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New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1933. 307 pp. Black cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, tears to spine ends and larger tear to bottom spine. Maps on endpapers. Uncut page edges.. First Edition. Cloth. Good + to Very Good-/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Fiction.

Chicago: The Black Archer Press, 1931. A Checklist of the Foremost American First Editions from 1640 to the Present Day. Together with a few Prefatory Remarks. Illustrated. 122 pp. Inscription on front free endpaper reads:"For Robert F. Sisk from his radio friend Ashon J.(last name??), Chicago The day of the Big Wind 1931". (Robert Sisk was a Hollywood producer in the 30's -50s). Limited edition. "of this work, four hundred and forty-five copies have been issued for subscribers..." Most pages with handwritten notes next to book titles or prices in the margins. Brown cloth with gilt design on front cover and spine. Some rubbing/scuffing to covers and spine ends. Overall covers are Good. Some loosing to hinges on some pages. Overall interior is Good.. Limited. Cloth. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7". First Editions.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. With drawings by Clarence Day Jr. 184 pp. Missing DJ. Brown paper boards with green linen spine and faded gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and top corners have exposed boards, edges are rubbed, minor scuffing to cover faces, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Red top page edge. Endpaper browning. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Interior page edges are browning, light foxing throughout. Book in Good condition.. First Edition. Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clarence Day Jr.. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Fiction.

New York: Walker and Company, 1977. Review copy with laid-in request for clippings by publisher. First Edition. 222 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering on spine. DJ in VG- condition with dirt scuffs along edges, small tear along corner of back flap and on bottom of front cover, rubbing to spine edge. Book is clean, tight and in NF condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Mystery.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. Translated from the German by Whittaker Chambers. With a foreword by John Galsworthy. From the foreword: "Bambi is a delicious book. Delicious not only for children, but for those who are no longer so fortunate. For delicacy of perception and essential truth I hardly know any story of animals that can stand beside this life-story of a forest deer." 223 pp. Unattributed b/w illustrations at beginning of every chapter. DJ in Fair/Good- condition with significant chips and tears to edges and corners, soiling and stains, darkened spine, spine ends torn or missing, gift inscription on front of jacket, flaps are price-clipped. Back of jacket is advertisement for 'The Lure of Bird Watching' by E. W. Hendy. Cover is green cloth with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, soiling and stains (white marks) to covers, small holes to joints from wear, spine ends are bent with some fraying. Publisher blind stamp on back cover.… Read More

London: Frank Hollings, 1916. Includes First Editions, Nugae and Privately Printed Books, Contributions to Books, Contributions to Periodicals and Newspapers, The Wessex Novels, Critical Notices, Essays and Appreciations in Books, Essays and Appreciations in Periodicals, Plays, Appendix and Index. 128 pp. Gilt motif with TH initials on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine ends & corners slightly bumped/rubbed. Covers mildly rubbed/slight discoloration(hard to see) in places.Exterior is VG-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good-. Illus. by Facsimiles. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Bibliography.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. , 1914. Book in Very Good condition. DJ only Fair, with tears and chips, some missing pieces, front and back detached. 86 pp. Total of forty-seven poems. Eight pages in back with other MESSRS. METHUEN'S PUBLICATIONS.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair to Poor. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Poetry.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. "Maeve Binchy has fashioned a compassionate and totally absorbing novel, one that creates a vivid and magnificently complete world of an irresistible Ireland and a circle of unforgettable friends." 565 pp. DJ in Good condition with edges bent/some chipping, one inch tear to lower spine edge, dirt smudges to back and some adhesive remains along bottom edge of back. Rubbing to cover edges and spine edges bent. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Good+. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Fiction.

Alfred A. Knopf 1968 New York, 1968. "Updike's fifth novel concerns the interactions of ten couples in an out-of-the-way New England community called Tarbox. The circle of acquaintance is felt as a magic circle, with ritual games, religious substitutions, a priest, and a scapegoat." The story takes place over a period of a year- spring to spring. 458pp. Blue cloth. Spine faded. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-. Illus. by Jeanyee Wong. 8vo. Novel.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. A Book of Nature Stories. Charming illustrations by Harrison Cady. Stated First Edition. 184 pp. Red cloth covers with black lettering and images of animal characters on front. Missing DJ. Cover corners are bumped, edges and corners rubbed, spine ends are bumped and starting to fray. Residue from scotch tape (?) on middle and bottom of front joint. Illustrated endpapers. Scotch tape (2") adhered on front inside cover, and some dirt smudges to page edges. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Cady. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". Juvenile.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1911. Contents include: The Plays of J. M. Synge; Fiscal Measures; Good Acting; The Well-Made Play; Some Plays of Mr. G. B. Shaw; Three Acted Plays of Moliere; Improvements in Play-Making; Some Points of Ibsen; Shakespere's way with Agincourt; Oscar Wilde's Comedies; Playgoing at Stratford-On-Avon; Mr. Masefield's Tragedies; Good and Bad Subjects for Plays and several more. 276 pp. Linen dark green cloth with gilt ruling and lettering. Decorative spine in gilt with lettering. top edge gilt, fore-edge trimmed and bottom edge roughly cut. Acetate protective DJ. Bump to upper right corner and light bumping to heel of spine o/w Very Good +. Owner's signature in top corner of free endpaper.Several small foxing spots on blank page before half-title p. and on last p. of book o/w interior is clean, tight and Very Good.. Cloth. Very Good/Protective Cover. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7". Essays.

London: A.C. Fifield , 1910. 60 pp. Paper over board ? covers. two mild dampstains on front cover. Covers are overall Good to Good+. Spine darkened, two tiny nicks and ends, tiny pieces missing? Interior clean, tight and VG+. Edges untrimmed. Four pages in back with advertisements for other publications of Mr. Fifield.. Boards. Good. Size: Approx. 4 1/2 " x 6 3/4". Poetry.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. Gift inscription on front free endp. otherwise interior is clean, tight, and VG+ condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Fishing.

Boston: Little Brown & Co. Boston, 1968. SIGNED by author.who was a direct descendant of Izaak Walton, and former editor of The Atlantic Monthly. Weeks illustrates his skill as an essayist, and permits us to share his joys with tenderness and elegance. 233 pps. Bruns-57. Bright blue cloth, gilt lettering and decor. Dust jacket has been cut and glued into book. Front cover is glued to front endpaper with numbers "61FWW3" written above it. On front free endpaper SIGNED:"For Allan Eckert in admiration, Edward Weeks." On front blank sheet, before title page, the DJ's front flap and on verso the DJ's back cover. On front free endpaper and bottom page edge stamped: "From the library of Allan W. Eckert 1990". Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. Small sticker? residue? on spine, otherwise exterior is Very Good+. (Allan W. Eckert is an historian, naturalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter and playwright. Most noted for his historical and natural history… Read More

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1953. "In this unusual story of an unusual young woman, Daniel Stern has created a world of many dimensions." 338 pp. Water damage to the DJ and covers that has adhered the jacket to the cover. Interior is clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/Good-. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Fiction.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. 205 pp. Black board with gilt letters on spine. Red top edge. Covers show some mild wear, but in good condition. Significant tear (2.5 inches) to the bottom of one of the back free pages. Stain and damage to red back endpaper. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good.. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/2". Famous Author.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1967. "Long, rich and immensely engrossing, the narrative takes on the recurring crescendo effect of a cliff-hanger as Leviathan meets her ultimate test -- spearheading an urgent patrol that takes her deep into freezing Arctic waters and brings the warring factions on board to a fierce battle for supremacy." 421 pp. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. DJ in Good condition with chipping to edges and corners, tears to spine tips. Light rubbing to cover corners and edges, spine tips are bent. Page edges have brown spots. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Fiction.

Chicago: American Book Mart, 1938. A Reference Guide to More Than 2,500 Books of Value, Giving Author, Title, Date and Other Facts Determining the Valuable Edition and Listing the American Book Mart's Cash Offer for Each Book. 184 pp. Mild bumping to cover corners and edges. Interior clean, except for two areas of ink underlined sentences on back pages. Book is VG.. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7". Book Guide.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1985. "...Sweeps through more than sixty years, from the pre-war, pre-atomic innocence of the twenties and thirties to the turbulent immediate past." 644 pp. Dust Jacket in Fair condition with edges significantly chipped/torn, corners exposed, 1.5 inch tear and hole on front, and price-clipped. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover edges are sunned, but otherwise covers in Very Good condition. Marker symbol on front freepaper corner. Red smudges on back inside cover. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Fiction.

New York: The Literary Guild, 1931. Woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. 225 pp. Blue cloth covers. Missing DJ. Cover corners bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, some soiling and "waviness" to cover faces. Spine is discolored from sun exposure, title bar missing, spine ends are bent and fraying. Bug damage to front free endpaper and half title page. Heavy foxing throughout first pages, rest of interior is browning. Book in Good- condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by J. J. Lankes. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Fiction.