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
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
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
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1954. Hardcover. An Abridged Edition. 256 p., color frontispiece; 19 cm. Light blue cover with silver spine title and emblem of Seagull Library on front cover. Top page edges blue. Illustrated dust jacket with publisher's advertisment for its Seagull Library on the back section. A list..... 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: 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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. Paperback. xiv, 481 p.; 21 cm. Paperback. Former owner's name at head of half title. This anthology was designed for use in a college class on detective and mystery fiction. It includes short stories, selections from novels, two poems, and essays by writers in..... More
Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1954. Hardcover. [8], 312 p.; 21 cm. Dark green cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Brave Pursuit is the third novel portraying the Field family's experiences through American history. In early 19th-century Ohio, Connie Field fights to pursue an education instead of an arranged..... 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
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993. Hardcover. [6], 250 p.; 22 cm. Black paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket with cover art by Craig Stuart Rosenberg. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title: MHA Library of Marc Alpert. The author's second, and best-known, work -- an alien..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. Hardcover. [8], 276 p.; 22 cm. Black paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket with cover art by Craig Stuart Rosenberg. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title: MHA Library of Marc Alpert. The author's first novel sets the arrival of..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1914. Hardcover. ix, [3], 327, [3] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 22 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. Green cloth with black spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. List of other works by the author. Bookseller's label on front free endpaper: "Chas..... More