Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe - 1975

Madison: Self-Published, 1864. Second edition. Hardcover. Fair. Madison: SELF-PUBLISHED, 1864. 2nd edition. Fair. Covers are extremely rubbed and soiled, spine cover is missing. PO signature in a couple of places. Contents are foxed and pages show the effects of being stored in a humid area for a long period of time. The author, nicknamed "pump" was a flamboyant newpaper-man in Madison, WI. The authors anti-Republican views at the time of the Civil War are expressed.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Limited and Numbered. Very good with covers toned, and soiled. Lacks front endpaper.Internally fine. # 108 of 280..

HAROLD'S FAIRY TALE, FURTHER ADVENTURES WITH THE PURPLE CRAYON. HARPER & BROTHERS FIRST EDITION. Exlib. Acceptable Condition. No Dust Jacket is included. RARE.

Wyndham, John: THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, 1951. BOOK CLUB EDITION. Science Ficvtion. USED. VERY GOOD- CONDITION/ VERY GOOD WHITNEY BENDER DUST JACKET. One of the creepiest stories you will ever read. SCARCE.

H. RIDER HAGGARD: Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus. Longmans, Green and Co., Copyright 1918. States 1920 on the title page. March 1920 Third Printing Thus. 1920 Used. Good- condition/ no DJ. States 1920 on title page. Blindstamped red cloth boards. Titling still visible on spine. Colour frontispiece of Merapi at a chariot. Gutter separation at back hinge. Bright pages. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana." Rare/Scarce. By H. Rider Haggard, author of "She", King Solomon's Mines, and the Allan Quatermain Professor Challenger series.

Gascoyne, David. Collected Verse Translations. London, Oxford University Press. 1970. 8vo. 1st Edition. Limited 1000 copies. Hardback, blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper, glassine protected. Pp128. Signed by author on title page. Covers a lighted a little at top and bottom edges. Otherwise in near fine order throughout. Benford C4.

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1987, hardcover, 461 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the title page, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, remainder mark to bottom edge of text block, light spine-end and corner bumps, some fading to head and heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light bump to head of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The author of the critically acclaimed first novel Testing the Current moves his protagonist forward in time to adulthood, a marriage, a successful career, and a 1971 holiday with friends in Bermuda. ISBN 9780671552077

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1985, hardcover, 315 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean slight spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, one short closed edge tear, in new Brodart sleeve. The accomplished novelist, non-fiction author, and daughter of the Hollywood writer/producer Nunnally Johnson, returns to fiction with a "smart and funny tightrope combination of frolic and farce... sad and surgical insights into the world of rich WASPs." ISBN 9780671556662

New York, Delacorte Press, 1980, hardcover, 150 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing stated, Signed by the Author on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price. The popular and prolific author of more than one hundred books for both children and adults presents the story of a young boy who arrives at his cousin's house in England totally unprepared for the supernatural furor his presence unleashes. ISBN 9780440077466

This is a unique school edition of "THE GREAT GATSBY" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1961; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. At the back of the book is a biographical sketch of Fitzgerald, as well as a "Study Guide" for the chapters. The Study Guide contains questions about the story, "Notes on the Text," "Interesting Expressions," "Significant Words," and "Other Words Worth Knowing." There are also sections titled "Topics for Discussion or Writing," "The Characters," "The Novel and American History," "Biography and Criticism," "History of the Twenties," "Picture History," "Fiction of the Era," and "Fitzgerald's Own Works."Condition:Clean front cover and spine; there are a couple stains on the back cover as well as a small cloth tear; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. Light foxing to the top edge of the text block. The pages have small blue check-marks next to random lines of text throughout the book, and occasionally a word circled or underlined...otherwise clean with only a… Read More