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Price: $125.00
Publisher: Estes and Lauriat / University Press: John Wilson and Son: 1895
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2298321
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Includes original jacket and publisher's slipcase. Slipcase edges rubbed, jacket spine a bit soiled and slightly faded, book itself about fine, with tight, square binding, bright boards, and clean, unmarked text. 1895 Hard Cover. iv, [2], 309, [3] pp. 8vo. Original cream cloth, elaborate gilt decorations with red and blue accents, blue titles, top edge gilt, ribbon marker bound in. A late 19th century account of the capital of Turkey from the early 4th century to the time of publication, illustrated with photographic plates accompanied by captioned tissue guards. View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Estes and Lauriat: 1881
Seller ID: 2279552
Condition: Very Good
Spine rubbed, hinges repaired, ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1881 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, [4], 558, [2] pp. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations, pictorial endpapers, woodcut illustrations and maps throughout text. A contemporary history of the American Civil War based on firsthand accounts. View more info
![Image for Colette: Stories [Sidonie Gabrielle]](/assets/images/product/2292804.jpg)
By: Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2292804
Condition: Very Good
Gilt on top page edge rubbed, ribbon marker a bit frayed at end, bookplate on front endpaper. 1977 Full-Leather. xi, 496 pp. Red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by David McCall Johnston and Chris Duke. A collection of stories by the French writer known for the originality of her narrative style. View more info
By: Collins, Wilkie; Starrett, Vincent
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1959
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2282250
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase. Lacks Sandglass insert. Spine faded and a bit rubbed. 1959 Hard Cover. xviii, 464 pp. 8vo. Introduction by Vincent Starrett, illustrations by Dignimont. Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond. T.S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre, including a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who ha... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1976
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2294865
Condition: Very Good
A few minor scuffs, edges of endpapers a bit faded, blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1976 Full-Leather. xxv, [4], 130 pp. 8vo. Original yellow leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in, silk moire endpapers. Illustrated with paintings by Tseng Yu-Ho. A distillation of Confucius's thought, presented in a series of aphorisms. View more info
By: Congreve, William; Kronenberger, Louis
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1959
Seller ID: 2261913
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Special Publication: S26 laid in. Spine faded, slipcase edge faded. 1959 Hard Cover. xix, [1], 108 pp. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger, illustrations by T.M. Cleland. With piercing accuracy William Congreve depicted the shallow, brittle world of society where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversation—and money—eased the passage to success. Through sparkling, witty dialogue and brilliant characterisation—Lady Plyant, Valentine, Lady Touchwood, Mirabell and Millamant—Congreve exposed the follies and vanities of that world, and sug... View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph; Monserrat, Nicholas
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1959
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261262
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number IX: 24 laid in. Spine faded, slipcase edges toned. 1959 Hard Cover. x, [1], 407 pp. 8vo. Conrad's moving tale of a sailor who is accused of abandoning ship. Introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat, color lithographs by Lynd Ward. Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. The novel is in two main parts, firstly Jim's lapse aboard the Patna and his consequent fall, and secondly an adventure story about Jim's rise and the tale's denouement amongst the people of Patusan - set in t... View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph; Monserrat, Nicholas
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1977
Seller ID: 2205690
Condition: Near Fine
Edges of endpapers slightly faded. 1977 Full-Leather. x, [4], 407 pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Conrad's moving tale of a sailor who is accused of abandoning ship. View more info
By: Cook, Joel
Price: $75.00
Publisher: The John C. Winston Co.: 1910
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2287167
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. 1910 Hard Cover. vi, 609, [3]; 648 pp. 8vo. Original red cloth, elaborate gilt decorations, gilt titles and top edges. Photographic plates with captioned tissue guards throughout. A descriptive guide to the various countries along the Mediterranean Sea. View more info
Price: $1,750.00
Publisher: Stringer & Townsend: 1854
Seller ID: 1797797
Condition: Very Good
Corners & spine rubbed with some loss of gilt, front & end matter of a few volumes lightly foxed. Interiors exceptionally well preserved. Spine labels professionally replaced in emulation of original style. An excellent set. 1854 Half-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in thirty-three volumes. 12mo. 65 volumes in 33. Sewn bindings. Butterscotch leather spines & corners over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. An apparent variant of the set referenced in Spiller & Blackburn's bibliography (slightly different ordering of volumes, half-leather instead of cloth). The th... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981
Seller ID: 2287026
Condition: Good
1981 printing, part of The Collector's Library of The World's Best-Loved Books. End matter and edges lightly stained, boards lightly soiled. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, 377, [5] pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes designs based on bead-work of the Eastern Woodland Tribes. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. Cooper's famous adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian war to vivid ... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2205673
Condition: Near Fine
Top page ridge faintly spotted. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xi, 377 pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, introduction by Edward Everett Hale. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2278043
Condition: Near Fine
Page ridges faintly spotted, otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1], 377, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, introduction by Edward Everett Hale. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2292780
Condition: Near Fine
Owner bookplate on verso of front endpaper. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1], 377, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. Cooper's famous adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian war to vivid life. Featuring the classic character Natty Bumppo, it is a moving, memorable depicti... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hansen, Harry
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1968
Seller ID: 2278051
Condition: Fine
1968 Full-Leather. xxi, [3], 411, [3] pp. 8vo. Original brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Harry Hansen, illustrations by John Steuart Curry. The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. His fictitious frontier hero Bumppo is never called by his name, but is instead referred to as the trapper or the old man. Chronologically The Prairie is the fifth and final installment of the Leatherstocking Tales, though it was published before ... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Spiller, Robert E.
Price: $60.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1981
Seller ID: 2207940
Condition: Near Fine
Two minor scuffs to spine bands, gilt page ridges lightly rubbed. 1981 Full-Leather. xvi, 474 pp. 8vo. Full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Richard M. Powers, introduction by Robert E. Spiller. The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea is an historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and is considered as forming the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Winterich, John T.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1961
Seller ID: 2261914
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number X:25 laid in. Spine lightly toned, slipcase edges lightly faded. 1961 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 510 pp. 8vo. One of several variant bindings released by Heritage, this featuring cream cloth, gilt titles, and an illustration by Edward A. Wilson mounted on the front board. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson throughout, introduction by John T. Winterich. Part of Cooper's famous Leatherstocking Saga, featuring Natty Bumpo. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Winterich, John T.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1963
Seller ID: 2278044
Condition: Very Good
Minor loss of gilt from top edge of front board, a couple minor scuffs along edges. 1963 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xv, [3], 406 pp. 8vo. Black full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Henry C. Pitz, introduction by John T. Winterich. The action takes place during the American Revolution. The share of historical fact in the story is not large, but the action takes place so near to great events that the characters are all invested with something of the dusky light of heroes, while Georg... View more info
By: Crane, Stephen
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981
Seller ID: 2286131
Condition: Very Good
Top edge and fore edge faintly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. 1981 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 200 pp. 8vo. Brown leather spine, gilt titles & decoration, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Crane's famous work on the American Civil War, with color plates from paintings by, and illustrations from sketches by, Winslow Homer. View more info
By: Crane, Stephen; Van Doren, Carl
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2294856
Condition: Very Good
A few small spots on top edge, a few minor scuffs, endpaper edges slightly faded. 1980 Full-Leather. xiii, [3], 170 pp. 8vo. Full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Crane's famous work on the American Civil War, with an introduction by Carl Van Doren and illustrations by John Steuart Curry. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2266483
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. 1905 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1], 517, [7]; x, [2], 441, [7] pp. 8vo. Teal cloth, gilt titles, white and gilt decorations. Includes 225 illustrations from etchings by Joseph Pennell. View more info
By: Cresson, W.P.; Howe, M.A. De Wolfe
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1986
Seller ID: 2268777
Condition: Near Fine
Publisher insert laid in. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date ('86) in black ink on front endpaper. 1986 Full-Leather. xiv, 577, [3] pp. 8vo. Full navy blue leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, endpapers decorated with presidential seal, ribbon marker bound in. A biography of James Monroe, 5th President of the United States, with an introduction by M.A. De Wolfe Howe. View more info
By: Crockett, S.R.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1922
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2205715
Condition: Very Good
3rd printing. Light smudge on front board. 1922 Hard Cover. vi, 353 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. View more info
![Image for De Gaulle (The Library of Great Lives) [DeGaulle]](/assets/images/product/2274207.jpg)
By: Crozier, Brian; Nixon, Richard
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1990
Seller ID: 2274207
Condition: Near Fine
Publisher insert and bookplate laid in. 1990 Full-Leather. xiii, [3], 726 pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, color frontispiece portrait of De Gaulle. A biography which discusses De Gaulle's dealings with Churchill & Roosevelt, as well as his attitude toward Communism. Crozier records the events of the period and sheds light upon De Gaulle's successes and failures. View more info
By: Darley, F.O.C.
Price: $500.00
Publisher: James G. Gregory: 1862
Seller ID: 2267734
Condition: Very Good
Printed on flyleaf is the following text: 'Presented to Chas. Knickerbocker, by the Steel Plate Engravers of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co. 'as a mark of esteem' and dated 1872, which seems to indicate this volume was custom-bound for Mr. Knickerbocker in that year. Professionally rebacked with original backstrip laid down, reinforcement to edges of first and last few pages. Two photographs and two engravings laid in. Foxed throughout, boards a bit rubbed with some drying along edges, later pencil gift note on front flyleaf dated 1903 presenting the book to J.H. Wilcox from his mother. ... View more info
![Image for The Origin of Species [By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life] (The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World)](/assets/images/product/2298964.jpg)
By: Darwin, Charles
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1978
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2298964
Condition: Near Fine
Spine slightly faded, edges of endpapers faded. 1978 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 610 pp. 8vo. Green full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Darwin's landmark work on evolution and natural selection, with illustrations by Walter Rane. Darwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species, compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence. He argues for the transmutation of species over time by the process of natural selection. His work... View more info
By: De Amicis, Edmondo; Zimmern, Helen
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Porter & Coates: 1894
Seller ID: 2292774
Condition: Very Good
Includes fold-out map following text of second volume. Crayon scribbles on endpapers and one text page of volume 2, hinges just beginning to weaken, corners a bit rubbed. 1894 Hard Cover. 273, [3]; 275, [3] pp. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edges gilt. A tour of Holland illustrated with photogravures, by the Italian author who also wrote a similar work on Morocco. View more info
By: De Balzac, Honore; Marriage, Ellen; Mauriac, Francois
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press / The Nonesuch Press: 1949
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261267
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number 4N laid in. Spine a bit faded, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1949 Hard Cover. xv, 316, [1] pp. 8vo. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage, with an introduction by Francois Mauriac, and illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. Old Goriot or Father Goriot) is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honore de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scenes de la vie Parisienne section of his novel sequence La Comedie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly doting Goriot; a mysterious... View more info
By: De Maupassant, Guy; Hearn, Lafcadio; Artinian, Artine; O'Brien, Justin
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1977
Seller ID: 2205669
Condition: Near Fine
Minimal cosmetic wear to corners. 1977 Full-Leather. xii, 472 pp. 8vo. Red full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. Over four dozen short stories (including his famous The Necklace) translated from the original French by Lafcadio Hearn and Artine Artinian, with an introduction by Justin O'Brien and illustrations from watercolors by Gunter Bohmer. View more info
![Image for Histoire Universelle de Jacque-Auguste de Thou, Depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur l'Edition Latine de Londres [in Sixteen Volumes]](/assets/images/product/2295697.jpg)
By: De Thou, Jacque-Auguste [Jacques]; [le Beau, Charles; Le Mascrier; Abbe Des Fontaines]
Price: $1,750.00
Publisher: S.N.: 1734
Seller ID: 2295697
Condition: Very Good
Boards rubbed with some loss/drying of leather, corners exposed. 1734 Full-Leather. Complete in sixteen volumes. Full calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooled compartments. The life's work of the French historian and book collector who lived from the mid-16th to early 17th century. Originally published in Latin under the title Historia sui temporis, in 138 books, three years after the author's death. The work, despite controversy over some of its depictions of religious matters, quickly became regarded as a scholarly classic, characterized by exhaustive research and reference to the ... View more info
