Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908. Ethel Franklin Betts. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Square quarto [29 cm] 1/4 dark green cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. The front endsheet is subtly darkened. Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts. The..... More
New York: The Colophon Ltd, 1931. Rockwell Kent. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 64pp. Small octavo [22 cm] Teal blue cloth spine with black and white patterned paper over boards, and a printed paper title label on the spine. Top edge trimmed; other edges rough-trimmed. Printed on Shogun Japanese paper. In..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 342pp. Octavo. 1/4 black cloth with black and white illustrated paper over boards, with the rare original jacket and belly-band. Top edge black. Boards and jacket illustrated by Lynd Ward repeating a wood engraving, with the back cover in..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 342pp. Octavo [20 cm] 1/4 black cloth with black and white illustrated paper over boards. Boards illustrated by Lynd Ward repeating a wood engraving, with the back cover in reverse of the front. Gilt title on spine (a trifle..... More
Genève: Éditions du Sablier, 1919. Frans Masereel. French language edition. 145pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Plain wraps with a printed French-fold wrapper. Wrapper toned at the spine. Trivial soiling to wraps. In the publisher's glassine wrapper, in near pristine condition, with minor edge wear. French text. Ritter C a) Nr. 8.I...... More
Amsterdam / Antwerpen: Wereldbibliotheek, 1949. Niederlandische Ausgabe (Dutch Language Edition). 133pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red and tan thin card boards. With only light rubbing to the extremities, and a bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. Ritter, p. 308. Oorspronkelijke titel: La Révolte des Machines ou La Pensée dechainée. More
Genève: Éditions du Sablier, 1920. Frans Masereel. First edition. 176pp. Sextodecimo [17.5 cm] Plain white wraps in a white and black printed dust wrapper. In the publisher's original glassine wrapper, in near pristine condition. With subtle toning and edge wear to both wrappers. French text. Ritter C a) Nr. 14..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. Mead Schaeffer. Hardcover. 384pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Black cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Good. The edges of the spine and covers are..... More
Harlin Quist, 1968. Second edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Square duodecimo. [18.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps with mild toning. Another imaginative and psychedelic children's book published by Harlan Quist, this tale features dragons from various illustrators. More
London: Sylvan Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 112pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Rust colored cloth over boards. The text block is only just beginning to crack at the very base of p. 16, not affecting the sturdiness of the book. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. In..... 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
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. From the dust jacket- "No one is..... 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
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