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Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition Stated. Hardcover. Two-toned cloth. Signed by Vincent Price at the end of his foreword. An excellent copy, nearly fine. Tight and clean. The dust jacket has a couple of small tears with an associated crease along the upper, front. Otherwise only light wear. Original price of $3.00 to the front flap. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author .

The Colt Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Faux vellum boards and decorated red boards. Gilt lettering to the spine. Limited to 450 copies. Printed at The Grabhorn Press. An excellent copy, nearly fine. In the original unprinted dust jacket which is sunned at the spine and lightly soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 71 pages .

HMH Books for Young Readers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395521513 . Cloth and boards. Signed by Macaulay, without inscription. Minor bumps to the lower corners, otherwise about fine. There are strips of browning along the front and rear jacket panels, just along the spine. The spine of the jacket is fine. No Caldecott Medal, not price clipped. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .

Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong green cloth and pictorial boards. States "First Edition". An excellent copy, nearly fine with only minor rubbing along the lower board edges. Unmarked and tight. The dust jacket is also very clean. Light wear to the upper spine end. A 1/4" tear to the upper, rear edge. There is also a 1/4", narrow hole to the mid-spine A couple of other minor spots of wear. Original price of $2.50 to the front flap. A great copy of one of Margaret Wise Brown's pseudonymous titles. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .

New York: Junior Books, Doubleday, Doran, and Co.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1945. First Edition Stated. Hardcover. Pictorial boards and cloth spine. States, "First Edition" on the title page. The extra copy of one illustration is still attached at the front. There is insect damage along the upper and lower extreme board edges. All else is very good or better. Very clean, without marking. The dust jacket is price clipped which does affect a couple of letters in the title. A couple of short, closed tears. It also has insect damage along all edges, including the spine. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Garden City, N. Y.: Junior Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong blue cloth, stamped in darker blue. States "FIRST EDITION" on the copyright page, opposite the title. This is the Junior Literary Guild edition and so designated on the title page and also to the lower, front jacket flap. The upper fore corners and the spine ends are bumped. A former owner name to the upper, front free endpaper. It is otherwise unmarked and tight. The dust jacket has a number of small edge tears. There is a 1 1/4" tear to the lower, rear. To the verso there is clear tape used in repair to most of the tears. Chips to the spine ends and corners. Original price of $2.50 to the front flap. Caldecott Award Winner but with no sticker to the jacket. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .

Greenberg. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray boards. A very minor bump to one lower corner, some small bumps along the upper board edges. Light wear to the spine ends. No marking, names, or bookplates. The dust jacket has some chipping at the spine ends and corners as well as along the upper edges. Largest chip is about 3/8" to one lower spine corner. Light soiling. Fading to the spine. Original price of $2.75 to the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages .

New York: Junior Books, Doubleday, Doran, and Co.. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1945. First Edition Stated. Hardcover. Pictorial boards and black cloth spine. States, "First Edition" on the title page. The extra copy of one illustration is still attached at the front. Bumps to the corners with tiny splits. Some rubbing along the lower board edges. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Very good or better. The dust jacket has minor wear, tiny chips to the corners and spine ends. Price of $2.00 to the front flap. Without Caldecott Honor medal. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman Julius Publications. Very Good. Softcover. Circa 1931. Book has small chip lower spine edge, tiny chip and tear front fore edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 27 pages .

France. Very Good+. 1932. Hardcover. 1/2 leather and marbled boards, 4 raised bands on spine, black leather title insets with gilt lettering on spine, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, original wrapper covers and spine bound in. A beautiful copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages .

The American Foxhound Club. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering on the front and spine. A limited edition, this being #227. Signed by the author on the copyright page. An excellent copy showing very little wear. No names or bookplates. The dust jacket has some rubbing. There is a 1/4" tear to the upper, front edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 263 pages; Signed by Author .

Lafayette, California: The Red Squirrel Press, Mildred and Lester Lloyd. Near Fine. (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Green paper spine over printed boards. Black lettering to the spine. #91/115. Limited edition. With a folded printed sheet laid in loose explaining the origin of this little book. Signed in red ink by Les, the publisher/printer. Nearly fine with only minimal wear to the lower corners. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 12 pages .

Great Britain: Committee of Troon Golf Club. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. Second Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, both book and jacket have minor wear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 137 pages .

New York: Veritas Press,Inc. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. This is one of Walt Kelly's scarce children's books using the Tony Maclay pseudonym. There is a spine lean. A 3" split to the lower, rear spine edge. Wear along the lower board edges. The interior is very tight and without markings. The dust jacket has much chipping along the lower edges, a few chips also along the upper edges. There are a few chips along the spine. Soiling price of $1.00 to the front flap. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

The MIT Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0262133636 . Blue cloth. It does appear to be signed, dated and personalized by the author on the front free endpaper. I cannot guarantee this. There is a minor bump to the lower spine end, otherwise nearly fine. The dust jacket has some sunning to the spine; also a bump to the lower spine corner. It is otherwise nearly fine and without chips, tears, or creases. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 562 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. There is some wear to the spine ends and corners. To the front free endpaper there is a large former owner inscription and drawing in ink. The dust jacket is poor and is separated at the rear spine edge. A large piece missing along the rear panel, at the spine. Another large piece missing from the upper, front panel and the upper spine. A 3" tear to the rear panel, upper edge. Original price of $2.25 to the front flap. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company. Very Good. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. TEG. Illustrate with engravings and one folding map. The spine is a bit sunned. The gilt spine lettering is dull but quite readable. Pinhole in the front cover. Bookplate to front pastedown. Browning to front endpapers. Otherwise very good and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 472 pages .

Philadelphia And London: J. B. Lippincott Company. Good. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound ex-library. Red buckram. Original front cover cloth with a head of a water buffalo laid on the front. Title and author in gilt to the spine. TEG. Illustrated with 129 illustrations from photographs. Also two folding maps in a pocket to the rear pastedown. Covers with uneven discoloration to all sides. Library bookplate to the front pastedown. Embossed library stamp to the title page. Library numbers in gilt to the lower spine. Pages with light, sporadic soiling. Very tight but an as-is complete copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303[1] pages .

New York: Vantage Press. Very Good. 1995. First Edition Stated. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. To the half title page it is signed and personalized as follows, "For Dennis, Love Always, Mike Madsen." This came from the estate of Dennis Hopper. There is some lifting to the laminate along the right and left of the front cover. A couple of corner creases to one page. It is otherwise quite clean with only light wear. A scarce book and a great association. Hopper and Madsen were longtime friends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Hutchinson & Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth. Limited Edition. #101/500, signed by the author. Well illustrated. There is a library stamp to the copyright page. This has been overstamped by a "Withdrawn For Sale" stamp. There are no other library markings whatsoever. Corners are bumped, other light wear. Minor soiling to the page edges. The dust jacket is worn and has some soiling and stains. Darkening to the panels, chipping to the spine ends and corners. There is a light-colored area toward the lower spine and this may have been a library sticker. There is some old, clear tape to several underside edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Signed by Author .