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Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc, 1951. This is the story of a man's blind infatuation, his heartbreak and his slow decline into a living inferno. Rare! Book and jacket are both in good condition with wear to the jacket edges and soil, and cover soil and wear to the spine ends of the book. A rare fantasy title with original jacket. 1038 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by None. 5.5 x 8.
THE ISLAND OF FANTASY: A ROMANCE by Hume, Fergus - 1892
by Hume, Fergus
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THE ISLAND OF FANTASY: A ROMANCE
by Hume, Fergus
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New York: Lovell, Gestefeld & Co., 1892. This antique hardcover book is bound in brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Edgewear, rubbing; owner's name on front endpaper; inner pages browned, wear and soil. This is the first U.S. edition of Hume's Utopian novel set on an island modeled on Greek ideals. Book was originally published in the UK in a three-volume edition. 453 pages; approx. 5"x8".. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.
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- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Lovell, Gestefeld & Co.
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1892
- Keywords FANTASY FICTION ANTIQUARIAN
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The Enchanted Castle
by Brown, Harvey Q.
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The desolate presence, and other uncanny stories
by Owen, Thomas (Gerald Bertot), translated by Iain White
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London: W. Kimber, 1984 Gerald Bertot Belgium 1910-2002 was of the "Belgian Weird" School of Fiction. You can read more about him in the article, "One Hundred Years of Unease" by Edward Gauvin at 50watts.com. This 1984 William Kimber collection is the first in English. It is in Fine condition in a near fine dust jacket which has just a few impressions on the front panel. It is unclipped. There is no writing or marking in the black text still bright gilt lettering.
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The Hobbit or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1987). 50th Anniversary Edition. Gold hardcover in gold slipcase. Foreward by Christopher Tolkien. Condition: Fine / Like New. Photos are of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Book of Lost Tales Part I
by Tolkien, J. R. R.; Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. First Printing with complete number line 10-1. Near Fine, faint rubs to cloth, 3 tiny spots front end pages in Near Fine dust jacket, tiny rubs at corners.Volume I in The History of Middle Earth. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Syd Mead's Sentury II
by Syd Mead
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The Enchanted Castle
by Brown, Harvey Q.
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Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc, 1951. This is the story of a man's blind infatuation, his heartbreak and his slow decline into a living inferno. Rare! Book and jacket are both in good condition with wear to the jacket edges and soil, and cover soil and wear to the spine ends of the book. A rare fantasy title with original jacket. 1038 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by None. 5.5 x 8.
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The Diary of Terwilliger Jellico , in Color dustjacket of Yellow, Blue & Red Lines with Numerous white Mice Smiling showing Red inside, Mouse Story, (Jelly for Short) A mischievous mouse records the escapades of his lively playmates. We wanted to play In
by OSKAR LEBECK , Illustrated Green & White end papers Drawn by Terwilliger Jellico ( JELLY) . Unclipped dust jacket has Original price of 50 cents Intact, a Ink seven-word to/from/date inside the front cover. Lebeck is best known for his role in the Est
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Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1935 HBDJ, 1935 on title pg, 1st Edition, VG/VG-, AS-IS, This collectible vintage children's book is in very good condition with clean, strong pages and a Pictorial cover, which Duplicztes DJ showing only light-moderate general wear including rubbing at corners and spine ends. No writing or marks except for a seven-word to/from/date inside the front cover. The dust jacket is in good condition showing light-moderate general wear including some short tears and small chips (longest tear only 3/4"), and a small spot of white debris near the bottom of the front of the jacket., Pictorial hardback, Scarce, lightly edge worn jacket with several small edge tears and 50 cent flap price., UNPAGINATED ,Approximately 52 pages. approximately 9-3/4" x 7", Back DJ Small Scuff Mark, Black spine DJ has scuff Marks, Light Wear Fox Interior Pgs, We wanted to play Indians so we went to Mrs. McGuire’s Chicken Yard to get some Feathers. Lebeck is best known for his role in the establishment…
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The Story of Owen Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
by Johnston, E. K.
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Modesto, California, United States
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U. S. A.: Carolrhoda Lab / Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1467710660 . First edition/First print. Signed by author on title page. She also included the phrase, "Know the score! " Book is in Fine, unread condition. Dust jacket is Fine. ; Signed by Author .
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The Great White Way
by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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NY: J. F. Taylor & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, especially at spine, corners . worn, front hinge tender, foxing to leaves surrounding frontispiece.. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Original navy decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. Black and white illustrations by Bernard J. Rosemeyer and Chauncey Gale. 327pp + [16]pp of publishers ads. A lost race novel purporting to be an explorers account of an expedition to Antarctica and the South Pole. Signed by Albert Bigelow Paine on the title page. Further inscribed on the front free endpaper To A Scientist but not the scientist. From The Author. Stamp on front pastedown notes From Edward F. Bigelow, Stamford, Conn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Words of Radiance -The Stormlight Archive, Book 2) (Stormlight Archive, The)
by Brandon Sanderson
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GIFTABLE - Words of Radiance, Author Brandon Sanderson, Book 2 of the Stormlight Archive, A TOR Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, New York (March 2014). Stated First Edition, probable first printing.. Dalinar leads the human armies into an escalating war with the Parshendi, while Shallan and Jasnah search for a mythical city to secure humanity's survival, and Kaladin struggles to master his Windrunner powers...Large, heavy book, 1085 pages.in very good condition, dust jacket protected by a brodart cover. nice embossed red boards small ding on the front bottom corner, gold titling on spine, beautiful graphical front - endpapers by Michael Whelan and Ben McSweeney - Pages are clean, unmarked but have a very slight toning at the edges...Words of Radiance, Author Brandon Sanderson, Book 2 of the Stormlight Archive, A TOR Book, published by Tom Doherty Associates, New York (March 2014). Stated First Edition, probable first printing --ISBN -9780765326362, 0765326361....Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,… Read More
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The Island of Fantasy; a Romance
by Hume Fergus 1859-1932
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The Island of Fantasy: A Romance...
by Hume Fergus 1859-1932
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The Island of Fantasy:Vol. I
by Fergus Hume
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The Island of Fantasy:Vol. II
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The Island of Fantasy
by Fergus Hume
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The Island of Fantasy
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The Island of Fantasy:A Romance
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The Island of Fantasy
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The Island of Fantasy
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The Island of Fantasy
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The Ghouls
by Haining, Peter ed
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- 9780813813653
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- 0813813654
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Stein & Day, New York, 1972 (Second Printing- first published 1971), 8vo., 383. quarter red cloth over green paper boardsBook has a rear lower bumped corner and a bump to lower front. There also is some soiling(red) to the front and rear boards. Internals very clean. Unclipped jacket has a "scrunch" with accompanying "waves" to the lower rear with a crease extending to the flap fold. (please see images).
Inv. # 63596 TG* bds 7/2023
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Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors
by Peter Haining
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- 9780285621527
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- 0285621521
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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binding generally clean, straight & tight. Internals are clean, though pages have darkened which is common enough with many of these UK titles due to the paper stock selected. Unclipped wrapper has rubbing/dust dulling but no tears, chips or creases.11/2023
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The Devil’s Advocate
by Neiderman, Andrew
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- First UK edition
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- 9780712638340
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- 0712638342
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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Clean tight binding with one bumped and three curved corners. Also a bit of a bump at the spine head/gutter area with a slightly cocked spine. Unclipped jacket* has subtle creases to both front and reverse along the lower edge(s). A touch of chafing also along the upper edge with rubbing/dust dulling to both front & reverse. No tears, chips or other large creases. *the price has been marked thru with "Sharpie" ink. Uncommon.Inv. # 63835 TDA* bds 11/2023
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The Case Against Satan
by Russell, Ray
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- First Edition
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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black cloth binding. First Printing. boards have light edgewear, corners curved in slightly. Unclipped wrapper has a 15 mm open tear on the front at the top, minor soiling. Overall, a very tidy copy of Russell's first novel.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Strategem and Other Stories (Short story index reprint series)
by Crowley, Aleister
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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Hardcover, Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York. 139p.This 1971 edition reprinted from the 1929 Mandrake. Silver titles on spine, Book for Libraries emblem blind-stamped lower right front board. Front pastedown has ghost of a bookseller's sticker; rear pastedown shows what appears to be an Army/Navy surplus stamp in red. A few tiny dark marks near the blind stamp and some soiling to top rear board. Minor blemishes withstanding, this is a very nice, collectible copy.Inv. # 32586 bds 2022
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The Satanic Mill
by Preussler, Otfried
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- Third Printing
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- 9780027751703
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- 0027751708
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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First US Edition/Third Printing**. Binding is clean, straight & very tight. Some little shelf wear but corners are square. On the ffep there is a gift inscription - but no other markings detected. Unclipped wrapper has wear at spine head and tail, also at upper front flap fold. Rear flap fold has a crease. Reverse has minor soiling. No tears, chips, other creasing or tape repairs/re-enforcements.Inv. # 63666 TSM* bds 9/2023
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The Book of Life: A Novel: All Souls Trilogy, Book 3
by Deborah Harkness
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- Near Fine
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- ISBN 13
- 9780670025596
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- 0670025593
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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Black boards with gold writing on spine; author's initials embossed in gold on front board. Top and bottom of book spine rumpled; illustrations on inside of front and back board. Shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; pages and binding still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $30.00 and 0714 on front dust jacket flap.Viking First Edition; Seventh Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "7 9 10 8" on copyright page. Signed by author on title page.The third and final book in the All Souls trilogy, Harkness' novel "deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Astrologer
by Barcynska, Countess
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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slight spine lean, light edgewear; binding is generally clean. Internals are clean save for Holiday inscription on ffep. Unclipped jacket 6 cm tear at lower front(with several creases in that area) & a 25 mm tear to upper front. The reverse has a 11 cm tear that runs from the top down to the middle of rear flap. Soiling is present both face & reverse. NB: "War Economy Standard" edition. Additional images available upon request. Scarce in wraps.Inv. # 63765 A* bds 10/2023
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