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The Fourth Book of Jorkens: Available Copies

Mystery. 8vo. 1 of 3000 copies. 194 pages. Book has black cloth boards with gold titles. The book has sustained bug damage to the front and rear boards. Moderate wear along top edge of boards and some to the rear gutter. The fore edge is soiled. The dust jacket has over all wear to the extremities, and has NOT been price clipped. There is a 1" piece missing from the top of the spine, but it does not touch the author. There is a small hole on the bottom of the front panel. There is some over all wear to the rear panel, as well as stained. The front flap is compromised with a little vertical hole. Selling quality books for over 35 years.

lacking dj. minimal wear.

Unused bookplate on rear endpaper. Darkening to edges with some foxing (from glue?) to gutters. Otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall

In great condition. The bottom edge of the jacket is slightly torn. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

1948, near fine book with tiny edge damp marks, in a very good -fine jacket with a couple small damp marks, some darker spine,

Sauk City: Arkham House:, 1948. First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, 194 pp. Cover artwork by: Ronald Clyne A clean, straight and tight copy with dusted head and moderate toning near junction of free endpapers and paste-downs in a complete jacket with one-quarter inch chip at head of rear panel and toning to extremities and spine panel. First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket,

NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD D.J. RONALD CLYNE DESIGNED D.J./ THIS BOOK IS ONE OF A PRINTING OF 3000 COPIES BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT BUT THE TITLE PAGE AND FACING PAGE HAVE BEEN CROPPED 3/8" AT THE BOTTOM AND THERE IS A PREVIOUS OWNER'S ADDRESS STAMP ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. D.J. IS WORN AT CORNERS WITH A 1/8" CHIP AT THE TOP OF THE SUNNED SPINE PANEL AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION.

Bottom edge a bit shelf-rubbed. Dustjacket has a few small closed edge tears. One of 3,000 copies printed. Ronald Clyne dustjacket art.

1948, bumped corners, tiny spine end chips, else fine in near fine price clipped dust jacket

1948 Arkham House hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - slight wear to edge of dust jacket (now in mylar cover) minor tanning to closed page edge - price clipped - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy

First Edition, limited to three thousand copies. Black cloth over boards with gilt-stamped particulars to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Light shelfwear to head and tail of spine; otherwise, boards are clean and bright. Text block is clean. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket, illustrated by Ronald Clyne, is clean, bright and unmarked. Very light shelfwear. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

Sauk City, WI:Arkham House. 1948. 1st edition, limited to 3000 copies. 194pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book very slightly shelfworn with gilt on spine still bright. Internally, end pages slightly age toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. The dust  jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn with a closed tear to the rear panel, bottom edge. Overall, a very good copy with a very good dust jacket.

Black cloth first edition is near fine. Unclipped jacket has light wear and toning to edges. Back panel rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Short stories. One of 3000 copies printed. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy with a small $5.00 price inked on the front free endpaper in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corners.

No date (1947). 176 pages in very good, clean condition. Previous owner's name on ffep. Blue hardcovers with black titles on the spine. Very light wear on corners. Illustrated grey DJ with black titles. Small tears and chips on corners and edges. Jacket a little scuffed and soiled. VG/GOOD

Thirty-three Jorkens tales. Currey A binding of black cloth lettered in gold (there was a more common later binding in green cloth). Preceded (and much scarcer than) the 1948 Arkham House edition. VG+ copy in a good pictorial dustjacket, including shallow chipping along the spine edges and dust-soiling to rear (white) panel.

Octavo, cloth. Collects thirty-three Jorkens tales. [Reference: Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #588. See Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-124]. Some toning to pages, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with several small chips and two tiny tears to the upper front panel, age darkening to the spine and rear panels. (24874)

The Fourth Book of Jorkens by Lord Dunsany (First Edition) A firm square copy. Slight spine lean. Lightly rubbed corners. Bright gilt to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Minor edgewear, including small piece missing from spine head. Now in a clear, protective cover. First Edition, no later printings mentioned. An uncommon copy.

First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Hint of foxing at end-papers. Front cover of jacket detached at spine. Small chip at mid-spine on jacket. Spine mildly age toned. Vintage bookstore sticker on front paste-down & small doodle on end-paper. ) 3000 copies printed.

THE FOURTH BOOK OF JORKENS, Arkham House, 1948, first American edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with a small black mark on the front dust-wrapper flap fold. 1/3,000 copies.

8vo. Publisher's black cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine. Clean and bright, minor bumping here and there, a touch of scuffing, in a pricelipped pictorial dustjacket with some marginal chipping, creasing and wear. A handsome copy of a collection of 33 tales that just manages to predate the Arkham House edition.

Sauk City , Wisconsin: Arkham House. 1948. First American Edition; First Printing. Limited to 3000 [reportedly, actually 3118] copies. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 74 "33 of the Jorkens fantasy and tall stories"]. Bleiler [1978 Checklist, page 65]. Tuck [The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, page 151]. Near Fine copy with light edge wear and toning to the endpapers as shown in slightly spine-tone Dust Wrapper with 1/2" top closed edge tear to the front panel. See Photos LR5/3E

First US edition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket with a two 1.3 cm. closed tears at top of the front panel and light browning to spine panel.

3118 copies printed. Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, #33. Fine in fine dust jacket with one tiny chip.

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-176, original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Probable first binding of black cloth lettered in gold. Thirty-three Jorkens tales. Preceded the Arkham House edition. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 588. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 899. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-124. Anderson I.84.a. Top edge of sheets foxed, minor bruise to lower rear corner, else a fine copy in good, or slightly better dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, some foxing, and dust soiling and scuffing to rear panel. (#2015)

Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. 3118 copies printed. Collects thirty-three Jorkens tales. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 588. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 899. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-124. Anderson I.84.b. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild tanning to spine panel and along flap folds and clipped price. A nice copy. (#140874)

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Probable first binding of black cloth lettered in gold. Thirty-three Jorkens tales. Preceded the Arkham House edition. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 588. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 899. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-124. Anderson I.84.a. A fine copy in good dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, 20x20 mm v-chip from bottom right corner of front panel, and dust soiling to rear panel. (#118542)

In gleaming black boards (Holliston Black Novelex) with yellow lettering on the spine. With personal book stamp on the front paste-down Only 3,118 copies printed. In a good dust jacket which is browned along the white edges and darkened on the rear panel sides. Chipping to the top and bottom of the spine ends. With the price of $3.00.

[Fantasy Short Stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Spotting to textblock edges, some bumping to boards and rolling to spine, dust-jacket price clipped to front flap, rubbing to jacket spine, tearing to jacket edges. Very good. 'The Fourth Book of Jorkens' is a collection of fantasy short stories, and was the fourth collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published.

HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. 3118 copies printed. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.