Literature from heytotobooks

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1906 reprint edition). Hardcover with yellow cloth boards, 369 pages. Dust jacket missing (if issued). Solidly bound. Ex-library copy, with the expected labels, markings, and wear. Covers age soiled; titles and decoration faded. Pages and endpapers toned. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger and W. Glackens. ABOUT THE BOOK: [This is] a series of short… Read more about this item

Millwood, NY: Kraus-Thomson Organization Limited (1st thus, 1980). Like new hardcover with blue cloth boards, 159 pages. No dust jacket (if issued). ISBN 9780527253455 ABOUT THE BOOK: This book contains SELECTIONS from THE BROWNIES' BOOK, compiled and edited by Herbert Aptheker. It is part of Aptheker's The Complete Published Works of W.E.B. Du Bois. In January 1920 a new monthly… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (1914). Hardcover with gray cloth boards, blue and black decorations and titles, 322 pages + 6 pages "Something About Amy Bell Marlowe and Her Books for Girls" + 2 pages of publisher's advertisements. No dust jacket, if issued. Endpapers discolored; pages toned, small slip of notebook paper with "June 1, 1945" affixed to FFEP, otherwise… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Group of three matched Thomas Nelson Page books: Marse Chan (1900); Meh Lady (1901); Unc' Edinburg (1897). Book design by Margaret Neilson Armstrong: dark blue cloth-covered boards with pale green Art Nouveau flower design; each title is featured on a silver scroll design across the front. Book titles and author's name in gilt on spines.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (2nd Edition, 1898). Hardcover with brown boards, gilt titles and decorations, 344 pages + 12 pages listing other books from same publisher. Gift inscription from 1902 inside front cover. Pages toned; clean and unmarked, with a square, solid binding. ABOUT THE BOOK: American author THOMAS NELSON PAGE (1853-1922), of the Nelson and Page "First Families"… Read more about this item

New York: New American Library (A Signet Classic, #CE2017, 1st thus/1st printing, April 1986). Mass market paperback, 394 pages. Lightly toned pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is square and tight. Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. ABOUT THE BOOK: In these wonderfully illustrated tales, renowned storyteller Howard Pyle carries us back to the enchanting world of King Arthur and his… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company (Presumed 1st Trade Edition, 1928). Hardcover with black boards, faded gilt lettering on spine, 377 pages. No dust jacket, if issued. Pages toned; deckled edges. Gift inscription from 1928 on FFEP, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Front hinge is cracked and there is some play in the binding; text block intact. Boards… Read more about this item

1st Thus/Household Edition (1872-1873). Hardcover with original green cloth, gilt and black decorations. Dust jackets were not issued. Volumes include: LITTLE DORRIT, BARNABY RUDGE, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, PICKWICK PAPERS, AND THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. Text printed double columns. Light toning with occasional spotting in some volumes; tissue guards in all except one; solidly bound with straight spines; clean and… Read more about this item

THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, complete set of 12 volumes, plus Index volume. Rev. Henry N. Hudson, Revised Edition with Notes (1881). Marbled boards with leather corners and spines. Gilt spine titles and decorations. Text blocks have gilt top edges. Minor bumping to corners of covers and spine extremities. Six volumes have parts of the… Read more about this item

San Francisco: North Point Press (1st Printing, 1982). Small hardcover with dust jacket, both in very good+ condition, 60 pages. Light fingerprint smudging from use on covers of dust jacket. No chips or tears. Previous owner's name has been covered with white-out on FFEP. THE WHEEL is WENDELL BERRY'S eighth collection of poetry. … Read more about this item

Easton Press (1st thus, 1978). Dark green leather with green moiré endpapers (faded around edges), green ribbon marker attached. Gilt titles, decorations, all edges. Archival quality paper. Hubbed spine. Prior owner's blind embossed seal on title page. One of Thomas Hardy's most powerful works, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE centers famously on Egdon Heath, the wild, haunted Wessex… Read more about this item

Easton Press (1st thus, 1979). Gray leather with gilt title, decorations, and edges. Moire endpapers, slightly faded around edges. Gray ribbon marker attached. Prior owner's Easton Press bookplate inside front cover, plus blind embossed seal on title page. Hubbed spine. Archival quality paper. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Howard Fast. EASTON PRESS is a world-leader in… Read more about this item

Picture Book Studio (1st Thus, 1991). Hardcover, no dust jacket (possibly not issued with dust jacket). Clean and unmarked, binding tight. A lovely copy, beautifully illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. Oscar Wilde's THE CANTERVILLE GHOST: An affluent American family moves into the rumored haunted house, Canterville Chase. When it becomes clear to them that the rumors are true,… Read more about this item

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London (2nd Impression, July 1936). Hardcover, no dust jacket. Front board slightly bowed and book is slightly shelf cocked. Gift inscription from 1940 on ffep in pencil. Clean and unmarked, binding tight. Very slightly musty from storage and very lightly age toned. Taken from the German by Angela Thirkell with 24 full-page illustrations in colour by Ludwig… Read more about this item

Easton Press (2nd Edition, 1984). Dark green leather boards with gold moiré endpapers, gold ribbon marker attached. Gilt titles, decorations (minute bit worn away - see photo), all edges gilt. Archival quality paper. The spine is hubbed with raised horizontal bands formed in the leather. Folded map laid in. Clean and unmarked, binding tight.