New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Lynd Ward. First edition illustrated by Ward, deluxe. Hardcover. 259pp. Octavo [24 cm] White cloth over boards with a laid-in illustration on the front cover printed in blue and black, and a paper title label on the spine. Publisher's black topstain. The..... More
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Lynd Ward. First edition illustrated by Ward, deluxe. Hardcover. 259pp. Octavo [24 cm] White cloth over boards with a laid-in illustration on the front cover printed in blue and black, and a paper title label on the spine. Publisher's black topstain. The..... More
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. 259pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. Nearly 200 years ago, a teenager dreamt of a scientist who experimented with restoring life to the dead. Encouraged by her literary-minded friends, she expanded her fantasy into a gripping story that became the epitome of the Gothic novel..... More
Zurich: Verlag Oprecht & Helbling, 1934. Clement Moreau. First edition in German. Hardcover. 223pp. Small octavo [20.5 cm] Bluish-gray cloth over boards (slightly warped). There are a couple of notations in pencil on the preliminary leaves. Contains the following stories: Die Reise Nach Paris; Simplicio; Der Fuchs; Letizia; Don Aristotle..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966. Maurice Sendak. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 90pp. Octavo [23 cm] Specially bound in natural cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a black and white pictorial paper label on the front board. Printed on Andora paper. In the..... More
London: Fanfrolico Press, 1926. Norman Lindsay. Limited edition. Hardcover. 75pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] Brown paper covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a gilt stamped vignette and decorative border on the front cover. Fore and bottom edges deckled. Very good. The covers are mildly..... More
London: Fanfrolico Press, 1926. Limited edition. Hardcover. 75pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] Light brown paper covered boards with gilt and blind stamped decorative borders, and a gilt stamped title and vignette on the front cover. Deckled edges. Very good. The front cover has numerous small stains. The pages are clean. Embellished..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1967. Tenth printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 90pp. Thin quarto [28.5 cm] Gray cloth over boards, with very subtle warping to the rear board. In the pictorial dust jacket, with several small closed tears and chips in the edges. This copy is inscribed, with a drawing..... More
Richmond, VA: The Dale Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Quarto [32 cm] Black cloth spine with black and white illustrated paper over boards. The spine is sunned, the boards are mildly warped, and the front hinge is a bit weak. There is a bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown..... More
Richmond: The Dale Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth spine ( a bit faded, and lightly frayed at the ends) with decoratively patterned paper over boards. The boards show light edgewear. Number 983 in an edition limited to 1000. Signed by Charles Smith on the..... More
New York: Duffield and Company, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 124pp. Quarto [24 cm] Navy blue cloth; gilt lettering; illustrated paper label on front board; top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers. Contemporary owner's inscription on the recto of the frontispiece page. Ten full-page color illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith with tissue guards..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1918]. Later printing. Hardcover. 126pp. Oblong duodecimo [14 cm x 18 cm] Olive green cloth over boards with a pictorial label on the front board. Rebacked, with original spine laid over. Tissue repairs to the hinges. The extremities are moderately bumped and rubbed, and..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. Jessie Willcox Smith. First edition. Hardcover. 100pp. Quarto [31 cm] in boards with color cover label. 1" chip to spine at top, front hinge cracked, rubbing to extremities; front free endpaper torn out, half-title and frontispiece almost completely disbound, moderate and even toning to text..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Jessie Willcox Smith. Later printing. Hardcover. 124pp. Quarto [24 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The edges of the covers are rubbed and..... More
London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1896. Charles Robinson. First Charles Robinson illustrated edition. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 3-136, [4], [4], 16pp catalogue (dated 1895). Duodecimo [19 cm] Original ribbed green pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. In a custom Sangorski & Sutcliffe fleece-lined clamshell. Touch of foxing at the rear; else..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1948]. Lynd Ward. Illustrated Junior Library Edition (Popular Edition). Hardcover. 310pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 blue cloth with tan, blue and brown quill and revolver patterned cloth over boards. Endsheets illustrated in color. Publisher's red top stain. Very good. The spine is rolled, and the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Slightly later issue illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, with the "Charles Scribner's Sons" printed on the copyright page measuring 2.6 cm wide, and the publisher's colophon on this page as well. Hardcover. 124pp. Quarto [24 cm] Black cloth with a color pictorial label on..... More
Sydney: Thomas Nelson, 1975. Illustrated. Hardcover. 220pp. Octavo [21. 5 cm] Turquoise paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. There is a gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in very good condition. There are a couple of short closed..... More
New York: Scholastic Book Services; Scholastic Records; Scholastic Magazines, Inc, 1973. Lynd Ward. Later printing. Paperback. Slender square octavo [20.5 cm] Pictorial wrappers. The book is in very good condition, with light rubbing and creasing to the wraps, and multiple faint, thin markings on the rear wrap. Each mark measures..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Octavo [22 cm] Turquoise blue cloth over boards lettered and pictorially stamped in black on the backstrip and front board. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Very good, with subtle fading at the spine and along the edges of the..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 44pp. Slender quarto [26.5 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with an illustrated paper title label on the front board. Very good, with minor wear at the spine ends, and a couple of tiny indentations in the cloth near the..... More
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New York: William Morrow & Co, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 44pp. Slender quarto [26.5 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with an illustrated paper title label on the front board. Lower extremities subtly sunned and dinged. In a dust jacket, with several tape repairs to the edges (two of them..... More
New York and London: E. P. Dutton & Co; J. M. Dent & Co, 1909. New edition, revised. Hardcover. 291pp. Large octavo [23.5 cm] Pale gray cloth over boards, with elaborate gilt stamping. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. The extremities are gently bumped, and the spine is a bit rolled..... More
London: William Heinemann; Dodd, Mead & Company, 1920. Jean de Bosschère. First edition thus. Hardcover. SIGNED. Quarto [27.5 cm] Light rose-colored cloth over boards lettered and pictorially stamped on the backstrip and boards. Publisher's red top stain. White and red pictorial endpapers. Very good. The extremities are lightly soiled and..... More
Mineola, NY: Calla Editions (Dover), 2011. Reprint. Hardcover. 208pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/4 cream cloth and tan paper covered boards. The very top fore-edge corners of the covers are bumped. Internally pristine. An unabridged reprint of the first edition. William M. Timlin was an English artist and architect known for..... More