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By: N/A
Price: $95.00
Publisher: Real Pen-Work Publishing Co.: 1887
Seller ID: 1856940
Condition: Very Good
Hinges just starting, lightly rubbed & soiled, front & end matter lightly foxed, faint foxing to a couple other pages. 1887 Hard Cover. [iv, 31 ff.]. 8vo. Original brown cloth, black & gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt. Beautiful calligraphy, typography, and artwork combined in high-quality lithographs to present decoratively various Bible verses. Mostly black ink, but with occasional blues, greens, and reds. Uncommon - OCLC shows only 6 copies held by institutions, all within the U.S. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Casa Editorial Catolica, J. Steinbrener: 1921
Seller ID: 2120241
Condition: Very Good
Linen boards lightly stained, mother-of-pearl decoration on bottom clasp lost. Spanish text. 1921 Small Hard Cover. 256 pp. Bound in linen, with hinged tortoise-shell cover attached at spine. Cover closes with mother-of-pearl-decorated clasps at fore-edge. All edges gilt, gilt decoration with monogram on front cover. Spanish text. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Hurst & Co.: 1885
Seller ID: 2208197
Condition: Good
No publisher date (circa late 1800's), edges rubbed, front hinge starting, light stain to frontispiece through page 15, pages v-14 loose from binding but included. 1885 Hard Cover. v, 308 pp. The Language and Poetry of Flowers, and Poetic Handbook of Wedding Anniversary Pieces, Album Verses, and Valentines. Together with a Great Number of Beautiful Poetical Quotations from Famous Authors. View more info
By: A'Beckett, G.A. [Gilbert Abbott]
Price: $125.00 $100.00
Publisher: Bradbury, Evans, and Co.: 1864
Seller ID: 2283682
Condition: Very Good
Two books in one volume. Binding repaired, corners a bit rubbed. 1864 Hard Cover. xviii, 320, 304 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Color frontispiece (one of 20 color plates) and reproductions of 200 engravings by John Leech. The classic work by one of the original staff of Punch magazine, the weekly British humor magazine. A'Beckett also wrote the Comic History of Rome (to which John Leech also added illustrations), Comic Blackstone, etc., as well as two operas for which his wife composed the music. View more info
Price: $30.00 $24.00
Publisher: A.L. Burt, Publisher: 1899
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2264553
Condition: Very Good
First edition (Bennett 114). Spine lightly rubbed with minimal loss of gilt, bottom corner lightly bumped, ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1899 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. [vi], 308, 14 pp. 8vo. Original olive cloth, gilt spine titles, red, black, and yellow decorations, floral endpapers. One of many young adult 'rags to riches' stories written by the popular author during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mark Mason, the telegraph boy, was a sturdy, honest lad, who pluckily won his way to success by his honest manly efforts under many difficulties. Mark Mas... View more info
Price: $50.00 $40.00
Publisher: Porter & Coates: 1886
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2264559
Condition: Good
First edition (Bennett 79). Hinges reinforced with tape by previous owner, minor loss from spine head and foot, corners exposed, one page loose but included. 1886 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 320, [2] pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, black titles and decorations, brown endpapers. Engraved frontispiece, three engravings in text. One of many young adult 'rags to riches' stories written by the popular author during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author... View more info
Price: $45.00 $36.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1900
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2286110
Condition: Very Good
First thus. Spine faded, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1900 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxxii, 276, [4] pp. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decorations similar to those used in the Cranford Series, which began in 1891 and gave us the famous Peacock on Sundial cover design now coveted by collectors. Revised from the 1894 and 1895 originals, this edition includes the full text of A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath, with a new preface by the author, and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A novel by an important Kentucky author known for incorporating... View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society: 1894
Seller ID: 2202015
Condition: Very Good
Undated, ink gift note on front endpaper dated 1894. Three small light spots on back panel. vii, 360 pp. 7 3/8 x 5 5/8. Original grey cloth, beveled edges, gilt, black & red design, fore-edges gilt, floral endpapers. View more info
By: Ballantyne, Robert Michael
Price: $75.00 $60.00
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: $15.00 $12.00
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: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Price: $40.00 $32.00
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 $32.00
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 $40.00
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
![Image for The Life of General William T. [Tecumseh] Sherman](/assets/images/product/2266387.jpg)
By: Boyd, James P.
Price: $65.00
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; Bronte, Emily
Price: $75.00 $60.00
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: $75.00 $60.00
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
By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily
Price: $175.00 $140.00
Publisher: Random House: 1943
Seller ID: 2303474
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase. Spines lightly rubbed (minimal loss of gilt), owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume, slipcase corners a bit rubbed with light discoloration to slipcase spine base. This edition is particularly prone to toning of the boards, which we do not see in this example - an unusually attractive copy of this set. 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 ridg... View more info
By: Brown, Karl F.; Newcomb, Rexford (Foreword)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1836429
Condition: Near Fine
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, Elizabeth Barrett
Price: $25.00 $20.00
Publisher: Belford, Clarke & Co.: 1880
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2298848
Condition: Very Good
Binding slightly shaken, spine slightly faded. 1880 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 533 pp. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles, black and brown stamped decorations, all edges gilt. A collection of poems by the nineteenth century poet married to Robert Browning, also an influential writer. Her poems are known for their religious themes, and her work influenced numerous important authors, such as Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. View more info
By: Bunyan, John
Price: $750.00 $600.00
Publisher: J. Draper for D. Henchman, at his Shop in Cornhil: 1742
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 2289845
Condition: Fair
Third edition, first state, with 'Cornhil' in imprint (Evans 4905). Boards rubbed, leather drying, light stained with minor transfer throughout, rear board split horizontally but still whole, ink name on endpapers. 1742 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. x, 214, p. 215 mislabeled 115, [1] pp. 12mo. Leather over wooden boards. Originally published in 1659, preceding Bunyan's well-known The Pilgrim's Progress by nearly twenty years. View more info
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By: Bunyan, John; Southey, Robert
Price: $40.00 $32.00
Publisher: American Tract Society: 1865
Seller ID: 2286768
Condition: Good
3 inch tear along rear joint, minor split to cloth at top of front joint, edges faded, lightly foxed throughout, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1865 Hard Cover. 348, [4] pp. 8vo. Purple cloth, gilt titles and decorations, engraved frontispiece and illustrations. Pilgrim's Progress bound together with A Life of Bunyan. Religious allegory by John Bunyan, at one time second only to the Bible in popularity. It is a symbolic vision of the pilgrimage through life. The first and best-known book, published in 1678, in which the character Christian travels on the road to salvation from the City o... View more info
Price: $10.00 $8.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1911
Seller ID: 2199981
Condition: Good
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. Illustrations by Reginald Birch. 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 stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. View more info
Price: $175.00 $140.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1887
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2294183
Condition: Good
First edition, first state (includes DeVinne imprint). Front hinge weakening, ink stamp on front endpaper, light stain to edges of rear endpapers. 1887 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1], 209, [1] pp, 16 page terminal publisher ad. 8 1/2 x 7. Author's first children's novel. Original brown cloth, red, black, and gold designs on front cover and spine, gilt titles, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and 25 other illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. Little Lord Fauntleroy is the first children's novel written by English–American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Bur... View more info
![Image for The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, in Twelve Volumes (Library Edition) [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights]](/assets/images/product/2282238.jpg)
By: Burton, R.F. [Richard Francis]; Smithers, Leonard C.
Price: $1,500.00 $1,200.00
Publisher: H.S. Nichols & Co.: 1894
Seller ID: 2282238
Condition: Near Fine
First Smithers edition, also called the Library Edition (Penzer p. 117-123). Minor cosmetic wear, ink name on front endpaper of each volume, front hinge of first volume just beginning to weaken. 1894 Hard Cover. Complete in twelve volumes, a reissue of the 1885 Benares edition (which was printed by the Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only), edited by Leonard C. Smithers. 8vo. According to the preface, In Lady Burton's edition, which was a reprint of the first ten volumes only of the original issue, it was thought advisable to omit no fewer than 215 pages; in this edition, which com... 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
Condition: Good
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
By: Carleton, Will
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1876
Seller ID: 2283876
Condition: Very Good
Very faint stain along page base, board corners lightly rubbed. 1876 Hard Cover. 131 pp. Blue boards with gilt decorations. 4-page terminal publisher ad. Original green cloth, gilt titles & decorations. Numerous engravings. A collection of poetry with a rural theme. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William McKendree Carleton (21 October 1845 – 18 December 1912) was an American poet. Carleton's poems were most often about rural life... What Robert Burns did for the Scottish cotter and the Reverend William Barnes has done for the English farmer, Will Carleton has done for the American-touched with the glamou... View more info
By: Cellini, Benvenuto; Symonds, John Addington; Cortissoz, Royal
Price: $35.00 $28.00
Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company: 1906
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2062149
Condition: Very Good
1934 12th printing. Front hinge of first volume just starting, small internal tear to vol. 1 backstrip. 1906 Hard Cover. xxix, [1], 359, [1]; vii, [1], 386, [1] pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth, gilt titles, decorations, & rules, top edge gilt. Reproductions of forty original portraits and views. The classic autobiography by the Italian Renaissance goldsmith, painter, sculptor, soldier, and musician, still considered the most important memoir of the era. View more info
![Image for Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha [Parts I & II in One Volume]](/assets/images/product/2164512.jpg)
By: Cervantes [Saavedra], Miguel de; Jarvis, Charles
Price: $60.00 $48.00
Publisher: Belford, Clarke & Co.:
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2164512
Condition: Near Fine
No date, circa 1880. Spine slightly faded, minimal wear to corners, ink name on front flyleaf. 811 pp. 8vo. Parts 1 and 2 complete in one volume. Original blue cloth, gilt & black decorations design, titles in relief, floral decorative endpapers. Don Quixote (fully titled The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha), is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story by inventing a Moorish chronicler for Don Quixote named Cide Hamete Benengeli. Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quixote is the most influe... View more info
![Image for Aucassin and Nicolete [Nicolette]](/assets/images/product/2300632.jpg)
By: Child, Harold (Translator)
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black: 1911
Seller ID: 2300632
Condition: Near Fine
Spine lightly toned, very minor general wear. 1911 Hard Cover. xliii, 132 pp. 10 x 7 3/4. 4to. Original cream cloth, navy blue titles & borders, light blue printed design on front cover & spine. Color frontispiece & 5 color illustrations by A. Anderson. Third translation of this work into English, following those of Edward FitzGerald and Andrew Lang. Aucassin et Nicolette is a medieval French chantefable, or combination of prose and verse (literally, a 'sung story'), similar to a prosimetrum. It is the only known chantefable from what was once a very popular literary tradition, and it is from ... View more info
