Rare books from Clarkean Books

Atheneum, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Maureen Hyde. First Edition/First Printing with book and dust jacket As New; Straight from the original publisher's warehouse copy! Sometimes the dj flap price may be clipped but most of these books are almost pristine and from the original publisher. Please check out my Children's Books (Fiction and Non Fiction) catalogs for many more. All of these are eminently collectible condition. Bulk buy discounts are possible.

Bradbury Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Catherine Stock. First edition/printing with each of the book and dust jacket in As New condition. Direct from the original publisher's warehouse. Very uncommon.

Atheneum - Margaret K. McElderry. Hardcover. As New/As New. Anita Siegel. Later Printing with book and jacket both in As New condition, direct from the original publisher's warehouse! A very nice wraparound dj art.

Aladdin, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New. David Hawcock (paper engineering); John Richardson. Wonderful, collectible children's pop up book with Christmas theme. As New condition (no dj issued) book, direct from original publisher's warehouse, and still sealed! Great for Holiday season gift, rare in this condition. Nine pages of action tabs and pop-up - great Christmas Tree prop!

Macmillan, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Daniel San Souci. First edition/printing. Book and jacket each in As New condition. Direct from original publisher's warehouse. A magical Christmas story told in watercolours about a 'miraculous' tree found on Christmas Eve.

Four Winds Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. G. Brian Karas. First U.S. Edition/Printing (and first hardcover?) with book and jacket each in As New condition. Direct from original publisher's warehouse. A Christmas story. Very few available.

McElderry Books, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan. First edition/printing. Book is As New, never read. Jacket is Fine only because of a touch of storage wear at the top of the spine. Otherwise, a beautiful copy, harder to find in this condition.

Bradbury Press, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Bijou Le Tord. First edition/printing. Book and jacket each in As New condition. Direct from original publisher's warehouse. A Christmas story about Mary and Joseph's donkey, told in simplistic style art. Very few available.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1958. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition/printing. Book is in Near Fine condition and the dust jacket (in a protector) is a solid Good Plus condition (creasing, one inch closed tear on front panel, price clipped) but still presentable. B&W photographs. Inscribed presentation copy by Hewitt who was Foster Hewitt's father and Bill Hewitt's grandfather, to Harold Ballard! A very nice and scarce association copy involving several Toronto Maple Leaf history icons.

The Ohio State University, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Winsor McCay. Very uncommon catalogue display of McCay's cartoons and his story. Almost Fine condition but for some very slight rubbing on the front cover. 44 pp. Colour cover showing detail from Little Nemo of Slumberland, February 2, 1908; B&W cartoons interior.

Doubleday, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Emanuel Schongut. First edition/printing. Book is in Near Fine condition with very minor wear and the dust jacket (in a protector and unclipped) is in Fine condition! Translated from the French by Francis K. Price. The classic novel of psychological horror that was made into the 1976 Roman Polanski film. A very sharp copy of this very scarce book, with different jacket art than the (equally scarce) first U.K. edition.

New York: Interactive Systems , 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 36 pp. stapled wrappers first edition/printing. This is one copy of only 25 signed by Platt! This copy is in almost Fine condition with a touch of age toning. A sharp collectible telling Platt's side of the (neverending) infamous feud between SF writers and former friends. Very difficult to find now.

Easton Press, 2005. Hardcover. As New. Glorious, hard to find leather bound Easton Press signed (unstated limitation) of this Angelou collection of poetry. As New, unread condition! Without dj as issued. Laid is a blank Easton book plate along with the COA. This copy was only opened to check integrity and then archive bagged immediately. Really nice collectible book by this very well respected writer. From original owner collection.

Arkham House, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Max Ernst (cover); Jeffrey K. Potter (interior). First edition/printing. Book and dust jacket (unclipped) are both in Fine condition. Short story collection by the brilliant Ballard. Inscribed by Ballard! Very scarce thus. Wonderful edition for an Arkham House collection. Illustrated.

Heavy Metal, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Simon Bisley. First edition/printing (n.d. 2004?). Book and jacket each in As New, unread condition. 1/500 Signed and Limited by Bisley on a bound "David and Goliath" print! B&W and colour. Difficult to find in any edition. A very nice copy.