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Armand Baltazar, Baltazar, Armand, One of 20 copies with an original drawing signed by the artist tipped-in, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Katherine Tegen Books, New York, 2017, 1st, 8.5 inches, 5.75 inches, 624 pages, over 150 full-page color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

One of 20 first printing copies with a Timeless bookplate signed by the artist AND an original drawing of Captain Balsamic on a separate 5x8 inch card....

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H. P. Lovecraft, François Baranger, Lovecraft, H. P., Baranger, François, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Design Studio Press, Eagle Rock, CA, 2020, 9781624650086, 14.25 inches, 10.75 inches, 64 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

An oversize illustrated book version of H.P. Lovecraft's novel of cosmic horror, At the Mountains of Madness. From the publisher: Arkham, 1933....

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H. P. Lovecraft, François Baranger, Lovecraft, H. P., Baranger, François, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Design Studio Press, Eagle Rock, CA, 20, 9781624650512, 14.25 inches, 10.75 inches, 64 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

An oversize illustrated book version of H.P. Lovecraft's novel of cosmic horror, At the Mountains of Madness. From the publisher: Return to the final...


The Call of Cthulhu
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H. P. Lovecraft, François Baranger, Lovecraft, H. P., Baranger, François, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket (small dent to the back of dustjacket in manufacturing), Eagle Rock, CA, Design Studio Press, 2019, 1st, 978-1-62465-044-4, 14.25 inches, 10.75 inches, 64 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Who can resist The Call of Cthulhu? An oversize illustrated book version of H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of cosmic horror.   From the...

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Ralph Barton, #101 of 2050 copies published for subscribers only and SIGNED by the publishers Boni & Liveright, VG (papered corners worn through to boards, two small tears to spine cloth), internally VG+, Balzac, Honore, Barton, Ralph, Boni & Liveright, 1928, 1st, cloth spine, textured decorative paper over boards

Lovely bawdy illustrations by the famed caricaturist. Complete in two volumes. #101 of 2050 copies published for subscribers only and signed by the...

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Hannes Bok, Bok, Hannes, Very Fine, Shasta Publishers, Los Angeles, 1951, 1st, 8.2 inches, 20.25 inches, color, English

A pristine unfolded dustjacket from the archive of Shasta Publishers. A beautiful example of mid-century design and printing. A first printing dustjacket...

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Hannes Bok, Bok, Hannes, Very Fine, Shasta Publishers, Los Angeles, 1950, 1st, 7.8 inches, 20 inches, color, English

A pristine unfolded dustjacket from the archive of Shasta Publishers. A beautiful example of mid-century design and printing. A first printing dustjacket...

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Neil Gaiman, Eddie Campbell, Gaiman, Neil, Campbell, Eddie, Signed by the artist, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, New York, HarperCollins, 2014, 1st, 9780062282149, 8 inches, 8 inches, 80 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Signed by the artist Eddie Campbell. Out of print. From the publisher: Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-color...

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Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Stark, Richard, Cooke, Darwyn, Limited to 500 copies, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2009, 1st, 9.5 inches, 6.5 inches, 144 pages, color, hardcover, cloth, English

The dustjacket proclaims "Richard Stark's Parker / Book One The Hunter / 2009 San Diego Edition / This limited deluxe edition features a unique dustjacket...

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Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke, Stark, Richard, Cooke, Darwyn, Limited to 175 copies, this is part of the overrun, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket surface is lightly rubbed), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2012, 1st, 9.25 inches, 6.25 inches, 144 pages, color, hardcover, leather, English

The dustjacket proclaims "Richard Stark's Parker / Book Three The Score / 2012 San Diego Comic-Con Edition / This limited-edition printing of IDW...

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John Carter of Mars
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Reed Crandall, Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Crandall, Reed, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (very slight wear to the blue ink of the dustjacket), Canaveral Press, New York, 1964, 1st, 8.25 inches, 5.5 inches, 208 pages, 8 full-page black & white illustrations and a double-page endpaper illustration, hardcover, cloth, English

Contains Giant of Mars and Skeleton Men of Jupiter. The two novelettes appeared in pulp magazines, but this edition was their first hardcover publication....

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Andrew Vachss, Geof Darrow, Gary Gianni, Scott Gustafson, Vachss, Andrew, Darrow, Gary Gianni, Scott Gustafson, Geof, Near Fine (light wear, very flat, tight, clean), Milwaukie, Dark Horse, 2012, 1st, 978-1-61655-056-1, 9.25 inches, 6.5 inches, 96 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

Out of print. From the publisher: Best selling author Andrew Vachss teams with award-winning artist Geof Darrow to revive the spirit and format of...

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Signed by the artist with a drawing, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light rubbing to the acetate dustjacket), Elizabeth Ito, Kevin Dart, Ito, Elizabeth, Dart, Kevin, Fleet Street Scandal, 2011, 1st, 9 inches, 12 inches, 72 pages, color, Softcover, French wraps, English

Signed by the artist with a great drawing! This is the out-of-print Yuki 7 illustrated novelette featuring beautiful artwork on every page by Kevin...

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Ricardo Delgado, Delgado, Ricardo, One of the numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, San Diego, Clover Press, 2021, 1st, 9781951038229, 10 inches, 8 inches, 538 pages, 41 color and 15 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, leather, English

This edition has a deluxe cover bound in red cloth, a tipped-in color illustrated signed & numbered plate, and an extra tri-fold in the back of book...

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Far Lands Other Days
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George Evans, First printing of 2000 copies, Fine/Near Fine, Price, E. Hoffman, Evans, George, Carcosa, 1975, 1st, cloth

31 of E. Hoffman Price's best fantasy and adventure tales. Color dustjacket painting and 31 pen and ink or pencil drawings by EC Comics legend George Evans....

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Ultimate Iron Man II
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Orson Scott Card, Pasqual Ferry, Scott Card, Orson, Ferry, Pasqual, Very Fine/Very Fine, New York, Marvel, 2008, 1st, 9780785129950, 10.5 inches, 7 inches, 128 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: The untold origin of Iron Man continues! When last we saw him, young Tony Stark was nearly blown to bits. How much of him survived...

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Poul Anderson, Frank Frazetta, Anderson, Poul, Frazetta, Frank, Signed by the author with a drawing, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear to top edge of dustjacket), Nelson Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1971, Science Fiction Book Club edition, 8.5 inches, 5.75 inches, 183 pages, Hardcover, leatherette, English

A unique copy: Poul Anderson has inscribed the flyleaf: "To Jerry Edwards - Cheers, Poul Anderson." And laid in is a paper napkin on each side of...

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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank Frazetta, Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Frazetta, Frank, Near Fine (mild toning to the edges, light bump to the upper tips of the pages, one light vertical crease along the spine, one staple slightly offset, very flat, tight, clean), House of Greystoke, Kansas City, MO, 1976, 1st thus, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 44 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

This spunky Frank Frazetta illustration was commissioned especially by the publisher House of Greystoke to accompany their Authorized First Edition of The...

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Rick Geary, Geary, Rick, Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, New York, NBM, 2001, 1st, 9781561632749, 9.25 inches, 6.375 inches, 80 pages, black & white, Hardcover, boards, English

This copy includes two black-and-white postcards, one reproducing the cover art and one with a map of 1841 New York. Out of print. From the...

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Robert E. Howard, Gary Gianni, Howard, Robert E, Gianni, Gary, #792 of 850 deluxe copies with an extra color illustrated limitation plate signed by the artist, Very Fine/Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase, Wandering Star, London, 2001, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, xv, 288 + 46 of notes, 10 color plates, over 40 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

The complete Bran Mak Morn with a restored and authoritative text. Includes a CD with a dramatized reading of The Worms of the Earth. After universal...

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Robert E. Howard, Gary Gianni, Howard, Robert E., Gianni, Gary, #310 of 1050 copies signed by the artist, Fine in Fine dustjacket in Near Fine slipcase (very slight dust and soiling along the cloth seam of the slipcase), Wandering Star, London, 1998, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, vi, 390 + 26 of notes pages, 4 color plates, over 200 black & white text illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English


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Robert E Howard, Gary Gianni, Howard, Robert E, Gianni, Gary, #68 of 100 copies of the Publishers Edition signed by the artist, Very Fine/Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase in custom cardboard box, Wandering Star, London, 1998, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, vi, 390 + 26 of notes pages, 5 color plates, over 200 black & white text illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

"This is a signed numbered copy of 100 publishers edition. It varies from the limited edition by virtue of an additional plate within the book and...

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Phoebe Gloeckner, Gloeckner, Phoebe, Fine, Berkeley, Frog Ltd, 2002, 2nd, 9781583940631, 9 inches, 6.5 inches, 303 pages, Over 100 black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

From the publisher: In this unusual novel, artist and writer Phoebe Gloeckner presents a pivotal year in a girl's life, recounted in diary pages and...

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John Held, and Jr
The Flesh is Weak
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John Held, Jr, Held, Jr, John, Near Fine (light wear, sharp corners, clean), The Vanguard Press, New York, 1931, 1st, 7.6 inches, 5.4 inches, viii, 244 pages, 28 full-page illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

The Flesh Is Weak (1931) is a collection of short stories written and illustrated by John Held, Jr. Beautifully written, melancholy and elegiac; at his...

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Snicket, Lemony, Helquist, Brett, Remainder mark otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, HarperCollins, New York, 1999, 7th, 7.25 inches, 5.25 inches, 167 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The first book in the best-selling children's series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" which was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004 as well as a Netflix...

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Snicket, Lemony, Helquist, Brett, Inscribed "To Stuart with all due respect" and dated "11 V 2001" by the author and stamped with his custom blindstamp on the dedication page, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, HarperCollins, New York, 1999, 1st, 7.25 inches, 5.25 inches, 196 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The second book in the wonderfully arch, bestselling children's series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" which was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004 as...

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Snicket, Lemony, Helquist, Brett, Inscribed "To Stuart with all due respect" and dated "11 V 2001" by the author and stamped with his custom blindstamp on the dedication page, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, HarperCollins, New York, 2000, 1st, 7.25 inches, 5.25 inches, 218 pages, black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The third book in the wonderfully arch bestselling children's series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" which was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004 as...

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Snicket, Lemony, Helquist, Brett, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, HarperCollins, New York, 2003, 1st, 7.25 inches, 5.25 inches, black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The tenth book in the wonderfully arch best-selling children's series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" which was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004 as...

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Snicket, Lemony, Helquist, Brett, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, HarperCollins, New York, 2004, 1st, 7.25 inches, 5.25 inches, black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The eleventh book in the wonderfully arch best-selling children's series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" which was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004...

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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Snicket, Lemony, Helquist, Brett, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, HarperCollins, New York, 2005, 1st, 7.25 inches, 5.25 inches, black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The twelfth book in the wonderfully arch best-selling children's series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" which was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004...

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Neil Gaiman, Brett Helquist, Gaiman, Neil, Helquist, Brett, Signed by the author, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, New York, HarperCollins, 2009, 1st, 9780061671739, 7.75 inches, 5.25 inches, 128 pages, black & white illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth with an onlaid color plate, English

A first edition/printing signed by Gaiman on the title page. From the publisher: The thrilling, wintry Nordic tale by Neil Gaiman, who weaves a...

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Brett Helquist, "SIGNED" with a blindstamp & dated 5/11/01 by Snicket/Daniel Handler, VF, Snicket, Lemony, Helquist, Brett, HarperCollins, 1999, 1st, wraps

Signed by the author. The free excerpt distributed to booksellers in the initial counter display for the best-selling children's series "A Series of...

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The Thief of Always
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Clive Barker, Kris Oprisko, Gabriel Hernandez, Barker, Kris Oprisko, Clive, Hernandez, Gabriel, Very Fine, San Diego, IDW Publishing, 2005, 1st, 978-1600107139, 10.25 inches, 6.75 inches, 144 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

From the back cover: Master of horror Clive Barker's Thief of Always is a fable appealing to horror and fantasy fans young and old. Now IDW brings you...

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Mel Hunter, Hunter, Mel, Very Fine, Shasta Publishers, Los Angeles, 1953, 1st, 8 inches, 20 inches, color, English

A pristine unfolded dustjacket from the archive of Shasta Publishers. A beautiful example of mid-century design and printing. A first printing dustjacket...

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Jeffrey Jones, Signed by the artist, Fine/Fine, Wagner, Karl Edward, Jones, Jeffrey, Donald M. Grant, 1985, 1st, 937986720, cloth

Jones contributes five paintings for this collection of the five best Kane stories. This volume includes: Reflections for the Winter of My Soul, The...


Katherine Kurtz, Michael Kaluta, Kurtz, Katherine, Kaluta, Michael, Fine/Near Fine (dustjacket slightly yellowed), Walker, New York, 1986, 1st, 9.25 inches, 6.5 inches, 235 pages, color cover painting and 9 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Kaluta provides a paintings and nine pen & ink illustrations for this original space fantasy novel.

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Robert E. Howard, Michael Kaluta, Howard, Robert E., Kaluta, Michael, Fine/Near Fine (topedge of dustjacket slightly chipped), Fax Collector's Edition, Linn, OR, 1974, 1st, 9.75 inches, 6.25 inches, xiv, 194 pages, color cover painting, 3 color plates, 8 full-page black & white illustrations, numerous decorations, and color illustrated endpapers, hardcover, pictorial cloth, English

Kaluta provides five paintings and numerous pen & ink illustrations for this Robert E. Howard collection of three Francis Xavier Gordon ("El Borak")...


Love Affair
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Bernard Krigstein, Fine/NF (top of the dustjacket spine worn), Carson, Robert, Krigstein, Bernard, Holt, 1958, 1st, cloth spine

An impressionistic watercolor painting by Krigstein is the dustjacket illustration.

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Iole - 1905 First Edition
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Robert W. Chambers, J.C. Leyendecker, Karl Anderson, Arthur C. Becker, Chambers, Robert W., Leyendecker, Karl Anderson, Arthur C. Becker, J.C., Very Good+ (mild wear to the edges, slight spine slant, previous owner's name written in the corner of the first page), D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1905, 1st, 7.75 inches, 5.25 inches, 142 pages, four full-page color plates, and over 100 decorative black & white illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth with an onlaid color plate, English

Contains four color plates: two full-page color illustrations by J.C. Leyendecker, and another two by Karl Anderson. Over 100 black & white...

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Above the Timberline
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Gregory Manchess, Manchess, Gregory, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Saga Press, New York, 2017, 1st, 9.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 240 pages, over 120 full-page color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

From the publisher: From renowned artist Gregory Manchess comes a lavishly painted novel about the son of a famed polar explorer searching for his...

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Robert E. Howard, Gregory Manchess, Howard, Robert E., Manchess, Gregory, One of 50 numbered Publisher's Proof copies signed by the artist, numbered P11/50, P16/50, or P17/50., Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Very Fine slipcase, Book Palace, London, 2010, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, 416 pages, 13 color and 52 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Limited to 50 signed & numbered Publisher's Proof copies worldwide in an embossed slipcase, this copy is accompanied by an exclusive PORTFOLIO of 14...

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Turning Point
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Don Martin, NF (rubber stamp on first page), Lacampagne, Robert J., Martin, Don, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970, wraps, English

In this school anthology, Don Martin illustrates a fable "The Blind Man and the Tortoise" with 11 full-page drawings.

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A Sort Of Saga
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Near Fine/Near Fine (slightly aged, dust jacket very slightly chipped). A very attractive copy, Bill Mauldin, Mauldin, Bill, Wm Sloane, 1949, 1st, 301 pages, over 90 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, English

A memoir of Bill Mauldin's unorthodox boyhood. Very Eisner-esque illustrations throughout. "It seems that once upon a time - in fact, many times...

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Mefisto in Onyx
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Harlan Ellison, Frank Miller, Ellison, Harlan, Miller, Frank, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (black dustjacket rubbed), Shingletown, CA, Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1994, 1st, 0929480317, 6.25 inches, 8 inches, 92 pages, Hardcover, cloth, English

This novella by Harlan Ellison features a wraparound dustjacket illustration and a foreword by Frank Miller. From the dustjacket: Relentlessly...

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Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
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Very Fine, Barry Moser, Twain, Mark, Moser, Barry, University of California Press, 1985, 11 inches, 13 inches, black & white, Hardcover, cloth

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Slightly Sour Grapes
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Evelyne Love Cooper, Russell Patterson, Gilbert Bundy, Abner Dean, Cooper, Evelyne Love, Patterson, Gilbert Bundy, Abner Dean, Russell, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, James Collins, New York, 1934, 1st, 7.5 inches, 5.25 inches, 64 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, hardcover, boards, English

From the pages of Judge, Life, Ballyhoo, and University, light verse about urban sophisticates. With 15 illustrations by Patterson, 4 by Gilvert Bundy, 3 by...

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A Dragon on the Hill Road
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Richard Huemer, Walt Peregoy, Huemer, Richard, Peregoy, Walt, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Valley Village Press, North Hollywood, 1958, 1st, 8.75 inches, 6.25 inches, 80 pages, 8 full-page and 2 smaller black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Written and illustrated in 1958 by two veteran Disney animation artists, a narrative poem in which Lancelot, by the magic of Merlin's horn Oliphant, is...

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The Edge Chronicles Vol. 2: Stormchaser
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Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, Stewart, Paul, Riddell, Chris, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Oxford, David Fickling Books, 2004, 1st American, 9780385750707, 8 inches, 5.25 inches, 346 pages, over 150 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This fantasy novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, first published in 1999, is the second volume of The Edge Chronicles, a dramatic and exuberant fantasy...

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