The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan

Clean and tight with no defects.Included is a three page News Release from Tor.Top of boards shows slight color loss.

Louis Janet. Paris. ND. 1828. FIRST EDITION. 6mo. (5.1 x 3.2 inches). 166pp. 8 finely hand coloured plates, each with tissue guard. Two previous owner bookplates on front blank endpapers. Fine early binding of full tan calf. Both boards with blind stamped decorative design within a gilt ruled line border. Spine with decorative gilt bands, the compartments blind decorated and lettered in gilt. Board edges with gilt decorative roll design. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Some rubbing and minor bumping to the corners but overall a very good and attractive copy of this charming and unusual little book, a fantasy voyage through the perspective of household objects. The book is undated, but the Bibliotheque Nationale de France catalogue gives the publication date as 1828.

325 pages with illustrations by Herbert F. Roese. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board decoratively blind stamped in original pictorial jacket. First edition.The beloved characters--mortal and immortal--of Topper return in this uproarious romp through the south of France. One of Thorne Smith's best-loved comedies, it proves once again that he is the undisputed master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Cosmo Topper, the mild-mannered bank manager who was persuaded to take a walk on the wild side by the ghosts of George and Marion Kerby in Topper, finds himself reunited with his dyspeptic wife for an extended vacation on the Riviera. But he doesn't have long to enjoy the peace and quiet before the irrepressible Kerbys materialize once again and start causing fracases, confusing the citizenry, alarming the gendarmes, getting naked, and turning every occasion into revelry or melee. Soon Marion decides that Topper as a ghost… Read More

Six Volumes, 4" h x 3" w. Peter Rabbit is dated 1911 other five are 1905. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial down the front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White paper inside aged with yellowish tint. each book has numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout, the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set, lacking the original slipcase, spines are rubbed and falling apart, binding on Cinderella is gone. Interior contents are good solid some pages do have pencil writing/ marks from a child SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Each miniature book has different page count, listed below. Fairy tales of Grimm -127 pages Fairy tales from Anderson - 126 pages Cinderella… Read More

Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1894. The Peoples edition. Twenty-third thousand. 8vo. (7.3 x 4.9 inches). Illustrated with fifty line illustrations by John Tenniel. Some foxing to the plain tissue paper guard over the frontispiece and a few minor spots throughout but overall a very clean and bright copy in a fine late 19th century leather binding. Full red calf, the spine with five raised bands, each with double rope design in gilt. Compartments ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Dark green morocco title label, gilt. Leaf and rose roll gilt borders on boards. Decorative gilt design on board edges. Decorative blind stamped inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Red silk page marker bound in. Grantham School arms stamped on the front board in gilt. Previous owners neat name stamp to top of the first leaf after title page. Aside from a small area of loss to the leather on the front board and another on the lower spine hinge this is a very good copy in a fine quality leather binding.… Read More

Clean and tight with no defects.Included is a three page News Release from Tor.Top of boards shows slight color loss.

1900 1ed Grey FAIRY Book Andrew Lang Grimm Perrault Goblins Serbia Illustrated

"Once upon a time…"

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of "colors." The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction. The Grey Fairy Book, originally published in 1900, features 35 stories, most of which come from oral traditions of French, German, Italian, Serbian, African, and Greek ancestry. These stories cover tales of goblins, magicians, and other legends made famous by Grimm and Perrault such as 'The Street Musicians' and 'Donkeyskin'.
Item number: #16337
Price: $750
LANG, Andrew
The Grey Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford.
London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[xii], 387
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32 engraved plates and many 27 in-text illustrations
· Language: English
· Binding: Cloth hardcover; tight and secure
·… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Second Edition/6th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Tenth Impression overall of the US Edition as stated on the front jacket flap. In light green cloth with blue type and cap motif. Several faint splash stains to top and front page ends. One small spot to middle of spine. Rear bottom corner slighty soft, but corners sharp overall. Endpapers of Thror's map lovely in black and white. Full color frontispiece with 'Printed in Great Britain' to copyright page. Front hinge is starting to split at top third at verso of ffep and bottom 2/3 at page following with 1/4 inch transverse tear between, but binding still solid. A few small dark spots/stains to page following ffep and 2-3 after as well as tops of 3-4 pages, otherwise nice and clean. Scarce jacket is clipped at bottom of front flap with chipping at corners, 3/4 inch split to bottom of front flap crease and 1 3/4 inch split to bottom of rear flap crease. Larger 1 inch wide by 3/4 inch chip missing to top of spine… Read More

1917 1st ed GRIMM Fairy Tales Little Brother & Sister Arthur Rackham Illustrated
"How often when we are comfortable, we begin to long for something new!"
― Jacob Grimm

An incredible first edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated "Brother and Sister" by Grimm. The pieces in this work are often considered one of Rackham's crowning achievements as they show the versatility of his style and artistic execution. A masterpiece!
This first edition is beautifully illustrated throughout with 12 full-page, colored plates and 44 black and white line drawings.

Item number: #17317
Price: $750
GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm
Little Brother & Little Sister, and other tales by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London : Constable & Co.:, 1917. First Edition.

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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xi, [1], 250, [2]
o 12 color plates
o 44 in-text illustrations
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; secure
o Green cloth
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Size: ~10.25in X 7.75in (26cm x… Read More

1876 1st/1st Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll Illustrated Fantasy Alice Holiday

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't."
– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll was the author of numerous children's and fantasy stories in the 19th-century, and none were more famous than 'Alice.' However, Carroll published others such as 'The Hunting of the Snark' – a nonsense poem using words such as 'Jabberwocky', jubjub, and Bandersnatch!
This rare first edition is complete with the nine illustrations by Henry Holiday and features the expected first edition points (noted below).
Item number: #17904
Price: $750
CARROLL, Lewis
The hunting of the snark: an agony in eight fits
London: MacMillan, 1876. First edition 1st printing
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xi, [3], 83, [3]
o 9 illustrations
· Edition points:
o No statement of printing
o p.83 – "Baker" instead of… Read More