CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE —Issued shortly after the novel’s success and ahead of its 1978 film adaptation, these calendars illustrate the growing commercial and visual reach of fantasy publishing in the late twentieth century.These calendars reflect the broader expansion of Watership Down from novel to cultural phenomenon. The artwork presents the Downs.....

New York: Bantam Books, 1970. Michael Avallone’s Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a novelization of the 1970 science fiction film, expanding on the post-apocalyptic world established in Pierre Boulle’s original story. The book follows the protagonist as he navigates a dystopian Earth dominated by intelligent apes, exploring themes.....

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A social commentary on the evils of the wealthy set in New England via a story of romance. Written to teach people a little about personal finance and.....

Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., Inc., 1908. Illustrations by Francis. P. Wightman. First Edition, Third Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The story is set in turn-of-the-century Egypt and is a tale of love, betrayal, and Revenge. Written shortly after Baum's trip to the Middle East in 1906. There he met.....

Springfield, Mass., Milton Bradley Company, 1921. Illustrated by Harold M. Brett. The Madge Bellamy Edition of Lorna Doone, associated with Maurice Tourneur's 1922 silent film, garnered acclaim for its faithful adaptation of R.D. Blackmore’s novel. Period reviews praised Bellamy’s portrayal of Lorna, highlighting her role's emotional resonance. The film’s atmospheric.....

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. Illustrated by Will Crawford. First published as a short story in American Illustrated Magazine in September 1905, 'Pigs Is Pigs' went on to dozens of printings as a book and in anthologies over the next several decades.The story was made into movie form.....

New York: Century Co, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was not merely an author but a pioneer pilot for Aéropostale, flying the dangerous routes over the Sahara and the Andes. 'Night Flight' was written during his tenure as director of the Aeroposta Argentina and is.....

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Clyde Edgerton is a cornerstone of the 1980s and 90s Southern literary renaissance. Published by the influential Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 'Killer Diller' solidified Edgerton's reputation as a writer who could critique Southern religious.....

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. John Fowles  made his literary debut with The Collector, a psychologically intense novel about obsession and captivity, told from both captor and captive perspectives. Its significance is heightened by the award-nominated 1965 film adaptation starring Terence Stamp.....

New York: Doubleday, 2017. 19th Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Additional Information —•+++ Seventeen original color photographs taken on location in Osage County, Oklahoma—depicting Grayhorse, Fairfax, cobblestone roads, oil wells, and other key sites of the Osage murders.+++ Two geological bulletins with fold-out maps issued by the U.S. Department of.....

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Illustrations by Mitchell Hooks. Signed Limited Edition. Leather. 1945 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the bonding of an American officer and the townspeople of Adano, in Italy, during World War II.

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1940. Illustrations by John de Martelly. A Very Good Hardcover with a Fair Slipcase. William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist, and ornithologist. Hudson's best known novel is Green Mansions first published in 1904.Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest is an exotic romance.....

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Illustrations by Watson, Aldren. Hardcover with Dust Jacket with Slipcase. The Jungle Book first published in 1894 is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear.....