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[Chok Anarkli], [Lahore, Pakistan], 1957. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Perfect Bound). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book For the Lynd Ward completist, as was the previous owner -- Dan Burne Jones who sought to collect all editions of books written and illustrated by Ward. This is his copy of the Pakistani printing of Ward's 1953 Caldecott… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book Knight wrote several books on dogs serving in the military in World War II. In this story, the puppy of a soldier's K-9 dog helps him deal with his blindness from a wartime injury. From… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book Size: Octavo (8-9"). 709 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is bright and unmarked but shaken. The binding is cracked between pp. 378-379 and pp. 682-683, exposing the webbing. Has the misprint point for a first printing:… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book The fourth book in Roberts' Chronicles of Arudel series of novels Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 310 pages. Item Type: Book. Text body is tight, bright and unmarked. The text is followed by one leaf with blurbs for… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1954. 10th printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lois Lenski. Book A traditional telling of the first Thanksgiving featuring Lenski's illustrations. There are five full-page color plates bound in (including the frontis and a two-page illustration of the Thanksgiving meal) and many plain black drawings throughout Size: Small… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition. Illustrator: Grant Wood (Frontis). Book Signed by Author. A beautiful set of the Limited Edition in the original slipcover. Signed by Roberts on the limitation page at the front of Volume 1 and numbered #477 of 1,000 (plus 50 unnumbered copies).… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good-. Book A well-preserved copy of a collection of 26 essays and chapters from Roberts' books. According to Jack Bales (1993), this book resulted from Roberts' disappointment with the collection published ten years prior as For Authors Only, which he… Read more about this item

Gannett Books for the Kenneth Roberts Centennial Commission, Kennebunk, ME, 1985. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. Limited Edition facsimile reprint of Robert's first novel in its first state, including the reproduction of the famously rare first state dust jacket with Stafford Good's illustration. It is… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1938. 9th printing. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good+ Condition/Good+. Illustrator: N.C. Wyeth (dust jacket art). A nice, collectible copy of an early printing with the original design for the front cover and spine of the dust jacket. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 870 pages. Text block… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Book A stated first edition of Roberts' first novel. The long, 18th century-style title only appeared in the first (actually printed in 1929) and second (January 1930) printings, both of which are dated 1930. The only difference between them is the… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1907. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Alice Barber Stephens. Book This books provides an example of the high quality reprints early in Grosset & Dunlap's history. The text block is heavy paper and every page is decorated with a green border with candles on the sides connected with… Read more about this item

William Morrow & Company, New York, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition. Book Signed by Author. An inscribed copy of a novel by Quaker author Janet Whitney. Based upon the WorldCat listings, it appears this was her first book. It is inscribed "To Caroline Jacob -- | with warm love from her friend… Read more about this item

L’Honoré et Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1751. Later Printing. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good+ Condition. Book This is an unrecorded, apparently pirated, copy. The First edition in French was published by L’Honoré et Chatelain in 1720-21. There is no 1751 printing in French listed in the National Union Catalog of Pre-1956 Imprints (Vol. 136, p. 626). WorldCat lists only… Read more about this item

Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book Nice collectible copy of the First America Edition, published one year after the original Collins publication in the UK Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in lime-green… Read more about this item

Putnam, New York, 2004. First Edition (full number line). Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Book Signed by Author. A nice collectible copy. This has been bound as a signed copy with a blank page signed by Andrews bound in before the half-title page. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 319 pages. Item Type: Book. Text… Read more about this item

Knopf, New York, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Book Signed by Author. A collectible copy of the next-to-the-last book in the Adam Dalgliesh series, inscribed by the author ("To Anne | [Sig]") on the title page This is the first American edition. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 335 pages. Item… Read more about this item

St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ Condition/Very Good+. Book Signed by Author. Collectible signed First Edition of the winner of the 2003 Shamus Award. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 339 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in black cloth over boards… Read more about this item

Cupples & Leon Company, New York, 1942. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- Condition/Fair. Book The Cupples & Leon printings are cheaper than those of Grosset & Dunlap from the same era and suffer from amateurish drawings and plots and characters that are more set in the WWII era than other series. In spite of that, as… Read more about this item

Cumberland House, Nashville, TN, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good+. Book Signed by Editor. From the blurb on the front fold: "Readers enthralled by the works of great mystery and crime writers will find something new in Opening Shots. This collection offers not only the first published short stories of twenty prominent writers, but… Read more about this item

John Long Limited, London, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good-. Book This is the first printing of the revised text, which is the basis for all of the modern reprints of the book First Printing of the "New and Revised Edition". Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 160 pages. Item Type: Book. Text… Read more about this item