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Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press/Dia Art Foundation, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 208 pages, b&w and color plates. Essays and interview with the artist, bibliography, pictorial boards. In publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. NY, The Wise-Parslow Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with orange stamping, 96 pages. Color illustrations by Eleanor Campbell. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Originally published by Volland in 1931.

Hardcover. London, George G. Harrap & Co.., reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 290 pages. Red cloth cover with colored design, some wear to corners and edges. Light foxing on some pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean with 9 color plates by N.C. Wyeth including title page. A nice copy.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1983, Hardcover, 368 pages, a classic adventure of a shipwreck and survival. 14 color plates including title page and endpapers illustration by N.C. Wyeth. The definitive edition of the Scribner's Illustrated Classic with the original canvases newly photographed. While not a First Edition it is superior in every way considering the quality of the color plates. Bright, clean copy in a similar dust jacket.

Softcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Flexible covers, 540 pages, 1,500 illustrations in full color. A visual survey of the scientific developments and cultural significance of robots documents the history of automatons, androids, and other forms of artificial intelligence, both of the fictional and real-world arenas, in a volume that features interviews with scientists, doctors, toy creators, science-fiction writers, and more.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 110 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a very neat, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Atlantic Monthly , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket., 235 pages. INSCRIBED BY FORD on title pg.

Hardcover. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY FORD on title-page. Nice, clean condition. Hardbound, dust jacket price-clipped.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, red cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine, 237 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover. Mild soil to edges, covers. Historical fiction for young adults based on the life of Roland, warrior of France, nephew of Emperor Charlemagne. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 266 pages. Scarce 1st edition. Tan decorated cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. 31 beautiful line drawings by Alice Barber (Stephens) who is not credited on the title page but whose signature can be seen on the plates. Binding slightly cocked but still very intact. Light rubbing to edges and spine.

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday Page , 1st, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 436 pages. Hardcover with stamped illustration of a moose head on front cover. Green covers show moderate wear on edges with fraying, fading and light soil. Gutter cracked in multiple places, but still complete. Illustrations throughout done by author. Page block has well worn edges. Light foxing to frontispiece tissue guard, first few pages.

Hardcover. New York , Dial, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 10th pr., 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, ex-lib with worn dust jacket. Normal stamping, residue to endpapers. Interior clean. b&w drawings by Angelo. Growing up in a well-to-do family with strict rules and routines can be tough for a ten-year-old girl who only wants to roller skate. But when Lucinda Wyman's parents go overseas on a trip to Italy and leave her behind in the care of Miss Peters and Miss Nettie in New York City, she suddenly gets all the freedom she wants! Lucinda zips around New York on her roller skates, meeting tons of new friends and having new adventures every day. But Lucinda has no idea what new experiences the city will show her.... Some of which will change her life forever.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 2nd pr., 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped in red and blue, 186 pages. B&w drawings by Valenti Angelo. Light shelf wear. Name on front fly leaf otherwise no marking.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 209 pages, decorated gray cloth covers. Title page with red decorations, small red circular decoration on each page. Tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with purple WRB and decorative design on cover, purple/red lettering on spine with green filigree. Suspense noirish novel. Night club singer marries man with a past and secrets. Back cover with faint staining otherwise clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages with b&w photos by Gloir Kitt Lindauer and Carmel Roth. Clean, bright copy with unclipped dust jacket, $3.95. Mild soil to jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Harper and Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Syd Hoff. An I Can Read Mystery in illustrated glossy boards with a bright dust jacket. Partially price-clipped otherwise clean, sharp copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages, b&w illustrations, color frontispiece by Maud and Miska Petersham. Blue cloth covers w/ yellow lettering and design. Light edgewear, rubbing to covers. Hinges cracked. Else pages clean and tight.

Hardcover. NY, Century Co., 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers, 179 pages. End papers illustration, 2-color frontispiece and black & white illustrations by Weda Yap. Light edgewear. No dust jacket. Corners a bit bumped.

Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton, reprint, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards with white cloth spine, gilt lettering. 120 pages. Originally published in 1872, this edition notable for 3 bright color lithographic plates, b&w text drawings not credited. Fly leaf missing as book opens to the half-title page. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Berkley Prime Crime, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Driving out to Rosemary's house on an errand, China discovers her accountant has been murdered. With one abusive ex-husband and plenty of former clients in the picture, there's no shortage of suspects. And with a vengeful ex-convict on the loose, there's plenty for China to worry about. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, L.C. Page & Co., 3rd pr., 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in dark green, red and gilt, 147 pages. Five plates printed in 3-colors by Adelaide Eberhart. Cover design signed "E", probably the same artist. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Rostnikov has been ordered to go on holiday to Yalta. While he is away, rumor has it that he will be demoted. He's so good at his job, he makes the bureaucrats look bad. However, not only do Rostnikov and his associates keep their jobs, they manage to solve a kidnapping, robbery, and murder in the process.