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Very Good Book in Fair DJ with edge wear along top and bottom including chip at base of DJ spine. Areas where dark blue ink of DJ is rubbed through to white DJ base. The Baker Street Irregulars, Inc. was a literary society founded in 1934 and dedicated to all things Sherlock Holmes. This was their first publication of the Holmes series.

As New/Fine in slipcase. Second printing of the facsimile edition by Hadley Publishing.

Edited by Angus Wells. Dust jacket in Brodart protective sleeve; not price clipped. Light browning near top edge of jacket.

Hear fine hardcover in red buckram & tan linen. No dust jacket. Limited to 348 copies of which this is number 42. Introduction by L. Sprague DeCamp. "The Duriac script facsimile edition of Al-Azif, a work also known as the Necronomicon." As mentioned by H.P. Lovecraft. Interior printed in two-color red and black ink. Amazing book to hold.

New Book in New DJ. First edition/first printing with complete number line 1-10.

Alfred A. Knopf: New York, May 2009. New Book in New DJ. No internal markings. Clean, bright and square in gift-ready condition. Whitney imagines the story of the M.S. St. Louis and the young lives escaping Nazi Germany. Eli Wiesel said of the book,"'The Other Half of Life' is an excellent introduction for young readers wishing to understand contemporary history and its traumatic and moral challenges."

Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 2004. New Book in New DJ. First edition with complete number line 1 - 10. This book was the winner of the 2001 Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Judy Blume/Workin-Progress Grant for a Contemporary Novel for Young People, and the 2002 PEN/New England Children's Book Caucus Discovery Award. From the author of "The Other Half of Life."

First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harper & Row: New York, 1973. First Edition. Fine Book in Fine, price clipped DJ, in protective mylar. A lovely poem-story based on the Adoff family and full of love and delight. Illustrated by Emily McCully. Ages 4 - 8.

Condition: Good with edgewear and age toning. Previous owner inscription on the back of the front cover. Black and white pictorial wraps with orange lettering. First edition stated, fourth printing. Rich was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry posthumously.

First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine in protective Mylar. Delacorte Press: New York, 1986. First printing as stated. Foxing at top of text block; glue residue under DJ flaps. Cover art by Edward Gorey. ISBN: 0385294808

Doubleday. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Doubleday and Co: New York, 1964. Fine Book in Fine DJ, in protective mylar. First edition (published in the UK one year later in 1965). Original price $3.50 on DJ flap. The author’s second book (preceded by The Wolves of Willoughby) set in an elaborate alternative history of Britain. Aiken was inspired by Dickens to create an intricate plot she believed helpful to children’s habit of rereading or having books reread to them.

Very Good book in Good dj. Boards show light edgewear at head and heel of spine. Some color loss to front of dj with light sunning to spine. The story departs from the supernatural genre Aiken is best known for. Original ISBN: 0385075359.

Doubleday. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Doubleday & Company: New York, 1969. Very Good Book in Good DJ. Slight edge wear to boards including light fade to back board. DJ corners worn, price-clipped, very small chips to foot of spine. Later printing. Illustrated by Frank Bozzo.

Doubleday. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Doubleday & Company: New York, 1974. Good Book in Good DJ. Pre-bound Library Edition. First Edition stated. Tape residue on FFEP along with library stamp. Minimal slant to text block and age toning. ISBN: 0385085168

Small Beer Press. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Big Mouth House: Easthampton, MA, 2008. As New Book in As New DJ. Appears unread. This is the first complete collection of the author’s Armitage series with four new stories. Introductions from Joan Aiken’s daughter, and author Garth Nix.

Ardis/Overlook, 2013. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Good book in Very Good dj. Small bump to top of front and back boards with corresponding wrinkles to dj. Slight soiling to half title pages; toning at fore edge and top of textblock. DJ is toned along top and at folds. Twenty-six tales chosen by Jenkins including shorts from M. R. James, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Saki and others.

Very Good/Very Good. Unclipped. Age toining inside flaps. Pictorial jacket by Alan Turnbridge. From the author of Frankenstein Unbound. Original SBN: 0224009419

Very Good/ Near Fine. Slight lean to spine. Discoloration at upper edges of dj inner flaps. Light edgewear at dj top corners. First edition/printing. Aldiss' novel was the basis for the 1993 horror flick. Original ISBN: 0224009036

Very Good/ Near Fine. Slight lean to spine. Discoloration at upper edges of dj inner flaps. Light edgewear at dj top corners. First edition/printing. Aldiss' novel was the basis for the 1993 horror flick. Original ISBN: 0224009036