Rare books from D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.

Chicago New York San Francisco: Rand McNally, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st printing, Oct. 1968 (stated). Unpaginated. Matte covers. Original price $2.95. Heavy stock paper. Sewn book. Stitches or stitch openings are visible on some pages. No loosely bound pages. This books covers, spine, and pages have only negligible wear. (See photo.) Synopsis: Benjamin has a lavender lion that only he can see or hear. He also can imagine something and it will appear. However, no one can see whatever he imagines. His lion is a favorite and is always with him even when burglars break into his house. How can his imaginary lion help frighten the burglars if no one can see the lion?

New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Victoria Chess. Stated 1st Edition, 1st printing (No. line 10-1), 1989. Trade edition. Unpaginated. Original price intact on jacket flap. Ages 3-7. Blue paper over boards with maroon cloth quarter binding. No writing. Slight edge bottom and bottom corner wear. Sewn book. Stitches and/or stitch openings are visible on some pages. Pages are securely bound. Dust jacket sunning along spine and tiny indents. Hint of spine tail bump. Light back cover bottom crease. Rubbing. These minor flaws are not easily observable.

Kestrels House, Peppard Common, Henley-on-Thames: Cressrelles Publishing Company Limited, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 1st Edition, 1st printing, 1977. Assumed 1st printing, no other printing information indicated. No price indicated at top of jacket flap and price clipped at bottom. The books on the back jacket flap were printed before 1977. 8vo. 128 pp. Tight and very clean. Appears unread. or very gently read. Book with blue cloth over boards and bright gilt print on spine. Book with a few tiny spine ends' bump lines. Two faint indents. Dust jacket with edge roughness near top corner. Almost imperceptible bottom edge soiling near bottom right third edge of jacket front. Tiny ghost stickers on jacket rear flap. Jacket ISBN matches book ISBN. Back jacket with older picture of Stan McMurtry and information. Stan McMurty is MAC, the political cartoonist of the Daily Mail, whose cartoons… Read More

Danbury Press/Grolier Enterprises, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed First American Edition, also published in Italy in 1972. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket Condition: Good + or Very Good -. Sturdy book with durable, glossy coated covers. 287 pp. No remainder mark. Clean with no writing. Numerous colorful illustrations. Panels in great condition. Moderate spine head bumping with spine tail lines. Jacket's original corner price intact. Jacket has spine head bumping, spine tail lines, one mended tear approximately 1.5" and one 1" open tear. Edge creasing and back cover scratching. Small light circle indent and some light back cover sunning. Summary: Fourteen fairy tales in large print with captivating illustrations, including the lesser known tales such as The Little Goldfish, The Seven Ravens, and The Three Hairs of the Ogre.

New York : Prentice-Hall Books for Young Readers, 1983. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Miller, Edna. 1st Edition, 2nd printing, 1983. Picture book for K-3. No remainder mark. Unpaginated pages (31 pages). Red coated cover over boards with gilt spine print. Clean with no writing. Tight, appears unread. Crisp pages. Appealing pastel illustrations. Clipped price corner. Spine ends bumping with slight to light wear, one corner with light wear, edge coating nick. Dust jacket with several open and closed tears (largest approximately 1" ), edge chipping, and edge wear. Creasing. Summary: Fleeing his burned home after a lightning strike, little mouse runs into the dark forest. A strange light appears which frightens him Later, he finds out the light is foxfire, a glow caused by fungi in decaying wood.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. September 1909. No other printings listed. A true 1st Edition. Durable olive green cloth covers with pictorial insert of man in top hat walking toward a town. Spine has a pictorial of a pitcher and goblet on a table. Not ex-library. Cover and spine print in white and gilt. 10 books by Smith listed on page prior to half title. Frontispiece with tissue paper guard, 7 other illustrations listed on VII and VIII. 224 pp with 4 pp of advertisements. Aside from wear to white print and lines, cover panels are in near fine condition. Spine has light ends' wear with some bending. Light wear to edges and corner tips. Clean with no writing or names. Cannot see any foxing, if so very limited. Spine cloth not completely glued to gatherings. Raised paper lines on pastedown and first page of ffep, crease extends to title page, but gets fainter on ensuing… Read More

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1979. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third Edition, 1st printing (Full Number Lines). Previous editions of 1959 and 1972. 85 text pages, an introduction (7 pages), plus a total of 5 endpaper leaves (for notes?). Classic composition book used by many adults and college students. Strunk emphasized clarity in writing, cutting out the deadwood, using the active voice, putting statements in a positive form, and writing with simplicity and sincerity. E.B. White, a student of Strunk at Cornell University, later added another chapter. The book is very well-preserved clean book with only an owner's name and a tiny corner tip bump. It may have been only partially read -fairly tight. The dust jacket is unclipped with original price. The front panel has a large mended curved tear with a small chip in the middle. A second tear, approximately .5" is closed and has a tiny top chip. The… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House/Beginner Books, 1975. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rare. Good +. 1st Edition, 2nd printing (Number line 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0). Signed and inscribed "To David" with author's squiggle and his signature on the verso's bottom corner of the ffep. See photograph. No dust jacket issued. A clean book with no writing other than the author's inscription to owner and his signature. Wear to cover corner tips and spine ends' area. Cellophane and cover coating missing near spine tail. Fore edge indents and nick on edge bottom Interior is clean with no tears. Two paper clip indent marks on top of ffep and top of first leaf.

New York: Golden Press/Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1955. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gertrude Elliott. Little Golden Book. "B" printing (noted on last page. #A30. Original price $.25. No dust jacket. No writing. Attached wheel with picture name below works well. Unpaginated. Cover scuffing, corner tip and spine ends' wear, and 2 coating chips on edge of rear cover. Page toning.