Dated March 15, 1955. Single page of Fairchild's New York University letterhead, with text on one side. Folded for mailing. In the original envelope. Twenty nine lines. Written to Professor Lyle Saunders, Fairchild announces that Saunders has won an Anisfield - Wolf prize, and is to be awarded $1000.00. Saunders...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First edition. Hardback. 7.75" x 5.25". 253pp. Green illustrated cloth. Small ownership stamps, gift inscription, light soiling to the cloth, else near fine condition. Another story of Freddy the Pig and friends, with illutrations by Kurt Wiese.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardback. 7.75" x 5.25". 286pp. Green illustrated cloth. Small ownership stamp, else near fine condition. Another story of Freddy the Pig and friends, with illutrations by Kurt Wiese. Third printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1937. First edition. 8.25" x 5.5". 336pp. Yellow and red cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; VG+ (price clipped) jacket. Studies of notorious criminal cases such as the death of Henry Kinder, Constance Kent, the case of Adelaide Bartlett, the Landru case, the murder of Julia...
Jefferson, North Carolina & London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Two 9" x 6" volumes. 597, 596pp. Blue cloth with white lettering. Fine condition. An important reference work for scholars and collectors of Antarctica.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First edition. 10.25" x 7.5". 160pp. Small gift inscription else near fine condition. This volume contains more than 70 woodcut illustrations by Leighton. The charming engravings and text detail English country village life.
New York: Pantheon, 1958. 8" x 5". 118pp. Illustrated paper covered boards with a white cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Fine condition. Nice VG+ (price clipped) jacket. A historical novel by the British novelist, poet, and critic.
Düsseldorf: Helmut Krüger, 1975. 11.75" x 10". 154pp. Blue cloth, in dust wrapper. Gift inscription on the half title page, one corner lightly bumped, else near fine condition. The jacket and printed outer wrapper have a short closed tear at the top of the spine, else nice VG+ condition. This.....
Albuquerque: Published For the School of American Research by University of New Mexico Press, 1972. 11.5" x 8". 232pp. Gray cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition. The jacket has a couple small chips and other mild edge wear and is price clipped. Fourth printing. With numerous illustrations from drawings, and...
New York: Random House, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 10.75" x 8". [63pp.] Blue cloth and patterned paper covered boards, in dust wrapper. Fine condition. The VG+ jacket has some light rubbing and edge wear and is price clipped. An excellent book with black & white photographs showing aerial views, flyers...
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Stated First Edition. 8.5" x 5.5". 98pp. Brown cloth, in dust wrapper. Ownership stamp, else near fine condition. The jacket has a little edge wear and rubbing. The second poetry collection by McNeill, who went on to become the poet laureate of West...
July 25, 1937. Single 10.5" x 7.25" sheet, folded twice for mailing. Fine condition. On Wood's personalized letterhead. Fifteen typed lines, plus a seven line holograph postscript. Signed in full by the eminent American artist, and additionally initialed at the end of the p.s. The recipient was Malcolm Johnson, a....
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. First edition. 8.75" x 5.5". 427pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Ownership signature, else near fine condition. The nice, bright (price clipped) jacket has a very small bit of edge wear. An interesting study of the Spanish - American...
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1904 - 1912. Hardcover. Twenty - eight 8.75" x 6" volumes. Each volume bound in 3/4 maroon crushed morocco with gilt spine lettering and decorations, raised bands, compartments, top edges gilt. Bookplates, chipping to a few of the spine tips. Generally a nice VG+ set...
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1891. First American edition. Hardback. 6.75" x 4.75". 104pp. Light soiling, spine just a bit darkened, else a very nice VG+ condition copy. An early introduction to three racket sports, with historical background, diagrams of courts and equipment, definitions, rules, hints for beginners, etc....
London: George Bell & Sons, 1889. First edition. Hardback. 6.75" x 4.5". 73pp. Gray illustrated cloth. Cloth lightly soiled, light internal soiling, else VG+ condition. A nice example of one of the earliest books about the sport of rugby. With good information about the sport's schism in 1863, which saw...
London: The Grolier Society, circa 1900. Hardback. Twenty 8.75" x 5.75" volumes. Each bound in full crushed dark red morocco with gilt rules and lettering, spines in compartments, raised bands, top edges gilt. With a touch of wear to the spine tips of a few volumes, tasteful bookplates, but else...
Los Angeles: Mythopoeic Society, 1973. Paperback. 11" x 8.25". 27pp. Stapled wrappers. Light soiling, else near fine condition. With articles on Genesis of The Lord of the Rings: A Study of Saga Development, The Holy Grail by Diana Paxson, An Introduction to Narnia - Part III, The Mythopoeic Press: A....
Brooklyn, NY: Privately Published, 1968. Paperback. 11" x 8.25". 23pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers. Near fine condition. With articles by Pete Seeger, fantasy novels, teddy bears, poetry, etc. With many illustrations from drawings.
Brooklyn, NY: Privately Published, 1968. Paperback. 11" x 8.25". 26pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers. Near fine condition. With articles on civil liberties, Gore Vidal's Myra Breckenridge, fantasy novels by C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald, a review of the films The Graduate and Yellow Submarine, poetry by Pete Seeger and Eugene...
Brooklyn, NY: Privately Published, 1969. Paperback. 11" x 8.25". 26pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers. Near fine condition. With articles on Macedonia, the Templars, a bibliography of the works of Dorothy L. Sayers, I. F. Stone's Harvard Speech, poetry, etc. With many illustrations from drawings. The Hugo Award winning artist Tim...
Brooklyn, NY: Privately Published, 1970. Paperback. 11" x 8.25". 30pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers. Near fine condition. With articles on Thomas Love Peacock, a bibliography of the works of Dorothy L. Sayers, poetry, etc. With many illustrations from drawings. The Hugo Award winning artist Tim Kirk was the illustrator and...
Brooklyn, NY: Privately Published, 1972. Paperback. 11" x 8.25". 31pp. Illustrated stapled yellow wrappers. Near fine condition. With articles on C. S. Lewis, Edward Lear, a primer of demonolgy, continued entries in a bibliography of the works of Dorothy L. Sayers, etc. With many illustrations from drawings. The Hugo Award...
Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1925. Hardback. 11.75" x 8.5". 640pp. Embossed buckram covers. Nice VG+ condition. This annual / yearbook includes many photo illustrations of students and staff, clubs, athletes, etc., as well as advertisements for local businesses.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1928. Hardback. 11.75" x 8.5". 511pp. Embossed buckram covers. Nice VG+ condition. This annual / yearbook includes many photo illustrations of students and staff, clubs, athletes, etc., as well as advertisements for local businesses. The color illustrations in this volume are particularly nice.
