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		1. (ADVERTISING/JUVENILE) LOFTING, Hugh. Zingo and the Magic Beasts told and illustrated by... Jersey City, New Jersey: Colgate & Co., (1926). Sm. 8vo., (14.5 x 10cm), (16)pp. inclusive of wrappers. With illustrations, mostly in colour. Slight scuff on the upper wrapper o/w a near fine copy of this attractive booklet that not only relates the tale of Zingo the monkey, but also advertises Colgate’s tooth products. Lofting’s colourful and interesting illustrations are quite attractive. $225

		2. ANON. The Bouquet: Containing The Poetry and Language of Flowers. By A Lady (pseud). Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845. 12mo., orig. blue cloth with a small gilt decoration in the centre of the upper cover, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, a.e.g., 128pp. (the index runs from pp. 125-128). With three chromolithographed illustrations and an added chromolithographed titlepage. Contemporary gift inscription, some scattered foxing throughout o/w a fine copy. $225

		3. ANON. Muskoka Memories. (Bala: The Twins Studio and English Tea Garden): (Printed by Parkview Press, Toronto), nd (194-?). Sm. 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, (36)pp. A previous owner, one Eleanor Carson of Bala, has annotated this work (and has added poems of her own), and has also listed the names of other women, who do not have poems published in the work, so it is unclear just how they are associated with the booklet or the Wishing Well Memorial. It appears this little booklet of poetry by various people (one assumes residents of Muskoka, though not exclusively) was published to raise money for the Wishing Well Fund. 12 pages near the end list those who gave their lives in service 1939-1945 and are to be named on the ‘Wishing Well Memorial.’ It also states that further contributions from the Wishing Well will be used to assist veterans confined to hospital. $50

		4. BROWNE, Howard. The Taste of Ashes. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First edition. Paper browned as usual o/w about fine in a price clipped d/w which is worn at the extremities. $175

		5. (CANADIAN CIVIL DEFENCE/ATOMIC ATTACK). GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO. Survival Under Atomic Attack. NP: Civil Defence Committee of the Province of Ontario, nd (1947). 8vo., orig. self wrappers, 32pp. (with p. 32 the outer rear wrapper, which is blank). With a 'Notice' pasted on the front reading: NOTICE. You and your family are urgently requested to study this booklet and keep same for future reference. Joseph Banigan Acting Co-Ordinator H.T. Burrell, Mayor of the Town of Leaside. Stain on lower corner of the rear wrapper, not affecting text, a couple of ‘dents' in rear wrapper o/w a better than very good copy of this civil defence publication. The date was ascertained by the term of Mayor Burrell, who was in that position from 1938-1947. The first page reads ‘YOU CAN SURVIVE. You can live through an atom bomb raid and you won't have to have a Geiger counter, protective clothing, or special training. The secrets of survival are: KNOW THE BOMB'S TRUE DANGERS. KNOW THE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO ESCAPE THEM.' The remainder of the booklet outlines the steps one can follow to survive a nuclear attack. WITH: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. (cover-title): Your Basement Fallout Shelter. Blueprint for Survival No.1. (Ottawa: Produced by the Emergency Measures Organization of the Privy Council, The Queen's Printer...1960). 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, (36)pp. With a large foldout plan for building a fallout shelter. Some rubbing to spine with light wear to the ends but certainly very good. With a preface by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, this booklet was produced to provide substantial protection from radioactive fallout by the building of family fallout shelters. ‘The shelter described in this booklet, although not affording protection against the blast of a nuclear explosion or the first that may result, will provide good protection against more widespread radiation danger.' WITH: (GOVERNMENT OF CANADA). Personal Protection Under Atomic Attack. Published by the Authority of Hon. Paul Martin Minister of Health and Welfare, 1951/1952. 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, (48)pp. Some rubbing to the spine o/w fine. This government publication provides information on the threat of a nuclear attack, what to do in the various circumstances after an attack (i.e. if you live in town or city, house or apartment, etc.), what to do after the initial attack, how to build a basement shelter, hints to housewives (regarding food and drink), and other general information. FOR ALL THREE: $200

		6. (CANADIAN LITERATURE/FOUR HORSEMEN). Horse d'Oeuvres. Don Mills: PaperJacks, (1975). First edition, a paperback original. Inscribed by each of the poets: Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery, and bp nichol. Orig. pictorial wrappers, 121pp. Pages browned around perimeter, some light rubbing to extremities but o/w a near fine copy of this printed work by ‘Canada's liveliest performing poets.' $200

		7. (CANADIANA/BOOK CATALOGUE). Some Choice Books 1910. London: The Mallach Book-Shop, 183 Dundas Street, 1910. This is in fact the Canadian issue of the ‘Some Choice Books 1910' catalogue issued by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 8vo., orig. decorated wrappers, 36pp. Illustrated. Brown mark on the upper wrapper but o/w a near fine copy of a scarce catalogue. Not in Voila. This issue of the Putnam's catalogue distributed in Canada has a first leaf and its conjugate which is slightly shorter than the other pages and has the imprint/stamp of the Canadian bookseller, Mallach, on the titlepage. The clue that it is Putnam's is the ‘Catalogues Recently Listed' advert by them on the inner rear wrapper. One assumes that the Putnam imprint was removed from some of the sheets, which were replaced by a new leaf with the imprint of a Canadian bookshop, in order to facilitate Canadian orders. We have not seen another example of an American publisher's catalogue from this period with a Canadian bookshop on the titlepage. $300

		8. (CANADIANA/EATON'S/TORONTO GUIDE). Toronto Ontario Published by The T. Eaton Co Limited. Canada's Greatest Retail Organization. Branches from Coast to Coast. (Toronto: Eaton's, nd, circa late 1930s). One sheet (51 x 24.5cm) folded to make five panels printed on both sides. The inner portion is a map of the City of Toronto showing major streets and the locations of Eaton's stores (Queen St. and Eaton's College St.), while the reverse contains information about Eaton's (clearly aimed at visitors) and images of the interior of the Toronto stores and services offered, such as an ‘inter store coach service' and ‘parking chauffeur services.' Some minor rubbing o/w a very good example. $75

		9. (CANADIANA/FURS). Price List 1907 Bishop Fur Coats and Robes. Sandwich Ontario Canada. (Windsor: Printed by Record Printing Co., 1907). Tall 12mo. (14.5 x 8.5cm), orig. printed wrappers, (20)pp. With three illustrations, two inside and one on the rear wrapper. This is clearly a copy used by a salesman or a wholesale distributer of some sort, as prices have been written in fountain pen where they were lacking and price changes/discount are also supplied in the margins. A touch of rubbing o/w a near fine copy of a scarce publication from the Canadian factory of J.H. Bishop Co. No copies were located in Voila, nor were any other publications from this company. In 1874, J.H. Best founded a tannery on the shores of the Detroit River in Wyandotte, Michigan. The company imported raw skins from around the world and turned out finished coats, robes and rugs. Fur coats were made from the pelts of sheep, goats, bears, buffaloes, wolves, beavers or raccoons. They also produced cloth coats with fur linings of marmot, muskrat, mink, marten, sable and dog. The J. H. Bishop Co. had ambitions to market and sell throughout the United States and Canada. To this end, the company retained 10 travelling salesmen. It also established offices in New York, Boston, Chicago and Seattle, as well as a small factory in Sandwich, Ontario. In 1914, the war in Europe caused a worldwide disruption in supply and demand. Faced with a loss of markets, the decision was made to end operations. This price list was produced by the factory in Sandwich, Ontario, presumably to service the Canadian market. The booklet contains general information on leather and furs as well as the proper way to care for fur and leather coats. $225

		10. (CHILDREN'S/RUSSIAN/SPACE). [All text in Cyrillic] KLUSHANTSEV, Pavel. (To Other Planets). Title in Cyrillic: К другим планетам! (Leningrad: Detgiz, 1962). Second, revised edition. 4to., orig. cloth backed pictorial paper boards, (78)pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Some wear to the edges of the boards but certainly a very good copy of this Russian juvenile about space travel. Pavel Vladimirovich Klushantsev [1910-1999] Russian cameraman, film director, producer, screenwriter, and author who worked during the Soviet Era. Klushantsev graduated from the Leningrad Fototechnikum in 1930 and worked as a cinematographer for four years. In 1934, he began working at Lenfilm / Lennauchfilm, where he became a director and producer, primarily making science educational films including his visionary film – Road to the Stars (1957). His only feature film was Planet of the Storms (1962). The film was subsequently re-edited and expanded by Roger Corman for American distribution – as Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) by Curtis Harrington, and as Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) by Peter Bogdanovich. In both these versions, the original scenes drew acclaim. In addition to his film work, Klushantsev was famous as the author of popular juvenile science books. The above title is one such example, first published in 1959, but re-issued in an updated version in 1962— the updates are largely on the last leaf and cover the launches and events that occurred since 1959. $150

		11. CORKRAN, Alice. The Poets’ Corner, or Haunts and Homes of the Poets. Illustrated by Allan Barraud, with Introduction by Fred E. Weatherly. London: Ernest Nister, New York: E.P. Dutton, Printed by E. Nister at Nuremberg, nd (190-?). Square 8vo., orig. olive green pictorial cloth, unpaginated. With illustrations. A bit of rubbing to the foot of the spine o/w near fine. Short bios and information about some of the poets who are memorialized in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Among the poets included here are Burns, Scott, Wordsworth, Shelley, Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Tennyson. $65

		12. (CRIPPEN). LE NEVE, Ethel. (pseud. of Ethel Clara Neave). Ethel Le Neve Her Life Story With the True Account of Their Flight and Her Friendship for Dr. Crippen Told By Herself. Manchester: The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co., nd (1910). First edition. 8vo., orig. pictorial grey blue wrappers, 64pp. With illustrations. Cheap paper browned at edges, small nick at the foot of the spine o/w near fine. In a custom folding case, with leather label on the front. Ethel Le Neve [1883-1967] mistress of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who was hanged for the murder and mutilation of his wife. Le Neve was originally hired by Crippen to be his typist but by 1905 had become his mistress. After he murdered his wife, Crippen and Le Neve fled to Canada where they were arrested and returned to England. Le Neve was found not guilty of complicity in the murder. She changed her name, and after a brief return to Canada, she returned to England where she married, had two children, and died in 1967. Her past association with Crippen was unknown to her husband, and only revealed to her children by historian Jonathan Goodman in 1980 when he was working on a book on the Crippen case. $300

		13. (DICKENS, Charles). CROWQUILL, Alfred (pseud). Pictures Picked From the Pickwick Papers. First edition in this format. 40 hand-coloured plates (measuring 22.5 x 14cm). 8vo., original green wrappers, with plates laid in, as issued. Upper wrapper detached, some wear to spine but the plates are about fine. In a contemporary cloth portfolio, leather spine, cloth, printed leather label on the upper cover, ties (as issued?). The portfolio has wear to the spine and lacking one tie, good only. Gimbel notes that this is a ‘portfolio of 40 handcoloured etchings, being faithful copies of Forrester’s ‘Pickwickian’ lithographs of 1837. These imitative etchings are believed to be the work of R.W. Pailthorpe. The title is taken from the outside of the front wrapper, although the original title ‘The Pickwickians’ appears on the first print.’ With one copy of this in auction records since the 1960s. Auction records also has one copy of Gimbel H1077 which is a different edition of the 40 plates. Gimbel H1079. $4,500

		14. (DICKENS, Charles). Dickens Portfolio De Luxe Collection (cover label). (London): J. A. Hill, (1910). Small 4to., cloth-backed paper folding portfolio with a printed label on the upper board, ties, containing loose illustrations in nine numbered folders with a paper label to identify the work or subject matter of the illustrations. With 81 plates and no text. One plate has a slight brown mark in the margin the remainder are fine in the portfolio which has some rubbing to the spine ends but is o/w near fine. The folders are labelled as follows: I. Charles Dickens--II. David Copperfield--III. Old Curiosity Shop--IV. Dombey and Son--V. Little Dorrit--VI. Barnaby Rudge--VII. Bleak House--VIII. Martin Chuzzlewit--IX. Miscellaneous. Each part has from five to twelve illustrations. $175

		15. (DICKENS, Charles) KITTON, Frederic George. Dickens Illustrations Facsimiles of Original Drawings, Sketches, and Studies for Illustrations in the Works of Charles Dickens by Cruikshank, Browne, Leech, Stone, and Fildes. Notes by Frederic G. Kitton, author of "Dickens and his Illustrators," Etc. London: George Redway, 1900. Portfolio with 28 [i.e. 30] loose plates. Each plate with descriptive tissue guard. Also with half-title, list of plates, and notes by Kitton. Actually 30 plates because there is a X, X* and X, (4)pp. (titlepage and prefatory note), (4)pp. (List of Plates) and (2)pp. (additional list of plates and description of volume). Sm. folio, orig. green cloth. Some foxing to the 2pp. leaf o/w the plates and tissue guards are unfoxed and near fine to fine, the binding has some rubbing to the foot of the spine and a touch of wear to the top but is certainly very good. $185**

		16. (DICKENS/ONWHYN). The Pickwick Papers India Proofs Printed from the thirty-two Original Steel Plates Engraved by T. Onwhyn. (Chemise title reads: Dickens. Extra Illustrations to The Pickwick Papers.) London: George Allen, (1897). Folio, orig. cloth, (2) leaves (List of Plates), with 32 engraved plates, loose in the folding chemise. Bookplate on inner cover of portfolio, the title plate is foxed, a few other plates have very light foxing to edges but the majority are clean, the chemise has some wear and is lacking the ties but overall a very good set. $300

		17. DICKENS, Charles and Ronald Searle. A Christmas Carol illustrated by Ronald Searle. (London): Perpetua Books, (1961). First of this edition with Searle’s illustrations. 4to., orig. red cloth, 110pp. With illustrations, some in colour. A trace of rubbing to the foot of the spine o/w about fine in d/w which has a 2” closed tear on the upper panel and a touch of wear to the top of the spine but is still a very nice unclipped dustwrapper. $150

		18. DOYLE, A. Conan. The Return Of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, nd (1912). ‘No. 263 Newnes. Sixpenny Copyright Novels.’ Tall 8vo. (21 x 14.5cm), orig. pictorial wrappers, 126, (2)pp. ads. Cheap paper browned as usual, rear wrapper foxed, front wrapper rubbed, with creasing at corners, spine has chipping but this is still a good copy in this delicate format. Scarce. Green & Gibson p.579. G & G dates this publication 1913. $500

		19. (FARRAR, C.B. --editor). American Journal of Psychiatry 1844-1944 Centennial Issue. Editor Clarence B. Farrar... Philadelphia: Centennial Meeting, 1944. With a presentation inscription from C.B. Farrar to his wife, Joan, reading ‘For Joan, C.B.’ With the bookplate of C.B. Farrar. 4to., orig. blue cloth lettered gilt, vi, 198, (1)pp. double columns. A fine copy in a homemade brown d/w supplied by Farrar who has written ‘1844-1944 History of APAJ, CBF editor’ in ink on the upper panel. $200

		Signed by the author.
		20. (FINE ARTS) BONHAM-CARTER, (Victor). A Posy of Wildflowers. Gathered in the Countryside of English Literature and Furnish with Appropriate Sentiments. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Helmuth Weissenborn. (London): Acorn Press and Exmoor Press, (1983). 1 of 350 copies signed by the author at the foot of his acknowledgements on p.126. This copy also bears the signature on the half-title of John Randle, at whose Whittington Press the type for this edition was set. 8vo., orig. beige linen cloth, with a pictorial paper label on the upper cover and printed label on the spine, printed on Zerkall mould-made paper, (127)pp. With illustrations. Fine. $250

		21. (FLEMING, Ian). MACINTYRE, Ben. For Your Eyes Only Ian Fleming + James Bond. (London): Bloomsbury, (2008). First edition. "Accompanying the Major Exhibition At the Imperial War Museum." Fine in d/w. $65

		22. FLEMING, Ian. The Blofeld Trilogy: Thunderball, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and You Only Live Twice. London: Queen Anne Press, in association with Adrian Harrington, (2022). Three volumes. Classic Readers Edition. Tall 8vo., publisher’s cloth (each volume bound in a different colour--royal blue, alpine white, and lotus red), with gilt titles on the spine and the author’s initials in gilt on the upper boards, 320; 320; 264pp. Fine. This set comprises sheets (marked ‘o/s’) from the Ian Fleming Centenary Edition in a new hardback binding issues in 2022. $300

		23. FLEMING, Ian. Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, (1961). First edition. Recently rebound in black half morocco, cloth, raised bands, gilt titles to spine. Near fine. In ‘Thunderball’, Fleming introduces the reader to the preeminent Bond villain, Ernest Blofeld. Although Bond and Blofeld never met in this work, Bond does battle against SPECTRE, the criminal organization run by Blofeld. This was the first part of the ‘Blofeld trilogy’, followed by ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ and ‘You Only Live Twice.’ $265

		24. FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, (1964). Second impression, published ‘April 1964.’ Lower corner of upper board bumped o/w a near fine copy in a near fine, price clipped d/w. $250

		25. FROST, Robert. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening. Illustrated by Susan Jeffers. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1978). First of this edition with illustrations by Jeffers. 4to., cloth, (32)pp. With illustrations in black and white, some with colour. 1” piece of the cloth at the foot of the spine is a bit faded (corresponding to the white portion of the d/w which allowed light to penetrate) o/w a fine copy in d/w. $85

		26. (GAMBLING/TRAVEL GUIDE) (BETHELL, Victor). Ten Days at Monte Carlo at the Bank’s Expense Containing Hints to Visitors and A General Guide to the Neighbourhood By V. B. (psued). London: William Heinemann, 1898. First edition. Sm. 8vo., orig. red and black cloth in a diamond pattern, spine and upper cover lettered in white, (182), (26)pp. ads. With a small folding map. Small bookseller’s label on front pastedown, spine slightly faded with a bit of fraying to top but certainly a much better than very good copy. An account of the author’s trip to Monte Carlo and environs, including his daily bicycle trips to surrounding areas, fine dining, and visits to the Casinos. $85

		27. GARRETT, Pat. Authentic Story of Billy the Kid. Foreword by John M. Scanland and Eyewitness Reports by J. Brussel. New York: Atomic Books, 1946. First of this edition. 8vo., orig. paper wrappers, 128pp. Cheap paper browned, outer margin of pp. 115-128 closely trimmed with loss (binding flaw) o/w a near fine copy. $50

		28. GOODWIN, Harry and Professor (William) Knight. Through The Wordsworth Country. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1887. First edition, large paper copy. 4to., cont. half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, title in gilt, t.e.g., (xx), 267pp. With 56 engraved plates. Contemporary ownership inscription and holograph poem in the same hand on the half-title, binding rubbed with some wear to extremities, a very good copy. This volume contains Wordsworth’s poems (or portions of poems) which ‘contain topographical allusions to the English Lake District, with fifty-six engravings from drawings expressly made for this Work... The Object of the book is to illustrate the scenes and localities most closely connected with Wordsworth’s poetical work. Many of these scenes are undergoing changes, that in a few years will render their connexion with the poems obscure, and difficult to trace; and, it is with the hope of preserving some permanent record of what is still unchanged...’ $250

		29. (GRANT, Maxwell). The Keeper’s Gold. Intriguing Shadow Novel (IN): The Shadow Magazine. October 15th, 1937. (New York: Street and Smith, 1937). Sm. 4to., orig. pictorial paper wallet-edge wrappers with the cover design by most likely by George Rozen, (128)pp. Cheap paper browned as usual, some wear to the edges of the wrappers, some light wear to the spine ends but still a very good copy. $500

		30. HO CHI MINH. Prison Diary With a Preface by Bernard Fall and a Foreword by Phan Nhuan. Toronto: Swan Publishing, (1968). First Canadian edition (preceded by the Foreign Languages Publishing House edition in English, published in Hanoi, 1962 and reprinted by them thereafter). Paperback. Some light soiling o/w a better than very good copy. Scarce. $125

		Signed by the author.
		31. JAMES, P.D. Murder Room. (London): Faber and Faber, (2003). First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine d/w. $125

		32. JUNG, C.G. Modern Man In Search of a Soul. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, (1959). Later printing (first published 1933). Tall 8vo., cloth, x, 282pp. Ownership name as well a few markings in red by the former owner, which includes one one-line comment in the upper margin of one page o/w fine in d/w which has faded on the spine. $85
		Signed by Brown and Lankes.

		33. (LANKES). BROWN, Bolton. J. J. Lankes: Painter-Graver On Wood. Kansas City: Alfred Fowler, 1921. First edition. Signed in pencil at the foot of the title-page by Brown and Lankes. Tall squarish 8vo., orig. paper boards, (24)pp. With six woodcuts by Lankes. Spine ends chipped, wear to the lower corner of the upper board but certainly a better than very good copy. $400

		34. (LANKES). BROWN, Bolton. J. J. Lankes: Painter-Graver On Wood. Kansas City: Alfred Fowler, 1921. First edition. With the original (4)pp. order form (1 sheet folded) which has been signed by Lankes in pencil on the last page. The order form also has a woodcut by Lankes. Tall squarish 8vo., orig. paper boards, (24)pp. With six woodcuts by Lankes. Spine ends chipped, short cracks in the ends of the upper spine gutter, some wear to the corners but still a very good copy. $285

		35. (LANKES). GRAY, Thomas. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard ... With Thirty Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. Preface by Robert P. Tristram Coffin. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1940). First edition. With a 1 page mimeographed sheet on Harper’s letterhead, which provides information about Lankes illustrations and also has the date of publication’ November 13, 1940’ and price ‘$3.00’ at the foot of the sheet. Sm. square 4to., orig. green cloth with a pictorial paper panel (illustration by Lankes) on the upper board, (xx), (60)pp. (with pp. 1-57 printed on the rectos only). With a woodcut by Lankes on each page of text. Some rubbing to the spine but certainly a better than very good copy. $200

		36. (LEPROSY). ANDERSON, W.H.P. & M. Anderson. Mending and Making. London: The Mission to the Lepers, nd (1920s). First edition. With the rubberstamp of the ‘Evangelical Building, Toronto’ on the verso of the last leaf. 8vo., orig. printed brown wrappers, (64)pp. With illustrations. About fine. ‘...within the pages of this little book, primarily intended to present a composite picture of the life of adult lepers and little children in the asylums and homes in India of the Mission to the Lepers....’ which includes information on what is ‘being done to solve the leper problem.’ $50

		Inscribed by the author.
		37. MACDONALD, Ross. (pseud. of Kenneth Millar). On Crime Writing. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973. First edition, trade issue (wrappers). Inscribed by the author to Canadian literary agent Beverley Slopen, ‘To Beverley, everley, Ken.’ 8vo., orig. wrappers, (48)pp. Faint vertical crease on upper wrapper o/w about fine. Bruccoli A 25.1.a noting ‘the paper wrappers as boards binding of limited issue, with addition of $2.50 on back wrapper. Color of last two lines on front cover is very reddish orange.’ $275

		Signed by the author.
		38. MEYER, Stephenie. Eclipse. New York/Boston: Little Brown, (2007). First edition. Signed by the author. Near fine in a near fine d/w. "Readers captivated by 'Twilight' and 'New Moon' will eagerly devour 'Eclipse', the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga." $75

		39. MILLAR, Margaret. Ask for Me Tomorrow. New York: Random House, (1976). First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author, ‘For Gordon affectionately’, dated ‘Oct 76.’ With an additional presentation inscription from the dedicatee Charles Barton Clapp on the dedication page, also ‘For Gordon, who understands what this dedication means to me...’ Pages a bit tanned around the perimeter as usual o/w very nice copy in d/w that is faded on the spine as usual. $275

		40. (MOORE, Clement). The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories for Children. Handsomely Illustrated. Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, copyright 1903. 4to., orig. cloth backed pictorial paper boards, (56)pp. With a chromolithograph frontispiece and black and white illustrations in the text. Cheap paper browned, wear to extremities, a better than good but not very good copy. $100

		41. (OPPENHEIMER, J. Robert). In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer Transcript of Hearing Before Personnel Security Board. Washington, D.C. April 12, 1954, through May 6, 1954. Washington: United States Printing Office, 1954. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 993pp. Small ownership label on titlepage and verso of the last page of text, some wear to the spine ends, spine has some significant creasing and cracking, a just very good copy. $500

		42. (OXFORD). THOMAS, Edward. Oxford. Painted by John Fulleylove. Described by Edward Thomas. London: A. & C. Black, (1903). First edition. With a programme for the prize giving from 1912 laid in. Tall 8vo., bound in full tan calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, with the crest of ‘The Convent of Notre Dame, Birkdale’ on the upper board, ‘a prize binding’, xii, 264pp. With 60 plates in colour. Ownership signature on fly-leaf crossed through and updated o/w a very nice copy. $165
		A Small Collection of Pulps

		43. (PULP). GIBSON, Walter B. A Blonde for Murder. New York: Vital Publications, Inc., (1948). First edition. ‘An Ardini Story’ so stated on the upper wrapper. 8vo., orig. pictorial paper wrappers, 128pp. Cheap paper browning around the perimeter, a bit of nicking to the tip of the spine o/w a near fine copy of this uncommon Gibson paperback original. Ardini, the famous magician, finds himself a suspect, spectator, and detective in a case that involves jewelry thefts, mystery, and magic. $85

		44. (PULP). CARTER, Ralph. Pleasure Alley. New York: Designs Publishing Corporation, (1952). First edition. An Intimate Novel No. 25. 8vo., orig. pictorial paper wrappers, 124, (4)pp. ads. Cheap paper browned, short tear and crease on the upper wrapper o/w a very good copy of this pulp novel. ‘Sordid love in a sinful slum... with a woman’s only weapons, she fought to escape the depths...!’ $50

		45. (PULP). CARTER, Ralph. Sin Island. A Love Novel. New York: Croyden Publishing, (1953). First edition. 8vo., orig. pictorial paper wrappers, 127, (1)p. ads. Cheap paper browned as usual, diagonal crease on lower portion of the upper wrapper but o/w a very nice copy of this pulp novel. With the usual lurid tag-line on the upper wrapper, this one reading ‘Raging passions of a lusty beauty enslaved on Sin Island.’ $50

		Signed by the author.
		46. RENDELL, Ruth. Kissing The Gunner’s Daughter. London: Hutchinson, (1992). First edition. Signed by the author on the title. Fine in d/w. $85

		47. (SCOTT, Walter.) Kenilworth; A Romance. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., ..., 1821. In three volumes. First edition. Tall 12mo., cont. half calf, marble boards, leather spine labels, 320; 339; 348, (4)pp. ads. With the half-titles (in duplicate as noted by Todd & Bowden). Boards rubbed o/w a very good set. Todd & Bowden A199Aa. $500

		48. (SCOTT, Walter). The Monastery. A Romance. Edinburgh: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London: and for Archibald Constable and Co. and John Ballantyne, ..., 1820. First edition, first issue. Tall 12mo., cont. tan half calf, marble boards, leather spine labels, iv, 321; iv, 333; iv, 351pp. With half-titles present and in duplicate in vols. II and III. Boards rubbed, a bit of wear to the lower corners and a slight bump to the lower corner of the front board of vol. I, and with ‘Monastery’ misspelled ‘Monastry’ on the labels, but this is still a very nice, better than very good set. Todd & Bowden A144a. $650
		Inscribed by the author.
		49. (IDRIES SHAH). KINDERSLEY, David. Graphic Sayings (dustwrapper reads: Extracts from the books of Idries Shah. Transposed into graphic art by the master calligrapher David Kindersley). Cambridge: Kindersley & Skelton, 1973. Reprint (first published 1971). Inscribed ‘Best Wishes Idries Shah’ and with a 1 page typed letter signed from Idries Shah’s secretary, Helena Edwards, to a book collector, stating ‘I am writing on behalf of Idries Shah to thank you for your letter of September 29th, and to send you the enclosed photograph and book, with his best wishes.’ (The photograph is not present.) Oblong 8vo., orig. mustard paper boards, no pagination. Fine in d/w. $275

		50. (YUKON). Anon. Hand Book of Vacation Trips in Alaska and The Yukon White Pass & Yukon Route. (NP: Printed by the Poole Press, 1950). Oblong 12mo., orig. pictorial wrappers, (56)pp. including wrappers. Fine. This publication outlines various routes (and scenery and attractions) for those travelling by steamship to Alaska and the Yukon. As with most travel booklets of this type, there is also much information relevant for the traveller. Although the imprint indicates it was published in 1950, we did not see dates later than 1940 in the text of the publication, so we assume the content was probably unchanged. $50


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