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New York : A.L. Burt Book. Illus. by H.M. Paget. Fine. Hardcover. F/NJ An extremely rare edition of G.A. Hently's classic, this hardcover book is over 112 years old, and in Fine condition. Precise printing year is not listed. Gift inscription on the front flyleaf reads: ". . . Merry Christmas 1900. . . " Spine is strong and straight, pages are crisp and unmarked (besides the inscription), possibly unread. Slight shelf wear and bumping at corners and edges of spine. Twelve Full-Page Illustrations by H. M. Paget provide visual stimulation to accompany this tale which begins at the Westminster School, which Henty himself had attended during the years 1847-51 -- the time of this narrative, following a brave lad who crosses the Atlantic and the American continent as a participant in the California gold rush..

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. NF/ VG Price cut. "19th Large Printing" Tight, clean edition, hardback . DJ has slightly worn edges, small water stain on back side. Book does not have any water stains. Foreword by W. D. Currier, M.D., National Secretary, American Academy of Nutirtion. Adell Davis, new book is a simple, sound, and above all practical guide to the principles of nutrition. "Nutrition is a peronal matter ", says Miss Davis , as personal a your diary or income tax report.".

Macmillan, 1946 Book. Illus. by C.W. Anderson. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Same date, 1946. Later printing. NF/VG, scarce dust jacket. Green boards, in excellent condition. Interior of book is clean, tight , unmarked. Illustrated DJ depicting a Pennsylvania landscape of farms on rolling hills.Dj has a price of $1.49, and has the usual shelf wear, with chipping to spine ends and corners and a small open tear at back top edge. "Here is a novel, fresh, vivid and powerful, charged with American realities which are abiding, realities of the unspoiled, unurbanized native character.".

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Hyperion Books, 2003 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. NF/NF, stated first edition with proper number line.Clean, tight edition, no marks. U.S. price of $19.95 inside dj. Amy Tan states, "This is the fable you will devour when you fall in love. this is the tale you will keep by your side when you are lost. This is the story you will turn to again and again, because it possesses the rare magic to let you see yourself and the world anew. This book is a gift to the soul.".

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1940 Book. Illus. by Guy Brown Wiser. Hardcover. Very Good green hard boards. No DJ. Ex Library. Previous owner's last name written in black on front outside cover. Otherwise, clean. Vibrant illustrations!.

Milano: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 1875 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG++/none Hardback, Marbled boards, gilt bands around spine with gilt titles. Clean, tight, unmarked. 756 pages minus glossary. Published in Italian in it's entirely. Illustrated..

Doubleday, 1958 Book. Illus. by Tom Dunn. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. VG/VG Gray boards dark blue titles to spine.BCE. No interior marks, tight edition. Beautiful painting by Tom Dunn on front of DJ. some chipping to edges of DJ and one tear at top of spine. A maritime tale set in Singapore and the Seas of the West Indies. Five years in the British Navy gave this young Scottish author his intimate knowledge of the sea, which plays so dramatic a role in this new novel of raw adventure, romance, and personal courage. His special talent for calling up the beauties and terrors of the world of ship and water was first displayed in his best selling novel, H.M.S. Ulysses. .

Harper & Row, 1969 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Near Fine black boards with gilt titles to spine, no marks, clean and tight. DJ has minimal chipping at spines, pencil scribbles over title and author on the front, and some staining from beverage or food(?) Svetlana descibes in moving personal detail her daily life in the U.S.S.R. ; Stalin, his yes-men, and some of the men now in power (like Kosygin and suslov); the steadfast and sifficult life of the Moscow intellectuals who made up her own close circle and "are still behind those bars...without any promise of a better and freer life. Perhaps just the contrary.".

NF/NF, Knopf First Edition.
"An enchanting novel about the place of traditional music in a modernizing Indita and what it means to be an artist." Newark Star Ledger. The Immortals is a tale of two families; one luxuriating in a new world of corporate affluence and another getting by on the old world of musical tradition.

New York: Random House, The Modern Library, 1947 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/VG Copyright dates, 1919, 1947 no publishing dates. Grey boards with gilt titles to cover and spine, highlighted with hunter green. DJ is worn and has tiny tears at corners and edges depicting a colored drawing of of a small town at the turn of the century.Price on Dj is $1.95 "To Sherwood Anderson, more than to any other American writer, belongs the distinction of having converted mere sectional writing into a universal experience. As the interpreter of mid-western life, he wrought a change in mood and method that was revolutionary. His masterpiece, Winesburg Ohio, became the forerunner of a new and vital school of contemporary writing. Its glowing humanity, its inescapable conviction of truth and its brooding, tender insight make it a book by which Anderson has earned a leading rank among the important novelists of America and certainly among the best of our storytellers.".

Very Good paperback copy
First Printing
Awesome vintage cover! Rare Poul Anderson's Virgin Planet

Guardians of Time by Poul Anderson Ballantine Books
1960 Very Good ++condition
A collection of 4 stories
Cover art by Richard Powers

Three Worlds to Conquer by Poul Anderson .Stated Second Printing 1968
Cover art by Jack Gaughan

VG+++
Poul Anderson, Hugo Award Winner
Signet First Printing

Time and Stars
Poul Anderson 1965
Macfadden Books
2 small creases at cover

War of the Wing Men by Poul Anderson.
Ace books 1958
Light water mark on first few pages.

Mirkheim by Poul Anderson.
Single -one-book.
Very Good condition.
Published by Sphere in Great Britain, 1978

Fire Time by Poul Anderson.
Stated first printing 1975.
Very Good condition

The Rebel Worlds by Poul Anderson. Hugo awards winner author!
Very Good condition!
First printing by Signet, 1969.
Two men and one woman in a desperate battle to win a galactic empire-to destroy it!

New York: The Modern Library, 1918 Book. Fine. Hardcover. F/NJ Flexible blue leatherette cover with gold MODERN LIBRARY embossed logo on front. Slight wear at spine. Former owners name stamped in front flyleaf pattern of leaping dancers and on title page (LEO SHOOB). "THE MODERN LIBRARY OF THE WORLDS BEST BOOKS" This early Modern Library edition marked the precipitous climb of Andreyev's career, in a time of turmoil in his homeland, Mother Russia..