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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

Stock No.: 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 (Classic Starts series)

By: ALCOTT, Louisa May; McFADDEN, Deanna

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Sterling Children's Books: 2005

Stock No.: 83239

ISBN: 1402712367

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

The heartwarming Louisa May Alcott classic featuring the four March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy in a revised version for the younger reader. Revision written by Deanna McFadden, printed in large type and with illustrations in black & white by Lucy Corvino. An entry in publisher's "Classic Starts" series. --- In pictorial hardcovers with color image of the sisters at the table to cover. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 156 pages
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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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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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Romantic Poets: William Blake to Edgar Allan Poe

By: AUDEN, W. H.; PEARSON, Norman Holmes (editors)

Price: $18.50

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1982

Stock No.: 83837

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A selection of poems, chosen by the editors, by 27 of the leading English-language poets. Includes poetry by the likes of Burns, Walter Scott, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Emerson, Thoreau and many others. With illustrations by Eugene Karlin. --- In full leatherette-like dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations on covers and spine; title gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt, and with colorful patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and newish and lacking apparent damages.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvii, 461 pa...
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Pride and Prejudice

By: AUSTEN, Jane

Price: $66.00

Publisher: Avon, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: [c.1960s-70s]

Stock No.: 83555

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Jane Austen's classic novel offers an array of exquisitely-described characters. This impressive reprint edition is illustrated by Helen Sewell and with a preface by Frank Swinnerton. --- Volume bears 1940 date, but possibly published c.1960s-70s. In brown and cream faux marbled paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth, with gilt-stamped titling on spine; brown endpapers. Slipcase covered in matching marbled paper. Publisher's Sandglass flyer laid in (Avon, no. VIIIR: 38). --- An about Fine copy: bright, clean and tightly bound. Slipcase also in excellent condition but with minor rubbing.; O...
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Droll Stories: Thirty Tales

By: BALZAC, Honoré de

Price: $19.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1939

Stock No.: 80624

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

A handsome reprint edition of 30 amusing stories by the acclaimed French author of "La Comédie humaine". Translated from the French and with a preface by Jacques Le Clercq, illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. --- In full maroon cloth, gilt titling & illustration on spine; in maroon paper-covered slipcase. Publisher's Sandglass flyer is not present. --- With binder's glue bleed-through at front and rear hinges, very slight rubbing to back cover, else a clean, bright, firm copy. Very Good slipcase with a small tear near opening and a hint of sunning, else in good shape and structurally s...
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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

Stock No.: 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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Old Goriot (Le Père Goriot)

By: BALZAC, Honoré de

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York/London, The Heritage Press/The Nonesuch Press: 1946

Stock No.: 80167

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Set in the author's 19th Century Paris, "Old Goriot" is often referred to by its French title, "Le Père Goriot", and is perhaps Balzac's most admired novel. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage, with 20 color illustrations by René Ben Sussan and an introduction by François Mauriac. --- In fleurs-de-lis patterned paper-covered boards backed in dark red buckram, with gilt-stamped titling on spine and housed in maroon paper-covered slipcase. Volume jointly published by Nonesuch Press of London, and The Heritage Press of New York. Sandglass flyer laid in (#4N). Glassine...
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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

Stock No.: 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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Flowers of Evil

By: BAUDELAIRE, Charles

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1971

Stock No.: 82776

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

When first published in France in 1857, these poems of Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) were very controversial due to themes of sensuality and challenges to moralistic standards of his day. This English language verstion edited, with translations from a variety of translators, by James Laver, who supplies an introduction and end notes. Illustrated with etchings by Pierre-Yves Trémois. --- In marbled paper-covered boards backed in maroon cloth, with gilt-stamped titling & decorations on black spine block; maroon topstain. Volume housed in maroon paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass flyer laid in (...
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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

Stock No.: 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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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

By: BAUM, L. Frank; ALEXANDER, Suzi

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Franklin, Tennessee, The Dalmation Press: 2004

Stock No.: 83246

ISBN: 1403718687

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

A revised edition for the younger reader of the fabulous adventure story featuring Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow. The story is condensed and adapted by Suzi Alexander, illustrated by Nick Price and presented in large typeface. An entry in publisher's "The Great Classics for Children" series. --- In pictorial hardcovers with color image of Dorothy and her friends to cover. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy though leaves are lightly tanned.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, 182 pages
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The Complete Mother Goose

By: BETTS, Ethel Franklin (illustrations)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Children's Classics: 1987

Stock No.: 83251

ISBN: 0517633833

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A selection of 318 traditional fairy tales and rhymes for children. The stories are accompanied by 10 color and many black & white illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts, as well as several traditional black & white drawings. Includes a foreword by Ellen S. Shapiro. An entry in the "Children's Classics" series. --- In pictorial hardcovers with color Betts illustrations to covers, backed in brown leatherette with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on spine; blue-green topstain. Volume has no dust jacket. --- With a white sticker covering previously-completed front free endpaper ownersh...
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My Life

By: BEWICK, Thomas

Price: $16.50

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1981

Stock No.: 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]

Stock No.: 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 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

Stock No.: 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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Jane Eyre

By: BRONTË, Charlotte

Price: $31.00

Publisher: Avon, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1974

Stock No.: 82840

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A stylishly-produced illustrated reprint edition of the classic novel, which was first published in 1847. With lithographs by Barnett Freedman inside the body of the volume and reproduced on covers (but not at endpapers). With preface entitled 'How This Book Came to Be' by John T. Winterich. Though often seen as a set with Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights", this offer only for "Jane Eyre". --- In Freedman-decorated full rust cloth covers with titling in gilt on spine; gilt stripes on front and back. Sandglass flyer laid in (Avon, no. IIIR: 38). Slipcase covered in black paper...
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Wuthering Heights

By: BRONTË, Emily

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1979

Stock No.: 84035

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

The classic English novel in a handsome reprint edition. With illustrations by Alan Reingold and a preface by Currer Bell, pseudonym of the author's sister, Charlotte Brontë. --- A handsome copy in blue cloth backed in blue quarter bonded leather with decorations in gilt to covers and spine, gilt-stamped spine titling and 3 raised spine bands. All edges gilt, with sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark and faux marbled endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a little scratching to textblock gilding, a small ding to one of the spine bands and tiny scuff to one of the others, otherwise a br...
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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]

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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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North Coast, and Other Poems

By: BUCHANAN, Robert Williams

Price: $39.00

Publisher: London, G. Routledge and Sons: 1868

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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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The Burgess Animal Book for Children

By: BURGESS, Thornton W. (author); FUERTES, Louis Agassiz (illustrations)

Price: $136.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company: 1920

Stock No.: 83222

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

First Edition. Thornton W. Burgess, the author of the cherished "Old Mother West Wind" series of stories about animals for children, offers this guide to American mammals for the younger reader. His Peter Rabbit character acts as a guide as the various creatures are described. They are also splendidly depicted on 33 color and 15 black & white plates by the noted wildlife and bird artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes. This work was offered as a companion to the author's earlier "Burgess Bird Book for Children", also illustrated by Mr. Fuertes. It is both a story book, and an "authoritative handbook on ...
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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:

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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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Don Juan: A Satiric Epic of Modern Life

By: BYRON, George Gordon, Lord

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1971

Stock No.: 83715

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

The famous narrative poem by Lord Byron, offered in a handsome reprint edition in slipcase with illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag. With an introduction by John T. Winterich. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with ornate 'B' to front panel and spine titling, both in gilt on black blocks. Volume housed in tan paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass flyer laid in (Norwalk, no number). --- With a couple of small scratches to spine title block, otherwise a clean, bright tightly-bound copy. Slipcase with a little sunning, otherwise undamaged and structurally sound.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tal...
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Don Juan: A Satiric Epic of Modern Life

By: BYRON, Lord (BYRON, George Gordon)

Price: $15.50

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1943

Stock No.: 81514

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

The famous narrative poem by Lord Byron, offered in a handsome reprint edition in slipcase with illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag. With an introduction by John T. Winterich. --- In full green-patterned yellow cloth-covered boards; titling on spine, and monogrammed B on cover both in gilt on black blocks; black topstain. Volume housed in black paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass flyer not present. --- A clean, bright copy lacking markings or evident damages. Slipcase with repaired tear along a corner in mis-matched black paper and with some chafing to extremities, otherwise structurally sound...
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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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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

Stock No.: 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]

Stock No.: 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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