Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. B/w illustrations by Walter Bobbett. Scarce. Brown pictorial cover with spine slightly cocked. Light edgewear to top and bottom spine, internally very good. A collection of stories told by natives on the East Coast of Africa. Translated from the Swahili by the author.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An intricately woven tapestry of friendship and love follows Zazoo, who lives with her adoptive grandfather in his village in France, as she learns about the history of World War II and Vietnam through her Grand-Pierre and, with the help of Marius, the bicycle boy, and the local pharmacist, makes a startling discovery that forces her to face the past. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 47 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY KUBINYI front end paper. Black & white illustrations by Kubinyi. Some very minor wear to dust jacket, mostly nice and clean.
Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 411 pages, hardcover. Color illustrations by John Cecil Clay. Margaret Armstrong cover desIgn. Spine has half-inch tear near author's name. Bumping to corners. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Gregory Manchess. American radiologist Peter Ross just wanted a vacation. But when he meets the beautiful Angela Locke on a Spanish beach, he soon finds himself caught in a murderous crossfire between rival gangs seeking a precious artifact. From Barcelona to the rain-swept streets of Paris, from the towers of the Alhambra to its darkest catacombs, Peter Ross is an ordinary man in desperate circumstances: racing to uncover a secret lost for centuries, before he becomes its next victim. Remainder dot bottom edge, otherwise like new.
Hardcover. New York, Ticknor & Fields , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped jacket. SIGNED BY BELL on half-title page.
Hardcover. NY, St Martins Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Harry Gainesborough, a children's book author who has written nothing since his daughter's death, fears that his weirdest book, "Zod Wallop," is actually coming to life when a series of horrible coincidences occur. Sly humor and eccentric characters raise Spencer's third novel (following Resume, with Monsters) far above run-of-the-mill fantasy fare. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 131 pages. Hardcover with blue covers and gilt lettering on frontand spine. Light edgewear and small nick to cloth spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Charming black & white drawings by Winifred Bromhall.
Hardcover. Cincinnati, Truman and Spofford, 1st, 1855, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes complete, 327, 306 pages. 2-color and b&w illustrations by Henri Lovie and Charles Bauerle. Original brown cloth with embossed design, gilt lettering on spine. Pre-Civil War black author, a novel about slavery. Previous owner's small name stamp on inside front covers, otherwise both volumes tight and clean, all plates present. Light corner wear to covers and spine extremities. Vol. 1 has a small chip to the bottom of spine cloth, top spine edge has small tear starting. Interior very good.
Hardcover. The Library of America, 1st pr., 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A first printing of the Library of America. Green cloth with spine printed in gilt. Patterned endpapers and attached blue ribbon bookmark. Ivory slipcase lettered and bordered in gilt. 1054 pages. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st UK, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original pale blue boards with darkening at backstrip, silver lettering on spine. 252 pages. First UK printing. No dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.