Books Group 2

Books – Group 2:

(Old, slightly rare, and/or signed)

52 Books

I have pictures of every single book; inside and outside the cover. Please ask for the link IF you are interested to a Dropbox folder of pictures.  The numbers to the left of each title refers to the number I created when taking pictures of all  255 books. The numbers will skip because some went into the other two categories.

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06 Little Women

Luisa May Alcott

Illustrated by Louis Jambor

Illustrated Junior Library

1947

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14 Women Are Wonderful A History In Cartoons Of A Hundred Years…..”

Edited By William Cole And Florett Robinson

1956 ($45-$49 online including Abe Books)

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17 and 18 The Viking Book Of Poetry Of The English Speaking World Volumes 1 and 2. Edited by Richard Aldington

1958

(similar selling online for $30)

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23 Brown

(The Last Discovery Of America)

Richard Rodriguez

First Edition Signed by author

2002

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26 The A Was Zapped

Chris Van Allsburg

Signed by author

*Was signed to my mother so I may take this if you are not interested*

1987

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28 Toulouse-Lautrec

F – Novotny

Illustrations Phaidon

1969

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29 The Kennedys Portrait Of A Family Richard Avedon

Smithsonian First Edition

*Unless I get a good price, this goes into collection of Kennedy books I am selling separately. *

2007

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30 Degas

(Full book on Degas bought during  exhibit Metropolitan Museum of Art October 11, 1988 – January 8, 1989. Still has accessories from that day in the book including postcards of Degas’ work and a map and description of the exhibit.)

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32 Lucky Me

Sachi Parker

(My Life With – And Without – My Mom, Shirley Maclean)

Signed by author

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48 The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

John Le Carre

First American Edition 1964 (similar selling online –  $50)

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54 Quentin Durward

Sir Walter Scott, Bart

Illustrated by C. Bosseron Chambers

Year – Better pics?

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55 The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam

Rendered into English by Edward Fitzgerald

Illustrations by Hamzeh And-Ullah Kar First and Last Versions

1938 ($40 used online)

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61 The Book Of Guys (Stories By Garrison Keillor)

Garrison Keillor

First edition 1993

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63 The Writing Life

Annie Dillard

Signed by author

1989

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64 Mary Poppins Comes Back

P. L. Travers

Illustrated by Mary Shepard

($63 at Abe’s and $2,500 signed at Burnside)

1935

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65 Dolly Madison

(Her Life And Times)

Katherine Anthony

First Edition 1949

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83 The Complete Poems Of William Shakespeare

Compiled by George Gesner

Year ?

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88 The Cunning Little Vixen

Rudolf Tesnohlidek

Pictures by Maurice Sendak

First Edition 1985

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89 Goops And How To Be Them

Gelett Burgess

1967

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90 Child Characters From Dickens

(Retold For Children By L. L. Weedon

Illustartions by Arthur A. Dixon

($20-$60 online)

Year ?

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96 Little Bear’s Visit

Else Holmelund Minarik

Pictures by Maurice Sendak

1961 (It doesn’t say but it is first edition)

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102 Over The River And Through The Wood

Lydia Maria Child

Pictures by Brinton Turkle 

(First Edition 1987)

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103 Kids Take The Stage

(Helping Young People Discover The Creative Outlet Of Theater)

Lenka Peterson

Forward by Paul Newman

Signed by Author 

*Was signed to my mother so I may take this if you are not interested*

(First Edition 1997)

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113 Thais

Anatole France

($25 – online rare books)

1932

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121 The Twelve Days Of Christmas (Correspondence)

John Julius Norwich

Illustrated by Quentin Blake

($50  – online rare books)

First U.S. Edition 1998

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122 The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam

Rendered into English by Edward Fitzgerald

Illustrations by Joseph Low

($40  – online rare books)

Year ? Looks like first edition.

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124 Mrs. Harris Goes To Parris

Paul Gallico

(It doesn’t say anything about publishing but looks like first edition)

($50  – online rare books)

1958

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125 The Short Stories Of Saki

H. H. Munro

($20 – $70 – online rare books)

1958

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138 The President Is A Lot Smarter Than You Think

(A Doonsbury Book by G. B. Trudeau

($50 – online rare books)

First Edition Paperback 1973

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140 Hector Protector And As I Went Over The Water

(Two Nursery Rhymes With Pictures)

Maurice Sendak

($25-$50 – online rare books)

1965

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142 The Tempest

William Shakespeare

Design by Daniel Haberman

Illustrations by Jack Wolfgang Beck

($15-$25 – online rare books)

1971

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143 John Martin’s Big Book For Little Folk No. 6

John Martin

($27-$60 – online rare books)

1922

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149 Famous Paintings

(An Introduction To Art)

($50 – online rare books)

Alice Elizabeth Chase

Not sure of year

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164 Das Haus Des Dichters Jean Cocteau

Photos con Franco Gianetti

Magazine style created it seems in Geneva.

Has ads from 1960 as well as art and more.

Collectors item.

1960

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166 The Three Incestuous Sisters

Audrey Niffenegger

Signed by author

2005

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167 One Special Summer

Written and illustrated by Jacqueline and Le Bouvier

Collectors item that I may take

*Unless I get a good price, this goes into collection of Kennedy books I am selling separately. *

First printing 1974

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180 Ferdinand And Isabella

William Hickling Prescott

Introduction by Christopher Morley

Illustrations by Lima De Freitas

Still has Heritage Club print about the book inside the cover.

($40 – $50 online rare books)

1967

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181 The Book Of Cowboys

Holling C. Holling

($30 – $50 online rare books)

1936

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190 Maxfield Parrish

Coy Ludwig

($25 – $50 online rare books)

First Print 1973

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191 The Chronicle Of The Cid

Translated from the Spanish by Robert Southby

Illustrations by Bene Ben Susan

Still has Heritage Club print about the book inside the cover.

($30 online rare books)

1958

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195 A Child’s Garden Of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by Tasha Tudor

($35 online rare books)

First printing 1981

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209 The Wonderful World Of Words (Memoranda And Speeches Of Bill Marsteller 1951-1972)

I will be taking this book as it is signed

from Bill Marsteller to my father. So, unless someone offers me something substantial, I’m keeping it.

First edition 1972

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214 Through The Looking Glass

(And What Alice Found There)

Lewis Carroll

Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel

($40 online rare books)

1977

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215 The Poppy Seed Cakes

Margery Clark

Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham

($30-$60 online rare books)

1929 (Also says 1924 in the book)

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222 The Silence In The Garden

William Trevor

($25-$30 online rare books)

First Canadian Edition 1988

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224 Emerson On Man And God

Peter Pauper Press

($10-$35 online rare books)

1961

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227 The Grand Central Oyster Bar And Restaurant Cookbook

(Recipes And Tales From A Classic American Restaurant)

Sandy Ingber with Roy Finamorec(I may take this one as I know the author and he and the other author and photographer all signed it for my mother)

2013

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228 One Potato Two Potato

Roy Finamore With Molly Stevens

(I may take this one as I know the author and he signed it for my mother)

2001

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250 The Dark Is Light Enough

Christopher Fry

Still has old publications writing about the book inside plus it has the original “Court Theatre” print out of the play with list of characters, the people who play them, and the staff.

Third printing 1955

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251 The Egoist

George Meredith

($20- $30 online rare books)

1947

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254 Just You

Elizabeth Gordon

Seems rare but I can’t find a price on this one.

First Edition 1915

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255 I Like Winter

Lois Lenski

($30 – $50 online rare books. Still has dust cover.)

First Edition 1950