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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second printing. Very good hardcover, in good only dust jacket, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy and square; three of four corners of blue cloth boards and both ends of spine bumped; titling remains bright and bold. About 1" wide, 1" deep triangular loss to bottom edge of front panel with tear extended by about one more inch at apex of triangle; light rubbing; foxing to rear. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First U. S. Edition. c.80pp. Hardback with glossy illustrated boards, no DJ stated First U.S. Edition, translated from the Chinese, brightly colored pages, A young woman losing her vision rides the subway with her dog in search of emotional healing, trying to find the 'light' she has lost,

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edn. lD8.64pp. Col.plates. Spine sunned. "Appetisingly Illustrated with Coloured Plates". In the series "The Continental Cook Books". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Erotic Realism Press, Los Angeles, CA. 1970. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. ERP800/$3.00. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light edge and tip wear; rubbing and superficial scratches to the front and rear wrap, toning to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 256 pp 8vo. A prominent Roman from ancient times recounts his numerous erotic adventures in a sweeping panorama of lustful excitement involving every conceivable act in both the heterosexual and homosexual realms. A clean very presentable copy.

American first edition (translated from the 1974 Japanese first edition). 183 pages. Hardcover: H 26.25cm x L 18.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with a some light wear and bumping at edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Tri-colored boards with shelf rubbing along bottom edges; light scuffing at spine ends and tips of board corners. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Louise Allison Cort; color and b/w photographs throughout; Notes to Test; Glossary; Bibliography; Maps; Index. Uncommon reference monograph regarding Kutani ware which is among the most sought after Japanese porcelain and renowned for its bold decoration in overglaze enamels. ISBN 0870113224.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edn. lD8.63pp. Col.plates. Spine sunned. In the series "The Continental Cook Books". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Barsukov, A (illustrator). A bright, tight copy with all mechanisms working beautifully. Colorful wraps are lightly rubbed at spine ends, a couple creases on rear panel. All pages bright w/lightest of soil from handling.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. First Edition, First Printing. front board has a slight warp. dj has very minor rubbing along top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Manuel Boix (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very slight scuffs on corners. Otherwise perfect book and jacket. ALL DUST JACKETS ARE PROTECTED IN PLASTIC SLEEVES.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Revised Edition. Good condition glossy brown cloth boards with front cover illustration. The board corner tips and upper and lower spine edges show light to moderate rubbing (see photographs). Translated and adapted by Minna B. Noyes. The last page (page 202) contains a 2 1/2 inch closed tear at the very inner part of the margin, not affecting the text. Illustrated with 8 black-and-white drawings, including a frontispiece. A neatly handwritten vintage former owner name at the upper margin of the first front endpaper/title page. Stories are: The Tree Fairy; The Ten Fairies; The Dream; The Poor Shoemaker; The Bewitched Cow; The Clever Young Man; The Enchanted Mouse; Leo's Master; Two Hallowe'ens; Sweeping the Cobwebs from the Sky; The Silver Bell; Betty and the Fairy Gold; The Goose Brook; The Tailor and the Demon; The Cow and the Fiddle; Catskin; The Magic Apples; Thumbeline; The Little Mushroom; The Flower Fairy; The Tinder-Box; The Little Man and the Blacksmith; The Secret Mountain; The Homely Princess; Table, Bag and Sack; The Princess Who Would Not Laugh; The Giant's Heart; Six Are Better Than One (In two parts); Ivan and Finette (In two parts); The Three Guesses (In two parts); Brave Little Greta (In three parts); and The Last of the Fairies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine (-). Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jiri Trnka (illustrator). First British Edition. 92 numbered pp. Pages: clean, bright, and tight, illustrated eps, top edge yellow; owner info inked on ffep. Cover: plasticized paper and cloth over boards, color artwork and flowers to front and back, red lettering to spine; minor shelfwear to bottom. DJ: in Broadart, same as cover, except lettering to front as well. 42 fables, with numerous b/w and color illustrations -- a classic in great shape!

Hardcover. First Edition [stated]. 172, [1] pages Good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Small tear at top of rear free end paper. DJ has slight wear and soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tito, Ettore, and others (illustrator). 1st Edition. 13" x 9 1/2", viii, 248 pages, with 8 page advertisement for 'The Capitals of the World' included at the rear of the book; profusely illustrated with 210 full-page and text illustrations from original drawings by Ettore Tito and a number of other artists. Hb, in original red cloth binding with title in gilt on spine and upper cover, bump to lower left corner, slightly rubbed at edges; all edges gilt; prize label for Edgehill Girls' College. Bideford, N. Devon attached to front free endpaper, dated 1909; some pages foxed, tear, without loss, to lower corner of half-title, otherwise a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Refregier, Anton (illustrator). Beige hardcover with pictorial cover in black. 12" inches tall. Unpaginated with uncut pages, approximately 18 pages. Illustrated. Signed by both "editor" and illustrator. Copy number 60 of 1,000 copies made in this Limited Edition printing.Book has stapled connection to the spine and is glued in as well, still not altogether secure because of construction method. A page by Linus Pauling glued to the back cover which offers a message of peace.This is part of the original book. Mild soiling along edges of the light cloth covers. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A rare book. Published in English 1882, the first english edition. Original dark green cloth with gold lettering and decoration to spine. Slightly soiled, torn to spine ends and corners. The interior is beautiful, free from reading marks, tight unmarked. Overall, vg+ condition book. 16cm x 24 cm, 204 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Rand McNally & Company 1936 Very Good/ (Windermere Classics). NO DUST JACKET. Black cloth with color illustrated paste down on front is bright with light-grey/silver line surrounding paste down and light grey/silver title on front with light-grey/silver lettering and deocration on spine. Corners and bottom front are reinforced with matching black bk-tape. Black and white illustrated end papers. Pos penned inside cover dated "1885". Color illustrated frontispiece and facing page 80, 144, 160, 272 are all bright and solidly attached. Title page appears to be missing if there ever was one hence no date, date is approximate. there is a half-title page with different penned name. Hinges not cracked but lightly shaken. All pages securely attached to binding. 284+4 pages. HEAVY ITEM 1.81 Pounds Size: 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches. No Exp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Octavo, modern marbled boards, few minor smudges, small hole in top blank corner of final leaf, ads on verso of final leaf trifle soiled, quite decent. Francklin adapted this from Voltaire's Adelaide du Guesclin, which had first appearted in Paris in 1765. Francklin makes no mention whatsoever of Voltaire, or of the French original, and passes the entire work off as his own. First edition in English.