PORTRAITS OF PLACES by James, Henry - 1883

London: Leonard Scott 1868, American edition. (Hardcover) 281pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 3 / 4 tan leather with marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, table, diagram, notes. There is a previous owner's name, the leather is very lightly rubbed at the edges, the inner hinges are cracked. (Ideas).

New York, F. Tennyson Neely, 1898, hardcover, 224 pp, First Edition, Good condition in blue cloth boards decorated with red and silver. Straight and very firmly bound with no markings, spots to boards, spine a bit faded, light spine-end and corner wear, stain to bottom edge, faint evidence of dampstain to top edge of a few pages. The Georgia native and popular Victorian author of 30 novels presents a Sherlock Holmes-style detective story featuring a taunting villain, a particularly gruesome murder, and an Indian mystic and master hypnotist in a castle with a secret dungeon.

Charles Dickens' Bleak House complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front. Deckled edges. FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded and bumped, with bumping and wear on the top & heels of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. All volumes are cracked at half-title page.

Prodigious Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon. Translated from the French of Alphonse Daudet by Robert S. Minot. 1880 Translation"Entered at the Post Office as Second Class Material in 1884". Lovell's Library No. 478. New York: John W Lovell Company, 14 & 16 Vesey Street. "The original of this work is not pure fiction, but the exaggerated biography of a hero still living near Tarascon." [From the Prefatory Note]Condition: This original 1880 Translation of No. 478 of Lovell's Library has been carefully and professionally hardbound, retaining all of the original. In its appropriate and beautiful quarter binding, it is ready for its next lifetime. The original piece was classified by the post office in 1884 by the publisher. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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First edition, first issue binding (binding A). VG+. Small octavo (6¾x4½ inches). Pp. iv, 231. Title printed in black and red. Publisher's green beveled cloth decoratively stamped in black and gold, yellow coated ends.This collection of essays on bird was Burroughs's second book, his first book of writings on nature and natural history. Burroughs was the prominent 19th century American literary naturalist for whom the Burroughs Medal (the highest award in this country for writing in natural history) is named. Some edgewear to top front and top back boards, tips, and spine. Light spotting to front cover. Gift inscription in 1871 on FFEP, otherwise a clean and bright copy.

London: Leonard Scott 1868, American edition. (Hardcover) 281pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 3 / 4 tan leather with marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, table, diagram, notes. There is a previous owner's name, the leather is very lightly rubbed at the edges, the inner hinges are cracked. (Ideas).

New York, F. Tennyson Neely, 1898, hardcover, 224 pp, First Edition, Good condition in blue cloth boards decorated with red and silver. Straight and very firmly bound with no markings, spots to boards, spine a bit faded, light spine-end and corner wear, stain to bottom edge, faint evidence of dampstain to top edge of a few pages. The Georgia native and popular Victorian author of 30 novels presents a Sherlock Holmes-style detective story featuring a taunting villain, a particularly gruesome murder, and an Indian mystic and master hypnotist in a castle with a secret dungeon.

Charles Dickens' Bleak House complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front. Deckled edges. FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded and bumped, with bumping and wear on the top & heels of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. All volumes are cracked at half-title page.

Prodigious Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon. Translated from the French of Alphonse Daudet by Robert S. Minot. 1880 Translation"Entered at the Post Office as Second Class Material in 1884". Lovell's Library No. 478. New York: John W Lovell Company, 14 & 16 Vesey Street. "The original of this work is not pure fiction, but the exaggerated biography of a hero still living near Tarascon." [From the Prefatory Note]Condition: This original 1880 Translation of No. 478 of Lovell's Library has been carefully and professionally hardbound, retaining all of the original. In its appropriate and beautiful quarter binding, it is ready for its next lifetime. The original piece was classified by the post office in 1884 by the publisher. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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First edition, first issue binding (binding A). VG+. Small octavo (6¾x4½ inches). Pp. iv, 231. Title printed in black and red. Publisher's green beveled cloth decoratively stamped in black and gold, yellow coated ends.This collection of essays on bird was Burroughs's second book, his first book of writings on nature and natural history. Burroughs was the prominent 19th century American literary naturalist for whom the Burroughs Medal (the highest award in this country for writing in natural history) is named. Some edgewear to top front and top back boards, tips, and spine. Light spotting to front cover. Gift inscription in 1871 on FFEP, otherwise a clean and bright copy.