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By: N/A
Price: $95.00
Publisher: Real Pen-Work Publishing Co.: 1887
Seller ID: 1856940
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 institutio... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Casa Editorial Catolica, J. Steinbrener: 1921
Seller ID: 2120241
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
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
Price: $40.00
Publisher: A.L. Burt, Publisher: 1899
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2264553
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... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Porter & Coates: 1886
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2264559
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 cen... View more info
![Image for Dante's Inferno, From the Original of Dante Alighieri and Illustrated by Gustave Dore [Altemus' Edition]](/assets/images/product/2262505.jpg)
By: Alighieri, Dante; Cary, Henry Francis; Walsh, Henry C.
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Henry Altemus: 1890
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2262505
No date, circa 1890. Superficial split to front endsheet along hinge - binding not at all loose, minimal loss of gilt from spine. vi, [2], 163 pp. 11 7/8 x 9 3/4. Original dark green cloth, silver, gilt and black titles and decorations. Translated into English verse by Henry Francis Cary, edited by Henry C. Walsh. Dante's famous vision of Hell, illustrated by Gustave Dore's exceptional engravings throughout. This is the Altemus edition, following several editions by Cass... View more info
By: Andersen, Hans Christian; Dulcken, H.W.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: David McKay, Publisher: 1905
Seller ID: 2276836
No date, circa 1905. 1 inch tear to spine head, owner bookplate on front endpaper. We have more books available by this author!. iv, 377 pp. 8vo. Navy blue cloth, gilt and red titles, ten full-page color plates and sixty woodcuts from designs by various well-known artists. Hans Christian Andersen, often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875), was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels and poems, And... View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society: 1894
Seller ID: 2202015
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
Price: $60.00
Publisher: T.A. Langan & Brother: 1889
Seller ID: 2275501
Boards rubbed with some loss of gilt, ages toned, one illustration loose, hinges weakening, frontispiece foxed. 1889 Hard Cover. 398 pp. Grey cloth, gilt titles, elaborate gilt, red, & silver design on spine & front board, floral decorated endpapers. A firsthand account of the formation and development of the United States Secret Service during the American Civil War, with -- in the words of the publisher -- 'a profuse galaxy of magnificent full-page illustrations of exq... View more info
By: Ballantyne, Robert Michael
Price: $75.00
Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons: 1893
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2139063
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 J... View more info
By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Price: $40.00
Publisher: American Publishers Corporation: 1897
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 2077493
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 dramatiz... View more info
By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1897
Seller ID: 2104132
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
![Image for The Life of General William T. [Tecumseh] Sherman](/assets/images/product/2266387.jpg)
By: Boyd, James P.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Publishers' Union: 1891
Seller ID: 2266387
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 ser... 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: 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: 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: $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 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
By: Cellini, Benvenuto; Symonds, John Addington; Cortissoz, Royal
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company: 1906
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2062149
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
Publisher: Belford, Clarke & Co.:
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2164512
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 Qu... View more info
![Image for Aucassin and Nicolete [Nicolette]](/assets/images/product/1809410.jpg)
By: Child, Harold (Translator)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black: 1911
Seller ID: 1809410
Spine a bit toned, boards lightly rubbed & soiled, small dealer bookplate on front endpaper. 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, gilt page borders. 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, ... View more info
By: Child, Leslie
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Mosher Press: 1928
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 1903633
Includes original jacket. Jacket edges lightly rubbed with minimal loss from spine ends. 1928 Hard Cover. 40 pp. 12mo. Original green French wrappers over cardstock boards, with glassine dust jacket. Woodcut illustration on front board. Printed on Aurelian laid paper. Edition limited to 200 copies. A collection of short poems. Published by Thomas Bird Mosher at his Mosher Press during its career of over 30 years as a private press. Mosher ultimately released over 400 tit... View more info
By: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Walsh, Henry C.
Price: $350.00
Publisher: Henry Altemus: 1889
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2272322
Loss of gilt from spine titles and illustrator name on front board, corners exposed, minor tide mark to base of front endpapers, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1889 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio. 1889 reissue of the edition first published in 1876 by Harper. Numerous full-page engravings by Gustave Dore. A visually striking edition of the famous nautical poem known for its (oft-misquoted) lines: Water, water, everywhere / Nor any drop to drink. First publish... View more info
Price: $1,750.00
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
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: $25.00
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
