Fantasy

New York : Ballantine Books, 1955 First printing of the first edition, first state, with the "BB" monogram on spine of book inverted, red cloth with black lettering on spine, 8vo, 306pp. Preceded by a limited edition of 50 copies bound for the author. Signed by Ray Bradbury directly on the title page. Minor rubbing to board edge (primarily to spine ends), else book in fine condition; dust jacket with tanning to spine, minor paper loss to spine ends, lightly rubbed/soiled panels, a few short close tears to top and bottom front cover, and light paper loss (primarily at spine ends), else fine.

1770 Oriental Literature Persia TURKS Arabic Fables Manuscripts 2in1 Cardonne

Denis Cardonne was an 18th-century French orientalist known for his translations of various Turkish, Arabic, and Persian manuscripts. 'Melanges de Litterature Orientale' is a 1770 collection of fables and tales from Middle Eastern cultures translated into French.

Item number: #6480
Price: $499
CARDONNE, Denis
Mélanges de Littérature Orientale : traduits de différens Manuscrits Turcs, Arabes et Persans
Paris : Hérissant le Fils, 1770.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1
o Vol. I – [12], 314, [10]
o Vol. II – [4], 293, [7]
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
· Auction records and price comparisons as high as $2,100
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Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.

Beatrix Potter: The Fairy Caravan. David McKay 1929 True First Edition, First American Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIX POTTER. Library Bound. Exlib. Good+ condition/ no dj included. Boards are in nice condition. Pictorial Front Board illustration of horse caravan and all titling are VG. Gilt letter j appearing on spine is bright. Tight binding, pages bright. Some light foxing noted. Six colour plates, twenty full-page illustrations, and 42 textual drawings. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, All colour plates remain firmly affixed to binding.

RARE OCTOBER, 1908 HARPER & BROS. UNEXPURGATED FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING THUS. INCLUDES THE WATERMELON PAGE. COLOUR PRINTS. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL. Good + condition / No DJ included. USED. Front paper past-down is in good shape. Some finger marks noticed on a few pages. Unpaginated. 7 1/4 X 9

Original 1922 Very Good+ First Hardcover story of the Dragon in Chinese folklore and Asian roof Pagodas Printed and published in Shanghai pre-World War II China. This Edition is referenced in John Michell Ley Lines book "View over Atlantis" here in original edition, See our scans.

TOR, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. First edition, thirteenth printing. All pages are clean and unmarked. Slight lean to spine, else binding and hinges tight and secure. Jacket is vibrant, free of any scuffing or tears, and not price clipped. Minor bumping to spine ends, else board corners remain sharp.

The Eye of the World (Book One of the Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan. Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing Orbit 1991 (true first edition TOR/Tom Doherty & Assoc. US 1990). Fine- in Fine- Dust Jacket. A near perfect copy with typical aging to the text-block with a hint it was probably read once, very slight aging to the boards, straight corners, slight hint of shelf-wear, tiny pinpricks to the upper and lower front corners of the jacket. Still a superior copy. NOTE: The pictures are of the actual item for sale, not stock photos. All books in jackets come with dust jacket covers. NOTE on edition: The true first edition/first printing was published by TOR/Tom Doherty & Assoc. in only about 2000 trade hardcover copies, the balance in trade paperbacks with many of the former going to libraries. Because of rising demand, TOR modified some of the trade paperbacks into hardcovers for a second state of about 1000 copies. Orbit UK released the book in hardcover probably in about the same number, 2000… Read More

By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Minor corner-bumps. No titling on spine if printed there originally. Pages are all present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. HOLE-DRILLED straight through the book. RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING.

RARE OCTOBER, 1908 HARPER & BROTHERS. UNEXPURGATED FIRST EDITION. INCLUDES THE WATERMELON PAGE. COLOUR PRINTS. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL. HOLE-DRILLED. ANTIQUARIAN. Good USED condition/ No DJ Included. USED. Front paper paste-down is scuffed. Binding is tight and all plates look in good shape. Finger marks noted. 7 3/8 X 8 7/8. This is so much fun! Like watching animation go by one frame at a time. And we're off, like a shot!

2nd American edition. 8th impression. 1,000 copies of this impression were sent from Allen & Unwin to Houghton Mifflin. Dust jacket states 8th impression, book is confirmed the same by the clipped 'e' in 'the' on page 20, line 6. Book is in Very Good condition, with joints showing signs of weakness. Some very light foxing on map endpapers. Some light yellowing of text pages, but otherwise clean and tight. Cover has most minimal wear.Dust jacket is in Good condition, with some edgewear, small open tears at corners, top of jacket spine has 1/4" high open tear. Dust jacket flaps have moderate foxing.

First Trade Paperback edition, published concurrently with First Trade Hardback edtion. Signed by author on title page. Good copy with shelfwear to edges, toning to pages. Creases to back cover. Page block is tight. Please inspect photos, message with any questions.

Baltimore / Colorado Springs: Borderlands Press / Gauntlet Press, 2018 First edition of the deluxe, signed limited edition of Neil Gaiman’s novella, “Doctor Who,” this offering being #7. Signed by Neil Gaiman directly on the colophon page. Book and dust jacket in fine, as new condition.

Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1894. The Peoples edition. Twenty-third thousand. 8vo. (7.3 x 4.9 inches). Illustrated with fifty line illustrations by John Tenniel. Some foxing to the plain tissue paper guard over the frontispiece and a few minor spots throughout but overall a very clean and bright copy in a fine late 19th century leather binding. Full red calf, the spine with five raised bands, each with double rope design in gilt. Compartments ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Dark green morocco title label, gilt. Leaf and rose roll gilt borders on boards. Decorative gilt design on board edges. Decorative blind stamped inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Red silk page marker bound in. Grantham School arms stamped on the front board in gilt. Previous owners neat name stamp to top of the first leaf after title page. Aside from a small area of loss to the leather on the front board and another on the lower spine hinge this is a very good copy in a fine quality leather binding.… Read More

Ravenloft: Nine Volumes. Published by TSR Ravenloft Books, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1991-1994. Soft covers. First Editions except for Vampire of the Mists which is a third printing. Volumes are in fine condition with three volumes showing toning and one volume with a light rub to front cover. Titles: 1. Vampire of the Mists, Christie Golden; 2. Knight of the Black Rose, James Lowder; 3. Dance of the Dead, Christie Golden; 4. Heart of Midnight, F J. Robert King; 5. Tapestry of Dark Souls. Elaine Bergstrom; 6. Carnival of Fear F. J. Robert King; 7. The Enemy Within, Christie Golden; 8. Mordenheim, Chet Williamson; Tales of Ravenloft, edited by Brian Thomsen.
Ravenloft is a fictional campaign setting created for Dungeons & Dragons role playing games in the 1980s, and is the setting for the series of novels.