Books

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Seventh Printing, July, 1969. Unclipped jacket in mylar. No chips. 1/4 inch tear at bottom of front cover of jacket. Black and white photo of the author on the back of the jacket. Light tanning at top edge of flaps. Blue teal cloth covered boards with silver author's signature on the front cover. Black endpages. Stated Seventh Printing. 0369 is printed at the bottom of the back flap. No markings. Beautiful condition.

Jane Yolen

20th Anniversary Edition. Black cloth covered boards with silver text on the spine. Jacket is unclipped in mylar. Gold Caldecott Award sticker on front of jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Silver border on the jacket with Celebrating the 20th Anniversary in black text at the top. No markings. Illustrated by John Schoenherr. 9 x 11.25 in. The winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal. Beautiful illustrations. Signed and dated 2008 by Jane Yolen.

Theodore Taylor

Signed by the author on the title page. " To Michaelyn - I do hope you'll enjoy reading 'The Cay'. Best Wishes, Theo L. Taylor. Dallas, June 23, 1971." Bookmark shaped 4 page pamphlet about the author laid in. Jacket in fine condition, in mylar. Unclipped. Seal on the front cover for the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Full color paper covered boards. Library binding. Brown endpages.

Nikolai V. Gogol

Blue cloth covered boards with black text on cover and spine. Black border at top and bottom of cover. Dark green endpages. First single-volume English-language edition. Previous editions were 2 volume sets. Title page dated 1887. Hinges cracked, front and back. Blank pages between endpage and title page are missing. Pages i-x are an introduction to Niolai Gogol. 372 pages. Corners worn, as well as top and bottom of spine. Spine is darkened. 

Oscar Sherwin

First printing. Light blue and red, illustrated jacket has small tears and chips around the edges. 1/4 inch missing at top and bottom of spine. Unclipped jacket with $4.00 price. Green cloth covered boards in beautiful condition with darker green spine. Blind stamped in bottom right corner. Previous owner's name neatly written at the very top of the inside front cover. Hard to find jacket. Book is in excellent condition overall.

John Addington Symonds

Copyright Edition. Title page dated 1883. Tan leather with blind stamped gilt decoration on front and back cover. Four raised band with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt. Gilt illustrated endpages. 16 mo (6 1/2 in.) Hinges good. Crack at front edge of spine has been repaired. Personal bookplate on inside front cover. Ribbon bookmark.

W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

Original navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine only. Part of the American Crisis Biography series. A rare first edition, published in September, 1909. No other printings listed. Ex-library with library markings. Call number on the spine and inside front cover. City Library property stamp on title page and page 99. Accession number 56 is on page 99 and the inside back cover. Front and back hinges have been repaired with cloth tape. Edited by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer, Ph. D. Black and white picture of John Brown with his printed signature on frontispiece. Tissue cover has a closed tear. Tanned shadow of previous card pocket on inside back cover and facing endpage. Small pieces of cloth missing at top and bottom of the spine. Gilt top edge. Bottom corners worn to board. A rare find.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Beautiful reprint from 1938. Black and yellow unclipped jacket is in wonderful condition with a few small tears around the edges. Looks like new. Black text with yellow and white background and black, green, and white illustration on the front. Note on front cover - Awarded Pulitzer Prize.  Front flap has a black and white picture of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, notes about the book, and a printed note that the book was printed in wartime conditions  The note is repeated on the verso of the title page. Price at top of flap is 149149. No markings except penciled price at top of front endpage. Green cloth covered boards with navy text and illustration on the cover. Small nick in the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover. Decorations by Edward Shenton. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers by arrangement with Charles Scribner's Sons. Back flap advertises South Moon Under by Rawlings. Reviews of The Yearling on the back of the jacket. Very nice antique reprint.

George Orwell

Collectors Edition. Leather bound. 118pp. Red leather covers with stamped gilt decorations to boards and spine. Four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt edges all around, gold silk moire endpapers front and back with matching silk ribbon placemarker. Printed bookplate laid in. Never read. (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

Suydam Cutting

Full color illustrated jacket with black text. Several chips and tears around the edges of the jacket, especialy at corners and edge of spine. Black cloth covered boards with gilt text. Stated A edition. Signed by Cutting to Delos V. Smith, American character actor and producer/director. Smith was from Hutchinson, Kansas. His bookplate is attached to the first inside page with the inscription. Hinges good. Pages tight. Endpages tanning. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings by Alexandre Iacovleff. Quarto (9 3/4 in.) Jacket in mylar.

Gregory M. Franzwa

First Edition with a letter laid in from the publisher describing the book and a photo of the book. It does not include the Errata that was published the following year. Full color photo on jacket. No chips or tears. Yellow cloth covered boards with gilt signature of the author on the cover. Endpages have illustrated map of the Santa Fe Trail. No markings. Foreword by Manuel Lujan, Jr.  Both book and jacket are in beautiful condition.