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By: Austen, Jane; Church, Richard
Price: $295.00
Publisher: The Folio Society: 1975
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 2267854
Condition: Near Fine
1975 second edition, reset from the 1958 Folio edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. Slipcase faintly soiled. An attractive set of novels by Jane Austen comprising all the works she completed in her lifetime, decoratively bound in quarter grey cloth with gilt titles and designs, and multi-colored stamped paper over boards. Includes: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Shorter Works. Each volume includes an introduction by Richard Church and wood engravings by Joan Hassall. View more info
By: Bacon, Francis; Morley, Christopher; Rosenbach, A.S.W.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980
Seller ID: 2285627
Condition: Very Good
Minor loss of gilt from front board. 1980 Full-Leather. ix, [3], 190 pp. Tall 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introductions by Christopher Morley and A.S.W. Rosenbach. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount of St. Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosop... View more info
By: Bacon, Francis; Morley, Christopher; Rosenbach, A.S.W.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2294860
Condition: Very Good
Light spotting on fore edge, a few minor scuffs. 1980 Full-Leather. ix, [3], 190 pp. Tall 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introductions by Christopher Morley and A.S.W. Rosenbach. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount of St. Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially... View more info
By: Ballantyne, Robert Michael
Price: $75.00
Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons: 1893
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2139063
Condition: Near Fine
Reissue. Bookplate awarding the book as a first prize to a student in Latin at Ayr Grammar School, spine leans forward slightly. 1893 Hard Cover. viii, 327 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, black & gilt titles & decorations, floral decorated endpapers, chromolithographic frontispiece & title page precede printed title. An arctic adventure designed for younger readers, originally released in 1860, at a time when polar exploration was a hot topic due to the expeditions of men such as John Ross, William Edward Parry, and John Franklin. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1961
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261268
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number VII: 26. Slipcase toned. 1961 Hard Cover. xvi, 271 pp. 8vo. 'Who is going to marry Eugenie Grandet?' This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabitants of Saumur, the setting for Eugenie Grandet (1833), one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's Comedie humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugenie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugenie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousi... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1980
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2265117
Condition: Near Fine
1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376, [4] pp. 8vo. Navy blue leather spine, blue cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, blue ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Albert Lynch. 'Pere Goriot' is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat, Rastignac, come to Paris from the provinces to make his fortune, who befriends Goriot and becomes involved with the daughters. The story is set again... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1980
Seller ID: 2285592
Condition: Very Good
Minimal loss of gilt. 1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376 pp. 8vo. Original navy blue leatherette, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, three raised spine bands, decorative endpapers. Illustrations by Albert Lynch. This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott and Company: 1905
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 2290470
Condition: Near Fine
Second edition. Spine faded, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1905 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 219, [1] pp. 8vo. Four color plates, cameo on front board, and decorative borders by James Montgomery Flagg. An early novel by the author of Kitty of the Roses, who was ultimately best known for his sports-related children's stories, but also wrote romance and adventure novels. View more info
By: Barnes, Ian; Bacon, Josephine
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Chartwell Books, Inc. / The Easton Press: 2009
Seller ID: 2265241
ISBN: 0785824847
Condition: Fine
Rebound in full leather by Easton Press, with gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. An exceptional copy. 2009 Full-Leather. 400, [2] pp. The Historical Atlas of Judaism is a fascinating account of the four thousand year old history of the Jewish faith, divided into six comprehensive sections surveying in detail the emergence of the Jews in Ancient Palestine right up to the modern Israeli state. Over 100 specially commissioned, richly detailed maps uncover the Jewish story across the world and over the centuries, while authoritative text... View more info
By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Price: $40.00
Publisher: American Publishers Corporation: 1897
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2077493
Condition: Fine
First thus. An exceptional copy. 1897 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxxii, 375, [6] pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth, gilt titles & elaborate gilt decorations, top edge gilt. A new edition revised by the author, with a literary and biographical portrait preceding text, photographic frontispiece, and several engraved plates. A novel by the creator of Peter Pan, and inspiration for the 1934 Katharine Hepburn film, originally 'published in 1891 and dramatized in 1897. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie’s birthplace, and concerns Gav... View more info
By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1897
Seller ID: 2104132
Condition: Near Fine
Spine toned, ink name & date on front endpaper. 1897 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 207 pp. Decorative trade binding designed by Amy Richards, with her initials incorporated on the front board design. A novel by the author of Peter Pan. View more info
By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Price: $50.00
Publisher: H.M. Caldwell Company: 1898
Seller ID: 2287165
Condition: Near Fine
Pencil name on front endpaper of each volume. 1898 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in two volumes. xliv, [2], 290, [2]; vi, [4], 326, [2] pp. 8vo. The Kirriemuir Edition, named after the author's birthplace. Red cloth, elaborate gilt decorations, gilt titles and top edge, etchings by G.W.H. Ritchie. This edition also features a literary and biographical portrait of J.M. Barrie. A novel by the creator of Peter Pan, and inspiration for the 1934 Katharine Hepburn film, originally published in 1891 and dramatized in 1897. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a S... View more info
By: Baudelaire, Charles; Kunitz, Stanley
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2272516
Condition: Very Good
Publisher's 'Notes from the Editors' booklet laid in. A few tiny scratches on base of front board, ink pictographic stamp and pencil name on front flyleaf. 1977 Full-Leather. xx, [2], 244, [6] pp. Tall 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Preface by Stanley Kunitz. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. Banned and slighted in his lifetime, the book that contains all of Baudelaire's verses has opened up vistas to the imagination and quickened sensibilities of poets everywhere. Yet it is questionable whether a single translato... View more info
By: Baudelaire, Charles; Kunitz, Stanley
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977
Seller ID: 2285611
Condition: Near Fine
1977 Full-Leather. xx, [2], 244, [6] pp. Tall 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Preface by Stanley Kunitz. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. Banned and slighted in his lifetime, the book that contains all of Baudelaire's verses has opened up vistas to the imagination and quickened sensibilities of poets everywhere. Yet it is questionable whether a single translator can give adequate voice to Baudelaire's full poetic range. In compiling their classic, bilingual edition of The Flowers of Evil, the late Marthiel and Ja... View more info
By: Baudelaire, Charles; Laver, James; et al
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1977
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2265678
Condition: Near Fine
A few minor scuffs to leather. Unused publisher's bookplate laid in. 1977 Full-Leather. xxxvi, 201, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. Maroon full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated into English by various authors, most notably Edna St. Vincent Millay, and edited with introduction and notes by James Laver. Illustrated with engravings by Pierre-Yves Tremois. Banned and slighted in his lifetime, the book that contains all of Baudelaire's verses has opened up vistas to the imagination and quickened sensibilities of poets everywhere. Yet i... View more info
By: Beach, Rex
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1911
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2202013
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Ink gift note on front endpaper. 1911 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 401 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles, color picture plate mounted on front board. Cover art, frontispiece, and illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy, known as the creator of the 'Christy girl'. View more info
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1966
Edition: First American Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2263983
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed by both authors without attribution on half-title page ('Sincerely, George Beadle, Muriel Beadle'). Faint abrasion on front board. 1966 Full-Leather. x, [4], 242, [4] pp. 8vo. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full beige 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 description of the science of genetics by George Beadle and his wife Muriel. George Beadle won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Edw... View more info
By: Benet, Stephen Vincent; Freeman, Douglass Southall
Price: $8.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1948
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261480
Condition: Good
Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass. Slipcase repaired, rear hinge weakening, owner bookplate on front endpaper, spine and slipcase edge toned. 1948 Hard Cover. xvi, [2], 454 pp. 8vo. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman, fourteen color illustrations by John Steuart Curry. One of the most widely read poems of our time -- a masterful retelling of the American Civil War. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898, Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, United States -- March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best known for his narrat... View more info
By: Bentley, E. C.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1988
Seller ID: 2292580
Condition: Fine
A fine copy. 1988 Hard Cover. 187 pp. Green boards with gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on boards. Page ridges gilt. On Wall Street, the mere mention of the name Sigsbee Manderson is enough to send a stock soaring—or bring it tumbling back to earth. Feared but not loved, Manderson has no one to mourn him when the gardener at his British country estate finds him facedown in the dirt, a bullet buried in his brain. There are bruises on his wrist and blood on his clothes, but no clue that will lead the police to the murderer. It will take an amateur to—inadvertently—show them the way... View more info
By: Bierce, Ambrose
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1980
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2298962
Condition: Near Fine
Spine faded, otherwise an excellent copy. 1980 Full-Leather. 314 pp. 8vo. Original red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations created specially for this edition by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title The Cynic's Word Book, a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve. To quote the publishers ... View more info
![Image for The Decamerone di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio. in Three Volumes. [Decameron]](/assets/images/product/2281490.jpg)
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Guglielmo Pickering: 1825
Seller ID: 2281490
Condition: Very Good
Edges rubbed, spine labels mostly absent, minor splits to spine heads and feet along joints, first gathering of volume 1 (free endpaper, flyleaf, and half-title page) loose but included. An attractive set that could be beautiful with some minor restorations. 1825 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in three volumes. cxxxv, [1], 228, [2]; [229]-586, [2]; [587]-967, [3] pp. 8vo. Full sheep, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and decorations, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Italian text. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the... View more info
By: Boccaccio, John [Giovanni]; Hutton, Edward
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2284258
ISBN: 112572384X
Condition: Very Good
Blank publisher's bookplate laid in. Spine faded, edge of front a bit soiled. 1980 Full-Leather. xxi, [1], 536 pp. Tall 8vo. Red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Other topics such as wit and witticism, practical jokes, the moral ... View more info
By: Boulle, Pierre; Fielding, Xan (Translator)
Price: $300.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 2010
Seller ID: 2268790
Condition: Near Fine
From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (6/8/2010) in black ink on front flyleaf. 248, [4] pp. 8vo. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece by Dennis Lyall. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. Boulle's classic 1963 novel differs in several ways from the 1968 movie and its various spinoffs. While the bare-bones story is familiar—astronaut travels to a planet populated by intelligent apes, is captured, fights to prove that he is a thinking creature—the... View more info
![Image for The Life of General William T. [Tecumseh] Sherman](/assets/images/product/2266387.jpg)
By: Boyd, James P.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Publishers' Union: 1891
Seller ID: 2266387
Condition: Near Fine
Minimal wear to corners, minor loss of gilt from spine and front board, small light spot on rear board. 1891 Hard Cover. 608 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, black & gilt decorations, black titles, decorated endpapers. Frontispiece of Sherman, illustrations, including maps of Vicksburg & Port Hudson and Chattanooga & Vicinity, throughout text. William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outst... View more info
![Image for The Life of General William T. [Tecumseh] Sherman](/assets/images/product/2290750.jpg)
By: Boyd, James P.
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Publishers' Union: 1891
Seller ID: 2290750
Condition: Near Fine
Gilt on spine a bit faded. 1891 Hard Cover. 608 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, black & gilt decorations, black titles, decorated endpapers. Frontispiece of Sherman, illustrations, including maps of Vicksburg & Port Hudson and Chattanooga & Vicinity, throughout text. William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte (Bell, Currer)
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Hurst & Company: 1890
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2292787
Condition: Very Good
No date, circa 1890. Spine faded, edges a bit rubbed, ink gift note on front endpaper dated 1907, rear hinge just beginning to weaken. ix, 464 pp. 16mo. Half-leather: green leather spine and corners, decorative paper over boards with matching endpapers, gilt titles and fleur de lis decorations on spine, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece by O. Grosch (Oscar Edward Grosch). Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name Currer Bell.... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte; 'Currer Bell'; Winterich, John T.
Price: $50.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1978
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2294868
Condition: Near Fine
A few tiny blemishes, edges of endpapers a bit faded, blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1978 Full-Leather. xviii, [1], 431 pp. 8vo. Red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color lithographs by Barnett Freedman. Includes publisher's preface, 'How This Book Came to Be by John T. Winterich, and author's prefaces to the second (1847) and third (1848) editions. Jane Eyre is the story of a small, plain-faced, intelligent, and passionate English orphan. Jane is abused by her aunt and cousin and then attends a harsh charity school... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2266404
Condition: Good
Lacks slipcase. Edges rubbed, boards toned (as usual), front hinge of both volumes just starting. 1943 Hard Cover. Two volumes originally issued together as a set in publisher's slipcase. 343, [1]; 212, [2] pp. 10 x 8. Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Pictorial paper over boards hardcover bindings, green cloth spines, gilt titles, green top page ridge. Includes the edition of Jane Eyre featured in the major motion picture 'Definitely Maybe'. Jane Eyre is a famous and influential novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2267170
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase. Spines a bit soiled, boards toned (as usual), slipcase rubbed with some loss of paper from one panel, top seam weakening. 1943 Hard Cover. Two volumes originally issued together as a set in publisher's slipcase. 343, [1]; 212, [2] pp. 10 x 8. Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Pictorial paper over boards hardcover bindings, green cloth spines, gilt titles, green top page ridge. Includes the edition of Jane Eyre featured in the major motion picture 'Definitely Maybe'. Jane Eyre is a famous and influential novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2270872
Condition: Very Good
Lacks slipcase. Boards lightly toned, corners lightly rubbed, ink name on front endpaper. 1943 Hard Cover. Two volumes originally issued together as a set in publisher's slipcase. 343, [1]; 212, [2] pp. 10 x 8. Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Pictorial paper over boards hardcover bindings, green cloth spines, gilt titles, green top page ridge. Includes the edition of Jane Eyre featured in the major motion picture 'Definitely Maybe'. Jane Eyre is a famous and influential novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the title J... View more info
