Gods, Goddesses, Muses, Monsters. Tales and traditions and lore in written form
12Mo Hardcover. 11pp. No exact date indicated; style approx late 1800s. Artist book in English with Japanese title on front board. Green embroidered boards with title pastedown. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages; each individual page is six-folded into a cardstock thickness. Front hinge is intact, rear board has.....
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Rackham, Arthur. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. Hardbound in blue cloth with gilt titling and characters on top board. Gilt titled spine sunned and rubbed around ends. Corners bumped and board margins faintly discolored. Light scuffing to surface of top board. Binding remains.....
Milner and Sowerby, 1858. 24Mo, Hardcover. 256pp. Brown textured boards, gilt golden lettering on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased natural pages. Hinges are secure, textblock has slight lean and lightly bumped corners. Considerable overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, abrasions and small tears on boards, spottage and watermarks, foxing and full.....
Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, NY: Brentano's, 1916. Clarke, Harry. 1st. Folio Hardcover. 318pp. Text unmarked on warmly toned pages with b/w illustrations and beautiful tipped in color plates; some tissue ripped and sparse foxing present. Bound in beige bug-eaten cloth with deckle edges, stamped in black with oval pictorial.....
Phyllis Fogelman Books, 1999. Signed. 4To Hardcover. Signed with a handsome signature by Pickney on front end-page. Text is unmarked on white pages with colorful illustrations. Bound in vibrant, shiny boards with crisply pointed corners. Binding is square and tight; hinges are fully attached. Jacket is glossy with minimal wear.....
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. List, Hertha. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 166p. Warm pages are unmarked with sparse foxing and black and green silhouette illustrations. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Green cloth boards have bumped corners and a few paint splatters. Lacks a jacket.
Morrow Junior Books, 1999. Pinkney, Jerry. Signed. 4To Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator on title page. Text is unmarked with full-color pictures throughout. Bound in vibrantly illustrated boards with crisply pointed corners. Binding is square and tight; hinges are fully attached. Jacket is glossy with minimal wear and price remains.....
Routledge, 1967. 1st Edition. 8vo Hardcover. 309p. Text is unmarked on bright pages. Binding is tight with fully attached hinges. Blue cloth boards are clean and pointed with gilt lettering on spine. Jacket is price clipped and wrapped in protective mylar with a slightly toned rear panel. Water stain present.....
Harper & Row, 1976. 1st ptg. 8Vo Softcover. 255pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, spine is unbroken, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate+ overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edge and cornerwear, sunning; foxing on inner covers, endpapers and textblock edges, medium page patina throughout.
Heritage Press, 1934. 8Vo Hardcover. 1335pp 1315pp. Patterned boards, tan spines, black lettering. Text and illustration is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. All hinges are secure, textblocks are square with pointed corners, oranged edges. Moderate overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, sunning and spotting on spines; light foxing and spotting on inner.....
E.P. Dutton, 1970. 1st printing. Paperback. 12mo. Spine square and uncreased. Illustrated wraps lightly edge worn with bumped corners. 255p. Text unmarked.
Laird & Lee, 1900. 4to Hardcover. 95pp. Pictorial boards, rouge spine, tissue guard at title page. Text and artwork is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, some separation with mesh exposure. Textblock is square with lightly bumped corners. Considerable shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and corner abrasions, insect damage.....
Limited Editions Club, 1933. Limited Edition. 8Vo Hardcover. 211pp. Text remains unmarked on lightly patinated pages with numerous facsimiles of Florentine woodcuts throughout. Bound in brown marbled boards with nice, deckled pages. Binding is stiff and square; hinges are fully attached. A few rusted stains present on front end-paper and.....
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 216pp. Bright pages are unmarked with b/w illustrations. Purple pictorial boards are stamped with black lettering and illustration on front panel with bumped corners. Binding is intact but some pages are shaken. Front hinge is split but remains secure.
Doubleday & Company, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. 4to. This stated first edition has boards quarter bound in black and red cloth with straight edges and pointed corners. Gold gilt titling on front board. Spine is uncreased with straight edges and gold titling. Text block is square. Trivial black marking on.....
Doubleday and Company, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. Folio. This stated first edition has boards quarter bound in black and burnt red cloth. Edges are straight. Upper back corner is lightly bumped. Gold lettering on front board. Spine has a small rubbed section near head. Gold lettering remains legible. Text block.....
Putnam, 1943. 1st ed. 8Vo Hardcover. 542pp. Tan boards, red lettering. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners, deckled foredge. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear, spotting, sunning; foxing and water spotting on endpapers and textblock edges, page patina.....
Lee and Shepard, 1900. 12Mo Hardcover. 268pp. Olive boards, Black/green/golden lettering and graphics, tissue protector at title page. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners, deckled foredge, gilt head. Moderate overall shelf/timewear boardwear, board edge and cornerwear; page patina throughout, written.....
Ward Lock and Tyler, 1860s. 4To Hardcover. 822pp. Purple boards, golden lettering and graphics; spine back is missing. Text and illustration is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact with some separation, green binding tape; textblock is square with pointed corners, gilt edges. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge.....
Desmond Fitzgerald, 1911. 16Mo Hardcover. 93pp. Green boards, full-color pastedown on front board, tissue protector at title page. Text and illustration is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear, sunning, abrading; foxing on textblock edges.....
Middle American Research Institute, 1971. 1st edition. Hardcover. 4to. This first edition has boards bound in green cloth with gold titling. White stain present on lower edge of front board. Bumped section also present on lower edge of back board. Spine is bumped and marked but remains legible with gold.....
James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth covered boards are paneled with black paint and gilt detailing present on the front cover board and spine. Silverfish erosion is present mildly on both boards and heavily across the spine. Binding is square and secure. 251pp. There is a......
Ralph Fletcher Seymour Publisher, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Hardbound in brown, blindly ruled boards, with brown cloth spine. Spine and top board titled in gold. Boards are heavily scuffed with bumped and frayed corners and ends. Cloth of crown chipped. Binding secure. 70p. Handcut pages unmarked. Foxed text block.
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. 8vo Softcover. 287p. Interior is unmarked with some b/w photos and illustrations. Yellow covers are glossy and clean with gently bumped corners and half torn sticker on rear panel near isbn. Tightly bound with securely attached hinges. Spine remains uncreased.
The Guilford Press, 1990. Book + Pamphlet. 8vo Hardcover. 213p; plus 29 page stapled pamphlet. Previous owner's inscription penned on front endpaper. Old price written on front panel of booklet. Contents are otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight although mildly canted with hinges securely attached. Black cloth boards are pointed with.....