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London, England: W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue), 1858. Second British Edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo, 7" tall, 227 pages + 40 ads; green embossed cloth with gilt titles on spine. Includes a 40-page publisher's annual catalog dated January 1858. BAL 12121. An early printing. A good plus, clean solid original copy with exterior green cloth discolored to a brown tone along the back strip and top margins, gilt only lightly dimmed, top inch of back strip separating and chipping, internally very good, binding sturdy, paper lightly yellowed with previous owner's name (the Chalmers family of Longcroft in Scotland) on reverse of front free endpaper.

Bobbs-Merrill : Indianapolis, 1903. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket. Sold as a good reading copy only. Quarto, 9 7/8" tall, 153 pages with intertextual illustration throughout, gilt titles on a decorated grey cloth cover. A good copy overall, with moderate shelf wear, light exterior soiling, cover rubbed at all corners, binding solid but shaken, paper lightly yellowed with occasional finger marks. Without dust jacket.

New York, New York: Scribner, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 195 pages, maroon quarter cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with minimal shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with original price.

Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good minus. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 245 pages, blue-green cloth. A very good, clean, hardcover first edition, first printing, with light bumping to the fore corners, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, with a previous owner's named penned on the front endpaper. In a very good dust jacket with minor wear at the folds and at the ends of the backstrip, and with original price present.

Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket, if issued. Signed and inscribed by the author on the endpaper. Folio, 15" tall, 26 pages + 25 double page color maps printed one side only, green printed boards. A good, generally clean, neat sturdy hard cover with significant shelf wear, moderate exterior soiling, several pieces of scotch tape applied to spine due to chipping at some ancient time, edges of boards rubbed through; but interior very good minus, binding solid, maps still bright, though paper light to moderately yellowed, only light foxing scattered throughout. Please note: this is a larger and heavier volume and will require some additional postage.

Atria, 2007-04-17. First Edition, First Printing. hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 310 pages, light-blue and white boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight. In a near fine dust jacket with the original price present.

New York, New York: Atria / Simon and Schuster, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Nearr Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 244 pages, green boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper just slightly yellowed. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price.

Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on front free end paper and with inscription to a previous owner. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 178 pages. A near fine, clean, hardcover first edition with light shelf wear, light foxing to the top fore-edge, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a very good, clean, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with original price.

Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 298 pages, purple quarter-cloth. A fine, clean, neat first edition hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket, with the original price.

Plaidswede Pub, 2004-10-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the title page and inscribed to a previous owner. Complete unto itself, this is the first of a two part biography. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, xiv + 321 pages, gray cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket.

WW Norton & Co, 1981. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 285 pages, white quarter-cloth. A very good, clean, neat, hardcover first edition with minor shelf wear, but light foxing at the fore-edges and endpapers, hinges and binding tight, pages cream white. In a very good, moderately worn, dust jacket with the original price present but one flap corner clipped.

Scribner; NY, 2009-10-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 272 pages, red and black boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with light shelf wear and the original price clipped.

New York, New York: Bruce Elliott, 1943-62. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 100 original issues as published--an incomplete run (with one or two aditional). Octavo, 11" tall, single fold, continuous pagination, 4 pages per issue, self wraps. Very good, clean, neat copies overall with minor shelf wear, some slight occasional exterior soiling, and minor yellowing. A mostly bi-weekly magazine for magicians, amateur and professional. Articles on magic tricks by Elliott and 100 other magicians

Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1963. First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket as issued. 12mo 6 7/8" tall, lxii + 253 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on decorated blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat, hardcover with little shelf wear, very slight foxing to the cover cloth, binding tight, paper cream white. Issued without dust jacket.

London, England: George P. Putnam, 1850. First thus. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 7 1/4" tall, vii + 386 pages; three-quarter calf over marbled boards. A good copy only, as is, exterior worn, front cover loose, spine leather chipping at edges, fore-corner tips through to boards, internally very good, binding solid, paper clean and lightly yellowed. Useful as is but his binding could be restored and is priced accordingly

New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace: NY, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 186 pages, black cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, sturdy hard cover first with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed with some light foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges, and a publisher's review slip affixed to the front endpaper. In a good, moderately edge worn dust jacket with chipping the the folds, light soiling, and with the original price present.

New York, New York: Random House; NY, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 274 pages, green cloth, gilt titles on spine. A near fine, clean hardcover first edition, first printing with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately edge worn dust jacket, with small chips at the folds, 1/2 chip at top back panel, with original price. "A dramatic and suspenseful novel set in a small coastal town in Maine.

Yale University Art Gallery, 1988-09-10. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto, 10 1/4" tall, xv + 483 pages with color illustration throughout, red-brown cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket. Because of size and weight, this volume will require some additional postage,

New York, New York: Henry Holt; NY, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 301 pages, gray boards. A near fine, clean, lightly worn hard cover first edition ; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with a slight nick to the back strip, and with the original price.

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Octavo, 7 2/3" tall, 257 pages, decorated light brown cloth with gilt titles and top edge. A good, generally clean and sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear but light fading to the cloth at the back strip, and pin-head sized book-worm hole in the front hinge; hinges and binding solid, paper slightly yellowed.