Rare books from Supercalifabulistic Books

New York: Scribner's, 1929 Book. Near Fine, no dust jacket. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Same date, 1929, on title and copyright pages with Scribner's seal on copyright page. ("scarce"). Interior of book is in near fine condition. Clean, tight, no marks. Navy cloth with gilt titles.Tiny nicks along spine. No DJ. Pg 308, line 26 lower "g" in greek. Pg. 506, line 23 missing "t" in stationed. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1920, same date to copyright and title pages. No additonal printings listed. First issue, perfect page numbers on page 49 and 54. Page 387, line 42, the word "may" has perfect type (ref: Lee, Mcbride). Considered Author Lewis's most significant work and a classic novel for the 20th century with a strong female lead character, Carol Kennicott. Dark blue hard boards with orange border around title and author. Light spots on a few interior pages, though overall an excellent copy. Cover is in excellent condition, no spotting to boards, spine ends slightly bumped. Classic tale of small town America, with - repeating for effect - the portrayal of a strong female protagonist. .

Boston: Page, 1911 Book. VG +Hardcover. 1st Edition. Gorgeous, collectible copy. Blue /grey boards with a cameo of a beautiful young brunette with long locks, "Kilmeny". Gilt titles in gold on front cover and spine. Stated seventh impression. By the author of Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea. Illustrations and color inset..Kilmeny, unable to speak, was never taken to church or school because of it. The story tells how Kilmeny learned to express herself beyond words in a most beautiful way with her violin.

New York~Covici Friede Publishers,1937. Very Good+/none. Hardcover. First Edition, second state. April 1937. With the word loosely on page 9. pps 186. Solid, collectible copy. VG++/none. Binding tight. Spine straight, corners sharp. Pages are clean. Appears unopened, unread. .

Messner, New York
NF Boards, VG Dust jacket
Not price clipped. Price of $3.50
NF dark grayish green boards. No dings, no bumping, clean, no marks, no p o's, no book plates, no stickers. Tight bindings.
DJ is in very good condition. Shelf wear, tiny tears along all edges.
Great B&W photo of the author on back sitting at a table in jeans and tennies with her feet propped up. "Grace Metalious is the most surprising new novelist of the year. In Peyton Place this Pandora in blue jeans lifts the lid off a small New England village, in the most explosive novel since Kings Row.Made into a motion picture and became a cult classic t.v. series.

John Day, New York 1956 . No other dates. VG+/VG- Rare edition in Rare DJ. Collectible copy of hard to find book in early printing. Burnt orange hardcover in VG + condition . Slight bumping to spines. Light shelf wear to edges and corners. Tight, clean copy. A few tiny spots on first fly leaf, otherwise no marks , no book plate, no P O, no stickers, no foxing, no smells. DJ shows wear. Tears at top and bottom of spine as well corners and edges. Statement by Sterling North on the back of DJ, "In Defense of the Novel".Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriquing rulers during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi - Empress of China, in youth a beautiful concubine, in middle life a brilliant strategist, in old age a goddess. Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court but adored by the people. The Empress's rise to power parallels the story of China's transition from the ancient to modern way.

Harper & Bros, 1945 War Edition. NF/Good- Scarce, hard to find copy. Hard boards are in excellent, like new condition! Tight clean copy, no marks. Light brown boards illustrated with orange and black. Thurber and his wife on bunny rabbit carousel ride. Even spine is in excellent condition. Bright colors. DJ is present, but not in tack. It's in 4 pieces with considerable edge wear. It has the exact illustration as the hard boards.Back of DJ titled "The Critics say of James Thurber, and begins "I regard Thurber as Ohio's gift to the oppressed and downtrodden of all nations and I am just going to continue to be glad that he is around, and the moral of that is: 'Always look a gift horse in the face, especially if Thurber threw it." - Frank Sullivan.... "A JOYCE IN falseface, Mr. Thurber strews hilarious pages with characters who take their subconsciouses out on benders. There's beautiful method in this madness." - Charles Poore, N.Y. Times

Alfred Knopf, New York, 1974 VG+/VG+. Original black boards with gilt titles on front board and spine, Top of pages red. PO's name and address stamped on first fly page. No other marks, tight clean copy. Looks to be never opened and read. DJ is gold with black and white titles to front and spine. Le Carre drew from his experiece of the revealing of the Cambridge 5 Traitors in the 1950 and 1960's. It was made into a film in 2011 and received 3 Academy Award Nominations.

Doubleday New York, 1954 Stated First Edition. Same date. VG green hard boards with black titles to front and spine. Edge wear to spine, corners bumped . No dj. First fly leaf torn, otherwise no damage to inside. No marks, no names, no stickers.Author Daphne du Maurier reconstructs from museum and personal notes, the life of her great great grand mother Mary Anne Clarke who lived for a year or two under the protection of H.R.H. The Duke of York Commander in Chief of the Army.

Holt, Rinehart Winston 1971, RARE Copy. VG/Good+ Orange hard boards with light blue titles to black spine. First Edition, Stated Tenth Printing. In VG condition. Clean, tight edition no marks, no stickers, no PO name, etc. Corners bumped slightly , fading to edges. One page folded over at the bottom during printing - appears to be a unique printing mistake to this printing.

Near Fine, Beautiful Collectible Copyno dj as issued. Gold edged pages. Illustrated cloth cover with gold gilt Harp in center front. Rare, Highly Collectible. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's first edition of first book published. 1839Published by Hurst and Co. New YorkOne of the 5 members of the group Fireside Poets.His debut book of poetry. The bulk of it is translations though he also included 9 original poems and 7 poems he wrote as a teenager. Voices of the Night, Hymn to the night, A psalm of life, The reaper and the flowers, The light of stars, Footsteps of Angels, Flowers, The Beleagured City, Midnight mass for the dying year.Earlier Poems,: An April Day, Autumn, Woods in Winter, Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem, Sunrise on the Hills, The Spirit of Poetry, Burial of the Minnisink

First Edition, Macmillan, seventh printing.NF with NF Original DJIllustrated by Willy Pogany
RARE DJ!Pictoral map end pages depicting Greece and the surrounding nations of the Mediterranean Sea.Greek Mythology cycling around Jason and the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece. The Golden Fleece is the fleece of the golden haired winged ram procured in Colchins. Also included is tales of the creation of Heaven and Earth, the labors of Hercules, Thesus,the Minotaur and more rousing adventures!

True First Edition1944, same date on title pageVG/VGDoubleday Rare, Collectible First Edition with ORIGINAL Dust JacketStated in Book, "True, First Edition after the Printing of a limited printing of 750."
Price of 2.75 on dust jacket. Dedication on Valentine's Day 1944. PO's signature.
This is the story of Larry Darell, an American pilot traumatized by WWI who sets off on a search of some transcendent meaning of his life. Concerned in a large part with the search for the meaning of life with the dichotomy between spirituality and materialism.

Collectible Teaching Unit from 1940's.FORBESCOCA COLA Includes 16 LARGE Posters on thick poster paper3 smaller, 9" by 11" posters
Teaching Manuals, student books, and more!excellent , near fine condition for 13 of the 16 posters. Remaining 3 are very good condition. A few are pictured. More photos by requestGorgeous. Units: Steel, Electric, Oil, TransportationI have seen individual posters sell for $350.00 on average.

VG/VG, pub 1971 by the Viking Press.
Made into a film in 1973 starring Edward Fox as the Jackal. Remade in 1997 starring Bruce Willis. The original storyline was about The Jackal , contracted by the OAS French Terroist group of the early 1960's to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. It became an instant best seller in 1973 after de Gaulle died.