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New York: Hyperion, 2015. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Jon J. Muth. 4to (17 x 21 cm). 143 pp. Signed by author on half-title, rest of text block tight and unmarked. White cloth covers with picture of child with teddy bear to upper. Red, black and blue titles to upper and spine. Unclipped DJ in Mylar.

Munich, Germany: Bayerischer Volks-Verlag, 1926. Hardcover. Very good. 4vo (26 x 21cm). [8] 416pp. Blue cloth covers, silver gilt to upper cover and spine, spine faded, 1/8" x 1/8" hole (board visible) in 1-1/2" x 3/4" stain to upper cover. Pages browned, case binding loose.

1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Mikhail Magaril. Narrow Folio (44 cm x 15 cm). 36 pp. #5/50 Black/yellow cloth spine/covers. Grey cloth slipcase with light shelf wear. Signed in pencil by Mikhail Magaril (artist) and Morris Jacobs, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Fifty copies of this book were printed on Fabriano Rosapina paper by offset lithography.

London: John Bell, 1791. Hardcover. Good. 24mo (14 x 9cm). Various paginations: [3], iv-v, [4], 110pp., [3], iv-x, [5], 136pp., [3], iv-xi, [2], 80pp., with double frontis and title page for each play. Brown leather, upper cover loose but holding, loss to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. P.O. name to verso of free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. OCLC 318814016.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Tall Paper Edition. Very good +. 8vo (20 x 13 cm). 285pp. Uncut. Top edge unstained. Signed by author on title page (not called for in Kellner and also "possibly not for sale" per same), Blue cloth covers, paper spine label, spine slightly faded. Kellner A 17b.

Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (32 x 24cm). 63pp. Signed by author on half-title (2007). Black paper covers with B/W photograph of endangered ship to upper. White titles to upper cover and spine. Text block tight and unmarked.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. New. 4to (23 x 30 cm). 452 pp. 55/1000. Tan speckled paper covers with tan debossed titles to spine. Hardcover in Fine Box. Condition: Fine Like New. First Limited Edition. No. 55 of 1000 copies. . Near fine in near fine brown cloth clamshell box in very good cardboard clamshell box. Over a hundred original paper samples, including plain papers, special and decorated papers and two book papers from the 18th and 19th century.

London: John Murray, 1841. First Edition. Full leather. Near fine. George Cruikshank. 16mo (16 x 10 cm). xv, [3], 336 pp. Dark blue pictorial binding by Kelliegram (Kelley & Sons). Gilt sailing ship with brown sails to upper, gilt titles/designs to spine and gilt design to lower. A.e.g. PO notations (in pencil) to 2nd blank endpapers, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Blue cardboard book box with gilt titles to spine.

New York: Hawthorne Books, Inc, 1967. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good +. 12mo (17 x 17.5 cm). Tan paper covers with dark brown design to upper/lower and dark brown titles to spine. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title by crossing out his printed name and handwriting his name above printed Gorey, rest of text block tight and unmarked. 3-10 on copyright page.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo (20 x 14 cm). 204 pp. Inscribed by author on 2nd free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Tan paper covers with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. Unclipped DJ in protective cover.

New York: Doubleday, 1964. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (33 x 24 cm). 288 pp. Signed by Peterson on 2nd blank endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and upper, light wear to head/tail of spine,corners and edges. No DJ.

Lulu Press, Inc, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 306 pp. Signed by author title page, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Dark blue cloth covers with author's name in gilt to spine. Unclipped DJ in Mylar.

New York: Cornwall Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 4to (31 x 23 cm). 264 pp. Signed by author on free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Lower right corner of upper lightly bumped. Unclipped DJ in Mylar.

Rouen: Maison Mégard & Cie, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (19 x 11 cm). 212 pp. Green pressed covers with gilt decorations to upper, lower and spine. Gilt titles to spine. Light wear to to corners, edges and spine. Yellow endpapers, text block tight and unmarked. Foxing to title page, less to text block. In French. OCLC 456900773 Notice et cote du catalogue de la Bibliothèque nationale de France FRBNF30067775.

London, UK: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. 8vo (15 x 23 cm). 295 pp. Blue cloth covers with gilt sailboat to upper and gilt titles to spine. Inscribed on front free endpaper by author Captain Frank Worsley to expedition geologist (and future in-law) Charles Bisset, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Map of the 1925 expedition attached to rear paste-down endpaper. "Worsley, a hero of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance Antarctic expedition, continued his maritime exploits, serving as a commander during WWI and joining Shackleton 1922 Antarctic expedition before enlisting in this trip, the last arctic expedition performed under sail.".