Literature; Fiction from Cyberaisle

John Lane The Bodley Head, London, U.K. 1930 (only date mentioned). Black cloth over boards, gold stamped front and spine. Tape on spine and inside front and rear pastedowns to reinforce spine, not clear that it was needed. No DJ. Everything sound and square otherwise as far as I can see. Pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, bookplate to front ffep, no… Read more about this item

1927 Reprint. Brown cloth boards with gold illustration and lettering front and spine, spine and some edges sunned. Red stained top edge, deckled pages. Contents page uncut. Very nice copy, VG+/No DJ. 93 charming illustrations and decorations by John Austen. Notes at rear, 408 pp.

FINE First edition,( stated). Superb copy. Tiny stain lower edge, Flawless otherwise. No dust jacket. 435 pp.

Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Viking Press designation of First Edition with the words "First Published in" and the year of publication (1961). Blue (turquoise) boards, Viking logo embossed on front board, rear board plain, top edge stained light blue. First state DJ with 3 blurbs by Bellow, Weeks and Gannett on rear wrap. No price on DJ. Rear hinge… Read more about this item

Nice paperback copy, name and date neatly penned first blank page, otherwise unmarked with minor edgewear, one corner crimped. Small area rear wrap scuffed. Translation by Sir Richard Burton of the original 1893 edition. A collection of Neapolitan tales dating back to the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -a sort of Italian Arabian Nights. VG+. 455 pp.

Solid copy, little bit of rubbing at corners/spine tips. Lightly tanned pages. Binding secure but you can see some webbing for front board. No jacket. Decorated endpapers/illustrations by Ava Lisbeth Morgan. Good+. See picture of this book. 401 pp.

1972. Soft cover. First edition, 1 of 1000 softcover copies. Very Good+. Purple mark lower edge, very light soiling to wraps, text clean. Previous owner name penned inside front wrap. Collage on front cover by the author, author photo last page. Prompt shipping with tracking, careful, secure packaging. 122 pp.

Grove Press. Hardcover. FINE/VG+. 1st edition, 2nd printing so stated. White pages, tight and straight. Unclipped Brodart covered DJ has a 3/4" area with an abrasion upper front at spine otherwise minimal wear. Fast shipping with tracking, careful, secure packaging. 63 pp.