The Black Pearl
Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Johnson, Milton. Inscribed and signed by the author. Third printing. hard cover. More
Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Johnson, Milton. Inscribed and signed by the author. Third printing. hard cover. More
Boston: The Pilgrim Press, (1913). Illustrated with 9 silhouette pictures. 12 mo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Black cloth covered boards with pictorial paper cover plates on front and back and paper spine label. 65 pp. A funny charming little book by theologian John Edgar Park, (1879-1956) who served as President of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Brick colored cloth covered boards stamped in green. 277 pp. quarto. Dust jacket price is $3.00. The human hero of this story is an old and humble Zulu parson, from the hills above Ixopo, who sets out for Johannesburg, "the city of evil," in..... More
Heinemann, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. More
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., No date. 16mo. 6-1/2" x 5-1/8".88 pp. Pictorial blue cloth covered boards stamped in white, green and red. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. WIth illustrations by J. J. Grandville. Forty-two of these fables were published in "Poems," by Ennis Rees, University of South Carolina Press, 1964, and are printed here by permission. Tall 8vo. 210 pp. including index. The wit and vigor with which Ennis Rees retells..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: Mitten Press, (2008). Illustrations by Bruce langton. 9781587265266. Signed by Cynthia Reynolds on title page. First edition. Brown paper covered boards textured to look like cloth. Spine stamped in white. Oliver, a tiny mouse from northwestern Ohio, dreams big dreams and longs for grand adventures. When his..... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., (March, 1911). Illustrated with 6 half-tone drawings by Elizabeth Withington. First edition. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 5-1/2". Pictorial brick colored cloth covered boards stamped in black and white. 311 pp. plus 8 pp. publisher's ads. More
Northampton, MA: Kitchen Sink Press, (1993). Tipped in on the free front endpaper is an illustrated card signed by Dale Messick, Marie Severin, Marty Links and two other names I am not sure of Ramona ??? and ??? Teny and Trina Robbins. # 169 of an edition limited to 500..... More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1913. With 8 half-tone Illustrations by Paul Bransom. First Macmillan edition. 8vo. Pictorial green cloth covered boards stamped in white, black and gold. 300 pp. plus 5 pp. publischer's ads. More
Harper and Rowe, (1974). Pictorial cover and dust jacket illustration by Edward Gorey. Stated First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial yellow cloth cover. 211 pp. In this hilarious sequel to Freaky Friday, Annabel and her friends encounter mind- and time-boggling adventures which are always entertaining, but certainly don't work out quite as..... More
Little Brown and Company. 1st. hard cover. More
Dell, 1987. 5th printing. paperback. More
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., (1910). With four half-tone illustrations by S. H. Riesenberg. 8vo. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in black, white and cream. 335 pp. More
1969. Mars, W. T. Inscribed and signed by the author. 3rd printing. hardcover. More
New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, (1938). First Edition. 8vo. 8-7/16" x 5-7/8". Beige cloth covered boards stamped in red. 308 pp. Top edge tinted red. Deckled fore-edge. In his finest novel since OIL, Upton Sinclair dramatizes the struggle of Little Steel - the independent steel companies- to maintain..... More
Avon, 1976. First edition. paperback. More
New York: Pantheon Books, (2004). 0375422986. Signed on title page. Stated First edition. 8vo. blue paper covered boards with black paper covered spine stamped in gold. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's, (1951). First edition. 8vo.8-1/4" x 5-5/8". 282 pp. Price on dust jacket front flap is $3.00. Dust jacket signed by Arno. A first edition of Vern Sneider's first novel, The Teahouse of the August Moon, is full of charm and gentle wisdom - and also very..... More
1975. Spier, Peter. 0385094701. Inscribed and signed by the author-illustrator. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Philadelphia: Macrae - Smith Company, (November 1928). 12 illustrations in full color by Frank E. Schoonover, Manning DeV. Lee, Charles Hargens and Richard H. Rogers. Second printing. Thick 4to. 9-3/4 x 7-3/4. Pictorial brown cloth stamped in gold orange and sky blue. Beautiful, pictorial endpapers printed in orange and brown..... More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. Small 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-5/16." Dark green cloth stamped in gold.420 pp plus 2 pp. publisher's ads. Printed notice pasted on front pastedown endpaper: With the Compliments of the Author, but the book is not signed. More
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, (1972). Stated First U.S. Edition. 8vo. Light brown paper covered boards printed to look like cloth. Black cloth spine printed in silver. 269 pp. including extensive index. Table of Contents on back dust jacket panel ( pictured at the right.). More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1946). A Giant Golden Book, Second Printing, January, 1946. 4to. 13" x 10-1/4". Full color pictorial paper covered boards. 89 pp. Full color pictorial endpapers. Tales from: Rip Van Winkle, Robin Hood, Heidi, Arabian Nights, Tom Sawyer, Gulliver's Travels, Rootabaga Stories, Dr. Doolittle, Robinson Crusoe..... More