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New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2008. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Brown endpapers. 358pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Uwem… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2005. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Small octavo. Brown endpapers. 211pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed;… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1895. In Very Good+ condition. Bound in the publisher's full decorative blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; the front panel in gilt, silver, and black; the rear panel in silver and black. Octavo. Slate-blue endpapers. vii + 331pps., + ads. No dustjacket. A previous owner's name has been erased from a preliminary page, a… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1982. [1982]. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Olive boards quarterbound in gold cloth. The spine is stamped in black. Quarto. Olive endpapers. 400pps. A previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the ffep., otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear.… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1988. [1988]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in white. Octavo. 512pps. First printing. The pages are slightly tanned (as is ever the case with this edition due to the acid content of the stock), and there is a small soil-mark, faint, near the margin of… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 2000. [2000]. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Beige boards. The spine is stamped in silver; the front board in blind. Quarto. 448pps. First printing. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2001. Uncorrected Bound Proof. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 309pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate acquired directly from him; the bookplate has been laid in. "...Europe is ablaze… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Heinemann, 1947. [1947]. In Very Good condition. Bound in full green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 362pps. No dustjacket. There is light wear to the cloth, browning to the endpapers, and crinkling to the lower corners of several pages. Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound.… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2000. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards. The spine is stamped in beige. Beige endpapers. 352pps. There is slight rounding to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket is equally fine; the original price is intact. The scarce map is not laid… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. [1961]. Very Good in a Fair dustjacket. Green boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 244pps. There is light wear to the boards, with the front and rear panels having a very slight splay. There is also faint browning to the endpapers and a previous owner's name… Read more about this item

Boston: Tilton and Company, 1864. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's full, ruled, green cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Duodecimo. Burgundy endpapers. 299pps., plus ads. There is light rubbing to the edges of the cloth and a previous owner's bookplate -- along with a pencilled number -- are on… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner's, 1996. [1996]. Uncorrected Proof. In Near Fine condition. Bound in glossy, pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 358pps. There is a slight bump to the lower rear tip, otherwise as new: clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription --… Read more about this item

Boston: Atlantic / Little, Brown, 1957. (1957). Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in black cloth with a yellow cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. 246pps. Stated First Edition. There is mild bumping to the lower tips and the spine-ends and there are a few faint specks atop the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and… Read more about this item

New York: Appleton and Company, 1896. In Very Good+ condition. This is the publisher's Deluxe Binding: half burgundy roan with marbled boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Top-edge gilt. 335pps. Appleton's Town and Country Library No. 198. This item has recently been beautifully and professionally rebacked in gilt-tooled matching roan at The Currier Bindery; the corners, which had… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1963. [1963]. Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brick-red cloth. The spine is stamped in crimson and gilt. Octavo. Brilliant yellow endpapers and topstain. 305pps. Stated First American Edition. There is mild bumping and rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, a previous… Read more about this item

Milan, Italy: Edoardo Sonzogno, 1867. In Very Good condition. Brown and tan marbled boards quarterbound in contemporary calf. The spine is stamped decoratively in gilt. Quarto. 415pps, (417 - 832). This volume consists of 26 weekly issues of 'Il Romanziere Illustrato,' dating from 10 July to 26 December, 1867, with each issue being sixteen pages in length and lushly illustrated… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1984. In Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Octavo, with salmon silk moire endpapers and a, sewn-in, matching ribbon bookmark. 440pps. There is a slight waviness to the bottom edge of the first several pages (as if from dampness); this flaw… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1994. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Pink and blue endpapers. 393pps. There is a tidy, two-word gift inscription in the upper corner of the ffep., otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate;… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1953. Fine in a Good dustjacket. Bound in full, light blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 278pps., with numerous black-and-white drawings by Peake. There is very mild rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, and a small and faint spot to the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no previous… Read more about this item

Stockholm, Sweden: F & G Beijers Forlag, 1876. In Very Good condition. Half-bound in black leather with black, gray, and white marbled paper over boards. The spine is stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Duodecimo. 500pps. There is light rubbing to the board-edges and at the head of the spine. A previous owner's tasteful bookplate… Read more about this item