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32..... COMEAU, Napoleon A. LIFE AND SPORT ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE
LOWER ST. LAWRENCE AND GULF. Containing Chapters on Salmon Fishing,
Trapping, The Folk-Lore of the Montagnais Indians and Tales of Adventure
on the Fringe of the Labrador Peninsula. Quebec: Daily Telegraph
Printing House. 1909. 1st edition. Green cloth titled and decorated in
red. Corners a bit bumped, nice clean near fine copy. $100.00
33..... CRANE, Walter (illus). KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS: The tales Retold
for Boys & Girls, by Henry Gilbert. With 16 illustrations in colour by
Walter Crane. Edinburgh & London: T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd. No Date.
(1920's). Presumed later edition. Bound in half blue crushed
moroccotitled in gitl on spine panel, marbled endpapers. Contains 16
full-colour plates by Crane. A few small marks to binding, a near fine
copy. $150.00
34..... CRICHTON, Michael. THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. NY: Alfred A.
Knopf. 1975. 1st edition. A fine copy in a fine bright dust wrapper, as
new. $50.00
35..... CRUMB, Robert [editor]. WEIRDO COMICS. No.1 - No. 27.
Berkekley, CA: Last Gasp. 1981-1990. 1st printings. A complete set of
this full-size underground comic, featuring cover artwork by Crumb and
interior strips by Crumb, Wilson, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Pete Bagg and
others. Great stuff! A fine set in original pictorial wrappers. $250.00
36..... DE CAMP, L. Sprague. LOVECRAFT. A Biography. London: New
English Library. 1976. 1st British edition. Illustrated. A fine copy in
a fine dust wrapper. $50.00
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38..... DE CAMP, L. Sprague. ROGUE QUEEN. NY: Doubleday. 1951. 1st
edition. Small price sticker removed from front free endpaper, otherwise
a fine copy in dust wrapper whichshows light wear at edges and sits a
bit loosely on the book. $65.00
39..... DICKENS, Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY.
With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand. 1839.
1st edition. Contemporary half-leather and patterned cloth, the spine
with raised bands decorated in compartments, titled in gilt. Marbled
edges. 1st book edition, the parts precede. Later state of the text
(i.e., "sister" instead of "visitor" on page 123, later state of plates
(no printers statement on 1st four plates). Short closed tear to bottom
edge of frontispiece, repaired, some dampstaining to lower corners,
moderate to heavy foxing of plates; the spine nicely rebacked with new
head & tail pieces, a bit worn at corners. Overall, a decent, very
good copy with the mentioned faults. $200.00
40..... DONLEAVY, J.P. THE GINGER MAN. Paris: Olympia Press. 1958.
1st Paris Hardcover edition. Issued as a volume in the Traveller's
Companion series.This copy in the second issue dust wrapper with new
flaps glued on. A fine copy in dust wrapper. The author's 1st book.
$145.00
41..... DUNSANY, Lord. LORD DUNSANY: A BIOGRAPHY. By Mark Amory.
London: Collins. 1972. 1st edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper
with two short closed tears to top edge of rear panel. $45.00
42..... FARROW, G.E. THE DWINDLEBERRY ZOO. With Sixty-Two Illustrations
by Gordon Browne R.I. London: Blackie & Son. 1909. 1st edition.
Original blue pictorial cloth decorated in orange & gilt, depicting a
monkey in a hat, an owl and a tucan wearing glasses sitting on a tree
branch. All edges gilt. Some light foxing, minor rubbing to cloth at
tips, a near fine copy. $60.00
43..... FIELDING, Henry. THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES. A Foundling.
London: Robert Riviere & Son Ltd. No date (1930's?) Two volumes. Half
blue calf over blue boards, raised bands on spine, titled & decorated
gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispieces.
Numerous small scuffs to calf, spine panels a touch faded, a very clean,
attractive set. $150.00
44..... FLAUBERT, Gustave. BOUVARD AND PECUCHET. Translated from the
French with an Introduction by D.F. Hannigan, LL.B. Illustrated with
Nine Original Designs after S. Gorski. London: H.S. Nicols, 3 Soho
Square & 62a Piccadilly W. 1896. 1st edition in English. Original gilt
decorated blue cloth, top edges gilt. Light browning to endpapers, a few
small spots & light rubbing to binding, just a touch of fading to spine
panel, a near fine copy. $275.00
45..... FLAUBERT, Gustave. SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION. A Young Man's
History. Translated from the French by D.F. Hannigan, LL.B. Illustrated
with Seventeen Original Designs after S. Gorski. London: H.S. Nicols
Lt., 39 Charing Cross Road W.C. & 62a Piccadilly West. 1898. 1st
edition in English. Two volumes. Original gilt pictorial blue cloth, top
edges gilt. Very light foxing to endpapers, light browning to text
block, very faint fading to the spine panels, a fine bright set.
$500.00
46..... FOLKARD, Charles [illus]. PINOCCHIO. The Story of a Puppet. By
"C. Collodi" (Carlo Lorenzini). With Coloured Illustrations by Charles
Folkard. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited. No Date. [1913] 1st edition
with these illustrations. Small 8vo, 128 pp. Original brown cloth titled
& decorated in gilt on spine & front panel, pictorial paper label on
front panel. Frontispiece and 7 additional inserted colour plates by
Folkard. Issued as a volume in Dent's TALES FOR CHILDREN FROM MANY LANDS
series, edited by F.C. Tilney. Name in ink partially removed from recto
of frontispiece, neatly, front hinge starting, light foxing to
endpapers, a few stray marks to covers; overall, a very nice, attractive
copy. Folkard's illustrations of Pinocchio are quite lovely, and this is
one of the nicest illustrated editions of Pinocchio. $150.00
47..... FORE-EDGE PAINTING. COWPER, William. POEMS. Embellished with
Engravings, and a Sketch of his Life. London: W.H. Reid, Charing-Cross.
1820. Volume One only (of two). Bound in full burgundy morocco, ruled
borders on front & rear covers, the spine with raised bands decorated
gilt in compartments, titled in gilt, all edges gilt. With a double
fore-edge painting, both depicting a contemporary London street scene
with carriages. Binding a bit scuffed at extremities, a very good copy.
$550.00
48..... FOX-DAVIES, A.C. THE MAULEVERER MURDERS. London: John Lane The
Bodley Head. 1907. 1st edition. Pictorial green cloth. A very
attractive copy, near fine. $150.00
49..... FROST, Mark. THE LIST OF SEVEN. NY: William Morrow. 1993.
Advance copy (uncorrected bound galleys) of the 1st edition. Black
wrappers with a big red "7" on the front panel. An intriguing mystery
novel concerning a young Mr. Arthur Conan Doyle. About fine in
wrappers. $55.00
50..... FROUD, Brian. GOBLINS. [Toronto]: Macmillan. 1983. 1st
edition, Canadian issue. Froud's Pop-up book of Goblins, stunning
really. Fine condition. Very scarce. $200.00
51..... FROUDE, James Anthony. THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES, Or, The
Bow of Ulysses. With Illustrations Engraved on Wood by G. Pearson after
Drawings by the Author. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1888. Second
edition. Original turquoise cloth decorated & titled in gilt.
Illustrated. 24 pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Bookplate on
front endpaper, small marks to cloth, a clean, near fine copy. $125.00
52..... GALLICO, Paul. THE SNOW GOOSE. Illustrations by Peter Scott.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. 10th impression of the Illustrated
edition. Quarto. With Line drawings & full-page colour plates by Scott.
Bound by Bayntun Riviere in half red morocco over marbled boards, spine
panel titled & decorated in gilt,top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A
fine copy. $200.00
53..... GERMAN LITERATURE. DAS NIBELUNGENLIED. Uebertragen von Karl
Simrod. Mit einer Einleitung von Max von Boehn. Berlin: Ustanisscher
verlag. 1923. 1st printing of this edition, with a long essay at the
beginning by von Boehn DIE NIBELUNGENLIED IN DER KUNST (The
Nibelungenlied in Art), with numerous plates in black & white, many
tipped-in. 4to, Full vellum, bound in an elaborate medieval style,
raised spine bands. Printed in German black letter, woodblock titles
pages throughout. A very attractive edition of this great Germanic
legend, the basis for Wagner's Ring Cycle of operas and one of the great
myth-cycles of all time - the dragon with his hoard, the sword which
was broken and reforged, heroes & maidens fair. Bookseller's ticket on
front endpaper, small stamp, light dust soiling / browning to vellum, a
fine copy. $275.00
54..... GERMAN LITERATURE. EDDA. Gotterlieder / Heldenlieder. Ubersetzt
von Hugo Gering. Berlin: Askanischer Verlag / Carl Albert Kindle.
1943. 1st printing of this edition. 4to, Elaborate decorated boards in
a medieval / Celtic style, cloth spine with raised bands. Nice
illustrations & designs throughout, decorated initial letters. Some
internal staining, binding a touch soiled, a very good copy. Printed
later in the war this volume is not as elaborate as the FAUST or the
WALLENSTEIN produced by Kindle in 1938 and 1940, it does serve as a
handsome companion volume to these two, however. The Edda is one of the
great source - books of western mythology. Originally Icelandic in
origin, the term EDDA was applied to a remarkable collection of
literature compiled from oral tradition by Snorri Sturlason in the early
13th Century. The fine lines between the EDDA and the VOLSUNG A SAGA
became diffused throughout the middle ages, and the EDDA is perhaps the
key to all... $150.00
55..... GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. FAUST. Mit einer Einleitung faust
und die Kunst von Max von Boehn. Berlin: Carl Albert Kindle. 1938.
Hundertjahrs Ausgabe (Hundredth Anniversary edition). Thick 4to,
embossed decorated boards in a medieval style, vellum spine with raised
bands. The Great Nazi editon of FAUST. Initially issued in 1932, the
hundredth anniversary of Goethe's deathe, the present copy has a note a
preliminary leaf which reads (roughly translated) as "This printing of
the Hundredyears edition of Goethe's Faust was arranged to honour the
Protector of German Literature Dr. Joseph Goebbels Reichminister fo r t
h e P e o p l e 's Enlightenment and Propaganda. This is copy number
1601". No statement of how large the print run actually was. The first
section of the book is von Boehn's essay FAUST AND ART and is heavily
illustrated with about 100 tipped -in black & white plates. Printed in
red & black, German blackletter, woodblock title page. Front hinge
cracked, a very good copy. $400.00
56..... GOTHIC CHAPBOOK. HORTON, Mrs. Elizabeth. THE LOVER'S ROCKS.
London: Published by Dean and Munday, Threadneedle-Street. 1833. 1st
edition. Original brown printed wrappers, 36 pp. Frontispiece. Renier
bookplate on inside front cover. Faint wear to edges of wrappers, a
suprisingly fine copy. Not in Summers, Wolff, Sadlier, NUC or the BM.
Author not listed in the BM. Enclosed in a custom made folding cloth
case, two bookplates on inside flap, titled gilt on spine. Short Gothic
tale concerning an ill-fated young couple and a deal with a strange
Demonic power. The only known copy. $550.00
57..... GREENAWAY, Kate. THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. London: Frederick
Warne & Co. Ltd. N.d. [1900]. Reprint edition, in the same format as
the 1st edition [Routledge, 1884]. Pictorial boards. Illustrated
throughout with charming designs by Greenaway. Some light wear to boards
at extremities, a very good, attractive copy. $150.00
58..... GREY OWL. TALES OF AN EMPTY CABIN. By Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey
Owl). London: Peter Davies. 1947. Later printing. Bound in half red
calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, contrasting leather
labels titled in gilt, decorated gilt in compartments, top edges gilt,
marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait, numerous plates. Fine copy.
$175.00
59..... HAGGARD, H. Rider. KING SOLOMON'S MINES. With Eight
Illustrations in Colour by A.C. Michael. London: Cassell & Company,
Ltd. No Date. [1912?]. Original blue pictorial cloth. 1st issued in
this edition with 8 plates by Michael, this is the second issue which
contains only 4 plates, plus the folding map. Some small stains to
covers, corners a bit soft, a very good copy. $80.00
60..... HALE, Edward Everett. THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Boston:
Tickner & Fields. 1865. 1st edition, 1st issue. 12mo, original printed
wrappers (chipped and stained), pp. 23. Very good copy. Waterstained
throughout. Rare. $85.00
61..... HARNESS, Charles L. THE PARADOX MEN. Introduction by George
Zebrowski. Artwork by Kent Bash. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. 1992.
Collectors edition. Bound in full black leather titled & decorated in
gilt, the spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, satin bookmark. A
fine copy. $45.00
62..... HEARNE, Thomas. PETER LANGTOFT'S CHRONICLE. [As illutrated and
improv'd by ROBERT OF BRUNNE] from the Death of Cadwalader to the end of
K. Edward the First's Reign. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre. 1725. 1st
edition. Contemporary calf, gilt borders on front & rear panels, the
spine with raised bands decorated gilt in compartments, titled in gilt
on spine. Two volumes. Transcribed and here first published from a MS.
in the Inner-Temple Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A., the antiquarian.
Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle is appended with several additional works,
including a survey of all the Estates and Houses belonging to
Glastonbury Abbey at the Time of the Dissolution by Henry the Eighth; an
account of the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen in Nottinghamshire, by
John Slacke; and two tracts by an anonymous author, the first relating
to Conquest in Somersetshire, the second concerning Stone-henge.
Numerous head & tail pieces throughout the text, the Chronicle is
printed in black-letter. Bookplate of Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, one of
the original subscriber's per the subscriber list. Some trifling wear,
but the bindings clean & tight, hinges are solid. A nice , attractive
set. $600.00
63..... HEMINGWAY, Ernest. DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON. With Eighty-One
Reproductions from Photographs. London: Jonathan Cape. 1956. 8th
impression of the UK edition. 8vo. Bound in half red morocco over red
cloth boards, marbled endpapers, spine panel with raised bands and
titled in gilt, top edge gilt, by Baytun of Bath. A fine copy. $400.00
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