Rare books from Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA

Simon & Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0307021343 . ; Cover has wear but is bright and overall in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name neatly written at top of title page. Pages are clean and in very good+ condition. ; A Little Golden Book; 7.8 X 6.5 X 0.2 inches; 24 pages .

Random House Books for Young Readers. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Cover is worn at corners, spine caps, and along top and bottom edges but is clean, bright, and overall in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name and "Xmas 1957" written on front end sheet. Pages are otherwise clean and near pristine. Dust jacket has heavy wear at extremities and two cup rings and modest soiling. Has all First Printing identification points including: 200/200 price on DJ flap; bound with a single signature; and 'For Beginning Readers' in a circle at a 45 degree backward sloping angle; DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); Beginner Books ; 8.6 X 6.1 X 0.4 inches .

William Morrow and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Yellow cloth cover has a small ding at top edge and lightly bumped lower corners but clean, bright, and overall in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name and address on front paste down. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Dust jacket has a few tiny tears at edges (less than 1/4") , scuffs to the back panel, and very modest soiling but bright and overall in very good condition. Publisher's price of $2.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.0 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 192 pages .

Good+. 1917. Stapled wraps. ; Rare. Original Harvest Siftings (pages 1-25) and Harvest Siftings Part II (pages 26-32). Both issues are complete as published. Both are lightly toned with modest soiling and some very short tears. Part II is missing one of the staples and the last page is detached but present. There's a 3" chip in the bottom edge of the last page of part II. As a result, one line is missing from page 31 and 32. .

Boston: Thomas & Andrews. Fair. 1801. Eighth American Edition. Hardcover. ; Full brown imitation leather bound cover is worn at extremities, chipped at spine caps, and front board is detached (but present). Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's bookplate affixed to front paste down and an earlier owner's signature in antiquated ink on front end sheet. Pages are heavily toned and foxed. Contains frontispiece engraving of Jefferson, folding chart, and in-text map. Lacks folding map. ; 436 pages .

Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ; Provenance: This book is from the estate of Michigan Senator Jack Faxon and comes with a letter of provenance. Grey cloth cover has lightly turned in spine caps and a very faint 1" scratch near the bottom edge otherwise clean and near pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Inscribed and signed by Langston Hughes to Jack Faxon on front end sheet. Pages are clean and near pristine. Dust jacket has wear at extremities and three short tears but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $6.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 7.0 X 5.0 X 1.0 inches; Signed by Editor .

M. A. A. H. Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Rare. Brown cloth cover has light wear to corners and spine caps and bumped bottom front corner with light soiling but bright and in very good- condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gift inscription on front end sheet. Inscribed and signed by author on title page "To the Palmer School Students & Staff, with best wishes from Margaret Burroughs 1/10/69". Pages have a faint damp stain on the lower 2" that extends only 1/8" into the margin and a small ink notation on lower margin of one page. ; 32 pages; Signed by Author .

Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ; Tan/brown cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. End sheets and paste downs are lightly toned. Pages show only very modest signs of handling with a couple very small faint soil spot but overall quite clean and in very good condition. Copyright page carries 4 lines of text (First Printings are stated with 5 lines of text) Matte finish dust jacket is lightly toned and has light fraying at the corners and top and bottom edge of spine panel and a larger tear on back panel with an old tape repair on the underside of the DJ but overall clean, bright, and in very good- condition. Upper corners of front flap of DJ is clipped with publisher's price of 200/200 and back flap. DJ lacks the bird, but has the following points that only appear in the first and very earliest states: 10 testimonials on the back panel; 4 lines on copyright page… Read More

New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. Good+. 1876. First American Edition. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover with black and gilt embossment is frayed at corners and spine caps with light wear to extremities and modest loss to the spine gilding but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Boards are straight. Spine is slightly cocked. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned with light signs of handling but overall clean and very good. Illustrated in b&w. .

Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394800826 . ; Yellow cloth cover with red panels and yellow lettering (as called for in first state) has light wear to corners and spine caps with scuffing to the boards but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Red end sheets and paste downs with crown and stilts vignettes on end sheets. Gutters cracked between end sheets and paste downs. Copyright pages lists only the two previous titles to this title. Pages are slightly toned but clean and near pristine. ; 11.1 X 8.3 X 0.5 inches; 56 pages .

Random House. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printng. Hardcover. 0394800834 . ; Green cover cloth cover with scarce fish mouth open has light wear to corners and spine caps and sunned spine but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Small faint erasure in upper right corner of front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned except for 2 pages with a tiny red smudge, otherwise pages are clean and near pristine. ; Classic Seuss; 11.1 X 8.0 X 0.5 inches; 64 pages .

Random House Books. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394800842 . ; Pictorial cover is worn at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good- condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Very faint, small erasure on front end sheet. Pages are clean and near pristine. Correct list of 10 other Dr. Seuss titles on back end sheet and back cover cover. Dust jacket is worn and lightly tattered with a small chip at top of spine panel but clean and bright. Publisher's price of 250/250 on DJ flap. Correct list of 10 other Dr. Seuss titles on back panel. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 11.1 X 7.9 X 0.5 inches; 64 pages .

Charles Scribners. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; First Edition carrying all first issue points: 1925 on title page matching the copyright year; Scribner seal on copyright page; "chatter" on p. 60, line 16; "northern" on p. 119, line 22; "it's" on p. 165, line 16; "away" on p. 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. Green cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps with a couple of very small spots on front and back cover but bright and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet which also has an erasure. Pages are toned with light foxing plus very sparse modest soiling and two dog ears. ; First Edition .

Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0590757350 . ; Quarter black cloth cover with pictorial boards is islightly toned with wear to spine caps and modest soiling but in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Very faint modest thumbprint on about 4 pages otherwise pages are clean and very good. Dust jacket is worn at the extremities with several short tears, toned, and soiled with erasure of former owner's name on front flap. First Edition/Second Issue points include: Publisher's price of $3.50 on DJ flap with '40-80' and 1163 and lower corner clipped; 2 paragraphs rather than 3 on front flap (first printing calls for 3) ; gold foil Caldecott medal on front panel and mention of Caldecott award on back flap; Title page carries correct publication information including: Harper & Row, copyright 1963, LCCC number 63-21253. .

Munchen: Zentralverlag Der NSDAP, Franz. Cher Nacht. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. ; Beige cloth cover is toned on spine but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Signed and dated by former owner on front end sheet along with the names of several cities, perhaps where he was stationed: "Stu Boyce, April 25, 1945, Germany, Duisdorf, Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Aachen, Stuttgart, Duren, Rheinback, Backnang." Pages are clean and near pristine. German text. .