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With Provenance on Back in Pencil says Crater Lake W/C, Painted by Edith Head The clothing designeer for Hollywood Given to Vern Turner by a person from Wesley Gardens, 1948. Fine Condition, with slight rub edge Frame,GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, With Frame & Matting 15 X 16 3/4 Inches, The picture itself is 8 X 10 inches, AS-IS, Wonderful piece Artwork. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound.

Oblong MATTED in black, PAPER SIGNED BY WALT DISNEY, 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 in . Creasing Tears to some Portions not Affecting Signature of Disney or other ARTWORK, Signature Guaranteed Authentic, Verso of Paper is White TAPE which Adheres it to MATTING on BACKside & Mends some Tears, SOLD AS-IS , Overall VERY NICE , SIGNED Matted Piece of PAPER, BY WALT DISNEY, The Drawing of Mickey & Best Wishes Mickey Mouse are by DISNEY ARTIST. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound.

New York: Scribner's, 1944. SIGNATURE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, Personally SIGNED BY RAYMOND CHANDLER & DATED on Blank Endpapers Hollywood ,MARCH 30, 1944, IN FRONT OF BOOK Written BY BEN HECHT A Guide for the Bedeviled , Chandler also added "From // Dr. Sam Hirshfeld" on Endpapers, BOOK Written BY BEN HECHT ,HARDBACK NODustjacket, NOJACKET, BK GOOD CONDITION, 1944, SIGNED BY RAYMOND CHANDLER & DATED Hollywood ,MARCH 30, 1944, IN FRONT OF BOOK BY BEN HECHT A Guide for the Bedeviled GREEN CLOTH LIGHT RUB WEAR, Hirshfeld was a Hollywood physician active in the 1940's and a good friend of Hecht's & CHANDLER - he is mentioned in "Harpo Speaks" as attending a Marx dinner with Hecht, and Hecht gave his funeral oratory. The cloth boards are worn and the dust jacket is missing. Interior sound. BOOK Written BY BEN HECHT . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1911 On TITLE Pg, , 1st Edition, Very Good+.Small black Cloth Hardcover LITE WEAR, . Signed by Author, Very good condition; no tears, creases or discoloration, INTERIOR PGS LITE FOX, Blank Endpapers, 169 PGS, + ADS. NO JACKET,, Early OVAL B/W Frontispiece Portait at AGE 23, He was invited to live in San Diego by a pair of real-estate developers, the High brothers, who enticed him by promising to build a mansion to his specifications. The result was the Villa Montezuma AKA SPOOK HOUSE (named after "The Montezuma", a migrant ship that first brought Shepard to America, COMPLETE WITH DEVILFISH WEATHER VANE ATOP THE MANSION , & RACOWITZA, French Academy Sully Prudhomme, ETC. was invited to live in San Diego by a pair of real-estate developers, the High Brothers, who Enticed him by promising to build a Mansion to His Specifications. The result was the Villa Montezuma BUILT IN 1887, where he Lived with his Secretary LOVER , LAWRENCE TONNER, (named after "The Montezuma", a migrant… Read More

HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET ISSUED, PART 1 1870 on Title pg & 1868 ON COPYRIGHT, PART 2 1870 on Title pg & 1869 ON COPYRIGHT ,2 VOLS, 1ST EDITION , EARLY ISSUE, PART FIRST & SECOND, VG- & Other Volmue is VG-/GOOD- ONLY condition , AS-IS, 2 VOLUMES,Part 1st UNSTATED 341 pages +ADS END WITH MISS LILY'S VOYAGEPart 2 Stated on spine CVR, 359 PGS + ADS END WITH NOTICES FROM AMERICAN PRESS PART 1ST HAS SCUFFING WEAR SPINE CVR Edges,Stain back of Frontispiece & TOP BACK CVR,SPINE CVR TITLE FADE WEAR ETC, SLIGHT LEAN, SOME INTEROR FOX , PART 2ND HAS SLIGHT LEAN SPINE WEAR, , , BurgundyRED Cloth with scuffed edges & wear & gold Gilt Oval on front with Title & Author , This book is in great condition for its age, & Other Volmue is FAIR- ONLY,, BACK COVER & SPINE HAS SOME SUN WEAR & EDGE SCUFF, Back Cvr has small Fade at Top Edge, 341 pages +ADS AT BACK

HB NODustjacket, March 1924, 1st Edition, 2ND Printing STATED on Copyright Pg, Dates MATCH on Title & Copyright pg, VG- ,Minor damage to the inside of the back cover creating scuffing blankendpaper. Hardcover, no dust jacket.VG- condition overall, spine and all pages intact. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, 1924, SPINE TITLES ARE Gone but Front book is Nice, Some wrinkling to Back Cvr,

,HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET ISSUED, SAYS WITH Illustrations on Title pg, 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE VG, NOJACKET , 1871 on Title Pg BOTH VOLS, 1ST EDITION , EARLY ISSUE, PART FIRST & PART SECOND, VG-/GOOD +, NO JACKET,AS-IS, PART 1 1871 on Title pg & 1868 ON COPYRIGHT & Has Small Spine edge Tear TOP BACK & tiny Chips ends of Spine & 10 PGS ADS AT BACK & MENTIONS LITTLE WOMEN 2 VOLS. $3, HAS DEFINITE LEAN FOXING STAINS,, PART 2 1871 on Title pg & 1869 ON COPYRIGHT & HAS SMALL SPINE TEAR BTM OUTER SPINE CVR BACK & LITE WRINKLING TO FRONT CVR & SMALL UPPER BLANK MARGIN CHIP PG 129 ,PUBLISHERS brownred Cloth Lite edgewear Scuff , VG CONDITION, Stamped in gold with litely scuffed edges & wear & Gold Gilt Oval on front with Title & Author .; (inner) hinges just starting Slightly; Illustrated From Engravings, ;SLIGHT LEAN , Inner Hinges in back Vol.1 Slightly crackedlight use to extremities of cloth; still, tight and sound.. 12mo,. BOTH VOLS SLIGHT LEAN , PART 1ST HAS 341 PGS + ADS THRU Arthur Helps's… Read More

, HARDBACK NODustjacket ISSUED, UNDATED BUT circa 1872, 1ST UK BRITISH EDITION ??, OF PART 1ST ENDS ON PG 283 & 2ND, WHICH WAS CALLED GOOD WIVES IN UK, Ends on pg 313 + Many ADS SOME Illustrated, IN HARDBACK in Single Volume, VG-, AS-IS, , APPRO X 6 1/2 X 4 1/4 IN. NO OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS, Ormiston Free Church School' prize Inscription to front end-paper dated 1875, awarded to Mary Kerr from Mrs. Stewart. Fox, THICK BROWN RED Bevelled DECORATED CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT WITH LITE EDGEWEAR, GOLD GILT PGS OUTE4R EDGES, SOME Interior MILD Foxing, Publ 'Tyler' ceased to be a partner of 'Ward, Lock' in 1873. FEW BLANKMARGIN SMALL EDGE CHIPS, Original publishers bevelled-edge brown cloth stamped in decorative black frames & gilt titles to front board & spine. Binding reasonably firm, general edge-wear, lean to text-block, all page edges gilt, rear-outer-hinge holding but fraying, minor innocuous repairs to inner-hinges. Joint title-page only. Front end-paper + iv + 283pp + ii + 313pp + 34pp publisher… Read More

,HBDJ, 1956 on Copyright pg, EARLY BRITISH ISSUE, 606TH THOUSAND, VG+, AS-IS, INNER DJ FLAP 8 S. 6D. NET, CATALOGUE # 3418/U. The signature is in blue ink., B/ W DECORATIONS BY E. H. SHEPARD , , with illustrations on the front of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh. BACK DJ FLAP MENTIONS WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE ARE 6, SMALL GREEN Illustrated Boards NEAR excellent with Good gilt FIGURES ON FRONT. , Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Inscribed ,Clean, no significant bumps or rubs .7 1/2 X 5 IN, APPROX . GREEN ILLUSTRATED CLOTH CVR Binding tight WITH BRIGHT GOLD GILT FIGURES , no loose or missing pages. Feels only lightly read. Page block clean and bright with no marks. Light age tone to text block edge as you would expect in a book of this age. Top of text block coloured green and has retained its colour. The dustwrapper is NEAR excellent. GREEN TOPSTAIN. 4mm closed tears to top and bottom of front cover/ flap, The spine is only very lightly sunned.

HB NODJ, 1973, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED this EDITION THUS, LIMITED EDITION #77/300 COPIES ,NEAR FINE, SLIPCASE, BLUE LEATHER CVR WITH CHRISTOPHER ROBIN & WINNIE THE POOH IN GOLD GILT, Blue leather bound with gilt stamp to front cover and gilt lettering & RAISED BANDS along spine, which shows light sunning, otherwise in Near Fine condition. goldGilt page edges. In original BLUE Slipcase, which is in Very Good condition, shows light shelf wear and rubbing to edges .NO JACKET.

HBDJ, 1st edition, SEPTEMBER 1928, 34th printing, Same Month As First. released in the same year as the London edition, ,Hardcover. BK VG-/GOOD+ DJ WITH TINY TEARS CHIPS EXTREMITIES, FEW PGS HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE CHIPS , though all printings starting with the first, were printed in the same month and year, . Covers a LITELY worn WH GILT READABLE ON FRONT CVR . Name written inside front cover and behind front endpaper. Front hinge starting to crack. In SLIGHTLYworn and chipped dust jacket. 7 3/4 X 5 3/4 IN. Approx , SMALL RED PINKISH CVR with Christopher Robin and Tigger in gilt, rrible, for what it's worth. 2 former owner names and an address crossed out on front endpapers. 178 pgs , In this collection, we learn that the "house" of the title is Eeyore's, which is (re)built by Piglet and Pooh; that Tigger does not like honey; and that while young Christopher Robin must go off to boarding school, the enchanted place of Pooh and his friends will always be waiting for him. The last of the four… Read More

HBDJ ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1928, VG-/VG- , Lite Staining at Fold DJ & Back & Front TINY CHIPS AT DJ SPINE ENDS ALL TITLES PRESENT, , PINKCLOTH HARDBACK WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES ON FRONT LITE FADE ,HAS STAIN SPOT FADE ON FRONT & BACK CVR CORNERS , BEIGE ILLUSTRATED DJ HAS LITE STAIN ON FRONT & BACK CORNER BTM, DJ IS SALMON ILLUSTRATED WITH ON DJ SPINE 7/6 NET WITH METHEUMN AT BTM SPINE DJ & BACK DJ WINNIE HOLDING CANDLE & TIGGER, Main issue is fading to bottom corners of the front and rear boards fr. Otherwise, a very tight, clean copy.Dustjacket in VG- condition with edgewear and staining to the bottom corners of front and rear panels. BACK 10 PGS OR SO HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE STAIN , BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6 , , first British edition and precedes all others, being the earliest and most desirable printing of this book. This British edition precedes the American Edition,once more we meet Christopher robin & his friends in the forest

HARDBACKNODJ, 1ST EDITION , 1866 ON TITLE PG, .FIRST LONDON EDITION. SECOND 1ST PUBLISHED EDITION SINCE 1865 WAS RECALLED. VG-, AS -IS, Final 'S' on the contents page is correctly printed, page '30' numbered '3'. 192 PGS NO ADS IN BACK, ORIGINAL Red Cloth binding 3 circular lines containing a picture of Alice holding the Pig on the upper cover with the Cheshire Cat to the back cover, REBACKED, Preserving Original covers with small stain and spine which has tears chips wear. Wear to exterior with some marks/stains. All edges GOLD gilt. RECENT endpapers, half-title with pencil name. Pages are complete with illustrations throughout. Age toning and the odd mark/spot here and there, otherwise pages are generally clean , TINY CORNER STAIN WEAR FRONT BTM RIGHT , The first published edition, re-set from a copy of the recalled first issue. 3 circular lines containing a picture of Alice holding the Pig on the upper cover with the Cheshire Cat to the back cover, a little rubbed , 192 PGS,

HBDJ , 1907 , 1ST LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies Stated on Last PG , NF+/NEAR FINE+ , First Quarto Photogravure Edition .Limited Edition of 1000 copies, printed on Arches handmade paper. Book Condition: Very Good, PAGES EDGES ARE UNTRIMMED .IN PLAIN BROWN DUSTJACKET WITH TITLE & AUTHOR IS BLACK WITH RED DECORATION , publishers SLIPCASE OPEN AT BOTH ENDS ,Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Gilt top. In original dust jacket and OPEN END slipcase. Lightest wear only to volume and dust jacket. Slipcase in good- condition. Very Scarce. 8 1/4 X 10 1/4 IN. narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, & Philosophy of Composition an essay written by Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. RAVEN often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. Philosophy of Composition", an essay written by Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well.

HARDBACK, NO DUSTJACKET , 1907 , 1ST LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies Stated on Last PG , OUTER SPINE BACKSTRIP To Cover SPINE MISSING & HAS BEEN REPLACED BY FORMER OWNER ,NF-/VG- , SOLD AS-IS, NO JACKET INTERIOR NICE TIGHT CLEAN, First Quarto Photogravure Edition .Limited Edition of 1000 copies, printed on Arches handmade paper. PAGES EDGES ARE UNTRIMMED ,FRONT OF COVER HAS TINY EDGE NICKS WEAR IS BROWN WITH BROWN SUEDE AT SPINE EDGE , TITLED IN RAISED GOLD GILT ON FRONT , 8 1/4 X 10 1/4 IN. narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, & Philosophy of Composition an essay written by Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. RAVEN often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. Philosophy of Composition", an essay written by Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well.