Search Results: Nostalgic Fiction from Milliway's Books

New York: Messner, 1944. Book. Illus. by Thorne, Diana. Good +. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NOT ex-library. slight bow to boards. light edgewear to edges of pictorial boards. decorated endpapers..

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1927. Book. Illus. by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. owner's name neatly to ffep, original store name stamp inside cover. blue cloth with black and bright gilt decorations and titles, light foxing to edges. with scarce dustjacket - which is lightly rubbed, lightly creased and lightly edge chipped, and has a tear to the fold of the front dj flap..

Portland: Dunham's, 1946. Book. Illus. by Colista Dowling. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. brown textured cloth with gilt titles. light corner wear. 159pp..

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1917. Book. Illus. by Wright, Blanche Fisher. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. light cover rubs, light cover soiling, moderate corner bumps. center pages have been reinserted with two tape strips (old repair), light page soiling internally. 8 delightful full page color plates, and many other partial-page illustrations..

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. dustjacket with rubs, heavy edgewear and tape-repaired tears and chips. book has corner bumps, and light staining to covers. 152pp..

Boston: Four Seas Company, 1920. Book. Illus. by Marjorie Very. Very Good. Hardcover. sm 8vo.. owner's name to ffep. light stains to endpapers. pasted cover illustration is pristine, protected by scarce dustjacket. dustjacket intact but with chips to spine and edges..

London: Charles Knight, 1839. Book. Good +. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. encompassing issues 487 (2 Nov 1839) through 555 (28 Nov 1840), with index of Volume VIII. edges foxed, light foxing throughout. heavy corner wear to covers, 1" spine tears, water splotches to covers. an honest, genuine, original publication.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition, last title in author's sequence is this one. blue tweed cover. pictoral endpapers. #31 in series. (Farah 1953 B-2, 9595 in red ink). book has light soil to foreedge and light spotting to publisher-painted topedge. dustjacket with light edgewear, light rubs, back panel with closed tears and wrinkle..

Chicago: P.F. Volland, 1918. Book. Illus. by Katharine Sturges Dodge. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. assumed first, no printing history listed. spine heavily chipped, binding started, shaken. corner bumps. moderate soiling inside. Sunny Books series..

Racine: Whitman, 1939. Book. Good. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. binding sound, spine sun faded, corners bumped, light cover rubs. 424pp+ads..

Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1899. Book. Very Good Minus. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. brown cloth with bold decorations and titles in gilt and black. light corner wear, light rubs, light soil to topedge, owner's names inside front cover. binding sound, marginal illustrations throughout, with a few dog-ears noted. 432pp..

Racine: Whitman, 1951. Book. Illus. by Florence Sarah Winship. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Tell-A-Tale series #818-15. rubs to covers, corners with heavy wear. slight ownership scribble inside front cover, and period pencilled price - otherwise bright, unmarked, and crisp illustrations..