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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Red leather cover with gold lettering and decorations at the spine. Top page edges are gilt. Book is enclosed in a slipcase that is in "Very Good" condition. Book is in "Fine" condition with no marks or page folds. Bookseller Inventory BS/BS8631 022020.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Large quarto, tan cloth with black lettering, frontispiece facsimile, illustrated title-page, xxvi, 224 pp., facsimiles of the broadsides, Index of Titles and First Lines, ndex of Names Reprints the edition: New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1930.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Collection of stories by Spanish authors including Borges and Cervantes. First edition, review materials laid in, hardcover, small bump to top edge of front cover, tiny spot to top edge, otherwise tight and square, a NEAR FINE copy in a VG dustjacket which is a touch soiled, has a sticker-pull and a long thin scrape to the front, a bit of fading to the spine, a touch of wear at the spine ends and corners and some very light edgewear along both the top and bottom edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good, edge worn dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number; The letters of H.L. Mencken are a treasure trove of wit, wisdom, and sarcasm. Selected and annotated by Guy J. Forgue, they offer a unique perspective on one of America's most influential thinkers. This personal note by Hamilton Owens provides an intimate glimpse into Mencken's life and work.; 8vo; FSA.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Purple Buckram Cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine together with decoration to front. 150 x 120 mm approx.Gilt top edge - others uncut. xii + 132 pp inc. printer's colophon. Portrait frontis with tissue guard. Privately published in The York Library Series by R Brimley Johnson with note by him as intro. Printed on hand made paper by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. Undated (attributed variouslly on Jisc Library Hub Discover as 1902/4). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book - mild shelf rubbing to cloth - colour loss only, no notable soiling and gilt bright. No previous owner name , insc. or annotations, a little dust soiling to decle edges of leaves paper of book block otherwise clean and bright. Binding sound with no other notable defects. A charming pocket book - now quite scarce).…

stiff wraps. 1st UK Edition. 1st UK edition, octavo, illustrated wraps, b&w illus, pp 206. Some creasing to covers, marking/darkening to upper rear cover. Pages toned, otherwise clean. Good condition. Géza Csáth (1887 - 1919) was a Hungarian writer, physician, psychiatyist, and opium addict. In her introduction, Angela Carter descibes the circumstances of his short life as "those of a child in the death throes of an empire", and his dark stories reflect his unhappy life. The illustrations are taken from Attila Sassy's volume Opium-almok (Opium Dreams), published in 1909, which are very Beardsley in style and were condemned as obscene at the time. This is the first UK edition of the first translation into English (published in the US as "The Magician's Garden and Other Stories"), and uncommon thus.…