The Perfect Present
New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Fine. As new. A lovely copy in all respects. The book is just a bit too large for the scanner.
New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Fine. As new. A lovely copy in all respects. The book is just a bit too large for the scanner.
New York: Hearst Books, 1994. FIRST. F / F. As new. Illustrated by Glenn Wolff. The history, mysteryand beauty of the Christmas Star.
Mathews, VA: The Moss Portfolio, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Signed by both the author and by P. Buckley Moss, the painter. The book is too large for my scanner. It is a fine copy in all respects.
London: Blackie and Sons, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Good. A very nice copy. The green cloth cover is still bright and the illustration remains vivid. This copy lacks the frontispiece which is called for. Three battle plans are present. Newbolt, 80.1.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A clean and solid copy.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. The author's second book and the first Barlett title.
London: Bloomsbury, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page.
Garden City, 1931. VG / M. A very nice copy with illustrated paste down cover art. Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover. Illustrated cover, endpapers, title pages and four full color plates. A very nice copy.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Green boards with endpapers illustred in red. #28 in the series. The last title listed on the flap of this copy is At Mystery Mansion. Pages browned throughout. Orange illustrated endpapers.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. An early edition. The last title listed on the front flap as well as the rear ads is "Meadow Brook." There is a crease the length of the jacket's spine. Still, a nice copy in a complete jacket. Jacket art mirrors the paste-down art on the front board.....
New York: William Morrow, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy in a price-clipped jacket. The cover art is wrap-around. There is a Morrow advertising sticker on the front panel which wraps around the spine and ends up on the rear panel. This is original. A Shaker village in the mid-19th.....
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1875. FIRST. Paperback. Nea Fine. Six full page color chromolithograph illustrations with gold backgrounds. Color illustrated cover. Wrappers. Contains Hush-A-Bye Baby, Little Charley, Pussy and Me, Blow Wind Blow, Frank and Carlo, and The Little Lambs. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy.
New York: Random House, 1961. F / VG. A clean and solid copy. The jacket shows some minor rubbing to the edges, else fine.
Akron: Saalfield, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. A very lovely bright copy. The front panel is particularly bright and clear. The yellow on the spine is very bright but the crimson lettering is faded by half. Still, a very nice copy.
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A book for pre-teens. A story of pirates and rebellion in Haiti. Lovely cover art by Norman Gunther Rudolph.
London: Viking, 2001. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author at the half-title.
London: Puffin Books, 2002. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread.
London: Macmillan & Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 4to. 40 tipped in color plates by Warwick Goble. Bound in full blue polished calf by Bayntun of Bath. Double gilt rule around perimeter of covers. Spine decorated in gilt. Re-backed, with old spine laid down. Red leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Edges and inner dentelles gilt. Marbled.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1943. FIRST. NF / NF. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by Marie A. Lawson.
New York: The Viking Press, 2001. FIRST. F / F. A fine copy of this Christmas Story.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. VG / VG. The jacket has two chips at the bottom edge of the cover. It has also been internally repaired on the spine. Still a nice copy. The last title listed on the front flap of the jacket is The Clue of the Tapping Heels. The last title listed on the copyright page.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. F / NF. No date, circa 1950. Copyright 1937. Last title on jacket flap, The Clue of the Black Keys. Black silhouette of Nancy with magnifying glass. Blue cloth with Nancy in black on boards. Lettering in black. No ads in rear. Very small tape residue marks to the extreme edge of the jacket.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. F / F.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. F / F.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. F / VG. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. 1937-A. The last title listed on the front flap is The Mystery of the Ivory Charm. The last title listed on the copyright page is The Passage to Larkspur Lane.