Freckles Comes Home by Stratton-Porter, Jeanette - 1929

London- UK: William Heinemann, 1898. VIA LUCIS: A Novel- by Kassandra Vivaria [i.e. Magda Sindici afterwards Heinemann.]- William Heinemann- London, UK- 1898- 1st Edition-1st Printing-UK and true first, preceding the US 1898 Richmond and the 1899 L. C. Page Editions- Hardcover:-8vo- G-VG/ no jacket as issued, 3/4 red calf leather and cloth, rubbed at extremities, thin hairline crack front exterior spine, but tight and square- new endpapers- 350pp are clean, one lower margin nick on p349, no writing-no underlining- Collation- complete- SEE PHOTOS- A very scarce novel set in Italy. The Richmond edition is held by 7 librairies worldwide, the true first Heinemann is only held by one, the British Library.- Rare- 1898 on title page- Fiction-religion-adventure-romance (3595). 1st Edition-1st Printing-UK. 3/4 Leather & Cloth. G-VG/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England / New York, New York: Longmans, Green and Company. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1888. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 216 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 1.4: KB#010055: No dustjacket is included. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Beautiful copy of a classic novel. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "A historical novel of Renaissance Italy." Fourth volume in the Allan Quatermain Series. Boards are dark black cloth with embossed red lettering on front and spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owners' names that are neatly inscribed on both sides of front flyleaf), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Corners of boards and spine top are lightly rubbed. Contains 216 pages of text, followed by a 16-page catalogue of other Longmans' published works of the time. This is an adventure fantasy in which Maiwa is a woman pursuing revenge. It was originally a two-part story published in Harper's Monthly… Read More

New York: Benziger Brothers, Inc., 1891. This second, revised edition includes two new chapters not in the First Edition! 8vo sized decorative cloth bound hardcover. Tan cloth with black titles and decorations on front cover and spine, publisher's logo on back cover. 253 tanned pages followed by a four (4) page publisher's catalog. Sepia frontispiece on glossy stock. This book has no imprimatur. Francis J. Finn, (1859 - 1928) was an American priest who also wrote more than two dozen young adult novels. Reverend Finn was ordained in 1891, the same year as this book was published. Spine and top are darkened, name on fep, tanned margins on either side of front cover and some rubbing and light soil to covers; spine is slightly cocked. The bottom of page 9 and top of page 15 have some light soil to top margin, several other pages have fingermarks in the margins, to be expected from a 100+ year old children's book. Please see our photographs. . 2nd. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read More

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket rubbed.. 1996. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679879242 . Book One of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and a Carnegie Medal winner. Jacket art by Caldecott medalist Eric Rohmann. A modern fantasy classic originally published under the title Northern Lights in Great Britain. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages .

Please note that the listing is for a Slipcase only. Contact Me for Custom Slipcases made to order. Each slipcase is individually hand made from the highest quality materials using time honored traditional techniques, and it is important to note that there are no acidic glues, resins, or epoxy mixes in their construction. Any paper and cloth products used are also acid free. Please note that this case has been designed to fit the 1st Edition / 1st Printing of the title and other copies are not guaranteed to fit. Specifications - 1st Edition 1st Printing Custom Slipcase - 1/4 Inch Moisture Resistant Customwood 300 gsm Textured Cardstock - Cloth lining - Titebond non-toxin original wood glue.. Slipcase Only. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slipcase.

London, Oxford University Press, 1965, hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, gift inscription (non-authorial) to front endpaper, slight edge and corner wear, slight fading to board edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest of edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. An adventure story for young readers set in Roman Britain. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Charles Keeping

New York: Appleton-Century, 1966. THE MASTER OF BLACK-TOWER- Barbara Michaels- Appleton-Century- September 1966-1st Edition Stated-Hardcover:-8vo-Near FINE/Good+ dj with some nicks and chips on extremities,, price-clipped but still colorfuland clean, now in mylar-Charles Greer dj. 9/66 still indicated on inner DJ flap-1st Edition also stated on copyright page- gray cloth w/ cranberry boards 250 pgs are clean, no tears or writing-SEE PHOTOS- Author's first work of fiction. Set in 19th century Scotland- Solid, attractive. Keywords: fiction- pretty scarce in this condition- Fiction-adventure-romance-19th century-Scotland (2195) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. Near FINE/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1971, hardcover, 192 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, short scratch to front board, light foxing. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, edge bumps, rubs, short closed tear to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author of The Golden Enemy, The Forgotten Door, and other works for young people presents a tale of a young mathematical genius, his three friends, and their attempt to escape from a group of mysterious, unidentified killers.

Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company, 1959, hardcover, 201 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight, bright, and clean with no markings, slight spine end and corner wear, tiny exterior dampstain and touch of fade to head of spine. Very brightly-colored, first state dustjacket with thirty-one titles on the rear panel, unclipped and bearing original price, tiny chips to spine-ends and corners, short closed edge tear to top front panel, a few tiny abrasions to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. A high school senior joins an Air Force expedition attempting the first circumnavigation of the solar system to determine the cause of the sudden dimming of light and drop in temperature around the world.

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cover shows very minor rubbing at corners and along spine edges. DJ has two faint sticker shadows on the back. Else As New. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.