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NY:: W. W. Norton & Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. First printing (as indicated by complete number line on copyright page). Very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with a few small chips, crease on rear flap, small damp stain on verso, lower corner of front flap is clipped - original $5.95 price is present at the upper corner) dust jacket.; 410 pages .

London:: Blackie & Son,. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. The Henry Irving Shakespeare, complete is eight volumes. Edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall with notes and introductions to each play by F.A. Marshall and other Shakespearian scholars and "Life of Shakespeare" by Edward Dowden. With numerous engravings by Gordon Browne. A relatively early printing of this edition. Large octavos, quarter bound in brown leather with gilt lettering, borders, and design on the spines, green cloth covered boards with gilt device on front boards, top edges gilt, dark brown endpapers. Some minor wear to the leather spines, previous owner's book-plate on front paste-downs, else each volume is very good. Binding are solid. An attractive, well preserved set. .

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company,. Very Good. 1911. Hardcover. Collected, edited, and arranged with memoir, textual notes and bibliography by J. H. Whitty. With four illustrated plates. First edition thus (250 copies). Octavo, fully bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and design along the spine, raised bands along spine, gilt borders to boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Many unopened pages. Small chip at the crown of the spine, minor wear and darkening to leather edges, else very good. Binding is sound. Scarce in this edition. ; 304 pages .

NY:: Viking,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. B0006BLRYG . Illustrated by the author. A reissue of the the author's first book originally published in 1936. First edition thus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear with one small chip, old sale price on front flap, a few small clear tape repairs on verso) sdust jacket. .

London:: Gollancz,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0575005157 . Made into the 1983 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. First British edition. Light foxing on top edge, else very good in a very good (age toning along the spine) dust jacket. ; 188 pages .

NY:: Franklin Watts,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Number 58 in the First Book series. Illustrated by Cliff Roberts. Music selected by David Martin. Stated first printing. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear with a small chip at the crown of the spine), price clipped (but with $1.95 stamped at the top of the front flap) dust jacket.; 65 pages .

NY:: Knopf,. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. The author's first book for children. Made into the 1996 film. First American edition (not stated), which precedes the British edition by six years, first issue (five line colophon, bound by H. Wolff). Measures 7.5" x 10.25", bound in red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine, green endpapers, top edge yellow. Previous owner's name and date (1961) on front paste-down, else near fine in a very good (several small chips including some along the spine), price clipped dust jacket with no ISBN on the rear panel. ; 120 pages .

NY:: Viking Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0670653748 . First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Light foxing on text block edges, else very good in a very good (creasing to flaps, foxing on verso) dust jacket. ; 338 pages; Signed by Author .

NY:: Viking,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0670260770 . First edition. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner in 1980. Slight spine slant, moderate wear to boards and spine, else very good in a very good dust jacket. ; 426 pages .

NY:: New Directions,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner in 1953. Additionally inscribed by Aeronwy Thomas-Ellis, the author's daughter, in 1976. Some light mottling to blue cloth covered boards, bumped corners, age toning to endpapers, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (edge worn with two moderate sized chips, dust soiling) dust jacket with the original $3.75 price on the front flap. ; 199 pages; Signed by Author .

NY:: Century Co.,. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. An early printing. SIGNED and dated (1906) by the author (on the Spray). Octavo (measures roughly 5.75" x 8.5"), bound in blue cloth with silver lettering and green seahorse design on the front board. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper below the author's inscription, another previous owner's name, address, and date on the next front endpage, else very good. No dust jacket. ; 294 pages; Signed by Author .

Washington:: Regnery Publishing,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 1596987731 . Color photographs. First printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.; 216 pages; Signed by Author .

NY:: Viking,. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. First edition ("Mcmxxxvi" year of publication on title page and "First Published September 1936" statement on copyright page). Some light foxing to endpapers, brief gift inscription on title page, else very good in a good (edge worn with a few moderate sized chips, faded along the spine) dust jacket with the original $1.00 price on the front and rear flaps. .

NY:: McGraw-Hill Book Company,. Very Good. 1934. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, Fifth Impression. Ex-library copy with a few typical markings, else very good in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and borders on the spine. Text is clean and binding is sound. No dust jacket.; 725 pages .

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0226500551 . The title story was made into the 1992 film. First edition with correct issue points: "Published 1976" statement with no number line on copyright page, ISBN on copyright page missing a digit but correct on rear flap of dust jacket, "Adways" typo on page 27. Light foxing on top edge, else very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with a large chip on the rear panel, fading along the spine, some foxing on verso), price clipped dust jacket. ; 217 pages .