Sold by Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 3 May 2018
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Octavos, with original dust jackets. Mostly in very good condition with occasional chipping to jackets, some volumes with wear to covers along edges, a couple volumes with foxing; "The Lost World" with owner name inked to front flap of jacket, "The Looking Glass Of Stories" missing front flap of jacket, "Men and Gods" with stamp to front endpaper, "The Wizard of Oz & Land of Oz" with bookplate to front endpaper, "The Comic Looking Glass" with gift inscription to front endpaper, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" with significant staining to text block edges. A complete set of first editions of "The Looking Glass Library" a series of newly illustrated editions of mainly 19th century English books published between 1959 and 1961. The books were produced by Epstein & Carroll Associates, a collaboration between Jason Epstein, Clelia Carroll, and Edward Gorey. Includes the following titles (Source: Loyola University Chicago Special Collections); 1. Nesbit, E. Five Children and It. N.D. Illustrations by J.S. Goodall. 2. Lang, Andrew. Ed. The Blue Fairy Book. c1959. Illustrations by Reisie Lonette. 3. Macdonald, George. The Princess and the Goblin. N.D. Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. 4. Warner, Rex. Men and Gods. c1959 and [196?]. Two versions. Illustrations by Edward Gorey. 5. Seton, Ernest Thompson. Wild Animals I Have Known, N.D. Illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton. 6. Hale, Lucretia.P. The Peterkin Papers. N.D. Illustrations by Lucretia P. Hale. 7. Lear, Edward. A Book of Nonsense. N.D. Illustrations by Edward Lear. 8. Smith, Janet.Adam. The Looking Glass Book of Verse. c1959. Illustrations by Consuelo Joerns. 9. Gorey, Edward. Editor. The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories. c1959. Illustrations by Edward Gorey. 10. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Lost World. c1959. Illustrations by Gil Walker. 11. Nesbit, E. The Phoenix and the Carpet. N.D. Illustrations by J.S. Goodall. 12. MacDonald, George. The Princess and Curdie. N.D. Illustrations by Helen Stratton 13. Lang, Andrew. Ed. The Red Fairy Book. c.1960. Reisie Lonette. 14. Leavitt, Hart .Day. Ed. The Looking Glass Book of Stories. c1960. Cover by Edward Gorey (?). 15. Pyle, Howard. Otto of the Silver Hand. N.D. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. 16. Baum, L.Frank. The Wizard of Oz & The land of Oz. c1960. Illustrations by Rita Fava. 17. Yonge, Charlotte .M. Countess Kate. N.D. Illustrations by Gwen Raverat 18. Nesbit, E The Story of the Amulet. N.D. Illustrations by J.S. Goodall. 19. Williamson, Henry. Tarka the Otter. c1960. Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe. 20. Lang, Andrew. Ed. The Green Fairy Book, c1960. Illustrations by Reisie Lonette. 21. Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds. c1960. Cover and illustrations by Edward Gorey. 22. Stockton, Frank.R. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts. c1960. Illustrations by Bernard Krigstein 23. Hughes, Richard. The Spider's Palace. c1960. Illustrations by George Charlton. 24. Nesbit, E. The Book of Dragon. N.D. Illustrations by H.R. Miller. 25. Hope, Anthony. The Prisoner of Zenda, c1960. Illustrations by Leonard Rosoman. 26. Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. c1961. Illustrations by Gil Walker. 27. Mrs. Molesworth. The Tapestry Room. N.D. Illustrations by Walter Crane. 28. Leavitt, Hart.Day Leavitt. The Comic Looking Glass. 1961. Cover and illustrations by Edward Gorey.
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