title page but no other markings, 10” x 9.25” tall – h highly sought after title in any edition.
152) SOLD - Moby Dick or the White Whale by Herman Melville, copyright 1931, by The John C. Wintson company, printed in the U.S.A., Illustrated by ANTON OTTO FISCHER, With An Introduction By William McFee And Notes By M.D Holmes, hard cover green with pictorial front cover, gilt spine, contains several illustrations, some color, some b&w, fair to good condition all pages intact spine slightly loose and cover edges rubbed and some wear but generally a good copy, no DJ, previous owner name inscription on title page in ink but not other markings, 414 pp, 6” x 8.75” tall
153) RUDYARD KIPLING’S Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1926, copyright 1891 through to 1927 by Rudyard Kipling, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928 edition, printed in the United States at the Country Life Press, Garden City N.Y., Inc, hard cover red cloth, gilt lettering and motif, red and black lettered title-page, good condition, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, binding starting to loosen at inside bottom cover but pages clean, inside right of cover owner name inscription and some hand written foot notes in ink else no other markings, 862 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall
154) THE JUNGLE BOOK by RUDYARD KIPLING with Illustrations in Colour by Maurice and Edward DETMOLD, Macmillan & Co., Limited, St. Martin’s Street, London, 1909, page back side of title page notes “The “Jungle Book” was first published in 1894 First Edition with Detmold’s Illustrations 1908 reprinted 1909”, EXTREMELY RARE UNIQUE AND IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, elegant full rich dark green bound in full limp over-edged soft leather covers with gold gilt-stamped title impressed in the front portfolio pictorially decorated with the image of elephants and palm tree scene stamped by maker M.Webb, last page note “Printed by R. & R. Clark, LIMITED, Edinburgh.”, single inscription on top of title page “Brodie Taylor with best wishes from his friend Margaret E. King Christmas 1912”, else fine with no other markings, some edge wear, gold gilt top edge pages, 314 pp, 5.75” x 8.85” tall- RARE RARE RARE.
Sixteen rare pictorial color prints tipped in as follows:
The Monkey Fight right of title page with tissue divide,The “Council Rock” > pg 16, “AKLELA” the Lone Wolf > pg 32, Mowgli and Bagheera > pg 34, Mowgli Leaving the Junlge > pg 44, Baloo in the Forest > pg 66, The “Cold Lairs” > pg 76, “KAA” the Python > pg 90, The Village Club > pg 114,Shere Kahn in the Jungle > pg 128, The Return of the Buffalo Herd > pg 134, Mowgli and the Lone Wolf > pg 136, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Nag > pg 200, Kala Nag > pg236 ,Elephant-Dance > pg 258, Toomai of the Elephants >pg264.
“To this day, these illustrations are treasured for their power and sensitivity. They are evocative of an age gone by but represent some of the finest work created during the new renaissance of English book illustration at the turn of the century. Copies are now quite elusive.”
155) THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON IN ONE VOLUME, not dated, Walter J. Black Co. 171 Madison Avenue New York, N.Y., printed in the United States of America, b&w pictorial of author to right of second title page, red board cover with worn gilt spine lettering, good tight spine condition with tight clean pages some edge wear and wearing on top and bottom of spine, no DJ, previous owner names on inside right and left covers in ink else no other markings, 990 pp, 5.5” x 7.5” tall – see also #2. 146
156) THE PATHWAY by Henry Williamson, copyright 1929 by author, First edition sixth printing February, 1929, published by New York: E.P. Dutton printed in the U.S., light green board cover with gold stamping and spine lettering, fair to good condition with cover pulling away from spine on inside cover and some edge wear, no DJ, erased prev owner pencil name on inside right else no other markings, 397 pp, 5.5” x 7.75” tall
157) SOLD -RHYMES OF A ROLLING STONE by ROBERT SERVICE, copyright 1912 by author, Toronto William Briggs 1912, dark green board cover with gold gilt stamped front and spine lettering, fair to good condition with cover loosening from inside from spine, no inscription/markings, 195 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall (see number 158 also Service)
158) SOLD -RHYMES OF A RED CROSS MAN by ROBERT SERVICE, copyright 1916 by author, Toronto William Briggs, dark green board cover with gold gilt stamped front and spine lettering, fair to good condition with cover loosening from inside from spine, no inscription/markings, 195 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall (see number 157 also Service)
159) HARDY BOYS, OLD and NEW, by Franklin W. Dixon, Grosset & Dunlop U.S.,copyrights as listed below, vintage 6 titles good condition with some stamping names some x-lib but near new cond. in covers and some no markings, the 8 newer set as new never read condition some with small inside front prev owner name, 5” x 7.5” tall:
SOLD - 6 Vintage spines:
#23 The Melted Coins copyright 1970, #24 The Short-Wave Mystery 1966, #25 The Secret Panel 1969, #34 The Hooded Hawk Mystery 1954, #39 The Mystery of the Chinese Junk 1960, #49 The Bombay Boomerang 1970.
Lot 1, 8 New edition:
#1 The Tower Treasure 1993, #2 The House on the Cliff 1992, #3 The Secret of the Old Mill 1992, #6 The Shore Road Mystery, #16 A Figure Hiding 1994, #17 The Secret Warning1994, #18 The Twisted Claw1994, # 28 The Sign of the Crooked Arrow
SOLD - Lot 2, 3 New Edition:
#1 The Tower Treasure 1993, #2 The House on the Cliff 1992, #3 The Secret of the Old Mill 1992
160) STANLEY PARK by Timothy Taylor, copyright 2001 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Knopf Canada, Toronto: 2001 printed and bound in the U.S., hard cover black board with gold spine lettering, with DJ not clipped, excellent pristine never read condition, no inscription/markings - immaculate, 423 pp, 5.75” x 8.75” tall – “Major first novel by this Venezuela-born author who lives in Canada.”
161) A Recipe for Bees by Gail Anderson-Dargatz, copyright 1998 by author, Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1998 stated FIRST CANADIAN EDITION, printed and bound in the U.S., cream colour blue hard cover with blue spine lettering pristine never read mint condition with Dj not clipped, no inscription/markings - immaculate, 311 pp, 5.75” x 9” tall
162) LOSING IT by Alan Cumyn, copyright 2001 by author, first edition number 1 2 3 4 5 05 04 03 02 01, McClelland and Stewart, Toronto (precedes the BPR Publishers First American Edition and the 2003 St. Martin's Press hardcover reissue), hard black board cover with red spine lettering, pristine never read mint condition with Dj not clipped, no inscription/markings - immaculate, 365 pp, 5.75” x 9” tall – author is Giller Prize Finalist for Burridge Unbound.
163) Divine Hunger. Canadians on Spiritual Walkabout by Peter C. Emberley, copyright 2002 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by HarperCollins Publishers Toronto (2002), hard cover cream with black spine lettering, pristine never read mint condition with Dj not clipped, no inscription/markings - immaculate, 294 pp, 6” x 9.25” tall
165) SOLD - Infamy: Pearl Harbor & Its Aftermath by John Toland, copyright 1982 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Doubleday & Co, red/black board cover in excellent never read condition, with DJ clipped some edge wear to jacket on spine, prev owner inscription on dedication page following title page but no other markings, 366 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall -- b&w photos WW II
166) Worldly Goods by Michael Korda, copyright 1982 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Random House, N.Y., white linen like board cover gold spine lettering, never read like new condition, with DJ not clipped a few small tears on edges, no inscription/markings clean, 353 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “Family secrets, Nazis, the Holocaust, and. "a bitter competition for the ownership of a famous New York publishing house--an acquisition too insignificant in terms of money to justify the degree of hatred and passion it arouses."
167) SOLD - Heaven And Hell -The Conclusion Of The North And South Trilogy by John Jakes, copyright 1987 by author, stated FIRST EDITION A B C D E , published by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich printed and bound in the U.S., blue/tan hard cover with red spine lettering, good to excellent never read condition, with DJ not clipped and fine, clean no inscription/markings but second to last left blank page has some ink notes re dates and world events, 700 pp, x 6.5” x 9.5” tall - "Springtime 1865. In Washington, a two-day military parade and gala proclaim the Union triumph. In Richmond, smoldering ruins testify to the Confederate defeat. The Civil War is over, but there is no peace.."
168) The Other Mrs. Diefenbaker by Simma Holt, copyright 1982 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Doubleday N.Y., tan/brown cover with gold spine lettering, excellent never read condition, with DJ not clipped some edge wearing on jacket and tearing on spine, prev owner name in ink top right inside and a pencil inscription left of title page, 378 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall
- “The interesting biography of the first wife of John Diefenbaker, Canada's thirteenth Prime Minister, who banished her from his memoirs and placed her a distant third behind his pride and his mother - yet who for decades helped forge his political career.”
169) THE PASSIONATE WAR by Peter Wyden, copyright 1983 by author, first EDITION, published by Simon and Schuster, red board cover with gold spine lettering, good condition with, with DJ not clipped some edge tears top of jacket, ink owner name top left second page else no other inscription or markings, black and white photo section, 575 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall , - "The narrative history of the Spanish Civil War."
170) ROBERT KENNEDY AND HIS TIMES, Volume 1 & Volume 2 by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., copyright 1978 by author, BC EDITION, published by Boston Houghton Mifflin 1978, hard board cover vol1 red, vol 2 blue both with gold spine lettering, very good never read condition both with DJ’s with some wdge wear and yellowing, clean with no inscription/markings, illustrated with 25 b/w photos provided by the John F. Kennedy Library, vol 1 to pg 555, vol 2 to pg 116 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “This biography describes the varied forces that shaped Robert Kennedy during the years between World War II through Vietnam and on to his assassination. The Irish inheritance, the remarkable family, the aspirations and transformations that made him one of the most compelling figures of his time. Much material on the struggle for racial equality, the Vietnam War, big business and big labour, organized crime, the FBI and the CIA, Joe McCarthy, Adlai Stevenson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Lyndon Johnson and J. Edgar Hoover.” Illustrated with 25 b/w photos provided by the John F. Kennedy Library.
171) The Rosenberg File A Search for the Truth by Radosh, Ronald and Milton,Joyce, copyright 1983 by authors, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Holt, Rinehart, Winston, black board cover with silver spine lettering, excellent never read condition with DJ not clipped in good condition with some top spine wear and a removed price sticker mark on front, no inscription/markings , 608 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall, fully indexed – “With chapters such as The Trial Begins; The Arrest of William Perl; Julius Rosenberg for the Defense and The Summation of the Jury's Verdict.”
172) Sibir: My Discovery of Siberia by Farley Mowat, copyright 1970 by author,3RD Print EDITION 1972, published by Canada Mclelland and Stewart 1972, green linen board cover with gold spine lettering, good to excellent never read condition, with Dj not clipped (states selection of BMC $10.00) jacket in poor condition with tears and edge s worn, no inscription/markings , 314 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall – see also ## 37, 49
173) SOLD -BACKSTAIRS WITH UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS by Patty Lou Floyd, copyright 1972, St. Martin's Press New York 1988, stated FIRST EDITION 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, black board hardcover with gold spine lettering, new never read condition, with DJ not clipped with some edge wear and tearing no, inscription or markings, 180 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – SCARCE – “an inside look at the classic British TV series”
174) SOLD - THE SPIKE by De Borchgrave, Arnaud, and Moss, Robert, copyright 1980 by authors, stated FIRST EDITION, published by New York: Crown Publishers (1980), hard cover blue/red with gold spine lettering, fair to good condition X-lib with mylar over DJ stamping glued in card and spine loose, 374 pp, 6” x 9” tall - "The Spike - A newspaper term that means a story is killed because an editor doesn't like its politics." Journalists Moss and de Borchgrave's first spy novel.
175) FINE by Samuel Shem, copyright 1985 by author, stated FIRST EDITION 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, published by St. Martin's/Marek N.Y., hard /burgundy boards with gold spine lettering, excellent never read condition with DJ no clipped but edge wearing and tearing on jacket, clean no inscription/markings, 387 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “Fiction, an erotic love story & a murder mystery who is killing the shrinks of Boston?”
176) THE CHOSEN ONES CANADA'S TEST PILOTS IN ACTION by Sean Rossiter, copyright 2002 by author, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2002. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Never read pristine book and DJ not clipped pristine, FIRST EDITION,clean no inscriptions or markings, 6.25" x 9.75" tall. 271pp. “The story of the Canadian test pilots who were the first to fly the Avro CF-100, the Avro Arrow, and most of the De Havilland bush planes, such as the Beaver, Otter, Caribou, and Buffalo. There are profiles of nine test pilots highlighted by the story of Jan Zurakowski who flew for Avro.”
177) On Equilibrium by John Ralston Saul, copyright 2001 by author, First Published Edition 2001 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, published by Toronto: Penguin Viking, As new, unread hard cover copy with DJ not clipped pristine, clean no inscription or markings, 329 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall – "ON EQUILIBRIUM is an intelligent, persuasive and controversial exploration of the essential qualities of humanity and how they can be used to achieve equilibrium for the self and to foster an ethical society."
178) Make the Connection : Ten Steps to a Better Body and a Better Life by Greene, Bob; Winfrey, Oprah, copyright 1996 stated FIRST EDITION 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion Press, 1996, hard cover never read as new with DJ not clipped pristine,clean with no inscription or markings, 240 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “Oprah and her trainer Bob Greene give the reader "Ten steps to a better body and a better life". Exercises and a fitness program that will change the practitioner mentally as well as physically. Excerpts from Oprah's personal diaries and advice on how to stay committed to the program and reap all the benefits of a new and fantastic you.” –see also # 27
179) Guinevere: The True Story of One Woman's Quest for Her Past Life Identity and the Healing of Her Eternal Soul by Laurel Phelan, copyright 1996 by author, First Pocket Books Printing February 1996 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, Pocket Books New York (1996), HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 298 pp, 5.75” x 8.75” tall
180) The Uncharted Heart by Melissa Hardy, copyright 2001 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Knopf Canada, Toronto, 2001, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 218 pp, 6” x 9” tall – “Collection of short stories reflecting the experience of pioneers in the Porcupine Gold Rush of northern Ontario in the early 1900 s.”
181) Yesterday Morning: A Very English Childhood (First UK Edition) by Diana Athill, London: Granta, 2002. First UK Edition, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 169 pp, 5.5” x 7.75” tall
182) R.M. PATTERSON. A Life of Great Adventure by David Finch, copyright 2000 by author, Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books 2000,First edition, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 304 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall - Endpaper maps, maps, illustrations, chronology, notes, index, list of Patterson's works.
183) SOLD - Letters from Prison: Felons write about the struggle for life & sanity behind bars by Shawn Thompson, copyright 2002 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Toronto: HarperCollins, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 266 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall
184) Choices : Taking Control of Your Life and Making It Matter by Melody Beattie, copyright 2002 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 256 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall
185) COWBOY by Sara Davidson, copyright 1999 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by New York: Harper Collins, 1999, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean with one inscription on inside right blank page no other markings, 270 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – A Cowboy love-story.
186) Quicksand: One Woman's Escape from the Husband Who Stalked Her - A True Story by Ellen Singer, copyright 2001 stated FIRST EDITION, published by Harper Collins Canada, Toronto, 2001, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 259 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall - Finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime
187) SISTER CRAZY by Emma Richler, copyright 2001 by author, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Toronto; Knopf Canada, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, 215 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “Canadian (daughter of Mordecai Richler) author's first book, linked stories. Longlisted for the Orange Prize.”
188) The Eagle & the Rose : A Remarkable True Story by Rosemary Altea, copyright 1995 by author, stated FIRST Printing May 1995, published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated,, HC as new never read immaculate with DJ not clipped, clean and pristine no inscription or markings, Gray boards with blue spine with gilt lettering 283 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall – “Rosemary is an internationally renowned psychic medium. This is the riveting true story of Rosemary Altea and her guide, constant companion, and mentor, Grey Eagle. Through Rosemary he speaks with luminescent words, giving us insights into the nature of guardian angels, the afterlife, and the love that permeates all.”
189) THE READER'S DIGEST GREAT ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY in 3 Volumes, copyright 1965 stated FIRST EDITION, printed in Great Britain at the University Press, tipped in editors printed note in Vol 1 “The READER’S DIGEST GREAT ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY was prepared in our London office in co-operation with the Oxford University Press, ……”, b/w illustrations, b/w plates, RED board covers with black and gold gilt spine lettering and gold foil top edge papers excellent pristine never read condition, a very fine set with no inscription/markings, pictorial end pages in all 3 volumes 1744 pp in total, each 6.25” x 9.25” tall - The full set comprises three volumes, with an encyclopedia in the third volume.
190) Proud New Flags by F. Van Wyck Mason, copyright 1951 NY Lippincott, BCE, no illustrations, hard cover grey boards and blue letters embossed logo of stars anchor and Oak leaves on cover, no DJ, pencil inscription on inside right, good tight condition some edge wear on top/bottom of spine but clean tight pages. 493 pp, 5.5” x 8.5” tall –“A history of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War”.
191) Honey Bunch: Her First Costume Party by Helen Louise Thorndyke, apparent first EDITION, published by McLoughlin Bros. New York, Clover Books, 1943, Good+hardbound with a pictorial cover, no inscription inside right top page clipped away no other markings good clean tight copy some slight spine wear top/bottom edge, 175 pp, 5” x 7.75” tall
192) The Adventures of Andy McGinnis, Oswald J. smith, first edition 1954 this is third impression 1957, made and printed in Great Britain Marshall Morgan and Scott, hard cover with boards light blue with dark blue letters front and spine, extremely tight and clean with some sunning on spine edge, no DJ, no inscription ink stamp on inside right page but no other markings, brilliant colour plate on left of title page boy riding a bull and many full page b/w illustrations through out, 96 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
193) The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith by Bruce Marshall, copyright 1945by author, published by Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, hard cover green linen board with red spine and cover lettering, good tight condition no DJ some wear and tear on the edges but tight not read spine, one prev owner inscription on inside right but no other markings, 191 pp, 5.25” x 7.75” tall, “author lost a leg in WWI but once again served in the British Army in WWII, as an accountant. Also wrote "Father Malachy's Miracle
194) THE FREE FISHERS by John Buchan, first printed in June 1934 this edition marked as reprinted Jan 1936, published by London: Hodder and Stoughton, printed and bound in the Great Britain, hard cover blue boards with dark blue lettering, good condition no DJ some rubbing on spine edges but a good clean tight copy, no inscription/marking, 320 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall –“Buchan was the forerunner to LeCarre, Deighton, and a vast army who followed him in adventure writing--but none better than the author of The Thirty Nine Steps. Novel was set in Scotland”
195) SOLD -THE WAILING SIREN MYSTERY by FRANKLIN W. DIXON, copyright 1951, USA: Grosset & Dunlap, light brown tweed cover with dark brown design and lettering, orange spy in tree endpapers, FIRST EDITION with this title listed last on endpapers, poor condition with spine cover edge missing and front cover torn (see photo), some ink scribbling on inside first few pages and inside back, inside orange right end paper torn out, 214 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
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196) SOLD -THE CRISSCROSS SHADOW by FRANKLIN W. DIXON, copyright 1953, USA: Grosset & Dunlap, light brown tweed cover with dark brown design and lettering, orange spy in tree endpapers, FIRST EDITION with this title listed last on endpapers, better condition than Wailing Siren above, worn condition with some front inscription and ink stamping at inside back spine cover lower edge pulling away but spine/pages, 213 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
197) Bible Stories for Children A First Book by Muriel J. Chalmers, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons / T.C.& E/C. Jack, Ltd. London and Edinburgh, not dated, green/grey board cover with coloured plate pic of Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus on cover, fair to good condition with loose spine but tight pages some edge wear to spine, inside right of cover coloured plate host of angels and many B/W illustrations thoughout, prev owner inscription to inside pages but no other markings, 37 pp, xx” x xx” tall
198) Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, Illustrated by Leinweber, Robert; Mastroianni, Domenico; Savage, Steele, copyright 1952, 1947, 1932 by Charles Chase Hurlbut, Copyright MCMIV by W.E.Scull, Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1952. Hard Cover, red cloth with bright gilt lettering,Very Good/Good. some wear on edge of cover, inside is clean and tight with excellent condition beautiful full color plates and also many illustrations in black and colour added, one pencil inscription on inside left cover presentation area but no other markings, 644 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall
199) ALMOST PARADISE by Susan Isaacs, stated FIRST EDITION, published by Harper & Row Publishers 1984, hard cover maroon cloth boards & binding w/gilt lettering on spine & front cover with DJ not clipped with 1 small tear else good condition, prev owner inscription on inside right but no other markings clean, 483 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “From the Author of "Compromising Positions" comes her third novel about a complex couple, a dreary banker and a burlesque queen and the recounting of their lives.
200) LASHER by ANNE RICE 1993 stated FIRST EDITION, published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: Borzoi Book, Alfred A. Knopf , hard cover with ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. BLACK HALF CLOTH COVER gold gilt spine lettering, very good never read condition, with DJ no tears clean but some slight rubbing and sticker tag residue but not torn, clean no inscription/markings, 578 pp, 6.5” x 9.75” tall- “From the day her first vampire Chronicle was published, critics and readers – readers by the hundreds of thousands – have been mesmerized by the writings of Anne Rice.”
201) THE GLORY by Herman Wouk, copyright 1994 stated FIRST EDITION, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, Very nice, new, unread copy with clean tan boards and brown binding. Very clean and tight page block. DJ also very sharp and bright. Both book and DJ in mint condition, no inscription/markings, some dirt on edge and one red dot on bottom edge, 685 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “Wouk rejoins the story of Israel's epic journey. From the euphoric aftermath of that stunning victory in 1967, through the harrowing battles of the Yom Kippur War, the heroic Entebbe rescue, the historic Camp David Accords, and finally the celebration of forty years of independence and the opening of the road to peace. He plunges us into the lives and loves of the men and women introduced in The Hope”
202/203) SOLD - The Complete Sherlock Holmes [2 vols.] by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a preface by Christopher Morley, New York, [Doubleday & Company] BCE, 1953 [orig. 1892-1930] – special sticker laid in cover page of volume I stating “This edition of The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes is being distributed in Canada by permission of the British publisher, John Murray, and the Canadian distributor, the Musson Book Company Limited.” , HB; 2 vols.; pp. tot. 1322, 5.34 x 8.5” tall, hard board green cover tight fair to good condition, some cover wear and markings but generally good, no DJ, no inscription some small price tag removal marking inside right end page. – inside vol I note to reader "The COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES is the only complete, definitive edition of these famous stories. Originally published in nine separate books, containing thirteen hundred pages of the best detective fiction in English literature, they are the authoritative text of every Sherlock Holmes story ever written."
204) Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (SIGNED) by Anita Bryant, copyright 1970, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co. 1970. Hard Cover with DJ some edge tearing on jacket and corners bumped on cover, Signed by Author, No edition stated. Signed boldly by Anita Bryant with a FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR “To Danny – thank you for all your kindness to Bob and I during our stay in Calgary! Fondly, Anita Bryant, Sept. 29 – 71”. Illustrated by B/W PHOTOGRAPHS, 159 pp, 5.5” x 8.25 ” tall – “An autobiography of her life, Anita tells her story from when she was a child up until the late 60's.”
205) SOLD -JOSHUA THEN AND NOW by Mordecai Richler, (Toronto): McClelland and Stewart, (1980), assumed First edition, hard cover with DJ slightly discoloured and some edge tearing and marks but book itself with blue board and gold gilt spine lettering in very good condition, no inscription/markings, 435 pp, 6” x 9.25” tall – “A story about Joshua Shapiro today, and the Joshua who was; about being middle-aged and being young; about being the parent and being the child. About Then and Now-and therefore set both in the Montreal of today's Separatists and in the smug class-and race-ridden Canada of yesterday. As well as in London, in Paris, in Ibiza, in Hollywood” –see #300
206) Little Women: Or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - Parts I and II by Louisa M. Alcott, copyright 1920, Boston: Little Brown and Company, hard cover green board no DJ with black/gold spine lettering, fair to good condition with loose spine and some edge wearing, no inscription/markings, 582 pp, 4.75” x 7” tall - Frontispiece "They all drew to the fire, mother in the big chair, with Beth at her feet - Page 15" – see also #26
207) SOLD - Poems of Robert Browning : From the Author's Revised Text of 1889 : His Own Selections, with Additions from His Latest Works, Browning, Robert; Porter, Charlotte (editor); Clarke, Helen A. (editor), printed tissue guard intact, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1896, soft full leather cover with gold gilt front and spine lettering, fair to good condition with spine edges wearing and leather rubbing off on some parts of spine, prev owner name inscription on inside right but no other markings, 512 pp plus plate , 5.5” x 8” tall - Editors' biographical and critical notes and introductions; includes bibliography and 2 indexes. Illustrated by 1 Engraved Illustration / Plate (frontispiece portrait).
208) THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME. A Romance of Yesterday by WEYMER JAY MILLS, Pictures and Decorations by John Rae, stated published October 1910, Toronto William Briggs, 11 perfect colour plates with numerous beautiful colour decorations throughout, hard cover with gold gilt lettering and color print on front, fairly good condition some edge wear nd cover glued on board overlay wearing on edges but a beautiful book none the less tight clean pages and spine, prev owner inscription on inside left cover and some pencil sketching on back inside pages, no other markings, 90 pp, 7.75” x 11” tall – “An uncommonly nice example of those charming coffee-table books featuring lovely color illustrations, in the Harrison Fisher (Bachelor Belles) mode of virginal American beauties. A pupil of Howard Pyle, John Rae (1882-1963) was a noted commercial illustrator and portrait artist whose work is represented in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.”
209) Thy Servant A Dog told by Boots, Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by G.L. Stampa, London Macmillan 1931, HB-Pictorial cloth red board with black lettering and Scottie illustration on cover front back and spine, good to excellent almost not read condition with slight corner bumping on one corner and top spine minor edge wear, stated as first edition October 1930 with this issue stated as ‘Reprinted January 1931’, one slight prev owner name on inside right end page but no other inscription/markings clean tight copy, 93 pp, 6.25” x 8.25” tall - 7 full-page and numerous smaller wonderful black-and-white illustrations by Stampa, "The Great Play Hunt" and "Toby Dog" are also included. – see more KIPLING also #154, 210, 211/212
210) The Day's Work by RUDYARD KIPLING, London: Macmillan, first pocket edition 1908 this is “REPRINTED1909”, cover red snooth leather, gilt elephant head medallion on front cover spine decorative gold gilt and also edges gilt, fair+ to good condition with some edge wear and some loose first pages but all there and spine intact, no inscription/markings very clean copy, 406 pp, 4.25” x 7” tall – a beautiful pocket edition – see more Kipling also #154, 209, 211/212
211/212) The Jungle Books Volumes I and II by Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated by Aldren Watson, Doubleday & Co, 1948, BCE?? Edition possibly, hard cover with DJ, good condition with DJ? Some wearing and edges torn and taped on jackets, inscription on inside front of each volume, both solid tight bound and clean no other markings, Gray leaf pattern on dark green cloth, Color plates and b/w illustrations, vol 1 253 pp, vol 2 201 pp, 5.5” x 8.5” tall – “Kiplings favorite children story originally published in 1895. A children's story of Jungle dramas of the animal kingdom; Mowgli the wolf boy; Shere Khan, the murderous lame tiger; Toomai the elephant boy; and Rikki-Tikki-tavi the agil mongoos.”
Beautifully illustrated in color & black & white by Aldren Watson. Volume I: color frontispiece, 4 color plates, 10 black & white; Volume II: color frontispiece, 6 color plates, 15 black & white. –see also #154, 209, 210
213) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by Vonda N. McIntyre, author, Pocket Books, New York, 1982. Science Fiction Book Club Edition of the 1982, Original First Edition, excellent MINT as new never read condition with DJ also very good a few small edge tears and small dime size stain on back of DJ, no inscription/markings, 186 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall - Based on the Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards, Story by Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards
214) CARIBBEAN by James Michener, NY Random House 1989. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Orange cover w/copper lettering and decoration, Unread beautiful copy - tight, clean and bright, Endpapers decorated with a map, no inscription/markings clean and tight, Dj not clipped and also mint a few minor rubs along top edge, 672 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “Caribbean is another epic novel from James Michener. From the pirates and buccaneers to the American colonial smugglers the novel covers a vast and fascinating sweep of history.” -see also # #79, 80, 81, 82, 215,249
216) A Long Fatal Love Chase by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT , Random House of Canada, Limited, 1995, stated FIRST EDITION 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, hard cover pristine MINT never read condition with DJ not clipped and no inscription/markings, 242 pp, 5.75” x 9.5” tall – “From the author of LITTLE WOMEN. This passionate cry from a beautiful impetuous young woman marks the opening of an extraordinary novel of obsess ional love. Reaching out over more than a hundred years, The Chase, tells a story of that will touch a whole generation of modern women, a story so sensational it could not be published during Louisa May Alcott's own lifetime.”
217) SOLD - Nothing So Strange by James Hilton, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown & Co. 1947, First Edition. Ochre cloth boards and binding with red lettering on cover and spine. Some slight aging on edges but in Fine condition. Dust Jacket has some small amount of chipping on extremities but is still in Near Fine Condition, no inscription/markings , 308 pp, 5.5” x 8.24” tall – “Hilton's latest work after writing "Random Harvest", "Lost Horizon", "Goodbye Mr. Chips", and more.”
218) SOLD - The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company, 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC), blue board cover black blocking on spine with silver spine lettering, map end papers, fair to good condition with some dirt on edges and spine edge wear no DJ, owner name in ink on inside right 2nd page else no other markings, 503 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
219) THE LIFE OF JESUS For Young People by R.C. Parkin, stated FIRST EDITION 1926, published by London The Epworth Press J.Alfred sharp, red board cover with gull colour plate on cover black lettering, fair to good condition some edge wear and corner bumping but tight spine and clean pages, full page numerous colored plates and also full BW illustrations through out , prev owner markings and letters written on inside front and back pages and inside right inscription to the book was a first prize, photo of woman taped to inside left, 186 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall
220) THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH OR RIVALS FOR ALL HONORS by Gertrude W. Morrison, Cleveland World Syndicate Publishing Company 1914, Illustrated, Interior- Flawless. The boards are well preserved w/ only light signs of aging fair to good condition with some spine edge wear and slight marks on back, owner name on inside right front no other markings clean, 208+ pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
221) CIRCLE FOUR PATROL by Graham M. Dean, CHICAGO GOLDSMITH 1933, 1st edition, green board cover with black illustration and spine lettering, fair to good condition but spine is loose and edge wearing corners bumped but pages intact and tight, prev owner name on inside right no other markings, 252 pp, 5” x 7.75” tall – “Vacation-bound for a visit with Hank Cummins and his genial cowboys at the Circle Four ranch in the shadow of the Great Smokies, Tim Murphy, famous flying reporter of the Atkinson News, and his companion, Ralph Graves, soar into the west in their new plane.”
222) SOLD -A CAMPFIRE GIRL IN SUMMER CAMP, VOLUME III IN THE SERIES by Jane L. Stewart, SAAFIELD PUB.CO. VOL.III IN SERIES. MCMXIV, red board cover with black cover and spine lettering, fair to good condition with some edge wear and spine starting to pull loose on inside front but pages tight and intact good condition, prev owner name on inside right but no other markings, some sunning on spine, 241 pp + ads, 5” x 7.75” tall
223) THE GREEN BAY TREE by Louis Bromfield, New York Frederick A. Stokes Company 1924, beige cloth cover with green lettering, cover, very Good with no dustjacket, no inscription/markings, 341 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall – “This is the story of the two daughters of a Middle Western steel baron- colourful, dramatic and absorbing.”
224) Six War Years 1939-1945. Memories of Canadians At Home And Abroad by Barry Broadfoot, Toronto/New York: Doubleday Canada/Doubleday & Co. Inc. 1974, stated FIRST EDITION, green linen board cover in good very good condition illustrated endpapers, with DJ not clipped with edge tearing and spine edge of DJ lower corner torn away, many Photographs, no inscription/markings clean tight copy, 417 pp, 6” x 9.5” tall – “Taken together, the interviews with Canadians in "Six War Years" become a moving grass-roots account of a country at war.”
225) THE BLACK UNICORN by Terry Brooks, A MAGIC KINGDOM OF LANDOVER novel by the author of THE SHANNARA series, stated FIRST PRINTING (OCTOBER 1987). Del Rey/Ballantine, 1987, hard cover light blue with linen dark blue edge with silver spine lettering, excellent new condition never read tight spine with DJ clipped but in mylar protective wrap mint,, one prev owner inscription on inside right no other markings clean, 286 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall – “Terry Brooks gives us another rousing tale of strong adventure, memorable characters, and high magic in this superlative sequel to his best selling MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE—SOLD!”
226) SOLD -BOOT HILL GOSPEL by Chuck Martin, Arcadia House, N.Y.. 1952. First edition, hard cover red cloth cover with black front insignia and spine lettering, good tight clean condition, with DJ that is torn on edges , one small prev owner first name on inside right no other markings, 220 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall – “Another Gospel Cummings story, which means it is guaranteed to pack almost as powerful a wallop as the fists and shooting irons of the lusty man who is its hero.”
227) THE ROYALS by Kitty Kelley, copyright1997 STATED FIRST EDITION, published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated, 1997, hard red/blue board cover with gold spine lettering, excellent never read mint condition, with DJ not clipped also good, but some dirt on edge of pages, one small ink marking on inside right but no other inscription/markings, pages of B/W Photos, Royal family tree endpapers, 547 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall - "Kitty Kelley has gone behind palace walls to provide the first three dimensional, comprehensive, and even handed portrait of the men and women who make up the British royal family."
228) The Bed and the Throne The Life of Isabellad'Este by George R. Marek, copyright 1976 STATED FIRST EDITION, published by New York, NY Harper & Row 1976, ex-Lib hard brown board cover with gold spine lettering and endpages maps, library condition with pocket on inside back and stamping, with DJ clipped and wrapped in mylar and some tape markings on cover, no inscriptions pages clean and tight, 263 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “ Hers was a life of passion and action, and in telling it the author of The Eagles Die has spun a tale of marvelous color and unflagging vigor.”
229) The Dagger and the Cup by Myna Lockwood, copyright 1947 by author, STATED FIRST EDITION, published by Bobbs-Merrill 1947, hard red board cover with gold spine lettering, fair condition tight clean pages some age yellowing and cover is dirty and front cover possible water damage, with no DJ, some inside cover stamping but no inscription/markings, 404 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall
230) TIMES TO REMEMBER by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, copyright 1974 STATED FIRST EDITION, published NY: DOUBLEDAY. 1974, red/burgundy with blue label on spine cloth cover with gold golt spine lettering, good clean condition no DJ, some tope spine edge wear inside right end page torn out resulting in some tearing to left inside cover, inside right cover prev owner inscription no other markings clean, with black and white photographs, 536 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “Rose Kennedy lived a life that few can imagine, matriarch to the most powerful political family in America. Her unique perspective of age of the Kennedys.”
231) The Founding Father: The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy by Richard J. Whalen, copyright 1964, STATED FIRST PRINTING, New York: N.A.L. WORLD BOOK published by The New American Library, black board cover with gold green spine lettering, excellent never read condition, with DJ worn creased dirty and tearing, many B/W full page photos, prev owner name on right 2nd page top but no other inscription/markings clean 526 pp plus index, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “A comprehensive biography of Joseph P. Kennedy. A Study in Power, Wealth and Family Ambition.”
232) Barefoot Boy With Cheek by Max Shulman, The Sun Dial Press, Garden City, N.Y., 1943. First Edition, red board cover with black spine lettering, good condition but edge and spine wearing condition no DJ, no inscription/markings clean pages, 207 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall - Illustrations by William Crawford.
233) Confessions from a Jericho Jail by Stephen Langfur, copyright 1992 by author, STATED FIRST EDITION, published by New York: Grove Weidenfeld, hard boardgrey/black linen edged cover with gold/orange spine lettering, excellent mint never read condition, with DJ also good++ condition some minor edge wear bumping but no tearing, no inscription/markings clean tight copy, 259 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “'Ten years after emigrating to Israel, author protested his adopted country's treatment of the Palestinians by refusing to serve when his army reserve unit was called up to guard Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Langfur was routinely sentenced to prison in an army camp near Jericho; he kept notes to pass the time, and these in turn inspired CONFESSIONS FROM A JERICHO JAIL.'
234) The Pelican Brief by John Grisham, copyright 1992 STATED FIRST EDITION, published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday Publishing, black cloth spine stamped in gold and brown paper-covered boards no DJ, excellent never read condition, no inscription but one prev owner small sticker on inside right front, 371 pp, 6.5 ” x 9.5” tall – “Made into the very successful film starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts.”(see also#78)
235) THE EVENING NEWS by Arthur Hailey, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1990. Very Good/Very Good. Stated FIRST Edition. ILLUSTRATED mint DUST JACKET. Very Good+ in black cloth over black boards, stamped in gilt, red endpapers INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT, mint never read condition, no inscription but one black felt line on end pages bottom, 564 pp, 6.5” x 9.75” tall
236) SOLD -THE SECOND SCROLL by A.M.Klein, NY: Knopf (1951). Stated FIRST EDITION. Original orange, black, and white boards, good tight clean condition no DJ, no inscription/markings, some slight edge wear and corners bumped, 198 pp, 5.25” x 7.75” tall – “This is a Fifties novel by the Jewish-Canadian author A.M. Klein, about a young Canadian journalist who searches for his uncle in the Vatican, in the ghetto of Casablanca, and in the environs of Jerusalem. The writing is fiction, symbolic commentary and intricately woven into a beautiful fabric that has Joycean richness of illusion. It is a unique work of suggestive and literary power.” The author was a major Canadian poet who won the Governor General's Medal for Poetry in 1948.
237) SOLD -Dame Edna's Bedside Companion by Dame Edna Everage - Barry Humphries: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Extravagantly Signed by Author twice, hard back publisher's original plum paper covered boards, silver stamping to spine, with DJ good/exellent not clipped, author dedication and signature on title page and Dame Edna signature at end of preface, no other inscription/markings clean tight copy, 168 pp, 7” x 10” tall – “signed copies are scarce!”
238) Harvard Classics, Registered edition, Marlowe-Shakespeare Registered Edition The Harvard Classics Edited by Charles W. Eliot. LL,D, with Introductions and Notes, Grolier enterprises Corp. Danbury, Connecticut 1010, 1938, 1980, US, hard cover special bound edition brown leatherette with gold gilt stamping design on cover, gold gilt top edges and yellow ribbon marker, excellent never read condition, a lengthy pencil inscription on inside right of cover but no other markings clean and tight beautiful copy, 463 pp, 5.75” x 8.75” tall
239) SOLD - THE HILLS BEYOND by THOMAS WOLFE, WITH A NOTE ON THOMAS WOLFE BY EDWARD C. ASWELL, Garden City, New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1943, COPYRIGHT 1935, 1936, 1937, 1039, 1941 BY MAXWELL PERKINS AS EXECUTOR, Early reprint edition with the dust jacket art work identical to that of the first edition, green cloth board cover no DJ, no inscription/markings clean copy some sunning on spine edge but tight, 386 pp, 5.75” x 8” tall – (see also #121)
240) COME HOME WITH ME compiled by Hannen Foss , illustrations by Joan Rickarby, Printed in Great Britain by Strange the Printer Ltd., London and Eastbourne, 1940’s, blue board cover with gold gilt spine lettering, good/fine condition, one inscription /dedication on inside right in ink no other markings clean tight copy, 224 pp, 5.75” x 8.75” tall – “A GREAT WWII MORALE BUILDER” – many many b/w phots and scenes from British family life - RARE!
241) Inside, Outside a Novel by Herman Wouk, author, Boston Toronto: Little Brown and Co. 1985, stated FIRST EDITION, jewel blue cloth hardcover, spine is dark blue with gold lettering and designs of stars and stripes, good never read condition, with DJ clipped some tearing around edges and price tag glue mark on top front, no inscription/markings clean tight copy some water minor markings on bottom spine edge, 644 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “Herman Wouk’s first new novel in seven years from 1985 he moves on from the grand themes which have won him international acclaim – war, the fate of nations, and the indomitable spirit of man - to a different theme and a profound one: the quest for identity, in the clash between the Inside of family and faith and the Outside of the glittery American dream.”
242) SOLD - Richard Burton, My Brother by Graham Jenkins with Barry Turner, Harper & Row, NY 1988, stated FIRST U.S. Edition, hard black/grey board cover with black spine lettering, excellent never read condition, with DJ not clipped some edge rubbing but good/very good, no inscription/markings clean tight copy, 247 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “An inimate biography of Richard Burton by his brother Graham with an introduction by Elizabeth Taylor” -many unpublished b/w family photos
243) John F. Kennedy, President by Hugh Sidey, New York: Antheneum, 1964. Cloth. Very Good /Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC), stated NEW EDITION, red black hard cover with gold gilt spine lettering, with DJ, owner name inscription on inside right front but no other markings, clenan and tight, 365 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “Published just three months before President Kennedy’s assassination, Mr. Sidey’s narrative was to be the beginning of the story, Now, tragically, it covers in time the entire span of John F. Kennedy, President.” (see also#’s 101,230,231,170)
244) Junior Detectives Limited by Jean A Rees, copyright 1956 London: Pickering and Inglis, hard board red cover with black spine lettering and black stamped profiles on front, fair to good condition, ink stamping on inside front right and wearing cover edges but pages tight clean and intact, 94 pp, 5” x 7.25” tall – rare.
245) SOLD - The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge by Laura Lee Hope, copyright 1960, Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., green board cover decorated with criss cross patterns and the children and dog face on the front, fair condition no DJ, edge wearing corners bumped, spine rubbed top/bottom tearing, child scribbles and some coloring periodically, spine tight and pages intact, 179 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall – “Another wonderful adventure in the entertaining children's series featuring the two sets of Bobbsey Twins, Flossie and Freddie, and Nan and Bert.”
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246) SOLD - The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore by Laura Lee Hope, Grosset & Dunlap, In, green board cover decorated with criss cross patterns and the children and dog face on the front, poor to fair condition no DJ, bottom corner edges deteriorating and pages tearing at bottom,inside title page torn out, edge wearing corners bumped, spine rubbed top/bottom tearing, child scribbles and some coloring periodically, spines tight and pages intact, 179 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall – “Another wonderful adventure in the entertaining children's series featuring the two sets of Bobbsey Twins, Flossie and Freddie, and Nan and Bert.”
247) SOLD - THE BIG ENID BLYTON BOOK by Enid Blyton, PAUL HAMLYN. LONDON, Books for Pleasure Ltd. 1961, red board cover with gold spine lettering and full color illustrated end papers front and back, colour and B/W illustrations throughout, good to very good barely read condition tight spine some rubbing on edges, no DJ, one prev owner name on inside left top front no other markings clean tight, 245 pp, 8.5” x 11” tall – “The book contains stories about The Famous Five, Noddy, The Secret Seven, Mr. Pink-Whistle, Bom the little toy drummer, the Five Find-outers (and dog), and Mr. Twiddle.” – see also#287 Blyton
248) MAN THE UNKNOWN by ALEXIS CARREL, New York: Halcyon House EDITON, October 1938, Fifty-ninth Edition, October 1938, SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION, hard cover blue board with gold stamping letters, DJ with some wearing and tears and taping but intact, prev owner name inscription on inside front right but no other markings, clean copy, tight pages/spine, pp, 6” x 9” tall – “One of the truly great scientists of our time reveals the mystery of Man, his mind and body and soul. Hundreds of thousands of readers are finding in these simple, vital pages new hope, new courage, stronger spiritual belief.”
249) THE NOVEL by JAMES A. MICHENER, New York: Random House, 1991. Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition, 2466899753, hard cover with DJ not clipped, excellent never read condition, DJ has some minor rubbing on front, no inscription/markings clean beautiful copy, 446 pp, 6.5” x 9.75” tall – “”A writer, his editor, a critic, and a reader are the central characters in this absorbing story, set in a town called Dresden, in Pennsylvania Dutch country, and in New York City.” (see also#79, 80, 81,82,214,215)
250) SOLD - THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER by ZANE GREY, copyright 1921 by Harper & Brothers, Grosset & Dunlap, NY, first marked I –V, green linen, black & yellow illustration of lady rider with trees in background, black lettering cover with XXXX spine lettering, full page b/w/ plate illustration left of title page, good condition no DJ, some edge wear/fading on spine, prev owner name inside front right but no other markings, clean all pages intact inside right cover slight pulling away on lower 1/4 of page, 336 pp plus 2 pages of ads, 4” x 7.5” tall (see also#24)
251) SOLD - THE BOY SLAVES by CAPTAIN MAYNE REID, with illustration, published by Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor & Fields, And Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1874, “Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by Ticknor and Fields, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the District of Massachuestts”, University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co,. Cambridge, original worn edge brown board cover with black stamping design and gold lettering cover and spine, fair to good condition for 125+ year old book, edges bumped spine tearing on edges and bottom 1/2” torn away, many full page b/w illustration with tissue piece at front title page for illustration left of title, no inscription/markings clean copy pages and spine intact but loose, 321 pp, 4.75” x 7.25” tall – “Part of the Author’s Juvenile Tales of Adventure, known as Boy’s Novels”
252) SOLD - NORTH OF FIFTY-THREE by BERTRAND SINCLAIR, illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914, Dark brown and green cloth cover with illustration on front of mountain side in green and full page b/w illustration plates throughout, fair to good condition with some edge wear on spine but tight pages, no DJ, owner pencil name on inside front right but no other markings, 345 pp, 5.25” x 7.75” tall
253) SOLD - THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS by HAROLD BELL WRIGHT, WITH ILUSTRATIONS BY F. GRAHAM COOTES, Copyright 1907; published September 1907 A.L.BURT COMPANY, NY, Oval Paste down portrait on cover wearing, dark brownish red cloth boards with white print letters, with a few letters showing normal age wear, fair to good condition no DJ spine shelf wear and edges/corners bumped, prev owner ink inscription and date on inside front cover some age yellowing of pages, 348 pages with 2 pages of publisher's ads at the rear, 5.25” x 7.5” tall – best selling author of many titles including ‘Their Yesterdays” and “The Winning of Barbara Worth”
254) The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding Illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith, Random House, 1964. Cloth/Hard Cover/Slip Case, black cloth at spine, gold lettering on spine book in good/very good condition, slipcase showing some sunning and wearing on corners and edges but clean, the front of slipcase has a picture of Tom, the Foundling, no inscription/markings a tight clean copy, 721 pp, 7” x 10” tall – “Nine wonderful color illustrations. Fielding's novel is a story of a young man's adventures in 18th Century England; a raucous good time. Made into a movie starring Albert Finney.”
255) SOLD - The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City by Laura Lee Hope, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. With copyright dates of 1917 and 1945 on title page, Very Good hard cover with tight spine and pages, no DJ, one prev owner name in pencil under title and no other inscription/markings a very clean neat copy, 1 b/w Illustration (frontispiece),Decorative Endpaper, 184 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
256) SOLD -The Lay of the Last Minstrel - a Poem in Six Cantos - with Notes and an Appendix by Sir Walter Scott, Bart.,’FROM THE LATEST EDINBURGH EDITION” New York: Thomas Crowell & Co. Decorative Cloth ,very good condition almost looks unread, guilded end pages all around,engraving right of title with tissue page intact,beautiful decorative green board hard cover with gold gilt clean and tight pages with some slight edge wear top and bottom of spine edge, clean no inscription/markings, 222 pp plus 2 pages of ads at back, 5” x 7.5” tall, no dates but late 1800’s or turn of the century – a beautiful book
257) A SORT OF LIFE by Graham Greene New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971 stated Second Printing, hard cover with DJ not clipped, black board cover with silver spine lettering, good/very good never read condition, no inscription/markings clean tight copy with some rubbing/edge wearing to DJ, 220 pp, 6,75” x 8.5” tall – The Author's autobiography "A masterpiece of controlled and precise self-examination".
258) SOLD - BLACK BEAUTY by ANNA SEWELL, with illustrations by Lucy Kemp-Welch, New York: Children's Classics, 1986 hgfedcba, hard board cover with pictorial full color front and black edge wrap with gold gilt lettering, mint never read condition clean with one pencil inscription on inside book plate no other markings clean and tight, 226 pp, 7.75” x 9.5” tall – “Part of the Bracken Books / Children's Classic Series, featuring b&w and full-colour artwork by classic illustrators, printed on acid-free paper with a durable binding”
259) The Invisible Intruder - Nancy Drew Mystery Stories no. 46 by Carolyn Keene, first edition, published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1969. pictorial hard cover very good never read condition, no inscription/markings clean, 175 pp plus 1 pg of ad, 5” x 7.5” tall
260) SOLD - The Hunting of the Snark by LEWIS CARROLL, Illustrated by Henry Holiday, Edited by James Tanis and John Dooley, featuring ‘The Annotated Snark” by Martin Gardner, “The Designs for the Snark” by Charles Mitchell, “The Listing of the Snark” by Selwyn H. Goodacre, with a complete facsimile of the first (1876) edition, William Kaufman, Inc. Los Altos, CA 1981, reprint with emendations Feb 1982, Hard cover black boards with red lettering with DJ not clipped some slight edge rubbing on jacket but book is in pristine never read condition, clean no inscription/markings, 8.75” x 11.25” tall – “A feast for Carroll collectors!! this volume includes Martin Gardner's ANNOTATED SNARK, a major essay on the making of Holliday's designs for the original book, a complete bibliography of SNARK editions, and a FACSIMILE of the 1st Edition”
261) The Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf by Jack London, International Collectors Library, black faux leather binding with gilt decoration on front board – ribbon, pristine never read mint condition no DJ as issued,no inscription/markings clean tight copy, 352 pp, x 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “this binding was re-created by Rafael Palacios,02 from a binding originated by William Morris at his Kelmscott Press, for a series of GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS - these editions look great on a shelf and you will encourage your kids to read them”
262) SOLD -JANE EYRE by CHARLOTTE BRONTE, illustrations by Richard Lebenson Afterward by Julie Erlich, Pleasantville: Reader's Digest, 1984. no DJ as issued. A very nice reader's digest edition of Charlotte Bronte "Jane Eyre"', decorative cloth cover with gold lettering and a leafless tree in gold decorative end papers with the Reader’s Digest special issue pamphlet tipped in front cover, as new pristine never read condition, clean no markings pr inscriptions, 414 pp, 6.25” x 9.25” tall
263) Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Book League of America. Hard Cover blue cloth boards with gold guilt decorative spine edge sunning faded, No DJ, not dated assumed 1940’s, good condition tight spine clean no inscription/markings, 379 pp, 5.5” x 8” tall – “Jane Austen's first published novel about 2 sisters whose opposing qualities of character provide the conflict in the title. Elinor is prudent, deliberate and rational (Sense). Marianne responds to life with excessive feeling and little caution. (Sensibility) Both are unfortunate in love: Elinor fanices a young man who is committed to another girl; Marianne is in love with a scoundrel. Faced with this situation, Jane Austen works out a quiet triumph for Sense. 379 pages. Also included is Northanger Abbey, an amusing and bitingly satirical pastiche of the "Gothic" romances popular in her day which follows the fortunes of Catherine Morland who is thrown amongst the difficulties and dangers of the resort town Bath at the age of seventeen.”
264) Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, stated Third Printing1987, hard cover no DJ mauve boards with an light grey cloth spine with silver gilt and black lettering, fair to good condition tight spine pages intact but some fading on spine edge and cover rubbed and worn but no inscription/markings, 659 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “Tom Wolfe's first novel about an investment banker in Manhattan who is involved in a freak accident”
265) SOLD -PASTORAL by Neil Shute, Copenhagen: Grafisk Forlag An easy reader book, abbreviated and simplified for use in schools “…..has been specially prepared for Danish boys and girls at school in their second or third year of reading English, or for pupils at any other elementary stage.” , hard cover pictorial decorated boards no DJ, no inscriptions/marking clean tight copy with some edge bumping, 64 pp, 6” x 8” tall – "Peter Marshall was a bomber pilot and Gervase Robertson a WAAF at his station. With complete youthful abandon, Peter fell head over heels in love with Gervase - and she with him. But Gervase hesitated. In these precarious days it was hard to distinguish between shadow and substance..".
266) SOLD - THE SUNKEN FOREST by Rene Prud'hommeaux, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni, NY: The Viking Press, 1949, fair to good condition hard cover with dustjacket X-Lib markings taped DJ clipped, book in solid condition DJ mylar covered but some wedge tears and wear, 248 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
267) THE BONNY PIT LADDIE by Frederick Grice illustrated by Brian Wildsnith, author, Oxford University Press LONDON, 1960, Hard Cover. Ex-Library, hardcover with DJ not clipped, Cream Boards with black titles to spine, Pictorial Laminated dust jacket, protected by clear plastic cover, tape marking, library stamping, edge wear on DJ but fairly good condition clean and tight, 171 pp, 5.75” x 8.75” tall
268) HENRY REED, INC. by KEITH ROBERTSON Illustrated by Robert McCloskey, N.Y.: Viking 1958, hard cover blue/brown boards with DJ not clipped, X-Lib with library marking and past in, but good condition, clean tight and some edge wear on DJ and some tape marks on cover, 239 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
269) THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MAJOR ROBERT STOBO by Robert C. Alberts, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1965, hard cover with DJ, X-LIB with tape markings and worn DJ but mylar covered, library stampings and markings but good tight copy, 423 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall – “details the adventures and travels of the Major Robert Stobo in the New World of the Americas. He was involved in the French and Indian War, served as an espionage agent for Washington behind French lines, and was twice captured by pirates. Included are photographs, maps, bibliography, appendices, endnotes, and an index.”
270) SOLD - PECOS BILL. The Greatest Cowboy of All Time Bowman, James Cloyd., Illustrated by Bannon, Laura , Chgo.:: Whitman, 1961. stated Eleventh pr, X-LIB with tape markings and worn DJ but mylar covered, library stampings and markings but good tight copy , 296 pp, 6.25” x 9” tall – “Well told and humorously illustrated story of the legendary cowboy. –“ The illustrations by Laura Bannon are out of this world as well as the cover art..brilliant color and stunning pictures; full color plates throughout as well as black and white sketches adorn this classic American Folk Tale”
271) A WIND IN THE DOOR by L'Engle,Madeleine, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973 stated FIRST printing, X-lib.with usual markings/tape stains, green cloth cover with gold lettering, DJ clipped has mylar cover and edge wear and taping, inside first right end page torn out, fair to good condition, 211 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall – “A 'companion piece' to A WRINKLE IN TIME, scarce in the first edition”
272) ) SOLD - THE SINGING CAVE by EILIS DILLON, illustrated by Stan Campbell, NY: Funk and Wagnalls, 1959, hard cover DJ not clipped, X-LIB with usual markings/tape, mylar covered jacket with no tearing good condition tight and clean,186 pp, 5.75” x 8.5” tall
273) Red, Horse of the West by Reekie, Isabel M., Illustrated by Alan Daniel, Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston of Canada, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover in Good condition with dust jacket not clipped in Good condition mylar wrapped Ex-library with usual markings/tape, pictorial jacket, Black and white illustrations throughout, 100 pp, 6.75” x 8.25” tall – “RIEL REBELLION 1880'S BRANDON MANITOBA, Canada, CHILDRENS/Illustrated”
274) THE BLUE ROAD by Leitch, Adelaide, Illustrated by Robinson, Charles, Macmillan of Canada Toronto 1971, hard cover with DJ, X-LIB with usual marking/tape, Boards are blue w/ black lettering on spine and face. D.J. mylar wrapped white with a turquoise coloured drawing of Roddy being bucked off his horse. Volume is bright, tight and clean except library marks and clack felt scribbles on edge, 185 pp, 5.5” x 8.25” tall – “Roddy is given a prizewinning Western games horse for his 13th birthday & spends the summer training for the Grand Championship. Author is Canadian.”
275) ) SOLD - I OWN THE RACECOURSE by Patricia Wrightson, illustrated by Margaret Horder, London. Hutchinson 1968 stated fourth impression, hard cover blue boards with DJ mylar wrapped, X-Library with the usual marking/tape, else good tight clean copy, 159 pp, 5” x 8” tall – “Andy, a young teenager, believes he has purchased and is managing a racecourse. Through his eyes, the reader can see the concern of his friends and neighbors. Andy's slow functioning is treated respectfully.”
276) ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD by BILL BRITTAIN, ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES ROBINSON, NY: Harper & Row 1979 stated first edition, hard full illustrated board cover with dust jacket mylar wrapped, X-LIB with the usual markings/tape but else good tight clean copy, 150 pp, 5.75” x 8.25” tall – “Author’s first book in 1979 he went on to win A Newbery Honor children's book for THE WISH GIVER: THREE TALES OF COVEN TREE/1983”.
277) SOLD - SNOWSHOE PAWS written and illustrated by JOHNSON,Margaret S., Wheaton of Exeter G.B., 1965 (2nd impression),blue board coverwith some edge wear and spine rubbing, X-LIB so usual markings, but else tight and clean, 63 pp, 6” x 8.25” tall – “co-author of 1965 well-loved Joey and Patches”
278) SOLD - Celebrating with Books by Nancy Polette and Marjorie Hamlin, line drawings by Patricia Gilman, Scarecrow Press, Inc. Metuchen, N.J. 1977, good to very good green board cover white spine and front lettering with no DJ, Ex-Library Reference Book with limited library markings. Clean,bright copy. first edition, 175 pp, 5.5” x 8.85” tall
279) INTENSITY by Dean Koontz, New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1995, stated FIRST EDITION, charcoal/black board cover with gold gilt spine lettering, Dust Jacket not clipped, good/very good condition except some slight water marking at bottom of spine at back, probably not read, no inscription, tight copy, 308 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “Young woman in danger for her life after witnessing a serial killer in action.”
280) By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 2002.First Edition BVG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, green/black board cover with silver gilt spine lettering, good/very good condition with Dust Jacket not clipped also good/very good, mint not read, no inscriptions/markings, 431 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “"Koontz seems to know us, our deepest foibles and fears," USA Today. This is a novel of heart-stopping suspense, and transcendent beauty, of how evil can destroy us and love can redeem us - a masterwork of the imagination in which the surprises come page after page and the spell of sublime storytelling triumphs throughout.”
281) SOLD - CALIFORNIA GOLD by JOHN JAKES, New York: Random House, 1989 sated FIRST EDITION, very good mint never read condition, cream boards - navy cloth spine with gilt print with mint not clipped DJ, no inscription/markings clean and tight, 658 pp, 6.25” x 9.5” tall – “Historic novel by John Jakes. Sweeping from 1886 - 1921, the novel explores the lure and the legends of California, charts its change from a frontier to a modern state and chronicles as only Jakes can the loves and battles of a host of vivid characters.” (see #346 for another available copy of this book)
282) WHIRLWIND by James Clavell, New York: Morrow, 1986, STATED FIRST EDITION, blue half-cloth hard cover, gold spine lettering, illustrated DJ clipped, good/very good condition overall almost mint except inside right end page neatly removed, no inscription/markings clean and tight copy looks unread, 1147 pp, 6.26” x 9.6” tall – “Iran, February 1979, a critical moment in history, a time of ferment and revolution when mobs become judges, executions replace trials, old friends become sudden enemies, wives turn against husbands, and Iranians and foreigners alike wait fearfully for the next dread ruling -- this is the setting for James Clavell's breathtaking fifth novel in his world-famous Asian Saga. WHIRLWIND takes place in a mesmerizing period of 24 tumultuous days just after the Shah has left. The life-and-death struggle of rival factions to take control has resulted in a civil war in which few know who is on what side -- or for how long. What is known is the fanatical hatred on all sides for foreigners - especially Americans and British.”
283) THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL by Laura Lee Hope, Grosset & Dunlap, NY, C1941, green pictorial boards w/ black design and lettering decorative end papers good to very good conditions with Dust Jacket with good colour some wear and tearing on edges, prev owner ink name in inside right endpage but no other markings, tight and clean, 181pp, 5.25” x 7.5” tall – “Follow the twins to school, in this vintage adventure with a timeless theme. This edition features Freddie, Flossie, and their canine friend on both the cover and the dust jacket.”
284) THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON A HOUSEBOAT by Laura Lee Hope, Grosset & Dunlap, NY, C1955, green pictorial boards w/ black design and lettering decorative end papers, good to very good condition, with DUST JACKET with good colour some wear and tearing on edges shows the twins, siblings and pets boarding the houseboat, prev owner ink name in inside right endpage but no other markings, tight and clean, 184 pp, 5.25” x 7.5”
285) SOLD - NANCY DREW - THE MYSTERY AT THE SKI JUMP by CAROLN KEENE, NY Grosset & Dunlap 1952, Nancy with spy glass, blue denim cloth board binding with the dark blue silhouette of Nancy and dark blue lettering on the front board and spine, dark blue and white illustrated endpages, good to very good tight solid condition some minor spine edge wear condition, prev owner name ink on inside, 212 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
286) SOLD - NANCY DREW - THE PASSWORD TO LARKSPUR LANE by CAROLYN KEENE, NY Grosset & Dunlap 1933, Nancy with spy glass, blue denim cloth board binding with the dark blue silhouette of Nancy and dark blue lettering on the front board and spine, dark blue and white illustrated endpages, good to very good tight solid condition some minor spine edge wear condition, prev owner name ink on inside, 212 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
287) SOLD - Ring o' Bells Mystery by ENID BLYTON, Illustrated by Dunlop, Gilbert, COLLINS LONDON AND GALSGOW, “FIRST PUBLISHED IN THIS EDITION 1956 THIS IMPRESSION 1957”, hard red board cover with lack spine lettering in good sold tight clean condition, with DJ tearing and deteriorating on edges and top 1/6 of front of DJ torn away (see pic), no names or inscription but some tape/label removed markings on inside right front, 256 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall – “This new addition to the Adventure Library is the third book about Roger, Diana, Snubby and Barney….” - see also #247 Blyton
288) SOLD -The Sign of the Crooked Arrow by Franklin W. Dixon, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949, First Edition, Brown boards with orange endpapers, good very good conditions with some edge and spine age wear, no inscription/markings clean and tight, 214 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall – “196The 28th Hardy Boys mystery” - see also #195/196
289) The Hidden Hand by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, N.Y.: Hurst & Co, no publishing date given probably early 1900's, green board cover with attractive paste-on illustration of woman in a pink hat, typical of Southworth, fair to good condition no DJ loose spine but pages intact, prev owner name and stamping mark ink inside covers and on title page, 238 pp, 5” x 7.25” tall
290) ROUND THE BEND by NEVIL SHUTE, Australia: Heinemann, 1951, Stated FIRST Australian Edition, green cloth board cover no DJ fair to good condition sunning on spine edge and corners bumped, prev owner name in ink on inside right end page, 359 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall - In 'Round the Bend' he provides such a synthesis, a religious movement based on the love that goes into good work (in this case on aeroplanes), and the reader can feel how passionately the author believed in what he had to say. It is indeed a strange and appealing book, with more than a little power to haunt the reader's mind." –see also#266
291) THE TRIPLETS FLY HIGH by Bertha B. Moore, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans 1951, STATED ‘SET UP AND PRINTED MARCH 1950 THIRD PRINTING APRIL 1954, hard cover illustrated boards, picture of sunset mountains water airplane, fair to good condition no DJ, owner inscription on inside right else no other markings tight and clean, 87 pp, 5.5” x 8” tall – “Fourteen stories of the happy Baer family and how the enthusiastic triplets, Ted, Iva, and Iona, cope with each exciting adventure that comes their way.”
292) I Love Miss Tilli Bean by Ilka Chase, Doubleday, 1946, stated FIRST EDITION, hard cover green/black cloth board cover with gold spine lettering, good to very good condition with DJ clipped edge wear and tear, X-Lib some stamping no pocket, 400 pp, 6” x 8” tall - "The authentic details of the dressmaking business, combined with the Quaker background and the Italian and Parisian settings, contribute to make intriguing and delightful reading."
293) What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge (pen name of Susan Chauncey Woolsey), London Dean & Son Ltd., no date possibly 70’s, hard cover illustrated laminated boards of couple in a boat Venice looking scene, very good to excellent condition with no inscriptions or markings, clean and tight but one small tear to inside right endpage, 184 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall
294) All Because Of Posy by Kathleen O’Farrell, London Abbey Rewards. no date, Children’s full colour Pictorial Boards with decorative end papers in very good/excellent condition, no inscription/markings clean and tight as new never read condition, no page numbers, 5.25” x 8” tall –“Abbey Rewards for girls and boys series”
295) ALIAS GRACE by MARGARET ATWOOD, New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. 1996. stated First US edition, hard cover bound in illustrated boards with DJ not clipped both in very good to excellent condition never read condition, no inscription/markings tight and clean, 468 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall - A novel by the Booker Prize and the Dashiell Hammet Award winning author of THE ROBBER BRIDE and THE BLIND ASSASSIN – “In ALIAS GRACE, Margaret Atwood takes us back into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, the wealthy Thomas Kinnear, and of Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress.”
296) Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth ROBERTS, Doubleday, Doran, 1940, “Biographical note First Published…Nov. 22, 1940” …… stated “FIRST EDITION AFTER THE PRINTING OF A LIMITED EDITIOIN OF ONE THOUSAND COPIES”, blue cloth, gold lettering to spine cover, front and rear end papers are decorated with separate maps detailing the travels of Wiswell's and Thomas Buell's travels through Long Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, good to very good conditions tight and clean with no inscription/markings, Dust Jacket wit some edge wears and tears but color fresh, 836 pp, 6” x 8.75” tall –“The little-known and profoundly misunderstood loyalist cause in the American Revolution is boldly set forth by the author.” (see also#30 Rabble)
297) SOLD -A BOOK OF UNICORNS compiled by Welleran Poltarnees, La Jolla, California: Star & Elephant Books (The Green Tiger Press), 1978, now out of print large, unique volume soft cover with dust jacket, “richly illustrated with twelve full-color, full-page tipped-on paintings and numerous black and white pictures…. Manuscript illustrations, tapestries, and woodcuts from the medieval Renaissance periods…”, good to very good conditions with some slight tears on the DJ, no inscription/markings clean and tight copy, pages not numbered,9.5” x 12.5” tall – “It is a succinct yet wide-ranging gathering of works from both Eastern and Western cultures, presented without annotation and with editorializing so that the reader can discover for himself the mystery and the majesty of this creature that has haunted the human psyche for centuries.”
298) Miracle in Seville by JAMES A. MICHENER, NY: Random House; (1995). STATED First Edition, Illustrated with 26 works by John Fulton, (“John Fulton is an American matador de toros who has lived and practiced his art in Seville for over thirty years.”, motled white boards with black cloth spine, pictorial DJ in color, book and DJ in very good condition wrapped not clipped, Goudy Old Style on high quality paper, no inscription but X-Lib so was mylar wrapped when new some stamping inside ride end page only but no card envelope and otherwise clean and tight, a beautiful book! 107 pp+, 7.5” x 9.5” tall “Lovely fiction about Spanish rancher Mota who is breeding bulls, trying to return them to honor, a matador who has a Gipsy fortune teller as sister and an American journalist on assignment in Seville at Easter.”
299) The Plains of Passage by JEAN AUEL, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1990, stated FIRST EDITION, hard cover with dust jacket not clipped, small tear, new never read condition, no inscriptions or markings excellent pristine condition, 760 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “As sweeping and spectacular as the land she creates, Jean M. Auel's The Plains of Passage is an astonishing novel of discovery, danger, and love, a triumph for one of the world's most original and popular authors.” See also #105,106, 347
300) RECESSIONAL by Michener, James, Random House 1994. FN/FN. Stated First Trade Edition, Hard cover with mauve paper-covered boards, burgundy cloth spine, gold printing on spine is FINE. DJ NOT price-clipped is FINE. no inscription/markings as new never read some slight spill mark on lower edge corner but not on actual pages and no warping, 484 pp, 6” x 9.5” tall – “In this new novel, RECESSIONAL, Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life experiences to illuminate the challenges of aging, and the opportunities and dilemmas older adults and their families encounter today. Set in the Palms, a Florida retirement center, RECESSIONAL follows several residents over the course of a year as their individual narratives -- humorous, moving, or sometimes triumphant – unfold” –see also#205
301) SOLD -Barney's Version by Richler, Mordecai, Knopf Canada: Toronto, 1997, stated First Canadian Edition, hard cover black cloth board with silver spine lettering, mint As New - Never Read conditions with DJ not clipped, A Beautiful copy of this book, no inscription/markings clean and tight, 417 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “A first-person, satirical look back on the life of Barney Panofsky”
302) LULLABY AND GOODNIGHT by Bugliosi, Vincent T. (author of Helter Skelter) with William Stadien, New American Library, 1987, stated First Printing, November 1987, hard brown/black board cover with gold decorative spine edge, excellent never read mint condition with DJ not clipped also very good/excellent condition, no inscription/markings tight and clean copy, 405 pp, 6.25” x 9” tall – “Based on a true sex scandal that rocked New York City in the roaring 20's, inspired by the true story of Vivian Gordon”
303) SOLD - The Story Book of Rice by PETERSHAM MAUD AND MISKA, JOHN C WINSTON 1948, hard cover Red board children’s book with COLOR PICTURE INSET ON FRONT COVER, one small prev owner name in inside right front but no other inscription/markings clean and tight, remarkable colour illustrations, no page numbers,7.5” x 7.75” tall – “Richly illustrated, part of the Story Book series by the Petershams”
304) SOLD -The Last of the Barons by Lytton, Edward Bulwer (Lord Lytton), Dent & Son London, EVERYMAN”S LIBRARY first issue of this edition 1906 REPRINTED 1929, red cloth board with gilt design, illustrated decorative endpages and title pages woodstamp design, WITH dust jacket some spine wear and torn away bottom inch on spine edge, prev owner name small sticker on inside right but no other markings tight and clean very good copy, 611 pp + 4 pp, 4.5” x 6.75” tall
305) SOLD -The Iliad of Homer by Homer, Translated By Edward Earl of Derby, [Everyman's Library] London, England J. M. Dent & Sons and E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, Reprinted 1941. hard green cloth board covers with gold spine lettering, good to very good condition with some sunning on spine edges, no DJ, no inscription/markings clean, No. 453 in the Everyman's Library, 440 pp + 4, 4.5” x 6.75” tall – paired with Odyssey next….
306) SOLD -The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by William Cowper. [Everyman's Library] London, England J. M. Dent & Sons and E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, Reprinted 1943, hard green cloth board covers with gold spine lettering, good to very good condition with some sunning on spine edges, no DJ, no inscription/markings clean, No. 453 in the Everyman's Library, 368 pp + 8, 4.5” x 6.75” tall – paired with Iliad, #305 above….
307) THE WALTON BOYS AND GOLD IN THE SNOW by Hal Burton, Illustrated by Robert Doremus, Whitman, 1948 , Pictorial Hard blue board cover, illustrated with orange skis and white snow , all edges dyed red, illustrated endpapers, fair to good condition some spine edge wearing top an bottom and loose at inside back but pages tight and intact, no DJ, prev owner name in title page but no other markings clean, 251pp + 2 ads, 5.25” x 8” tall – “Map of a gold mine in Utah leads the boys into avalanche count”
308) Gene Autry and the Badmen of the Broken Bow by Miller, Snowden, Illustrated by Alvarado, Peter, Whitman 1951, stated Authorized edition, 20 b&w illustrations, all page edges have decorative red stain, hard cover boards are orange with yellow/orange design and letters the spine has yellow letters, fair to good condition with no DJ, some edge wearing and spine tearing, no inscription/markings tight and clean, 250 pp + 2 cat/ads, 5.25” x 8” tall
309) SOLD -Red Ryder and the Adventure at Chimney Rock by Thomas, H.C. Harman, Fred (based on a Famous Newspaper Strip by) 'Based on the famous newspaper strip by Fred Harman', Whitman Publ. Co.: Racine, Wisc. (1946), , copyright 1946 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. Illustrations copyright 1941 by NEA Service, illustration at left of start, "Red and Thunder Menaced the Outlaws." With other b/w illustrations though out, decorative end papers green edges, hard cover brown boards with orange lettering, fair to good condition no DJ, some slight edge wear on spine and yellowing, no inscription/markings clean copy, 249 pp + 2 cat/ads, 5.25” x 8” tall
310) SOLD -Red Ryder and the Mystery of Whispering Walls by Winterbotham, R. (story author); Fred Harman (strip author) 'Based on the famous newspaper strip by Fred Harman', Racine, WI: Whitman, 1941, copyright 1941 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. Illustrations copyright 1940 by NEA Service, hard cover brown boards with orange lettering, fair to good condition no DJ, some slight edge wear on spine and yellowing, no inscription/markings clean copy, 220 pp no ads, 5.25” x 8” tall
311) HOMELAND by Jakes, John, Doubleday - New York 1993, Stated FIRST Edition July 1993 number line 10,9,8… - 1, cloth black/brownish orange boards with silver gilt spine lettering, good to very good never read condition, with DJ not clipped with some edge creasing, no inscription or markings clean and tight, 785 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “A powerful family whose tragedies and triumphs define a nation and an era: this is the hallmark of the novels that have established John Jakes as master of the historical saga.”
312) SOLD - The Clue in the Jewel Box and The Secret in the Old Attic:Nancy Drew Mystery by Carolyn Keene, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grosset and Dunlap, 1972. Pictorial Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket As Issued, Nancy Drew Double edition, purple binding, fair to good condition some slight edge wearing and corner bumping, prev owner name on insideleft top endpage and a stamp of a horse in blue ink on inside right pg 3 bottom, no other markings clean and tight, 177 pp, 5” x 7” tall
313) SOLD - Five On A Secret Trail by Enid Blyton, Illustrated by Eileen Soper, London, Hodder and Stoughton, stated first published 1956, publisher’s red cloth black spine lettering, Pictorial blue and black endpapers. Two-tone & b/w illustrations throughout. no DJ, fair to good solid condition with very minor corner bumping and spine edge wear, prev owner name marked out in inside right top third page and some red ink lines on page edges, 182 +1 pp, 5” x 7.5” tall – “Exceptional copy of the 1st edition of the 15th title in this long running series”
314) The CHAMBER by John Grisham, Doubleday & Co. Inc. 1994, stated FIRST EDITION as stated with number line intact, dark grey board hard cover with maroon cloth wrap with gold gilt spine lettering, very good/excellent as New/Never Read condition, with DJ not clipped very slight corner edgewear, no inscription or markings clean and tight, 486 pp, 6.5” x 9.5” tall – “Best selling author of "The Firm" has done it again in this mystery which is basis of 1996 Movie starring Faye Dunaway, Chris O'Donnell & Gene Hackman.”
315) THE PROSE WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - stated Author’s Edition “This Edition contains not only every poem printd in any other Edition issued in England, but 86 Copyright Poems which can only be found in the Author’s Copyright Edition, published by George Routledge & Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.”, not dated but inside right inscription 1895 probably 1850+, 506 pp plus 1 pg of Routledge’s Ads, end of pg 506 states “Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. London and Edinburgh”, hard cover burgundy boards with stamped spine and gold gilt lettering, 6 black & white plates with tissue guard at the title page, all pages red-lined, marbled page edges, good to very good condition with some bumping on edged and corners but well cared for and rarely read some pulling away on inside back at spine but all pages tight and intact, one beautifully penned dedication/inscription on inside front right dated 1895 no other markings tight and clean, 506+ pp, 5” x 7.25” tall – a rare beautiful book!
316) The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ,by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, “Ravenswood Edition”, Winnipeg CLARK CROS. & Co., inside back page states “printed by Morris & Gibb Limited Edinburgh”, not dated turn of the century, Full-Leather burgundy cover with gold fine bible-like page edges with gold spine lettering and stamping gilt initial/logo on front cover, gold/ gilt background endpages front and back with burgundy leave decoration, good to very good condition some slight edgewear top and bottom of spine, one name/inscription on inside below title page but no other markings clean and tight, 563 pp, 5” x 7.25” tall – bible like presentation, a beautiful rare century old book!
317) THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS with Explanatory Glossary, Notes, Memoir, etc. by ROBERT BURNS, published 1898 by London Frederick Warne, 1898, back page bottom states printed by Morrison and Gibb Limited, Edinburgh, black leaf motif-stamped leather with gold guilt BURNS name on front and spine, gold gilt page edges with rounded corners, good condition with some edge wear and rubbing on cover spine top and bottom, single name “Earlmond” inscribed on inside right inscription and 2 pencil price markings but no other marks, 614 pp, 5” x 7” tall – nice copy.
318) The Poetical Works Of Wordsworth with Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c. by William Wordsworth, published by London Frederick Warne, turn of the century, back page bottom states printed by Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Edinburgh & London, soft red leather cover with gilt embossed lettering on front & spine, rounded corners, gilt band around edges, gilt decorative leaf endpages front and back, ribbon marker, some edge wear but a beautiful book showing little or no read condition, one inscription on inside right first title page, no dates but turn of the century, 628 pp, 5” x 7” tall – a beautiful copy.
319) SELECTED POEMS By GEORGE MEREDITH, London: Constable, March 1914, in fine dark red full morocco binding with gilt floral/leaf decoration, some sunning and fading on outside back cover and some slight spine edge wear otherwise a tight very nice copy looking like never-read condition with ribbon marker in original place, one inscription on each of inside right and next title page at top no other markings clean and very tight, 245 pp, 4.75” x 6.75” tall – beautiful edition
320) TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE by CHARLES AND MARY LAMB, with Illustrations in Color (see list below), London and Glasgow Collins’ Clear-Type Press, not dated but turn of the century, full maroon textured leather with gilt lettering and design to spine, edges gilt, maroon endpapers, fair to good condition with some edge wear and spine wear and tear and some sunning/staining on back cover, no inscription/markings very clean tight spine copy with ribbon marker intact, back cover is off but all pages intact and tight except for last page which is loose and at the bottom states in pencil 487 on the line above Collins’ Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow, 424 pp, 4” x 6” tall- SIX beautiful color plates; the Parting Scene in Romeo and Juliet, Ariel’s dream of freedom The Tempest, The Church Scene (“much ado about Nothing”), double page of Petruchio brings home his bride (“The Taming if the Shrew”), Orsino Duke of Illyria (“Twelfth Night”).
This is a current but very partial listing of the vintage & collector books at Inktiques, please email us with any title or subject you collect and will will add you to our wish list and contact you when we find your selection (see contact us) - Thanks!
