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Carroll, Lewis.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND, A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript
New York, Macmillan Company,
1932, Hard Cover,
illus: Lewis Carroll, Condition: Very Good, Being a facsimile of the Original MS. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventure In Wonderland," 37 illustrations by Lewis Carroll. The original plates from Richard Clay and Sons, use in an edition printed by Macmillan and Co., London in 1876 and again in 1886. Bought from Macmillan & Company, Limited, by The Macmillan Company, NY, to reprint in honor of Lewis Carroll centenary, 1932, to copywright page. Decorative dedication page, "Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer Day." Red cloth boards an d spine, dulled gilt title to spine, spine ends bumped, mildly frayed to head, corners rubbed. E.P. toned, owners name to front and rear pastedown. All else clean, tightly bound. No DW. 91 pp, sm 8vo
(Alice, S, Adventures, Underground, Lewis, Carroll, Illustrations, Children, S, Books, Vintage, Children, S, Books, Alice, And Wonderland, Illustrated, By, Lewis, Carroll) Cat No. 2723.
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70.00
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Carroll, Lewis.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND, A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript
New York, Macmillan Company,
1932, Hard Cover,
illus: Lewis Carroll, Condition: Very Good, Being a facsimile of the Original MS. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventure In Wonderland," 37 illustrations by Lewis Carroll. The original plates from Richard Clay and Sons, use in an edition printed by Macmillan and Co., London in 1876 and again in 1886. Bought from Macmillan & Company, Limited, by The Macmillan Company, NY, to reprint in honor of Lewis Carroll centenary, 1932, to copywright page. Decorative dedication page, "Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer Day." Red cloth boards an d spine, dulled gilt title to spine, spine ends bumped, mildly frayed to head, corners rubbed. E.P. toned, owners name to front and rear pastedown. All else clean, tightly bound. No DW. 91 pp, sm 8vo
(Alice, S, Adventures, Underground, Lewis, Carroll, Illustrations, Children, S, Books, Vintage, Children, S, Books, Alice, And Wonderland, Illustrated, By, Lewis, Carroll) Cat No. 2723.
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70.00
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
The Scarlet Letter
New York, Pocket books Inc., Collector's Edition,
Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, With republication of Hawthorne's original introductory sketch, unabridged. Circa early 1900's. Three quarter floral decorative boards, black cloth spine, bright gilt title and decorations to spine. Floral end papers. Corners rubbed, mild text toning, marginal damp stain to mid 20 pages, page 275 small closed edge tear. All else clean, no inscriptions, solidly bound. Beautiful decorative binding of this American Classic. 12 mo 276 pp
(Scarlet, Letter, American, Literature, Colonial, New, England, Colonial, Salem, Massachusetts, Pocket, Books, Inc, Collector, S, Edition, Decorative, Bindings) Cat No. 2724.
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25.00
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
The Scarlet Letter
New York, Pocket books Inc., Collector's Edition,
Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, With republication of Hawthorne's original introductory sketch, unabridged. Circa early 1900's. Three quarter floral decorative boards, black cloth spine, bright gilt title and decorations to spine. Floral end papers. Corners rubbed, mild text toning, marginal damp stain to mid 20 pages, page 275 small closed edge tear. All else clean, no inscriptions, solidly bound. Beautiful decorative binding of this American Classic. 12 mo 276 pp
(Scarlet, Letter, American, Literature, Colonial, New, England, Colonial, Salem, Massachusetts, Pocket, Books, Inc, Collector, S, Edition, Decorative, Bindings) Cat No. 2724.
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25.00
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Gardner, Erle Stanley.
The Blonde in Lower Six
New York, Carroll & Graf,
1990, First Edition thus ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good/Good, Gardner's pre Perry Mason; adventures of the "hard boiled" character Ed Jenkins, also known as "The Phantom Crook." Jenkins is forced to confront police and criminals while avoiding the pitfalls of blackmail, coercion and incarceration. The Blond in Lower Six (Argosy, 1961 Sept.); The Wax Dragon (Black Mask, 1927 November); Yellow Shadows (Black Mask, 1928, Feb.); Grinning Gods (Black Mask, 1927, Dec.). Ex-lib, stamped to page edges, packet to f.e.p., ters to front and rear pastedown. DW not price clipped, silver pictorial, yellow lettering, partial sticker to lower spine, mild bumping of edges. First Carroll & Graf Edition. Text clean and bright, binding solid. tall 8vo, 270 pp
(Erle, Stanley, Garden, Ed, Jenkins, Mysteries, Mystery, Novels, Vintage, Mystery, Hard, Boiled, Detective) Cat No. 2725.
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15.00
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