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Image for Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, Three Volume Set -- Manassas to Malvern Hill; Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville; Gettysburg to Appomattox

Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, Three Volume Set -- Manassas to Malvern Hill; Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville; Gettysburg to Appomattox

By: Freeman, Douglas Southall

Price: $175.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1991

Seller ID: 2294583

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Blank publisher bookplates laid in. 1991 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in three volumes. lvi, 773 pp.; xlv, 760 pp.; xlvi, 862 pp. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2. Grey full leather, gilt titles, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon markers bound in. An extensive historical work focusing on the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Each volume covers events that occurred between the dates of significant battles. Third volume contains a fold-out map detailing the various battlegrounds. Numerous maps throughout text.
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Washington [George] (The Library of the Presidents)

By: Freeman, Douglas Southall; Harwell, Richard

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1985

Seller ID: 2305459

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Publisher's Collector's Notes pamphlet and four blank publisher bookplates laid in. An exceptional copy. 1985 Full-Leather. 896 pp. An abridgment by Richard Harwell of the Pulitzer Prize-winning seven-volume biography. One of the most important American historians and biographers of the 20th-century, Freeman won immediate recognition and his second Pulitzer for this thorough and exhaustive study of the Father of Our Country. Kammen, himself a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, helps to place this valuable historical work in a fresh, new perspective.
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Peace in Friendship Village

By: Gale, Zona

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1919

Seller ID: 2203550

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Rear hinge just starting. 1919 Hard Cover. vii, [3], 308 pp. 8vo. Purple cloth, gilt titles with gold and white design on spine. Possibly a Margaret Armstrong trade binding, though it does not bear her initials; if not, certainly emulative of her design style. A novel about life in a small town.
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Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, in Two Volumes (The Library of Great Lives)

By: Garrow, David J.; Andrews, William L.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1989

Seller ID: 2297069

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

1989 Full-Leather. 800; 800 pp. 8vo. Complete in two volumes. Red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, color frontispiece portrait of MLK, Jr. Foreword by William L. Andrews. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews with all of King's surviving associates, as well as with those who opposed him, and enhanced by the author's access to King's person...
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Russia: Descriptive and Illustrative, in Two Volumes

By: Gautier, [Pierre Jules] Theophile, et al; Tyson, Florence MacIntyre (Translator)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: The International Press / The John C. Winston Co.: 1905

Seller ID: 2272112

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition thus. Former library copy, erased call number on spine base of second volume, a couple tiny ink stamps on front endpaper of first volume, otherwise no marks. Hinges repaired. 1905 Hard Cover. Two volumes. viii, 483; viii, 461. Index. 8 1/8 x 5 3/4. 8vo. Original blue cloth, elaborate embossed gilt Russian coat of arms with gilt double-ruled border on front cover, mirrored on spine, gilt spine lettering, gilt top page ridge, ribbon marker bound into each volume. Illustrated with numerous photogravures (50 total, 25 per volume including frontispieces). Translated from the 1867 orig...
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The Beggar's Opera, to which is added the Music to Each Song

By: Gay, John; Herbert, A.P.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1937

Seller ID: 2261909

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number 4L laid in. Spine and slipcase edges toned, slipcase edge along opening rubbed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1937 Hard Cover. xviii, [2], 113 pp. Includes an introduction by A.P. Herbert and illustrations by Mariette Lydis. The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. Ballad operas were satiric musical plays ...
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Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine

By: Gibson, W. [William] Hamilton

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1891

Seller ID: 2266382

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1891 printing. 194, [2] pp. Olive cloth, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt. Illustrations and decorative headers, footers, and margins by the author. A celebration of nature by the American naturalist, detailing walks the author has taken outdoors. Includes: A Midnight Ramble; Night Witchery; Bird Notes; Bird Cradles; Prehistoric Botanists; The Wild Garden; Index.
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The Bab Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense - Complete Edition in One Volume, Including the Bab Ballads and More Bab Ballads

By: Gilbert, W.S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, Limited: 1884

Seller ID: 2184622

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First thus. Front free endpaper loose but included, (hinges still strong). 1884 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 309 pp. 8vo. A collection of poems by W.S. Gilbert, most well-known for his partnership with Arthur Sullivan in producing such works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. Originally published in a periodical called 'Fun', and later re-released in two volumes entitled The Bab Ballads and More Bab Ballads. Released here in one volume for the first time.
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Parley's Panorama; or Curiosities of Nature and Art, History, & Biography.

By: Goodrich, S.G.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Mack R. Barnitz.: 1856

Seller ID: 2293010

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Appears to have been rebacked with new marbled endpapers and blank flyleaves. Boards rubbed, edges dried with minor loss. 1856 Full-Leather. Full leather, blind-stamped designs on boards, gilt titles and decorations on spine. Engraved frontispiece, title page, and illustrations in text. An illustrated collection of information on various topics.
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NASA: The Complete Illustrated History

By: Gorn, Michael; Aldrin, Buzz

Price: $500.00

Publisher: London / New York / Norwalk, Connecticut, Merrell / The Easton Press: 2005

Seller ID: 2274856

ISBN: 1858942543

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Signed by Buzz Aldrin on front flyleaf, with certificate of authenticity and blank publisher's bookplate laid in. A couple tiny imperfections to page ridges, otherwise an excellent copy. 2005 Full-Leather. 304 pp. Original full black leather, gilt titles and decorations, photographic plate mounted on front board, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in.
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Image for The Auto Guest Book: Being the Maxims of Punbad the Railer Ga Raja of the Pun-Job, Vice-Roysterer of Notsopoor, Rendered into the Vernacular and Highly Decorated

The Auto Guest Book: Being the Maxims of Punbad the Railer Ga Raja of the Pun-Job, Vice-Roysterer of Notsopoor, Rendered into the Vernacular and Highly Decorated

By: Grant, Ethel Watts-Mumford; Glaenzer, Richard Butler

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Paul Elder and Company / The Tomoye Press: 1906

Seller ID: 2134518

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Loss from corners. 1906 Hard Cover. Suede boards with gilt embroidered silk inset designs. Early imprint by Tomoye Press, which was founded in 1903. A collection of rather deplorable attempts at comedy, with an automotive focus, but presented in the style of a series of maxims similar to those released by spiritual gurus. For example: 'To lie is beneath contempt, but to lie beneath one's auto is contemptible.'
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Evidence of Love (The Franklin Library: The First Edition Society)

By: Grau, Shirley Ann

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2286137

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

First edition, preceding the Alfred A. Knopf trade edition. 1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 243, [7] pp. 8vo. Blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. Three voices are heard. There panoramic self-portraits unfold. Looking back into the past from the promontories of old age, they speak--a hedonist millionaire, his intellectual clergyman son, and his son's adventurous wife--examining their own lives and each other's for evidence of love: carnal love and sublimated l...
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The Keepers of the House (The Franklin Library: The First Edition Society)

By: Grau, Shirley Ann

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2304822

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

An exceptional copy. 1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 327 pp. 8vo. Black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Muriel Wood.
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Image for The Works of Thomas Gray, with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, to which are subjoined Extracts Philological, Poetical, and Critical from the Author's Original Manuscripts, in Two Volumes [Large Paper Edition]

The Works of Thomas Gray, with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, to which are subjoined Extracts Philological, Poetical, and Critical from the Author's Original Manuscripts, in Two Volumes [Large Paper Edition]

By: Gray, Thomas; Mason, William; Mathias, Thomas James

Price: $500.00

Publisher: William Bulmer and Co. / Shakspeare Press for John Porter in Pall-Mall Bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte: 1814

Seller ID: 2264589

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Large paper edition. Boards rubbed with some surface tears to leather, ink gift note on front flyleaf ('George Frederick James his father Frederick Dimsdale LL.D, judge of county courts. a present on his birth-day January 29th 1863.'), owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. 1814 Full-Leather. [xiv], 581, [5]; vii, [1], 634, [4] pp. Folio. Full black morocco, gilt titles, decorations and dentelles on turn-ins, all edges gilt. A collection of Gray's verse and other writings, including his most well-known poem, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, which was originally written in 1751...
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An American Prophet (The First Edition Society)

By: Green, Gerald

Price: $15.00

Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2286238

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

First edition, preceding the Doubleday trade edition. 1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 230 pp. Light brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Stan Hunter. A novel by the author best known for The Last Angry Man, who also won several awards for his writing for television and film. An American Prophet tells the story of a man resisting the development of land in the American southwest.
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The Man Without a Country

By: Hale, Edward Everett; Van Doren, Carl

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1936

Seller ID: 2261287

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass insert. Slipcase edges faded. 1936 Hard Cover. ix, [5], 55 pp. 8vo. A short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly in December 1863. The novel is the story of American army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for treason and is consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word of news about the United States. Although the story is set in the early 1800s, the story is an allegory about upheaval of the American Civil War and w...
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The Man Without a Country

By: Hale, Edward Everett; Van Doren, Carl

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979

Seller ID: 2265680

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

A couple faint scuffs to leather. Unused publisher's bookplate laid in. 1979 Full-Leather. ix, [5], 55, [3] pp. 8vo. A short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly in December 1863. The novel is the story of American army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for treason and is consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word of news about the United States. Although the story is set in the early 1800s, the story is an allegory about upheaval of the American Civil War and...
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Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House (The Library of the Presidents)

By: Hamilton, Holman

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1989

Seller ID: 2305460

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Publisher's Collector's Notes pamphlet and blank publisher bookplate laid in. An exceptional copy. 1989 Full-Leather. 496 pp. 8vo. Full black leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, endpapers decorated with presidential seal, ribbon marker bound in. The second volume of a two-volume biography of the twelfth President of the United States of America, who died after just over a year in office. He had previously distinguished himself as an officer during the Mexican-American War. This volume focuses on his presidency.
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A Laodicean: A Story of To-Day

By: Hardy, Thomas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1896

Seller ID: 2305820

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

November 1930 thin paper edition (L-E code on copyright page). Ink gift note on front endpaper, minor pencil underlining and minimal ink marginalia. 1896 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 499, [1] pp. Red full leather, gilt titles. Frontispiece from an etching by H. MacBeth-Raeburn, map of Wessex follows text. A novel by the author of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, and Far from the Madding Crowd.
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The Return of the Native (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Hardy, Thomas; Winterich, John T.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1978

Seller ID: 2277985

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

1978 Full-Leather. 416 pp. 8vo. Forest green full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, copper ribbon marker bound in. Includes publisher's preface, How This Book Came to Be by John T. Winterich, and illustrations from wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. One of Thomas Hardy's most powerful works, The Return of the Native centers famously on Egdon Heath, the wild, haunted Wessex moor that D. H. Lawrence called the real stuff of tragedy. The heath's changing face mirrors the fortunes of the farmers, inn-keepers, sons, mothers, and lovers who populate the n...
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The Return of the Native (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Hardy, Thomas; Winterich, John T.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1978

Seller ID: 2280926

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1978 Full-Leather. 416 pp. 8vo. Forest green full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, copper ribbon marker bound in. Includes publisher's preface, How This Book Came to Be by John T. Winterich, and illustrations from wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. One of Thomas Hardy's most powerful works, The Return of the Native centers famously on Egdon Heath, the wild, haunted Wessex moor that D. H. Lawrence called the real stuff of tragedy. The heath's changing face mirrors the fortunes of the farmers, inn-keepers, sons, m...
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The Return of the Native (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Hardy, Thomas; Winterich, John T.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1978

Seller ID: 2285599

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Endpaper edges faded. 1978 Full-Leather. 416 pp. 8vo. Forest green full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, copper ribbon marker bound in. Includes publisher's preface, How This Book Came to Be by John T. Winterich, and illustrations from wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. One of Thomas Hardy's most powerful works, The Return of the Native centers famously on Egdon Heath, the wild, haunted Wessex moor that D. H. Lawrence called the real stuff of tragedy. The heath's changing face mirrors the fortunes of the farmers, inn-keepers, sons, mothers, and lov...
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Image for Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields, Containing Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How to Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc., Etc.; Including a Graphic Description of the Gold Regions; Land of Wonders; Immense Mountains, Rivers and Plains; Native Inhabitants, Etc.; Including Mrs. Eli Gage's Experiences of a Year among the Yukon Mining Camps; Mrs. Schwatka's Recollections of Her Husband as the Alaskan Pathfinder; Prosaic Side of Gold Hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras

Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields, Containing Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How to Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc., Etc.; Including a Graphic Description of the Gold Regions; Land of Wonders; Immense Mountains, Rivers and Plains; Native Inhabitants, Etc.; Including Mrs. Eli Gage's Experiences of a Year among the Yukon Mining Camps; Mrs. Schwatka's Recollections of Her Husband as the Alaskan Pathfinder; Prosaic Side of Gold Hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras

By: Harris, A.C.; Gage, Mrs. Eli; Mrs. Schwatka; Miller, Joaquin

Price: $125.00

Publisher: S.N.: 1897

Seller ID: 2302195

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Includes both maps, though the first has a large closed tear along the center seam (we have left this unrepaired in case the future owner would like to have an expert restore it). Boards toned and soiled, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1897 Hard Cover. xi, [5], 17-556 pp. 4to. Original yellow cloth, gilt titles, mining scene depicted on front board and spine. Includes two fold-out maps: one 8-panel in full color on front endpaper; and a black & white 3-panel preceding text. Photographic plates and engraved illustrations throughout. This work was published the year after gold was discove...
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Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (Masterpieces of American Literature)

By: Harris, Joel Chandler; Connelly, Marc

Price: $45.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1981

Seller ID: 2284252

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Blank publisher's bookplate laid in. A few tiny spots along spine, edges of endpapers slightly faded. 1981 Full-Leather. xviii, 158 pp. Black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Foreword by Marc Connelly, color frontispiece of author, woodcut illustrations by Seong Moy. A collection of Uncle Remus stories compiled from African-American folktales by Joel Chandler Harris, who frequently employed dialect in his prose. A number of Uncle Remus stories have inspired adaptations to film and television, including Walt Disney's 1946 '...
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The Oxford Companion to American Literature

By: Hart, James D.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1946

Seller ID: 2263977

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

4th printing. Professionally rebound in half leather with gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. Spine edges lightly rubbed. 1946 Half-Leather. viii, 888, [2] pp. 8vo. For more than half a century, James D. Hart's The Oxford Companion to American Literature has been an unparalleled guide to America's literary culture, providing one of the finest resources to this country's rich history of great writers.
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Catherine the Great: A Biography (International Collectors Library)

By: Haslip, Joan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: International Collectors Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2287176

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Ink owner stamp on front endpaper. 1977 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 383, [1] pp. 8vo. London Fleet Street replica binding: red boards, gilt titles and decorations. A study of the German princess who became one of Russia's most important leaders.
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The Marble Faun, or The Romance of Monte Beni, in Two Volumes

By: Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press: 1890

Seller ID: 2283724

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Spines toned as usual, tiny spot on spine of volume 2. 1890 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in two volumes. ii, 266; [267]-527, [3] pp. 8vo. paginated continuously. 8 1/8 x 5 3/8. Photogravures throughout text. Original red cloth boards, cream spines appear to be cloth imitating vellum. Gilt borders, decorations, and top page ridge. A great edition of this interesting title by the author most well-known for The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known as Transformation, was the last of the four m...
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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (The Franklin Library)

By: Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Price: $7.00

Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1917

Seller ID: 2294451

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards lightly soiled. 1917 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 291, [3] pp. 8vo. Original crimson leatherette, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, three raised spine bands, decorative endpapers. Illustrations by Chris Duke. The Scarlet Letter (1850) is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is considered his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin...
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The Scarlet Letter (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Price: $45.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1975

Seller ID: 2294871

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Minor scuff to top edge along spine, edges of endpapers a bit faded, blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1975 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 280 pp. 8vo. Red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by W.A. Dwiggins. Hawthorne's classic tale of the shunned adulterer in seventeenth century Puritan Salem.
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Woodrow Wilson (The Library of the Presidents)

By: Heckscher, August

Price: $30.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1997

Seller ID: 2275006

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Publisher's insert and blank bookplate laid in. Minimal wear to corners. 1997 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 743, [1] pp. 8vo. Full dark green leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, endpapers decorated with presidential seal, ribbon marker bound in. A biography of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States of America.
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