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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. H. Lawrence Hoffman (Illustrations) (illustrator). WSP Edition/18th Printing April 1973. 383 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. First front-end page through copyright page slightly detached from spine. Light foxing on page edges.

Hard Cover in Slip Case. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Dulac, Edmund (illustrator). No Edition Stated. Marbled paper-wrapped boards with black cloth spine. Gold spine print.Afewsmallfoxspotson frontendpapers. Otherwise sound and unmarked. Unpaginated. Poetry and music written to go with it. No identification of Heritage (Location) nor any dating. Slipcase has a few small tears in the paper on edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Edmund Dulac (illustrator). No date in book, circa 1957 per Worldcat. Very good hardcover with black cloth & marbled paste downs & gilt on spine, all bright & clean with light wear. Interior pages excellent, vibrant images, no marks, slight age toning. Slipcase is sturdy with edge tears & strong fading/toning. Lovely book. See photos.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 753pp; contents clean and textually unmarked. No library stamps. Owner's name written on half-title page. Contains alphabetical discussion of words from early English authors, including most interesting, informative English words that have lapsed from general use.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good + brown cloth with gilt lettering at spine & yellow topstain. Light toning at pagination edges with a bit of dust soil top. In a Very Good $5.00 dust jacket with light wear at edges & moderate rubbing. Bright, snug & unmarked text. First printing.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Limited edition. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies; this is no. 342. Vellum-backed, rough cloth over boards, 8vo, 208 pp., frontis. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, a couple of small paint spots to spine, some dustsoiling to vellum and fraying to cloth, bit of foxing to spine and page edges, page edges tanned and dusty, browning to endpapers.

First edition, first printing Very close to fine and bright in like price-clipped dust jacket with crisp bright text throughout. Former owner's attractive bookplate to the opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text (a scholar).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, minor edge wear, tiny chips.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket, including a few short tears. Toning. All corners of flaps are clipped. Text is clean and unmarked. First Edition is stated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with water-colors by Edmund Dulac. "The Heritage Club Sandglass" Number III: 20, laid-in. Gilt printed navy cloth spine with marbled paper covered boards. Previous owner signed the front paste down- otherwise this is a clean, nice copy. Very Good in a slightly toned, sunned slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. No. 445 of 1500 copies, signed by illustrator (decorator) Valenti Angelo on the limitation page at back of book. Fine in orange stamped leather binding, house in original chemise and slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Slightly cocked spine, toning on the board edges, and some spotting on the page edges thus very good in a good only dust jacket with chips, tears, and creasing.