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Exeter: J and B Williams, 1827. Hardcover. Ninth American edition printed from the 18th English edition, translated from the Arabian MSS. Volume one only of a two volume set. Brown leather boards with gilt tilte to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards, spine ends, and hinges. Occasional spots of foxing and occasional smudge marks to interior, but clean and bright overall. Previous owner signature to front endpaper. Short closed tear to front endpaper. Interior hinges are starting. A small book measuring 5 inches tall by 3 inches wide. 264 pages. LIT/032017. Very Good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. Lacks volume title page and table of contents pages. Bound in three quarter brown leather with light brown cloth covered boards and gilt title to spine. Rubbing and wear to spine ends, edges, and corners. Foxing and occasional spots of soiling to interior. Illustrated. 944 pages. PER/050818. Very Good. More
New York: Miller and Company, 1857. Hardcover. Includes a five page article titled "About Dogs," which is a musing about dogs and their history. Within the article, there is long ballad about a favorite hound of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, son-in-law of King John. It concludes by asking readers to send their "very nice terrier - English, Scotch, or Skye - to Putnam, for his very sincere friend and humble servant." Also includes a review of Elizabeth Browning's poem "Aurora Leigh"; a biography about a deceased Virginia slave submitted by his owner; chapters from John William de Forest's novel "Witching Times"; a collection of letters about college life in the 1750s including notes on the costs of living, clothing, and school supplies; a humorous illustrated article about the tails of animals and tails on clothing; book reviews, editorials, news stories, and more. Bound in three quarter red leather with black cloth boards. Gilt title and raised bands to spine. There is a two inch closed tear to the leather on the rear hinge. Rubbing and wear to hinges and edges of boards. Previous owner's signature in pencil to front endpaper. Foxing to early and late pages of the interior. Short closed tears to edges of several pages. 668 pages. PER/060518. Very Good. More
New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1873. Hardcover. SCARCE. 12mo. Very good minus in original purple cloth with gilt lettering. Light rubbing at corners and spine ends, some fading and soiling to boards. Sunday school bookplate on front pastedown, owner names on front flyleaf and early blank. One plate has been colored in by a previous owner. Rear free end page has been torn out. 310 pages. Literature. LIT4/03061. Very Good -. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt title and decoration to spine. Embossed decoration to boards. Full gilt edges. Minor fading to spine. Edgewear to exterior includes bumping and rubbing. Tear to cloth along rear exterior hinge. Crack to front interior hinge. Foxing throughout though text and illustrations remain bright. Hand colored illustrations. 415 pages + publisher's ads. LIT/100212. Very Good -. More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. Hardcover. First edition. Bound in the original red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fading to gilt on spine, ownership label pasted to the front free endpaper, top edge lightly soiled, light soil to front cover, otherwise clean and bright. 553 pages. LIT/102616. Very Good. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very good in red cloth covered boards with white title to spine. Minor bumping to corners. 309 pages. World War II. WWII1/2042. Very Good. More
Addison, Joseph, et. All, Alexander Chalmers
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1853. Hardcover. VOLUME VI ONLY. Very good in purple cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Spine faded to brown. Wear to edges. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Minor foxing to first and last few pages. Index, 562 pages. LIT308301. Very Good. More
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1896. Hardcover. 12mo. Very good in green cloth covered boards with gilt tile to spine. Modern Rebinding. Minor browning and chipping to edges of first few pages. 193 pages. Literature. LIT812141. Very Good. More
Adeler, Max, [Hebel, Charles Clark].
Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart and Company, 1876. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings in dark green cloth. Remnants of sticker to foot of spine and "Clark" written in white. 8vo. Minor edgewear and light soiling to exterior. Minor yellowing to interior though text remains clean and bright. Illusrations throughout by Arthur B. Frost. Tight binding. 384 pages. Literature. LIT1/3142. Very Good. More
Athens, OH, London: Ohio University Press, (1984). Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Letter from publisher to potential reviewers laid in. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. Near fine light blue dust jacket with red and blue title and illustration to front and rear panels and blue title to spine panel. Slight fading to spine panel. Very slight edgewear and rubbing to rear panel. Index, 169 pages. LIT/062416. Fine / Near Fine. More
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Item #29470
ISBN: 0082140735
London: Oxford University Press, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth covered boards with gilt and yellow title to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior. Ex-libris with "cancelled" stamp to front free end page, book plates to verso front free end page, blindstamp to title page, and due date form and writing to rear free end page. Else is clean and bright with several illustrations throughout. Pink illustrated dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Fading and library sticker to spine panel of dust jacket as well as minor edgewear and rubbing to front and rear panels. Index, 320 pages. LIT/090716. Very Good / Very Good. More
Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck and London: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press and Associated University Press, (1978). Hardcover. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Very good in very good off-white illustrated dust jacket with black and blue title to front panel and black title to spine. Minor edgewear and foxing to dust jacket. Small damp stain to foot of spine that also effects about an inch of the edges of the pages. Does not effect the interior of the book. Inscription to front free end page reads "Dear Sally, With best wishes. Affectionaly, Lynne." Else is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Index, 190 pages. WOM/032317. Very Good / Very Good. More
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Item #31041
ISBN: 0838620531
London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited. Hardcover. 8vo. circa early 1900's. Red cloth boards with black and gilt title and elaborate illustration to front board and spine. Fading to spine. Bevelled boards. Minor wear to edges and corners. Bumping to spine ends. Full gilt edges. Signed by previous owner on ffep. Interior is very clean with frontispiece and illustrated title page. Rear hinge is cracked; otherwise binding is secure. 421 pp. LIT/033005. Very Good. More
Philadelphia: George Barrie and Son, Printed for Subscribers Only. Hardcover. Very Good. One volume of multivolume set. This title is John Law. Limited edition for subscribers only. First state of the large Japan edition. 11/250c. Vg in blue boards. Nine beautiful engravings after Remarque plus color frontis. Literature. LIT610171. Very Good. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. Hardcover. First Edition with advertisement for 'Pink and White Tyranny' described as 'Nearly Ready' and signature 1 is marked. Bound in original green pebbled cloth with gilt title to spine and front cover. Chipping and minor wear to spine ends, corners, hinges, and edges of boards. There is a half an inch closed tear to the top of the rear hinge. Minor rubbing to boards. Brown endpages. Occasional small spots of soiling / smudge marks to interior and a few to fore-edge of textblock. Hinges are starting and there are a few splits to interior; although, all pages remain securely bound. A few pages have short closed tears to margins. Frontispiece illustration with original tissue guard. 376 pages plus 4 pages of ads. LIT/081214. Very Good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1942). FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE END PAGE. 8vo. Green cloth boards with grey and gilt title to spine. Minor soiling to front board. Minor bumping to spine ends. Foxing to paste downs and end pages. Else is very clean with bright text. Tight binding. Maryland Author. 339 pages. LIT/012505. Very Good. More
Paris: Chez Jean de Bonnot, 1971. Hardcover. 3 Volumes. Text in Italian. All volumes are bound in full brown leather boards with elaborate gilt decoration to spines and covers. Clean and bright with many black and white line drawings. A beautiful set. Each volume has about 320 pages plus plates. LIT/020618. Very Good. More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1926. Hardcover. Second book in the Fatomas series. First American edition. Bound in the original navy blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Two very small tears at the head of the spine, slight fading to spine, announcement for the Fantomas Novels pasted to the front pastedown, bookseller's stamp on the front free endpaper and rear pastedown, numbers in ink at the top of the front pastedown and front free endpaper, otherwise very good, without dust jacket. 337 pages. LIT/102616. Very Good. More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. Hardcover. An Indiana born author, Allee (1890 - 1945) wrote several children's books and a series of books about Quaker familes. This is part of a three book series about a Quaker widow and her eight daughters. Ex-library with stamps to first and last few pages. Library pocket removed from rear endpaper. Green cloth boards with dark blue title to spine and front cover. Soiling including scribbling to rear board. Wear to edges of boards and corners. Clean interior overall aside from library markings and occasional smudge marks. 220 pages. LIT/102618. Very Good. More
VT: Stinehour Press, 1999. Paperback. Volume Two ONLY. Includes nearly 100 breathtaking fixtures that are richly illustrated with black and white photographic images. Important historical designs of chandeliers, newel standards, table lamps, and glass shades from the 1880s and 1890s. Fine in oblong white paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. 48 pages. ANT/083117. Very Good. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Reprint. "Much that happened in Mark Twain's life served as the basis of his work, and these real life episodes in fictional form are scattered through more than twenty-five of his books. Now Jerry Allen has drawn all these episodes together in actual sequence and added much new material from Twain's unpublished papers" (jacket). Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Previous owner signature in pen to front free endpaper. Browning to endpapers. In green dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Fading to spine of jacket and wear to edges including a few closed tears. 359 pages. LIT/032318. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine blue and white illustrated dust jacket with red title to front and spine panels. Index, 512 pages. World War II. WWII/1163. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
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Item #3167
ISBN: 0684815257
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. Hardcover. Near fine in Fine light blue and white illustrated dust jacket with red title to front and spine panels. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Else is pristine. Photographic illustrations throughout. Index, 512 pages. World War II. WWII/1163. Near Fine / Fine. More
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Item #23162
ISBN: 0684815257
Astounding Science Fiction, 1958. Paperback. 8vo. Illustrated paper wrappers with white title to black spine. Writing on front cover and minor creasing to wraps and spine. Small closed tears to head and foot of hinges. Yellowing to pages though text remains bright. Illustrations throughout. 162 pages. LIT/042916. Very Good. More
