Search Results: Vintage Fiction from Bev's Books

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. The Bachelor's Christmas and the Matrimonial Tontine Benefit Association. Small hardback 95 page green book with red lettering & decoration still has good tissue over glossy black & white frontispiece, shows only minor wear-overall clean and in good+ to very good condition. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Little Brown, 1924. The Boy Whaleman by George F. Tucker, color illustrations by George Avison, published by Little, Brown 1924. Hardback 283 page book with pictorial endpapers has 5 color plates including frontispiece which has been reglued into book, has a pinkish stain on lower front of cover and shows minor wear to binding-overall good with clean, very good pages. Has torn pieces of a dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Illus. by Avison, George.

Century Co.. The Chicken-Wagon Family by Barry Benefield, published by The Century Co. copyright 1925. Hardback 332 page book from a Community Library has some of the expected imperfections, has a Christmas sticker on ffep, boards are exposed lightly at corners, has had some gluing, and there is a small hole in rear spine edge-still, overall good condition. No dust jacket. Vintage fiction. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

International Fiction Library The Coast of Intrigue by Whitman Chambers, published by International Fiction Library, copyright 1928? Hardback 312 page gold color book with red lettering & decoration is in good to very good condition with like dust jacket in a Brodart protector. NOT AN EX-LIB! Vintage Fiction . Hard Cover. Good to very Good/Good to Very Good.

A. L. Burt The Coming of Cosgrove by Laurie York Erskine (author of the Renfrew of the Royal Mounted series), latest copyright date shown is 1926 by Appleton-this is an A. L. Burt reprint. Hardback 307 page book shows rubbing of edges with boards exposed at corners, some other wear, and glue has been added to spine. Binding good- to good. Interior good to very good. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Grosset and Dunlap The Countess Diane by Henry C. Rowland, illustrated by John Rae (4 color plates plus color paste-on on front of book, original copyright was 1907-this is a Grosset and Dunlap reprint. Hardback 149 page book with decorated endpapers and pages shows a little wear to binding and some foxing/soiling, but overall is a basically clean copy in good to very good condition. Attractive book. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Good to very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rae, John.

Charles Scribner's Sons February 1906-this is the edition of April 1911, 1911. The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated with glossy color plates by F. C. Yohn-frontispiece still has very good tissue, published by Charles Scribner's Sons February 1906-this is the edition of April 1911. Hardback 156 page red book with gold lettering and decoration shows a good deal of picking to binding, some rubbing of edges with a little board exposed at corners, has had glue added to spine, and there is book mending tape at front inside hinge. Still, this is an appealing old book. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Fair to Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Yohn, F. C..

Grosset and Dunlap D’ri and I 1812-A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Second War with the British, Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A. by Irving Bacheller, illustrated by F. C. Yohn, published by Grosset and Dunlap-copyright 1901 by Lothrop. Hardback 362 page green book with black lettering & decoration has a pretty oval black & white paste-on on front, shows some foxing of endpapers and page 37/38 has a 1 3/4 inch tear off upper corner (no text is involved). Overall a clean copy in good to very good condition. Dust jacket has darkened with the years, has same picture as paste-on on front, is missing paper here & there and is in a Brodart protector. Vintage Historical fiction War of 1812. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Good to very Good/Fair. Illus. by Yohn, F. C..

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard. Eyes Right-A Bachelor's Talks with His Boys by Adam Stwin, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. copyright 1879 by the Lothrop Co. Very heavy hardback book has very decorative front binding & spine, has a gift inscription on ffep, has had some gluing, shows some soiling of binding, bumped corners, etc., but overall is in good to good+ condition. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard. Flaxie Growing Up-one of the Flaxie Frizzle stories by Sophie May, published by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard-original copyright was 1884, latest copyright date shown is 1912-has a gift inscription dated Christmas 1919. Small hardback 202 page book measures about 5 1/8 by 6 1/2 inches, binding is pretty soiled and there is browning of pages, but book is intact and readable. Juvenile fiction series. Hard Cover. Fair at Best/No Jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. Martha By-the-Day by Julie M. Lippmann, copyright 1914 by Henry Holt Co. this is a Grosset and Dunlap reprint. Hardback 201 page book has a note on free front endpaper that indicates the book was given as a reward for excellency in spelling-note is dated Apr. 21, 1917-overall book is in good condition with very good pages and very good tissue over frontispiece. Dust jacket has some edge tears, is missing some paper here & there, and is in a Brodart protector. NOT AN EX-LIB! . Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

John Lane Co., 1921. The Mountebank by William J. Locke, copyright 1920 by International Magazine Co, published by John Lane Co. copyright 1921. Hardback 320 page green book with light green lettering and decoration has badly rubbed/picked edges and glue has been added to spine, but overall is good. Dust jacket shows edge wear, some tears, is missing paper here & there including a fairly large chunk from upper edge at spine, and is in a Brodart protector. Vintage fiction. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

George W. Jacobs, 1919. Neptune's Son by Rupert S. Holland, published by George W. Jacobs copyright 1916. Hardback 348 page dark green book has a color paste-on on front of binding, is illustrated with 1 color plate (same as on front of book) and 3 black & white plates. Book shows some rubbing of edges, shows some foxing and has had some gluing-overall basically good. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Lippincott, 1927. Red Beard of Virginia by Rupert Sargent Holland, illustrated by Stafford Good (glossy color frontispiece plus 3 black & white glossy plates), published by Lippincott copyright 1927. Hardback 300 page red book with black lettering & picture shows a little blotching of binding, some scuffing & a red check mark on blank free front endpaper, and has had some gluing-overall good. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIB! . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Good, Stafford.

Grosset and Dunlap, 1927. A Sequel to Sonia-The Story of Sonia and Don by Vida Hurst, published by Grosset and Dunlap copyright 1927. Hardback 237 page book has some imperfections, but overall is clean and in good condition. Dust jacket has some moisture staining, tears, etc., is missing several sizeable pieces of paper, and is in a Brodart protector. NOT AN EX-LIB! . Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

Coward, McCann. Two Thieves by Manuel Komroff, published by Coward McCann-only date given is 1931. Hardback 313 page red book shows a little discoloration of pages and a few minor blemishes- overall very good condition. Dust jacket has a 1/4 inch hole in front, is missing several pieces of top layer paper from front, and is missing paper here and there, but is in a clear dj protector and looks reasonably respectable. This is a story of the 2 thieves who were crucified on either side of Jesus at Calvary. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

Mcclure, Phillips & Co., 1902. The Two Vanrevels by Booth Tarkington, illustrations by Henry Hull (7 black & white glossy plates-frontispiece still has very good tissue), published by McClure, Phillips & Co.-1902. Hardback 351 page green book with gold lettering and white decoration has gilt on upper edges of pages, shows some wear to lower edge, has a creased front endpaper, has had a little glue added to spine, and has a somewhat musty smell. Still, an attractive book. NOT AN EX-LIB!. Hard Cover. Fair to Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Hull, Henry.