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London: Strahan & Co., 1871. Arthur Hughes. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. This is MacDonald's first long fairy story published in book form. Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. London: Strahan & Co, 1871. Rebound in green cloth with gold text on the spine. 378 pp. with 13 pages of advertisements in.....
Item #063684
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1892. New edition. Hardcover. This is part of a series of MacDonald book that Kegan Paul printed. Each book has red cloth covers, black borders across the top and bottom,and a title plus an image both in gilt. The book is not dated but.....
Item #072277
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1882. THREE VOLUME SET. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best know for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of.....
Item #071277
London: Strahan, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1867. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the Hans Christian Anderson Award for his lasting.....
Item #071278
Boston: D. Lothrop, 1883. Second American Edition. Hardcover. SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. Shaberman 76. In the 1880s Lothrop published a large number of MacDonald books, all in matching green bindings with a geometric device on both the front cover and spine. This book is part of that matched set. Green cloth boards.....
Item #064839
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1883. THREE VOLUME SET. First edition. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient.....
Item #071279
Virginia: Cave Pictures Publishing, No Date Listed. Renae de Liz & Ray Dillon. Paperback. "The Light Princess" by George MacDonald is told here through colorful, striking visual graphics. Perfect for young readers as an introduction to meaningful stories. A Princess cursed with weightlessness by the King's wicked sister finds rescue.....
Item #068832
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1887. Joseph Johnson refers to this novel as a "parable of a soulless woman." This is among the more scarce of MacDonald's books. Red cloth boards with black and gilt stamping on the front cover. 313 pp. followed by 44.....
Item #071847
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1895. Lilith was written late in MacDonald's life. It is an adult fantasy and many consider it to be among the more profound of MacDonald's books. Wikipedia has a nice write up of this title. This first British edition is not.....
Item #071848
London: Stahan & Co., 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. SERIALIZED EDITION. FIRST EDITION, 1867. Luther the Singer is a poem by George MacDonald. Its serialization is contained in the volume of Sunday Magazine which runs from Sept. 1, 1866 to Sept. 1, 1867. Both front and back hinges are slightly weak. Text.....
Item #067042
New York: George Routledge and Sons, No Date Listed. Hardcover. Hardbound teal boards with gold and red graphic on front cover, entitled in black on cover, gilt on spine. Edge wear to head and tail of spine, bottom corners worn through, front hinge cracked. Top two inches of front fly.....
Item #072289
London: Strahan 7 Co., 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition of this title is hard to find. Purple boards with two vertical lines blind stamped and two horizontal lines blind stamped. In the center is Strahan's device in gilt. 280 pp. In the back, 16 pp of ads for.....
Item #063318
London: Published for the British Academy by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, No Date Listed. First Edition Thus. Softcover. FIRST EDITION, THUS. An offprint from the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. VIII.THIS IS NOT BY THE GEORGE MACDONALD WHO WAS A GREAT INFLUENCE ON C. S. LEWIS. It is.....
Item #071280
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1858. Phantastes by George MacDonald. This book had a huge influence on C. S. Lewis. He first read it when he picked up a copy at a train station when he was about 17. He was an atheist at the time.....
Item #070285
New York: George Routledge & London: Alexander Strahan, 1871. First reprint of the 1868 first. Hardcover. This appears to be the first reprint of the 1868 first American edition. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for.....
Item #071281
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1879. First American Edition. Hardcover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1879. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the Hans Christian Anderson Award for.....
Item #071282
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1893. New Edition. Hardcover. This is part of a series of MacDonald book that Kegan Paul printed. Each book has red cloth covers, black borders across the top and bottom,and a title plus an image both in gilt. viii, 510 pp. plus a lengthy.....
Item #072278
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. Third edition. Hardcover. This is part of a series of MacDonald book that Kegan Paul printed. Each book has red cloth covers, black borders across the top and bottom,and a title plus an image both in gilt. 387 pp. plus a lengthy Kegan.....
Item #072276
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872 [1871]. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1872 [1871]. THREE VOLUME SET. This set comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the.....
Item #071283
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. GEORGE MACDONALD'S FIRST BOOK. This first published book of George MacDonald's is a poetic play and is dedicated to his wife.London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. Shaberman 6.Brown cloth boards. 183 pp. with ads in the back.Binding is tight.....
Item #061109
Michigan: Zondervan, 1980. Peter Wane. Hardcover. Abridged. Many black and white illustrations by Peter Wane. Hardcover. Bound in blue paper. Cover is plain with light blue lettering on the spine. This is a lovely story of a little princess who discovers she has a fairy grandmother, but no one believes.....
Item #068940
Eerdmans, 1981-05-18. 15th ptg. paperback. C. S. Lewis read this book when he was 16. He was an atheist at the time and for many years thereafter but later he said this book baptized his imagination. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund if.....
Item #069152