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NY: Harper, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Edition stated, letter code A-Q; good (cocked, boards bowed; spine ends crimped; white stain at spine tail; owner's name front pastedown; rear hinge starting; light, sporadic foxing; second rear blank flyleaf creased) in fair dj (heavily chipped on all edges and especially at spine, part of 'D' of title is missing; edges worn, torn, and creased). Dj price $2.50. 296 pp. Interesting novel of Hitler's covert invasion of South Africa.

NY: Putnam, 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1st, black cloth, good (rear hinge starting, gilt dull, spine ends worn, lt. spotting on covers, spine ends bumped and worn; cracked at pp64-65; stains to top edges of p3-24, does not affect text), in a facsimile dj which is not quite large enough; a line of text on the rear flap (books by Ethel M. Dell) is missing. Also it was made from a copy with a sunned spine. Still it does what it can to make the book handsome. 191 pp.

New York: The Century Co., 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. First edition, published October of 1911. 12mo, red cloth with gilt stamped title. No jacket. Good+ (cocked; boards bowed; board corners, spine ends bumped and worn; spine quite sunned; rear panel worn; cracked pp. 240-241, pp.272-273; toned, with a few small spots throughout not affecting text). 394pp.

Cape Town: University of Cape Town, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Limited first edition: hand numbered #113 of 200 copies. SIGNED by the author on limitation page in blue ink. Thick 4to., orange cloth boards with blue stamped title on spine. No dustjacket. Good (cocked; boards bowed, marked, soiled and rubbed; spine toned, edges bumped; edges dustsoiled; light foxing to eps, but pages clean, though toning). 458pp.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good+. First of the South African mini-series tie-in paperback published by Penguin. 7.25" x 4.75", black paper covers. Good+ (used and worn; covers show creases to spine, some folds, particularly lower left corner of rear panel; pink circular sticker on spine and previous owner's sticker on rear panel; lightly toned; cracked pp.84-85). 189pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. First edition stated. 12mo., blue cloth boards with white stamped title and design. Good+ (cocked; front board bumped at corners and edges; rear board corner bumped; toned and dustsoiled; original owner's notes written lightly in pencil on ffep) in a fair original unclipped dj (1.5" chip missing from head of spine; smaller significant chips to tail and top or rear panel; torn at corners; worn; spine sunned; toned). 323pp.

Cincinnati: Moore, Wilsatch, Keys, & Co., 1858. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition, no additional printings indicated. Recased small 8vo with original blind embossed cloth panels, gilt illustrations and title. Good (boards bowed; spine sunned; corners bumped and worn; gilt to spine has completely rubbed away; board edges rubbed and lightly worn; frontis page torn; 2"-tear to tipped-in map "repaired" with tape; chips to original rfep; internally clean). One additional illustration is affixed to the front pastedown. 456pp.

London: A. & F. Pears, 1912. 1st Edition . Disbound. Poor. The December 1912 Pears' Christmas annual, nearly complete but missing the front cover. Includes the first instance of Sir H. Rider Haggard's short story Magepa the Buck. 16" x 12", disbound. Several pages have large tears, a few affecting text, though none affecting Haggard's story. Otherwise browned, toned and lightly soiled. Includes two full-color illustrated plates in excellent shape.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. Soft cover. Good+. Advance Reading Copy of Run for the Trees, to be published in 1966, by James S. Rand - the pen name of Bernard George Attenborough. Black illustrated paper covers. Good+ (rubbed and worn, particularly the spine and especially at the head; toning and a bit handled, but pages are clean and tight). Quite scarce. 398pp.

Garden City, NY / New York, NY: Garden City Publishing Co./Simon & Schuster, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. Three vol. collection of the Life and Works of Trader Horn. First volume is SIGNED in bold pen "Aloysius Horn" with the original owner's inscription: "Dear Dad Vermillion: I met this interesting old adventurer when he was here and I had him autograph this copy of his book for you. Affectionately Will 1929." No edition remarks. Vol. 2, "Harold the Webbed, or The Young Vykings" was published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1928, and is a 1st printing of the 1st edition. Vol. 3, "The Waters of Africa" was published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1929 and is a 2nd printing. First volume is a 12mo. in dark green cloth with a black title and illustration; vols. 2 and 3 are 8vos in brighter green cloth with gilt titles and copper designs. Maps of Africa comprise the eps. Set is in very good- condition (cocked, bumped, rubbed, faded; boards bowed,… Read More

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. First, published January 1906 stated with NAP. Small 8vo, green cloth boards with white stamped title and design. No jacket. Good (cocked; boards bowed; corners, ends of spine bumped; spine, edges rubbed and worn; shelfrubbed; remains of a torn-out bookplate on front pastedown; browned and toned, particularly edges). 293pp.