Melinda by Gaiman, Neil - 2004

Hill House, 2004. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Without DJ as issued/Near Fine. Used Includes original envelope. Signed by author.

Hill House Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 9x6x1. Signed. From a limited first edition of 1,500 copies, of which 1,000 are signed and numbered - #450, signed by Neil Gaiman at the limitation page. Boards near fine with only faint bumping to spine tips. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, as issued. Pages bright, text unmarked.

Ossining: Hill House, 2004. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by Gaiman on the limitation page and 400 copies reserved for the author and 100 for the artist. Copy #881. Color and black and white illustrations by Dagmara Matuszak. Front board with gilt lettering and illustrated label. Issued without dustjacket. Includes matching number paper envelope with glossy illustrated color label as issued. Fine condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Dagmara Matuszak. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Ossining, NY: Hill House, Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Matuszak, Dagmara. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being #856. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the limitation page. Dark gray boards stamped in silver and with color illustration affixed to the front cover. Frontispiece, color and b&w illustrations by Dagmara Matuszak. A fine copy in the original light gray paper envelope with color illustration and matching number. ; Quarto; Signed by Author.

Ossining, NY: Hill House, Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Matuszak, Dagmara. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being #855. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the limitation page, which in this copy is not bound in. Dark gray boards stamped in silver and with color illustration affixed to the front cover. Frontispiece, color and b&w illustrations by Dagmara Matuszak. A fine copy in the original light gray paper envelope with color illustration and matching number. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.

Ossining, NY: Hill House, Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Matuszak, Dagmara. Edition limited to 52 lettered copies. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the limitation page. Dark gray boards with color illustration affixed to the front cover. Frontispiece, color and b&w illustrations by Dagmara Matuszak. The paper stock used for this edition appears to be of a slightly different color from the stock used for the numbered edition. A fine copy in the original black paper envelope with color illustration and matching letters. ; Quarto; Signed by Author.

The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

Stein & Day, New York, 1972 (Second Printing- first published 1971), 8vo., 383. quarter red cloth over green paper boards
Book has a rear lower bumped corner and a bump to lower front. There also is some soiling(red) to the front and rear boards. Internals very clean. Unclipped jacket has a "scrunch" with accompanying "waves" to the lower rear with a crease extending to the flap fold. (please see images).
Inv. # 63596 TG* bds 7/2023

Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."

binding generally clean, straight & tight. Internals are clean, though pages have darkened which is common enough with many of these UK titles due to the paper stock selected. Unclipped wrapper has rubbing/dust dulling but no tears, chips or creases.
11/2023

Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).

Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.

Hugo, Victor. Please excuse our group photo, but please see this item (in beige and red dust jacket) at bottom right. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Undated. Circa 1940. Books, Inc. VG/VG original Publishers price-clipped DJ. QUITE RARE THUS. Green leatherette boards. Beige dust jacket with red and yellow titling and ornamentation. Protected in a mylar wrap. 360 pages. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.

Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.