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Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Page & Co., reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt design on cover faded. 235 pages, 100 b&w drawings by Seton. Shelf-worn, clean copy.

Boston, Little Brown , 1st , 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with light fading to spine. A young black girl struggles to fulfill her papa's dream of a better future for their family in the southwestern town where in 1910 they are the only blacks.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 275 pages. Tight, clean copy in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder line bottom edge.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 221 pages, b&w illustrations by Alexy Pendle. A tale set in pre-WW1 England. A generous impulse prompts Pansy to change clothes with a girl from the workhouse, beginning a series of strange adventures which involve Pansy being mistaken for a workhouse child, being chased hither and thither, being locked in a butcher's cellar, and being forced to hide on top of a haystack at night terrified that she is being hunted down by dogs.

Hardcover. London, Merrill & Baker, 1st Thus, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 522 pages (Vol. I) and 528 pages (Vol. II). Limited edition, #109 of 500. Introduction by Richard Garnett, editor. 56 captioned b/w illustrations by various artists, including two illustrated title pages. Color frontispiece in each volume. Half leather binding with raised spine bands, marble boards, and marble endpapers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Some parts of leather are turning green. Light wear to cover edges, and minor chipping to spine edges. Frayed wear to spine tops (more so on Vol. 1). Previous owner's bookplate on inside front covers. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges. Very Good.

Hardcover. London, Merrill & Baker, 1st Thus, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 504 pages (Vol. I) and 508 pages (Vol. II). Limited edition, #109 of 500. Introduction by Richard Garnett, editor. 52 captioned b/w illustrations by various artists, including two illustrated title pages. Color frontispiece in each volume. Half leather binding with raised spine bands, marble boards, and marble endpapers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Some parts of leather are turning green. Light wear to cover edges, and minor chipping to spine edges. More serious chipping to top of spine on Vol. II, and frayed wear to top of spine on Vol. 1 Rear hinge of Vol. II is split about 3/4 of the way down, but cover is still attached. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front covers. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges. Very Good.

Softcover. Louisville KY, Sarabande Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 202 pages. If it's possible to be dubbed a "master storyteller" this early in one's career, then Leung's enchanting debut short story collection most assuredly has earned him the title. As diverse as they are similar, Leung's characters and their conditions run the gamut from elderly widower to precocious youngsters, porn star to AIDS victim, serial killer to estranged sisters, and all are lucidly portrayed in prose that is achingly lyrical and elegantly refined. Leung's stories are startling in their depth and intricacy. INSCRIBED BY LEUNG on the half-title page. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. B&W illustrations by William A. Kolliker. Review slip laid in. Some browning to dust jacket flaps, uneven color to light blue cloth covers. Traces of paper clip to a few pages, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY WEAVER on title page.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 248 pages. Clean copy. Tunis' World Series is Book #2 in his 8- book series on the Brooklyn Dodgers. Roy Tucker and his Brooklyn Dodgers teammates summon every ounce of their collective skill to fight for the greatest title in baseball -- World Series champs.

Hardcover. New York , Dodd Mead, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 73 pages plus index, b&w illustrations and dust jacket painting in color by Lewin. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR on the front fly leaf. Dust jacket bright, unclipped.

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 64 pages, b & w illustrations by Ted Lewin, clean, tight copy, tear and slight wear to edges of dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Coward-McCann Inc. , 1st US, ND, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages, hardcover. Being the further adventures of the Treasure Seekers. With illustrations by C. Walter Hodges. Rough-cut fore edge. Heavy bumping to corners. Small tear to page 11 taped. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Mild age toning and foxing to preliminary pages. A tight and clean copy.

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 160 pages. Ten black & white illustrations by Paul Bransom. Previous owner's signature on title-page. Dust jacket with large chunks gone from top edges. closed tears, soil. Story of a giant volcano eruption in the African jungle'

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. One of 500 SIGNED BY BENEDICT on a special tipped-in page.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Clean copy. A collection of short stories which illuminate, with imagery and humor, the darkest corners of the American soul. The author attempts to capture the personalities of rural America, shaped by poverty, cruelty and an odd compassion.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 145 pages. Gordimer examines the tension for a writer between life's experiences and narrative creations. She tries to unravel the mysterious process that breathes "real" life into fiction by exploring the writings of revolutionaries in South Africa and the works of Naguib Mahfouz, Chinua Achebe and Amos Oz. Ending on a personal note, Gordimer reveals her own experience of "writing her way out of" the confines of a dying colonialism.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. First edition. Beige/light brown cloth with reddish lettering/decoration, top edge stained red as issued, 202 pages, illustrated with drawings. Clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Blackie & Son, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in 2-colors, 384 pages. Color frontis and 4 b&w plates by Ralph Peacock. A tale of loyalty and courage in 11th-century Britain. Wulf and his best friend, Beorn, fight bravely for their Saxon king - capturing castles, rescuing shipwrecked survivors, repelling Viking invaders, and fighting the Battle of Hastings. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, illustrated by Robert Doremus. 282 pages. Tight, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 2 novels in one. 246 pages. Slight rubbing to lower edge, slight wear to pictorial dust jacket, in protective, clear brodart cover. Overall a very nice, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, McClure Phillips, 1st, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 329 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black & white illust. by F.Y. Cory. Bright decorated green boards with gilt lettering. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Robert M. McBride, 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, blue coth with orange titles, 94 pages. B&w and 2-color illustrations by Mildred Boyle. Soiling to endpapers, covers worn. When John Taylor and his parents move from their apartment in the big city to a house in the suburbs, the adventure has just begun. With a big backyard and woods to explore, he quickly finds that there is a whole exciting world to discover with his new friend, Jim. As the boys search for answers to the mystery that they uncover, they learn that treasured friendships can be found in the most unexpected of places.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 130 pages. Hardcover with very good pictorial dust jacket in mylar. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Tight copy.