Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 80 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Brock. Child's writing in pencil front endpaper. Soiling to covers. Faded blue top edge. Corners a bit bumped. An enchanting children's story of how Sigrid and her twin brother and sister celebrate a Swedish Midsummer's Eve.
Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 226 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Light rubbing to corners. Clean, tight copy. Janvier"s last book, published shortly after his death in 1913, a humorous and affectionate look at a piece of the New York City he so loved. In the preface, Ripley Hitchcock describes the "Casa Napoleon" as a "very definite haven for wanderers of Latin origin which for several years opened hospitable doors upon a side-street near lower Fifth Avenue. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 black and white plates.
Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The author's 7th private detective Jacob Asch novel. An ex-girlfriend asks Jacob for help proving her husband didn't die of suicide. And then things get complicated.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 256 pages, illustrated with 4 color plates, many b&w drawings by Margaret Freeman. Blue cloth covers with red design, spine faded. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean, very good internally.
Hardcover. NY, Picador, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY CARLSON on the title page. Clean.
NY, Crowell, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. B&w Illustrations by Glo Coalson. Story about a lame boy who has learned from a neighboring Eskimo tribe to train sled dogs. An Athasbascan Indian tale.
Hardcover. NY, Scribner, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Sixteen stories filled with characters who run the gamut from slow sizzle to high sass are brought to life in an anthology of short fiction that captures them struggling to cope with love and loss, pain and healing. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 2nd printing, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 213 pages. Slight wear to pictorial dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Cassell, 1st thus, 1884, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 172 pages. Black & white illustrations by Gustave Dore. Translated by James Spence Harry. Introduction by Edward J. Harding. Gilt edges. Green cloth covers with gold lettering and gold and black decoration. Beautifully lllustrated with 30 full page plates and numerous in-text vignettes by Gustave Dore. Tears to frontispiece tissue guard. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Chipping, tears to front end paper. Rear endpaper missing. Some markings to covers. Wear to corners and spine. Corners bumped.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 233 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Minor wear to pictorial dust jacket, else like new.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 233 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Minor wear to pictorial dust jacket, else like new.
Hardcover. London, The Bodley Head, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Retold by Rex Warner from "History of the Peloponnesian War" of Thucydides. 174 pages, illustrations in black & white by William Stobbs. Very good condition except for fading of spine.
Softcover. Hanover, NH, Wesleyan University Press, 2nd, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 212 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Light wear and rubbing to edges and spine, shelf-rubbing to covers, else a nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, First printing. Another well received novel from the author of "Mariette in Ecstacy" A finalist for the National Book Award. SIGNED BY HANSEN on the title page. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, George Routledge & Sons, ist thus, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, The Photogravure Series. Attractive green cloth covers with gilt titles and gilt embossed design. 12 b/w tissue-guarded photogravures after drawings by Gilbert James. 91 pages. Top edge gilt. Small scar to cloth on rear cover, spine gilt faded. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. London, The Bodley Head, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 645 pages, fold-out map in rear, translated by Michael Glenny. The work tells about the beginning of the First World War and the unsuccessful offensive of the Russian army in East Prussia. The author uses the methods of documentary narration within the framework of a work of fiction and describes not only the military campaign, but also the experience of people caught in the middle of events. Red top edge. Edge wear, small pieces missing from dust jacket; in brodart. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Spine slightly cocked. Four b&w plates not credited. No date on title page, copyright page states 1890. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Alden was the best-selling Christian author of her time. Born in 1841, her first book, Helen Lester, was published in 1865. With that success, Isabella became a tireless writer of books and short stories that explained God's plan for salvation and reinforced Christian values. A talented writer, her inventive plots and wonderful dialog were featured in over 100 books, many of which were translated into different languages and sold around the world.
Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1st, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 215 pages. B&w frontispiece with tissue guard and b&w illustrations throughout. Green cloth cover with gilt titles on spine. Rubbing and edgewear to cover with cloth frayed at top and bottom of spine. Small tear to front flyleaf. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Some light spotting.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 2 color plates, 3 b&w illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green. 32 pages, in blue paper covered boards with illustrated label on cover. Spine shows light color fade otherwise very good.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 5th pr., 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with Booker List sticker. Two old friends-Daniel, a centenarian, and Elisabeth, born in 1984-look to both the future and the past as the United Kingdom stands divided by a historic, once-in-a-generation summer. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, University of London Press, 2nd, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 174 pages. Good dust jacket with edge wear, on top and rubbing on fore edge. Staining on rear dust jacket. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, NO SIGNATURE.
Hardcover. NY, Encyclopaedia Britannica Press], 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. B&w drawings by Norman Thelwell. 126 pages, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Walker & Co., 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The author's third novel, the first featuring Brad Axx, like Huber himself, a transplant to the West coast of Florida.