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Hersey, John.
The Wall
New York, Alfred A Knopf,
1950, Book Club (BCE/BOMC) ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, A novel which documents the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto; as it follows a group of Jews and their lives. The power and realisim of this dramatic novel has you feeling as if were an eye witness to the characters lives. Green cloth boards and spine, gilt to spine, blind stamp Star of David to front board, mild spotty fading. Front hinge cracked, binding tight. DJ pictorial, spine mildly darkened, closed tears to edges, spine ends bumped and rubbed. Text clean and white, no writing. BOMC selection. 632 pp 8vo
(Wall, By, John, Hersey, Holocaust, Warsaw, Ghetto, Jewish, Novels, Human, Values, Racial, Prejudice, Third, Reich, Nazi, Occupation, Of, Poland) Cat No. 2273.
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12.50
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Wallace, John H.
Wallace's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Domesticated Animal Nature
New York, John H. Wallace,
1883, First Edition ed, Three-Quarter Leather,
Condition: Very Good, A compendium of facts, articles, advertisements, advice, organizations & sportsman literature on horses; with a few cattle & dog (and a whaling yarn!) items thrown in. Monthly journals bound from November 1882 to November 1883, covering: famous & winning breeds & breeders; successful breeding; horse's walk; sale of horses; trotting & pacing; American Turf-trotting; Horses under their Sires; Races; The English Derby; Dixie noe and Dixie then (the South); Turkey Hunting in Canada; Farms; Fox-Hnting, great advertisements throughout. Very clean & solidly bound. Faded prev. owners names to title pages upper most margin. Three quarter black leather, gilt title & date to spine, edges & corners rubbed. tall 8 vo, 880 pages
(Fox-Hunting, Antique, Horse, Books, Leather, Bound, Books, Trotting, Registers, Vintage, Advertising, The English, Derby, Southern, Horseman, Horse, Breeders, Horse, Illnesses, National, Horse, Breeders, Associations, Equestrian, Journals) Cat No. 875m.
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105.00
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Bedford, Annie North; Illustrations By the Walt Disney Studio, Adapted By Al Dempster.
Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Santa Claus
New York, Simon & Schuster,
1952, Hard Cover,
illus: Al Dempster, Condition: Very Good Plus, A Mickey Mouse Club Book. Colorful boards with Donald Duck and Santa, red Micky Mouse foil spine. Mild rubbing of spine, rear list MM Club Books with Disney characters. Inscription to upper edge of inside board. Mild toning of edges all else brightly colored, clean, vg+. 1952. "C" to gutter last page. sm 8vo, not paginated
(Mouse, Club, Books, Donald, Duck, And Santa, Claus, Vintage, Children's, Books, Donald, Duck, Walt, Disney, Books, Christmas, Books, Children's, Christmas, Books) Cat No. 2665.
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15.00
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F.M.H., Illustrated by Wheeler, Marguerite L. And Willard C.
The War of the Wooden Soldiers
Chicago, Rand McNally,
1934, Hard Cover,
illus: Marguerite L. & Willard C. Wheeler, Condition: Very Good, Beautifully illustrated each page facing text in black and white or color. Blue illustrated picture boards, very clean, tightly bound. Mild rubbing of edges and spine. Partial old bookstore lable to lower rear pastedown edge. In protective polyester wraps. 12 mo. Great old classic originally published in 1915.
(War, Of, The Wooden, Soldiers, Illustrated, Children's, Books, Vintage, Children's, Books, Marguerite, And Willard, Wheeler, M.L., And W.C., Wheeler, Illustrators, Toy, Soldiers) Cat No. 1872.
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30.00
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Artzibashef, Michael (Translated From Russian By Thomas Seltzer).
War, The Borzoi Plays
New York, Alfred A Knopf,
1916, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Good Plus, Signed by Translator A remarkable picture of how, in Russia particularly, war marks its impress on its victims. A play in four acts. Decorative orange and black boards, tan spine, upper spine end bumped. DJ blue and black decorations, in mylar; 5 x 1/4 inch tear near front flap edge. Chips to spine edges and ends, upper rear and lower rear edges. Text clean, mild toning, solidly bound. First Edition. Translator's inscription to e.p. dated October 1916. sm 8 vo, 73 pages
(Authors, Russian, Plays, Russian, Revolutions, Signed, Books, Russian, Translations, Michael, Artzibashef, Thomas, Seltzer's, Translations, First, Edition, Plays, Tzarist, Russia) Cat No. 1305.
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25.00
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