Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1979], 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. 130 pp. Bound in brown leather with gilt decorations on the boards and the spine. Textblock in gilt with pastel pink decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. A new version written by Munro Leaf with illustrations by Robert Lawson. More
London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xxi, [3], 243, [1], [3] (pages of publisher's advertisements for Burton's other works), [1] pp. Original dark brown cloth with gold designs embossed on the boards and the spine, top edge stained red. The front board's design shows a...... More
Austin: The Encino Press [1969], 1969. First printing. Hardcover. 109 pp. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Number four of Paisano Books, a series that was published at irregular intervals by the Texas Folklore Society. A collection of African-American folklore and songs as written down..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 5-174, [4] pp. Bound in purple cloth with gold decoration on the front board and gold lettering on the spine, purple topstain. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. Grendel is a novel based..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 155 pp. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by Joe Servello. A collection of fairy tales, some of which are inspired by Russian folklore. A Very Good book with a tiny tear to the paper..... More
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1912. Later edition. Hardcover. 4to. [4], ix-lxxii, [1], 2-110, [2], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Green cloth lettered in black on the front board and lettered in gold on the spine, beveled edge boards. Illustrated by a frontispiece facsimile of a transliteration of a...... More
Boston: Ginn & Company, Publishers, 1902. Later edition. Hardcover. 4to. [3], iv-xviii, [1], 2-77, [1] pp. Green cloth lettered in black on the front board and lettered in gold on the spine, beveled edge boards. A Very Good+ book with a few hints of wear to the boards and a...... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1980], 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 329 pp. Bound in navy leather with gilt decorations on the boards and the spine. Textblock in gilt with bright yellow decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. Selected and edited by Louis and Bryna Untermeyer, with a foreword by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1940. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xxi, [6], 4-265, [1] pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on the front board and spine, with decorations on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece and nine additional plates. With one hundred and twelve illustrations by..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers [2001], 2001. First printing. Hardcover. 279 pp. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Foreword by John Edgar Wideman. A collection of African-American folk tales from one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century. A very near Fine book..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1891. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 2-308, [6] pp. Three quarter contemporary calf over marbled boards, spine in six compartments with two black morocco labels, marbled endpapers and pastedowns; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an additional plate, several full-page illustrations, and numerous..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], viii, [1], 3, [4], 8-455, [1] pp. Dark navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Volume V in "The History of Middle-Earth". Hammond..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2000. First edition thus. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [5], vi-xvi, [3], 2-61, [1] pp. Quarter brown buckram over yellow patterned boards, lettered in gold on a spine, book housed in a brown paper slipcase. Translated by James Michie. Introduction by Gilbert Highet. Decorations by Richard Shirley Smith..... More
