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Lynbrook, NY: Charnel House. As New. 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully crafted first edition limited to 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies (this one lettered "I") in unread As New condition in alike slipcase, signed by author Dean Koontz. With the laid-in ticket, "Prepare to be enchanted" as issued; Dean Koontz' tale of five days in the life of Jimmy Tock, who comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it, an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy, a story that will challenge the way you look at good and evil, life and death, and everything in between; 8vo; Signed by Author .

London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0747577722 . An unread Very Fine first edition/first printing in alike dustjacket. Signed by author Angie Sage directly on the title page; The second book of the Septimus Heap series picks up one year after Book One, Magyk. Now, Septimus is apprenticed to Marcia Overstand, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard who switched him with Jenna at birth in order to protect him. Jenna enjoys life as a princess until the Darke Magyk threatens everyone's sense of security; Septimus Heap; Vol. 2; B&W Illustrations; 8vo ; Signed by Author .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in Very Good+ dustjacket with minimal chipping and few minor tape reinforcements inside dustjacket. SIGNED by author Edmund Hillary directly on the title page; The complete, authoritative and deeply moving story of the momentous conquest of Mount Everest by Sir John Hunt's British Expedition, including Sir Edmund Hillary who gives his own personal account of the final assault on the summit. In his Foreword, H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh writes: "In the human terms of physical effort and endurance alone, it will live in history as a shining example to all mankind." Contains B&W and color photographs as well as maps, sketches and drawings plus an appendix, glossary and index; 8vo; Signed by Author .

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition/first printing, pebbled blue cloth with red lettering on the front cover and spine in Very Good+ condition with lightly rubbed extremities and sunning to spine in about Fine dust-jacket. Zeuschner 749; "Truth is stranger than fiction." If this tale should seem in part incredible, please bear this axiom in mind. It had its beginning more than twenty years ago, unless one wishes to go further back to the first amoeba or even beyond that to the cosmos shattering clash of two forgotten suns; 8vo; [ii], [6], 7-318, [2] pages .

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive first edition/first printing, gray pebbled cover with red lettering on the front cover and spine in about Fine condition. With the Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. fire damage sticker to front pastedown despite only minor evidence smoke damage to upper fore edge and upper rear board, laminated dust-jacket with negligible edgewear, jacket, frontispiece and 22 chapter headpieces by John Coleman Borroughs. With the Mary Lucas Pflueger dedication. Zeuschner 110; As this is a murder mystery Western we can't tell you much about it here without spoiling the story for you. Perhaps it is enough to say that in addition to the murder, there is conspiracy, double-crossing, kidnaping [sic], love, romance, plenty of gun fighting, and some top notch sleuthing before the real murderer is apprehended. (from the dust-jacket) ; 8vo; [ii], [6], 7-312, [4] pages .

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive first edition/first printing, gray decorated cloth with black lettering a red "Janus" illustration in Near Fine condition in Very Good+ dustjacket with light soiling, litle chipping mainly along spine ends. Zeuschner 627; Mr. Burroughs believes this to be the poorest Tarzan novel he had ever written; however, the editors of Liberty magazine called it the greatest Tarzan novel ever written, and thousands of their subscribers agreed with them. Burroughs' tale of a motion picture company in the wilds of Africa, two beautiful girls, ruthless Arabs, a half maniacal scientist, a tribe of gorillas that he taught to speak English, a coward who looks like Tarzan and Tarzan himself; 8vo; [ii], [4], 5-318, [2] pages .

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first edition/first printing in the blue cloth with red lettering on the front cover and spine in Near Fine condition with lightly rubbed extremities in Fine dust-jacket. End papers decorated with the map of Venus (Amtor) drawn by Burroughs. Zeuschner 406; "If a female figure in a white shroud enters your bedchamber at midnight on the thirteenth day of this month, answer this letter; otherwise do not." ; 8vo; [ii], [4], 5-314, [6] pages .

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A bright first edition/first printing, blue cloth with red tettering on the front cover and spine in Near Fine condition with light wear to extremities and prior owner's stamp to front free end paper in Very Good+, laminated dust-jacket with little edgewear and limited chipping. Zeuschner 235; The story of the Lad who might have been king, parallels that of his uncle and cousin who in succession become king; and though the life of the Lad was one of cruelty, dangers, and privations, there are few but who would choose to have been the Lad rather than the kin who wore the crown ; 8vo; [ii], [6], 7-317, [3] pages .

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear. A card from the publisher detailing a "near-disastrous" fire that occurred in the Edgar Rice Burroughs storeroom on Saturday, May 3, 1958 is laid in. Blue cloth with red lettering on the front cover and spine. The illustration on the white dust-jacket and five interior black-and-white plates are by John Coleman Burroughs. Zeuschner 280; "Once again, the Prince of Helium, the master swordsman of two worlds, brings us a story of high adventure on the dying planet that he loves so well. Here, as of yore, he crosses swords with some of Mars' most redoubtable swordsmen." (from the dust-jacket). The tenth novel of Barsoon; B & W Illustrations; 8vo; [8], 9-317, [3] pages .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike, crisp dust-jacket without fading, vibrant and bright colors. Variant copy with printer's quad mark on the title page; Central character and narrator is "Vivienne Michel, " a young Canadian woman who ends up running a cheap motel in the Adirondack Mountains to pay for a trip through America. When issued, it was banned in some countries as the most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels. Basis for the movie with Roger Moore in his third James Bond role, Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X) and Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg; 8vo ; [10], 11-221, [3] pages .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike, crisp dust-jacket without fading, vibrant and bright colors; Central character and narrator is "Vivienne Michel, " a young Canadian woman who ends up running a cheap motel in the Adirondack Mountains to pay for a trip through America. When issued, it was banned in some countries as the most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels. Basis for the movie with Roger Moore in his third James Bond role, Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X) and Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg; 8vo ; [10], 11-221, [3] pages .

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition, published on 30 October 1896, at 6s; 5,000 copies were printed. Deep blue cloth boards, lettered and illustrated on spine and illustrated on front board in gold, dark bluish green endpapers. All edges trimmed and gilt. Near Fine condition with lightly rubbed extremities. Richards E1-12, Martindell 67, Livingston 133, Stewart 157. In the rare dust-wrapper, only rather minor chipping to spine ends and corners, little tanned, soiled. Small label to paste-down. Second state wrapper with "The Works of Rudyard Kipling" on back panel rather than rectangular vignette of three Indian deities in temple arch, advertising second printing (tenth thousand) of Soldier Tales; Includes "With the Main Guard", "Drums of the Fore and Aft", "The Man Who Was", "The Courting of Dinah Shadd", "The Incarnation of Krishna… Leer más

New York: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first (American) edition, published October 30, 1896, the same day as the English edition. Only predeced by 6 printed copies of the copyright edition on September 9. Richards A92, Livingston 130, Stewart 139. Very Good+ in the light grayish olive, dotted-line cloth, little rubbing along edges, book-plate to front pastedown. Top edges gilt. In the rare light grayish yellowish brown dusts-jacket, gilt lettering and decoration replicating the design on front and spine panels on binding, spotting and light soiling, small chip to front panel; Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1907, wrote this book shortly after his famous Jungle books and dedicated it to the city of Bombay. Contains 209 pages of poems and ballads of sailing and the sea ; 8vo; [2], vii, 209, [9] pages .

New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1962. First US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive first printing of the first American edition in near fine condition, lightly sunned in dust-jacket with minor tanning to spine. Signed by author Grass on the half-title page; Grass' famous autbiography of Oskar Matzerath, the indomitable drummer, thirty years old, detained in a mental hospital, convicted of a murder he did not commit. It is taken down with the aid of his tin drum - the chosen symbol of his way of life - which helps him to remember his checkered past. Translated by Ralph Manheim; 8vo; [1-14], 15-591, [1] pages .

Schweiz, Saargebiet, et al. Very Good+. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A first printing of the first edition collection of Micky Maus magazines from 1953 in very good+ condition. The magazines are mildly soiled and sport some foxing to the edges of the covers and pages, and are housed in original faded blue hardcover binder ; Collection of Micky Maus magazines featuring Donald Duck stories from 1953 including Nr. 1 - Januar; Nr. 2 - Februar; Nr. 3 - März 1953; Nr. 4 - April; Nr. 5 - Mai; Nr. 6 - Juni; Nr. 7 - Juli; Nr. 8 - August; Nr. 9 - September; Nr. 10 - Oktober; Nr. 11 - November; and Nr. 12 - Dezember ; 8vo .