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Ace Science Fiction Books, NY, 1985. HBDJ, 1985, 1st edition THUS, PC, Bookclub edition of the paperback original. Precedes the British hardcover , First Hardcover Edition. F-/NF, Light rub, wear Scuff DJ, Yellow cloth lettered Black spine, Small edge tear Back DJ . Gregorio Rivas has retired from the Redemptionist trade - at 31 he's no longer willing to risk his life rescuing new recruits from the savage religion of Messiah Norton Jaybush. until Rivas sets out to save his long-lost love, in a violent piulgrimage that will take him through the landscape of the damned which is 22nd century California . Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover.

Boston Ma: Little, Brown, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 303 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition Stated. Some Wear, A Few Tiny Frays At Corners, Very Slight Fading To Spine Cloth. No Marks But Traces Of Brown Paper Adhering To Endpapers. Printing Flaws With Traces Of Tracks Of Tiny Spots Of Oil On Some Pages (We've Seen This In A Few Othr Unrelated Books Also). From The Estate Of Artist Will Graven's Daughter, Possibly Will Graven's Copy.

Jonathan Cape,London, 1929. HBDJ, MCMXXIX, Stated 1st edition, 1929, PC but Original Price Intact, blue cloth with gold gilt Title on Spine, Cover light rub, wear & sun at Extremities & spine, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS, Blue DJ with orange lettering & decorations has light rub, wear & tiny Chips Extremities, Cutout piece back of DJ & inner Flap Gone, Interior nice clean some wear FoXing stains here & ther . Half title page has Pasted on Article, Introduction . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Macmillan NY, 1892. HBNODJ, October 1892, stated 1st edition, Green Cloth lettered Gold Gilt Spine, NF+/VG+, AS-IS, NODJ, Cover minor rub, wear & light spotting, 113 pgs + ads, Interior Nice, tight Clean Light Fox,. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Knights of Columbus, Los Angeles California State Council. 90015, 1972 Embossed Blue cloth Hardcover, NOJACKET, 1972, 1st Edition, VG+, Lettered in FrontCOVER in blue on gilt oval panel, gilt spine lettering RUBBED, Interior nice, Tight , Clean, Light wear, Binding is tight and pages are clean. No marking or writing noted in book. Boards are straight with minor edge rub. Text block and gutters are firm, 433 pgs, (OVERSIZED) . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

American Sunday-School Union Publ. Philadelphia, 1854. HBNO DJ, 1854, 1st Edition,, Red embossed cloth light rub, wear & tiny chips Tears Extremities, Couple small Chips Spine Area, Titled Gold Gilt Spine, NF/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, Interior nice condition light Wear FoX, 247 pgs , Appendix, 4 3/4 X 7 3/4 in,. 8 vo, . Two copies of the title page, one in colour and the other in black and white. . Provides a quite interesting history of the Roman catacombs, with information on Christian martyrdom, religious practices and related matters. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Platt & Munk Co.,NY, , 1925. HBNO DustJacket, blue decorated cloth lettered in Black light Rub & Wear, 1925, 1st edition, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in., Interior nice Tight light Wear & small Margins stains some pages, NF-/NF, NODJ, 64 Pgs . First Edition. Hard Cover.

Boston: James R. Osgood,, 1877. HB NODustjacket, 1877. First edition. 1st printing dates on title & copyright page Match, NF+/NF-, NODJ, original blind-stamped Maroon cloth , gilt lettering. 16mo, Interior Nice, tight Clean Light FoX wear, Cover light rub, wear stains & tiny Chips Extremities, 247 pages + Ads, Gold Gilt Cover Nice Bright. First Edition. Hard Cover.

NIXON Inaugural Committee Presidential Inaugural Campaign Committee, 1969 PBO, 1969, 1st Edition, Oversized WHITE decorated Cvr with gold seal on front has slight wear Soil, , UNPAGINATED , 8 1/2 X 11 in. , Light Wear Rub, VG+/VG, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER , .Includes photos President’s Cabinet, Inaugural week Schedule & Concert, 1969 Inaugural Parade etc. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Philadelphia, A. J. Rowland, Chestnut St, From the Societys Own Press copyright 1899 by American Baptist Publ Society, 1903 Blank Endpapers few small Marks, Inner Hinges Starting slightly, illustrated in beautiful Color & B/W drawings by Elizabeth M. Hallowell, introduction Hon. John F. Lacey, Mrs Anne Virginia Sharpe Patterson (September 1841, Delaware, Ohio 1913) was an American author, who also wrote under the pseudonym Garry Gaines., Hardback NODJ, Published April 1903 on Copyright Pg, , Stated 1st edition, Phoenix Edition , VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Small format Slighty Soiled ORANGEGOLD Tweed Cloth Hardback Book, with Bird Looking to Left IN RED, TIitles In RED ,192 pages, with ads in back End With A Bible For the Home, , Moderate shelfwear to boards, moderately weak hinges. The text and illustrations are in good shape. 3 3/4 X 6 12/4 in. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Doubleday & Company Garden City ,NY, 1964 HBDJ, Signed, 1st edition, Early ISSUE, 1964, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS, DJ light rub, wear Tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Spine DJ ends Tiny Chips Tears Wear ends, Green Tweed cloth Boards with Black Cloth spine with Green Design & with Gold Gilt Titles. Interior nice tight Clean light Wear Fox, 331 pgs. Cvr light rub, wear, 8vo. DJ protected in clear Mylar , His Tours during the War to Front Lines in China. He was Presented to Queen Elizabeth of England. Starred in Movie , I Married a Doctor with Josephine Hutchinson, & played Hildy Johnson in The Front Page movie, Knute Rockne Etc . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

NY, Citadel Press, 1962. HBDJ , stated 1st edition, 1962, 1st Printing, OP, Tiny chips edges of DJ & minor rub, AS-IS, VG/VG-, 320 pgs, Thick Black Cloth cvr Titled & Decorated in Gold Gilt on Spine cvr, Interior nicetight Clean light wear fox,. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Bantam Bks, NY, 1988. HBDJ, November 1988, 1st edition, 291 pgs, Blue & Green Cloth, VG+/VG+. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Walter E. Meanwell, 1924 HB NO Dustjacket, Bright Blue cloth gold gilt decorated & Titles CVR WITH 5 PLAYERS front cvr 1 holding basketball, 1924, 1st edtion, 1st Printing, Dates Match on title &Copyright pg,Interior GOOD / Cvr VG+, AS-IS, NOJACKET , minor spots on blank endpapers, former owner name pencil, small stain on copyright page, Tape repair on table of contents page & small corner chip on that page, reasonable tight book, Slight rub, wear , FOX interior thruout mainly around pgs edges, 382 pgs, rub too gold gilt on Spine Cvr, some pencil underling on some pgs thruout, Relatively tight Binding ,small dogears some pgs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

De Ville, no date but circa 2007. Hard cover, first edition. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket.

6 & 1/2' x 7 & 1/2'; no dustjacket. One of 230 trade copies of First Edition of 400, total including 100 (hor commerce: aka before trade) 50 signed & numbered and 20 signed with special drawing. This one is not signed or numbered but remains uncommon and collectible. Grey cloth with gold lettering on spine. Sunned spined. Darkened at margins of covers front and back. Dust staining textblock edges. Tonning to end pages front and back. Glue residue bottom of rear pastedown. Stray ink marking in what appears to be a child's hand on that same rear pastedown page. (78 pages. )

Simon & Schuster, 2002. HBDJ, 2002, 1st edition, 1st printing, with correct #1 in Number line intact, 124 pages, + photo credit. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

MODERN LIBRARY, NY, 1996 Brown & White Decorated Endpapers of runnng Torchbearer Originally Created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925.. AUTHOR WAS Golden Boy of Newly Dawned Jazz Age., HBDJ, 1996, First Printing. Fine first edition THUS, first printing with "1" in numberline. BK FINE-/ Silver & B/W DJ, FINE, AS-IS, Book is tight, clean and free of former owner writing or bookplates. Fine, mylar protected, non price clipped jacket with author's photo on front panel. Free of remainer marks, 8VO. DJ Protected by Clear Mylar cvr. 322 pgs + Editorial Board, Grey Embossed cloth with Torch bearer Running & Gold Gilt Titles on spine cv. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Lucian Bernhard.

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 9. (railroads, pictorial works)

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 17. (railroads, pictorial works)

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 8. (railroads, pictorial works)

Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1930. HB NO DJ,1930, 1st edition, dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, NF/VG-, NOJACKET, Small Light olive green boards with Pasted on Label with Black cloth spine with LABEL that has Crease fox on spine cvr, Interior nice tight clean light FOX Wear, . First Edition. Hard Cover.

A. L. BURT , NY, 1925. HBDJ, 1925, 1st Edition, Pretext Lists Thru this Title , BK VG / DJ POOR Condition, FRONT OF DJ ONLY, Rest is Missing,SOLD AS-IS, Front of DJ LIGHT edge chips & Tears Wear Yet Mainly Intact Protected in Clear Mylar, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear FOX TINY dogears, Black , Green & Gold Decorated Cloth Duplication of Picture on front of DJ, Cover Light Rub, Wear, 247 Pgs + ADS Thru Sisters by Grace North, 4 3/4" x 7 1/4 INCHES, The binding is solid, with no missing pages. Clean copy, from a smoke free environment. Light Scuff Spine Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover.

HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET. 1940 ON TITLE PG, 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, VG- CONDITION, AS-IS, PICTORIAL COLOR CVR OF DOG & CAT HAS THIN EDGE STAINS WITH BLUE CLOTH SPINE & TINY CHIPS EXTREMITIES CVR, 28 pages long. The book measures 9 1/4 inches by 10 inches and weights 9 ounces before postal packaging. It has a MENDED rips and 2 pages - the second to last back BLANK paper has a missing section. All pages ,28 pages long. The book measures 9 1/4 inches by 10 inches and weights 9 ounces before postal packaging. Binding is in good + condition. Front and back covers show wear at the corners. There are no marks within. PRINCESS, THE BLACK CAT, EYED HIM From The Corner, Then Hobbled Over , Squatted Down & Then Playfully Whacked the King on the Nose With Her Wooden Leg. He Awoke Violently , Sat Up, seeing who Had Annoyed Him, Yawned & Stretched Out Again, Princess, the Cat, Curled Up Between Dog's Paws. Up in the Big Timber country of Northwest, Dad Wilson & His Son, Bob Built & Maintained a Hunting Lodge. BOTH OF THEM WERE 1ST CLASS WOODSMEN. Their Cabin was Located in What is Perhaps the finest hunting & fishing Country in Whole U.S. & MEN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY USED TO GO UP THERE FOR THEIR VACATIONS. 1 Rainy Afternoon Bob CAME INTO THE BIG CABIN ROOM Where His Father Was Seated Before t

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1944. First edition, title page marked 1944, also a Wartime Edition. Bright red cloth lettered in black, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and is in good condition with minor age-darkening to the spine and some old insect damages that has resulted in tiny holes along the outer edges where they fold ot the inner flaps, very little paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.

Funk & Wagnalls , New York London, 1904. HARDBACK NODustJacket ISSUED, 1904, 1st Edition THUS, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior Nice tightClean light Rub, Wear, 198 PGS, Small Red Cloth Cover with Illustration in Circle Bottom Right ,Cover light Rub,Wear, 16mo. First Thus. Hard Cover.

LONDON Shakespeare Head Press., Oxford UK., 1947. HARDBACK NO DUSTJACKET , 1947, 1st UK Edition, GOOD COND, NOT EX-LIBRARY, OBLONG COLOR Illustrated Hardcover with chips creases to cover. GOOD- CONDITION, . 64 pages. No dust jacket. Black and blue pictorial boards.Front hinge is slightly split , with the text block pages are still firmly bound together. Cream pages with moderate tanning to text block edge and endpapers.Moderately stained, blemished and soiled boards with rubbing, scuffing and surface wear. Moderate edge rubbing, scuffing and wear with moderate corner bumping and splitting to the edges of the spine. Moderate creasing and scuffing to the front board. Reading copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mabel Betsy Hill,.

J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Printed in Singapore, 2007. HARDBACK NODustjacket, 2007, 1st edition, NF-, NOJACKET, Oblong Pictorial cloth, with sticker on back cvr & lite scuff, TEXT PAPER IS SENLIS. , CONTAINS WOOD FROM WELL MANAGED FORESTS in accordance with substainable practices , SHE LIVED IN INDIA IN LATE 1730's. on boat with sea captain from Holland. Clara like the smell of tobacco. She met King Louis XV of France At Versailles Palace & saw delapidated Zoo. March 1750 she went to Rome & Lost her Horn but it grew back like hair or fingernails, then she went to Venice at christmas for carnival..Clara lived to be 20 yrs. of age . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jon Cannell.

1914. Paperback ,Beige Decorated WRAPS with drawing Football Player, 1st edition, 1914, minor wear edges & small stain cvr, , Advertisements in back of Book, 60 pgs, VG+, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Stated First Edition; Vintage 1962, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Hardcover with no dust jacket if issued, mildly aged cream cover boards with silver lettering at spine, front hinge is cracked but not torn, tight & unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

1916. Paperback, Blue Decorated WRAPS with drawing Wise Man, 1st edition, 1916, minor wear edges, minor stain few pgs, Advertisements in back of Book, 76 pgs, VG+, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

New York: Targ Editions, 1980. Hardcover. 105p., in original boards and cloth spine, very good first edition in English, limited to 350 copies, signed by Himes at the colophon, in original unprinted tissue jacket, ragged at edges and protective mylar. Targ Editions, no. 7.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1942. HBDJ, 1942, Stated 1st ML edition , correct first issue jacket (281 titles listed on verso) , & BACK DJ 95 CENTS & OVER 275 TITLES & PREZIPCODE COUPON, VG/GOOD+, Blue cloth Hardcover with Red Box with Gold gilt Title. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD+. 362 PGS + ADS End G60, the Idiot , 12mo. Pages are browning slightly with age, and corners are lightly bumped. Jacket corners and top and bottom edges of spine are torn, and there is wear to edges & small Extremities chips. DJ Spine has several creases running along it & tiny end chips, and there are two LITE creases on front cover. In protective mylar. REDTOPSTAIN ,correct first issue jacket (281 titles listed on verso) Foremost ironist in America, her verse "sharpened to arrowpoint and dipped in the bubbling acid of her wit." Includes Big Blonde, The Sexes, NY to Detroit, Last Tea ETC. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1895. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xxiii, 202 Pp. (No Catalogue At End). Brown Cloth, Spine Gilt, Blindstamped Rules On Covers (No Cover Illustration By Beardsley, But With That Same Illustration On Title Page). English Issue With "The Bodley Head" On Spine. Stated 4Th Printing. Light Wear, No Fraying, Hinges Intact, No Names Or Marks, 1/8" Wide Water Stain Running Vertically Length Of Front Cover About 1/4" In From Spine Gutter.

1st edition, paperback original from Idle Hour (IH 451), 1965. NEAR FINE. Don Elliott is the author on the title page-Robert Silverberg pseudonym.

Press of James A. Decker, Prairie City, Illinois, 1947. HBDJ ,1947, 1st edition, 64 pgs, BLUE Cloth with Gold Gilt lettering, F-/NFINE+,, Cover & DUSTJACKET light rub, wear light Crease, Interior nicetight clean . First Edition. Hard Cover.

Printed Chiswick Press, Frederick C. Joiner, London, 1934 HARDBACK NODustjacket,1934 on title pg, 1st limited Numbered EDITION, #124/275 Copies, SIGNED Opposite Half Title pg, VG+ , NOJACKET,Yellow Tweed BUCKRAM Cloth , Titled in Gold Gilt & Foxing to Cvr edges, 10 X 6 3/4 IN. 79 pgs + Bibliography, HAS Remains of original glassine wrapper with paper flaps , Modern Fantasy, Includes Man who Hated Everybody, ( a man dreams that he has been granted his Heart's Desire ), 2nd Story is Madness of Christopher Curlew. ( creates on Paper a woman so Real that 1 day she come to Life, Strange case of Mr. Anatole Pickering ( HAS DREAM LIKE QUALITY ). Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece by John Farleigh,.

Berkeley PRIME CRIME NY, 2004 HBDJ, 2004. 1st edition, Third Printing.,Hard Cover. Book Condition: , NEAR FINE/FINE, Mylar cover on Dust Jacket. 257 PGS, DJ Protected clear Mylar,. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by DJ DESIGN By Lesley Worrell.

Paris, Roret, Librairie Rue Hautefeuille Le memE Libraire Vient De Faire Paraitre Atlas Four Les Oiseaux, , 1828. TOME Second ONLY.HardBack NODustJacket, 1828, 1st Edition, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Small Brown LEATHER Cover with Rub, wear especially at Spine Area, Lesson, R.P. 1828, 344 pgs, Small Scratches spotting cover, Raised Bands on Spine with Black LabeL & Gold Gilt, Exterior edges Pages Marblelized, Interior light FoX, Wear, PENCIL & INK NOTES, . First Edition. Hard Cover.

Grosset & Dunlap Published with Approval of Boy Scouts of America, 1927. . It tells about many adventures to do with the scouts & Intermingled Nonsense. Famous Hike Story, Pee-Wee Accompanies the group of Scout Explorers, HBDJ, 1927, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Back inner Flap DJ lists thru this Title, VG+/VG, DJ Small wear, Tears, TINY Chips Corners , Extremities, DJ SpineEnds Tiny Chips Tears some darkening, Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 237 pgs, ADS in Back Lists thru Mohawk Trail, ends Jerry Todd Whispering Cave, DJ Back Lists Tom Slade North Woods, Roy Blakley this Title, Peewee harris sunken treasure & end Hervey Willetts, Red cloth with Titles Outlined in Black, Cover Tiny Corner Ding light Wear, Dust wrapper has minimal light chipping; Text inside is clean with no inscriptions or writing. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York,, 1928 HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1928, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, NF+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 262 pgs, Index ,Green cloth Hardbound Cvr with Embossed emblem & bevelled Edges light wear small light Stains. 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall) Spine cvr rub & Fade. Interior Nice tight Clean Light Wear Fox, , Crabtree arrived in the California gold fields at age 5 and began dancing in the mining camps at age 8. She and her family moved to San Francisco when she was 9 and Lotta continued to attract much attention on the stage for a number of years. Several years later she came east and was a sensation in the Broadway music halls. As can be imagined, the beautiful performer was ardently persued but never married; her mother, and later she herself, invested in California real estate. She retired to New Jersey, a wealthy woman, at age 45., Lotta, who became the most popular soubrette of the seventies and eighties, began her career in the gold camps of the High Sierras, and the gambling saloons and variety halls of San Francisco. Troupes appeared not only in the theatres of the cities, but took to the road by stage coach or even on foot and played in the remotest mining towns with showers of gold as their reward. This is the story of the fascinating Lotta who emerged out of this background to become throughout the country the foremost comedy actress and the pioneer in extravaganza and burlesque. Includes much about other entertainers of the time, including Ada Menken, Lola Montez, the Booths, Julia Dean, and more. Wheat's California Gold Rush. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Sunset Menlo Park, CA: Lane Magazine & Book Company. , 1966. HARDBACK NODJ, Stated 1st edition, September 1966, TRUE 1ST EDITION, Minor rub & wear & tiny chips SPINE EDGES, creases,light Soil edges extremities DJ, NF/VG , AS-IS, NOJACKET, color pictorial cloth Boards light Wear , Interior nice, tight clean FoX light Wear,284 pages, Index, Cover Edges light Bumps Scuff, Small Folio, 11 x 8 1/2 IN.. ,This book describes one of the most fascinating, and yet little-known, regions of the Western hemisphere. The Sea of Cortez (a romantic term for the Gulf of California) . is a 600-mile stretch of Mediterranean like land and water . It is an area filled with unexploited outdoor sports, travel, and recreation opportunities for Americans, There is an abundance of material about angling, or fishing from the vagabundo del mar ( sea-going gipsy ) Ray Cannon. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

A Golden Picture Classic ,LONDON, golden Press, 1957 HBDJ, 1957. 1st Edition THUS, Red Cloth Hardcover Titled in Gold Gilt. Book Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 94 pages, , small tears WEAR, Tiny Chips to dust jacket edges , DJ & Some pages slightly tanned, SmallPrior Owner Stamp on first page ,dustwrapper showing the odd edge-tear and shelfwear but nothing unusual or unsightly for this sort of book, approx 11" X 8 in. DJ Protected Clear Mylar .in Color Dustjacket of 2 men , 1 in TopHat Red silk Ascot Scarf at Neck & brown Pleated Pants, white Gloves & Holding Walking Stick & other wearing Derby Hat & Black BowTie, striped Pants Holding bags & Packages, One afternoon Phineas Fogg made a Bet that He could Circle the globe in 80 Days. Bet was accepted & Fogg & Passepartout, His Servant, set out on 2nd of Oct. 1872. Travel was Risky & Dangerous in Those Days. He met Many difficulties & it didn’t help when Fix, a Not very Smart Detective, decided that Fogg was the man he had been Ordered to Arrest. Verne foresaw many mechanical inventions of 20th Century, submarines, aeroplanes, Rockets etc. He pioneered Science Fiction.. First Thus. Hardcover.

Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1972 HBDJ, 1972. STATED First edition on Copyright Pg, 1ST Printing, VG+/VG, AS-IS, Yellow COLOR ILLUSTRATED Boards surrounding Color Illustration of Cable Car with 2 B/W Eyes in Front Chugging Uphill in Front of Houses Hardcover. TITLED IN BLACK ON FRONT CVR, Book Condition: A VERY GOOD+ copy . DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR, VG CONDITION WITH TINY Chips Extremities, Oblong large octavo in color illus yellow boards; [32] pgs. col. illus. 20 x 24 cm. In a super-sturdy sewn library binding , DJ protected Clear Mylar, Unpaginated,Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Light Rub scuff DJ FIRST EDITION (stated) 1972 hardcover Pictorial boards. Cover is worn at corners, shows a tiny dent at middle back near the spine, and some general shelf rubbing. Gift inscription handwritten on second front page. Binding is solid. ,Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. story of an unusual friendship between a cable car and a chance encounter with a dragon during Chinese New Year. dragon and old San Francisco, wonderful adventures by one of San Francisco's favorite natives, takes you on wonderful adventures in the City by the Bay, Nob Hill, China Town, Russian Hill, and the possibility of a disasterous plunge in the San Francisco Bay unless a miracle occurs, A zany tale set in San Francisco during the Chines. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

E. P. Dutton, NY, 1963. HB NODJ, 1963, Stated 1st Edition, NF/VG+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior nice, tight clean light FoX, Wear, Beige Cloth with some sun & small Stains, Gold Gilt Titles Spine Bright CVR, Back blank flyleaf pencil writing, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

PBO, No date probably 1950s , 1st edition, Oversized Wraps in White decorated Cover with Paper Label, Cover has few small stains , Hand typed manuscript in Folder, NF/VG+, SOFTCOVER ,WITH ADDENDUM Includes samples of Calif. Small Denomination Gold pieces Examples of fifty cent pieces 6 of them in plastic, Mints, Coinage & Current Value

William Blackwood & Sons London Edinburgh, 1862. HB NODJ, 1st. edition. 1862, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Green cloth with black Leather at tips & along entire spine, Lined in Gold Gilt on front, Raised Bands on spine with gilt titles, NOJACKET, Interiro nice tight clean light fox, wear , few pgs penciling, Outer pgs edges Marblelized, light scuff edges cvr,One-quarter Leather Bound, 384 pgs .The Author had the honour of contributing to Blackwood's Magazine some sketches of the ways of book-collectors, scholars, literary investigators, desultory readers, and other persons whose pursuits revolve round books and literature. Some friendly criticisms having induced him to reflect on what he had written, he saw, as will generally happen in such cases, that were he to go over the ground again, he would find much that lie would desire to alter, and many things that might be added. He therefore resolved to recast the whole and expand it to the compass of a thin volume. The thin volume, however, fattened as it approached maturity, until it reached the respectable dimensions in which it now awaits the appreciation of any reader who may think it worthy of his attention.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

HARPER COLLINS HARPERCOLLINS, 2017. HBDJ, 2017, New hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. in Brand New jacket. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page.STATED 1ST EDITION, WITH #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE , enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose, 32 PGS, ,.ORIGINAL AMERICAN IDOL ON TV ,enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose , original lullaby written and performed by Kelly herself. It's a big day for River Rose--she's going to the zoo But when she's too excited to fall asleep the night before, it takes a magical lullaby from Mom to send River Rose off on a dream adventure Soon River Rose is hopscotching with the hippos, slip-sliding with the penguins, and dancing with the big brown bears. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by LAURA HUGHES.

HARPER COLLINS HARPERCOLLINS, 2017. HBDJ, 2017, New hardcover. NF+/NF+, Stated First Edition, First Printing.WITH #1 INTACT NUMBER LINE in Brand New jacket. , enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose, 32 PGS, ,enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose , original lullaby written and performed by Kelly herself. It's a big day for River Rose--she's going to the zoo But when she's too excited to fall asleep the night before, it takes a magical lullaby from Mom to send River Rose off on a dream adventure Soon River Rose is hopscotching with the hippos, slip-sliding with the penguins, and dancing with the big brown bears. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by LAURA HUGHES.

Simon & Schuster, 2003. HBDJ, 2003, 1st ediition with #1 present in Number line, F/F, 231 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Riverside Press Cambridge Houghton Mifflin Boston, 1962. HBDJ, X-LIBRARY, USUAL WEAR, STAMPS, EtC, 1962, 1st Edition, SECOND Printing , Dates Match on Title & copYright pg, VG-/GOOD+, AS-IS, Slight Lean to Book, Interior some rub, wear FOX, NICE Tight, DJ nice Bright Tiny chips Tears Wear Extremities, Spine eNds tiny Chips Tears, Original Blue Boards with Black Cloth at Spine ,Lettered on Spine. Cover lighT Rub, Wear Scuff, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

London / New York: John Lane / The Merriam Co., 1896. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 263 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Gilt, Cover With Elaborate Design In Red And Gilt Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. First Edition. Bal 6285. Near Fine, Bright, Clean, Unfaded. Near Fine, Exceptionally Brilliant Gilt, Covers Clean And Unfaded, Light Foxing To Foredge Of Page Block, Lacking Front Free Endpaper.

St. Martin’s Press, NY, 2002. Softcover photographic Wraps , 1st edition , 2002, with correct number line including #1, F/F, SOFTCOVER, light wear, interior nice tight Clean,240 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover.

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Book 9. (railroads, pictorial works)

HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, UNDATED ,1888, 1ST EDITION , GOOD CONDITION NOJACKET, 48pp. Brown cloth. Ex-library with usual marks WEAR. SMALL Covers soiled and moderately worn, contents PG age-toned and some occasional spotting. From the Home Sunshine Series Books for Boys. PGS LITE FOX,

Stated First Edition; Vintage 1962, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Hardcover with no dust jacket if issued, mildly aged cream cover boards with silver lettering at spine, front hinge is cracked but not torn, tight & unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

1st edition, paperback original from Idle Hour (IH 451), 1965. NEAR FINE. Don Elliott is the author on the title page-Robert Silverberg pseudonym.

Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler and Sewell, St Dominic's Press, 1934. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Hagreen, Philip. One of 300 copies, octavo size, sixteen unpaginated leaves. The text of a lecture given in London by Fr. McNabb to the Catholic Poetry Society. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in brown quarter-cloth over green paper covered boards, limitation page states, "300 copies have been printed by hand in Caslon 14 point Old Face type on Head's hand-made paper, January 1934. This is No. 255."; "Stones from the Brook: No. 1 Geoffrey Chaucer" (printed on the half-title); octavo size, (8" x 5 1/4"), sixteen unpaginated leaves. In a paper wrapper with black lettering on both panels and flaps. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, boards have straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some fading to green color of both boards in uneven patches and on back boards around perimeter. The paper wrapper very good, overall light sunning, the right margin of the front flap unevenly torn vertically, and a 3/4" closed tear near head of spine. ___CITATION: Taylor & Sewell, no. A234, which notes the title-page engraving by Philip Hagreen. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

London, UK: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1930. First UK Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition #45/900. Hardcover. Octavo, 66 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Tan spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the extremities, chipping along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges, open tears along the spine head and tail edges, stains on the front and rear covers, and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the extremities, a dent on the rear tail edge, mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, and bending wear along the spine tail edge. Textblock has splitting to the gutter from the title page to page 4 and page 24-45, staining on the end-pages and pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning throughout. Signed flat by Lord Dunsany on publisher's limitation page, limited edition #45/900. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Only numbers 1-100 of the 900 limited editions of "The Old Folk of the Centuries" were signed by the author. 1388634. Special Collections.

pp. 466. 466 pages. Paper / Soft cover Direct REPRINT of the original 1680 edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Overall great copy of this scarce title. Excellent resource for history of French formal cooking, dining and eating. A good book to enjoy, learn from and keep on hand. Also would make a great gift for the inspired foodie cook in your life. TEXT IS ONLY IN FRENCH. ~ Full title page reads: Le Cuisinier françois ou est enseigne la maniere d'appreter toute sorte de viandes, de faire toute sorte de patisseries and de confitures: reveu and augmentee d'un traite de confitures seiches and liquides and pour appreter des festins aux quatre saisons de l'annee: par le sieur de La Varenne ecuyer de cuisine de monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles: unzieme edition. ~ English translation of the title: The French Cook or Chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treatise on dry and liquid jams and to prepare feasts in the four seasons of the year: by Mr. de La Varenne, squire of the kitchen of Mr. the Marquis of Uxelles: first or, one-time or 11th edition (not sure which is meant the original publisher). Nicolas Chalon du Blé, marquis d'Uxelles and Cormatin (24 January 1652-10 April 1730) was a French general and Foreign Minister. He was also created a knight and Marshal of France by Louis XIV, and was a diplomat for Louis XIV and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. François Pierre de la Varenne, 1615-1678 in Dijon), Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern French cuisine. La Varenne broke with the traditions that had revolutionised medieval and Renaissance French cookery in the 16th century and early 17th century. (source: Wikipedia). Although the contents and subject of this book are historic, and a direct reprint of the original first edition, the book itself is not very old, circa 1999. No other publication date is available. Modern Reprint. Clean and Unmarked Text. Limited edition of 100 copies stated. ~ We appreciate your consideration of one of our books, art prints or novelty items. We strive to offer fast, courteous and professional service to all our patrons. Reading is one of life's great pleasures. Please inquire for further details, our items arrive shrink wrapped and well packed. ~ Thank you for viewing and stopping by. Translation: French chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, how to make all kinds of pastries, jams: revised, augmented with treat of squid, liquid jams, for preparing feasts in four seasons of the year, kitchen squire of Marquis of Uxelles: 1st ed.

[Berlin]: Vereinigung Berliner Architekten, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4"). 58, [2]pp (Text and in-text illustrations), [56] leaves (Plates). Original blue cloth, with gold lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers. Laid in, an original and unsigned watercolor on transparent paper, and the third issue of the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg, dated February 27, 1920. Title page decorated by Adolf Hartung. This splendid photo-illustrated architectural monograph was published by the Union of Berlin Architects (Vereinigung Berliner Architekten) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their founding. The founding members included distinguished historians as well as Martin Gropius, a celebrated architect and the uncle of Walter Gropius. By 1904, the association had over two hundred members. As seen in this book, the Union was an active participant in the architectural life of Berlin and curious about developments elsewhere. "Vereinigung Berliner Architekten MDCCCLXXIX-MDCCCCIV" features striking full-page b/w illustrated and photographic plates showing some of the best architectural examples produced between 1879 and 1904, such as: - The Berlin Dom (Cathedral), constructed from 1893 to 1905 by Julius Carl Raschdorff. - An architectural drawing of the Metz railway station, under construction at the time of the publication. The impressive Gothic-style station was built between 1905 and 1908 by German architect Jürgen Kröger assisted by the architects Jürgensen and Bachmann. - The Kaiserbrücke, a railway bridge on the Mainz rail bypass across the Rhine at the north end of Mainz. The bridge was built between 1901 and 1904 by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, one of the most famous architects of his time who contributed to the development of historicist architecture. The Kaiserbrücke was destroyed in 1945 by retreating German troops. - The New Town Hall (Leipzig), built between 1899 and 1905 by Hugo Licht. - The Lessing-Theater (Berlin), built between 1897 and 1898 by Hermann von der Hude and Julius Hennicke. The theater was destroyed during an allied air raid in April 1945. - The Bismarcksäule (Cologne), a prominent memorial statue dedicated to Prince and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The statue was built by A. Hartmann. - The Bismarck-Denkmal (Hamburg), is a memorial sculpture located in the St. Pauli quarter, dedicated to Otto von Bismarck. The monument was built by W. Müller. - The Charlottenburg U-Bahn station, built by Alfred Grenander. - The Almemor (raised platform also called bema, bimah or bima) of the synagogue in Lindenstrasse (Berlin). The synagogue was built in 1881 by Cremer & Wolffensteir. Some of the buildings featured in this work were built in the style of the Jugendstill (Art Nouveau). Minor abrasion to spine. Binding rubbed along edges. Text in German. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.

Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1938. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg. Folio (12 1/4 x 10"). [10]pp (Text), 90pp (Plates), 4pp (Text), [8] leaves (Color plates); [105-132]pp (Text and advertisement). Original spiral bound decorative soft cloth by Pierre Boucher. "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" entirely dedicated to modern photography, and which published the work of the leading photographers and photographic agencies of the period. This 1939 edition contains 8 color plates as well as 90 striking photographs reproduced in heliogravure, and taken by the following photographers: Ylla; Stephen Deutch; Pierre Boucher; Edward Weston; Brassai; Hein Gorny; Willy Maywald; Hisao Okamoto; Marie & Borel; George Hurrell; Marcel Bovis; Herbert List; Bill Brandt; Nora Dumas; Heinrich Heidersberger; Bob Leavitt; George Platt Lynes; Laure Albin-Guillot; Erwin Blumenfeld; Clarence John Laughlin; Ruth Bernhard; Louise Dahl-Wolfe; Berenice Abbott, and many others. Moderate rubbing along edges of soft cloth covers. Text and captions in French. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition.

pp. 466. 466 pages. Paper / Soft cover Direct REPRINT of the original 1680 edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Overall great copy of this scarce title. Excellent resource for history of French formal cooking, dining and eating. A good book to enjoy, learn from and keep on hand. Also would make a great gift for the inspired foodie cook in your life. TEXT IS ONLY IN FRENCH. ~ Full title page reads: Le Cuisinier françois ou est enseigne la maniere d'appreter toute sorte de viandes, de faire toute sorte de patisseries and de confitures: reveu and augmentee d'un traite de confitures seiches and liquides and pour appreter des festins aux quatre saisons de l'annee: par le sieur de La Varenne ecuyer de cuisine de monsieur l Marquis d' Uxelles: unzieme edition. ~ English translation of the title: The French Cook or Chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, to make all kinds of pastries and jams: revised and augmented with a treatise on dry and liquid jams and to prepare feasts in the four seasons of the year: by Mr. de La Varenne, squire of the kitchen of Mr. the Marquis of Uxelles: first or, one-time or 11th edition (not sure which is meant the original publisher). Nicolas Chalon du Blé, marquis d'Uxelles and Cormatin (24 January 1652-10 April 1730) was a French general and Foreign Minister. He was also created a knight and Marshal of France by Louis XIV, and was a diplomat for Louis XIV and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. François Pierre de la Varenne, 1615-1678 in Dijon), Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern French cuisine. La Varenne broke with the traditions that had revolutionised medieval and Renaissance French cookery in the 16th century and early 17th century. (source: Wikipedia). Although the contents and subject of this book are historic, and a direct reprint of the original first edition, the book itself is not very old, circa 1999. No other publication date is available. Modern Reprint. Clean and Unmarked Text. Limited edition of 100 copies stated. ~ We appreciate your consideration of one of our books, art prints or novelty items. We strive to offer fast, courteous and professional service to all our patrons. Reading is one of life's great pleasures. Please inquire for further details, our items arrive shrink wrapped and well packed. ~ Thank you for viewing and stopping by. Translation: French chef teaches how to prepare all kinds of meats, how to make all kinds of pastries, jams: revised, augmented with treat of squid, liquid jams, for preparing feasts in four seasons of the year, kitchen squire of Marquis of Uxelles: 1st ed.

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1923. 1st ed. in German. Hardcover. Good. 68 mounted plates (mostly in color) plus several smaller, mostly mounted, illustrations (some color) on text pages, Original vellum quarterbinding (purple boards backed in vellum). 37 cm. Small gilt figure on front cover. Front and back cover quite faded around outlines of smaller books that protected the original color. Center half of rear joint split (and then visibly reglued). There is also a small gouge at the bottom of the front joint. Cover edges heavily rubbed. Contents sound and clean with a few creases on tissue guards. Minimal foxing. No slipcase or jacket. German text. Editions of this book also appeared in English ("Bakst, the Story of the Artist's Life") and French ("Bakst: Histoire de Leon Bakst"). Bakst was born in Grodno (now part of Belarus) to Jewish parents. He later changed his name and achieved fame in Russia and elsewhere as an artist and designer of sets and costumes for the Ballet Russes.

Munich: Marees Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1918. First Limited Edition Thus. Full Pigskin (Full Leather), with custom slipcase. Near Fine. No. 162 of 200, with one of 150 on hand-made paper of Wiggins, Teape & Co. 240 copies in all were made, including unnumbered copies (212 were numbered in one of two ways). 4to. (27 by 20 cm.) 282, [5] pp. The outstanding aspects of this edition and copy in which Ovid's verse is rendered in both Latin and German translation are magnificent decorative pigskin binding, the flowing type, and the elegant page decoration, which includes a huge variety of cameo images. These images are never repeated exactly, it should also be noted. Resulting is a book of extraordinary beauty, both exterior and interior-wise. Aesthetically the book production is true to the classical in its lines and sensibility while being securely of its own time when a sinuous Art Nouveau or Jugendstil was ripening into a modernist economy, or Art Deco. There are sensuous Rococo details, such as the gilt lines etched into the spine, while one can not but be impressed with the lack of clutter on each and every page! While the type is not a plain Roman or the like, the gentle curvature of the cursive invites and soothes the eye, and every word should be crisply clear to the modern reader. Light soiling and darkening on the spine. Clean and tight within. The slipcase has some wear.

Wilton Park, England: NP, 1946. First edition. Softcover. vg. Collection of two German POW Camp Newspapers providing a first-hand account of the feelings and emotions of the men, as well as their day-to-day activities during their internment in Great Britain. The monthly newspapers were produced by prisoners in Berechurch Hall (Camp 186) and in Wilton Park: - "Anruf: Zeitschrift der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in Wilton Park, Nr. 1, Februar 1946." Folio. 25, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. "Anruf" was published in Wilton Park (Beaconsfield), a war camp set up in 1942 to hold prisoners likely to have information of high intelligence value, such as German and Italian officers, pilots and u-boat commanders. Among the occupants was Gerd von Rundstedt, the last Commander-in-Chief of German forces in the West. The White House was a three storey Palladian mansion that was turned into an officers' mess for staff and interrogators. A series of Nissen huts was built for staff of other ranks. Prisoners were housed in a compound of flat-roofed brick and concrete cells. The first high ranking prisoners began to arrive in the middle of 1943. These included Marshall Messe, Field-Marshalls von Rundstedt and Busch and Rudolph Hess. As the summer of 1945 turned into autumn, the generals and the marshals departed. By November 7, 1945, Wilton Park was ready for its new role, a re-education facility for German prisoners of war. Indeed, between January 1946 and June 1948 more than 4,000 Germans attended re-education classes at Wilton Park, where they discussed democratic processes with visiting political figures and intellectuals, including philosopher Bertrand Russell, social reformer Lord William Beveridge, and the first female Member of Parliament, Lady Astor. The first participants at Wilton Park included some of the most senior German PoWs in Britain and many became leading figures in the rebuilding of post-war Germany. Helmut Schmidt, for example, the former German Chancellor, hailed Wilton Park’s role for post-war Germany, stating that “many ideas became a political reality.” The success of these classes is epitomised in one German participant’s statement of his time at Wilton Park: “I was a Nazi; I came to Wilton Park and it changed my life.” This first issue of "Anruf" opens with a long poem by Wolfgang Weyrauch titled "Anruf." Articles by Martin Guetter; Dr. Erwin Weghorn; Gustav Radbruch; Justus Franz Wittkop; Alfred Brasch, and others. The articles deal with current problems in Europe, democracy 'as exemplified in Britain,' the Nuremberg Trial, the United Nations organization, politics, religion, etc.. and above all a strongly anti-Nazi stance. Includes two in-text b/w drawings of the camp. Contemporary stamp on inside of front cover: "Wilton Park Training Centre. Authorised to be retained by P. W. Georg Kunz - 312 495 (prisoner's name and matricule are handwritten). Typed text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. - "Querschnitt: Monatszeitschrift des Camp 186." Folio. 20pp. Original illustrated stappled wrappers. "Querschnitt" was published in Berechurch Hall (Essex), a camp which served as one of the country’s largest transit centres for German prisoners captured during the final stages of the Second World War. It was the first 1,500 men to arrive on September 19, 1944, who helped the camp take shape in those early days. Transported in by lorry at night, they were ordered to pitch their own bell-tents on a field encircled by a few strands of barbed wire. Work on improvised kitchen and toilets did not start until the next day, and hot food was not available until that night. But as Camp 186 grew to cope with more than 6,000 prisoners at a time, new facilities, including Nissen huts for housing and a 120-bed medical center, were added. There were also orchestras, a newspaper ("Querschnitt"), two theatre groups - one of which performed the works of Dante, Schiller and Shakespeare in large marquees - and even a 300-student Catholic seminary. This issue contains articles by Heinz C. Woelfle (of the Geheimefeldpolizei, who served in the Channel Islands at a base called "Silvertide," Havre-de-Pas, Jersey); Dr. F. Glasau; Herbert Hellmann, and others. Illustrated with two woodcuts (front and back covers), and 6 inside. The content features various items such as news reports (Nuremberg Trial), gardening, alimentation, entertainment programs, and above all, the usual anti-Nazi editorial stance. Minor and faint creasing mark throughout. Typed text in German. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition.

73; 60 folding leaves (pagination in Vol. II continued from Vol. I). Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers (wrappers rather worn), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (frayed), new stitching. Kyoto: Hayashi Kuhei & Takemura Shinbei, 1699. First edition of this valuable bibliography of Chinese encyclopedias or lei-shu (classified books); this is an important guide to the corpus of lei-shu. The term “encyclopedia” is not used in the Western sense. Lei-shu “is the name given a genre of collectanea of literary and non-literary materials compiled in pre-modern Chinese history. Commonly translated ‘encyclopedia,’ lei-shu is more accurately rendered ‘classified book,’ from the categories of topic, genre, or rhyme that were typically used to organize the contents. Lei-shu are properly regarded as encyclopedias in that they were intended to encompass and present synoptically the total of either existing knowledge or a specified field of knowledge. However, they did so in a characteristically Chinese way, by quoting existing texts and placing them in a synthetic rearrangement. Lei-shu contain little or no original writing, unlike our modern encyclopedias, a fact that suggests their compilation was motivated by a desire to preserve texts as well as to provide accessible surveys of knowledge. That lei-shu contain virtually no new material should not lead to an underestimation of their importance and influence. Many lei-shu in their time exerted great influence in shaping education, the intellectual climate, and literature by making available a particular selection of materials to a large number of readers from a vast canon of existing texts not readily available to them. Lei-shu were the emperors’ and officials’ digests of important texts, the primers of early education, the handbooks of poets and playwrights, and the study guides of examination candidates… “The durable lei-shu tradition is to be credited with the preservation of a vast amount of texts from pre-Ming China.”–Nienhauser, ed., The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Vol. I, pp. 526-29. Very good set. Some worming touching but not obscuring characters.