Madsen Leo (9 results)

hardcover. Condition: good. no jacket. 1st edition. Hardcover, 236 pages, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4", ex library. London library with the usual markings The torten, or layer cake, is a specialty on the Continent for festive occasions. There is no reason why it cannot be adapted all over the world as something special.internal label and library stamps inked out. pocket on inside rear cover. library label removed from front cover and spine.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. no date in book but from 1950-1960. clean no marks .spine in very good condition. photo of actual book. accept paypal. prompt dispatch.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Wear to extremes, mild foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No date but probably 1950s - 1960s, Some wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges creased and worn, some small nicks and rips, top and bottom of spine chipped and worn, ripped entire length of cover join with spine neatly repaired on underside, Underjacket in good condition, some light wear to edges and corners, Top and bottom of spine a little bumped, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, Selotape stains on front and rear end papers from a previous cover protector.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Danish language; 239 p., clean and unmarked; photos and instructional ill.; half leather somewhat rubbed and scuffed with bright gilt lettering on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VERY GOOD lower front corner bumped.

Condition: Good. No edition stated, but presumed first English-language edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), 277pp. 265 text illustrations. Original grey cloth, dustwrapper. Minor bumping to the lower cornerr of the front board, minor spotting of the endpapers, short ownership inscription; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good condition (some chafing of the edges, some rubbing). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First American Edition. 134 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Maurice Maeterlinck's film "The Blue Bird" inside front cover; Being a Father is Fun; What About Social Hygiene?; Their First Jobs; What is Good Discipline?; Keep on the Safe Side; If a Baby Eats Too Fast; Children Need Happily Married Parents; Are the Programs They Like Bad for Them?; What to Do About Earache; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Nice one-page illustrated ad for film Young Tom Edison, starring Mickey Rooney; School Directory; Charming color Campbell's Soup ad shows young boy and girl with umbrellas coming in from the rain for lunch; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for Pacific Mills and their "Pacific Thief of Bagdad fabrics" features young ladies in dresses; Vintage Clapp's Baby Foods ad features photo sequence of mothers with baby carriages on city sidewalk; One-page ad for Buster Brown shoes; Red Goose Shoes ad; Back cover color ad for Pillsbury's Best Flower features photos of Mrs. Joseph E. Witson of Cheviot, OH, Mrs. Charles F. Vogel of Milwaukee, Miss Edith Ellingsworth of Cambridge, MD, Mrs. Bert Morris of Seattle, and Mrs. Homer Garrigus of Rockville, IN; Many additional nice old ads; and more. Faint name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here. Aarons, Leo; Anderson, Harold (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Caught in a Death-Trap - two motorcyclists plunge into an inescapable chasm in the terrible Mojave Desert of Californa; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part II - a joyous journey in search of adventure; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a huge elephant, the pride of all Ceylon, goes rogue; My Escape From Dartmoor - an inmate almost escaped from this impregnable prison in 1908; Round Cape Horn With a Deckload - James Whealen tells a disastrous tale; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part II - the amazing story of a man once condemned to the terrible French convict settlements of Guiana - with photos; The Soul of Burma - Part I - R. Whiting reports on his trip to this country, with photos; Among the Amazon Cannibals - Veteran prospector John Fairfax was captured by the cannibal Chunchos but managed to escape; Round the World in a Motor Boat - a picturesque account of the voyage of the Speejacks, with great photos; A Fight With a Bull Walrus - article with great photos; "Tapkabazi" - an Indian confidence trick; The "Devil's Post-Pile" - an extraordinary basalt rock formation in Southern California; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.…