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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 1968
Description: Very Good. 1968 Oxford University Press, Toronto. Trade paperback. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Small chip at head of spine. Spine NOT creased. Spine and spine edge of covers is sunned. Pages clean and unmarked. 378 pages. An Oxford in Canada Paperback, OCP 18. Read More
Edition: 2nd edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Italica Press
Date published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780934977043ISBN:0934977046
Description: Fine. 1987 Italica Press. Trade Paperback. Second edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Introduction and bibliography by Eileen Gardiner. Anonymously translated from the Italian. Black & white illustrations. 28 pages of introduction, 99 pages text. Contents: The handsome slave-The metamorphosis-The double change-The Penance-The Temptation of the flesh-The two ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc
Date published: 1960
Description: Very Good; Good+ Jacket. 1960 Doubleday & Company, Inc. Science Fiction Book Club Edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with black and silver spine lettering. Front cover has six stylized star decoration; three silver and three black. Top page edges are green. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Tips lightly rubbed. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 240 pages. Dust jacket has light ... Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date published: 1967
Description: Very Good. 1967 University of Texas Press. Second printing of 1954 edition. Trade paperback. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers very lightly curled at corners. Spine NOT creased. A few tiny ink pen dots on fore edges of pages. Pages clean and unmarked. 264 pages. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Laurel-Dell Publishing
Date published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780440330844ISBN:044033084X
Description: Very Good. 1987 Laurel-Dell Publishing. 18th printing. Paperback. 416 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Edited, and with a foreword and introduction by Christopher Isherwood. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780345291950ISBN:0345291956
Description: Very Good. 1980 Ballantine Books. Second printing of 1972 edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Paperback. 152 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Very small nick on the spine. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date published: 1968
Description: Good+; No jacket. 1968 Pantheon Books. NOT ex-library. "Gibraltar Library Binding". Hardcover has white cloth-covered boards with red and brown spine and cover lettering. Front cover has red, green and brown illustration of three women. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers lightly soiled. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Endpapers have a few small tanned areas and some light foxing. Pages clean and unmarked. 168 pages. No dust ... Read More
Description: Good; No jacket. 1933 Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering, and "Young Moderns" logo on spine. Binding tight. Deckle fore edges. Top page edges are colored red. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers have a few light smudges. Pages clean and unmarked. Introduction by Griffith Ogden Ellis. 390 pages. No dust jacket. Doubleday "Young ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walter J. Black, Inc
Date published: 1928
Description: Good; No jacket. 1928 Walter J. Black, Inc. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with rectangular border design surrounding floral decorations in black and gold on front and spine. Spine has simulated raised panels and gold lettering on black. Top pages edges colored red. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers very lightly soiled. ... Read More
Edition: American edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
Date published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780872260962ISBN:0872260968
Description: Near Fine; Very Good Jacket. 1986 Peter Bedrick Books. First American Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations by Charles Keeping. 142 pages. Printed in Great Britain. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface ... Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Medallion
Date published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780425022368ISBN:0425022366
Description: Good. 1972 Berkley Medallion. Paperback. 255 pages. Includes index to Orbit series, volumes 1-10. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine surface lightly wrinkled. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Bookstore stamp on first page. Berkley Medallion N2236. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345346049ISBN:0345346041
Description: Good. 1987 Ballantine Books. A Del Rey Book. Fourth printing of 1985 edition. Paperback. 224 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine has a single crease. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Cover art by Don Dixon. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Modern Library
Date published: 1953
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1960 The Modern Library. Modern Library No. 284. Small hardcover has grey cloth-covered boards. Title on spine and cover in gold on red panel with gold torchbearer inside gold outline. Gray & white Rockwell Kent ML logo endpapers. Top page edges are red. 285 pages plus Modern Library lists at rear. Foreword by the author. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still supple. ... Read More
Edition: Main
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Books
Date published: 2013
ISBN-13:9780857869364ISBN:0857869361
Description: Very Good. 2013 Canongate Books, Edinburgh, Scotland. SIGNED by author on title page. Not personalized. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Trade paperback. 239 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. One page is dog-eared. Pages clean and unmarked. Printed and bound in Great Britain. Signed by Author. Read More
Edition: Us edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780941423335ISBN:0941423336
Description: Very Good. 1989 Four Walls Eight Windows, New York. Trade paperback. 294 pages. Series: Voices One. Printed in the U.K. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear; light crease at the tip of the bottom front corner and a bump to the top of the back cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Description: Good; No jacket. 1913 Doubleday Page & Company for Review of Reviews. Authorized Edition. Copyright1908. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering; spine has simulated raised bands. Front cover and spine have small blind-stamped publisher's dolphin & anchor logo. Bottom two spine panels have "Authorized Edition" and "Review of Reviews" in gold. Top page edges are gilt. Black and white frontispiece. Back hinge cracked before rear endpaper, but still ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780486271781ISBN:0486271781
Description: Very Good; Good Slipcase. Dover Publications. Six Dover Thrift Editions trade paperback volumes in a cardboard slipcase. All six appear unread and virtually untouched. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Paisley print thin cardboard slipcase has light surface and edge wear. There is a one-inch tear at the bottom back corner of the slipcase. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Contents, all unabridged: Edgar Allen Poe, The Gold-Bug and Other Tales; Anton Chekhov, Five Great ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Altemus Company
Date published: n. d
Description: Good; No jacket. Henry Altemus Company. No date. Circa 1905. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with elaborate ornate gilt filigree decorations on the cover and spine. Front cover has two vertical color floral panels with Queen Anne's Lace pattern. Black and white frontispiece. Binding tight. Front hinge partially cracked, but still strong. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers rubbed. Covers have light surface and edge wear, ... Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780192821508ISBN:0192821504
Description: Very Good. 1988 Oxford University Press. Trade paperback. 250 pages. Classic English Short Stories, vol. 3. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. "This collection contains stories written in the 1950s and 1960s" First published as "English Short Stories of Today. Third Series 1965". Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Gray Whale Press
Date published: 2017
ISBN-13:9780988609150ISBN:0988609150
Description: Near Fine. 2017 Gray Whale Press, Fort Bragg, California. Softcover. 173 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Laurel-Dell Publishing
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780440321514ISBN:0440321514
Description: Very Good. 1984 Laurel-Dell Publishing. Paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 219 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Title: A Dove of the East And Other Stories. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Doctor House
Date published: No date
Description: Very Good. Doctor House. No date in book. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Parallel text in Chinese and English, on opposite pages. Black and white illustrations. 250 pages. Binding tight. Spine has only a trace of a crease. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Rosebud, Inc
Date published: 1994
Description: Very Good. 1994 Rosebud, Inc. Single issue of a periodical. Summer 1994, Volume 1, Issue 2. Softcover. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Issue is in excellent condition with only a small group of four one-eighth inch stains and abrasions to the front cover. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. 91 pages. Theme: "24 Stories and Poems for Summer Reading". Read More
Description: Very Good; Very Good Case. 1998 Tyndale Audio. Two cassettes in a plastic holder with glossy cardstock covers. Approximately 90 minutes run time. "Condensed" from the book, Great Stories Remembered II. Contains an introduction and 9 stories. Read by Joe L. Wheeler. Cassettes are in very good condition. Case has some light wear and the front flap is bumped at the top. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780385419307ISBN:0385419309
Description: Very Good. 1988 Doubleday Books. Trade Paperback. Color and black & white illustrations by Tim Hildebrandt. 166 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Fore edges of pages has a few thin black lines. Pages clean and unmarked. "Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore." Read More
