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Published by A.C. McClurg, Chicago, 1915
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint edition prepared for then fifteenth annual banquet of the American Booksellers' Association. Illustrated by Oliver Hereford. Contemporary owner name, front hinge cracked, else a very good copy.
Published by Clark Publishing Company,, Highland Park, IL, 1974
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D634-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 27, No. 5, Issue 290, May 1974 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Harold Plume and his Team of Spirit Doctors Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company ** ARTICLES AND STORIES (1) The Glory that Was Athens by L. Sprague de Camp (2) The Bloodstained Ghost: Witness for the Prosecution by J. R. Butler (3) Comet Kohoutek, Fizzle of the Century by J. Gordon Melton (4) Harold Plume and his Team of Spirit Doctors by Fay C. Oliver (5) The Past Recovered by Hereford Carrington (6) "Life Field," The Molds that Shape out World by Curtis Fuller (7) My Brothers Dreadful Predictions by Joseph H. Cook (8) The Brushy Creek UFO Scare by Jerome Clark; PRICE = $7; G/VG; A few stains on fc; writing on bc ** AUTHORS; L. Sprague de Camp; J. R. Butler; J. Gordon Melton; Fay C. Oliver; Hereford Carrington; Curtis Fuller; Joseph H. Cook; Jerome Clark; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by R H Russekk, New York, 1902
Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. Dozens of imaginary beasts and birds, each with a cheerful dutone illustration by Hereford and a poem by Wells. Bound in quarter cloth over boards. Edgeworn, boards rubbed, front hinge repaired.
Published by LOYOLA UNIVERSITY PRESS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1985
Seller: Aah Rare Chicago, Glenview, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. OLIVER HEREFORD (illustrator). 1st Edition. THIS IS AN INTERESTING AND USEFUL BOOK' AS A RESOURCE FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORIGIN, THE NAMES AND ANY CHANGES OF THE NAMES OF THE STREETS, AVENUES, ROADS AND BOULEVARDS IN CHICAGO. THE INGENIOUS PROPOSAL FOR AN ORIGINAL GRID PATTERN OF EIGHT BLOCKS TO A MILE WAS A VERY REMARKABLE EARLY CONCEPT BY THE MAP MAKER DAVID THOMPSON IN 1830. THE LOTS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH AS WELL AS EAST AND WEST SIDES OF STREETST HAVING EVEN OR ODD NUMBERS THAT ENABLE ONE TO EASILY ESTIMATE A LOCATION OR A DISTANCE BETWEEN ADDRESSES WITH THE CENTRAL LOCATION OF STATE AND MADISON STREETS DIVIDING NORTH, SOUTH. EAST AND WEST LOCATIONS AND ADDRESSES. MANY OF THE NAMES ARE THOSE PROVIDED BY THE ORIGINAL LAND SETTLERS, FAMOUS CHICAGOANS, THE LAND DEVELOPERS OR FEATURES OF THE AREA . THERE IS A FOREWARD BY JOHN CALLAWAY. OF INTEREST, THE AUTHORS ARE PUZZLED BY THE STREET NAME "'AGATITE" THAT IS NOT A WORD OR NAME IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Published by Charles Scribner's sons, 1898
Seller: Book Trader Cafe, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. SIGNED by author on dedication page; flat-signed. First Printing. Bared edges; heavy scuffing to cover; tanned spine & page edges; inner front hinge is bared & loose. gift inscription on front page; second (blank) page has the top corner torn off. Ships the same or next business day with Free Tracking! We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
Published by N.Y:John Lane. 1903. Hardcover., 1903
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
James, Henry 2nd edition. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Published by LeRoy Phillips, Boston, 1921
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
viii, 90 pp. Illustrated by Oliver Hereford (frontispiece in color). 12mo, publisher's red cloth lettered in black, in dust jacket with applied color illustration on front panel. Old bookplate; endsheets uniformly lightly tanned; otherwise fine in a jacket with a sunned spine and some very slight use.
Published by Ticknor and Company, Boston, 1888
Seller: Osee H. Brady, Books, Assonet, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hereford, Oliver (illustrator). First Edition. Black cloth spine with light green cloth. Black cover printing with red and gilt cover decoratiom. Bright gilt spine printing. 1888. Black and white drawings by Oliver Hereford. Uniform age tone to pages; else contents VG, clean and tight. Faintest of wear to cloth at tips bottom cover; else crisp cover. Light, faint bubble to black cloth in a few plces front cover. A VG copy. Read perhaps once. Further information upon request.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, 1903
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Oliver HEREFORD (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition. No DJ. Decorated binding; design not attributed but probably Oliver Hereford. Very minor wear; corners bumped; spine label lightly damaged; some age-related browning of the pages. Decorated endpapers, probably by Oliver HEREFORD. Unmarked pages. A farcical 'trial' of various contemporary authors and eminent men of letters. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Very Good+.
unbound. Condition: very good(+). American writer and illustrator often called "The American Oscar Wilde.".
Publication Date: 1892
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
unbound. Condition: very good(+). Adorable pen and ink fantasy illustration and accompanying poem, no date, circa 1892, 10.5 x 7.5 inches -- a drawing of a whale with a human head bearing the likeness of Oliver Hereford, transporting his friends on his back as if he were a ferry. Below the drawing Hereford wrote the following: "Oh how I wish I were a whale And lived upon the sea Then when my friends desired to sail I'd say take 'Take one on me!" In a postscript he added: "This poem was written with great care and esteem for E.M. Stedman by his Playmate Oliver Hereford." Very good(+) condition. American writer, artist, and illustrator often called "The American Oscar Wilde.".