Penguin Island by Anatole France, Trans. by A. W. Evans. Drawings by Malcolm Cameron. Introd. by Carl Van Doren

Blue Ribbon Bks. Hardcover. B001IKQOXI Blue Ribbon black hardcover. Reprint of the 1909 Dodd Mead edition. Very Good. Ex libris plate on the front end page. No dust jacket. Translated by A W Evans. . Very Good.

Penguin 1948. Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 324p. Number 61 of 1500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator. A hardcover book with a POOR exterior and very good interior; fair condition overall. Spine tanned, rubbed, and crinkled. Silk covers of boards worn through and tattered at the edges; cloth on front peeling away from the board. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, with tanned patch of transferrence on the opposite endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. With a Preface by the Author, and Drawings by Malcolm Cameron.

NY: LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Very Good. 1947 tp & verso. 1/1500 copies. HARDCOVER. 7x10". VERY GOOD Condition, clean, bright very nice copy. ... (doe not have slipcase-box); STATEMENT BACK OF BOOK " THERE ARE FIFTEEN HUNDRED COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS COPY NUMBER 1227...AND IT IS SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR MALCOLM CAMERON..." ; 324ps pages; . . INCLUDES NICE SANDGLASS NUMBER XII-R: 43 (page 1) ; Signed by Illustrator .

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London / John Lane Company, New York, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 345 pages (complete). Signed on the front pastedown by S C Cronwright-Schreiner, the husband of Olive Schreiner (dated: De Aar 29.12.10). A comfortable copy. The boards have scuffing, shelving wear. Gilt tilting and decoration (worn). The spine is sunned and marked. The boards are steady and sure. The frontispage has a previous owner gift inscription. The front and end papers have shallow age marks. The paper edges are roughly cut. The pages are clean, clear, thick, healthy, sound, confident, most agreeable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

NY: Limited Editions, 1947. in very good slipcase .1sr Limited, Numbered edition, #1098 or 1500 numbered, signed by artist; decorative c in brown slipcase, lite tanning of spine; 324 clen, unmarked pages. SIGNED By Illustrator. Limited, Numbered. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Malcolm Cameron. 4 Vo; 3 Pounds.

London: The Bodley Head, 1927. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. Early Reprint. Hardcover. English translation of French original. Light shelf/edge wear, gilt toned at spine, spine lightly sunned, title page shows 'punch' text indicating library ownership (no other ex libris marking), light toning to text block edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, printed endpapers, frontispiece, red ink topstain. 8vo. 345pp. Illus. (b/w plates).