Gincano John Illus (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 104 p. 25 cm. B&w woodcuts. Jacket has chips and tears to edges, some scuffs, faded spine. Book itself has some spots to text block edges and margins within. 1814 romantic novel in which the protagonist, Peter Schlemihl, makes a Faustian bargain, selling his shadow to a mysterious grey man in exchange for a bottomless purse of gold. Foreword by Willy Pogany.…

Condition: Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1946]. Later Printing with [e-7-46] copyright code. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black; [12],300pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers printed in blue. Extremities a bit rubbed with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, spine slightly cocked, textblock a shade toned, else Very Good and sound, albeit lacking the uncommon dust jacket. Collection of sports stories for young readers featuring football, sledding, track and field, rowing, skating, and baseball.…