December 1951 (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Second Edition. In Hebrew. With additional English title page. 90 pages. 245 x 172 mm. Dust jacket torn into two at the spine. Umberto Cassuto, also known as Moshe David Cassuto (16 September 1883 - 19 December 1951), was an Italian historian, a rabbi, and a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and Ugaritic literature, in the University of Florence, then at the University of Rome La Sapienza. When the 1938 anti-Semitic Italian racial laws forced him out from this position, he immigrated to Erets Israel and taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, trade paperback, has a subtle lean to the binding, mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a small ding to the upper edge of the back, a crease to the upper rear cover corner, a touch of wrinkling to the covers and spine, slight sunning to the spine, and light rubbing to the covers with a small stain to the back. Overall, a Very Good copy.

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Walter M. Miller, Jr., Anthony Boucher, E. Hoffman Price and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 743-762]. Wear to spine with some paper loss, a very good copy. (26343).

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Walter M. Miller, Jr., Anthony Boucher, E. Hoffman Price and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 743-762]. Mild edge wear, a nearly fine copy. (26268).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This original 1936 Dutton hardback, a stated First Edition is the collection of 15 classic short stories by one of the best horror and ghost story writers.Contents are The stranger.--Elsewhere and other-wise.--Full circle.--Dr. Feldman.--A threefold cord.--Chemical.--Shocks.--The survivors.--The adventure of Tornado Smith.--Hands of death.--The land of green ginger.--The colonel's ring.--Revenge.--The man who lived backwards.--Adventures of Miss De Fontenoy. This copy is in very good condition with a tight, straight binding and slight,sun caused discoloration to the cover. There is no dustjacket and the book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.

Reprinted from the November-December 1951 issue of 'Ordnance." (illustrator). Very Good (little creasing one corner; contents clean & tight with minor spot rear cover). Quarto: printed white wraps; 11 pages Scarce First Edition. Signed presentation from Albaugh at top of front cover: "Mark Dumont from Bill Albaugh with kind regards.".

First edition thus Florence Lundborg illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original dark brown cloth covers, decorative dark grey over-printed design of a tree to the front cover, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt, black bird silhouette and brown end sheets. 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Produced by John Wilson and Son's University Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts and printed on French-folded pages joined in tandem, now divided. Rubáiyát over unnumbered pages carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with lovely illustrations around the quatrains by Florence Lundborg, all of the other leaves have an elaborate border. Ink name dated 1944 to the second front end sheet, light rubbing to the corners and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, red title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 55 printed pages of text with nine full-page monochrome photographs throughout. Name inside the front cover 'Douglas Whetton Coll' Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with small chips to the spine ends, grazes to the edges, red spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).

First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original faded light green paper over stiff boards, green cloth spine, gilt title lettering to the front cover, different illustrations to the paste downs. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. The Rubáiyát has unnumbered pages comprising 75 quatrains enriched with 17 full-page single-sided and vignette monochrome illustrations throughout by William George Stirling. Stated first edition to the title page and stamped number 427 of a limited edition of 1000 (?) copies, colophon for Fraser & Neave Ltd., Singapore to the last leaf. Issue heavily discussed and commented on by the Rubáiyát collectors, which alternates between ornamentation, symbolism and esotericism due to the oriental and art nouveau character of the illustrations. The second sheet with a monogram 'WGS' William George Stirling. Sheet 29 with hand-blacked over-painting of the symbolic genitals of the female figure. Irregular sun fading to the the covers, foxing to the end papers, beyond which the sheets used are a superior quality and are in Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 62 Language: English Pages: 62.