In the icy North : Sir John Franklin, Fridtjof Nansen by Harbour, Henry

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Light water staining and moderate foxing to edges of pages. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Brown staining to edges of boards and along spine. Mild soiling and minor white marking to boards.

London: Iliffe & Son, 1977. First Edition. . Paperback. Poor. 8vo. n.d. wear to edges. Creasing and marks to cover. Tape to front cover. Rear cover missing. 230pp. Damp stained.

New York: Best Books Inc. / Thrilling Publication 1st Edition , 1953 ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. Cover creases, chip out of spine bottom, the usual small edge tears and creases, a VG copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Alex Ebel (front cover). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

NY: Best Books, 1954. Vol. 6, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Alex Ebel. Includes "The Dark World" (novel) by Henry Kuttner; "The Double Minds" (novelet) by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "Welcome, Stranger" by Monroe Schere; "The Rebels" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Mousehole" by Stuart Harbour; "Split Personality" by William Morrison. Features: "Cosmic Encores"; "Have You heard -?" by Dixon Wells. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Emsh, Joseph Connell, David Stone, and Peter Poulton. Creasing, edge nicks and standard wear and tear; rubbing; mild tanning.. SingleIssueMagazine. Very Good-.

Kokomo: Best Books, 1954. First Edition. . Paperback. Good. creases ink price cover

NY: Best Books, 1954. Vol. 6, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Alex Ebel. Includes "The Dark World" (novel) by Henry Kuttner; "The Double Minds" (novelet) by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "Welcome, Stranger" by Monroe Schere; "The Rebels" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Mousehole" by Stuart Harbour; "Split Personality" by William Morrison. Features: "Cosmic Encores"; "Have You heard -?" by Dixon Wells. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Emsh, Joseph Connell, David Stone, and Peter Poulton. Minor creasing, edge nicks and wear; a little basement smell.. SingleIssueMagazine. Very Good+ to Near Fine.

London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1922. No date; circa 1922. Rare material; out-of-print version featuring single color frontispiece. This later printing followed the 1904 Arthur Rackham illustrated edition. Measures 4 3/4" x 6 7/8". Brick red ruled boards w/blindstamped borders, black stamped spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub, discoloration. Front cover features blindstamped circular cameo of boy's diligent profile surrounded ruled borders. Frontispiece painting features boy shaking captain's hand: "He arrived in a much less exhausted condition than this friend". Leaves generally good, varying toning. Classical pictorial colored plate in orange, red and brown featuring emanating oil lamp and swirling paisely: "Prize Awarded to Harry Henshaw for Good Conduct and Attendence from Mrs. Carver, Xmas 1922". String-bind good, intact. Solid example of this classic volume. Chapter contents: "George Payne arrives at Montreal;… Read More

London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1922. Circa 1922 edition. Rare material; out-of-print version featuring single color frontispiece. This later printing followed the 1904 Arthur Rackham illustrated edition. Measures 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Red w/green and violet floral-like patterned cover and spine, black stamped cover and spine titles on green fields, some shelf wear, rub, discoloration. Brightly colored frontispiece painting features British expeditionary officer holding binoculars w/variety of soldiers in b.g.: "Outposts of Empire." Leaves generally good, varying toning. Aqua monochromatic endpapers of boy and girl gazing on scene of knight and dame on horse, native w/settler, and castle in hilly b.g. Light blue printed prize plate inside cover: "1922. st. Mark's Parish Sunday Schools. 1st Prize Presented to 'Willis Rose' For Good Attendance, 'Mr. C. J. Tyler,' Superintendant Mr. J. Shoemake, Secretary Rev. W. J. E. Jones, Vicar.… Read More

London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1914. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Arthur Rackham . A scarce edition of this novel by Henry Harbour, with a rare coloured frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, the famed book illustrator. Later edition. First published in 1904 under the same publisher. A scarce edition of this work with a rare alternative, vibrantly coloured frontispiece by the celebrated illustrator, Arthur Rackham. This edition also includes monochrome versions of the original illustrations from the first edition, with the original frontispiece now in the text. Illustrated with the rare colour frontispiece and title page with colour vignette of a flag and six monochrome plates by Rackham. Collated complete. This adventure novel was written by Henry Harbour and beautifully illustrated by the famed Arthur Rackham. Rackham was one of the leading book illustrators from his era and is best known for works such as 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' and 'Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm'.In the… Read More

London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1920. No date; circa 1920. Rare material; out-of-print version featuring single color frontispiece. This later printing followed the 1904 Arthur Rackham illustrated edition. Measures 4 3/4" x 6 7/8". Brick red ruled boards w/blindstamped borders, black stamped spine titles, moderate cover, corner wear. Front cover features blindstamped circular cameo of boy's diligent profile surrounded ruled borders. Classic antiquarian bookplate w/ornate borders and red stamp inside cover: "Wesleyen Methodist Sunday School, Prize Awarded to George Ingram, 100 Attendances during 1920". Frontispiece painting features boy shaking captain's hand: "He arrived in a much less exhausted condition than this friend". Pages near fine, moderate toning. String-bind good, intact. Near very good example of this classic volume. Chapter contents: "George Payne arrives at Montreal; Going A-Sugaring; At Teulon; Farming and… Read More