Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1956.). Translated by F. J. Church. Translation revised, with an introduction, by Robert D. Cumming. 70 pp

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1928. Hardcover first edition - An attractive copy of this classic book, with a foreword by John Galsworthy, translated by Whittaker Chambers and illustrated with a frontispiece and 25 full page drawings by Kurt Wiese. 293 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Koln: Konemann, 1999. dj. Hardcover - An attractively produced edition of this novel set during the covenanting era in 17th century Scotland. Included is an appendix with Scott's introduction to the 1830 edition, a glossary of Scottish words and an extensive section of notes at the end. A compact format, measuring just 6 3/4 inches by 5 inches, but nicely printed on good quality paper, and bound in blue cloth. ISBN: 3-8290-09003.

New York: Modern Library, (1954) dj. Hardcover - Sophocles' Oedipus trilogy, Volume 3 in the "Complete Greek Tragedies" series edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Contains Oedipus the King (translated by David Grene) Oedipus at Colonus (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) and Antigone (translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff) Introduction by David Grene. 238 pp plus list of Modern Library Titles.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover - An attractive early edition of one of Stevenson's later novels, written while he was living in the South Pacific and originally published in 1892. Illustrated with a frontispice (tissue guard still present) and 6 inserted full plates. 553 pp.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (1971.). Hardcover - An unabridged reprint of Stevenson's classic novel, illustrated with full page mauve and white drawings by David Stone, but of interest primarily as an advertising piece for Folger's Coffee (with a circle on the cover stating "Free when you buy a 2 lb can." 212 pp.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1945. dj. Hardcover - A title in the 'Great Illustrated Classics' series. With an introductory sketch of the author and with illustrations of characters and scenes belonging to the novel. A well-produced series, and rather uncommon in dust jacket.

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., nd [1901.]. Hardcover first edition - Early, and previously uncollected articles and short humorous pieces from, among others, The Snob and The Gownsman (both undergraduate publications at Cambridge University), The National Standard, The Times, The Pictorial Times, and Fraser's Magazine. Edited and with an introduction and notes by Melville. Includes an appendix with the short novel 'Elizabeth Brownrigge: A Tale .'16 illustrations taken from the original publications. 492 pp.

Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first major one-volume collection of Tolstoy's stories, edited and with an introduction by Charles Neider. Includes 46 stories from all stages of his life, ranging in length from short stories to novellas. Most were translated by Nathan Haskell Dole; the three Sevastapol stories were translated by Isabel F. Hapgood. 574 pp.

New York & London: Oxford University Press, (1977) dj. Hardcover - Originally published as a monthly serial from October 1867 to May 1868 in St Paul's Magazine, and in book form in 1869, this is the second of the "Palliser" series of novels, here reissued in a uniform format. This deals with "both British parliamentary politics of the 1860s, including voting reform (secret ballot and eliminating rotten boroughs and Irish tenant-right) and Finn's romances with women of fortune, which would secure his financial future." Preface by Sir Shane Leslie, illustrations by T. L. B. Huskinson . Notes and a "who's who." 367 pp. ISBN: 0-192546120.

Danbury, CT: Grolier Enterprises Corp, n.d. (ca 1978). Hardcover - A title in The World's Great Classic series. Includes a critical and biographical profile of Twain by James M. Cox. xx. 387pp.

Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc. (1940.). Hardcover first edition - A title in the 'Little Big Classics' series. Illustrated by A. Rusk. Small format - 17cm tall by 13 cm. 92 pp.

Paris: Hachette. (1930.). Hardcover - Frontispice, illustrations noir et blanche de Henri Faivre. Texte en francais. Part 3 of The Mysterious Island, illustrated with black and white drawings, Text in French. 251 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (1979, c 1955.) dj. Hardcover - The second novel in Waugh's masterful World War II trilogy, Men at War - this follows Guy Crouchback though his commando training and to Greece, where he is wounded in action. One of several titles reissued by Little Brown in 1977-79 in uniform binding with dust jacket illustrations by John Renfer. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-316-926310.

New York: Dell, (1965.). A very funny satire on "certain aspects of Hollywood life" - and death. Movie tie-in edition. Vintage paperback with cover price of 50c. 191 pp.

New York: A. & C. Boni, 1928. Hardcover - As a measure of the popularity of Wilder's classic novel when it was first published, this printing - the 17th - was just one year after the first. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Green and black title page, frontispiece, illustrated endpapers. 235 pp.

London: Herbert Jenkins, (1958.) dj. Hardcover - Although the copyright page states 'first published . . .1958' this is the reissue in the Autograph Edition, in blue boards, with plain printed salmon-colored wrappers. 222 pp.