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You get one vintage Fearsome Critters hardcover by Henry H. Tryon and published by The Idlewild Press in Cornwall, New York in 1939. It is illustrated by Margaret Ramsay Tryon and is in English. It measures approximately 9.25 inches long by 6.25 inches wide.The book is in good condition and the dust jacket is in fair condition. The binding is tight and the book is complete with no loose pages. The covers and edges do have some wear. The pages tanned slightly over the years, but are clean and free of writing. The dust jacket does have some tears. Please see all pictures.
The Icelandic Sagas Vols I & II by Magnus Magnussen [editor] - 2002
by Magnus Magnussen [editor]
The Icelandic Sagas Vols I & II
by Magnus Magnussen [editor]
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London: The Folio Society , 2002 Classic illustrated edition of the Sagas. Vol I is illustrated by Simon Noyes and is a 4th printing. The slip case is sound and clean with a couple of light scuffs. The quarter leather binding, with blocked cloth sides designed by Simon Noyes, is bright and clean with no discernible wear to edges or corners. The inner spine on the book block is curved inwards in the middle. Contents in near fine clean condition. Vol II has a similar clean and sound slipcase. This copy is a 1st edition in this form and is illustrated by John Vernon Lord, who also did the blocked design for the cloth boards. There is light wear to top corners and a couple of slighter darker areas to the top page edge visible when the book is closed. Contents in near fine clean condition.
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- Illustrator Simon Noyes, John Vernon Lord
- Format/Binding Quarter Leather
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition Near Fine
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- Edition 4th printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Folio Society
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 2002
- Size 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
- Keywords folio society icelandic sagas; sagas; story telling
- Size 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
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Fearsome Critters
by Henry H. Tryon
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Fearsome Critters
by Henry H. Tryon
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You get one vintage Fearsome Critters hardcover by Henry H. Tryon and published by The Idlewild Press in Cornwall, New York in 1939. It is illustrated by Margaret Ramsay Tryon and is in English. It measures approximately 9.25 inches long by 6.25 inches wide.The book is in good condition and the dust jacket is in fair condition. The binding is tight and the book is complete with no loose pages. The covers and edges do have some wear. The pages tanned slightly over the years, but are clean and free of writing. The dust jacket does have some tears. Please see all pictures.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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- Book Club Edition
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Hieronymus Bosch
by Juan Jose Zorrilla
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From the museum Del Prado, a monograph dedicated to this Dutch master of fantasy images. Bosch illustrated both the joys of heaven and imaginative tortures of hell. Softcover has minor scuffing to back cover, interior bright and tight, Very Good condtion.
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Meeting of East & West: An Inquiry Concerning World Understanding
by F.S.C. Northrop
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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No dust jacket, O'Keefe frontispiece in color with bottom corner crease to page, not affecting frontis image. Pages are age toned and exterior board edges have minor shelf wear. Index and b/w plates on glossy paper among 531 pages. Northrop, a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, presents a very good analysis of the philosophical foundations of world cultures.
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes
by Lang, Andrew
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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Doyle, A. Conan
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- Uniform Edition
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Conan Doyle Uniform Edition (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. July, 1955. John Murray, London. USED. Good-/Good- original price-clipped dust jacket. Partial front flap only. Front flap: has been cut at odd angle. Red boards with black titling. 5 1/8 X 7 ½. 248 pages. Synopsis: Detectives "Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate as following his uncle's death, Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire." Please see our stock photo.
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The Little Juggler and Other French Tales Retold
by Higgins, Violet Moore
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771HigginsJuggler Higgins, Violet Moore. THE LITTLE JUGGLER and Other French Tales Retold. Story-Time Tales. 1917, Whitman Publishing Company Racine and Chicago. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ included if issued. 70 pages 6 ½ X 8 5/8. A nice copy.
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Satan In The Suburbs
by Russell, Bertrand
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Russell, Bertrand. Satan in the Suburbs, and Other Stories. Bertrand Russell's First Book Of Fiction. Copyright 1953, Simon and Schuster Stated Second Printing Thus. Illustrated by Asgeir Scott. Used. Very good/ Good price-clipped original grey and yellow DJ. Short Story Anthology. Stories Included Here: Satan in the suburbs or horrors manufactured here, The Corsican ordeal of Miss X, The Infra-Redioscope; The guardians of Parnassus, and Benefit of Clergy. 148 pages plus author bio. RARE IN THIS NICE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
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A Book Of Charms And Changelings
by Ruth Manning-Sanders
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Ruth Manning-Sanders. A Book Of Charms And Changelings. By Ruth Manning-Sanders. Drawings by Robin Jaques. E.P. Dutton November, 1972 Stated 2nd printing Thus. EXLIB. VG CONDITION/ VG- PRICE-CLIPPED ROBIN JAQUE DUST JACKET. 124 pages. 6 3/8 X 9 ½.
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The Wind in the Willows (The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf)
by Grahame, Kenneth, Introduction By A. A. Milne, Color Plates By Arthur Rackham
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. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind In The Willows. Copyight 1940. Heritage Press. USED. VG+ Condition/ VG+ Original Canary yellow cart Slipcase. Blue boards with drawing of Toad dressed as the washerwoman on the Front Cover. February, 1966 Printing Thus of 20,000 copies. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 190 pages. 6 1/2 X 10. Please see stock photos. Our copy is crisp and clean with a clean spine, appearing almost unread. Quite charming.
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