Fantasy

Norwalk: Easton Press [1984]. (Hardcover set) 423, 352, 440pp. Fine. 3 volumes in gilt decorated green leather. All edges gilt, ribbon markers, frontispieces, folding maps, appendices, chronology, genealogical tables, index. Previous owner's Easton bookplates. Also known as . Frontispiece by Michael Hague. Vol. 1 The Fellowship of the Ring. Vol. 2 The Two Towers. Vol. 3 The Return of the King. (Fantasy Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Sets).

SALE Original Very Good Clean 1937 First Edition The King's Household in the Arthurian Court from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Malory Published by The Catholic University 166 pp. A focus on the placement of the Round Table and the Household officers at the Feasting hall in Camelot. The Steward, the Butler, the Seneschal, etc Very rare "Dissertation" study of Kay and Lucan the Butler etc in English and Norman Arthurian texts."Wace" "Layamon" "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" "Morte Arthure" Many later obscure Latin Chronicles that makes it really special This is a rare academic Arthurian treasure. Clean tight NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scan

THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. USED. GOOD- CONDITION Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages as shown in our photos.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. By Wanda Ga'g. 1938. Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, 18th Impression Thus. EXLIB. Good- Condition/ Good- Condition DJ. A clean, solid copy. Summary: "The beloved tale as the Grimm Brothers set it down, accompanied by perfect pictures." Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by author Wanda Ga'g. DJ flaps have been trimmed by library. DJ protected by mylar. (Please see our photos.) Back panel of the green, red and white dust jacket is a book list of Wanda Gag titles.

Three Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by Wanda Ga'g, author of "Millions of Cats". 1943 Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, Stated Fifth Printing Thus. RARE in the original dust jacket. Exlib. Good+/Good- DJ protected in mylar wrap. Green decorated library binding. A solid, clean copy in a Rare/Scarce original unclipped $2.00 dust jacket. BRIGHT RED jacket is not sunned. The dj spine is missing 1 inch of the top of its spine, otherwise very nice. Back panel states: Books By Wanda Gag list from Millions of Cats through More Tales From Grimm. Coward-McCann, Inc.

Freddy And The Clockwork Twin. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Copyright 1937. A Borzoi Book. Doesn't state 1st. USED. From private owner. Bright Yellow Gibraltar Binding. Good+ Condition/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy.

MAUDE HUMPHREY: Treasury of Stories, Jingles, and Rhymes. Frederick A. Stokes, undated. Circa 1894. FIRST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY MAUDE HUMPHREY. Written by Mary Rice Miller and Elisabeth S. Tucker. SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY. 242 pages. Maroon boards with gold titling and ornamentation. Good condition front paper paste-down label of a little girl wearing a red feather in her blue hat. Please see our photos. Used. Good/ No DJ. A solid copy with intact gutters. "Humphrey was one of the first great American women illustrators paving the way for Jessie Willcox Smith, Grace Drayton and the many other women illustrators of the early 20th century. Humphrey is also known for being film star HUMPHREY BOGART'S mother (and in fact she used her son as a model for many of her pictures)." QUITE RARE. A NICE FIND.

Johnson, Crockett. A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. USED. Harper Crest Library bound but from private owners. First Edition, Harper and Brothers 1960. Used. Good Plus Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. A nice find!

The Woman In White (1860 Harper & Brothers 1st Edition) BY WILKIE COLLINS. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860.[2], 260, [4, ads] pp. States 1860 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Publisher's dk. brown stamped heavy cardboard boards with elaborate blind-stamped Harper and Brothers cartouche on front and back boards. Ads state B. Miss Mulock spelled correctly. Ads list eleven titles, and verso advertising The Mill on the Floss [Gasson p. 160.]Used. Good- Condition: Our copy lacks its spine, otherwise in good condition and a good candidate for rebinding. Chocolate brown endpapers are in good shape. Please see our photos. Your offers are welcome here.

Harold At The North Pole (HARPER & BROTHERS 1958 1st Ed. W/ original Dj) 1958 FIRST EDITION, Early printing thus. Exlib. Good Condition/ Good Unclipped Dust jacket. Original price $2.50. Clean. Missing the blank front free endpaper. Please see our photos. RARE/SCARCE. Will ship from Oregon

Berkeley: Parnassus Press,, 1968. A fine copy Octavo. Original blue-green cloth, titles in black to spine, title and pictorial design in black to front board, green endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket. Title vignette, 5 maps (including one double-page), and head-pieces by Ruth Robbins. Minor rubbing to corners. Else, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket(price sticker on the back, see pic). First edition but lack the vertical smudge that occurred on the 6800 first copies.

DUST JACKET ONLY. NO BOOK IS INCLUDED The Aesop For Children Rand McNally & Company copyright 1919. MILO WINTER 27 X 11 7/8 Orange/Red First Edition unclipped DUST JACKET ONLY. This dust jacket (fits a volume 9 3/4 X 11 7/8) Original price $2.00. USED. Good condition.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Second Edition/6th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Tenth Impression overall of the US Edition as stated on the front jacket flap. In light green cloth with blue type and cap motif. Several faint splash stains to top and front page ends. One small spot to middle of spine. Rear bottom corner slighty soft, but corners sharp overall. Endpapers of Thror's map lovely in black and white. Full color frontispiece with 'Printed in Great Britain' to copyright page. Front hinge is starting to split at top third at verso of ffep and bottom 2/3 at page following with 1/4 inch transverse tear between, but binding still solid. A few small dark spots/stains to page following ffep and 2-3 after as well as tops of 3-4 pages, otherwise nice and clean. Scarce jacket is clipped at bottom of front flap with chipping at corners, 3/4 inch split to bottom of front flap crease and 1 3/4 inch split to bottom of rear flap crease. Larger 1 inch wide by 3/4 inch chip missing to top of spine… Read More

Vanguard, 2013. As New condition; still in publisher's shrink wrap. Slipcased edition. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

Six Volumes, 4" h x 3" w. Peter Rabbit is dated 1911 other five are 1905. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial down the front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White paper inside aged with yellowish tint. each book has numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout, the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set, lacking the original slipcase, spines are rubbed and falling apart, binding on Cinderella is gone. Interior contents are good solid some pages do have pencil writing/ marks from a child SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Each miniature book has different page count, listed below. Fairy tales of Grimm -127 pages Fairy tales from Anderson - 126 pages Cinderella… Read More