Language: English
Published by Heriatge Press, NY, 1942
Seller: Hellertown Books, Hellertown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lynd Ward Illustrations (illustrator). In clipcase.
Language: English
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1932
Seller: Lost Time Books, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. #769 of 1500 signed by the illustrator. Two volumes lacking slipcase. 8vo in cloth. Very light wear. Light foxing to edges and endpapers. Bookplate on front pastedowns. The texts are clean with no writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
Language: English
Published by The Literary Guild, New York, 1930
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Viii, 308 Pp. Green Cloth, Spine Lettered In Brown, Paste-On Cover Illustration. Early May 1930 Reprint By Literary Guild Soon After 1930 First Printing By Farrar & Rinehart. With May 1930 "Wings" Promoting This Literary Guild Printing. Very Good Plus, Sight Usage, No Marks. Dust Jacket With Some Wear And Small Losses And A Few Short Tears At Edges.
Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Good. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). Second Printing. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good/Good. 1965. Second Printing. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 95pp, Dust jacket has wear to edges and corners; now in protective cover. Cloth cover has very slight discoloration on front and back; otherwise in great condition. Pages clean and unmarked. .
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Ward, Lynd (illustrator). In cream cloth with slight browning to spine. Slipcase has split along edge. Owner name.
Published by Easton Press, 1979
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Fine copy, bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. All edges gilt, pages clean. Bookplate of former owner affixed in prelims.
Published by Heritage Press, 1965
Seller: Budget Books, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. No slipcase. Ships from California.
Published by The Heritage Press, 1932
Seller: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Type: Hardback Heritage Press, 1932. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No jacket or slipcase. Introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Illustrations in photogravure by Lynd Ward. Red and brown decorative cloth binding with title panel on spine, gilt titles within. Very clean and unmarked with slight wear to spine heel. Sewn binding is tight, solid and square. Pages toned, completely clean and free from any markings. A handsme volume. Historical novel originally published in 1861, set in the 1400s. Charles Reade was considered to be the natural successor of Charles Dickens. Today he is known primarily for "The Cloister and the Hearth" and "Griffith Gaunt". The "Cloister and the Hearth' is an historical novel with the action taking place on the Continent in the late 15th century. Reade introduces various historical characters into the narrative--Froissart, Gringoire, Deschamps, Luther, Villon, and, as a child, Erasmus.The story centers around the tragically thwarted love of Erasmus' parents. 745 pages. 9.5" x 6.25" x 1.8". 1932, The Heritage Press, New York.
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. two color illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: Viking Press. G/G. 1947. . Cloth w/DJ. Sm 4to., 134 pp. pp., Dj edges rubbed, frayed, price-clipped, toning stain on pgs 34/35 .
Illustrations by Lynd Ward (illustrator). Reprint. Includes "Sandglass". With an Introduction by Howard Fast. Fine in near fine publisher's slipcase. Red marbled cloth with blue title label.
Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1966
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrations By Lynd Ward (illustrator). Clean and tight and square with sharp corners. Appears unread although there is a very light crease along the spine. No dust jacket. Gibraltar Library Binding. 18th printing. Very little shelfear. Nice bright colors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical Fiction.
Fine binding. Near Fine condition.
Published by New York: The Heritage Press, 1938
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Two large, thick octavo volumes bound in cloth and pictorial paper-covered boards in publisher-issued slipcases. B&W illustrations. Condition: spine cloth of vol. I sun-faded and a bit soiled; slight insect damage to edge of spine cloth of vol. II; else very good in rubbed slipcases.
Publication Date: 1930
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. NY . 1930 first edition. Literary Guild. vol 4 no. 5. 12mo wraps. Fine. 22p. Cover and several text illus by Ward with several articles about him. Fine. no wear. no owner marks.
Published by New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1930
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. B&W illustrations. Condition: DJ nicked with small tear & slight fading; volume is very slightly cocked; else very good in very good DJ. Pages: vii, 203.
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Son. G/G. 1937. . Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 202 pp., Dj rubbed, worn , frayed, yellowed, cover edges faded, minor foxing .
Published by Limited Editions Club, Lunenberg, VT, 1975
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Limited edition. 1/2000. Quarto. (xxix), 268 pp., [1]. Brown cardboard slipcase, tan label with olive colored lettering mounted on spine. Original glassine wrapper. Decorative cloth binding in, brown label with gilt lettering mounted on spine. Color illustrated frontispiece. This limited editions #1755 of 2000 is signed by artist Lynd Ward at the colophon. All illustrations throughout in black and purple. Slipcase with a few light stains to covers. Glassine wrapper with chipping to extremities, torn in a few places. Slipcase in very good, glassing wrapper in good+, binding and interior in very good+ to near fine condition overall.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1933
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lynd Ward (illustrator). 1st Edition. Mild foxing/toning to endpapers. Dust jacket has several chips around edges and is a bit dirty and worn; darkened spine. Green boards mildly worn with rubbing to corners.
Language: English
Published by Morrow, New York, 1947
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Lynd Ward, color lithograph mounted on the front cover and twenty illustrations in the text (10 in color) (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth-covered boards with shelfwear on the top edge and a fair dust jacket with chips on the spine and a clean separation along the front hinge. This is a review copy with the publisher's slip laid in with a letter from the publisher addressed to Mrs. Miller and signed by Elizabeth B. Hamilton from Morrow and a glossy photograph of one of Ward's lithographs. The book is stamped "Horn Book" twice on the front endpaper, no doubt indicating the publication that received the letter and review copy.
Published by Heritage Press, New York
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[1965]. (4to in slipcase) Very good plus. Issued without dust jacket. 302pp. In a good to very good slipcase. Frontispiece, plates. The slipcase is edgeworn. Illustrations by Lynd Ward. (Fiction).
Published by Literary Guild of America, New York
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
1930. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 304pp. Pale green cloth with sepia pastedown illustration on front and back cover. Frontispiece, woodcut illustrations, illustrated cloth cover, index. The top corner of the back cover is bumped, and also its fore-edge has been dampstained, previous owner's name. Illustrations by Lynd Ward. Locale: Ceylon; Martinique; New Hebrides; Siam; Tahiti. (Travel).
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut. Collector's Edition., 1979
Seller: The Bookstall, Richmond, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Full dark grey leather with elaborate embossed gold decorations to cover and spine, all edges gold, 269 pages, silk end papers, 8 3/4 X 11 1/2 inches. This is the deluxe, "collector's editon." Fine. with bookmark. Illustrations throughout by Lynd Ward, color portrait frontispiece.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 1979
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: no d.j. as Issued. illustrations by Lynd Ward (illustrator). 269 pages, bound in brown leather, gilt covers and spine,5 raised bands, moire end papers, silk page marker, all edges gilt, introduction by Howard Fast," Collector's edition bound in genuine leather" a bright, clean, tight copy = a beautiful book! Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.
Published by Random House, New York, 1940
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrations by Lynd Ward (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Green cloth with stamped gilt titles and a paste-on front decoration; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear and some sun-fading to the bottom edge; top edge stained dark brown. Dust jacket with the price of $2.50 has evenly age-toned with minimal shelf handling, now in a protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo; 8.25 inches tall; 281 pages; decorated endpages with 55 illustrations by Lynd Ward 10 are full page. A novel of the Forest and Its People similar in its theme to Bambi. Lynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced the development of the graphic novel. The Last Hunt is a book of rare distinction of imaginative insight and deep knowledge of a world vanishing due to mankind's instincts. An ancient theme hunting and the conflict and almost mystical affinity between hunter and hunted, man and his quarry. [NYT Book Review 4/7/1940] Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
Published by Catechetical Guild Educational Society 1953, Previous Gift Inscription on Inside Front Cover, 1953
Seller: GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
Sticker Mark on Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Full Color Illustrations (illustrator). Pages are Aged, Yet Clean. Hardback : hard cover edition in good to better condition, a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself, or would make a GREAT GIFT for the fan / reader in your life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. Book.
Language: English
Published by Abingdon, Nashville, TN, 1973
ISBN 10: 0687396859 ISBN 13: 9780687396856
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. A picture-book biography of the first US president by a husband-and-wife writing team. 40 pages. Illustrated on most pages, about half in color. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). An attractive copy, with minor wear at the spine ends of the book and the jacket. Bound in paper over boards printed with the dust jacket design. Signed by both author and artist. Scarce signed by both.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 1989
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA
Limited Edition. Quarto (29.25cm); full navy blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt. Fine and unread, still sealed in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. With an introduction by Howard Fast, and illustrations by Lynd Ward. Part of the publisher's "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series.
Published by Heritage Press, New York
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
1961. (4to in slipcase) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 269pp. In near fine slipcase. Illustrations, notes. Very light rubbing to the spine and the slipcase is faded. Illustrations by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Howard Fast. (Philosophy, Human Rights).
Published by Abingdon Press, New York, 1953
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Color and Black and White Illustrations (illustrator). front end page missing, binding tight, no markings. S2 5.
Language: English
Published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith in Co-operations iwth G. Schirmer, New York, 1931
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lynd Ward (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue boards are worn with rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Interior pages and illustrations by Lynd Ward are very good.