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By: London, Jack; Farmer, Philip Jose
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1987
Seller ID: 2281110
Condition: Fine
Publisher's insert laid in. 1987 Full-Leather. viii, [6], 140, [2] pp. 8vo. Green full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Philip Jose Farmer, illustrations by Frank Mayo. Big-Tooth, a child of the tree people, lived his adventure-filled life in a remote geological age -- but it was the mind of a modern boy that recaptured those violent times when the earth was very young and its people struggled for existence. Before Adam is a novel by Jack London, serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine. It is the story of a boy who dreams... View more info
By: London, Jack; Gardner, Ray
Price: $50.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1973
Seller ID: 2278050
Condition: Near Fine
Blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1973 Full-Leather. xvi, 245, [1] pp. 8vo. Original red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Ray Gardner, illustrations by Lydia Dabcovich. White Fang is the titular character and a novel by American author Jack London. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th-century, and details a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication. White Fang is a companion nove... View more info
By: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1903
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2075173
Condition: Very Good
First thus. Top edge of front board soiled with a few other spots further down, to page ridge lightly foxed. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 152 pp. 4to. Light blue cloth, gilt & navy blue titles, navy blue & lighter blue decorations. Color frontispiece and color and black & white plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorative backgrounds and borders throughout. CONTENTS: THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH: Miles Standish; Love and Friendship; The Lover's Errand; John Alden; The Sailing of the May Flower; Priscilla; The March of Miles Standish; The Spinning-Wheel; Th... View more info
By: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1903
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2283730
Condition: Very Good
First thus. Boards lightly rubbed. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 152 pp. 4to. Blue cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board flanked by blind-stamped decorative swords, gilt titles. Color frontispiece and color and black & white plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorative backgrounds and borders throughout. CONTENTS: Miles Standish; Love and Friendship; The Lover's Errand; John Alden; The Sailing of the May Flower; Priscilla; The March of Miles Standish; The Spinning-Wheel; The Wedding-Day. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by ... View more info
By: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1903
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2283860
Condition: Very Good
Boards lightly soiled, blank owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 152 pp. 4to. Blue-grey cloth, decorative boards with gilt titles. Color frontispiece and color and black-and-white plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorative backgrounds and borders throughout. CONTENTS: Miles Standish; Love and Friendship; The Lover's Errand; John Alden; The Sailing of the May Flower; Priscilla; The March of Miles Standish; The Spinning-Wheel; The Wedding-Day. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow a... View more info
By: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1903
Seller ID: 2291309
Condition: Very Good
Ink name and date on front endpaper, small spot on front corner. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 152 pp. 4to. Blue-grey cloth, decorative boards with gilt titles. Color frontispiece and color and black-and-white plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorative backgrounds and borders throughout. CONTENTS: Miles Standish; Love and Friendship; The Lover's Errand; John Alden; The Sailing of the May Flower; Priscilla; The March of Miles Standish; The Spinning-Wheel; The Wedding-Day. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... View more info
By: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1906
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2291310
Condition: Very Good
First thus. Boards lightly soiled. 1906 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 188, [4] pp. Tall 8vo. Original olive cloth, gilt titles, white and purple borders and decorations, decorated endpapers. Includes color frontispiece and plates by Harrison Fisher and decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that features Native American characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman. Events in... View more info
By: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth; Untermeyer, Louis
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261279
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number V:24 laid in. Spine and slipcase edges toned, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1943 Hard Cover. xxi, 444 pp. 8vo. Selected and edited with commentary by Louis Untermeyer, illustrated with wood engravings by Boyd Hanna. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include Paul Revere's Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow was ... View more info
By: Lord Byron [George Gordon]; Rossetti, William Michael
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited: 1880
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2272208
Condition: Very Good
No date, circa 1880. A few light spots on rear board, otherwise an excellent copy. xx, 604, [16] pp. Two-column format. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles, gold and black decorations, all edges gilt, floral endpapers. Edited, with a critical memoir, by William Michael Rossetti. Illustrated with engraved plates and decorative headers. A collection of poems by the prominent figure in the Romantic movement. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure ... View more info
Price: $250.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1990
Seller ID: 2268786
Condition: Near Fine
From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date ('90) in red ink on front flyleaf of each volume. 1990 Full-Leather. Complete in three volumes. x, 397, [1]; xi, [1], 353, [3]; x, 367, [7] pp. Full leather with color images of original cover art mounted on front board of each volume, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color plates of original cover illustrations appear on page facing the first page of each story. The stories reprinted here first appeared in the Astounding Stories science fiction magazine... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Houghton, Osgood and Company: 1880
Seller ID: 2268264
Condition: Very Good
Faint stain to bottom page corners. 1880 Hard Cover. ix, 422 pp. Gilt titles & decoration. James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside. View more info
By: Lucas Brothers
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Lucas Brothers:
Seller ID: 2262773
Condition: Very Good
Ink name on front flyleaf, otherwise blank. Corners and spine labels rubbed. 320 pp. A ledger custom-made for Arthur H. Rockman of Bridgeport, Connecticut, with his initials and the word Journal stamped in gilt on morocco labels on the spine. Stamped decorations on boards, morocco corners with gilt decorations, marbled endpapers with stenographer's bookplate on front endpaper. View more info
By: Lucas, George; Glut, Donald F.; Kahn, James
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Del Rey: 2012
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2286260
ISBN: 0307292215
Condition: Near Fine
First thus. Gilt on front board very faintly rubbed. 2012 Full-Leather. 229 pp. The release of George Lucas's Star Wars in 1977 launched an epic saga that has changed how we view science fiction. Experience the wonder and magic of the Star Wars universe with The Star Wars Trilogy, a collection of the first three Star Wars novels. George Lucas provides an illuminating introduction for each novel. In this collection are: Star Wars: A New Hope by George Lucas; The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut; Return of the Jedi by James Kahn. The Star Wars Trilogy is a distinguished new addition to B... View more info
By: Lurie, Alison
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2289835
Condition: Fine
First edition, preceding the Little, Brown and Company trade edition. Signed by author without inscription on front flyleaf. Publisher's insert laid in. 1988 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 328 pp. 8vo. Black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Frontispiece by Anthony Russo. Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society released signed, limited editions of new works that preceded the trade editions, with a special foreword and frontispiece that appear only in the limited edition. Polly Aller, a sing... View more info
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By: Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Price: $750.00
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press: 1898
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 2267184
Condition: Very Good
Limited edition, #462 of 1000 sets. Spines faded and a bit dried with several scuffs and discolored spots. 1898 Half-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. Original morocco spines and corners, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt titles and rules. Complete in twenty volumes, comprising Macaulay's famous history of England, as well as numerous essays on various topics. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second is the full title of the multi-volume work by Lord Macaulay more generally known as 'The History of England'. The history is famous for its brilliant rin... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1996
Seller ID: 2268782
Condition: Near Fine
From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, with his name in black ink on verso of front free endpaper and Easton bookplate opposite half-title page. 1996 Full-Leather. 203, [5] pp. 8vo. Full red eather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. We have seen two variants of this binding, one with and one without black backgrounds on portions of the front board and spine. A children's fantasy novel originally published in 1872, inspiration for the 1992 film directed by Jozsef Gemes. This edition illustrated with color plates by Jessie Willcox Smi... View more info
By: Machiavelli, Niccolo; Thompson, Hill; Edman, Irwin
Price: $45.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2284260
Condition: Very Good
Spine bands and corners a bit rubbed. 1980 Full-Leather. 185, [1] pp. 8vo. Red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated by Hill Thompson, preface by Irwin Edman, color frontispiece of Machiavelli. Machiavelli's treatise on the methods by which rulers should obtain and maintain power over subjects remain controversial in their unapologetic severity, and did much to change political viewpoints and strategies. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Bookcraft, Salt Lake City: 2000
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2174928
ISBN: 1570082359
Condition: Fine
2000 Full-Leather. xxiv, 204 pp. 8vo. Navy blue leather, gilt titles, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, light blue ribbon marker bound in. Teachings, writings and sermons delivered by George Albert Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) from 1945-1951. Smith guided the Church through the difficult post-WWII years. View more info
By: Mackenzie, Catherine; Bruce, Robert V.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1989
Seller ID: 2274215
Condition: Near Fine
Publisher insert and bookplate laid in. 1989 Full-Leather. xviii, 382 pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, orange silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, color frontispiece of Alexander Graham Bell. Foreword by Robert V. Bruce written specially for this edition. A biography of the inventor Alexander Graham Bell who, though he will be remembered forever for the telephone, contributed far more to the world of science. View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Harper & Row: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2263978
Condition: Near Fine
First American edition. Spine faded. 1966 Full-Leather. vi, [2], 584, [2] pp. 8vo. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the corner of the front board: O.C.S. A twenty-five years history by the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who also served in World War I as a grenadier. View more info
By: Madison, James; Padover, Saul K.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1988
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2275001
Condition: Near Fine
Publisher's insert and blank bookplate laid in. 1988 Full-Leather. ix, [3], 361, [9] pp. 8vo. Full red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, endpapers decorated with presidential seal, ribbon marker bound in. A collection of writings on the American Constitution, political philosophy, foreign policy, religion, and social welfare by the fourth President of the United States of America, who is also known as 'the Father of the Constitution.' View more info
By: Maeterlinck, Maurice; de Mattos, Alexander Teixeira
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1911
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2272129
Condition: Good
First thus. Two page tears repaired with mending tissue, small spot on front board along spine, top corner of rear board discolored. 1911 Hard Cover. 287 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles, gilt, green, and purple decorations, top edge gilt. Tipped in color illustrations by F. Cayley Robinson. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos's English translation of Maeterlinck's famous play, printed in the year that he won the Nobel Prize. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 - 6 May 1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the ... View more info
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By: Mahaffy, J.P.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Merrill and Baker: 1895
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 2123362
Condition: Very Good
Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. No date - late 19th century, probably 1890s. Edges rubbed. 1895 Half-Leather. Part of a larger history of various countries, but these two volumes comprise the full portion dedicated to Greece. Red leather spines & corners, marbled boards & endpapers, gilt titles, top edge gilt. View more info
By: Mahan, A.T. [Alfred Thayer]
Price: $75.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1989
Seller ID: 2286132
Condition: Near Fine
An exceptional copy. 1989 Full-Leather. xxiv, 557, [5] pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes four maps and plans of 24 naval battles. 'The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war. Therefore the history of sea power, while embracing in its broad sweep all that tends to make a people great upon the sea or by the sea, is largely a military history.' View more info
By: Mann, Thomas; Burke, Kenneth; Lowe-Porter, H.T.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977
Seller ID: 2285639
Condition: Near Fine
1977 Full-Leather. 382 pp. 8 1/2 x 6. Black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Five short stories by the author of The Magic Mountain. Includes: Death in Venice, Tonio Kroger, Mario and the Magician, Disorder and Early Sorrow, Felix Krull. Illustrated by Robert Borja. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted ... View more info
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By: Mann, Thomas; Lowe-Porter, H.T.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1962
Seller ID: 2283727
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass insert. Book in excellent condition, two tiny faint surface tears on rear slipcase panel otherwise very good. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, 366 pp. 8vo. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter, with an introductory essay by the author and wood engravings by Felix Hoffmann. The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century German literature. Mann started writing what was to bec... View more info
By: Mann, Thomas; Lowe-Porter, H.T.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2265135
Condition: Near Fine
An exceptional copy. 1981 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 724, [2] pp. 8vo. Dark brown leather spine, brown cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, brown ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter. The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century German literature. Mann started writing what was to become The Magic Mountain in 1912. It began as a much shorter narrative, which re... View more info
By: March, Daniel
Price: $250.00
Publisher: J.C. McCurdy & Co.: 1878
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2276931
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Front free endpaper removed, edges rubbed. Hand-drawn map of Palestine laid in. 1878 Full-Leather. 639, [3] pp. 8vo. A handsomely bound volume of carefully selected Bible stories with beautiful illustrations created specifically for this book. Original tooled leather binding with gilt lettering & decorations to compartments on front & back cover and spine, all edges gilt, brown endpapers. Includes steel engravings by S. Sartain, Dougal, J. McGoffin and J.R. Rice. CONTENTS: Balaam's Night Vision at Pethor; Gideon's Night Attack; The Night Burial at Bethel; The Night of Heavy Tidi... View more info
Price: $175.00
Publisher: William H. Wise & Company: 1927
Seller ID: 1750728
Condition: Fine
Faint wear along edges. An exceptional set. 1927 Hard Cover. Complete in fifteen hardcover volumes. Original brown leatherette over beige cloth boards, Arts & Crafts design on and along spine (reminiscent of bindings being released by The Roycrofters at the time), gilt top page ridges, printed marbled endpapers. An extensive history of America, from 1435 through the date of publication. Profusely illustrated with photographs, some colorized. Originally conceived as a thirteen volume set and published from 1911-1914, the last two volumes were added in the late 1920s, and cover the period before... View more info
![Image for The Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe [with] Christopher Marlowe: A Biography](/assets/images/product/2263988.jpg)
By: Marlowe, Christopher; Ribber, Irving; Rowse, A.L.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: The Odyssey Press, Inc. / Macmillan and Co Ltd: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2263988
Condition: Near Fine
First thus of The Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe, first edition of Christopher Marlowe: A Biography. Spines faded, minor abrasion to front board of biography volume. 1964 Full-Leather. xl, [2], 432, [10]; xi, [1], 219, [5] pp. 8vo. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full green morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the corner of the front board: O.C.S. A complete collection of the dramatic works of Christopher Marlowe, edited with an introduction and notes by Irving Rib... View more info
