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Book Concern, 1950. First Edition. hardcover. [Lonnrot, Elias] and Johnson, Aili Kolehmainen (prose translator) : Kalevala: a Prose Translation From the Finnish. Hancock (MI) : Book Concern, 1950. Later stamp to the title page, Book Concern copyright 1951. No additional printings identified. Illustrations by Elizabeth Halvary and L.W. Leskinen; cover art by Ruthmary Koegler. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board, stylized gilt autoharp and vegetation to front board. Light green topstain. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [1-8], 9-278, [2]. Translator's preface and acknowl; contents; Proem, then L chaps, epilogue, glossary, and notes. B&w illus throughout. Condition notes: A solid copy of a delightful prose edition of this classic work of Finnish folkore, with the following flaws: several small chips and tears to unclipped, mylar-sheathed dustjacket with some loss of surface integrity to rear next to and running… Read More

The Bobbs-Merrill Co, [192?-193?]. Baum, L. Frank : The New Wizard of Oz. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [192?-193?]. Fifth edition, second state (per Bibliographia Oziana). Size is octavo (8vo), 9.75"/24.8cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, black lettering to spine, black lettering and illustration to front board. Yellow topstain. Plain white endpapers. [i-x] prelim material, [1], 2-208; an additional 15 sheets contain full page illus to recto and lack pagination. Eight full page color illus and eight full page b&w illus, plus many b&w illus throughout added to text pages, all by W.W. Denslow. Condition notes: A worn, collectible pre-movie edition of the classic work, with the following flaws: spine cocked, spine ends rolled and corners bumped; general wear/staining/discoloration to the green boards. General soiling to edges. Binding loosening with fabric showing at verso front free endpaper. Former owner's name, neatly, in blue pen to head ffep. Interior generally tanned but unmarked, with… Read More

NESFA Press, 1982. First Edition. hardcover. Chandler, A. Bertram and Hoffman, Lee : Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry (A Chicon IV publication/dual edition). Cambridge (MA) : NESFA Press, 1982. First thus, for the collections; many stories printed previously. Crown octavo size (8mo), 7.25"/18.4cm h. Bound in publisher's dark blue/green cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj, artwork for both collections Kelly Freas. Pagination: "Up to the Sky" - [viii], 94 [1]; "in and Out" - [viii], 63, [2]. Seven stories included in "Up", nine in "In and Out". Chip Hitchcock intros to each volume separately. Condition notes: Spine slightly cocked. Excellent color retention to handsome binding. DJ near fine, sheathed in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.