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London / New York: John Lane / The Merriam Co., 1896. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 263 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Gilt, Cover With Elaborate Design In Red And Gilt Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. First Edition. Bal 6285. Near Fine, Bright, Clean, Unfaded. Large, Original Engraved Red And Silver Bookplate Of Ethel Vesalius Austen And Herbert Helvetius Haas, Ownership Signature Of E. J. Austen

A Golden Picture Classic ,LONDON, golden Press, 1957 HBDJ, 1957. 1st Edition THUS, Red Cloth Hardcover Titled in Gold Gilt. Book Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 94 pages, , small tears WEAR, Tiny Chips to dust jacket edges , DJ & Some pages slightly tanned, SmallPrior Owner Stamp on first page ,dustwrapper showing the odd edge-tear and shelfwear but nothing unusual or unsightly for this sort of book, approx 11" X 8 in. DJ Protected Clear Mylar .in Color Dustjacket of 2 men , 1 in TopHat Red silk Ascot Scarf at Neck & brown Pleated Pants, white Gloves & Holding Walking Stick & other wearing Derby Hat & Black BowTie, striped Pants Holding bags & Packages, One afternoon Phineas Fogg made a Bet that He could Circle the globe in 80 Days. Bet was accepted & Fogg & Passepartout, His Servant, set out on 2nd of Oct. 1872. Travel was Risky & Dangerous in Those Days. He met Many difficulties & it didn’t help when Fix, a Not very Smart Detective, decided that Fogg was the man he had been Ordered to Arrest. Verne foresaw many mechanical inventions of 20th Century, submarines, aeroplanes, Rockets etc. He pioneered Science Fiction.. First Thus. Hardcover.

William Blackwood & Sons London Edinburgh, 1862. HB NODJ, 1st. edition. 1862, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Green cloth with black Leather at tips & along entire spine, Lined in Gold Gilt on front, Raised Bands on spine with gilt titles, NOJACKET, Interiro nice tight clean light fox, wear , few pgs penciling, Outer pgs edges Marblelized, light scuff edges cvr,One-quarter Leather Bound, 384 pgs .The Author had the honour of contributing to Blackwood's Magazine some sketches of the ways of book-collectors, scholars, literary investigators, desultory readers, and other persons whose pursuits revolve round books and literature. Some friendly criticisms having induced him to reflect on what he had written, he saw, as will generally happen in such cases, that were he to go over the ground again, he would find much that lie would desire to alter, and many things that might be added. He therefore resolved to recast the whole and expand it to the compass of a thin volume. The thin volume, however, fattened as it approached maturity, until it reached the respectable dimensions in which it now awaits the appreciation of any reader who may think it worthy of his attention.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

HARPER COLLINS HARPERCOLLINS, 2017. HBDJ, 2017, New hardcover. NF+/NF+, Stated First Edition, First Printing.WITH #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE in Brand New jacket. , enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose, 32 PGS, ,enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose , original lullaby written and performed by Kelly herself. It's a big day for River Rose--she's going to the zoo But when she's too excited to fall asleep the night before, it takes a magical lullaby from Mom to send River Rose off on a dream adventure Soon River Rose is hopscotching with the hippos, slip-sliding with the penguins, and dancing with the big brown bears. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by LAURA HUGHES.

HARPER COLLINS HARPERCOLLINS, 2017. HBDJ, 2017, New hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. in Brand New jacket. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page.STATED 1ST EDITION, WITH #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE , enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose, 32 PGS, ,.ORIGINAL AMERICAN IDOL ON TV ,enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose , original lullaby written and performed by Kelly herself. It's a big day for River Rose--she's going to the zoo But when she's too excited to fall asleep the night before, it takes a magical lullaby from Mom to send River Rose off on a dream adventure Soon River Rose is hopscotching with the hippos, slip-sliding with the penguins, and dancing with the big brown bears. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by LAURA HUGHES.

Simon & Schuster, 2003. HBDJ, 2003, 1st ediition with #1 present in Number line, F/F, 231 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Riverside Press Cambridge Houghton Mifflin Boston, 1962. HBDJ, X-LIBRARY, USUAL WEAR, STAMPS, EtC, 1962, 1st Edition, SECOND Printing , Dates Match on Title & copYright pg, VG-/GOOD+, AS-IS, Slight Lean to Book, Interior some rub, wear FOX, NICE Tight, DJ nice Bright Tiny chips Tears Wear Extremities, Spine eNds tiny Chips Tears, Original Blue Boards with Black Cloth at Spine ,Lettered on Spine. Cover lighT Rub, Wear Scuff, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Simon & Schuster NY, 1973. HBDJ,1973, 1st edition, Brown cloth decorated Gold Gilt has light stain or fade Extremities & tiny chip extremities, Interior Nice, Tight Clean,221 pgs,DJ minor Wear, inner flap DJ inside rub & wear, VG+/VG, AS-IS. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1926 , Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Book Condition: GOOD+/GOOD- CONDITION, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Green cloth hardcover with orange decorations and lettering, light dampstain on cover and page edges, rear free end page removed, cracking rear hinge, else contents tight, nicely illustrated!. Interior nice tight clean with some blank margin stains & light wrinkle & creases some pgs LIGHT FOX, Wear & few pencil marks, Cvr light rub, wear tiny chips Tears Edges, slight Lean Bk, 6 X 7 3/4 in. 158 Pgs .Art Deco illustrations by C. E. Millard, who also illustrated Classic California Fairy Tales. First Edition. Hard Cover.

NY Doubleday & McClure, 1897. Photograph Laid in Frontispiece where Tales Written is on Verso half title pg, Clear Mylar Protector TAPED Endpapers, Inner Hinge Starting slightly Cracked, Preface, Illustrated in Color. HB NODJ ISSUED, MDCCCXCVII , 1897, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match, Original Olived Green Illustrated Cloth Cover light wear tiny chips Extremities,, Newspaper article glued to Last page book about Authors Play, VG-/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, 312 pgs with small chip last pg edge, Interior Nice, tight Light FoX, Wear, Slight Lean Book, May been some internal Reglueing Repair . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

John Long, London, Book Club, Printed in GB, 1958. HBDJ, First Published in 1958 on Copyright pg. First Edition. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good Binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- Dustjacket. AS-IS, Sticker on title page says "SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE BOOK CLUBS". DJ protected with Mylar Cover, DJ light rub, wear tiny chip Tears Extremities, Beautiful Small Green Cloth Decorated & Titled in White on SpineCvr Light Wear, 192 pgs. Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox. 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 IN. Tiny chips DJ spine Ends. BACK DJ Light Fox lists thru Engaging Picaroon. .Brillant & Persistent, But Always Human Best. Roadside Robbery, one of a Disturbing Series, Differs from its Forerunners in that it is accompanied by Brutal Killing. A Policewoman on Routine Street Patrol uses her Pretty Head. Crisp Style Crime Fiction. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.

Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1941. HB NODJ, 1941, 1st edition , 1st printing, Interior Nice, tight Clean pages light wear & FoX, Green cloth lettered in White, Cover light wear & tiny Chips & Scuff Extremities, Back cover edge stain & Mended Tears Along Spine, NF+/VG+, NODJ, 216 pgs, few tiny dogeared pages . First Edition. Hard Cover.

First Edition 2002. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text and covers. Good + DJ with light scuffing and shelf wear.

Selwyn and Blount LTD London, 1928. HBDJ, 1928, 1st Edition,Hard Cover. Book Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR-, AS-IS,. DJ Has Small Chips Pieces Missing at Extremities & On Front at Bottom Edge Takes out most Authors Last Name Marshall O/W OK condtion, Spine Ends DJ small Chips but Mainly Title is Intact, Back DJ soil ,wear & Small Edges Chips but all Print INTACT, Small light Roundish Stain Front DJ, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

World Syndicate Publishing, Cleveland, Ohio, , 1931. HBDJ, 1931, 1st Edition, Early Printing. Blue Hardback with Gold Gilt Inset Embossed on Front Cloth Cover,. Book Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. 12mo , 288 pp, Gilt printed blue cloth CVR light Rub, Wear, DJ small chips, tears, edge & Extremities rubbing to pictorial jacket, Hinges sound. Interior acidic text paper inside Nice Tight Clean light FOX, Wear, DJ Spine ends Small Pieces Out NOT affecting Title & Rub along spine DJ edges, 288 PGS , NO ADS IN BACK, 5 x 7 3/4",. First Edition. Hard Cover.

GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1917. HBDJ, 1st edition, 1917, EARLY PRINTING ,VG IN GOOD DUSTJACKET, front of DJ has SMALL CORNER chip TAKES OUT HUGH IN FITZHUGH , tiny chips tears extremities, No other damage, stains, writing or foxing. Hinges: Intact.Binding: Minor wear. Hardcover Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Edge wear with multiple chips and tears to front, back and SMALL spine CHIPS DUST jacket. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Mrs. Frank Leslies NY Leslie, 1886. HB NODustJacket Issued,1886, 1st edition, Pictorial color Cover of Pyramids & East cover with small chips tears pieces to Extremities & Up & Down spine strip almost all Missing & Wear, Interior Rub, wear FoXing some smudges, O/W relatively tight, FRAGILE, VG-/G-, AS-IS, NODJ, 311 pages, Last few pages Probably Missing, 4to - over 934" - 12" tall, Back & Front Hinges slightly Separating, Travel adventures, with added history and legends relating to the places being visited. . First Edition. Hard Cover.

HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, UNDATED ,1888, 1ST EDITION , GOOD CONDITION NOJACKET, 48pp. Brown cloth. Ex-library with usual marks WEAR. SMALL Covers soiled and moderately worn, contents PG age-toned and some occasional spotting. From the Home Sunshine Series Books for Boys. PGS LITE FOX,

Harcourt , Brace NY, 1937. HBNoDJ, 1937, stated 1st edition, Brown cloth cover minor rub, scuff TO SPINE CVR & tiny chips tears Extremities, Bibliography, 421 pgs, NF+/NF, index, NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover.

London:: Printed for the Author, 1803., 1803. 8vo. [iv], xxvii, [1], 360, xxxi, [1] pp. 4 engraved plates of apparatus (Plate II acts as frontispiece, all plates are unnumbered), index. Crudely rebound in quarter calf, marbled paper over old boards. Armorial bookplate of Aske's Boy School, Haberdasher's Livery Company. Ownership signature on title of Jas. Law Jones, "rec'd from Messrs. Rickers staff & Jones -- 15 Sept. 1803". Scarce. First edition, vol. II only. With added paper (laid in): A Manual of Analytical Mineralogy. Review. Quarterly Review, 1809. 9 pp. pp. 153-161. "This clearly written and well organized book is called the first textbook of general chemistry written in the English language to be based on Lavoisier's new chemistry. The principles are illustrated with experiments." -- Cole. / Accum (1769-1838), born in Germany where the family operated a small soap boiling business. In 1793 Accum came to London to take a position at Brande, apothecaries to George II. He became friends with Anthony Carlisle and William Nicholson and established his own laboratory. He assisted Sir Humphry Davy until 1803 (the year this book was issued). He also began lecturing in 1802 where is students included Benjamin Silliman and William Peck. He supplied apparatus to institutions abroad. Amazingly, in December 1820, he was arrested for mutilating books at the Royal Institution Library, which triggered his exiting England for Germany. "The value of Accum's work lies in the way he saw and exploited the technological possibilities of the rapidly advancing science of chemistry." [DSB]. REFERENCES: Cole 9 (pp. 4-5); DSB I, pp. 43-44Neville I, p. 10.

American Artists Group, New York Gift Book, 1941. HBDJ, 1941, 1st Edition, SMALL Pictorial yellow paper over Boards, red and black lettering Match DJ Illustration Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+ light edge Scuff. DJ mild soil, sun spine & edges, mild chips. DJ/Very Good+. Mild sun spine. Mild soil edges. DJ SPINE Darkened, Small 6.75 x 4.75 in. ,in Heaven as well as on earth, a group of creatures were gathered together in a green and golden glade of Paradise. A dispute arose about which had given most to bring Christmas to the world. Manuel Komroff tells how the Angel Gabriel appeared with a decision which satisfied all. It is a tale you will never forget, enriched by the author's own charming two-tone line drawings. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Manuel KOMROFF.

Stated First Edition; Vintage 1962, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Hardcover with no dust jacket if issued, mildly aged cream cover boards with silver lettering at spine, front hinge is cracked but not torn, tight & unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Boston Otis Broaders publ, 1846. HB NODJ ISSUED, 1846, 1st edition, Embossed Burgundy Cloth boards with Rub Wear & Scuff & small chips Extremities, Small spine Tear chip,Interior relatively nice, tight with few stains, Fox, & small dogeared pgs, Edges pg Gold Gilt, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, 296 pgs, . First Edition. Hard Cover.

6 & 1/2' x 7 & 1/2'; no dustjacket. One of 230 trade copies of First Edition of 400, total including 100 (hor commerce: aka before trade) 50 signed & numbered and 20 signed with special drawing. This one is not signed or numbered but remains uncommon and collectible. Grey cloth with gold lettering on spine. Sunned spined. Darkened at margins of covers front and back. Dust staining textblock edges. Tonning to end pages front and back. Glue residue bottom of rear pastedown. Stray ink marking in what appears to be a child's hand on that same rear pastedown page. (78 pages. )

First Edition 2002. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text and covers. Good + DJ with light scuffing and shelf wear.

Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler and Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1934. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Hagreen, Philip. One of 300 copies, octavo size, sixteen unpaginated leaves. The text of a lecture given in London by Fr. McNabb to the Catholic Poetry Society. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in brown quarter-cloth over green paper covered boards, limitation page states, "300 copies have been printed by hand in Caslon 14 point Old Face type on Head's hand-made paper, January 1934. This is No. 255."; "Stones from the Brook: No. 1 Geoffrey Chaucer" (printed on the half-title); octavo size, (8" x 5 1/4"), sixteen unpaginated leaves. In a paper wrapper with black lettering on both panels and flaps. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, boards have straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some fading to green color of both boards in uneven patches and on back boards around perimeter. The paper wrapper very good, overall light sunning, the right margin of the front flap unevenly torn vertically, and a 3/4" closed tear near head of spine. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell, no. A234, which notes the title-page engraving by Philip Hagreen. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Size: 9x6x1; 1st edition, 5th printing, 1964. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

[Berlin]: Vereinigung Berliner Architekten, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4"). 58, [2]pp (Text and in-text illustrations), [56] leaves (Plates). Original blue cloth, with gold lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers. Laid in, an original and unsigned watercolor on transparent paper, and the third issue of the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, dated February 27, 1920. Title page decorated by Adolf Hartung. This splendid photo-illustrated architectural monograph was published by the Union of Berlin Architects (Vereinigung Berliner Architekten) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their founding. The founding members included distinguished historians as well as Martin Gropius, a celebrated architect and the uncle of Walter Gropius. By 1904, the association had over two hundred members. As seen in this book, the Union was an active participant in the architectural life of Berlin and curious about developments elsewhere. "Vereinigung Berliner Architekten MDCCCLXXIX-MDCCCCIV" features striking full-page b/w illustrated and photographic plates showing some of the best architectural examples produced between 1879 and 1904, such as: - The Berlin Dom (Cathedral), constructed from 1893 to 1905 by Julius Carl Raschdorff. - An architectural drawing of the Metz railway station, under construction at the time of the publication. The impressive Gothic-style station was built between 1905 and 1908 by German architect Jürgen Kröger assisted by the architects Jürgensen and Bachmann. - The Kaiserbrücke, a railway bridge on the Mainz rail bypass across the Rhine at the north end of Mainz. The bridge was built between 1901 and 1904 by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, one of the most famous architects of his time who contributed to the development of historicist architecture. The Kaiserbrücke was destroyed in 1945 by retreating German troops. - The New Town Hall (Leipzig), built between 1899 and 1905 by Hugo Licht. - The Lessing-Theater (Berlin), built between 1897 and 1898 by Hermann von der Hude and Julius Hennicke. The theater was destroyed during an allied air raid in April 1945. - The Bismarcksäule (Cologne), a prominent memorial statue dedicated to Prince and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The statue was built by A. Hartmann. - The Bismarck-Denkmal (Hamburg), is a memorial sculpture located in the St. Pauli quarter, dedicated to Otto von Bismarck. The monument was built by W. Müller. - The Charlottenburg U-Bahn station, built by Alfred Grenander. - The Almemor (raised platform also called bema, bimah or bima) of the synagogue in Lindenstrasse (Berlin). The synagogue was built in 1881 by Cremer & Wolffensteir. Some of the buildings featured in this work were built in the style of the Jugendstill (Art Nouveau). Minor abrasion to spine. Binding rubbed along edges. Text in German. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.

Size: 9x6x1; 1st edition, 5th printing, 1964. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1923. 1st ed. in German. Hardcover. Good. 68 mounted plates (mostly in color) plus several smaller, mostly mounted, illustrations (some color) on text pages, Original vellum quarterbinding (purple boards backed in vellum). 37 cm. Small gilt figure on front cover. Front and back cover quite faded around outlines of smaller books that protected the original color. Center half of rear joint split (and then visibly reglued). There is also a small gouge at the bottom of the front joint. Cover edges heavily rubbed. Contents sound and clean with a few creases on tissue guards. Minimal foxing. No slipcase or jacket. German text. Editions of this book also appeared in English ("Bakst, the Story of the Artist's Life") and French ("Bakst: Histoire de Leon Bakst"). Bakst was born in Grodno (now part of Belarus) to Jewish parents. He later changed his name and achieved fame in Russia and elsewhere as an artist and designer of sets and costumes for the Ballet Russes.

Munich: Marees Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1918. First Limited Edition Thus. Full Pigskin (Full Leather), with custom slipcase. Near Fine. No. 162 of 200, with one of 150 on hand-made paper of Wiggins, Teape & Co. 240 copies in all were made, including unnumbered copies (212 were numbered in one of two ways). 4to. (27 by 20 cm.) 282, [5] pp. The outstanding aspects of this edition and copy in which Ovid's verse is rendered in both Latin and German translation are magnificent decorative pigskin binding, the flowing type, and the elegant page decoration, which includes a huge variety of cameo images. These images are never repeated exactly, it should also be noted. Resulting is a book of extraordinary beauty, both exterior and interior-wise. Aesthetically the book production is true to the classical in its lines and sensibility while being securely of its own time when a sinuous Art Nouveau or Jugendstil was ripening into a modernist economy, or Art Deco. There are sensuous Rococo details, such as the gilt lines etched into the spine, while one can not but be impressed with the lack of clutter on each and every page! While the type is not a plain Roman or the like, the gentle curvature of the cursive invites and soothes the eye, and every word should be crisply clear to the modern reader. Light soiling and darkening on the spine. Clean and tight within. The slipcase has some wear.