Published by Tor Books - Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0812519566 ISBN 13: 9780812519563
Language: English
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. David Heffernan; (illustrator). First Thus. (xiii) 210 pp. Very lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by David Heffernan. This story collection contains: The Life of Frank Stockton by Jane Yolen; Foreword by Jane Yolen; The Lady or the Tiger; The Discourager of Hesitancy (a continuation of The Lady or the Tiger); The Griffin and the Minor Canon; The Sisters Three and the Kilmaree; The Bee-Man of Orn; Old Pipes and the Dryad; The Castle of Bim; The Magician's Daughter and the High-Born Boy; Ting-a-Ling; Ting-a-Ling and the Five Magicians; and Ting-a-Ling's Visit to Tur-il-i-ra; followed by an afterword by Jane Yolen. Book.
Published by Tor Books - Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0812519566 ISBN 13: 9780812519563
Language: English
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. David Heffernan; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. (xiii) 210 pp. Very lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by David Heffernan. This story collection contains: The Life of Frank Stockton by Jane Yolen; Foreword by Jane Yolen; The Lady or the Tiger; The Discourager of Hesitancy (a continuation of The Lady or the Tiger); The Griffin and the Minor Canon; The Sisters Three and the Kilmaree; The Bee-Man of Orn; Old Pipes and the Dryad; The Castle of Bim; The Magician's Daughter and the High-Born Boy; Ting-a-Ling; Ting-a-Ling and the Five Magicians; and Ting-a-Ling's Visit to Tur-il-i-ra; followed by an afterword by Jane Yolen. Book.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1886
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The cover has green cloth. 201 pages; 12 stories. The first story is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" The last story is in the format of letter writing. Eight pages of ads. The top end of the text block has gilt; the other two ends have darkened. The ends of the spine strip are frayed, and the boards' corners are a little so. The half-title page is missing. The pages are tanned. About a dz. pages each have a stain, up to 3/8 in., on the text. About 2 dz. pages have stain or light water stain on a corner or a margin. Four page margins each have a closed tear, up to 3/4 in. Two page margins each have a chip caused by rough-cut opening. The endpapers' folds are split. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Published by tor, 1992
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first edition. fine, unread, new looking, paperback,
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1886
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Nearly fine copy. 1st edition. 8vo, 201 pp.
Published by Airmont Publishing, New York, 1968
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Airmont Book CL163. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Introduction by Francis R. Gemme; The Lady or the Tiger?; The Griffin and the Minor Canon; Love Before Breakfast; His Wife's Deceased Sister; Our Story; Mr. Tolman; Our Archery Club; and The Discourager of Hesitancy. Book.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1886
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 1st Edition. 201 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Very good in green cloth. (112).
Published by Scribners, NY, 1909
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Early Reprint. Bound in green cloth, stamped in gold. An early reprint of this book. Tight, bright and clean -- a bit hard to find in this protected condition. A book of 12 short stories - the first being the popluar title story. 300 pp.
Published by New York Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 201 pages. Tilted spine. Rubbing, edge wear to covers. Spine ends bumped and have small tears. Front hinge cracked. Minor age discoloration to pages, a few very small stains. Else, very good. (Q2).
Published by Zürich : Manesse-Verlag,, 1982
ISBN 10: 3717516205 ISBN 13: 9783717516200
Language: German
First Edition
1. Aufl. 357 S. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 kl-8°, OLwd, Orig-Schutzumschlag, schöner Zust.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City Ny, 1907
Language: English
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Six Volumes (Of 23), Matching Green Cloth, Gilt, First Printings Of This Edition Newly Copyright 1907, And With 1907 Date On Ttile Pages And Scribner Seal On Copyright Pages.
Published by Curtis, Philadelphia, 1893
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers.
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1886
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. 8vo., 201 pp., Very Good, Green Cloth, minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; some staining in text block, on end papers & edges of text block; pencil scribbles on end papers; splitting along gutter inside front set of end papers; minor losses at edges of a few pages of text; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; previous owner's signature on FFEP. Mylar Jacket. First Printing in this format.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Laid in loose is a clipped signature of Frank Stockton from a letter with closing holograph postscript. A Good first edition in the original pictorial brown and gray cloth stamped in gilt and black (light rubbing to cloth; some fraying to top of spine; front inner hinge starting; some browning to text; ink gift inscription). BAL 18880.
Condition: Fair. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. 1st edition. 16mo Hardcover. 201pp. Reading Copy. Preliminary pages up to page 4 detached, but present. Hinges cracked. Slightly dampstained. (fantasy, anthology, short stories) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
201 [8, ads] pp. 12mo, original decorated cloth. First edition. BAL 18880. Old ink ownership signature on flyleaf; some light rubbing to cloth at extremities; tight and sound.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, sm. 8vo, pp. [vi], 201 plus 8pp. publisher's ads; extremities rubbed and worn, spine ends cracked, else good. in orig. pictorial grey and tan cloth. BAL 18880.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition of Important Title by Author. Octavo. Brown and gray cloth over boards with black decorations at front cover and spine, gilt lettering at front cover and spine, gray decorated end papers. Very good, no dust jacket, spine darkened, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, pages agetoned.
Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1884
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus, stated "Author's Edition." 24mo. Measuring approximately 5ĵ" x 4". Bound with wrappers into contemporary thin clothcovered boards with spine gilt. Tiny Brighton bookseller ticket on front pastedown. Binding slightly cocked, wrappers rubbed, a couple of preliminary and terminal leaves lightly foxed, very good or better. A nice copy; the text is otherwise fine. *BAL* 18882, a smaller format than the American and English editions and lacking five stories from those, but containing the first appearance of three Stockton stories not published in the other editions: "The Remarkable Wreck of the 'Thomas Hyke,'" "Plain Fishing," and "My Bull-Calf." (All three editions were published in 1884.) Significantly more uncommon than the Scribner's edition. *OCLC* locates about a dozen copies, only four in the U.S.
Published by E-376
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 12mo. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1884. Vi, 201 pgs. 8 pp of ads. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in brown and gray cloth over boards with black decorations at front cover and spine, gilt lettering at front cover and spine. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Gray decorated endpapers. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Two years after ARABIAN NIGHTS, there appeared in book form a literary riddle whose fame has increased steadily with the passing years. This tale of pure mystery has no detective in the story, but there are countless detectives outside the story . All created by the author's last sentence which reads: 'And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door, . The lady, or the tiger? ' This question has transformed every reader (literally millions since 1884) into an Armchair Detective. It is interesting to record, however, that no satisfactory solution of the problem has ever been advanced." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stockton, Frank R. THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? And Other Stories. New York: charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First Edition of these twelve short stories collecting the author's most famous, The Lady Or The Tiger presenting its unsolved "riddle". The Goldstone copy, with Adrian Homer Goldstone's neat bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. A very good or better copy showing some use in 1/4 brown over gray decorated cloth, front hinge strengthened. 8vo. 201 pp. + 8 pp. of adverts. "The unsolved human dilemma therein described is classic in its drama". Merle Johnson, High Spots Of American Literature. Bleiler, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Ellery Queen, Queen's Quorum. $425.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller, Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
First Edition
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Folding cloth case and half brown morocco slipcase. Slight wear to edges, card SIGNED by the author laid in. Signed Card Laid in.
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884., 1884
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First edition. Former owner's neat bookplate on front pastedown sheet, his inked name to top of title page, and a bit of professional touch-up to the spine ends, corners, and rear cover, else very good in two-tone pictorial cloth, issued without dust jacket. Queen's Quorum 12 says "Two years after ARABIAN NIGHTS, there appeared in book form a literary riddle whose fame has increased steadily with the passing years. This tale of pure mystery has no detective in the story, but there are countless detectives outside the story . all created by the author's last sentence which reads: 'And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door, . the lady, or the tiger?' This question has transformed every reader (literally millions since 1884) into an Armchair Detective. It is interesting to record, however, that no satisfactory solution of the problem has ever been advanced." First edition of a classic story.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-iv] v [vi] 1-201 [202: blank] [203-210: ads] [211-214: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks and first and last are excised], original two-part pictorial gray and brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in black, olive-green floral patterned endpapers. First edition. 1500 copies printed. Mixed collection of short fiction including two ghostly tales as well as the famous title story. Stockton "was a gifted short-story writer and caused a sensation by his story "The Lady or the Tiger?" It appeared in the CENTURY in November 1882 and formed the title of a volume of collected stories in 1884. Stockton ingeniously set the problem of a barbaric princess under parental influence, torn between relinquishing her lover to a marriageable lady or a savage tiger. The story stirred up debates throughout the country and brought Stockton an unwelcome amount of publicity." - Kunitz and Haycraft, p. 715. A Merle Johnson high spot. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1537. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 999. Bleiler (1978), p. 187. BAL 18880. Wright (III) 5242. Early owner's signature dated 12 September 1884 at top edge of half title page. Tiny black stain on front cover, a nearly fine copy. A lovely copy of the classic collection of short fiction. (#160990).
Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
First Edition
Condition: Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. 1st edition. 16mo. 201pp. Good book. (short stories) Inquire if you need further information.