Oxford University Press, October 1988. Trade Paperback. The English language contains a large number of eponymic words--words derived from the names of people because of their close association with the product, service, or concept. Eponymic words fall into three categories: those derived from mythological or fictitious names; those which describe..... More
Harper & Brothers Publishers, January 1960. Cloth. Tattered, torn dust jacket with large chip at top of spine & 2 large (three inch & two inch) tears at top of back panel & bottom of front panel. NOT price clipped with original price of $2.95 on front flap. Red &..... More
Villard, April 2006. Trade Paperback. "Some day I'm going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don't like it I don't care."-Scarlett O'Hara, from Gone with the Wind Ever since the publication of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 epic blockbuster, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett..... More
Chronicle Books, May 2010. Hardcover. Cycling is exploding in a good way. Urbanites everywhere, from ironic hipsters to earth-conscious commuters, are taking to the bike like aquatic mammals to water. BikeSnobNYC cycling's most prolific, well-known, hilarious, and anonymous blogger brings a fresh and humorous perspective to the most important vehicle..... More
A.L. Burt Company, 1929. Cloth. In edgeworn dustjacket with several tears. Darkened at margins. Some soiling. Toning. Azure blue cloth covered boards with black lettering and stamped black illustrations on spine and front panel. Mild tanninb to end pages. Yellow top tinting darkened by years on shelves. Fore-edge and bottom..... More
Self Published, 1966. Limited. Soft Cover. First edition. Limited/numbered. #105 of edition of 300. Quarto. Signed & inscribed by Henry Blossom. Cyan blue cloth affixed to card stock cover. Cover cloth is frayed at edges, but considering how this was constructed my guess is it was frayed from get go..... More
Kestrel Books/ Viking, January 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. {10' x 8 & 3/4'} Pictorial boards. Four beautiful pop-ups. 'A reproduction of the Antique Pop-up Book'. Originally published by Franz Bonn. More
David Fickling Books, October 2007. Trade Paperback. Two young boys encounter the best and worst of humanity during the Holocaust in this powerful read that USA Today called as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank." Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one..... More
BLACK SWAN, January 2007. Trade Paperback. A story of innocence existing within the most terrible evil, this is the fictional tale of two young boys caught up in events beyond their control. As is. One page has a closed tear. Does not effect text. More
Dell Publishing, January 1971. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. First Dell mass market edition. Creased spine. Heavy shelf wear. Foxing/tanning. Heavy foxing textblock edges. [216 pp.]. More
Alfred A. Knopf, January 1956. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in chipped, torn & creased with sun bleached spine. Foxing & damp stains, most visible on verso. Flap is not clipped. Rose red cloth with black lettering. Much of the red cloth is washed out and turned to a blush color..... More
Fall River Press, December 2014. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. The stunning women who have graced the cover of Playboy magazine have enticed millions from the fifties through to today. Now Hugh Hefner has chosen 200 of Playboy's most breathtaking, innovative covers for this lush retrospective, digitally reproduced and in colour..... More
Golden Books, July 1983. Hardcover. Folio. 9th printing. Pictorial boards. Originally published, 1956, Western Publishing Company. [24 pages]. More
Swan Sonnenschein & Co. / Gale Research Company, 1968. Reprint. Cloth. Dust stained chartreuse cloth covered boards with gold lettering in olive green rectangular title plate on spine. Dustjacket is missing. Bright, clean, olive green end pages. Mildly darkened top textblock edge. Small fingernail shaped dust stain textblock bottom edge..... More
Macmillan, January 1961. First Edition. Cloth. First US edition in dustjacket with sunned spine, worn edges and two inch tear top edge at front fold. Tanned verso. Front flap not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine and small tooled illustration of automobile steering wheel. Top edge..... More
Garland Publishing, March 1990. Hardcover. First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (7 & 1/4 inches x 10 & 1/4 inches) Quarto without dustjacket in pictorial boards. Black end pages. Clean, sound, tight binding. Without markings. (928 pages). More
Barnes & Noble. Hardcover. Solid binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy pictoral boards w/ immaculate gilt design at front, rear and spine; Pages free of markings; Mild moisture damage present at pages 133-136, text legibility unnaffected; Gilt at outer text block mildly faded at spots; A solid copy, not..... More
Donohue & Henneberry, January 1891. Cloth. Early printing, possibly a first edition variant. Burgundy cloth with black lettering with stamped black floral decorative illustration front panel and tooled black borderlines likewise on front panel. Gold lettering (that is starting to fade) on spine. Boards wearing at edges. Corners bruised. Cloth..... More
Konemann, January 1997. Cloth. Folio. {10 & 1/2' x 12 & 1/2'} In dustjacket with stressed edges and rough hewn one-inch tear top of rear panel. Red cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Clean, bright, with unmarked interiors. [338 pages]. More
Farrar, 1982, January 1982. Trade Paperback. More
Hippocrene Books, September 1986. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Previous owner book-plate present at front paste-down; Dust jacket near fine, mildly faded at spine; An excellent copy. More
Venice, October 1969. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Seeley, Service and Co ltd, January 1925. Hardcover. Mild slant to spine. Rubbing & shelf wear. Tanning to textblock edges. More
Prentice Hall, March 1998. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. More
1963. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition; Introduction by Henry Carr dated 1963; Binding is solid w/ mild wear at spine from use/age; Clean black boards w/ gilt lettering at spine, some mild edge-wear present; Mild foxing present at end-pages/paste-downs; Text is free of markings; A well-kept copy, verging on VG, fit for..... More
