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Boston and NY: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Good. Cloth. 1903. 1st edition. TWO COPIES. 1st ed. 1st and second states. Decorated green cloth. The classic children’s novel about the trials of life, wisdom, and understanding. . he first edition. The imprint at the bottom of spine was first p rinted at 1/16” height. The second state binding increased it from 1/16” type to 1/8” type and both the second and third st ates made small text changes to pages 325 and 327. These two cop ies correspond to BAL varieties 4A and 4B. Copy 4A is fair: ligh t damp-staining to covers, light edgewear, spine rubbed and a ½⠀ partial split at bottom of front hinge; lightly cocked. 4B is Good+: several small spots on back cover, extremities very lightl y rubbed; front gutter cracked; internally very good. .

New York: Farrar Straus and Company. Near Fine. 1948. First edition (with stylized FS to the copyright page.) Pages bro wned as usual, else fine in good, price-clipped dustwrapper with very minor edgewear and large tear to rear panel. Where the origi nal price was clipped, there is a small rubber-stamped $3.00 pric e. Uncertain if this was a publisher repricing or a bookstore. A particularly bright copy of the author's first book. .

NY: Doubleday. Fine. 1972. 1st ed.. 1st ed., 8vo, illustrated cloth. Matthiessen's first and only chi ldren's book, with an ecological theme. Jacket and illustrations by William Pene du Bois. This copy is with the special reinforced library binding, as originally issued. A pristine copy in near f ine d/w. The book itself is flawless; the jacket is lightly soil ed at edges and is price-clipped. .

New Pearson's Magazine. 1923. 1st edition thus. "Holiday", a 3-page short story, is one of Hammett’s earliest w orks of fiction. It is not a crime story, but a sensitive vignett e, possibly autobiographical. War veteran Paul Hetherwick is a pa tient at Public Service Health Hospital in San Diego. He obtains a day pass, withdraws $100 from the bank, and catches a bus to Ti juana. He spends some time playing the ponies at the track and th en drinking with a couple of bar girls. With economical, prose Ha mmett lets us know that in addition to his lung disease, Paul is suffering from a bad case of ennui; he doesn’t care whether his horses pay off or if bar-girls drink up his money. He spends his last 45 cents in a lunchroom, and returns to his hospital in a f og. . over by Gellert. . in better condition. Covers present but detached, frayed on edge s. The text block in good condition with several chips on content s page; first and last pages partially… Leer más

London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans . Good. Marbled boards. 1845, 1848. 1st thus. 3rd edition of the original work, first edition of the latter. Pr inted by Charles wittingham at the Chiswick Press in a single vol ume. 12mo. 220 pp. [1] 216 pp. A later 19th century rebinding, marbled boards, leather label. Full-page woodcut coat-of-arms, d ecorative initials, headpieces, and publisher's device. . l title of the second volume: Some further portions of the diary of Lady Willoughby which do relate to her domestic history and to the events of the latter years of the reign of King Charles the First, the Protectorate and the Restoration. ##### . ed anonymously in 1844, this work of fiction proved very popular as shown by a third edition in 1845 and a sequel in 1848. The Pu blisher took great pride in bringing out the Diary as an exact re production of a book published in the seventeenth century, in whi ch it was supposed to have been written, including having a new f ont [Caslon]… Leer más

Atheneum, New York. Fine. 1960. 1st ed.. 8vo, ¼ cloth, maroon boards. Stated First Edition. . s was a British-born screenwriter, television writer, and novelis t. He wrote the screenplays for Clash by Night [ Fritz Lang], Isl and in the Sun, and was a co-writer on Roberto Rossellini's Paisa n in 1946 for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He rec eived another nomination for the film Teresa in 1951. In televis ion he wrote for the Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Mannix, Logan’sRun, and Nero Wolfe. This copy is inscribed on the front end paper to Hollywood film producer/director Jerry Wald. “It isn’t any s horter than ’Loss of Roses’”. The reference is to William I nge’s 1959 Broadway play “A Loss of Roses” which Wald had o ptioned and later filmed in 1963 with Joanne Woodward and Carol L inley. A fine copy in near fine… Leer más

Mysterious Press. Fine. 1984. Special edition; limited.. Inscribed by author on half-title page . Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, thi s being copy J. Octavo burgundy cloth in pictorial dust jacket, s lipcase; xv,[1],234pp. Signed on the colophon page, as normal, b ut with an added signature on the title page and an author’s in scription on the half-title. A pristine copy. .

NY: Harper & Brothers. 1957. 1st ed., 8vo in price-clipped dustjacket. Cheever's debut novel. The book itself is fine. The dust jacket is very good with a 1/2" closed tear at bottom right of front and upper front at spine an d light-wear elsewhere. Also a 2" square paper label announcing t he book's selection for the 1958 National Book Award. The label c ould probably be removed but I have left it in place. .