Search Results: Fiction from Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books

Boston: Lee And Shepard, 1870 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland in good condition.<p>

Front board cracked and coming loose from the book at the title page.. Front title page loose but in the book. Page three loose
from the book , complete 192 pages.<p>

Gold tipped edges. The second edition puiblished in the US after the 1869 edition Lee and Appleton which used sheets printed in the UK. Faded spine.

New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1890 Bright Tourquoise Boards in very good or better condition, very light edge wear . Inside pages clean and unmarked. Really nice book.<p>

With over eighty full page illustrations from the originals by George Roux.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1936 Boards in good plus condition, dark green with light green lettering. An inch stain on the bottom corner tips. Age darkened pages. Complete dust jacket, some small edge tears.

New York: The Century Co., 1912 The Boards are in beautiful condition. Dark blue with a heart on the front cover with blue leaves outlined in green and with white roses.<p>

The spine also has the white roses and blue leaves outlined in green.<p>

Very light wear.

USA: Penguin Books, 1985 Exterminator! by William S. Burroughs, inscribed and signed my Mr.
Burroughs.<p>

The copyright dates on the inside of the title page states that Penguin
books first printing was in 1979 and the last printing in this book was 1985. The back of the book states that the design cover was done
by Neil Stuart in 1984 Art selected by Andrew Wylie, =<p>

The book has an inscription on the inside front cover but it is not in English and I do not know what it says.<p>

The book comes with an obituary of Mr. Burroughs, in front of him on the cover are a bunch of roses, also comes with a sheet listing the Casket Bearers, Honorary Casket Bearers, Appreciation, and music selections. The back of the sheet is verses fromUlysses.<p>

The story behind this book/bundle is quite amazing. While this person lived in Brooklyn, the man around the corner from his apartment cheated on his wife and she caught him and they had a big fight that the whole building could hear and… Read More

New York: A. L. Burt, 1924 Book is in very good condition. A dedication on the front end paper
Really nice boards . String binding, illustration on page 23 halfway loose. Page 15 spine cracked at the lower bottom, darkened edges.
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Mylar covered dust jacket, inch off the bottom of the dust jacket spine, small piece missing at the top of the dust jacket spine 1/8.
Quarter size stain at the bottom right hand side of the front of the dust jacket. Back board of the dust jacket has some inch chips on the bottom and top edges. Overall the dust jacket is very presentable and looks good or better.<p>

A Moon Queen Series, has lots of illustrations black and white and green and white.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1962 Book in near fine condition. Stated first edition 1962. Dust jacket good. Has fading to the spine. Spine white, No rips or tears signed by the auther. Price clipped

New York: The Viking Press Publishers, 1940 Tan cloth boards, some darking on the edges, and some foxing, brown spots on the cloth boards. Solid binding. Dust Jacket in fair condition.
Complete front and back covers, inside flap completely taped at the
fold. Three inch piece missing at the bottom of the spine of the dust jacket.

New York: The Bobbs.Merrill Company, 1941 Green cloth boards very good, bottom bumped corner. Inscribed on the frist blank page and signed by Lorene Pearson. The book includes a 5 page letter signed by Lorene, also includes a xmas card signed by Lorene and Harry. The book is stated a first edition

The dust jacket is good minus condition, has a 3 inch peace missing at the top of the spine that gets into the book title and a large corner tip missing removing the t on Harvest.

A Mormom historical novel set in Utah.

Nice to have with all the extras.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1987 Dark green pebbled faux leather book with slipcase. Edges marbled in green. 1987 collector's edition reissue of the 1966 edition. 1st thus 5th impression. Thor's map reproduced in the front and back endpapers<p>

I counted 5 full page multi colored illustrations, and I counted 6 full page green illustrations, some smaller intext green illustrations.<p>

Number line H10987654.<p>

Slipcase and book in reallly nice condition.

New York: Aventine Press, 1931 Ex libary in good condition. Blue cloth boards darkened edges to covers and inside pages. Library marks . Except for library marks no other markings on pages.

Dust Jacket has a 5" tear completely separating from dust jacket and taped back in. Lots of edge wear and chips.

Greenberg Publisher, Inc., 1925 Book in very good condition with the box in very good condition, box lid has an inch chip and inch tear on the bottom edge of one side.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company Flexible soft bright red leather covers, red ribbon book markers. Really nice condition.<p>

No copyright date, ca 1900s ?<p>

Two volumes.

New York: Franklin Watts Green cloth boards very good. Inside pages clean and unmarked.<p>

Dust jacket good, no copyright date,
dust jacket has a couple of large tears to the spine that has been taped back on the inside of the dust jacket cover.Looks like maybe a sticker removed from top corner of the inside dust jacket flap.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1963 Fine red cloth boards with yellow text and a yellow outline of schnitzel on the front board.

Dust jacket very good , not price clipped, price 3.50. Inch chip at the top of the spine of the dust jacket.

Inside pages clean and unmarked. Nice black and white illustrations.

USA: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1973 Red cloth boards in good condition, a few blemishes to the front cover and bumped corners. Inscribed by Jacqueline Susann on the front brown
end paper. A book club edition book.

Includes an 8x10.25 press photo of Jacqueline Susann with a drawing of her poodle Josie.

The dust jacket is complete with an inch tear at the bottom of the spine

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1947 Boards very good, gold text, light wear.

I counted 12 full page black and white illustrations. I hope I counted right, there are in text illustrations too. Each full page illustration has a
plate number on the back with a description of the illustration.<p>

Inscribed by Frances Parkinson Keyes on the inside front blank page.<p>

The dust jacket is complete , price clipped. An inch tear at the top
of the spine of the dust jacket. A few bends at the top of the front of the dust jacket and a rubbed spot at the top left hand edge, a small part of the O on Once rubbed off.

P. F. Volland Company, 1918 Book in near fine condition.<p>

The bottom of the box has one broken corner. The Lid has all corners broken, have been clear taped back, tear in the lid middle edge. The lid has foxing on the edges. The box is fair condition.<p>

Still nice to have the complete box with the book

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1927 Dust jacket and green cloth boards with gold lettering in very good condition. Dust jacket mylar covered. Former owners book plate on the inside front board. Book price 75 cents. First published in 1926. Reissue
after Doran merged with Doubleday in 1927. Very early reissue with the original dust jacket.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1904 The book is in good - condition. The cover is starting to come loose from the spine but the inside contents are solid. Blue cloth spine has an inch tear at the bottom.
Fading and scuff marks to the cover. Overall decent looking.<p>

Lots of blue stamps to the front end papers and some of the inside back side blank pages (For Deposit Only).
Blue stamps (lots) also to the title page.<p>

Lots of color illustrations.<p>

A very strange book about a little girl who burns off her head and it is replaced by her parents with a black kettle with features drawn into place and held on by a sunbonnet parents seem to be happy with the results..

A rare book.