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Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1927.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Colonial Edition hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in good condition for its age. Boards are marked and sunned, particularly the spine. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, and spine is slightly cocked. Page block is is tanned and foxed. Pastedowns, endpapers and most of the pages are also foxed in places, with a dampstain noted on page 239. Ex-Libriss plate on front pastedown, and previous owner's name penned to FEP. Pages remain tightly bound and clear and bright throughout. LW

Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom

John Masefield. THE MIDNIGHT FOLK.. Heinemann, London, 1927.

Price: US$18.93 + shipping

Description: Un volume (20 cm) di 327 pagine. First edition, new impression, November 1927, Tela editoriale blu con titolo dorato al piatto e al dorso. No dust jacket. Condizioni molto buone.

Seller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, Italy

Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk. Heinemann, London, 1927.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: G, Shelfwear, fading, staining, corner bumps, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Adventure. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia

John Masefield. The Midnight Folk. A Novel. Heinemann, London, 1927.

Price: US$31.08 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: HARDBACK 1927. 19.5x12.5cm. 327 pages. Not illustrated. SPINE HAS A 2cm TEAR AT THE TOP END. No inscriptions. TANNED PAGES. SOME FOXING. Clean & tight. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref pt/26

Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Masefield, John (1878-1967). The midnight folk : a novel. London : William Heinemann Ltd., 1927.

Price: US$31.18 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 327 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Treasure troves ; Juvenile fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk. Heinemann's Colonial Editions, William Heinemann Ltd., London, November 1927. First colonial edition., 1927.

Price: US$32.25 + shipping

Description: 12mo, hardback, 327pp. Good condition in facsimile dustwrapper (with faults as in the original, in protective cover). Red cover with black lettering and border at front cover, bumped, faded and grubby spine with crease across upper spine about 1/2in down from the upper edge, rubbed edges, a few marks to rear, page edges age-toned and grubby, uncut lower edges, front hinge cracked. Owner's name at free front endpaper. Contents good, clear and legible. Pictures available on request.

Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk. William Heinemann Ltd., London, November 1927. New impression. First published November 1927., 1927.

Price: US$32.25 + shipping

Description: 12mo, hardback, 327pp. Good condition in facsimile dustwrapper (with faults as in the original, protective cover). Blue cloth, bumped, faded spine, rubbed edges, a few marks, foxed endpapers, page edges age-toned and grubby, hinges cracked, owner's name at free front endpaper. Contents good, clear and legible. Pictures available on request.

Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Masefield, John (1878-1967). The midnight folk : a novel. London : William Heinemann Ltd., 1927.

Price: US$43.60 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 327 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Treasure troves ; Juvenile fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk: A Novel [#195/165, SIGNED]. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1927.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED LIMITED. Ivory 1/4 paper and dark mint paper covered boards, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges. No. 195 of an edition limited to 265 copies (250 for sale), signed by author on limitation page opposite main title. 327 pp. Several small wormholes along both joints and front hinge, affecting flyleaf, half-title, and (slightly) main title, also foxed/tanned endpapers, otherwise clean and intact interior, firm binding, only slight wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.

Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk. A Novel. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1927.

Price: US$155.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and a couple of short closed tears to top and bottom of largely dark green jacket and spine, slight yellowing to back jacket, corners and folds slightly rubbed. Rather savagely price clipped with bottom quarter of front flap cut away, blue boards with gilt titling, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (Harriet Holland), top of page block dyed blue as issued. internally clean tight and square. Overall a vg++ copy of this scarce and enchanting book. Photos on request. 327pp. Determined to recover the long lost family treasure, Kay finds himself in a race against the evil Abner Brown. Abner has his witch friends and his dark magic to help him, but Kay has the very special Midnight Folk. 'The Midnight Folk' was Masefield's first children's fantasy novel. John Edward Masefield (1878-1967), English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967.

Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom

Masefield, John. The Midnight Folk. Heinemann, London, 1927.

Price: US$193.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, 327 pp. Original blue gilt cloth, green & black dust jacket, fine in very good, very slightly edgeworn dj, un-clipped.

Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

John Masefield. The Midnight Folk. William Heinemann LTD, London, 1927.

Price: US$200.47 + shipping

Description: (TC32) - Autografiado - 327 páginas - 18.8 12.3 cm. - Sobrecubierta rota - Regular estado.

Seller: LIBROS EL CID CAMPEADOR, Santiago de Chile, Chile

MASEFIELD, John.. The Midnight Folk - A Novel.. Heinemann, London., 1927.

Price: US$227.42 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. 327 pages.Some light spotting to edges and prelims. Very good indeed in the scarce dustwrapper which is very good, lightly spotted on rear panel and flaps, slightly frayed at head of spine and with faint scratches to front panel and a fingernail-size chip to bottom edge of rear panel.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

Masefield, John [Edward]. THE MIDNIGHT FOLK .. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1927.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-327 [328: blank], original blue cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. THE MIDNIGHT FOLK and its sequel, THE BOX OF DELIGHTS, OR WHEN THE WOLVES WERE RUNNING (1935), "is an important English fantasy sequence, told in a voice rather like that of a modernized, speeded-up Walter de la Mare." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, pp. 628-29. "An extravagant fantasy for young readers in which the young hero receives abundant magical aid in order to find a treasure and restore it to its rightful owners before the witches can get it." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-237. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 719. Waggoner, The Hills of Faraway 663. Bleiler (1978), p. 135. Reginald 09743. This UK domestic trade edition with jacket priced 7s. 6d. has small publisher's "colonial edition" stamp at the bottom right corner of the front paste-down. Some scattered insect tracking to cloth, mostly on front and rear panels, top edge of pages dusty, a very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with light wear at edges and some tanning to rear panel. The jacket presents well overall. (#139214)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Masefield, John [Edward]. THE MIDNIGHT FOLK .. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1927.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-327 [328: blank], original blue cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained blue, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. THE MIDNIGHT FOLK and its sequel, THE BOX OF DELIGHTS, OR WHEN THE WOLVES WERE RUNNING (1935), "is an important English fantasy sequence, told in a voice rather like that of a modernized, speeded-up Walter de la Mare." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, pp. 628-29. "An extravagant fantasy for young readers in which the young hero receives abundant magical aid in order to find a treasure and restore it to its rightful owners before the witches can get it." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-237. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 719. Waggoner, The Hills of Faraway 663. Bleiler (1978), p. 135. Reginald 09743. Private owner's name rubber-stamped on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket with wear along upper and lower edges, shallow chipping to upper spine end, short closed tears at bottom spine folds, and some tanning and light dust soiling to rear panel. (#141864)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

MASEFIELD, John.. The Midnight Folk. A Novel.. London William Heinemann Ltd, 1927.

Price: US$332.75 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, corners slightly rubbed, very slightly shaky, dust-jacket, slightly darkened, minor rubbing to extremities with small clean splits to some corners, overall very good. A very good first edition copy of this modern children's classic by the poet & author John Masefield, rare in the dust-jacket and in such condition. The Midnight Folk precedes the author's more famous The Box of Delights (1935), together forming 'an important English fantasy sequence' (Clute & Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy); the book has enjoyed several theatrical and radio adaptations over the years.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom