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London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1937. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards with gilt text on the spine. 173 pp. VG. Small spots of discoloration on the front cover. No writing in the book. Firm binding. Lacking dust wrapper if there was one. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien &.....
Item #074447
London: Hurst and Blackett, [1867]. Hardcover. This is the second printing listed in Shaberman's bibliography. Dark green with gilt on spine and front cover. 440 pp. followed by four pages of catalog and that followed by eight pages of Hurst and Blackett's Three and Sixpenny Series. VG- with a weak front.....
Item #074451
New York: Schocken Books, 1982. Arthur Hughes. Softcover. A modern soft cover book. Soft cover with artistic cover and black and red text. Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. VG with a crease across most of the top of the front cover. No writing in the book. Shelley and Son Books specializes.....
Item #074452
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1924. Centenary edition, enlarged and. Hardcover. Centenary edition, enlarged and edited. Maroon cloth boards with gilt text. 396 pp. Spine slightly faded. Binding tight and no writing in the book. A nice copy. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund.....
Item #074455
London: Kegan, Trench, Trubner, No Date Listed; Circa 1892. New Edition. Hardcover. Title page says "new edition". No date but probably 1892. Dark red cloth boards with black text beside a gilt image. Black borders at top and bottom. 386 pp. Jordan 145mmc new edition. VG. Slightly cocked. Owner's name in pencil.....
Item #074457
London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, No Date Listed. Hardcover. A sequel to Thomas Wingfold, Curate. Red cloth boards with black text, a gilt decoration beside the title, and a black rule across top and bottom of the front cover. Pleasing condition with a tight binding and no writing in the.....
Item #074458
London: Blackie & Son, No Date Listed. Arthur Hughes. New Edition. New edition with 26 illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Green cloth boards with an illustration in the center and text in yellow. 299 pp., followed by a catalog of 32 pp. Black or dark green top stain. VG with the book being cocked.....
Item #074461
London: Kegan: Paul, Trench, Trubner, No Date Listed. Hardcover. Subtitled "An Autobiographical Story". Orange boards with black text and a design which includes a gilt armorial image. 520 pp. VG. Book is badly cocked and the spine is very faded. No writing in the book. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis.....
Item #074462
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1979. Maurice Sendak. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Frontispiece by Maurice Sendak who was a serious collector of MacDonald books. Introduction boy Glenn Sadler. The Portent was first published in 1860. First printing in this layout. Brown cloth boards with metallic looking text on the spine. 160 pp. Green dust.....
Item #074460
Abilene, TX: Pasture Spring Press, 2004. Hardcover. A horizontal book with photographs by Fink and biography by Hein. A horizontal book, 8.75" x 11", beige cloth boards and gilt text. The dust wrapper has a large center photograph and text in brown and black. Book and wrapper are fine. Shelley.....
Item #074453
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1924. Second Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece is a photo of MacDonald. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. The author, Greville MacDonald, was George MacDonald's oldest son. Shaberman 134. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt text. 575 pp., with a bibliography and an index. VG with general edge wear. An.....
Item #074456
Eureka, CA: Sunrise Books, 1989. Hardcover. Ronald MacDonald was a son of George MacDonald. This book is part of the Masterline Series published by Sunrise Books. This copy inscribed by Michael Phillips, general editor of the series. Volume 1 of the Masterline Series. Dark green cloth boards with gilt text on.....
Item #074454
Tring, Batavia, Sydney: A Lion Book, 1987. Hardcover. The major biography of George MacDonald, novelist and Victorian visionary. Black cloth boards with gilt text on the spine. 432 pp., with a notes and index following the text. Dust wrapper is white with silver, black and red text. Book and wrapper are nearly.....
Item #074459
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. NOTE: This book is by GREVILLE MacDonald, not his father George. It is dedicated to his father. Dark maroon cloth boards with gilt text on the spine. Fore edge and bottom edge uncut. 243 pp. VG. The binding is tight. Owner's name in pencil inside front cover. Two.....
Item #074463
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963. Inscribed Dedication Copy. Hardcover. Warm, signed, inscription to Morton Cohen to whom the book is dedicated. Inscribed one month before the death of Green's good friend C. S. Lewis.Orange cloth boards with gilt text on the spine. 112 pp., with index. The dust wrapper is mostly.....
Item #074450
Hamden, CT: Winged Lion Press, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Late in his life, Lewis was asked to make a list of the top ten books that influenced him. In this book Vaus gives us a quick look at each of those books.Soft cover with a photo of the ten books.....
Item #074444