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The Denver Art Museum, 2009 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine/Fine Hardcover. New, each book is still individually shrink wrapped. Neestled in matching slip box. Yellow and white pictoral boards with a list of artist's names on back and also on spine of slip box. Oversized and overweight..

New York: Random House, 1938 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing, 1938. VG condition/none, light brown boards with a breathtaking sketch of the Cathedral on the island of Mont St Michel on the front cover. Bottom spine is frayed a bit, slight bumping to edge of spine and corners. Number "7" printed on spine. Light stains to cover along edges. Illustrated fly leafs, cool military stamps on inside of covers, " Post Library, 3rd Corps area Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, PA." and "Headquarters Service Club HRPE Newport News, VA." Printed numbers and checkout cards. "This is the Abbey of Mont St Michel - crowning glory of medieval architecture. Not only a shrine, it is also a fortress set boldly on a great rock in the Atlantic Ocean. At low tide the causeway to the French mainland is passable; at high tide the water submerges it, and the Abbey becomes an island. This modern novel tells of a drama enacted within the stone walls of the incredible structure that man… Read More

Harper & Row, 1967 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. This copy of The Eighth Day may be of different origins than the dust jacket. The book states, "FIRST EDITION", the dj states " book of the month club selection. NF/ VG. Light blue buckram boards with dark blue at spine. Gilt titles to spine. PO's signature and date (April 14, 1967) otherwise a clean, tight copy. DJ has chipping and small tear to top and bottom of spine. National Book Award Winner by a Pulitzer Prize winning author. Murder in a coal mining town in Illinois, in 1902..

Dayton Ohio: The Otterbein Press, 1914 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed / Dedicated by Author(s). 1st Edition. NF/none , 1914. Light grey/tan boards with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Tight, clean edition, no marks or smells. Inscribed by author on the second page, "Congratulations, Alvina, Upon your graduation; And may you prove an honor to your town and state and nation. Your teacher when in the Infant class in sunday school, Lucy Y. Culler. See bottom of page 244 and 245. May 26, 1924 On page 244-245 there is a poem about the Infant Class : "They gave the Infant class to me, Which grew, and grew, and grew, As pure as heaven's dew. Their ages ran from two to eight, Just dots and dumplings some, While older ones drank in the truth. And all were glad to come. I scarce could wait till Sunday came To see them all again. with heads bowed low they looked at shoes Till prayer said, "Amen!" Their childish innocence and smiles, Their efforts, first, to sing....I taught this class ten… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1985 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/VG Blue boards with darker blue at and along spine. Siver titles at spine with mutiple stars above and below the title. No marks, stains, smells, etc. Clean, tight edition. Inside Outside sweeps through more than sixty years, from the pre-war, pre-atomic innocence of the twenties and thirties to the turbulent immediate past. Scenes of rollicking family humor and show-business comedy alternate with sudden tragedy, with the spectacle of a fallen president and with the explosion of war. A bittersweet first love, relived after forty years, and a tense secret wartime mission between Washington and Jerusalem call forth the author's renowned storytelling gift. .

New York: The Modern Library, 1938 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/VG, A Modern Library Giant, 1938. Gree boards with modern library blind stamp to front and spine, titles on spine in gilt over black border. Tight, clean edition, no marks. A trilogy: Studs Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, Judgement Day. This edition is the first to have the contribution of the author a revealing introduction, in which he tells for the first time of the origins and the vicissitudes fo his trilogy..

New York: Viking Penguin, 1992 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG/VG, Black boards with copper metallic title to spine. Book is clean, unmarked, corners slightly bumped. Colorful Jacket not price clipped, price of 22.00. Jacket has 1 inch open tear at bottom of spine. Numberline 9 10. This novel is the basis for the film starring Whitney Housten by the same title, about the relationships of black women..

New York: Abrams, 1977 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/NF 1977 print. Carols and stories poemss, recollections. Tight , clean, unmarked. Christmas comes but once a year; a Christmas book like this comes but once in a lifetime. First, the illustrations are by America's best-lovoed artist, Norman Rockwell, and the book, like Rockwell himself, is made up of equal parts of love, good cheer, gentleness, and humor. 83 plates in full color and 12 in black and white have been chosen from Rockwell's entire body of work to illustrate the many varied Christmas themes. From the literary as well as the artistic point of view, the book has ben created by the best of all possible editors: Molly Rockwell, who before her marriage to Norman Rockwell, was the head of the English Department of Milton Academy, the fine New Engalnd preparatory school, and whose knowledge of Norman Rockwell's oeuvre is, of course, unequaled..

New York: Hyperion, 1993 Book. Illus. by Tim Burton. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. NF/ none . Tight, clean, unmarked text. Appropriate number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 ..

New York & London: The Cooperative publication Society New York & London Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No Publishing date, circa 1800's.Frontspiece of Rutger's Mansion.Clean, tight copy. Gold title to spine.Corners ever so slightly bumped. Corner of first (fly) page torn. Black boards, embossed on spine and front cover with a heart inside a rose. Includes the Whim Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Lanstaff, Esq. also Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. ..."Juan Ponce De Leon might now almost be considered a governor without territories, and a General without soldiers. His villages were smoking ruins, and his whole force did not amount to a hundred men, several of whom were disabled by their woulnds...One of his most efficient warriors was a dog named Beriezillo, renowned for courage strength and sagacity. It is said that he could distinguish those of the Indians who were allies from those who were enemies of the… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/NF This special edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of Orwell's great work, complementing the text with a series of magnificent pictures by Ralph Steadman. Book is clean, tight, no marks,like new. Slight scuffing to DJ, otherwise near fine condition, not price clipped. One of the best established and widely read masterpieces of our time, it has sold since then many millions of copies in over 70 languages; and its immortal satire - 'contre Stalin' as Orwell himself wrote to his French translator - remains as vivid and relevant today as it was on first publication..

Revell, New York 1967 First Edition. NF/VG Red boards with black titles on spine. Price of 2.95 on DJ. Clean tight copy with the exception of a return address sticker of PO. 117 pages. DJ is rubbed and shows a little shelf ware. B&W photos of Dale, Roy and Sandy Rogers also General Westmoreland and many U.S. Servicemen and women.

New York: A.L. Burt Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG/none. No dates stated. Looks to be from the 1800's. Brown boards with gold title and decorative vines to spine.Pages yellowed. Tight, clean unmaked copy. Appears unread. Spine slightly bumped. Edges show shelf wear. Beautiful copy. .

New York: The Viking Press, 1981 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near Fine/ VG, Illustrated boards are tight and unmarked. A couple of fingerprints on interior pages.Illustrated DJ has a 3 inch closed tear on right front. Every race ad every country has its own increasingly bizarre hang-ups. Animals too, as Ronald Searle now reveals. They have universal ones, and however resigned we may be about our own peculiarities, it is comforting to know that there are equallly imbecilic inhabitants of the Animal Kingdom: consider the sad case of the vegetarian vampire bat, the hygienic rat, the affectionate asp, the crocodile shedding genuine tears! To all of these misfits Ronald Searle applies his piercing eye and mordant pen to produce a superb and hilarious collection of full-color close-ups, which will do much to enhance his reputation as The Man Most Animals Would Enjoy Eating First! A five-star dish for all..

New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1922 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF Orange cover with dark blue details and illustration, slight chip on front cover and faint smudges on spine. Straight spine. Besides light penciled inscription on first flyleaf, pages ar pristine. An Indiana adventure and romance, focusing on pioneer lifestyle and rural living. 434 pages Possible first printing. . ..

New York : Doubleday & Company, inc., 1957 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. VG/G Presumed First Edition The dark green cloth boards of this hardcover are in Very Good condition. Some discoloration on outer edge of front cover. Very slight shelf wear, silver metallic titles against green box on light yellow spine. Mark Twain embossed in silver on the cover. 676 crisp, unmarked pages with sharp corners. Front flyleaf contains a label bearing former owner's name. Dust Jacket is in Good condition, slight shelf wear. Three illustrations, including the author smoking a pipe. Chipping at top and bottom of spine, as well as one on front and two at back. Front flap missing. Slight discoloration hints at water spots. Including titles such as: ~Luck ~ Curious Dream ~ Was it Heaven? Or Hell? ~ A Story Without An End ~ "As a critic of his age, mark Twain probed deeply into the character and conscience of the world about him. When he put pen to paper, no one was safe. . . " ~ From the Editor,… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1930 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Same date to title and copyright pages. Bownish/orange fine weave linen boards with silver gilt spear design on front cover. Spine is faded and bumped. Interior of book is in near fine condition. Autobiographical account of Frances Charles Yeates Bown's experiences in the Balleans and Middle East at the Pakistani and Afghan frontier from 1908-1918. Won the james Tait Black Award. Made into 1935 film starring Gary Cooper..

Roberts Brothers 1892 Good/none. Original dark blue cloth with red titles and illustrations on the front board and gold titles on the spine. Loose binding, a loose page, one 1/2 page torn out. A few pictures scribbled on. Many pages at back of book with list of "new publications".Contents: I. A Book of Nonsense II. Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets III. More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany Etc. IV. Laughable : A Fresh Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Etc. "With All The Original Illustrations"This was a well loved book - obviously read over and over again as family entertainment!

New York : Bramhall House, 1952 Book. Illus. by Henry Bugbee Kane. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. VG/VG First Edition, First Printing Book in Very Good condition. Golden cloth boards are square with sharp corners, straight spine, black titles. Slight warping at back cover corner. Flyleafs contain tape and pen marks, 300 pages are otherwise unmarked, and quite crisp. Many detailed illustrations by Henry Bugbee Kane. Dust Jacket in Very Good condition. White/ teal/ black color scheme with illustrations of a light house ont he front cover, and a woodland creature striking it rich on the back. Slight shelf wear, a few small chips, and a vague water spot on the front cover, tape marks inside. "Together with the traditional text of Cape Cod there has been coupled here for the first time Thoreau's Journal account of his fourth and last visit in June, 1857, to 'the bare and bended arm of Massachusetts'." From the DJ front flap.

Doubleday, 1958 Book. Illus. by Tom Dunn. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. VG/VG Gray boards dark blue titles to spine.BCE. No interior marks, tight edition. Beautiful painting by Tom Dunn on front of DJ. some chipping to edges of DJ and one tear at top of spine. A maritime tale set in Singapore and the Seas of the West Indies. Five years in the British Navy gave this young Scottish author his intimate knowledge of the sea, which plays so dramatic a role in this new novel of raw adventure, romance, and personal courage. His special talent for calling up the beauties and terrors of the world of ship and water was first displayed in his best selling novel, H.M.S. Ulysses. .