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Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books

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Fantasy

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	LE GUIN, URSULA K. A Wizard of Earthsea. Oakland, CA & boston, MA. Parnassus Press and Houghton Mifflin Company. 1968. Second Printing with number line beginning with 2.. With maps and drawings by Ruth Robbins. The first book in Le Guin's famous Earthsea Series. VG+ in woven blue cloth stamped brightly in black on the front boards and the spine. The book measures 8 13/16" tall. Very clean, crisp, and tight with the drawing of Ged stamped in black on the front cover. In a colorful, price-clipped dustjacket featuring the art work of Ruth Robbins. A little edgewear and a few closed tears to the dustjacket. Overall, a handsome, collectible copy of this scarce book. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 3981 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	NICHOLS, ROBERT. Fantastica: Being "The Smile of the Sphinx" and Other Tales of the Imagination. NY. Macmillan Co. 1923. First Edition. With "Published September 1923" on the copyright page. Three fantastic and philosophical tales of which The London Times Literary Supplement said: "Into this parable Mr. Nichols has thrown all his indigiation, all his fear of industrial slavery and of misapplied herd psychology, all his faith in Christianity as the one liberating symbol." It is a biting satire on the methods of the captains of industry. NF/VG+ in clean crisp woven blue cloth stamped brightly in gold on the front boards and the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. In a worn and edge-rubbed brown dustjakacket printed in blue and orange. With creases and tears and chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 3839 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Farmer Giles of Ham. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1950. First Edition. With "First Published in the U.S.A. in 1950" at the top of the copyright page. "Printed in Great Britain" at the bottom of the copyright page. VG+/ G+ in crisp, clean woven blue cloth stamped in black with long-tailed dragon drawing on the front boards and black lettering on the spine. With only the lightest touch of rubbing to the extremities. In a heavily chipped and torn dustjacket, missing two thumbnail-sized pieces at the top and bottom of the front panel. With the original price of "$2.00" and "10 up" at the top of the front inside flap. Name and date in ink on the rear free endpaper. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 2378 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Farmer Giles of Ham. London. George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1949. First Edition. With "First Published in 1949" at the top of the copyright page. "Printed in Great Britain by Unwin Brothers Limited/ London and Woking" at the bottom of the copyright page. With colored frontispiece and embellishments by Pauline Diana Baynes. G+/G+ in woven salmon-colored cloth stamped in blue with long-tailed dragon drawing on the front boards and blue lettering on the spine. In an attractive dustjacket missing two pinky fingernail-sized pieces at the top and side of the spine. Unfortunately, a sharp-toothed cat or puppy chewed through the top of the spine and the dustjacket, leaving perforations at the top corners of the textural pages and the top of the spine and adjacent edges.The jacket has the price of "6s. net" on the inside front flap and a write-up for The Hobbit on the rear panel, including blurbs from the Times Literary Supplement.A difficult Tolkien title to find in dustjacket. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 167 \| £UK 150.25 \| JP¥ 22064] Book number: 3806 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938. First Edition. First issue with bowing Hobbit on the title page, and the position of the endpaper maps reversed from their listings in the table of contents (e.g., Wilderland in front and Thor's Map in the rear). With illustrations by the author. Frontispiece in color and three other color plates, as well as a number of black and white drawings by Tolkien. All first issue points of this very scarce fantasy classic. VG+ in beige woven cloth stamped in blue and red on the spine and the front boards. The spine is lightly frayed at the top and bottom, and the binding is somewhat darkened, but the lettering is bright. With bowing hobbit on the front panel as well as the title page. All illustrations intact and in sharp register. A very handsome copy of this elusive title. USD 4500.00 [Appr.: EURO 3001.75 \| £UK 2704.5 \| JP¥ 397158] Book number: 3185 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938. First Edition. First issue with bowing Hobbit on the title page, and the position of the endpaper maps reversed from their listings in the table of contents (e.g., Wilderland in front and Thor's Map in the rear). With illustrations by the author. Frontispiece in color and three other color plates, as well as a number of black and white drawings by Tolkien. All first issue points of this very scarce fantasy classic. VG+ in beige woven cloth stamped in blue and red on the spine and the front boards. The spine is lightly frayed at the top and bottom, and the binding is somewhat darkened, but the lettering is bright. With bowing hobbit on the front panel as well as the title page. All illustrations intact and in sharp register. A very handsome copy of this elusive title. USD 4500.00 [Appr.: EURO 3001.75 \| £UK 2704.5 \| JP¥ 397158] Book number: 3693 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938. First Edition with title page date of 1938 and copyright page date of 1938. With illustrations by the author. Frontispiece in color and three other color plates, as well as a number of black and white drawings by Tolkien. With the Houghton Mifflin colophon (Seated youth playing pipes) on the title page rather than the bowing Hobbit. Bowing Hobbit stamped brightly in red on the front boards. An amazingly bright copy in original oatmeal-colored cloth which is delightfully clean and crisp to the touch. A fine copy in superbly clean beige woven cloth stamped brightly in blue and red on the spine and the front boards which feature the bowing Hobbit in red. The spine is very clean and crisp, and the book appears virtually new and unread, as has been protected all these years by the dustjacket which is now lacking. All illustrations are intact and in sharp register. An astonishingly handsome copy of this Tolkien classic. USD 3500.00 [Appr.: EURO 2334.75 \| £UK 2103.5 \| JP¥ 308901] Book number: 3805 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Silmarillion. London. George Allen & Unwin. 1977. First Edition. With "First published in 1977" on the copyright page and the "William Clowes & Sons" imprint. With maps and genealogical tables by Tolkien. First issue dustjacket without price. NF/NF in woven blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine. In a colorful, crisp, and near-perfect dustjacket with one tiny mark on the rear panel. Quite scarce in this condition. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 167 \| £UK 150.25 \| JP¥ 22064] Book number: 3694 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Smith of Wootton Major. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1967. First Edition. With "First Printing" on copyright page. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. NF/VG in clean, crisp tannish linen cloth stamped in gilt on the spine with a green vignette of a medieval couple seated before a fire on the front boards. In a complete, attractive dustjacket featuring a photo of J.R.R.Tolkien on the rear panel and a fantastical drawing on the front panel which is lightly soiled along the edges. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 2379 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.

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	LE GUIN, URSULA K. A Wizard of Earthsea. Oakland, CA & boston, MA. Parnassus Press and Houghton Mifflin Company. 1968. Second Printing with number line beginning with 2.. With maps and drawings by Ruth Robbins. The first book in Le Guin's famous Earthsea Series. VG+ in woven blue cloth stamped brightly in black on the front boards and the spine. The book measures 8 13/16" tall. Very clean, crisp, and tight with the drawing of Ged stamped in black on the front cover. In a colorful, price-clipped dustjacket featuring the art work of Ruth Robbins. A little edgewear and a few closed tears to the dustjacket. Overall, a handsome, collectible copy of this scarce book. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 3981 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	NICHOLS, ROBERT. Fantastica: Being "The Smile of the Sphinx" and Other Tales of the Imagination. NY. Macmillan Co. 1923. First Edition. With "Published September 1923" on the copyright page. Three fantastic and philosophical tales of which The London Times Literary Supplement said: "Into this parable Mr. Nichols has thrown all his indigiation, all his fear of industrial slavery and of misapplied herd psychology, all his faith in Christianity as the one liberating symbol." It is a biting satire on the methods of the captains of industry. NF/VG+ in clean crisp woven blue cloth stamped brightly in gold on the front boards and the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. In a worn and edge-rubbed brown dustjakacket printed in blue and orange. With creases and tears and chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 3839 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Farmer Giles of Ham. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1950. First Edition. With "First Published in the U.S.A. in 1950" at the top of the copyright page. "Printed in Great Britain" at the bottom of the copyright page. VG+/ G+ in crisp, clean woven blue cloth stamped in black with long-tailed dragon drawing on the front boards and black lettering on the spine. With only the lightest touch of rubbing to the extremities. In a heavily chipped and torn dustjacket, missing two thumbnail-sized pieces at the top and bottom of the front panel. With the original price of "$2.00" and "10 up" at the top of the front inside flap. Name and date in ink on the rear free endpaper. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 2378 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Farmer Giles of Ham. London. George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1949. First Edition. With "First Published in 1949" at the top of the copyright page. "Printed in Great Britain by Unwin Brothers Limited/ London and Woking" at the bottom of the copyright page. With colored frontispiece and embellishments by Pauline Diana Baynes. G+/G+ in woven salmon-colored cloth stamped in blue with long-tailed dragon drawing on the front boards and blue lettering on the spine. In an attractive dustjacket missing two pinky fingernail-sized pieces at the top and side of the spine. Unfortunately, a sharp-toothed cat or puppy chewed through the top of the spine and the dustjacket, leaving perforations at the top corners of the textural pages and the top of the spine and adjacent edges.The jacket has the price of "6s. net" on the inside front flap and a write-up for The Hobbit on the rear panel, including blurbs from the Times Literary Supplement.A difficult Tolkien title to find in dustjacket. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 167 \| £UK 150.25 \| JP¥ 22064] Book number: 3806 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938. First Edition. First issue with bowing Hobbit on the title page, and the position of the endpaper maps reversed from their listings in the table of contents (e.g., Wilderland in front and Thor's Map in the rear). With illustrations by the author. Frontispiece in color and three other color plates, as well as a number of black and white drawings by Tolkien. All first issue points of this very scarce fantasy classic. VG+ in beige woven cloth stamped in blue and red on the spine and the front boards. The spine is lightly frayed at the top and bottom, and the binding is somewhat darkened, but the lettering is bright. With bowing hobbit on the front panel as well as the title page. All illustrations intact and in sharp register. A very handsome copy of this elusive title. USD 4500.00 [Appr.: EURO 3001.75 \| £UK 2704.5 \| JP¥ 397158] Book number: 3185 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938. First Edition. First issue with bowing Hobbit on the title page, and the position of the endpaper maps reversed from their listings in the table of contents (e.g., Wilderland in front and Thor's Map in the rear). With illustrations by the author. Frontispiece in color and three other color plates, as well as a number of black and white drawings by Tolkien. All first issue points of this very scarce fantasy classic. VG+ in beige woven cloth stamped in blue and red on the spine and the front boards. The spine is lightly frayed at the top and bottom, and the binding is somewhat darkened, but the lettering is bright. With bowing hobbit on the front panel as well as the title page. All illustrations intact and in sharp register. A very handsome copy of this elusive title. USD 4500.00 [Appr.: EURO 3001.75 \| £UK 2704.5 \| JP¥ 397158] Book number: 3693 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938. First Edition with title page date of 1938 and copyright page date of 1938. With illustrations by the author. Frontispiece in color and three other color plates, as well as a number of black and white drawings by Tolkien. With the Houghton Mifflin colophon (Seated youth playing pipes) on the title page rather than the bowing Hobbit. Bowing Hobbit stamped brightly in red on the front boards. An amazingly bright copy in original oatmeal-colored cloth which is delightfully clean and crisp to the touch. A fine copy in superbly clean beige woven cloth stamped brightly in blue and red on the spine and the front boards which feature the bowing Hobbit in red. The spine is very clean and crisp, and the book appears virtually new and unread, as has been protected all these years by the dustjacket which is now lacking. All illustrations are intact and in sharp register. An astonishingly handsome copy of this Tolkien classic. USD 3500.00 [Appr.: EURO 2334.75 \| £UK 2103.5 \| JP¥ 308901] Book number: 3805 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Silmarillion. London. George Allen & Unwin. 1977. First Edition. With "First published in 1977" on the copyright page and the "William Clowes & Sons" imprint. With maps and genealogical tables by Tolkien. First issue dustjacket without price. NF/NF in woven blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine. In a colorful, crisp, and near-perfect dustjacket with one tiny mark on the rear panel. Quite scarce in this condition. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 167 \| £UK 150.25 \| JP¥ 22064] Book number: 3694 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.
	TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Smith of Wootton Major. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1967. First Edition. With "First Printing" on copyright page. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. NF/VG in clean, crisp tannish linen cloth stamped in gilt on the spine with a green vignette of a medieval couple seated before a fire on the front boards. In a complete, attractive dustjacket featuring a photo of J.R.R.Tolkien on the rear panel and a fantastical drawing on the front panel which is lightly soiled along the edges. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 2379 Click here to order or inquire at Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books.