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Published by Modern Library (Random House), New York, N.Y.
Seller: North American Rarities, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tenniel, John (illustrator). Later edition. Modern Library. Library name stamped onto ffep; half-title page. No other indications or markings. Clean blue covers with title in red title block. Rubbed at corners, with corners gently bumped inwards. Solid binding; solid hinges. Patterned endpapers. Clean interior which is slightly age darkened. B&W frontispiece. B&W illustrations throughout.
Published by The Modern Library
Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. The Modern Library, No. 79. Hardcover edition. In protective mylar cover. (Fantasy, Classic Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by Modern Library, 1920
Seller: Hook's Book Nook, Pottstown, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. good solid tight clean Modern Library flex back cloth boards not sure of date.
Published by Modern Library, 1926
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: NONE. 351 unmarked, tight pages with a few spots; stains on outer edges of textblock bleed slightly onto pages; writing on verso of front flyleaf and on upper half title page; cover is sturdy with bumped and worn corners, worn ends of spine, light spots and soiling, and dent on lower front edge.
Published by Modern Library, New York, 1950
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Tenniel (illustrator). 4 7/8 X 7 1/4 Inches. 351 PP. Original blue cloth binding with red title boxes to front cover and spine. Modern Library book #79 with back of DJ listing 380 titles. Circa 1950. Discreet PO bookplate to front pastedown (hidden by DJ front flap). Light wear and some minor paper loss and scuffing to edges and folds of DJ. An attractive copy with a bit of character.
Published by The Modern Library, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated by John Tenniel. B&W illustrations throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper, with plate remnants. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Minor tanning to spine. Book has a forward lean.
Published by THE MODERN LIBRARY 1930 CIRCA, NY, 1930
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HB RED. TENNIEL, JOHN (illustrator). General wear: pevious owner dedications, cracked hinges, foxing, yellowing-, racking--obviusly a beloved book DATE PUBLISHED: 1930 CIRCA EDITION: 351.
Published by Modern Library / Boni and Liveright, US, 1926
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Modern Library / Boni and Liveright 1926 Reprint Good/ Published in 1924 by Boni and Liveright and reprinted in 1925. Hinges reinforced, page block is solid. Pages though some are spotted are relatively bright. 351 pages. Upper page edges gilded at one time now darkened with age. Other page edges deckled or roughly cut. Board edges and corners are reinforced. Spine ends are frayed. Very reabable. Illustrated. Pos penned inside cover, some foxing to first and last few pages. Orange and off-white decorative boards are lighty soiled. NO DUST JACKET. HEAVY ITEM. No Exp.
Published by RANDOM HOUSE/H. WOLFF 2000 CIRCA, NY, 2000
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK GOLD. TENNIEL, JOHN (illustrator). MODERN LIBRARY. General wear: previous owner dedication and bookplate, foxing, browning of page edges .Silvie and Bruno, Silvie and Bruno Concluded, all the Early and Late Verse, Short Stories, Essays, Phantasmagoria, Games, Puzzles, Problems, Acrostics, and Miscellaneous Writings DATE PUBLISHED: 2000 CIRCA EDITION: MODERN LIBRARY 1293 GIFT QUALITY. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1960], New York, 1960
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. A conventionally-sized Modern Library edition presenting three cherished children's works by Lewis Carroll. The two novels, "Alice's Adventures. . ." and "Through the Looking Glass. . ." are both illustrated in black & white by John Tenniel. Also included is Carroll's offbeat poem, "The Hunting of the Snark." --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on maroon spine & cover blocks / maroon topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 388 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (no publication date appears in book). ML #79.1. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with a little dulling to spine titling. Price-clipped dust jacket with light creasing and chafing to spine ends, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxi, (3), 25-351 pages.
Published by Modern Library, 1924
Seller: Hook's Book Nook, Pottstown, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Modern Library . Dark Flex-Back intro by Alexander Woollcott Illustrated throughout.
Published by Modern Library, New York
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tenniel, John (illustrator). Later printing in jacket style h, circa 1949-53. Blue cloth binding. Prior owner's name and date inked on both front endpapers. 349pp. Introduction by Alexander Woollcott. Jacket is rubbed, with 1.25 intact on front flap. New mylar cover. ML 79. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.
Published by Modern Library, New York
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John TENNIEL (illustrator). Not indicated as a First Modern Library Edition, No. 79. Introduction by Alexander Woollcott. No DJ. Green balloon cloth binding. Covers lightly soiled; spine sun-faded. Illustrations by John TENNIEL. Prior owner's signature (dated 1938) on the FEP; some notes on the REP; otherwise, unmarked pages. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in an early original state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Very Good.
Published by Modern Library; (1924), NY, 1924
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. No Jacket. Early Modern Library edition, very close to fine with no dust jacket. Toledano spine #4 and C endpapers, indicating a published date between 1925 and 1929. Dark green cloth (same as the B&L first edition) which is bright and still pretty fresh looking about 95 years later. No names or other marking in the book. Illustrations by John Tenniel, Introduction by Alexander Wollcott.
Published by Modern Library G 28, NY, 1936
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. First Modern Library Edition (as stated on copyright page) . Brown cloth, silver Modern Library logo on front. Bottom front corner bumped; endpapers partially darkened (likely form news clippings) ; spine slightly indented at top. DJ has green background, titles in box in center, illustrations of characters , titles in black and white. 245 ML titles listed on underside. DJ has rubbing and wear at edges; small chips and tears with some bits of loss, somewhat larger bits of loss at rear bottom edge. ; 1293 pages.
Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1934
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tenniel, John (illustrator). VERY RARE 1934 MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass and The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. Illustrations by John Tenniel. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott. First printed by The Modern Library in 1924 this is a 1934 reprint. Without doubt, this is one of the very best illustrated dust jackets and is highly sought after. Spectacular pictorial dust jacket design! The book is bound in blue balloon cloth type 7 binding. Book is only in good condition - binding slightly cocked but solid and tight with fading and wear to spine and boards, gilt bright, matching topstain faded, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. The dust jacket is good with age toning and chipping at top, bottom and extremities. Otherwise it is still a nice example of an amazing graphic on the cover! 95 cent price present and bright on front flap. 225 titles listed on the back panel indicating a 1934 printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY HARD TO FIND THIS TITLE WITH A DUST JACKET **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.
Published by Boni and Liveright, New York, 1924
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First edition thus, and first printing from Boni and Liveright (soon to become The Modern Library). With illustrations by John Tenniel and an introduction by Alexander Woollcott. First printing notes: error on half-title listing "The Hunting of the Shark" [vs. Snark], chapter 2 includes illustration of Alice's long neck (later omitted). No jacket. Green flexible leather with gilded device on front and gilded lettering and lines on spine. Debossed border close to edges on the front. Rubbing to extremities, slight bend to lower right corner of front, some denting/light creasing to spine, gilding aged. Pictoral Brodsky end-papers; front end-papers with some tears, all present - pencil notes at rear. The interior is toned, otherwise very clean and clear with all illustrations. Pages: 351 Dimensions:6½ x 4¼ x ¾.
Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1934
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Introduction by Alexander Woollcott. 351 pp. 16mo, publisher's cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Reprint. Spine very slightly sunned; small pencil calculation on front oastedown; otherwise clean, tight and sound in a jacket with a tanned spine; otherwise bright, with several tiny chips and one larger on, about 3/4" x 1/2" at the top of the rear panel. The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, 79.
Published by New York: Boni & Liveright. Modern Library Btm Spine Cvr, 1924
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Tenniel (illustrator). 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1924 on copyright pg, 1st Modern Library Edition, 1ST PRINTING, , BONI & LIVERIGHT LETTERS on Front Green FLEXIBLE Leather Cvr & on title pg, CHAPTER 2 HAS ALICE'S LONG NECK OMITTED FROM OTHER EDITIONS, (suggestion of mushroom imbibing). GOOD+ condition, Light wear Wrinkling to some pages & Foxing, in green flexible boards WITH GOLD GILT ON FRONT CVR & SPINE, Light Fox Wear Thruout, 351 pgs, NO ADS in Back, 4 1/4 X 6 1/2 IN. LIGHT WATER STAIN BLANK Margin few pgs, This edition has strong dark printing, illustrations ,BONI & LIVERIGHT LETTERS B&L on Front Green FLEXIBLE Leather Cvr & on title pg, CHAPTER 2 HAS ALICE? LONG NECK OMITTED FROM OTHER EDITIONS , (suggestion of mushroom imbibing.
Published by New York: Boni & Liveright. Modern Library Btm Spine Cvr, 1924
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1924 on copyright pg, 1st Modern Library Edition, 1ST PRINTING, , BONI & LIVERIGHT LETTERS on Front Green FLEXIBLE Leather Cvr & on title pg, CHAPTER 2 HAS ALICE'S LONG NECK OMITTED FROM OTHER EDITIONS, (suggestion of mushroom imbibing). VG condition, Light wear to some pages & Foxing, in green flexible boards WITH GOLD GILT ON FRONT CVR & SPINE lite wear , Light Fox Wear Thruout, 351 pgs, NO ADS in Back, 4 1/4 X 6 1/2 IN. owner stamp to front pastedown,LITE bumping to spine, , mild staining to rear endpapers. CREASE TO COVER SPINE.
Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1934
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Tenniel, John (illustrator). VERY RARE 1934 MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET IN NEAR FINE CONDITION Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass and The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. Illustrations by John Tenniel. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott. First printed by The Modern Library in 1924 this is a 1934 reprint. Without doubt, this is one of the very best illustrated dust jackets and is highly sought after. Spectacular pictorial dust jacket design! The book is bound in blue balloon cloth type 7 binding. Book is NEAR FINE - binding solid and tight with slight fading to spine, gilt bright and perfect, matching topstain nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with age toning at spine and the slightest of chipping at top. Otherwise it is extremely bright and clean with and an amazing graphic on the cover! 95 cent price present and bright on front flap. 225 titles listed on the back panel indicating a 1934 printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY HARD TO FIND THIS TITLE WITH A DUST JACKET IN THIS CONDITION! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.