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Works [First collected edition] by THACKERAY, William Makepeace

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC

Title: Works [First collected edition]
Author: THACKERAY, William Makepeace
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1869. ZAEHNSDORF; THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1869. First collected edition. Twenty-four octavo volumes. (Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.; 140 x 210 cm.). With engraved frontispieces, vignette titles, plates, and text illustrations, all by the author. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth, bound by Root & Son, covers double ruled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments and stamped with a leaf design, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A beautiful set. HBS 67648. $3,000.

ÉCLAIR by Averill, Esther; Rojankovsky, Feodor

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Title: ÉCLAIR
Author: Averill, Esther; Rojankovsky, Feodor
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: Paris: Domino Press, 1934. First edition. Near fine.. First printing, from Averill's Domino Press, with an autograph letter signed by Averill and on her stationery laid in. The story of a horse and a dog, featuring absolutely beautiful color lithographs by Rojankovsky, printed by the Domino Press - which sought the highest quality illustrations to pair with the text for their children's books like its famous first book, DANIEL BOONE (illustrated by Rojankovsky). Averill's letter refers to a book from her career after she returned from Paris, when she became famous for her books on cat subjects. Dated March 31, 1970, it reads: "Dear Helen Fay: Because of the postal strike and attendant delays and confusions, I am writing to let you know that I finally received your letter of 3/17 and yesterday I was able to get the 3 foreign editions of the Fire Cat to the post office, where they are being sent to the Florida School indicated on your postal label. Sorry I have no 'background' material to send you. Thanks for sending the flyer about yourself. Sincerely, Esther Averill." 10.25'' x 6.75''. Original quarter tan cloth, color pictorial boards. Illustrated by Rojankovsky with color lithographs throughout. Printed on high quality paper. 32 pages. ALS on Averill's stationery, dated 1970 and with Brooklyn address, laid in. Ink owner name on front pastedown. Faint soiling to boards, marginal sunning to rear board.

Earthman Come Home by Blish, James

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Seller: Bookbid Rare Books

Title: Earthman Come Home
Author: Blish, James
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: G.P. Puntam's Sons, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good to near fine dust jacket. First Edition with no mention of later printings on the copyright page. Near fine book, pages crisp, endpapers immaculate, no names or marks, bumping to top and bottom of spine. DJ also crisp, not price-clipped, slight chipping om edges at spine.

Chosen Sweets: A Book of Practical Home Made Candy Recipes by Short, Pearle Rose

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Title: Chosen Sweets: A Book of Practical Home Made Candy Recipes
Author: Short, Pearle Rose
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1923. Duodecimo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), 63 pages. FIRST EDITION. "Candy making should be taught and acquired as one of the most useful of womanly accomplishments... This book of recipes has been prepared with the object of providing you a simple and practical guide for the amateur as well as the professional confectioner... There is much profit in candy making and the recipes herein are both simple and elaborate and may assist some one (sic) to make a comfortable living" (foreword). Written at the height of candy's golden age in America, with recipes for black walnut brittle, Mexican klondykes, cream fig kisses, cream dipped oranges, tutti frutti divinity, orange Turkish paste, honey caramels, maple fudge, etc. A bit of age-toning to text block, and some offsetting to endpapers. In publisher's cream cloth, titled and decorated in black and green. A handsome small book, near fine. [OCLC locates thirteen copies; not in Bitting, Brown, or Cagle].

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