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,W. S. (William Schwenck) (1836-1911) , Arrangements by Dr. Albert Sirmay, SOLID BLUE Endpapers , B/W IllustratedHARDBACK NODustjacket IN SLIPCASE with Rub & wear & COLOR ILLUSTRATED LABEL, 1941 on Title Copyright pg, 1st edition, Very Good binding and hinges; OVERSIZED Blue Boards with Red Cloth at Spine Cvr, NO JACKET,clean unmarked text; no underlining, hi-lighting, or other markings; not withdrawn library copy. Light amount of wear & aging to book and moderate wear, aging, and scuffs to slipcase. Nice sturdy copy. Grey Boards with Red cloth Spine & Gold gilt titles

HBDJ, 1944 ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, , STATED 1ST EDITION, VG+/VG, TINY CHIPS TEARS DJ EXTREMITIES,The book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. DECORATED CLOTH CVR FLORAL WITH 2 BIRDSThe book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. There is a tiny ding on the spine. The dust jacket is in fair condition. There is visible wear of front and back covers. There are small splits at the dust cover corners. There are small tears at the dust cover spine edges with several small tears along the top dust cover edge. There is a ding on the dust cover spine and a light crease as well at the bottom edge. There is discoloration at the dust cover book fold edges, Boards are done in a Fraktur-like folk art style , crumb-crowned pastry that has been a longtime staple in Pennsylvania Dutch households . A series of short stories about a young girl who enjoys making shoo-fly with her mother, going to the market, and talking to her pop. Present-day Story ofa cheerful hardworking Pennsylvania Dutch farmer & His Family & friends as they work & Play Thruout the various Seasons. Homely chores & Simple Pleasures assume new dignity & meaning as the story Unfolds.

Mycroft and Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin, sister publishing house to Arkham House, 1965 B/W Illustrated Endpapers Of London Map of Solar Pons Small scuff Mark, B/W Photo of Derleth Back DJ Taken by Edgar Obma, HBDJ, 1965, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, BOOK CVR G00D- / VG- Dustjacket Condition AS-IS, Front Cover LARGE obtrusive DAMP Stain & Light Wear, BACK CVR DAMP STAIN ALONG EDGE, 1st LIMITED Edition of 3,000 Copies, , 1st Printing , Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear , FOX, 282 Pgs, Fox Stains to Endpapers, Plain Black Binding Cloth Cover is Hollison Black Novelex, DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR, Tiny Chips & Tear Extremities & Spine Ends, Crease Fold Front Right side of DJ has Thin Horizontal splice Out of in. Back DJ Lightly Foxed & Light Scuff , has Photo of Sypnosis of Author, , Spine Cvr is Titled & Designed Decorated in Black & Gold Gilt has some Rub. Wear, , 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 IN.Duodecimo [19 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped spine , in Spooky B/W & Orange DustJacket of Sherlock Holmes Standing Beside Orange Lamp & Dr. Watson Seated Holding his Eye Glasses, , Seated in Room Looking Out Window at Castle Like House with Full Moon Above & a Man can be Seen in its Lighted Window at Night, DJ art by Frank Utpatel, The steadily expanding devotees of the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street will hail with delight this crowning volume in a series of collections which have now pastiched the entire quintet of the Master's adventures, When August Derleth wrote Arthur Conan Doyle in 1928 to ask if there were to be any more Sherlock Holmes stories, he was given a curt "no". Thus was born Solar Pons, the twentieth century flag carrier for Mr. Holmes and the brainchild of Derleth. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good.

Doubleday, This is a BOOK CLUB EDITION, 1965 HBDJ, 1965, Early Reprint, 253 PGs, Book VG Condition and Dust Jacket in VG- Condition with minor wear around the edges DJ & Tiny Chips , Light Soil Back DJ , Interior NiCE tight Clean. Beige Grey Cloth Lettered in Black on SPine light Wear, Publishers RedDye Stain on Top Pgs Edges . Gothic Mystery set in both Mediaeval Rome and the present day, which includes the classic elements of the Genre; murder, and haunting from a phantom.. Signed by Author. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.

Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1938. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Near fine save some light darkening to the sheets. 8vo. Later buckram, original printed wrappers bound in, untrimmed. First edition. Inscribed by Bernstein on the half-title to the dedicatee's wife, the actress Patricia Patterson: "à la meilleure partenaire de Charles à la Marmanche Pat affecteuresment Henry Bernstein." Patricia Patterson (1910-1978) made more than 20 films, including Charlie Chan Goes to Egypt. It was a case of love at first sight when she was introduced to the actor Charles Boyer by Maurice Chevalier at a wrap party for the film in 1934. Charles Boyer (1899-1978) appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976, including his celebrated performance in Gaslight (1944). The playwright Henri Bernstein (1876-1953) was associated with Boulevard Theatre. Boyer had appeared in leading roles of several film adaptations of Bernstein's plays, including Orage (1938), the film adaptation of this play (in which Boyer is listed on the cast list). The printed dedication reads: "Au grand acteur qui fut, tant de soirs, sur la scène du Gymnase, à Charles Boyer son ami H. B." WITH: Another copy: untrimmed sheets, bound uniformly in buckram, printed wrappers bound in. One of 15 copies on Van Gelder Zonen (this is No. 3).

HBDJ, OCTOBER 1954 , 1st English BRITISH Edition, 2ND Impression, 511 PGS , THICK GREEN TWEEDHardback. Dust jacket. Very good indeed in slightly edge-nicked, unclipped, very good dust jacket.TINY SPECK SOIL Outer pgs edge BTM, RETURNABLE ANY REASON WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM RECEIPT. Inspired by the 1947 New York Times articles detailing items taken from the Collyer's Brownstone after their deaths. An unusual mystery NOVEL centered around two elderly brothers in NY, SEYMOUR HOLT , Brilliant Ruthless Elder Brother, Younger 1 Randall Holt, Softer & More Attractive,, who appear to be living in poverty when they had scads of money in the bank, and the bank official examining the strange requests made in their wills. Classic novel. being an increasingly well respected and energetically applauded offering it is proudly presented with great FAREWELLO, Class

HBDJ, 1933, 1ST MODERN LIBRARY , EARLY ISSUE, VG+/GOOD-, AS-IS, REPAIRED MENDED TEAR SPLIT TO DJ SPINE EDGE, BACK & VERSO OF DJ LISTS 225 TITLES & PRE ZIP CODE COUPON, Inner DJ Flap MENDED SEPARATION TINY PriceClipped but 95 Cents Intact, Great DJ design by Reichl !, Orange & White Rockwell Kent Endpapers, The BURGUNDY CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT book is in very good, clean, fresh, gently read condition with an intact binding, a good cover with some bumped covers, and no rips, tears, stains, or marks other than the author's signature INSCRIPTION on the pre-title page and, the book owner's name above, also written by the author. The dust jacket is dingy, torn, tattered and fragile EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR; its front flap is completely separate and the jacket has ink writing on its cover. 'hardcover' binding on this 6-3/4 by 4-1/4 inch book is actually a tightly woven 'balloon' cloth over a very thin, stiff but flexible 'board'. We believe this book is bound in Modern Library's binding style #7, tanning to dj spine, SMALL INK MARK FRONT OF DJ. , It is the central story, that of Melanctha, the Negro girl, which is the most original and compelling of the three...It is perhaps the first American story in which the Negro is regarded as a human being and not as an object for condescending compassion or derision

Reading, PA Fantasy Press, 1953 HBDJ, 1953, stated 1st edition, Original Red Cloth lettered & Decorated on Spine in Gold Gilt, Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, F-/NF, DJ slight rub, wear & tiny Chips & small mended tears Extremities, 256 pages, Light soil Back DJ, Tiny Tear Base DJ Spine ,Author born in Butler , Missouri in 1907 . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

HBDJ, CHIP TO FRONT TOP & BTM EDGE DJ & Small residue, 1951 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, SIGNED, VG- , AS-IS, MENDED CHIP REPLACEMENTS TO EXTREMITIES OF DJ , OBLONG binding with YELLOW cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards SOME SMUDGING & Pencil mark WEAR. 4to, 39 pgs, BACK OF DJ CHIPS TO EXTREMITIES, 39 PGS, Here he reimagines for children the life of the early 19th-century performer and legendary champion leaper (Niagara Falls, etc.) Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet.

HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, EARLY ISSUE, , NO Date on Title Page, .Early ISSUE Dustjacket $3.23 ON FLAP, VG/VG+, NOT X-LIB. Trade OBLONG binding with Brown Rust cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards. Same illus as DJ which has SMALL Blue & Silver Dolphin Sticker, . Book is very good- with some spotting on top & bottom edges of green cloth (scans available). DJ is very good+ to near fine- . Outstanding full color art by VIRGINIA LEE BURTON (CALDECOTT MEDALIST). 28 PGS,