Category: Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History

The Duchess

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co. : 1888

Seller ID: 025211

Condition: Fair

New York: Hurst & Co., 1888. Undated, ca. 1888. Arlington Edition. Attractive copy, fair to good condition, in Victorian binding, purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in black. Extremities rubbed with chipping to the spine head, front hinge internally cracked at the title page but binding sound, title page detached, sound text block, age-toned but clean pages with a name and 1888 date on the front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Comic History of England; The Comic History of Rome. Three Volumes in Two

By: A'Beckett, Gilbert A. Illustrated By John Leech

Price: $165.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co. : 1865

Seller ID: 027978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 1865. Undated, ca. 1865. Comic History of England is two volumes bound as one; Comic History of Rome bound separately. All thirty hand colored engravings by Leech are present and in very good condition. Tan polished calf over marbled boards, blue-black spine labels lettered in gilt, vertical circle and dash allover gilt design on both spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Covers heavily rubbed at the edges with some scuffing an dlight chipping to the covers, lighter rubbing to the marbled boards, joints good, text blocks sound, gift notations on the prelimi...
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Homeward Songs by the Way

By: A. E. - Russell, George William (1867-1935). Designs and Headbands By Bruce Rogers

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Portland, ME, Thomas B. Mosher, Printed By Smith & Sale : 1895

Seller ID: 046302

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, Printed By Smith & Sale, 1895. Second edition, 1895, limited to 925 copies. Title first published by Chiswick Press in 1894. Off-white hardcover with upper and outer yapped edges, printing in brown, title page in black and vermilion. Covers age-darkened with chips around perimeters of the spine, some far inner margin sticking between the endpapers and adjacent pages, two attached leaves at center detached from binding but present, pages clean, no names or other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Yanks. Originally Published in The Stars and Stripes

By: A. E. F. Verse

Price: $85.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons : 1919

Seller ID: 041479

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First American edition. World War I poetry by service members of the American Expeditionary Forces. Blue cloth printed in gilt, color frontis plate. Some light edgewear, minor fabric flaw to the very top edge of the rear cover (looks like a small wrinkle from the binding process), good hinges, sound text block, some foxing to outer edges of frontis plate, clean pages with poem handwritten on the preliminary blank with the name Ira Featherstone (?) at the end, no other names or markings.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First ...
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The Avatars: A Futurist Fantasy

By: A. E. [George W. Russell]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company : 1933

Seller ID: 031267

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. First edition [1933]. Blue cloth, no dustjacket. Fair condition with edgewear, considerable uneven fading and specling to spine, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned pages with some light occasional foxing, mainly in the margins, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.
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Amazing Stories Magazine Scientifiction. April 1930. Volume 5, No. 1

By: A. Hyatt Verrill, Jack Williamson, Isaac R. Nathanson and Others

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Mackinnon-Fly Publications : 1930

Seller ID: 039627

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

New York: Mackinnon-Fly Publications, 1930. Quite worn but complete issue with bizarre cover art. Covers chipped at the edges, additional chipping to spine, old transparent staining along the spine edges of the covers and bottom margins throughout, pages age-browned and a little brittle, binding basically sound with no loosened pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.
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Travels of a Lady's Maid

By: A.B.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, L.C. Page & Company : 1908

Seller ID: 020096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1908. First edition, 1908. Green cloth with gilt cover lettering, tinted green illustrated endpapers, 338 pages, plus publisher's advertisements. The book is in good condition with conspicuous edgewear including rubbed corners and spine ends, darkened text block edges, and a moisture shadow at right bottom front cover corner, sound text block, hinges repaired, clean pages with no names or other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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The Baby's Things: A Story in Verse for Christmas Eve

By: Abbott, Edward

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Anson D. F. Randolph : 1871

Seller ID: 034178

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1871. First edition, 1871. Poem illustrated with five engraved plates. Sound but worn copy in purplish brown cloth lettered in gilt, 7.5" tall, 53 pages. Covers unevenly age-faded and spotted, spine ends frayed, good hinges, sound text block, pages age-tanned with just a little bit of foxing, two adjacent pages with darkened areas from an old newspaper clipping, endpapers foxed, old gift notation in pencil on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.
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English Music. The Signed First Edition Society Series

By: Ackroyd, Peter

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library : 1992

Seller ID: 042745

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1992. Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society series. First edition, signed by the author on a page at the front. Full grained rich brown leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Fine condition, looks feels and even smells new and unread, unfaded leather, tight binding, clean pages, no bookplate, no names or other markings.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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What Shaw Really Said

By: Adam, Ruth

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Schocken Books : 1966

Seller ID: 018112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Schocken Books, 1966. First edition, 1966. Review slip loosely laid in at front. Green linen with gilt spine lettering, 175 pages with index, illustrated dustjacket.The book is in very good condition, with very gently rubbed corners and spine ends, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no name or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition with overall light surface rubbing and a partially faded spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts

By: Adams, Douglas

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Harmony Books : 1985

Seller ID: 046103

ISBN-13: 9780517559505

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

New York: Harmony Books, 1985. First American edition, first printing, 1985. Softcover in very good condition, light edge rubbing, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First US Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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Dance Team. Photoplay Edition

By: Addington, Sarah

Price: $375.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1932

Seller ID: 039042

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First photoplay edition, 1932 (author copyright 1931). Splendid example showing scenes from the Fox photoplay. Blue cloth with lettering and Art Deco design in yellow, Art Deco illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with good hinges, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a slightly darkened spine, a couple of minor old tape reinforcements to the reverse side, a little edgewear, short closed tear to top portion of front panel, effectively no paper loss.. First Photoplay Edition. Hard Cover....
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The Tatler, Guardian and Freeholder. Select British Essayists Series

By: Addison and Steele. Introduction By John Habberton

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York and London, G.P. Putnam's Sons: Knickerbocker Press : 1886

Seller ID: 013324

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons: Knickerbocker Press, 1886. Select British Essayists Series, 1886. Bright red cloth with gilt and black lettering and decoration, 238 pages. The book is in generally good condition with frayed spine tips and faded spine, a bump to the top edge of rear cover, other edgewear, sound text block, good hinges, name pencilled on front free endpaper, notation to rear free endpaper, but otherwise clean pages with no other markings. Some subjects covered include 'Effect of Religion on Virtue', 'Scolds and Bullies', 'Squires and Politics', 'Vulgarity, Real and App...
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Image for Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Three Volumes. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author By Mr. Tickell

Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Three Volumes. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author By Mr. Tickell

By: Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

Price: $745.00

Publisher: Dublin, Ireland, R. Reilly, on Cork-Hill, for George Risk, George Ewing, and William Smith, Booksellers in Dame-Street : 1735

Seller ID: 020836

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dublin, Ireland: R. Reilly, on Cork-Hill, for George Risk, George Ewing, and William Smith, Booksellers in Dame-Street, 1735. Complete three volume set in contemporary calf bindings with armorial seal with the script "Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Reg. Elizab. Juxta Dublin" in gilt on each front and rear cover, raised spine bands bordered in gilt with gilt decoration in compartments, elaborate Jacobean armorial prize bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume, the name Richard Dickinson filled in by hand in each. Decorative design woodcuts in volume I, ten plates of "medals illustr...
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The Spectator. In Ten Volumes [10]

By: Addison, Steele, Parnell, Hughes, Parker, Tickell, Budgell, Grove, Byrom, Henley and Other

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, William Durrell and Co., George Long, Printer : 1809

Seller ID: 034709

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

New York: William Durrell and Co., George Long, Printer, 1809. Title pages 1809-1810. Very worn set in what are likely the original bindings. Blue-gray paper covered boards with paper spine labels, a frontis engraving of a contributor in each volume, 18.5 cm tall, margins untrimmed. Covers worn and spotted, some text blocks split, pages age-toned but generally very clean with occasional foxing and a few dampstains mainly to the lower edges of the first few pages of a couple of volumes, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Private Lies. The Signed First Edition Society Series

By: Adler, Warren

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library : 1991

Seller ID: 042612

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1991. Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society series. First edition, signed by the author on a page at the front. Full grained warm brown leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, decorative marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Fine condition, looks feels and even smells new and unread, unfaded leather, tight binding, clean pages, no bookplate, no names or other markings. . Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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The Image in Form: Selected Writings of Adrian Stokes. Icon Editions, IN-28

By: Adrian Stokes

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row : 1972

Seller ID: 041123

ISBN-13: 9780064300285

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First American edition, 1972. Softcover, 320 pages. Light edge rubbing, firm binding with shallow crease to spine, clean pages with faint pencil underlines in the introduction and on page 174, name neatly written at top of half-title, no other markings.. First US Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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The Speeches of Aeschines. Against Timarchus; On the Emassy; Against Ctesiphon. Loeb Classical Library No. 106

By: Aeschines. Translated By Charles Darwin Adams

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard University Press : 1988

Seller ID: 044451

ISBN-13: 9780674991187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988. 1988 printing. Olive cloth printed in gilt, with dustjacket. Very good condition with a trace of foxing (age-speckling) to the outer edges of the text block, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is also very good, light edgewear, no chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dust jacket present.
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Aeschylus: Plays. Everyman's Library No. 62

By: Aeschylus. Translated By G. M. Cookson

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London and New York, Everyman's Library: Dent, Dutton : 1960

Seller ID: 013675

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

London and New York: Everyman's Library: Dent, Dutton, 1960. No. 62 of the Everyman's Library series, 1960. Navy cloth lettered in gilt, 339 pages plus publisher's advertisements, dustjacket. Ex-library, with spine numbers on the dustjacket (not the book), stamp on title page and pocket at rear, pages otherwise unmarked. Some shelfwear, including rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages. The mylar protected dustjacket has overall wear and chipping along the edges, larger chip at spine foot, fairly little paper loss.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. ...
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Aeschylus Volumes I and II: Loeb Classical Library No. 145 and 146

By: Aeschylus. Translated By H. Weir Smith; H. Lloyd-Jones

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard University Press : 1963

Seller ID: 044653

ISBN-13: 9780674990630

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. 1963 printing. In Greek and English. Two volumes in olive cloth printed in gilt, with dustjackets. Good to very good with light colored speckles to the covers beneath the dustjackets. good hinges, firm text blocks, trace of foxing to the outer edges of the text blocks and endpapers, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjackets are also very good with sun-darkened but legible spines, minor age-toning to the light background, no chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dust jacket present.
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Category: Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History