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World Publishing, NY,, 1967 Blank white Endpapers, HBDJ, 1967, First edition. FINE-/FINE-, Hardcover,red cloth,FINE condition in FINE dustjacket.Contents clean & tight. 160 pgs. A beautiful copy.Tweed red cloth boards Titled in Black on Spine Cvr , DJ Protected Clear Mylar, Interior Nice Tight Clean ,Neighborhood children move the possessions their parents always complain about (old birds nests, broken dolls, mounted butterflies) into a deserted house that suddenly takes on a ghostly life of its own, a Plea from their long-suffering parents that they get Rid of their Precious but Untidy Collections of Insects, Chemicals, Model Airplanes, Stuffed Animals, hats, Rabbits, & Movie Magazines sends George Carpenter, his Sister Karen, & their Friends on a search for a Clubhouse with Lots of Space. They find a place but the stairs to 2nd Floor are barred & Padlocked, but the House seems Deserted. Soon, however, strange Noises from the barricaded Rooms Upstairs, Disappearing Pictures, & a Frightening Stranger make it plain that someone is trying to Evacuate Them,. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

HBDJ, APRIL 1943. 1ST EDITION, STATED 1ST Printing . BLUE CLOTH SPINE Hardcover. VG WITH RUB WEAR CVR EDGES Text is clean, unmarked. Binding tight. Page edges, covers and corners have some shelf wear and aging. DJ in VG condition with moderate shelf wear. TINY CHIP BASE DJ SPINE , tearing and aging. Very good copy. Size: 6.75 x 8.

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

Grosset & Dunlap NY, 1953 HBDJ, 1953, 1ST, 1STprinting, VG+/GOOD, AS-IS, Tan tweed boards with brown print & silhouette of boys on front in brown. with blue top page ends. 216 pgs, NO ADS in Back. PreText Lists Thru this Title with pencil ck marks. Here's a nice 1st edition 1st printing of The Hardy Boys #33 The Yellow Feather Mystery with original dust jacket. Book is easily very good with crisp white pages and no writing inside. Dust jacket is good plus to very good minus with some small chips, edge wear and some wrinkling and small tears and a bit of moisture damage (on lower backside of dust jacket). The jacket lists Bomba titles on the back thru #10 Bomba Lost Explorers with light stains, with 3 Tom Swift Jr titles on the back inner DJ flap thru Swift & His Rocket Ship. Overall a nice True 1st edition of The Yellow Feather Mystery to add to your collection. The dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover. Small triangular chips left front near spine DJ not affecting titles or illustration , DJ spine ends light chips tears . The HARDY boys are summoned to jury duty and are surprised to find that the defendant is Aunt Gertrude, who is charged with running a house of prostitution. The majority of the jury wants to acquit, but the first vote is 10-2. One hundred eighty-seven votes later, the vote is still 10-2. The judge gavels a hung jury. Aunt Gertrude smiles. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

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!

466 pages. Paper / Soft cover REPRINT of the original edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Overall great copy of this scarce title. Excellent resource for history of French formal cooking, dining and eating. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Full title page reads: Le Cuisinier françois ou est enseigne la maniere d'appreter toute sorte de viandes, de faire toute sorte de patisseries and de confitures: reveu and augmentee d'un traite de confitures seiches and liquides and pour appreter des festins aux quatre saisons de l'annee: par le sieur de La Varenne ecuyer de cuisine de monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles: unzieme edition. English translation of the title: The French chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, how to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treat of squid and liquid jams and for preparing feasts in the four seasons of the year: by the sieur de La Varenne, kitchen squire of the Marquis of Uxelles: first edition. ~ Text is only in FRENCH. Although the contents and subject of this book is historic, and a direct reprint of the original first edition, the book itself is not old, circa 1999. No other publication date is available. Modern Reprint. Clean and Unmarked Text. Limited edition of 100 copies.

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!

466 pages. Paper / Soft cover REPRINT of the original edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Overall great copy of this scarce title. Excellent resource for history of French formal cooking, dining and eating. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Full title page reads: Le Cuisinier françois ou est enseigne la maniere d'appreter toute sorte de viandes, de faire toute sorte de patisseries and de confitures: reveu and augmentee d'un traite de confitures seiches and liquides and pour appreter des festins aux quatre saisons de l'annee: par le sieur de La Varenne ecuyer de cuisine de monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles: unzieme edition. English translation of the title: The French chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, how to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treat of squid and liquid jams and for preparing feasts in the four seasons of the year: by the sieur de La Varenne, kitchen squire of the Marquis of Uxelles: first edition. ~ Text is only in FRENCH. Although the contents and subject of this book is historic, and a direct reprint of the original first edition, the book itself is not old, circa 1999. No other publication date is available. Modern Reprint. Clean and Unmarked Text. Limited edition of 100 copies.