BALLANTINE BOOKS, N.Y, 8/18/2005. GOOD+. 1980 1ST. ENGLISH PRINTING LARGE OVER-SIZED SOFT COVER BOOK WITH 96 PAGES. LIGHT SOILING TO COVERS. ISBN;0-345-28656-1 (more information)

Offered by Hardcovers @ Old and Rare Inc. (United States)

Ballantine,, 1980.. 1st ed. . Softcover. VG/wraps. 1st US softcover edition, issued simultaneously with hardcover. small square 4to wraps, very good without previous owner's marks. (more information)

Offered by Bud Plant & Hutchison Books (United States)

New York: Ballantine Books, 1980. First paperback edition, published simultaneously with the hardcover edition in May, 1980; frontispiece The Origin of the Harp by Daniel Maclise, 1842; about 100 paintings and drawings, many of them almost full-page in full colour; has just the tiniest bit of corner curl, slight fading around the spine and at the top of the rear panel; pp.73-74 has some creasing near the outside edge - doesn't affect the illustrations or text; the following five pages have a tiny edge wound; 96pp. including index and suggested further reading. 10.25"/26.4 cm square.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

Offered by Bellefair Books (Canada)

NY: Ballantine, 1980. Near FineTrade Paperback. Fine 1st American Edition. spine lightly faded from yellow to cream but black lettering is bold, else like a new copy, clean, appear unopened Mermaids in lore, art, history. Color and black and white plates. 96 pgs. AR602162.. 1st American Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

Offered by BookCollector.net (United States)

New York: Ballantine, 1980. First Paperback Edition Near fine Softcover, square quarto, about 10.5 inches tall, in pictorial wraps. Simultaneously published in hardback. 96 pages illustrated by color and black and white plates. An historical study of the mythological creature with artistic renderings of mermaids through history. Very nice. Barely a hint of extremity wear to the book which is otherwise clean, bright and soundly bound. (more information)

Offered by Gallagher Collection Books, ABAA, ILAB (United States)