Rare books from A Castle of Books

Bruxelles: Unknown, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8x6x2. J. J. Gay, Editeur - Vie et des Moeurs de Mademoiselle Cronel, dite Fretillon. Tome 1 & 2 in one Volume (Life and of Manners of Miss Cronel, known as Fretillon). Brown boards, binding circa 1940's. All text in French, Tout le texte en Francais. Tome 1 & 2 bound into one volume. rubbing corners.. * * * * * * * * * * {FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on… Read More

Blake Publishing Corp, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1985. First Edition 1st Printing. Magazine. Very Good to Good. mostly G+. [lot of 11 isues] Editor & Publisher Irv Karchmar - Fantastic Films: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in the Cinema. 1978 June, October, December, 1979 July, September, October, 1982 April, August, 1985 June, August, October. [lot of 11 isues]. Bagged for protection. 8.5'' x 11'' (aprox.), Superman, Close Encounters, Lord of the Rings, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Outer Limits, Alien, Stella Starcrash, Buck Rogers, Dawn of the Dead, George Romero, First Men in the Moon, Dracula has risen from the grave, Ridley Scott, Creeping Unknown, Enemy Within, Revenge of the Jedi, Quest for Fire, Time Bandits, Deadly Spawn, Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dr. Who, Swamp Thing, Star Trek II, E.T., Blade Runner, Mad Max 3, Harrison Ford, Witness, Ladyhawke, Mel Gibson, George Miller, Back to the Future,. * * * * * * * * * * {FREE Media Mail Shipping!… Read More

J. Mariner, 1945. First Edition 1st Printing (and. Board book. Good. Dick Dever - Play Spell (Mechanical). Very Rare. brown cloth spine, white board. There is no title printed on the spine. color interior illustrations. [Play-Spell; Self-Entertaining; Play-Spell is self-entertaining. The child can make a picture appear by pulling the tabs under the letters up (or down). In doing so he has hidden the picture on the reverse side of the page. Thus, after completing a picture he turns the page to find a new word to be pictured. ; Educational ; Play-Spell is a real aid to the child who is learning to spell. It is especially useful if the child is encouraged to from the habit of pulling the tabs in their proper spelling sequence, saying the letters as he does so. Then the child, while playing, is learning to recognize letters, to group letters into words, and to visualize the object word identifies.] Patent Pending J. Mariner, 8010 Campion Dr. Los Angeles 45, Calif. 8'' x 12'' (aprox.).… Read More

Taipei: Distributor Chinese Watercolor Society, 1978. First Edition - Limited. Paperback. Very Good. (7 of 10)//Very Good- (dustjacket). Lan Wang; editor-Max C.W. Liu - Chinese Opera Watercolors: Guo ju ren wu shui cai hua. some rubbing dj edges. softcover book in dj. Tipped-in color plates. Wang Lan was one of Taiwan's senior men of letters, as well as a reknowned watercolorist. He was Executive Director of the Chinese Center, International P.E.N., Chairman of the Chinese Watercolor Society and Executive Director of the Chinese Writers' and Artists' Association. His most widely known novel, The Blue and the Black, published in 1958, was translated into many languages, including English, and adapted for film and stage. His watercolors are held in numerous collections. Born in China in 1922, he fought against both the Japanese and later the Communists, eventually going to Taiwan. This first volume includes 19 full-color tipped-in plates, brilliantly reproducing watercolors by Wang. An… Read More

Boom! Studios, 2007-09. Comic. Like New. 8 VF. Michael Alan Nelson - *Signed* Fall of Cthulhu #6 (Cover B). This copy is *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by Michael Alan Nelson on the cover. minor wear to the spine at the staples. Signed in person LBCC09. Bagged for protection with a stiff backing board,. Likely to ship in an envelope.. * * * * * * * * * * {FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not… Read More

Brussels: Georgius De Backer, Nicolaus Stryckwant, Aegidius Stryckwant, Carolus De Vos, Joannes Baptista De Vos, 1720. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hooghweerdighe Historie Van Het Alder-Heylighste Sacrament Van Mirakel. Petrus de CAFMEYER. [Vol 1. Brussels: Georgius De Backer 1720] [Vol. II: Nicolaus Stryckwant, Aegidius Stryckwant, Carolus De Vos, Joannes Baptista De Vos 1735], 1720-35, 1720. Hardcover. Yellow calf leather spine with marbled boards. 2 Volumes in 1. folio 14.5 x 9.5 inches. There is rub-through to the corners. the marbled paper over the boards has frayed at bottom of both boards. there are several minor tears to pages, most with vintage repairs using paper (either paper tape, or pasted on rice paper) woodcut plates, engraved plates, folding plates, engraved plates with woodcut borders, by Jacobus Harrewijn & Jan Lodewyk Krafft after I.B.Thibaut, &c. woodcut title vignettes. a few woodcut text illus. woodcut ornaments & initials. First Edition in Dutch (although it was also… Read More

Valentiae Edetanorum (Valencia Spain): Ex Praelo Josephi et Thomae de Orga, 1786. Second Edition. Leather. Acceptable. 0x0x0. VINNIUS CASTIGATUS, atque ad usum tironum Hispanorum accomodatus: in quorum gratiam Hispaniae leges opportunioribus locis traduntur. Volume 1 (Tomus Primus) Only. Opera Joannis Sala Presbyteri, in Valentina Metropolitana praepositi. Editio secunda. Text in Latin. Hardcover bound book. Full Leather, 568 pages. Vintage fountain pen ink notes and marginalia (also in Latin). frontis engraving. front cover detached. The rear hinge (the inside portion of the flexible fold where book cover meets the book spine) is split (loose or open) the rear cover is still attached by the joint (the exterior flexible fold where book cover meets book spine). Leather on Leather paste on spine title, gold gilt designs on spine. There is rub-through to the corners of the boards, but the text block is surprisingly sharp. [Punishment of Vinnius; and accommodated for the use of Spanish recruits: in… Read More

Broadway and Sansome Streets, San Francisco, Calif: California Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 6x4x1. Rare First Edition. Good+ (5 of 10) Hardcover bound book. Small Blue boards. No DJ, likely issued without. There is no title printed on the spine. Vintage ink gift inscription on fly "From one Air Pal / to another Air Pal / M.E. Starr(?) / Sept 20 - 1930 / Seattle, Washington." (see pics - not sure about the last name) No other interior marks. Some browning to the flys, minor spot stain to top & rear board. The spine has some roll/lean/twist to it. light rubbing to corners, minor shelf wear, [The Message of a Master is the story of a seemingly miraculous change that takes place in a man after he meets a true master of life. He learns, and shares with us, teachings that allow him to develop his powers so that he can accomplish anything he desires using 'manifesting'.] [Possibly the same John McDonald (1906-1998) who was an editor and writer for Fortune magazine for… Read More

Disney, 1992. VHS Tape. Very Good. Very Good- (6 of 10) / in Very Good- dustjacket (6 of 10). Three VHS movies in original cases and slipcase. Light shelf wear and rubbing to the slipcase.. * * * * * * * * * * {FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday, Wednesday & Friday… Read More

The Progress Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Rare First Edition from this pioneer of the 'New Thought' movement. Atkinson was one one of the most influential thinkers of the early-20th-century "New Age" philosophy of New Thought, which encouraged its adherents to learn the secrets of mind over matter. Chapters: The Subconscious Mind, The Sympathetic System, The Cell-Minds, The Metal Basis of Cure, The History of Psycho-Therapy, Faith Cures, The Power of Imagination, Belief and Suggestion, Psycho-Therapeutic Methods, The Reaction of the Physical. Good (4 of 10) Hardcover bound book. Green boards with gold gilt title on spine and cover. Some foxing edgepages. Light warp rear, some soiling covers. Text appears clean and unmarked.. * * * * * * * * * * {FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only.… Read More

France: Dargaud, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8.75 x 11.75. Giraud Jean (Moebius). Signed by Illustrator. This copy is *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* & Sketched by Jean Giraud 'Moebius' with a full page head sketch of Lt. Blueberry on the blank page following the fly opposite the title page. Signed as GIR. all text in French. Bagged for protection. Although there is no date on this copy, we believe from other items we received in the same collection that it was signed in 1986 during his appearance at the San Diego Comic Con. Very Good- (6 of 10) Rubbing to corners, There is light rub-through to the bottom corners. General shelf wear.. * * * * * * * * * * {FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed… Read More