Backlog Studies

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1899. Fine. [viii], 257p. Illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett. Bound in green ribbed cloth, t.e.g., gilt titles with decorative frames in green and gilt and with repeating patterns of gilt andirons. Title page designed by Bruce Rogers.

Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company. VG+. 1873. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 233 pages. Light rubbing to edges. Signed by author paper laid in . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * Binding solid, interior clean .

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Very Good+. 1873. Hardcover. Very faint foxing to first and last few pages ; Beautifully decorated boards with gilt lettering. The author expounds on life and its vagaries, the past compared to the present, and just plain folks. newspaper clippings about the book laid in; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall;… Read more about this item

1873. HOPPIN, Augutus. WARNER, Charles Dudley. BACK-LOG STUDIES. With Twenty-One Illustrations by Augustus Hoppin. Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1873. 16mo., embossed pictorial green cloth with stamping in gilt & black. First Edition, first printing. [BAL 21125]. One of 3,000 copies printed. Very Good (contents fairly clean & tight with some scattered foxing & some cracking rear hinge… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 262pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt. Inscribed, SIGNED, and dated on the front free endpaper by author. Light rubber to corners, contents mildly toned, bookseller's label on rear pastedown, owners' names… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Augustus Hoppin. Twenty-one fine black-and-white illustrations by Augustus Hoppin augment this handsome little tome, including at frontis, tissue-protected, with fetching initials beginning with the first chapter, and with previous owner's inscriptions, neatly rendered, at blank fly-leaf prior to frontispiece and then again… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt, beveled edges. Illustrated by Augustus Hoppin. Hinges cracked, tiny stain on bottom page edges, tears on spine edges, spine slightly cocked a bit, still a very good copy.

Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Co., 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. James R. Osgood and Co., Boston, MA 1874. 281 pages. Green cloth beveled boards, gold gilt pictorial decor, black ornaments, chocolate brown endpapers. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Cloth frayed at spine ends and board… Read more about this item

Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Book. Illus. by Edward H. Garrett, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Near FIne/No Dustjacket. Edward H. Garrett, Illustrator. Decorated binding. Very clean brown ribbed cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean.… Read more about this item

Cambridge:Riverside Press, 1899. First Edition Thus. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/04/0_00530.jpg. Signed by authors. Cambridge:Riverside Press. 1899. 257pp. Number 110 of a limited edition of 250. Illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett. Title page designed by Bruce Rogers. Numbered and signed by the author on the copyright page.  Covers are age-toned and the spine darkened with title label… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. G+: spine tip chewed & glued; water-stains, occas. foxing/No Dustjacket. 1899. 12mo., 257 pp. .

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good plus condition: lightly rubbed; tear in page 43/No Dustjacket. 1899. 12mo., 257 pp. .

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Later printing. Minor general wear. 1895 Hard Cover. 262 pp. Green boards with gilt titles and decor, top edge gilt. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Although perhaps best known to modern readers as a collaborator on Mark Twain's 1873 novel The Gilded Age, U.S.… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Riverside Press, 1887. HB. G+ / NONE. 0x0x0. GOOD-PLUS HARDBACK. GOOD-to-VERY-GOOD POCKET SIZE HARDCOVER; BLACK CLOTH; GILT LETTERING ON SPINE

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Decorative green cloth stamped in gilt and green by Bruce Rogers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated by Edward H. Garrett. Lacking front fly, owner's gift inscription on preliminary and rear pastedown, still very good.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. 1897. 25th edition. 12mo., 281 pp. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1895. This antique hardcover book is bound in dark blue cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering and etching on the front and spine. Spine ends are worn, but cover is mostly clean, tanned pages, wear, and soil. Hinges cracked. Top page edge is gilt. Frontispiece of the author, and small illustration on title page. The… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first issue with Osgood imprint rather than Houghton. 8vo in gilt and black decorated and lettered cloth. 281 pp. Illustrated with small engravings. A tight, near fine example with minilam wear at the extremities. Contemporary handwritten birthday presentation note tipped in.

Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. Hardcover. Very good. Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. 262pp., frontis. portrait with tissue-guard, decorative illustrated second title-page. sm. 8vo. Blue cloth, decorative front cover, gold titles on front cover and spine, upper edge gilt. Minor wear upper and lower edges of spine, hinges tight and sound, Very Good attractive hardcover.

Cambridge MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Garrett, Edmund H.. Limited edition #195/250,1889 reprint of 1872 edition.by essayist and friend of Mark Twain. Eleven essays (backlog studies), with 12 b/w plates, top edge gilt, 257 pages. Covers partially faded, slightly shelf-cocked, slightly bowed, and slightly soiled.; 6 x 9 ''.