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Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume XXXIX June to November, 1869

By: N/A

Price: $42.50

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1869

Seller ID: 74482

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Six months of the venerable illustrated magazine bound together. With dozens of engraved illustrations scattered throughout. Volume is bound in quarter leather and with pebbled brown cloth-covered boards; covers worn at extremities. With a few loose pages at front of volume, otherwise textblock is firm and intact, though with tears, markings and occasional soiling. --- Harper's Monthly is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States beginning in 1850 and continuing into the 21st century. They often featured the debut of works by noted authors or illustrators.;...
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Little Women; or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (A Focus on the Family book)

By: ALCOTT, Louisa May (author); WHEELER, Joe (introduction and afterword)

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Wheaton, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers: 1997

Seller ID: 84613

ISBN: 1561797448

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Signed by editor Joe Wheeler on title page. Complete and unabridged copy of the timeless family classic. With approx. 150 black & white illustrations. Dr. Wheeler's introduction and afterword provide information about 'Little Women', and Alcott, as well as a study guide for enriching the experience of reading this classic. Part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories series. A life-long educator and author, Dr. Wheeler is one of America's premier compilers of family-oriented stories. --- A Near Fine copy: clean, bright and newish but with dusty soiling to textblock top edge. Cover sticker exp...
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Winesburg, Ohio (Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature)

By: ANDERSON, Sherwood

Price: $31.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1976

Seller ID: 83844

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) wrote this collection of 22 short stories from 1915 to 1916 and published them as "Winesburg, Ohio" in 1919. All stories are set in the mythical town, and they detail the life of his George Willard character. They are presented in this deluxe Franklin Library reprint edition with illustrations by Miki. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in rich full green bonded leather co...
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Westward Journeys: Memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail (The Lakeside Classics, #87)

By: APPLEGATE, Jesse A.; PORTER, Lavinia Honeyman (authors); RIDGE, Martin (editor)

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Chicago, Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company: 1989

Seller ID: 81053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A Lakeside Classic reprint, presenting the memoirs of American pioneers Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter. Applegate was an early leader on the Oregon Trail, and was credited with finding the Applegate Trail, an alternative, southerly route to Oregon's Willamette Valley. Lavinia Honeyman Porter's memoir of her Overland Trail journey, "By Ox Team to California" is also included. Edited by Martin Ridge. --- Includes a color map showing routes, a frontis engraved illustration of emigrants crossing the plains, and several additional illustrations and photos. --- Number 87 in a...
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Summa Theologica, Volume I only (of 2) (Franklin Library 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Great Books of the Western World series)

By: AQUINAS, Saint Thomas

Price: $190.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1985

Seller ID: 83537

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A deluxe leatherbound edition of the classic work in the area of religious philosophy. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th century Italian priest and philosopher. In his uncompleted "Summa Theologica" he provided guidance to both laity and clergy on the essential tenets of the Catholic Church. Illustrated with the engraved art of Otto van Veen from his pictorial narrative study of Aquinas. Translation by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. An entry in publisher's 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Great Books of the Western World. --- Bound in rich full blue bonded leather cover...
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Droll Stories (Franklin Library Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series)

By: BALZAC, Honoré de

Price: $43.50

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1978

Seller ID: 81424

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A deluxe leatherbound edition offering rewarding, amusing stories by the acclaimed French author of 'La Comédie humaine'. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May. With illustrations by Elaine Rafael and Don Bolognese. Includes a portrait of Balzac by Roy Andersen near front of volume. Issued as an entry in the publisher's Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in rich full burgundy bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock...
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Little Black Sambo (First Edition with illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat)

By: BANNERMAN, Helen

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, Adam and Charles Black: 1931

Seller ID: 80096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Stated First Edition November, 1931 on copyright page. This scarce edition of the controversial children's classic with 7 color illustrations of the original 8 by Fern Bisel Peat. (One illustration, "Oh! what lovely melted butter", is missing.) Also with 13 black and white illustrations by Ms. Peat. --- In patterned dark red cloth-covered boards with Peat circular color illustration pasted to cover. Unpaginated, with 46 yellow-bordered leaves (not counting the full-size color illustrations tipped onto the leaves). --- A Fair only copy with at least 3 detached (but present) leaves, 2 pa...
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The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People

By: BAUM, L. Frank

Price: $76.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Indiana, The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1903

Seller ID: 79545

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

A fourth printing in the first edition of the re-packaged Baum story that was originally published under the title "A New Wonderland" by R. H. Russell in 1900. With vertically aligned 'O-H-D' sans serif type on copyright page, broken 'H' in "The Monarch", p.[51] and half-missing 'D' in "Wizard", p.[121] (Bienvenue p.209-210). With 12 color plates, front cover illustration, and throughout in black & white by Frank Verbeck [Ver Beck]. Endpapers illustrations by Fanny Y. Cory. --- In light blue cloth-covered boards with Verbeck color illustration pasted to cover; cover an...
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My Life

By: BEWICK, Thomas

Price: $16.50

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1981

Seller ID: 77579

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Likely first Folio Society edition. The autobiography of the great English naturalist, in a deluxe reprint edition. With many woodcut engraved illustrations and watercolours by the author. In brown quarter cloth over yellow paper-covered boards. Lacks the glassine jacket or a slipcase. --- With light soiling to covers and some loss of spine gilding; else a firm, bright copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 192 pages
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The Desert Ship: A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land

By: BLOUNDELLE-BURTON, John

Price: $56.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick Warne & Co.: [c.1893-1894]

Seller ID: 83194

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A rather scarce edition of author's adventure story, set in the 'Colorado Desert' of present-day Southern California's Imperial Valley. With 21 b&w illustrations by Hume Nisbet and W. Buckley, 3 of which inserted as plates; as well as one map. Undated copy, but likely published c.1893-1894. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with lettering and elaborate illustrations on cover and spine in gilt, white, black, yellow, brown and orange. Lacks a dust jacket. --- Interior is firm and collated to confirm all pages present. Leaves lack markings or significant soiling. With minor discoloration to sp...
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The Decameron: The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation

By: BOCCACCIO, John

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1968

Seller ID: 84629

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Full title: The Decameron: The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation Framed in Ten Dayes, of an Hundred Curious Pieces, by Seven Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen; Preserved to Posterity. --- The author's collection of novellas centered around 10 people, secluded near Florence during the period of the Black Death. The series was completed about 1353 and is reprinted here in this deluxe illustrated Heritage Press edition. Using the 1620 translation into English, and with an introduction by Edward Hutton. Illustrated with Rennaisance-style woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Sandglas...
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The Fireside Book of Favorite American Songs

By: BONI, Margaret Bradford (editor); LLOYD, Norman (arrangements for the piano); BATTAGLIA, Aureliu (illustrator)

Price: $47.50

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1952

Seller ID: 84113

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A selection of traditional American folk songs, as passed down from generation to generation. Includes sheet music, lyrics and illustrations for dozens of these popular, old-time songs. Songs selected and edited by Margaret Bradford Boni, with arrangements for the piano by Norman Lloyd. Illustrated throughout in color by Aurelius Battaglia. With an introduction by Anne Brooks and a foreword by Carl Van Doren. --- In faux-fabric rust paper-covered boards backed in green cloth, titling and image of stringed instrument in black and cream on spine. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With a noticeable rubb...
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The Adventures of Mario (translated from the German by Whittaker CHAMBERS)

By: BONSELS, Waldemar (author); WIESE, Kurt (illustrations)

Price: $24.50

Publisher: New York, Albert & Charles Boni: 1930

Seller ID: 79611

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

First U.S. edition. A charming illustrated story of an orphan boy who is befriended by all manner of creatures in the forest. With black and white illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Translated from the German by the noted anti-communist Whittaker Chambers. --- In pale yellow boards with Wiese illustrations and titling in brown and green on cover and spine. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With light soiling to covers, spotting to textblock edges and prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper, otherwise a firm, unmarked copy.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 240 pages
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Wuthering Heights

By: BRONTË, Emily; EICHENBERG, Fritz (woodcut illustrations)

Price: $20.50

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1978-80]

Seller ID: 84051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

039460458X The classic romance novel in a Modern Library reprint edition. With wood engraved illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg, an introduction by Royal A. Gettmann, and an editor's preface by Charlotte Brontë, writing under her Currer Bell pseudonym. --- In Toledano spine 15 / brown paper-covered boards / gilt-stamped spine titling / perfect bound (not stitched) / plain style F endpapers / plain tan style p dust jacket / verso blank. Likely published c.1978-1980 though incorrectly labeled as "First Modern Library Edition, 1950" on copyright page. --- A clean, firm, unmarked copy but ...
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The Christmas Angel

By: BROWN, Abbie Farwell (author); WHEELER, Joe (introduction and afterword)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Wheaton, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers: 1999

Seller ID: 74670

ISBN: 1561797626

Binding: Trade Paper

Condition: New with no dust jacket

Signed by Joe Wheeler on title page. A clean, bright copy. With numerous b&w engravings. Dr. Wheeler's lengthy introduction provides information about Abbie Farwell Brown, as well as insights for the parent about the use of this story in a family environment. Part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories series. A life-long educator and author, Dr. Wheeler is one of America's premier compilers of family-oriented stories. ; Great Stories; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); liii, 62 pages
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The Poems of Robert Browning

By: BROWNING, Robert (author); LEWIS, C. Day (editor)

Price: $20.50

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1971

Seller ID: 80580

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

A selection of poems by the great 19th Century English Victorian poet, in a handsome reprint edition in slipcase. Selected, edited, and introduced by C. Day Lewis and with woodcut illustrations by Peter Reddick. Indices of first lines and titles at rear of volume. --- In paper-covered boards illustrated with ancient columns and structures, and backed in brown cloth. With gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations. Slipcase covered in maroon paper. Publisher's Sandglass flyer is not present. --- Both book and slipcase with minor bump near top of opening; otherwise a firm, clean, bright copy. Sli...
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Thanatopsis [A Consideration of Death]

By: BRYANT, William Cullen

Price: $43.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1877

Seller ID: 84663

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Probably the best-known poem by the American poet William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), "Thanatopsis" borrows its name from the Greek and can be translated as "a consideration of death." With attractive black & white engraved illustrations on nearly every page by David Scott, William Blake and Isaac Taylor, engraved by W. J. Linton. Unpaginated, perhaps about 40 pp. --- In blue bevel-edge cloth-covered boards with gilt medallion image of Bryant stamped on front cover (and repeated in blind on back cover), titling and author facsimile signature to cover and spine in gilt, blue endpapers, all edges...
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North Coast, and Other Poems

By: BUCHANAN, Robert Williams

Price: $39.00

Publisher: London, G. Routledge and Sons: 1868

Seller ID: 73780

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Mr. Buchanan's works displayed a respect for those living a simpler life. Author's 'North Coast Poems' comprise roughly 2/3 of this volume. --- Elaborately bound in blue beveled edge cloth-covered boards with gilt and red lettering and decorations, front, rear and spine. With 53 illustrations by T.(homas) and E.(dward) Dalziel and 5 others; all of which were engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Printed on heavy papers, with all three edges in gilt. --- Volume has noticeable tears to cloth at spine ends, many leaves with foxing. Sticker removal damage to front pastedown. Overall, a tight copy with...
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The Age of Fable, or The Beauties of Mythology

By: BULFINCH, Thomas; KLAPP, W. H. (editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1942

Seller ID: 80725

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Many of the most-repeated myths and fables from Greek mythology are presented here in this attractive illustrated reprint edition. With notes, revisions and additions by W. H. Klapp and illustrations by Stanley William Hayter. Maps of ancient Greece and "family trees" of the Gods at endpapers. --- In orange and beige cloth-covered boards with circular device to cover in green foil. Titling and columnar illustration stamped in gilt on spine; green topstain. Volume lacks a slipcase and publisher's Sandglass flyer is not present. --- Spine titling has dulled, but overall volume is in exce...
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The Wooing of Master Fox

By: BULWER LYTTON, Edward

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Ashmead & Evans: 1866

Seller ID: 82453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

An illustrated, revised version of the children's story, centered around a wily fox, his friend the dog, and griffins. Text has been arranged for children by O. D. Martin. With 6 color lithographs (including second title page) by White. --- In rust cloth with titling and decorations in gilt to cover. Volume has been repaired with brown cloth tape and a new paper spine label. --- With prior owner's signature and tear to front free endpaper, soiling to cloth, considerable foxing throughout, and chafing to cover edges but binding stabilized after the repair.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); 32 pages
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The Adventures of Bobby Coon

By: BURGESS, Thornton W.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1920

Seller ID: 60070

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

A charming children's story book in Thornton W. Burgess's series featuring various woodland creatures. In this installment, Bobby Coon takes center stage. Sadly, only four of the original six black & white plates with Harrison Cady illustrations are present. An entry in publisher's "The Bedtime Story-Books" series. --- Formerly property of Boulder, Colorado's Mapleton Elementary School (which closed in 2003), with rubberstampings, markings and front pocket and lacking de-accession information. Rebound in sturdy brown buckram boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume has no dust ...
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The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum

By: BURGESS, Thornton W.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1922

Seller ID: 60071

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

A charming children's story book in Thornton W. Burgess's series featuring various woodland creatures. In this installment, Unc' Billy Possum takes center stage. Sadly, only two of the original six black & white plates with Harrison Cady illustrations are present. An entry in publisher's "The Bedtime Story-Books" series. --- Formerly property of Boulder, Colorado's Mapleton Elementary School (which closed in 2003), with rubberstampings and rear pocket and lacking de-accession information. In full maroon cloth-covered boards with green book repair tape to spine and tips. Volume has no...
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Der Kleine Lord (Little Lord Fauntleroy)--German Language

By: BURNETT, Frances Hodgson

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Stuttgart, Germany, Loewe's Verlag Ferdinand Carl:

Seller ID: 73551

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

In dark green cloth-covered boards w/pasted-on color drawing of the little lord on his pony on the front cover. Entirely written in gothic-German type; with many illustrations by Willy Planck in both color and black and white. Volume is loose, but not excessively so; and with spine slant. A legendary story with handsome illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages
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The Way of All Flesh

By: BUTLER, Samuel

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company/Literary Guild: 1944

Seller ID: 77044

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Book club edition. A nice copy of the author's classic novel, which is a character study of a man's life and challenges. With color and black and white illustrations by André Durenceau. --- In full rust cloth-covered boards with illustration on cover, illustrations and titling on spine; all in gilt. Olive coloring to jacket, with Durenceau color illustration on cover. --- A firm, clean copy but with small hole in front fr ee endpaper. Dust jacket with some chipping and tears along edges, in removable archival mylar protector.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 429 pages
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The Way of All Flesh (Easton Press: 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series)

By: BUTLER, Samuel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1980

Seller ID: 83681

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A deluxe leatherbound edition of Samuel Butler's semi-autobiographical novel, which was considered controversial when published in 1903 after his death in 1902. With drawings by Robert Ward Johnson and an introduction by Theodore Dreiser; as well as a specially-commissioned frontis painted portrait of Mr. Butler by Richard Sparks. Issued as part of the publisher's Collector's Edition series: The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. --- Bound in rich dark green bonded leather covers with elaborate gilt decorations stamped on covers and spine. Titling stamped on spine in gilt, with three raised band...
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The Streets of Ascalon: Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esq.

By: CHAMBERS, Robert W.

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York/London, D. Appleton and Co: 1912

Seller ID: 74841

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

First edition (so indicated by numeral 1 on last page of text). Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson. In full dark red cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on cover & spine. A clean, firm copy but with prev. owner's rubberstamping and penciled notations on front free endpaper. Lacks a dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 441 pages
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The Canterbury Tales Done Into Modern English Verse by Frank Ernest Hill and Newly Revised for This Edition

By: CHAUCER, Geoffrey

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1974

Seller ID: 83563

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

The Canterbury Tales are a collection of 14th century stories set against the backdrop of a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Originally written in Middle English, they have been rendered into modern English verse in this Heritage Press reprint edition by Frank Ernest Hill, who provides an introduction. This edition is not illustrated. --- In bright red cloth-covered boards. Front cover with Chaucer facsimile signature, surrounded by elaborate frame; both in gilt. Gilt spine titling on crimson block. Volume housed in slipcase covered in red paper. Publisher's Sandglass flyer laid in (Norwalk, no. IIR...
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Two Plays of Anton Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters

By: CHEKHOV, Anton

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1966

Seller ID: 83716

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Two notable plays by the great Russian master of drama and the short story, in a deluxe Heritage Press illustrated reprint edition. Includes striking color and b&w illustrations by Lajos Szalay and an introduction by Sir John Gielgud; translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. --- In full grey cloth-covered boards with stamped red and gilt image of cherries to cover, gilt titling on red spine block. Volume housed in olive paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass flyer laid in (Norwalk, no number). --- With shallow creases to a couple of leaves near back of book, otherwise a clean, unmarked and...
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Chatterbox 1892

By: CLARKE, J. Erskine (editor)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, Estes & Lauriat: 1892

Seller ID: 77728

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

A collection of stories and non-fiction articles intended for juveniles, accompanied with plenty of black & white drawings and full-page engravings. With color illustration of chef delivering a steaming hot roast on cover, with unlettered blue cloth spine. Frontis color illustration of boys at play on a frozen pond. (with prior owner's rubberstamping thereon). --- Volume is very ragged and several pages are loose. Covers and spine with much chafing. Some pages browned and with tears. The last three pages have been torn out, but are present. This is a scarce copy of this edition of Chatterbox w...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: CLEMONS, Samuel L. (TWAIN, Mark)

Price: $19.50

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1948

Seller ID: 81841

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

The famous novel by Mark Twain (1835-1910) features a time-traveling New Englander who, thanks to a blow to the head, visits the England of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. This attractive Heritage Press edition in slipcase includes illustrations by Honoré Guilbeau, an introduction by Carl Van Doren and a preface by the author. --- Quarto, about 11-1/4 in. tall. In blue paper-covered boards with tan cloth back; titling on spine in plum and w/publisher's plum topstain. Slipcase covered in blue-green paper. With Sandglass flyer laid in (New York, no. VIII: 32). --- With a slight ...
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Pinocchio (Junior Library, The World's Popular Classics, Art-Type Edition)

By: COLLODI, C.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Chicago, J. G. Ferguson & Associates: [c.1940s-1960s]

Seller ID: 80942

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

An undated reprint edition of the author's famous children's story, which has been reworked into many variations including a popular Disney movie. With 17 black and white illustrations throughout by an uncredited illustrator (whose name appears to be "L. Beaujon"). An entry in publisher's Junior Library, The World's Popular Classics series, Art-Type Edition. --- In green cloth-covered boards with image of reading children on cover in dark red, more images in dark red on spine and gilt-stamped titling on dark red spine blocks. Volume is undated, possibly published c.1940s-1960s; lacks a...
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Lord Jim: A Tale

By: CONRAD, Joseph

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1977

Seller ID: 84186

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Joseph Conrad's classic novel tells the tale of a man whose shame drove him deep into the jungles of southeast Asia. This deluxe reprint edition in slipcase with illustrations by Lynd Ward and an introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat. Sandglass leaflet laid in (Norwalk, no number). --- In maroon and orange full cloth-covered boards featuring wrap-around tropical palm tree scene on covers; gilt-stamped titling on burgundy spine block. Slipcase covered in orange paper. --- An about Near Fine copy with just a hint of wear to edges of cloth, otherwise lacking noticeable damages. Structurally sound sl...
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Three Tales of the Sea: Youth, Typhoon, and The End of the Tether

By: CONRAD, Joseph

Price: $18.50

Publisher: Avon, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1972

Seller ID: 83288

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Three tales of the sea by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). The author, born in Poland, served in the merchant navies of France and Britain before turning to full-time writing in England. This handsome reprint edition with striking color illustrations by Robert Shore and an introduction by Leo Gurko. --- In Shore-illustrated paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with titling in gilt on red and black spine block. Volume housed in blue paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass flyer laid in (Avon, no. VII:37). --- With a bit of sunning to spine, scratches to title block on spine, and prior owner's bookpla...
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Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

By: CONRAD, Joseph

Price: $19.50

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1961

Seller ID: 84661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Joseph Conrad's epic novel, set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, in a deluxe illustrated reprint Heritage Press edition. Includes illustrations in color and black & white by Lima de Freitas, an introduction by Rupert Croft-Cooke and with a prefatory note by Mr. Conrad. Sandglass leaflet laid in (NY, no. XI: 26). --- In green cloth-covered boards with image of a village stamped in silver to front cover, titling in silver on spine and on black spine blocks. With titling stamped in black on spine. Volume housed in black paper-covered slipcase. --- An excellent copy: clean, u...
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A Conrad Argosy

By: CONRAD, Joseph; MUELLER, Hans Alexander (illustrations)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.: 1942

Seller ID: 79225

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

A collection of many of the principal works by Joseph Conrad in a single hefty, illustrated volume. Includes "Heart of Darkness", "The Secret Agent" and 12 others. Woodcut illustrations by Hans Alexander Mueller. Introduction by William McFee and with bibliography. --- In illustrated paper-covered boards backed in ivory cloth; titling gilt-stamped on green spine label. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, chafing to cover edges, rounded cover corners, dark spots on front endpapers, yellowed spine with a couple of marks, and lightly ...
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A Round Dozen

By: COOLIDGE, Susan

Price: $34.50

Publisher: Boston, Roberts Brothers: 1892

Seller ID: 74867

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

In full blue cloth-covered boards with decorations and lettering in gilt and dark red. With four illustrations (including tissue-protected frontis illust.) by Frank T. Merrill. Interior bright and clean; covers and edges with incidental soiling; cover edgewear. Volume is firm. --- Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835-1905) wrote under the pseudonym of Susan Coolidge and is perhaps best known for her series which began with 'What Katy Did.' ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 298, (6, ads) pages
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The Pilot

By: COOPER, James Fenimore

Price: $19.50

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1968

Seller ID: 83292

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

A special reprint edition in slipcase of author's seafaring novel featuring John Paul Jones. With colored woodcut illustrations by Robert M. Quackenbush and an introduction by John T. Winterich. --- Bound in full off-white cloth covers with illustrations & titling in green and silver on cover and spine. Sandglass flyer laid in (Del Mar, no. III: 35). Volume housed in green paper-covered slipcase. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, volume is otherwise bright, unmarked and tightly bound. Slipcase with a little sunning, is structurally sound.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. ...
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The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path

By: COOPER, James Fenimore

Price: $21.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1961

Seller ID: 81519

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

The final novel in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales series, originally published in 1841, and featuring his Natty Bumppo character. In an attractive, illustrated Heritage Press reprint edition with slipcase. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, and with an introduction by John T. Winterich. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, and with an introduction by John T. Winterich. --- In full off-white cloth-covered boards with Wilson illustration pasted to cover; gilt-stamped titling to green spine block. Slipcase covered in green paper. Sandglass flyer not present. --- With yellowing to spine ...
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The Prairie

By: COOPER, James Fenimore (author); CURRY, John Steuart (illustrations)

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Avon, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1968

Seller ID: 83284

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

A deluxe Heritage Press reprint edition of the final installment of the author's five Leatherstocking Tales features his Natty Bumppo character (though the third one published in order). With striking sepia illustrations by John Steuart Curry and an introduction by Harry Hansen. Sandglass flyer not present. --- In brown quarter leatherette over Curry-illustrated paper-covered boards with titling & decorations in gilt on spine. Printed on buff-colored paper stock. Volume housed in light brown paper-covered slipcase. --- A bright, clean, tightly-bound copy but with faint spot of soiling to title...
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The Compleat Gamester; or, Instructions How to Play at All Manner of Usual and Most Genteel Games

By: COTTON, Charles (author); LOW, Joseph (illustrations)

Price: $50.50

Publisher: Barre, Massachusetts, Imprint Society: 1970

Seller ID: 76758

ISBN: 0876360088

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

A contemporary reprint edition of author's landmark compendium of all manner of games, first published in 1674, in slipcase. Number 1880 of a limited edition of 1950 copies. Signed by illustrator David Low on limitation page (illustrations throughout). Includes an introduction by Thomas E. Marston. --- In full tan leather-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on spine. With bird illustration in gilt on cover. Publisher's tan topstain. Slipcase covered in brown marbled papers. --- A firm, bright, unmarked copy, but with shallow creases on a few interior leaves and just a whiff of chafing to ...
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