Fun and Nonsense
Small quarto brown cloth spine and pictorial boards. Front cover illustration of an owl in a tux and hat pointing to a rabbit in a clown suit wearing a sheet with the author's name. Illustrated throughout, largely in green and red. Only minor wear to the covers. A few small stains to the lower, front edge. Without names or bookplates. There is a small sticker ghost to the front free endpaper. Tight. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
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Glossy boards. Signed by both authors on the half-title page. Not inscribed. Bumps to the lower corners. There is a bit of waviness to the upper edge of the first twenty pages. It is otherwise nearly fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; Signed by Author Neuromancer
The limited 40th Anniversary Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Unopened. A new copy. I have left it sealed and in the original shipping box. Bound in printed, blocked and laminated paper with a design by Anna Mill. Set in Mentor with Corporation Games and Pixel Operator as display. Printing in black and blue ink on Abbey Lynx Rough paper. Illustrated title page spread and five illustrated part-titles. Frontispiece and seven colour illustrations, four of which are double-page spreads printing on Gardapat 13 Bianka paper. Printed endpapers. Ribbon marker. Printed book edges. Clamshell box covered in printed, blocked and laminated paper and lined in paper printed with a design by Anna Mill. Limitation label signed by William Gibson and Anna Mill. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author The Nursery Rattle for Little Folks
Brown cloth, decorated in gilt and black to the front and spine. Illustrated with 12 full-page color chromolithographs from designs by Hermann Faber. All are present. A slight spine lean. There is some fraying to the spine ends and wear to the lower corners. An early owner inscription to a front blank is dated 1873. Some minor foxing to the text, mostly affecting the blank rear of the illustrations. Very tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages Les Antiquitez Chroniques Et Singularitez De Paris. Corrigees & Augmentees Pour La Seconde Edition
Very lovely full maroon morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments. Gilt decorated turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt with marbling visible under the gilt when pages are fanned. Ribbon marker bound-in. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Notes in red ink to the first blank. All pages present but for the end colophon leaf. There is a bit of wear along the spine edges. Some darkening to the spine. All the text is quite clean but for the usual toning. A most presentable copy of an extremely scarce, early Paris guide. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 199 pages The Loves of Laos in Sonnets Sung
Light green cloth, lettered in gilt to the front and spine. To the front free endpaper it is inscribed, "Chilicothe, O. May 23rd, 1898. To Marie Rictor Nilson with the Compliments of the Author". Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author. Wear to the spine ends and corners. To the rear pastedown there is an early newspaper review for the book. To a stub opposite the frontispiece there is a single-paragraph article about the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author The Last Grail Keeper
Two-toned boards. States "First Edition". Minor bump to the upper spine end, a bump a light wear to the lower spine. The spine is a bit concave from reading. Without names or bookplates. The dust jacket has a crease along the spine, all else is nearly fine. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Red illustrated boards. There is wear along the upper and lower board edges. Bumps to the corners and spine ends. Boards just showing at the corner tips. Without names or bookplates. The dust jacket has chips to the corners and spine ends. Chipping and small tears along the edges. Some light wear along the front fore edge flap fold. To the mid-spine area there is a tear of about 1 1/2". Price clipped. This is the blue jacket and does nearly match the first edition although this one is a darker blue. The rear flap does have "The Other 6 by Dr. Seuss" and then lists six earlier titles with reviews. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall The Story of Colette
Green cloth and pictorial boards. First Printing. With the Scribner's "A" on copyright page. There is some light wear to the upper and lower board edges. The corners are bumped with the board tips showing. Without names or bookplates. Very tight. The dust jacket has old tape stains along the length of the spine. Stains to the rear panel. Chips to the spine ends and corners. There is a 2" tear with associated crease to the upper, rear. A couple of old pieces of tape to the upper edges. Several smaller edge tears. Price of $1.50 to the front flap. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 0 pages Madeline
Pictorial boards. First printing with 1939 to the title page and with twelve girls to the "they broke their bread" page. The lower corners and spine ends are bumped, with boards showing. Wear along the lower edges. The front hinge is starting and there are two stains from old, clear tape, long removed. To the title there are two light tape ghosts that bled through. To the "they broke their bread" page there are several small stains to the lower corner margin area. Early former owner inscription to the half-title page. The dust jacket is worn with a long tear along the lower, front flap fold. Chips to the corners and spine ends. There is a 3" tear to the lower spine. Wear along both flap folds. Even soiling to the rear panel. $2.00 price to the lower, front flap. A Caldecot Honor title. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall Dumb Juan & the Bandits
Brenner, Anita Pictorial cloth. Publisher's reinforced hinges. Book with only minimal wear. Without names or bookplates. Very clean. The dust jacket has some darkening about the edges, front and rear. Darkening to the spine as well. A 1/4" chip to the upper spine end. There are several short edge tears. Price of $2.50 to the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages Old Silversides
Hurd, Edith Thacher & Clement Hurd Oblong cloth and pictorial boards. There is some wear along the upper and lower board edges. To the lower, front pastedown there is what appears to be an old sticker removal. It is otherwise very clean and tight. The dust jacket has small chips to the corners and spine ends. There are several edge tears of less than 1". The front flap is price clipped. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 0 pages The Marvelous Merry-Go-Round
Ipcar, Dahlov Zorach Pictorial boards. Beautifully illustrated. Minor bumps to the lower spine end and lower fore corners. There is a narrow split along about 1" of the upper, rear fore corner. It is otherwise very clean and tight. Without names or bookplates. The dust jacket has 1" chips along with some tears to each of the spine ends. To the upper, rear corner there is a 1 1/4" tear. A 2 1/4" tear to the lower, front edge. Creases and shorter tears along the upper and lower edges. Original price of $3.95 to the front flap. In a mylar protector. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall That Mario
Crockett, Lucy Herndon Green cloth, stamped in black. With no additional printings. Illustrated by the author. The book is very tight and clean but for some minor foxing to the page fore edges. No other markings or names. The dust jacket has a 1" piece missing from the lower, front and a 1" label of some kind toward the upper spine. Small chips to the corners and spine ends. Some sunning to the spine. Price of $1.50 to the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages Kaligrunes
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Wiesner, David & Nancy Luenn Dark gray boards, lettered in silver to the spine. States "First Edition". A very clean copy, without names or markings. Very tight. The dust jacket has minor wear to the corners. There is also wear to the upper spine end and to a much lesser degree, the lower spine end. There are a couple of tears of 3/8" or less. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 27 pages Black and White
Ipcar, Dahlov Green cloth, lettered in black. An excellent, clean and tight copy. Without names or markings. The dust jacket has a 3/4" closed tear to the lower, front edge. Minor soiling. To the front flap there a price to the upper flap that has been blacked out by the publisher and then a printed price of $2.95 is below. This is the correct price for the first printing. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall 