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Garden City: Garden City, 1942. hardcover. fair. Ralph Barton. Missing dust jacket. Beige cloth covered boards with gold botannical design on spine, and gold letters. Spine is somewhat darkened and gold is worn. Boards and spine are bumped. Front hinge is starting, webbing showing. Pages have no markings, but do have the occasional spot or fingerprint. Faint smoke smell. Illustrations are printed double sided on glossy paper and are tipped in. Garden City Publishing hard cover, missing dust jacket; 1942 edition, later printing (print code CL); 291 + 266 pages. Illustrated by Ralph Barton. 8vo (5.75"" x 8.5"") Edited by Ernest Boyd. This is an omnibus reprinting of a two volume edition originally printed by Liveright in 1928. French novelist and playwright Honor de Balzac (1799 -1850) was a founder of realism in European literature. An inspiration to Proust, Dickens, Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, and countless others, Balzac wrote works that were hailed for their multifaceted characters and exquisite… Leer más

New York: Lippincott, 1946. hardcover. Good. Good book, missing dust jacket. Maroon cloth covered boards; black rooster on front and black printing on spine; spine faded. Prior owner's name on front free end paper and paste down. Pages clean and unmarked. Lippincott hard cover, missing dust jacket; 19th printing, Sept. 1946; 278 pages. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.25") Classic novel of chicken farming in Washington, filmed with Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert. Source of Ma and Pa Kettle series of films.

New York: Lippincott, 1946. hardcover. Good/poor. Good book in poor dust jacket. Dust jacket is in pieces with a large chip and loss at bottom left front and bottom spine; price intact ($2.75); now in new removable protective cover. Green cloth covered boards with black printing on spine and black rooster on front; spine lightly bumped but corners are sharp. Gift inscription (Christmas 1946) on front end paper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Lippincott hard cover with dust jacket, 20th printing Oct. 1946 (stated), with complete print history. 287 pages. 8vo (5.5"" x 8"") Classic novel of chicken farming in Washington, filmed with Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert. Source of Ma and Pa Kettle series of films.

New York: Liveright, 1943. hardcover. fair/good. Former library item, with the usual imperfections, stamps, etickers, etc. Rebound in sturdy green cloth covered boards with white print on the spine. Dust jacket has creases, a faded spine with a library sticker, is now in a new removable protective cover. Pages have limited underlining in most plays. Liveright hard cover with dust jacket, 7th printing 1943 (stated), 377 + 480 pages. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.5"") Complete text of the original two volume limited edition, privately printed on subscription for the Athenian Society in London, now in one volume. Aristophanes wrote over 40 plays, but only 11 have survived. Here they are in all their glory, with all the sexual and scatological references so frankly rendered into English that the original translators had to be anonymous. Each play comes with an introduction and notes. They are: The Knights; The Acharnians; Peace; Lysistrata; The Clouds; The Wasps; The Birds; The Frogs; The Thesmophoriazusae; The… Leer más

Frankfurt: Ullstein, 1987. Mass Paperback. good. Ships from Oregon, USA. Spine slightly creased; cover protected by a plastic coating. Pages are clean and unmarked. Ullstein mass paperback, 1987. ISBN: 9783548045214, 141 pages. 12mo (4.5"" x 7"") Book entirely in German. Theodor Fontane was a popular 19th century German writer, enjoying a resurgence.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. first. hardcover. near fine/near fine. First edition. Near fine book in like dust jacket, now in new removable protective cover. Grey boards, black print on the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hard cover with dust jacket, first edition 2017 (stated), first printing, complete number line. ISBN: 9780374148430, 266 pages. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.5"")

New York: Heritage Club, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete 3 volume set. Very good books, with slip covers. No dust jackets, as issued. Marbled boards, with brown cloth bound spine with gilt print. Pages clean and unmarked. Includes laid-in 4 page introductory brochure. Heritage Press hardcovers, with slip covers, 1946, 2077 pages, 8vo (7.75"" x 5.75"") The complete essays of Montaigne, translated by George B. Ives. Introduction by Andre Gide. Notes and commentary by Grace Norton, collected in the third volume (""Handbook""). Ships in a box.

Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1992. Hardcover. fine/fine. Like new. Dual language book, original Greek on the left, and new English translation on the right. Dust jacket now in new removable protective cover. Orange cloth covered boards with gold titles on the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Aris & Phillips hard cover with dust jacket, 2nd corrected impression 1992, ISBN: 9780856683817, 227 pages. 8vo (6"" x 8.5"") The original text of the play, edited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Anthony J. Podlecki.

New York: Modern Library, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. Very good book in like dust jacket, now in new removable protective cover. Dust jacket has minor wear, mostly on the spine and flap folds. Green cloth covered boards, with silver print on the spine and torch bearer blindstamped on the front board, with the words Modern Library below it. Gray Rockwell Kent end papers. Prior owner's name and date on blank page at front; original bookstore's price stamp on the half title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Modern Library hard cover with dust jacket; 1941 edition but Fall 1964 printing. 332 pages 12mo (5"" x 7.25"") Introduction by George Jean Nathan. Contents: The Playboy of the Western World, by John M. Synge; Juno and the Paycock, by Sean O'Casey; Riders to the Sea, by John M. Synge; Spreading the News, by Lady Gregory; Shadow and Substance, by Paul Vincent Carroll.

Fine condition, almost like new. Anchor trade paperback, April 2018 printing, ISBN: 9780385492287, 470 pages. 8vo (5.5" x 8.5")

New York: Modern Library, 1960. Hardcover. good/good. E. McKnight Kauffer. Good book in like dust jacket. Dust jacket has some edge wear, and tanning on the back; is price clipped; now in new removable protective cover. Blue cloth covered boards with gold print in red blocks on the spine and front; boards whos some light wear and have a spot on the front. Gray Rockwell Kent end papers. Modern Library hard cover with dust jacket, 1944 edition but Spring 1960 printing, 426 pages. Cover art by E. McKnight Kauffer. 12mo (5"" x 7.25"") Introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Collects two poetical works, The Golden Treasury, edited by Francis Turner Palgrave, an anthology first published in 1861, and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald (4th edition, first published in 1879).

Garden City: Macmillan, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jack Woolhiser. Very good book in like dust jacket. Dust jacket has light age toning on spine, and is now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards, with red and gold titles on beige spine. Binding is square and firm, and pages are clean and unmarked. Macmillan / Book Club hard cover with dust jacket, April 1979 printing (code U15, Book Club #2528, 733 pages, cover art by Jack Woolhiser. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.5"")

Frankfurt: Ullstein, 1986. Mass Paperback. good. Ships from Oregon, USA. Spine slightly creased; cover protected by a plastic coating. Pages are clean and unmarked. Ullstein mass paperback, 1986. ISBN: 9783548045160, 231 pages. 12mo (4.5"" x 7"") Book entirely in German. Theodor Fontane was a popular 19th century German writer, enjoying a resurgence.

Former library item, with card pocket and date due slip on front end paper; stamps on top edge of textblock, and half title page. Olive green cloth covered boards with gold printing on the spine; no library marks to exterior of book. Pages are clean and unmarked, except library markings as noted. Encyclopedia Britannica hard cover, no dust jacket as issued, 1952 edition. 626 pages. Contents: Plays of William Shakespeare, part 1: The First Part of King Henry the Sixth; The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth; The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth; The Tragedy of Richard the Third; The Comedy of Errors; Titus Andronicus; The Taming of the Shrew; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Love's Labour's Lost; Romeo and Juliet; The Tragedy of King Richard the Second; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Life and Death of King John; The Merchant of Venice; The First Part of King Henry the Fourth; The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth; Much Ado About Nothing; The Life of King Henry the Fifth; Julius Caesar; As You Like It

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. hardcover. Fair/missing. Fair book, missing dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gold print on spine and front. The gold is completely worn off the spine; the spine is faded and frayed; the boards are worn and frayed at the corners. Yellow endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Albert & Charles Boni hardcover, missing dust jacket, 1930. No stated printing. 395 pages. 12mo (4.5"" x 7.5"") Part Three of Remembrance of Things Past, preceded by Swann's Way, and Within a Budding Grove; and followed by Cities of the Plain, and others. This is the English translation of C. K. Scott Moncrieff.

Former library item. Includes 3 discs, case, insert, and artwork. Has slight wear, library/security stickers and ink writing. Artwork has modified for library case. Playing surface of CDs is in very good condition. Arkangel CDs, ISBN: 9781932219159. DDD recordings, made in USA.

New York: Library of America, 1984. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing (stated). Very good book in like dust jacket. Dust jacket has faint signs of use; now in new removable protective cover. Blue cloth covered boards, with gold print on spine. Library of America end papers. Bound-in blue satin ribbon bookmark. Pages are clean and unmarked; acid free paper. An errata sheet is present (author's name misspelled on title page). Library of America hard cover with dust jacket, 1984 first printing (stated), ISBN: 9780940450240, 1478 pages. 8vo (5"" x 8"")

Small corner bump, otherwise like new. Pictorial cover, no dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated end pages, Barsoom city with airships. Pages are clean and unmarked, massively illustrated. Fall River hardcover, 2009, 2nd printing, ISBN: 9781435115569, 503 pages. Illustrated by Thomas Yeates. 8vo (7" x 10") Omnibus of the first three novels in the series, A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, and The Warlord of Mars, all originally published separately.

New York: Octopus, 1979. hardcover. Good /Good. Dust jacket has wear; chip on lower spine; now in new removable protective cover. Burgundy boards with gilt print on front board and spine; spine leans. Violet end papers, with author's name repeated. Pages are clean and unmarked; edges have foxing; old book smell. Octopus / Heinemann hard cover with dust jacket, 1979 edition, printing not stated. ISBN: 9780905712390, 874 pages. 8vo (6"" x 9.25"") Omnibus edition of six novels, originally published separately: Julian, Williwaw, The Judgement of Paris, Messiah, and The City and the Pillar (revised text).

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. first. Hardcover. fine/fine. Ian Ross. First edition. Fine book in fine dust jacket, like new. Dust jacket now in new removable protective cover. Green boards with green print on white cloth covered spine. Light tan end papers. Houghton Mifflin hard cover with dust jacket, first edition (stated), first printing Sept. 1989, complete number line. ISBN: 9780395510865, 186 pages, cover art by Ian Ross. 8vo (5.5"" x 8.5"") Winner, 1990 Ken Kesey Award, 1990 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award. Finalist, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.