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By: Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme; Fisher, M.F.K.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1949
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261259
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number 6N laid in. Spine faded with small spot towards top edge, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1949 Hard Cover. xvi, 471 pp. 8vo. Translated into English from the original French by M.F.K. Fisher, with annotations. Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. The Physiology of Taste is the most famous book about food ever written. First published in France in 1825 and continuously in print ever since, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's mas... View more info
Price: $350.00
Publisher: Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc.: 1900
Seller ID: 2271254
Minor loss of leather along gilt rule on front corner of first volume, similar minor loss from rear corner of second volume, rear board of volumes two and six lightly soiled, owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. 1900 Half-Leather. Complete in six volumes. 8vo. Red leather spines and corner over red cloth boards, five raised spine bands, gilt titles, rules, and decorations, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Photographic frontispieces. A collection of the nove... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2266404
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 infl... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2267170
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 pic... View more info
By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2270872
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 ... View more info
By: Bronte, Emily
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2274051
One of two volumes (the other being Jane Eyre, not included here) originally issued with a publisher's slipcase. Boards toned (as usual), edges rubbed, ink name and date inside. 1943 Hard Cover. 212, [2] pp. 10 x 8. Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Pictorial paper over boards, green cloth spine, gilt titles, green top page ridge. Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition ... View more info
By: Bronte, Emily
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2274052
One of two volumes (the other being Jane Eyre, not included here) originally issued with a publisher's slipcase. Boards toned (as usual), edges a bit rubbed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1943 Hard Cover. 212, [2] pp. 10 x 8. Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Pictorial paper over boards, green cloth spine, gilt titles, green top page ridge. Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous ... View more info
By: Bronte, Emily; Bronte, Charlotte
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1979
Seller ID: 2275974
A fine copy. 1979 Full-Leather. xii, 401 pp. Blue leather-bound with gilt decor on boards and gilt page ridges. Illustrated by Alan Reingold. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It was written between October 1845 and June 1846.[1] Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charl... View more info
By: Bronte, Emily; Winterich, John T.
Price: $50.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980
Seller ID: 2205692
1980 Full-Leather. xxx, 331 pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, purple ribbon marker bound in. Lithographs by Barnett Freedman. Includes publisher's preface, 'How This Book Came to Be by John T. Winterich, biographical notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, editor's preface to the 1850 edition, and family tree of characters. The classic novel of consuming passions, played out against the lonely moors of northern Engl... View more info
![Image for Shakespeare [William]](/assets/images/product/2263987.jpg)
By: Brown, Ivor
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Collins: 1963
Edition: 4th Printing
Seller ID: 2263987
4th printing. Spine faded. 1963 Full-Leather. 352, [4] 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 biography of the immortal playwright and poet often simply called The Bard. View more info
![Image for The Self-Interpreting Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Marginal References, Conformable to the Standard of the American Bible Society, with an Introduction; Illustrations; a Summary of the Several Books; an Analysis of Each Chapter; a Paraphrase and Evangelical Reflections upon the Most Important Passages; and Numerous Explanatory Notes; and the Text More Fully Elucidated by Many Thousand Explanatory and Critical Notes, and Introduction Observations on Each Book; also a Complete Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Including All Important Words, Illustrated by More Than Six Hundred Fine Engravings and Many Maps. [New Illustrated Edition of Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible (with) Watts' Psalms of David in Metre (with) An Introduction to the Right Understanding of the Word of God (with) Introduction to the Study of the Bible (with) An Illuminated Marriage Certificate. An Illuminated Lord's Prayer; also an Illuminated Ten Commandments. a Register of Marriages, Birthds, Deaths, and Memoranda. A Photographic Album with Sixteen Openings for Portraits]](/assets/images/product/2263373.jpg)
By: Brown, John; Cooke, Henry; Rawson, A.L. (Albert Leighton)
Price: $225.00
Publisher: American Bible Publishing Co.: 1880
Seller ID: 2263373
Leather rubbed and dried along spine edges, split beginning at base of front joint, lower clasp missing, text pages somewhat fragile and lightly toned. 1880 Full-Leather. viii, [9]-130; [4], [1]-8; 1-1059, [1]; [10], [1]-78, [24]; 1063-1379, [1]; 1-10, [12], 1-60, [2], 1-23, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. A nicely decorated pulpit Bible with debossed boards, gilt titles and decorations, including gilt turn-ins. Numerous illustrations throughout reproduced from works by artists such a... View more info
By: Brown, Karl F.; Newcomb, Rexford (Foreword)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., New York: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1836429
First edition. Small light stain on base of rear board, pencil gift note on front endpaper. 1939 Hard Cover. 64 pp. Original red cloth, elaborate gilt decorations & titles, black & white photographs mounted on front board. A collection of seventy-eight photographs of churches, chapels, and other elements of twenty-three California missions, with a map showing their locations, and a timeline in order of their founding. View more info
By: Browning, Robert; Dowden, Edward
Price: $7.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1949
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261260
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number 1N laid in. Spine faded, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1949 Hard Cover. xxii, 690 pp. 8vo. Introduction by Edward Dowden, illustrated with engravings by Carl Schultheiss. The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem of 21,000 lines written by Robert Browning. It was published in four installments from 1868 to 1869. The book tells the story of a murder trial in Rome in 1698, whereby an impoverished nobleman, ... View more info
By: Bryan, William S.; Ridpath, John Clark
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Historical Publishing Company: 1891
Seller ID: 2159445
Binding repaired, edges rubbed, portion of frontispiece tissue guard foxed. 1891 Hard Cover. xl, 608 pp. 4to. Illustrated with 250 historical and miscellaneous engravings, reproductions of ancient prints, and images by great artists, including 8 full color plates of important world events, and 16 half-tone steel engravings. Color plates include: Nelson's Last Battle; Waterloo; Battle of Bunker Hill; An Old-Time Sea Fight. (The Constitution and Guerriere); Gen. Jackson's ... View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.: 1871
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2263989
Spines a bit toned, ink name and date on front flyleaf of each volume. 1871 Half-Leather. x, [2], 296, [2]; vi, [2], 286, [4]; 222, [4] pp. 12mo. Half leather, gilt titles, rules, and decorations, marbled pages ridges, boards, and endpapers. A collection of verse by the popular American Romantic poet. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) was an American Romantic poet and journalist. He was born in Cummington, Massachusetts, the secon... View more info
By: Buck, Pearl S.; Yutang, Lin
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1948
Seller ID: 2261911
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number 9M laid in. Spine faded, slipcase edges toned, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1948 Hard Cover. xxix, [1], 688 pp. Translated from the Chinese by Pearl S. Buck, with an introduction by Lin Yutang, an author's preface by Shih Naian of Tung-Tu, and a translator's preface. Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Also known as Water Margin, Outlaws of the Marsh or The Marshes of Mount Liang, this is one of the Four Great Classi... View more info
By: Buffalo Bill (Cody, William F.)
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Historical Publishing Company: 1888
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2207557
First edition. Hinges neatly repaired, ink gift note dated Christmas 1900 on front flyleaf. 1888 Hard Cover. xvi, 766 pp. 8vo. A collection of sketches of the lives of notable pioneers and frontiersmen of the American West, illustrated with engravings throughout. Including also Sitting Bull, Geronimo and many other Famous Frontiersmen, Indian Fighters and Great Indian Chiefs. The Complete Story of the Settlement of the Great West and the Bravery, Fortitude and Daring of ... View more info
By: Bulfinch, Thomas; Fitts, Dudley
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1958
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261281
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number XI:23 laid in. Spine toned, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1958 Hard Cover. xix, 230 pp. 8vo. Author's first book. One of the most enduring works on the subject of mythology, examining numerous myths and providing historical context and analysis. Introductory essay by Dudley Fitts, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867) was an American writer, born in Newton, Mass... View more info
By: Bunyan, John; Landels, William; Deanes, Edward
Price: $125.00
Publisher: London: James Sangster & Co., Paternoster Row:
Seller ID: 2052322
Edges rubbed, large chip from corner of one text page resulting in minor loss of text, but a professional repair has replaced the missing paper, front & end matter lightly foxed. xxviii, 686 pp. 12 5/8 x 10 3/8. Leather spine & corners over cloth boards, gilt titles, gilt triple rule, marbled edges and endpapers. A unique collection of three of John Bunyan's works, including his famous The Pilgrim's Progress, the better part of which was written while we was imprisoned f... View more info
By: Burke, James Lee
Price: $75.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 2007
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2277197
Signed by author without inscription. Publisher's insert and certificate of authenticity laid in. 2007 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 373, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish S... View more info
By: Burner, David
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1996
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2274907
Publisher's insert and blank bookplate laid in. 1996 Full-Leather. xii, 433, [3] pp. 8vo. Original brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. A biography of the 31st President of the United States of America, who became unpopular enough during the Great Depression that the makeshift towns constructed by workers in search of jobs were referred to as Hoovervilles. In many ways, though, he was dealt a poor hand, and some of the ... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1911
Seller ID: 2199981
Pages toned, original tissue guard loose but included, front hinge weak, ink on front endpaper. 1911 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 1911 reprint. 290 pp. Original cream cloth hardcover boards with light green & yellow design and golden gilt text and design accents on cover & spine. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's... View more info
![Image for Roosevelt, in Two Volumes: The Lion and the Fox; The Soldier of Freedom (The Library of the Presidents) [Franklin Delano Roosevelt / FDR]](/assets/images/product/2274893.jpg)
Price: $60.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1985
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2274893
Publisher's inserts and blank bookplate laid in. 1985 Full-Leather. xiv, 722 pp. 8vo. Original grey full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. The Lion and the Fox is [t]he authoritative study of Roosevelt's preparation for and conduct of his first two terms as president, when domestic affairs demanded most of his attention. This remains the definitive book about the most influential American politician of the 20th century, with ma... View more info
![Image for The Crosswinds of Freedom (The American Experiment III [Volume 3]) (The Leather Bound Library of Easton Press Signed First Editions)](/assets/images/product/2277194.jpg)
Price: $70.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2277194
First edition. Publisher's blank bookplate laid in. 1989 Full-Leather. xi, [1], 864, [4] pp. 8vo. Burgundy full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A Pulitzer Prize winner's 'immensely readable' history of the United States from FDR's election to the final days of the Cold War (Publishers Weekly). The Crosswinds of Freedom is an articulate and incisive examination of the United States during its rise to beco... View more info
By: Burns, Robert
Price: $125.00
Publisher: John S. Marr: 1865
Seller ID: 2207837
No date, circa 1865. Rebound some time ago in full morocco with gilt titles and decorations, as well as blind-stamped devices in the spine compartments and at the board corners, original marbled endpapers retained. Possibly a personalized binding -- 'ELLA' appears in gilt at the base of the spine. Boards lightly smudged, front and end matter foxed and lightly stained, pencil owner information on front flyleaf ('Ms William W. Wilsom & Cos Book, Meadville, Crawford County,... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut: 1986
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 2070410
Third edition. Publisher's bookplate laid in. An exceptional copy. 1986 Full-Leather. xxv, 289 pp. 8vo. Dark brown leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, maroon ribbon marker bound in. Color and black & white illustrations, numerous maps. For more than 65 years, Peterson Field Guides have set the standard by which other field guides are measured. Comprehensive and authoritative, they are essential additions to any naturalist's bookshelf or backpack. Roger To... View more info
![Image for The Arabian Nights Entertainments and the Notes Upon Them [Containing Sixty-Five Stories Told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to Divert Shahryar the Sultan from the Execution of a Vow He Had Made to Avenge the Disloyalty of His First Sultaness; and Containing a Better Account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations Than is to Be Met with in Any Edition Hitherto Published; Because the Text is One which Richard Burton Himself Desired to Own: The Definitive and All-Inclusive Burton Translation with the Addition of the Notes Upon the Text Prepared by Those Scholars Who Had Previously Translated the Text into English from the Arabic, Notably Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne]](/assets/images/product/2271630.jpg)
By: Burton, Richard; Torrens, Henry; Lane, Edward; Payne, John
Price: $45.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1954
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2271630
Minimal cosmetic wear. 1954 Full-Leather. xi, [3], 674, plus unpaginated notes section. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Comprises several versions of translation and includes illustrations by Arthur Szyk. View more info
By: Butler, Samuel; Dreiser, Theodore
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980
Seller ID: 2205695
1980 Full-Leather. xxx, 588 pp. 8vo. Dark green full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, green ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser, illustrations by Robert Ward Johnson. The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. It represents a relaxation from the religious o... View more info
By: Butler, Samuel; Streatfeild, R.A. (Preface)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Jonathan Cape: 1929
Seller ID: 1832727
Edges lightly faded. 1929 Full-Leather. 448 pp. Attractively bound in red leather, with gilt titles, rules & decoration, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, red ribbon marker. The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. It represents a relaxation from the religious outlook from a Calvinistic approach, which is presented... View more info
![Image for A Zigzag [Zig-Zag] Journey in the Sunny South; or, Wonder Tales of Early American History. A Visit to the Scenes and Associations of the Early American Settlements in the Southern States and the West Indies.](/assets/images/product/1864936.jpg)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Estes and Lauriat: 1887
Seller ID: 1864936
Boards rubbed with loss from spine & corners, front free endpaper removed, hinges loosening.No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 1887 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 320 pp. Original color-illustrated paper over boards, illustrated endpapers, engravings throughout text. Late 19th century travel writing, part of The Zig-Zag Series, this volume focusing on journeys in the American South and the West Indies. View more info
