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London: Routledge. Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Softcover. 0415027039 . Shakespeare's famous comedy in a thoroughly footnoted and annotated definitive softcover Arden edition. Edited by Brian Morris, and with lengthy introduction and extensive relevant information about the play at appendices. --- In dark green wraps with Ann Arnold color illustration to cover. --- A prior owner's name to textblock fore-edge, and with underlinings and notations in ink on several leaves, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xiv, 316 pages .

Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. A functional Spanish-English / English-Spanish translator, presenting translations and pronunciation guides. Stated Revised Edition. Back matter includes geographical and Christian names in both languages, list of abbreviations. An entry in publisher's Junior Classic Series. --- In full dark red textured cloth-covered boards with titling in black on yellow cover and spine blocks; wrapped in similar-appearing dust jacket. --- A clean, firmly bound copy. Fair only jacket with tears, chips and some sunning to spine; protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 256, 215 pages .

New York: Berkley Publishing Group. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2000. Trade Paperback. 0425172945 . Looking for a good book to read? 115 celebrated writers, from John Barth to Kurt Vonnegut, recommend the books they love best. --- This trade paperback copy is in excellent condition, though with minor yellowing to leaves and spots of soiling to front cover and textblock top edge.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 297 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. Hard Cover. A collection of the first part of King Henry IV and three other enduring plays by Shakespeare, in a compact Scribner's edition. Per the preface, the plays are presented in authoritative text, in readable form and with sufficient apparatus for the use of the student. Edited and with introductions by Thomas Marc Parrott and Robert Stockdale Telfer. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt to cover and spine. Volume has no dust jacket. --- Exposure to dampness has resulted in rippling to leaves. With soiling to cloth, foxing to textblock edges, significant loss of cover and spine gilding, discreet pencilings in a few locations, and prior owner's signature & glue remnants to front free endpaper; else a tightly-bound, sound, copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall) ; (8), 485 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Poor with no dust jacket. 1922. Hardcover. A charming children's story book in Thornton W. Burgess's series featuring various woodland creatures. In this installment, Unc' Billy Possum takes center stage. Sadly, only two of the original six black & white plates with Harrison Cady illustrations are present. An entry in publisher's "The Bedtime Story-Books" series. --- Formerly property of Boulder, Colorado's Mapleton Elementary School (which closed in 2003), with rubberstampings and rear pocket and lacking de-accession information. In full maroon cloth-covered boards with green book repair tape to spine and tips. Volume has no dust jacket. --- This well-worn item with no shortage of tears, markings and soiling to leaves; covers have been repaired with tape, back cover sticker and with hand-written spine titling.; Ex-Library; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 117 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. BCE. Hard Cover. 0671215698 . Full-sized book club edition. Mr. Greene's novel is set in Argenina and Paraguay among foreign nationals who find themselves there. --- In full navy cloth-covered boards w/gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features b&w portrait of Greene by Karsh of Ottawa on back. --- With discoloration to edges of covers, else a firm, bright copy. Jacket with tears, chips, and considerable rubbing; in removable mylar protector.; 31340; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 315 pages .

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393034461 . First printing of the author's ". . .riveting account. . ." of the voyage of the steel cutter yacht Aqua Star from Toronto to Churchill, Manitoba. Helmed by Leslie Sike and assisted by his wife Carolann Sike, two additional crew members and the author, they became to first to sail across Hudson's Bay since Henry Hudson's "fateful voyage in 1611". With striking color photos throughout. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features a David Farr photo of the Aqua Star looking pretty tiny with a huge block of ice behind it. --- A very nice copy: bright, tightly-bound and newish. Unclipped jacket in excellent condition.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xv, 170 pages .

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1978. BCE. Hardcover. 039450268X . Book club edition. John Updike's intriguing novel of Africa is based on a mythical nation he calls "Kush" (which may be based on Chad) and makes for a very entertaining read. --- In green cloth-covered boards with author name and spine titling stamped in silver and gilt; yellow topstain. Jacket features Gene J. Puskar photographic portrait of Updike to back flap. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy but with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper. Jacket with large open tear near tail of spine, a fair bit of rubbing but remaining mostly intact and protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; 31458; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 299 pages .

New York: Vintage Books / Random House. Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Softcover. 0394741129 . A collection of six plays by the American dramatist Lillian Hellman (1905-1984). Her plays debuted from the 1930s to the 1950s and met with much success, despite often tackling controversial themes. --- A softcover in brown wraps. --- With soiling to top edges of first few pages, somewhat tanned leaves and prior owner's signature to first page, else a sound, fully readable copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 494 pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hard Cover. Exceptional copy of Fielding's famed novel in a unique slipcase edition. Illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith. With reproduction of drawing of Tom on cover of slipcase. Light scuffing to edges of case. Faint staining book boards, spine w/ bright gilt lettering. Interior of volume tight and bright and unmarked. Dotted with Smith's illustrations, some in color. (Any reference to dust jacket is meant to describe the slipcase. ); 41210; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 721 pages .

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0440074088 . Stated first printing of Thomas Berger's novel, the fourth of his works featuring his Carlo Reinhart character. In this story, the author describes the interactions of Reinhart with the many women in his life. --- In black paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with author facsimile signature in gilt to cover, spine titling stamped in gilt. Jacket features Thomas Victor photographic portrait of the author to back flap. --- With faint strips of toning to cover edges, else a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking additional damages. Unclipped, bright jacket with a few small tears to edges, protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (8), 295 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1920. Hardcover. A charming children's story book in Thornton W. Burgess's series featuring various woodland creatures. In this installment, Bobby Coon takes center stage. Sadly, only four of the original six black & white plates with Harrison Cady illustrations are present. An entry in publisher's "The Bedtime Story-Books" series. --- Formerly property of Boulder, Colorado's Mapleton Elementary School (which closed in 2003), with rubberstampings, markings and front pocket and lacking de-accession information. Rebound in sturdy brown buckram boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume has no dust jacket. --- This well-worn item with some tears, markings and soiling to leaves, back cover & spine stickers but binding remains sturdy.; Ex-Library; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 117 pages .

Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. Very Good. 1988. Softcover. 0879754966 . A presentation of four short works by Plato which define, per the back cover, ". . .the full range of Socrates' penetrating mind." Translated by Benjamin Jowett. --- In purple and tan wraps. --- A clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy though with mild sun-caused discoloration to cover & first page.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 138 pages .

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated Program Edition. A collection of writings sharing a common locus: Harvard College, taken from the 300-year history of that institution. Some of the submissions are by noted authors such as Samuel Eliot Morison, Henry James, Anthony Trollope and Thomas Wolfe; others by the not-so-famous. With a preface by the editor, William Bentinck-Smith and an unattributed introduction: "Writing Like a Harvard Man." --- In full rust cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped Harvard crest to cover; gilt cover & spine titling. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With a few faint spots to cloth, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, sound copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvii, 369 pages .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1930s-40s]. Hardcover. A very nice reprint edition of the enduring novel by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), set on the moors of the author's native England and which first appeared in serial form in 1878. An entry in publisher's "Universal Library" series. --- In soft-to-the-touch full tan cloth with gilt-stamped titling inside black spine block, black topstain and green endpapers. Volume has no dust jacket. Undated, possibly published c.1930s-40s. --- An excellent copy, but with oval soiled spot to back cover; otherwise clean, tightly-bound and unmarked.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 470 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1960]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering Oliver Goldsmith's famous "The Vicar of Wakefield" as well as a sampling of his poetry, plays and essays. Edited, with notes and an introduction by Frederick W. Hilles. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i / verso advertises 393 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (though 1955 date appears in book). ML #291.1. --- With acidic stains to pp. 476-77, dampstains to cloth, penciled tick marks to table of contents and dulling to cover & spine gilding; interior otherwise unmarked and volume is tightly bound. Unclipped dust jacket with some fading to cover and rubbing, chips & small tears to edges but overall intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xxv, 580 pages .

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2003. Trade Paper. 0393324761 . Volume 10 in the author's highly popular Aubrey/Maturin series may be the most famous, having been made into a fantastic motion picture starring Russell Crowe, who is pictured on the cover of this movie tie-in edition. A clean, firm, bright copy but with just a touch of cover rubbing.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 406 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1932. First US Edition. Hard Cover. First American edition of a collection of essays and speeches by the prolific English writer John Galsworthy and author of the notable "Forsyte Saga". The essays cover a range of topics, from drama to literature, to travel and to books in general. --- In dark green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine. Volume has no dust jacket. --- Front free endpaper has been torn out; else a clean, firmly-bound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 311 pages .

New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1960s-80s]. BCE. Hardcover. A likely book club edition of John Steinbeck's last novel. Set in New England, this is the story of Ethan Allen Hawley, whose wealthy forebears squandered the family fortune. Ethan now finds himself working as a clerk in a grocery store. --- In full olive cloth-covered boards with cover titling in silver on red block, silver & red spine titling and burnt orange endpapers. 1961 date appears in book but possibly published c.1960s-80s. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With prior owner's penciled notation to front free endpaper, faint spine discoloration and dulling to red spine titling, else a bright, unmarked and tightly-bound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); [6], 281 pages .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 23 separate stories, by different authors, in a fancy edition. Features stories by the likes of O. Henry, Pearl Buck, Ed McBain, William Faulkner and others. With color frontis and cover panel paintings by John Ward. Includes a section of brief biographies of the authors at rear of volume. Published as part of Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. --- In navy leatherette covers, decorated in gilt; all edges gilt and with three raised spine bands. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A bright, crisp, unmarked copy but with light scratching to textblock gilding.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall ; (14), 415 pages .