The Marvelous Land of Oz
Reilly and Britton, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The true first edition, first state, with no month listed on the copyright page. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
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Madeline
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939. Bemelmans, Ludwig. First. hardcover. A near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Correct year (1939) on title page and copyright page. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on a laid in page. Former owner's inscription to front free end paper. Housed in a......
The Life of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D
London, UK: John Murray, 1835. later. hardcover. 10 volumes, small octavo. Spines lightly sunned. An excellent set of Boswell's great biography, first published in 1791. Engraved frontispieces and vignettes title pages with tissue guards. Condition is near fine.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Scribners, 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated Cloth/Gilt. Very good in original cloth. No DJ as issued. Reginald Birch (illustrator). First Edition, First Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 210 PP. WITH DEVINNE PRESS IMPRINT--+14 PP. ADS--SIGNATURE MARKS ON PAGES 177 AND AND 209. Housed in a custom-made collector's.....
Back to the Stone Age
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original price of $2.00 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. Very slight rubbing on the edges of the boards. Black ink stamp on.....
The River War
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933. first cheap. hardcover. Second cheap edition 1933, with new Churchill introduction. Book very good plus, minor rubbing to bottom edges of covers, former owner's name to front free end paper, minor foxing to edges. Dust jacket lined with stiffer paper, soiling, some wear.
Secret of the Andes
Viking Press, 1952. first. hardcover. First edition, with "First Published by The Viking Press in March 1952" on copyright page. Book near fine, corners lightly bumped, cover edges slightly rubbed. Dust jacket very good, some wear and tear, price-clipped.
Gregor the Overlander
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Scholastic, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First Edition, September 2003 stated on the copyright page with the full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. First book from author Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games Trilogy.....
Denslow's Mother Goose
McClure Phillips Co., 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition in original cloth backed pictorial boards. 4to (8 3/4 x 11"). [96]p. 1st edition, 2nd issue (Humpty Dumpty is not on back of dedication leaf). Edited and illustrated by Denslow, who later illustrated the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.....
The Year of Magical Thinking
Knopf, 2005. later. hardcover. 5th printing, October 2005, stated on copyright page. SIGNED by author on title page. Book and dust jacket fine. A couple of faint soiling spots to top edge of book.
The Hardy Boys: The Missing Chums
Grosset & Dunlap. early later. hardcover. 1929 A-4 edition. Book near fine, minor discoloring to down-pastes and end papers. Dust jacket very good, minor soiling, wear and some rubbing.
The Case of the Lucky Legs
William Morrow & Co, 1934. first. hardcover. INSCRIBED first edition, with 1934 in title and copyright page. Inscribed and signed by the author to his parents on the front free end paper. Book near fine, very minor rubbing along front of spine, upper front corner very slightly bent. Dust jacket.....
Just Before Dark
Clark City Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine SIGNED Limited Edition. Limited to 250 copies, and signed by the author on the half-title page. Beautifully bound in 1/2 cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. Fine in publisher's slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.
Orphans of the Sky
London: Gollancz Ltd., 1963, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Published in London by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1963. True First Edition, precedes the American Edition. This is Heinleins First Published UK book. Book fine except for slight cracking on front hinge, previous owners signature on first free end page, stamp from.....
The Ambassadors
Harper & Brothers, 1903. first. hardcover. First US edition, with 1903 on title page and on copyright page. Book near fine.
Good as Gold
Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket, inscribed by Heller on a back page explaining where his papers are housed, and signed and dated on the title page.
Ulysses
Random House, 1934. first. hardcover. First US edition, as stated on copyright page. In first issue dust jacket ("Reichl" on front bottom corner of dj). Book very good, minor soiling to covers, gutter cracked at title page, some spots at foredge, small water mark at corner of bottom edge and.....
The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. First. hardcover. A fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. Farah 1954A-1.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Viking Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first issue. Very good first edition in near fine first issue dust jacket, with one line blurb from Jack Kerouac on the front flap. Signed by Ken Kesey on a slip attached to front free endpaper. Also, First published in 1962 by.....
Clockwork Orange
Abelard-Schuman, 1971. first. hardcover. First edition of screenplay. Book fine, cracking to gutter to verso of title page and Warner Brother's page. Dust jacket fine, very minor soiling to dj.
They Were Strong and Good
Viking Press, 1940. first. hardcover. First edition, with "First Published September 1940" on copyright page. Caldecott Award Winner. Book fine, small soiling spot to top edge. Dust jacket very good, minor wear, some darkening to inside dj.
Escape from Five Shadows
Houghton Mifflin, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine example (internally strengthened with tape) of the scarce dust jacket. Signed by Leonard on the title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Hawaii
Random House, 1959. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Uncorrected proof. Published in New York by Random House in 1959. First edition. Paperback, plastic binding. Volume 1 good, front cover detached, rear cover missing, last few pages loose, and staining, creasing, and small tears to front cover. Volume 2 very good, staining.....
Tar Baby
Knopf, 1981. proof. softcover. INSCRIBED first edition of uncorrected proof. Inscribed and signed by author on front book cover. Soft cover book, very good condition, tanning to spine, minor wear. Housed in supplied slipcase.
Going After Cacciato
Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing, 1978. Book fine. DJ near fine, with very slight rubbing at corners and spine ends, two slight chipping marks at top of spine, slight discoloration on spine and top edges of flaps.