Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1896. Hardcover. 860 p.; 24 cm. Half black morocco with gilt-stamped spine title and embellishments; black morocco-grain cloth over boards. Contents include: articles by Agnes Repplier: The Fete de Gayant, and Old Wine and New -- The Children of the Road by Josiah Flynt --..... More
New York: Robert Edwards Co., 1950. Paperback. 128 p.; 19 cm. Paperback; color illustration on front with map of continental United States on back. No date of publication but the superimposition of the title over the continental United States on the back suggests that the 48 stories were meant to..... More
Salem, Mass. A. N. Webb & Co., 1930. Paperback. [32 pages paginated:] 321-351, [1] p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Stapled illustrated wrapper; front wrapper printed in pink and blue. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Former owner's name at head of front wrapper: Miss. B. Krewson. Includes a story by Mary A...... More
New York: Mark H. Newman & Co., 1851. Sartain, John. Hardcover. iv, 241, [1] p., engraved frontispiece portrait of Kossuth and 15 leaves of engraved plates: music; 25 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; gilt-stamped portrait of Kossuth on front cover, with the same blind-stamped on..... More
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1844. Hardcover. [3], 448-556 p., frontispiece engraved portrait of Morgan Lewis; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red leather label in the second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Bound..... More
Philadelphia: E. Littell & Co., 1838. Hardcover. Imprint includes: "And by G. & C. Carvill & Co., New York; Otis, Broaders & Co., Boston; N. Hickman, Baltimore." [5], 450-68, [1], 306-448 p., 6 leaves of plates; [1], 218-288 p., engraved frontispiece; 303-370, [2], 231-300 p., 16 leaves of plates (including..... More
Lowell, Mass. New Moon Publishing Co., 1890. Paperback. [2], 32, [2] p.: illustrated advertisements; 25 cm. Light brown wrapper with dark brown wrapper title and illustration. "For Old and Young" -- on front wrapper. Advertisement for Hood's sarsaparilla on outside of back wrapper. Advertisements on first 2 and final unpaginated..... More
Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 298-360 p.; 27 cm. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of first page. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Contents include: The Women of France by J.L.M. -- The Poet's Destiny by a Young Lady, a Native of Virginia -- The..... More
New York: McSweeney's, 2000. 1 illustrated box containing 14 booklets, along with "Notes And Background, And Clarifying Charts And Some Complaining," and the Subscriber Agreement. Complete. Contents: A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen -- Symmes Hole by Paul Collins -- A Mown Lawn by Lydia Davis -- The Middle Tales..... More
Philadelphia: E.L. Carley and A. Hart, 1836. Hardcover. [9], 18-212, [2] p., frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates; 16 cm. Original calf boards with embossed decoration on both boards. Possibly late 19th-century spine replacement with brown silk with star pattern. Modern recasing with the silk spine and repair of..... More
Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1948. Hardcover. 246 p.; 21 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title on dark green. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A woman raised in Europe inherits the family paper mill in a New Hampshire valley and returns to sort things out. Book is in Very Good..... More
New York: Liberty Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 62, [2] p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with color cover illustration by Monte Crews. Contents include: Why Did Hitler Give Lindbergh a Medal? by Frederick L. Collins -- Aristocrat by Achmed Abdullah; illustrated by A.N. Simpkin -- Are New Blood-Test Laws Reducing Marriages..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. J.B. Lippincott Company, 1887. Paperback. [4], 315, [1] p.; 18 cm. Paperback with light blue covers printed in dark blue. This is no. 73 in Lippincott's Series of Select Novels. Inside of front cover and both sides of back cover contain publisher's advertisements. Former owner's name at head..... More
Lowell, Mass. New Moon Publishing Co., 1890. Paperback. [2], 32, [2] p.: illustrated advertisements; 25 cm. Light brown wrapper with dark brown wrapper title and illustration. "For Old and Young" -- on front wrapper. Advertisement for Hood's sarsaparilla on outside of back wrapper. Advertisements on first 2 and final unpaginated..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1963. Hardcover. xxii, 552, [2] p.; 19 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped Modern Library running-man emblem on front cover. Grey-and-white endpapers. Lacking dust jacket. Contains an alphabetical list of Modern Library Giants on final 2 pages. Includes an index of poets..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1907. Hardcover. [4], 325, [5] p., 4 leaves of illustrations; 18 cm. Publisher's dark brown cloth with embossed spine title over gilt-and-black decoration; black-stamped cover title and decoration. Two pages of publisher's advertisements for work by the author follow text. In Good Condition: edges rubbed;..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1926. Hardcover. [10], 335, [3] p., color frontispiece and 7 leaves of color plates; 23 cm. Black cloth with spine title and color paste-down on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Publisher's advertisement of eight books by the author on unpaginated..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1908. Hardcover. [4], 305, [5] p., frontispiece; 18 cm. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt- and black-stamped spine title and decoration; black-stamped cover title and decoration. Four pages of publisher's advertisements for work by the author and Anna Chapin Ray follow text. Former owner's name..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Paperback. [1], 266-400, [4] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Stitched wrapper with illustration of the American flag on the front wrapper. Wrapper title: The Atlantic Monthly: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Politics. Advertisements on final 4 pages and on back wrapper include one for the Palmer..... More
New York: Hurst & Company, 1892. Paperback. 314 p.; 18 cm. Paperback with light green covers printed in black. No copyright date but dated Aug. 3, 1892, at head of front cover. This is no. 34 in the publisher's Universal Library series. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Former owner's name..... More
New York: Butler Brothers, 1889. Paperback. 20, [2] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with front cover illustration; covers printed in green, blue, brown, and black. Back cover contains illustrated advertisements. This is no. 134 in the publisher's Electric Series. No date of publication, but an advertisement inside the front cover is..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Hardcover. Second printing before publication. A Borzoi Book. [2], 503, [3] p.; 22 cm. Deep pink cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; off-white paper over boards with blind-stamped author's initials on front board. Dust jacket designed by Michael Doret. The first novel by author..... More
New York: Story Magazine, 1937. Paperback. 108 p., 1 leaf of a plate: portrait of Katherine Mansfield; 23 cm. Orange wrappers printed in black. Contents: Long in Populous City Pent by Mark Schorer -- Artist in Revolution by Leon Wilson -- Papa was a Souse by Frank Dabney -- Thick..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. Hardcover. xi, [3], 290 p.; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; red paper over boards. Dust jacket designed by Jamie S. Warren Youll with illustration by Stephen Youll. "19839"--code on back section of dust jacket. Circular embossed stamp on blank page following..... More
New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1990. Hardcover. First American Edition. Originally published in German under the title Schauplatz Berlin. [10], 261 p.; 24 cm. Purple and white cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Drawing on her own diaries, the author Ruth Andreas-Friedrich describes life in what became East..... More