Search Results: Fiction from Brillig Books

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Book. Illus. by Marc Simont. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. First issue with illustrator's name misspelled on the title page. Red cloth spine over blue cloth covered boards. Color illustrated endpapers. 124pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white by Marc Simont. A tight, clean, volume with a small thin white strip blanking prior owner signature and faint yellowing to board edges, in a dust jacket with minor edgewear to spine ends and front panel with two very small closed edge tear and a short diagonal tear near spine top. Despite the flaws noted, a quite attractive dust jacket without egregious faults. Very good plus in a very good dust jacket..

NY: Harper and Row, (1971). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, grey cloth spine over grey/green cloth covered boards. 216pp. A very tight, fresh, crisp and apparently unread volume in a bright, sharp, fresh dust jacket with a small superficial scrape at spine edge, else fine. A brilliant fresh copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

London: Longmans, Green 1905. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 312pp. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. A very tight, fresh volume with bright gilt. A tiny pencil lead thin bubble on lower board and offsetting to ffep and last page, else fine. With the minor flaws noted, this is still a very attractive, near fine volume and quite scarce in such excellent condition..

NY: Viking Press, (1967). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, bone white cloth spine over blue paper covered boards. Top edge stained yellow. 345pp. A fine, very fresh and apparently unread copy in a very good plus or better dust jacket The edge stain is bright and the volume is completlely unblemished and tight. The dust jacket has a bare hint of soil, a very lightly sunned spine and a cuople of nicely closed edge tears at the base of spine. Despite the minor defects noted a very attractive jacket over a perfect volume..

Cleveland, OH: D.B. Brooks & Brother, 1856. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Early reprint of the 1937 first edition. 16mo. original blindstamp decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 144 pp. Illustrated throughout with 28 full page engravings. A sound, tight, clean volume with unmarked interior and crisp, fine pages. Spine cloth is splitting along one edge and there is a 1/4" of spine cloth lackiing at top but text block very sound. Rubbing at corners. About very good..

New York: Schocken Books, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 113pp. Author's first book. A very tight, clean, fresh volume in a crisp, bright dust jacket with one short closed tear at bottom edge, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

NY: Alfred Knopf, 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition in English. Octavo, red cloth covered spine over cream paper covered boards. 309pp. plus biographical note on author. A modern Spanish Madame Bovary. A very tight, fresh and unblemished volume in a crisp, sharp, dust jacket with very slight minor wear. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

London: Secker & Warburg, (1988). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards. 336pp. plus notes on author and translator. A very tight, clean copy in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with slight short crimp a top front corner, else fine. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

New York: Harper, (1915)., 1915. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, olive green cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 378pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. A very nice copy, tight, clean and unmarked with fresh cloth and bright gilt title and spine title. Darkened top edge, else fine. Near fine..

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. Book. Illus. by Stephen Alcorn. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated french wraps (self wraps) paperback. 141 pp. plus acknowledgments page. Illulstrated by Stephen Alcorn. By the author of Haussman Or The Distinction. Author's FIRST BOOK. A very tight, clean, fresh, crisp, square, bright, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Flawless. AS NEW..

New York: Doubleday, 1997. Book. Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated wraps. 227pp. ARC ("Uncorrected Proof") with publisher's contact information printed on top of front panel and "bound galley" indicated and publication information on rear panel. A tight, clean, square, unmarked volume with flat spine and bright covers. A few flecks of white rub at spine edge and a minor soft crease to top corner through first few pages. Despite the minor flaws noted, a very good plus copy..

London: John Calder, (1990) Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 134pp. A posthumous collection of previously "uncollected" works by the Nobel prize winning novelist and dramatist. A very clean, fresh and tight volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy..

Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1859. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Second Edition from the plates of the first edition, extra-illustrated. Octavo, half bound in red leather over red marbled paper covered boards, with raised bands on spine, gilt spine title and 4 decorative emblems on spine. Red marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. pp. viii. 323 including index. Extra-illustrated with frontispiece engraving of the author. A tight, internally clean, fresh, bright unmarked and unblemished volume with distinctive custom printed collector's bookplate on pastedown. Moderate rubbning to extemities and spine edges. Front spine joint begining to split but soundly attached. Spine titles bright and all images in fine condition with crisp, undamaged tissue guards in place. Very good..

Decatur, Georgia, U.S.A.: Meisha Merlin Pub, 2004. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo, Black cloth covered boards with gitl spine titles. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volulme with brilliant spine titles and fresh cloth in a very tight, crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers, 1984. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo, brown illustrated stiff wraps. 105 pp. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ROPEROS on title page. A tight, clean, crisp, square, glossy, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Small creasing to lower corner of few pages, else fine. Near fine. SCARCE..

New York: Elsevier/Nelson Books, 1981. Book. Illus. by Bradley Clark. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. Octavo light blue paper covered boards with silver spine titles. 210 pp. An anthology of short stories by some of the most renowned authors in speculative fiction as well as sports assembled around the theme of baseball, futuristic, alien, alternative and everything in between. Includes stories by Frederick Pohl, Rod Serling, Jack C. Haldeman II, Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Paul Gallico, Bill Pronzini, and Barry N. Malzberg among others. Vivid jacke illustration by Bradley Clark. This is an exceptional collector's volume, perfectly preserved under a jacket protector. A very tight, very crisp volume with fresh unblemished boards and bright clear spine titles, unmarked and apparently unread in a really tight, very sharp, crisp, brilliant, unclipped dust jacket. Fresh as a daisy in every respect. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A beauty..

New York: Dc Comics, 2004. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Large octavo, illustrated stiff wraps (trade paperback). Generously illusrrated throughout in color and black and white. A tight, clean, stiff, square, crisp, stiff, glossy, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. Very fine. AS NEW..

Nwe York: W W Norton. 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. Second Printing. Thick octavo, black cloth spine over orange paper covered boards. 480pp. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with a shallow crease on inside foldover, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Virtually as new..

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Thick octavo, black cloth spine over dark teal paper covered boards. 396 pages including very extensive notes. Edited and introduced by John Haffenden. Fine in fine dust jacket. Unread..

New York: Penguin, 1998. Book. As New. Trade Paperback. Four volumes, octavo, illustrated trade paperbacks in decorative printed slipcase. The four best known novels of Jane Austen in brand new trade paperback editions by Penguin and housed in a decoratively printed cardboard slipcase. All volumes bright, fresh, crisp, sparkling, unmarked and unread with flat uncreased spines (with just a thin scratch on spine of Sense and Sensibility) in a perfect glossy, bright slipcase. BRAND NEW..