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Price: $1,750.00 $1,400.00
Publisher: Stringer & Townsend: 1854
Seller ID: 1797797
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. 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 ... View more info
Price: $9.00 $7.20
Publisher: The John C. Winston Company:
Seller ID: 1806283
Fore edge lightly foxed. We have more books available by this author!. 400 pp. Original maroon cloth, gilt titles, orange titles on front board with decorations, small color picture plate mounted on front board. A novel by the author most well known for his Leatherstocking Tales featuring Natty Bumpo. View more info
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981
Seller ID: 2287026
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 Leatherstocki... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $35.00 $28.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1979
Seller ID: 2285669
Page edges rubbed causing some loss of gilt. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, 510 pp. 8vo. Dark green full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. 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 wa... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $45.00 $36.00
Publisher: The Easton Press, Norwalk: 1979
Seller ID: 2172416
1979 Full-Leather. xi, 377 pp. 8vo. Dark 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 $32.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2205673
Top page ridge faintly spotted. 1979 Full-Leather. 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 $32.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2278043
Page ridges faintly spotted, otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Full-Leather. 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; Hansen, Harry
Price: $40.00 $32.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1968
Seller ID: 2278051
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... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Spiller, Robert E.
Price: $60.00 $48.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1981
Seller ID: 2207940
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 considere... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Winterich, John T.
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1961
Seller ID: 2261914
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number X:25 laid in. Spine lightly toned, slipcase edges lightly faded. 1961 Hard Cover. 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 $32.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1963
Seller ID: 2278044
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 take... View more info
By: Cowper, William; Grimshawe, T.S. (Editor)
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: Phillips, Sampson, and Company: 1856
Seller ID: 1893270
Front joint cracked - front board loose. Front & end matter faintly foxed & stained. 1856 Full-Leather. xxii, 749 pp. Original brown blind-stamped leather, gilt titles, marbled endpapers. William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the... View more info
By: Crane, Stephen
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981
Seller ID: 2286131
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
Price: $25.00 $20.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2266483
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 $28.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1986
Seller ID: 2268777
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: Cresson, W.P.; Howe, M.A. De Wolfe
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1986
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2274890
Publisher's insert and blank bookplate laid in. 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 $20.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1922
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2205715
3rd printing. Light smudge on front board. 1922 Hard Cover. vi, 353 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. View more info
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By: Crozier, Brian; Nixon, Richard
Price: $35.00 $28.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1990
Seller ID: 2274207
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: Cunningham, Noble E.; Menna, Larry K.
Price: $75.00 $60.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1992
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2274900
Publisher's insert and blank bookplate laid in. 1992 Full-Leather. xii, [2], 414, [10] pp. 8vo. Original blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, color frontispiece of Jefferson, new foreword by Larry K. Menna.The authoritative single-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, perhaps the most significant figure in American history. He was a complex and compelling man: a fervent advocate of democracy who enj... View more info
![Image for Madame [Marie] Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie (The Library of Great Lives)](/assets/images/product/2274210.jpg "Madame [Marie] Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie (The Library of Great Lives)")
By: Curie, Eve; Sheean, Vincent; Gillmor, C. Stewart
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1989
Seller ID: 2274210
Publisher insert and bookplate laid in. 1989 Full-Leather. [x], 412 pp. 8vo. Grey full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, cream ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece of Marie Curie. Translated by Vincent Sheean, with a foreword by C. Stewart Gillmor written for this edition. Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth c... View more info
By: Da Vinci, Leonardo; MacCurdy, Edward
Price: $125.00 $100.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 2014
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2275792
Faint discoloration to gilt page ridge along top corner, blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 2014 Full-Leather. 1180 pp. 8vo. Original full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. The remarkable record of the workings of what many consider to be the greatest human mind that history has ever witnessed. The complete notebooks have been translated and edited by the most distinguished Da Vinci scholar of his generati... View more info
![Image for Two Years Before The Mast [A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea] (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature)](/assets/images/product/2269268.jpg "Two Years Before The Mast [A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea] (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature)")
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 2269268
One corner very faintly bruised, otherwise an excellent copy. 1977 Full-Leather. 414 pp. 8vo. Printed on laid paper. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Ronald Keller. Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834 and published in 1840. A film adaptation under the same name was released in... View more info
By: Darley, F.O.C.
Price: $500.00 $400.00
Publisher: James G. Gregory: 1862
Seller ID: 2267734
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 som... 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 100 Greatest Books of All Time)](/assets/images/product/2286239.jpg "The Origin of Species [By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life] (The 100 Greatest Books of All Time)")
By: Darwin, Charles
Price: $65.00 $52.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1975
Seller ID: 2286239
1975 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, 507, [3] pp. 8vo. Brown 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 from line drawings by Juan Carlos Barberis. View more info
By: Davis, Harold L.
Price: $35.00 $28.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1977
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 2283481
1977 Full-Leather. 416 pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, two-page color frontispiece. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1936. Set in Oregon in the early years of the twentieth century, H. L. Davis’s Honey in the Horn chronicles the struggles faced by homesteaders as they attempted to settle down and eke out subsistence from a still-wild land. With sly humor and keenly... View more info
By: De Amicis, Edmondo; Zimmern, Helen
Price: $35.00 $28.00
Publisher: Porter & Coates: 1894
Seller ID: 2202980
Corners a bit rubbed with minor loss from spine heads, crayon scribbles on a couple pages. 1894 Hard Cover. 273; 275 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 $8.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press / The Nonesuch Press: 1949
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261267
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... View more info
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: Porter & Coates / Caxton Press of Sherman & Co.: 1876
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2204105
Ink gift note on front flyleaf dated Christmas 1876. 630 pp. 8vo. Originally published in 1719, the famous novel of a shipwrecked survivor on a deserted island. This edition includes the complete text, a biographical sketch of the author, an essay about his writings, and engraved frontispiece and plates. View more info
By: de Gaulle, Charles; Griffin, Jonathan; Howard, Richard
Price: $350.00 $280.00
Publisher: Simon and Schuster: 1959
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 2263965
2nd printing of volume 1, first American editions, first printings of volumes 2 & 3. Spines slightly faded. 1959 Full-Leather. The World War II era memoirs of French general and statesman Charles de Gaulle, who led the Free France movement. Translated from the original French by Jonathan Griffin and Richard Howard. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had... View more info
Price: $125.00 $100.00
Publisher: Librairie de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, P.-C. Lehuby: 1850
Edition: Sixth Edition
Seller ID: 2203753
'Sixieme edition' stated on title page. No date, circa 1850. French text. Nicely rebacked with new gilt titles, fore-edge corners exposed. viii, 456 pp. 8vo. Black blind-stamped cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt, blue, red, green, and yellow decorations, all edges gilt. The original French fables by Jean de la Fontaine. First released in several volumes over a period of over 25 years in the 17th century, they quickly became classics of French literature, and enjo... View more info
