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By: N/A
Price: $42.50
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1869
Stock No.: 74482
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 begi... View more info
By: ADAMS, Henry
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1957
Stock No.: 82683
The erudite Henry Adams takes the reader on a guided tour of Mont-Saint-Michel, Chartres and other famed French cathedrals in this handsome edition in slipcase. With photographs by Samuel Chamberlain, a new introduction by Francis Henry Taylor and author's preface. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titling and decorations on spine. Sandglass flyer laid in (New York, no. I:22). Volume housed in gold paper-covered slipcase. --- A partial split at front hinge ha... View more info
By: AGEE, James
Price: $44.50
Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1979
Stock No.: 75271
Finely produced copy of author's autobiographical novel set in his native Knoxville, Tennessee which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1958. Though published in 1957, it was actually written by Agee from 1948 through 1955; and published posthumously. In rich black full leather covers with elaborate gilt ornamentation on front, back and spine; four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Interior published on rich papers and with maroon silk moire endpapers and... View more info
By: ALCOTT, Louisa May (author); WHEELER, Joe (introduction and afterword)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Wheaton, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers: 1997
Stock No.: 77509
Signed by Joe Wheeler on title page. Complete and unabridged copy of the timeless family classic. With approx. 150 b&w 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. --... View more info
By: ALCOTT, Louisa May (author); WHEELER, Joe (introduction and afterword)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Wheaton, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers: 1999
Stock No.: 82657
Signed by Joe Wheeler on title page. Complete and unabridged copy of the family classic by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). First published in 1886, "Little Men" was a sequel to her popular "Little Women". With 15 b&w illustrations. Dr. Wheeler's introduction and afterword provide information about Alcott, as well as a study guide for enriching the experience of reading this classic. A life-long educator and author, Dr. Wheeler is one of America's premier c... View more info
By: ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (author); Lo GRIPPO, Robert (illustrations)
Price: $49.50
Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977
Stock No.: 81228
A deluxe leatherbound edition offering 74 of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tales. Includes "The Little Mermaid", "The Princess and Pea", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Ugly Duckling" and 70 others. With color illustrations by Robert Lo Grippo on about 20 pages (at least one illustration spans two pages). Translated from the Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard. Includes a painted portrait of Andersen by George H. Jones near front ... View more info
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
Edition: First Edition Thus
Stock No.: 81053
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 fronti... View more info
By: AQUINAS, Saint Thomas; SHUSTER, George N. (editor)
Price: $17.50
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1971
Stock No.: 82783
Selections from the writings of the great 13th Century Catholic philosopher/theologian. Selected, and with an introduction, by George N. Shuster; wood engraved illustrations by Reynolds Stone. --- In grey quarter cloth over patterned paper-covered boards with spine titling in black; grey topstain. Sandglass brochure is missing. In matching grey paper-covered slipcover. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy. Slipcase with a litte age-toning; is structurally sound.; Smal... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1980
Stock No.: 78262
A handsome reprint edition of the French author's famous novel, first published in 1835. With illustrations by Albert Lynch. --- In full dark blue faux leather with gilt decorations on covers & spine, raised spine bands and title gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt, and with colorful patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A bright, firm, clean copy lacking obvious damages.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages View more info
Price: $19.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1939
Stock No.: 80624
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, brig... View more info
Price: $43.50
Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1978
Stock No.: 81424
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 bo... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York/London, The Heritage Press/The Nonesuch Press: 1946
Stock No.: 80167
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. Volu... View more info
By: BANNERMAN, Helen
Price: $600.00
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, The Harter Publishing Company: 1931
Edition: First Edition Thus
Stock No.: 80096
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 fu... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1971
Stock No.: 82776
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 &... View more info
By: BAUM, L. Frank
Price: $103.50
Publisher: Indianapolis, Indiana, The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1903
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 79545
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 illu... View more info
By: BAUM, L. Frank
Price: $84.00
Publisher: Chicago, Reilly & Lee: 1920
Stock No.: 79548
A c.1920 printing of the non-Oz story by the famous L. Frank Baum, creator of the Wizard of Oz and originally published in 1906 (no later date appears in the book). Illustrated by John R. Neill on 11 full-color tipped-in plates with the following pages' text printed on the verso (one at p. 10 is missing, along with page 12's text). Neill black & white illustrations throughout. (Bienvenue p.228). --- In full pale yellow cloth-covered boards with Neill color illustration ... View more info
Price: $45.50
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1954
Stock No.: 79651
The Austrian-American author's children's book is set in the Alps. With color & black and white illustrations by the author. Ludwig Bemelmans was the author of the popular "Madeline" series, which included the Caldecott Award winning "Madeline's Rescue". --- In rust cloth-covered boards with illustration on cover in blue; spine titling in white. Jacket with colorful Bemelmans snowy ski scene on cover. --- With a little yellowish toning to endpapers, other... View more info
By: BEWICK, Thomas
Price: $16.50
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1981
Stock No.: 77579
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 View more info
Price: $196.00
Publisher: New York, Frederick Warne & Co.: [1893-1894]
Stock No.: 74866
An extremely 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. --- Interi... View more info
Price: $25.50
Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977
Stock No.: 82471
A deluxe leatherbound Franklin Library edition of the 14th century author's collection of stories which have long been considered the ultimate in tales and have provided numerous plot lines for subsequent works by others. Translated G. H. McWilliam. With illustrations by Ann Grifalconi and a portrait of Boccaccio by Jim Campbell 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 numb... View more info
By: BONSELS, Waldemar (author); WIESE, Kurt (illustrations)
Price: $24.50
Publisher: New York, Albert & Charles Boni: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 79611
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 ... View more info
Price: $31.00
Publisher: Avon, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: 1974
Stock No.: 82840
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... View more info
By: BRONTË, Emily; EICHENBERG, Fritz (woodcut illustrations)
Price: $19.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1977-80]
Stock No.: 80432
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.1977-1980 though incorrectl... View more info
By: BROWN, Abbie Farwell (author); WHEELER, Joe (introduction and afterword)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Wheaton, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers: 1999
Stock No.: 74670
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, ... View more info
By: BROWNING, Robert (author); LEWIS, C. Day (editor)
Price: $20.50
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1971
Stock No.: 80580
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 fl... View more info
Price: $39.00
Publisher: London, G. Routledge and Sons: 1868
Stock No.: 73780
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... View more info
By: BULFINCH, Thomas; KLAPP, W. H. (editor)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1942
Stock No.: 80725
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... View more info
By: BULLEN, Frank T. (author); SCHAEFFER, Mead (illustrations)
Price: $23.00
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1926
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81275
First edition of this account of a whaling ship's round-the-world voyage to the South Seas from its base in New Bedford, Massachusetts and back, written by one of its crew members. With 8 striking illustrations by Mead Scheaffer on color plates, plus a few stray black & white illustrations, a second pictorial title page and color endpapers, likely by Scheaffer. With a map of the voyage. --- In black cloth-covered boards with decorations, illustrations and titling in gilt... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Ashmead & Evans: 1866
Stock No.: 82453
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... View more info
By: BUNYAN, John; WILSON, Rev. J.M.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: London, A. Fullarton and Co.:
Stock No.: 73691
In scuffed dark leather covers with gilt titling on cover. Marbled endpapers. Undated, but likely published in the late 19th century. A fragile work, with a few loose pages and split near front hinge, but with superb engravings scattered throughout. Some dampstaining and soiling. A damaged and delicate, but lovely, artifact from the 19th century. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 147 pages View more info
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1920
Stock No.: 60070
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 ... View more info
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1922
Stock No.: 60071
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 lacki... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Stuttgart, Germany, Loewe's Verlag Ferdinand Carl:
Stock No.: 73551
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 View more info
By: BUTLER, Samuel
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company/Literary Guild: 1944
Stock No.: 77044
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 ... View more info
By: BYRON, Lord (BYRON, George Gordon)
Price: $18.50
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1943
Stock No.: 81514
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 wi... View more info
By: CARLETON, Will
Price: $21.50
Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard and Company: 1908
Stock No.: 82454
Author's collection of poems, including his 'Drifted In'. With numerous b&w illustrations; as well as a tissue-protected full-color frontis illustration. No evidence of first edition, though a possibility. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with compelling snowed-in train illustration in black, white and gilt on cover. Titling on cover and spine in gilt. --- With light scuffing and rubbing to covers, tear to frontis tissue guard, leaves slightly yellowed; binding rema... View more info
By: CARLYLE, Thomas
Price: $15.50
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1956
Stock No.: 82684
The Scottish philosopher/historian's famous history of the French Revolution in an attractive hardcover copy, in slipcase. This work first appeared in 1837 and is said to have been an influence on Charles Dickens and his notable "A Tale of Two Cities". Profusely illustrated by Bernard Lamotte and an introduction by Cecil Brown. --- Bound in Lamotte-illustrated full blue cloth-covered boards. Sandglass flyer laid in (New York, no. III:21). Volume housed in red pap... View more info
By: CARROLL, Lewis
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Secaucus, New Jersey U. S. A., Castle: 1984
Stock No.: 78562
The major works by Lewis Carroll are collected here and illustrated by John Tenniel and Henry Holiday. --- In blue textured paper-covered boards with titling & illustrations on spine in black. Jacket features illustrations on front and back. --- A bright, clean, unmarked copy. Jacket with small tears and minor soiling, is otherwise in good shape.; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 439 pages View more info
By: CARROLL, Lewis
Price: $23.00
Publisher: New York, Gallery Books: 1991
Stock No.: 80088
A hefty reprint volume offering the complete stories of Lewis Carroll, including his verses, puzzles, acrostics, 'phantasmagorica' and other comic writings. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" with John Tenniel's classic black and white illustrations. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott. --- In green textured paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with a selection of Tenniel's illustrations... View more info
By: CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Don Quixote de la Mancha (author); MUELLER, Hans Alexander (illustrations)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1941
Stock No.: 81757
Full title: The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha. A handsome reprint edition in slipcase of the 'first modern European novel', with Hans Alexander Mueller's wood engravings sprinkled throughout. Translated from the Spanish by Peter Motteux, and with a foreword by Edwin Seaver. --- In green cloth-covered hardcovers with titling in gilt on red spine block, decorations in gilt to spine and red topstain. In illustrated green pa... View more info
