Search Results: Fantasy from Spafford Books

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1896. (Cloth) 315pp. Very good. Frontispiece, illustrations. Spine somewhat darkened. T.e.g. Former owner's small blind stamp on title page. A bit shaken; faint tide-line on upper portion of the first three pages. Cover and illustrations by W.W. Denslow and Ike Morgan..

London, UK: Chancellor Press 1 85152 0198 [1 85152 0198] 1987. (hardcover) 271pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Wedgewood blue coloured cloth, silver title to spine and decoration to front. Clean, solid, with colour plates as well as black and white drawings..

New York: Greenwich House/Crown Publishers, Inc. 0-517-44500X [0-517-44500X] 1984. (hardcover) ix, 612pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. 8vo. A collection of 13 short novels by celebrated authors in the field. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine, light markings to rear board; otherwise clean, bright, solid. Complete and unabridged..

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Courage Books/Running Press [9780894717680] 1989. (hardcover) 56pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Folio. 10 0f the classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, retold by Louise Betts Egan. Clean, bright, crisp..

London: Hodder & Stoughton NONE [NONE] [00no date]. (hardcover) xii, 163pp. Near fine. 4to. Brown linen, title and illustration stamped in dark green and burgundy to front, and in gilt to spine. Frontispiece, as well as 23 other tipped-in full colour plates on grey (heavy) paper, all with descriptive tissue guards. Black and white illustrations, decorative top margins. Lightly starting at front hinge and between pages 92 and 93. Light foxing. Else is clean, the plates bright and beautiful, pages crisp. Undated, circa 1913. Minon-Minette. Felicia or the Pot of Pinks. The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Rosanie or the Inconstant Prince. The Man Who Never Laughed. John and the Ghosts. The Czarina's Violet..

the Copp Clark Co. Limited [no date]. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. Circa 1941. The writings of Frank Baum are brought to life by the beautiful illustrations of Jno.R.Neill. This copy is in amazing condiotion, with dust jacket. The front cover page has a slight tear. Paper is browning as is usual with this pulpy stock. SCARCE in such a good jacket. Absolute minimal edgewear concentrating at the corners. There is a beautifully written inscription on the front page..

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co. (1920), 1st edition, second printing. (Cloth) 266pp. Very good. Frontispiece, illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Lightly rubbed. Hinges tender. Former owner's name on presentation page. 12 coulour plates. Second printing of the first edition, with "Glinda" as the 13th (and last) title in the series. Illustrations by John R. Neill..

New York: HarperLargePrint [0-06-075076-6] 2004, Large Print edition. (Mass market paperback) 541pp. Very good. 8vo. English. Large print copy of what was perhaps the author's finest and best known work. There is a gift inscription penned (small, neat) at the front; an otherwise fine copy. Márquez was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1982. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa..

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co. 1912. (Cloth) 298pp. Very good. A nice, tight copy with very light wear and a couple of small tears at head of spine. Pictorial cover and spine lettering bright. Bookplate. First edition of the second (and last) "Daring" title, cover variant 1. Illustrated by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens..

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. 1938. (Cloth) 255pp. Very good plus. Illustrated e.p.'s. A particularly clean and bright copy. Rear cover shows only a few small abrasions and a few discernible stains. Very nice bright front cover. Gift inscription on endpaper. Illustrated by John R. Neill. First printing with Handy Mandy on spine. Hanff, Green p102..

New York: Berkley Books 978-0-425-21518-0 [978-0-425-21518-0] 2007. (hardcover) x, 400pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Collection of 18 short stories of magic from some of the modern masters and NYT bestsellers, sucha S Neil gaiman, Garth Nix, Eoin Colfer, Orson Scott Card, and others..