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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of a child sold into slavery who eventually becomes the captain of a pirate ship. A like new book in a like new dust jacket. Signed by the author, and dated 4/2/2010 - the date of publication.

Audio Book (DVD). Fine. Harry Matthew Kidd (1899-1964) was an American modernist painter. This painting titled "Coal Elevators" is Art Deco in style, and recalls the period in which the artist lived in Pennsylvania, a coal mining state. One of Harry Kidd's paintings was included in the 1929 watercolor exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. A native of Detroit, Kidd attended public schools in El Paso, Texas before moving to Germantown, Pennsylvania, where in 1914 he was attending high school at the outbreak of World War I. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in England where he reportedly painted the portrait of General Hugh Montague Trenchard, afterward marshal of the Royal Air Force, Viscount Trenchard. After the war, Kidd returned to the United States to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. An Academy scholarship enabled him to study and travel in Europe, including a period on Majorca (1927-29). He returned to El Paso in 1933 for… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. Rare first American edition published by Doubleday, Page & Co, New York with 1902 date on title and copyright pages. All illustrations present. Green cloth boards with publisher's green pictorial cloth. Octavo 9 ¼" tall, 249 pages. Good condition. Former owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. No markings or notations on any text block page. Spine and covers rubbed. Soil and several small stains to covers. Corners slightly bumped. Small stains and light soil to text block. Small (1/4") closed tear page 131-132, rear hinge starting but joints are sound.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. 1st Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket, as issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. David Gentleman. These stories set in India were originally published in periodicals, then collected into two volumes: The Jungle Book published in 1894 followed by The Second Jungle Book published the following year. Both volumes presented here as THE JUNGLE BOOKS by Rudyard Kipling, published by the Easton Press in 1980, and illustrated by David Gentleman. First edition, first printing of this Easton Press collector's edition in as new condition. Quarto, 10" tall. Easton Press specializes in premium leather-bound books. This volume is one of Easton's 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series, all of which have silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon markers, smyth sewn binding, archival paper, with all gilt edges on the text block, and leather boards. Cream colored ribbon with cream moire silk endpapers, green leather cover with gilt bamboo decorations, four raised bands to spine,… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. 1st Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket, as issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. David Gentleman. These stories set in India were originally published in periodicals, then collected into two volumes: The Jungle Book published in 1894 followed by The Second Jungle Book published the following year. Both volumes presented here as THE JUNGLE BOOKS by Rudyard Kipling, published by the Easton Press in 1980, and illustrated by David Gentleman. First edition, first printing of this Easton Press collector's edition in as new condition. Quarto, 10" tall. Easton Press specializes in premium leather-bound books. This volume is one of Easton's 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series, all of which have silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon markers, smyth sewn binding, archival paper, with all gilt edges on the text block, and leather boards. Cream colored ribbon with cream moire silk endpapers, green leather cover with gilt bamboo decorations, four raised bands to spine,… Read More