Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (3) by Rowling, J.K - 1999

Ward, Lock and Bowden, London, 1894. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A. J. Johnson. Hardcover. 240 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ward, Lock and Bowden, London, 1894. Second Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Spine has minor lean. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This edition contains the Tettawonga narrative about how the Kookaburra got it's laugh. Due to the politics of the day this story and particularly its introduction regarding indigenous Australian attitudes and history. *** Illustrator: A. J. Johnson. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; Inventory No: 19100001..

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First edition, third printing (last page of ads is The Railroad Series) in second printing dust jacket. Published NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. 8vo., glossy frontis plate+iv+213pp., plus 6pp. publisher's ads. Series order of ads after the story: HB#1-11(Clock Ticked) / TS#1-35(Giant Magnet) / DS#1-11(Ocean Bottom) / RB#1-13(To The Rescue) / FR#1-30(Winning A Fortune) / RR#1-10(Train Wreckers). Red cloth with black shield on cover, block cover titles in gold outlined in black, black spine titles, blank white endpapers. Verso lists ten Hardy Boys titles to "What Happened At Midnight". Publisher's ad at rear lists eleven Hardy Boys titles to "While The Clock Ticked." Dust jacket lists 11 titles on flap, to "While The Clock...". Book is very good plus, clean, bright, unmarked, no inscriptions or toning, with light wear at the spine ends and top corners, small section of color fade to the cloth at the heel, where the dust jacket is… Read More

WIGGIN, Kate Douglas. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. 12mo, x 328pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in light green, red, white and grey. A clean, bright copy, with slight rubbing to lower extremities and spine ends, front hinge mended, light discoloration to endpapers where exposed to dust jacket flaps, faint gouge to fore-edge with quarter-inch tear at edge of last five leaves. In original dust jacket (a few small chips and tears at edges, light sunning to spine and upper edge of flaps). Rare in dust jacket!
First edition. The adventures of the irrepressible, passionate young Rebecca Rowena Randall of Sunnybrook Farm have enchanted readers for nearly 120 years. Mark Twain called the book, "beautiful and warm and satisfying," while Jack London wrote, "Rebecca won my heart." A classic turn-of-the-century American children's book and one of the first to feature a courageous and active young female protagonist.

New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. E. H. Shepard. 158 pp. First edition stated, first printing. Clean, bright, square book with light rubbing to spine and just one board corner bumped, some offsetting and light toning to endpapers. Bright dust jacket is free of tears, with slight edgewear and a few minute crinkles near the edges, light rubbing where cloth meets the boards. Some slight softening at top and bottom of spine and one ~1-2mm whitened spot of wear at top of spine. Presents nicely in fresh mylar dust jacket protector. The Tao of Pooh has itself become a cultural icon and the first printing is scarce.

The Bodley Head, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Lewis, C.S. (Clive Staples) : The Last Battle. London : The Bodley Head, 1956. First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 7.75"/20cm. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over boards, bright silver lettering imprinted on spine. DJ in light green w/black and white lettering (front) or white with black lettering (back); front also features a Pauline Baynes illustration in blue and brown of Lucy conferring with faun Tumnus. Blank endpapers/flyleaves; 184 numbered pp. Many Baynes illustrations in b&w (none in color)scattered through text.Condition notes: A highly collectible copy of this Narnia classic, seventh and last in the series (in Lewis' original, published, order). This is the rare 1956 British First edition/First Impression by The Bodley Head. Included is the original dustjacket -- not a reproduction, not price-clipped. Binding is slightly cocked off square,solid. DJ shows tanning and foxing from age both interior and exterior(see photos), a few chips and… Read More

Black Sparrow Press: Santa Rosa, CA, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Robert Crumb. Folio. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Fine cream decorated cloth in red cloth slipcase. Number 36 of 175 numbered copies only, with 5 colour serigraphs, each signed by Robert Crumb.120 pp. Bukowski's last book, published three years after his death, in a nice edition in fine condition. The text is excerpts from his diaries, with entries focused on gambling, writing, aging, and everday life.

Ward, Lock and Bowden, London, 1894. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A. J. Johnson. Hardcover. 240 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ward, Lock and Bowden, London, 1894. Second Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Spine has minor lean. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This edition contains the Tettawonga narrative about how the Kookaburra got it's laugh. Due to the politics of the day this story and particularly its introduction regarding indigenous Australian attitudes and history. *** Illustrator: A. J. Johnson. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; Inventory No: 19100001..

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First edition, third printing (last page of ads is The Railroad Series) in second printing dust jacket. Published NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. 8vo., glossy frontis plate+iv+213pp., plus 6pp. publisher's ads. Series order of ads after the story: HB#1-11(Clock Ticked) / TS#1-35(Giant Magnet) / DS#1-11(Ocean Bottom) / RB#1-13(To The Rescue) / FR#1-30(Winning A Fortune) / RR#1-10(Train Wreckers). Red cloth with black shield on cover, block cover titles in gold outlined in black, black spine titles, blank white endpapers. Verso lists ten Hardy Boys titles to "What Happened At Midnight". Publisher's ad at rear lists eleven Hardy Boys titles to "While The Clock Ticked." Dust jacket lists 11 titles on flap, to "While The Clock...". Book is very good plus, clean, bright, unmarked, no inscriptions or toning, with light wear at the spine ends and top corners, small section of color fade to the cloth at the heel, where the dust jacket is… Read More

WIGGIN, Kate Douglas. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. 12mo, x 328pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in light green, red, white and grey. A clean, bright copy, with slight rubbing to lower extremities and spine ends, front hinge mended, light discoloration to endpapers where exposed to dust jacket flaps, faint gouge to fore-edge with quarter-inch tear at edge of last five leaves. In original dust jacket (a few small chips and tears at edges, light sunning to spine and upper edge of flaps). Rare in dust jacket!
First edition. The adventures of the irrepressible, passionate young Rebecca Rowena Randall of Sunnybrook Farm have enchanted readers for nearly 120 years. Mark Twain called the book, "beautiful and warm and satisfying," while Jack London wrote, "Rebecca won my heart." A classic turn-of-the-century American children's book and one of the first to feature a courageous and active young female protagonist.

New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. E. H. Shepard. 158 pp. First edition stated, first printing. Clean, bright, square book with light rubbing to spine and just one board corner bumped, some offsetting and light toning to endpapers. Bright dust jacket is free of tears, with slight edgewear and a few minute crinkles near the edges, light rubbing where cloth meets the boards. Some slight softening at top and bottom of spine and one ~1-2mm whitened spot of wear at top of spine. Presents nicely in fresh mylar dust jacket protector. The Tao of Pooh has itself become a cultural icon and the first printing is scarce.