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Citadel Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, sturdy thicker book, cream covers, bright bronze lettering on spine, 490 pages with many illustrations of authors throughout. DJ glossy with gold borders to front and back. DJ has tiny tear and crease at top front edge, light crease down front left. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Paducah KY: Schroeders, 1971. Pamphlet. Fair. Larger pamphlet, yellow wrappers with thin black border and design with illustration of book on front wrapper, slightly soiled in places, 76 heavy lightly browned pages. Bare minimum information: author, title, publishing date, estimated value. Near Good.

Oak Knoll Press/The Lyons Press, 1998. Cloth. As New/As New. (Revised by Nicolas Baker) Sturdy book, quality dark cloth, very bright gilt lettering and borders on spine, 224 pages. DJ glossy blue and white borders to front, spine and back, blue oval with illustration of book shelf at center front, ornate borders to ABC of title, praise on back from Times Literary Supplement, Chicago Tribune and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Hoover Institution Press, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Larger, sturdy book, quality brown cloth, 139 pages. DJ beneath mylar, price clipped, glossy orange-red background with illustration of tree at bottom front. DJ has slight surface wear to tips, spine top and bottom edges and down spine right also rubbed, two very tiny tears and tiny tear at top back edge, lightly rubbed overall on back. 139 pages. Good DJ/Very Fine book.

The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. Hardcover. Good. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, raised spine, patch lightly browned at spine top, tissue-covered caricatures in color of Thackeray and Dickens, 373 lightly browned pages, illustrations throughout including facsimiles. Worn at tips, spine very slightly soiled. Good.

R.R. Bowker, 1951. Cloth. Very Good. Red cloth, very thick, sturdy book, very tiny round stain on front, discoloring along long back edge. Very Good.

American Book-Prices Current, 1966. Cloth. Good. Ex-library copy, large, very thick book, quality dark red cloth, gilt lettering bright on top front, very bright on spine, 2085 pages, double-column text, including auction prices on books, serials, autographs, manuscripts, broadsides and maps. Remnant of library sticker at spine bottom, card on first front end paper, "Discard" stamped at top of exterior page edges. Spine is very lightly sunken. Near Very Good, considering it is ex-library.

New York: R.R. Bowker, 1933. Cloth. Fine. Slightly smaller, thick book, heavy, dark red cloth, very slight wear to top front tip, lightly faded along back spine indentation, 612 lightly browned pages plus ads. Near Very Fine.

R. R. Bowker, 1984. Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Edited and compiled by Jaques Cattell Press. Very large, very thick, very heavy book (extra postage will be required), shiny brown cloth with embossed black lettering, bright silver lettering on front and spine, 1509 pages in double-column format. Light wear to bottom tips, three tiny light spots on back. Long pages' exterior edges lightly browned. Good.

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Phi Delta Kappa Intl Inc, 1995. Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large softcover, glossy gray wrappers with illustration of book and robotic man in DaVinci spread-eagled pose, 147 pages. A mid-western attempt to censor "Go Ask Alice." Mint.

New York: The Scheide Library/The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large softcover with flaps, distinctive pattern on front and back wrappers, orange spine, 86 heavy pages including an introduction, a list of manuscripts and locations, plates of manuscripts and a bibliography. Very tiny surface nicks to spine top and bottom edges as well as long spine left edge. Very Good.

Clarkson N. Potter, 1974. 2nd Edition 5th or later Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (10th printing) Edited with Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by William Baring-Gould. Two volumes, very large, sturdy, heavy books, quality blue cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spines, maps in dark red and pale yellow background of Old London inside covers and adjacent end papers showing story locations, double-column format. Volume I has map of England, 688 pages, final pages uncut. Volume II has 824 pages. DJ has very light wear at top front tip on Volume I, light crease at top front of Volume II. Near Very Fine DJs/Very Fine books.

St. Martin's Press, 1987. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Larger book, quality blue cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, 142 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar, dark red with dark pink lettering on front and spine, white back lightly browned. DJ has very light crease at top front edge, tiny tear with light crease at top back spine indentation, related titles at top back on Henry James. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Cambridge University Press, 1957. Soft cover. Fair. Heavier softcover, heavy green wrappers overlapping pages, 293 pges. Very tiny tears to most edges, a long straight tear from top front tip down overlapping front edge. Near Good.

Iola, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Krause Publications Inc, 2003. Soft cover. As New. Large, heavy softcover, glossy wrappers with color photo of row of books on front wrapper, color photo of illustrated copy of "Hiawatha" at top back wrapper, more than 5,000 books included, with listings, directory of antiquarian booksellers, list of 10 classic rarities in each category. 448 pages, double-column format. Mint.

De Agostini Editions, 1996. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, very heavy book, quality black cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, rows of portraits inside front cover and adjacent end papers, different ones inside back cover and adjacent end paper, 352 heavy glossy pages, text in double-column format, profusely illustrated, many in color. DJ price-clipped, glossy with montage of portraits and images on front. DJ tiny tear at top back tip, microtear at bottom tip. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1985. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (1st Australian) Very large, very heavy thick book, shiny quality red cloth, very bright gilt lettering and borders at top front, very bright gilt lettering on spine, yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 406 heavy glossy pages, photos of each author included, some color-illustrations too. DJ glossy with color-photo of desk full of books and magnifying glass on front, spine and back. Book has slight surface wear to tips and spine corners. DJ has very tiny nick at spine top right edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Good book.

Mineola, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. (Reproduced in Facsimile from the Dent Edition of 1893-94, arranged by Edmund V. Gillon) Very large softcover, heavy glossy wrappers, shades of blue with purple at center front, wide border of angels and flowers, nearly 585 illustrations. 171 pages. Creases with light wear to front tips and spine edges, light scratch at top back, white back wrapper lightly browned. Very Good.

Harper & Row, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very large, very thick, heavy book, black covers, very bright bronze lettering on front and spine, unpaginated in alphabetical order, a double-column format. DJ glossy with black background, a color-illustration of man on ladder among bookshelves on front, white and purple lettering. DJ has very light wear to back edges, light crease at bottom back edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Peoria Il: The Manual Arts Press, 1940. Cloth. Fine. Tan woven cloth, lightly browned inside covers, book is bound to illustrated how-to bind properly, 160 heavy photo paper pages, many photos and illustrations throughout. Very Fine.