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Macrae-Smith Company, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1943 Macrae-Smith Company. Seventh printing. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. NOT ex-library. Spanish and English on opposite pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have a few light smudges. Name and address in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 292 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small to 1 inch tears, and creases. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1890 William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Late 19th-century contemporary binding. NOT ex-library. Binding marked "Birdsall & Son, Northampton" on verso of front free endpaper, along bottom edge. Half-bound in maroon leather with gold ruled borders over maroon, black and gold marbled paper-covered boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Gilt spine decorations, with gilt title on a green panel; spine has two raised bands. Top edges gilt. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped; corners more moderately bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with a few rubbed areas on marbled paper. First few and last few pages lightly foxed. Text pages clean and unmarked. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Richard Phillips, 1806. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jackets. 1806 Richard Phillips, London. Three volumes, complete. Bound in full brown leather with speckled surface pattern. Covers have narrow floral gilt borders and gilt tooled edges. Spines have six panels, four with gilt stamped floral ornament. Gilt title on each is on red leather spine label and volume number on black label. Spines have gilts stamped bands which are not raised. All page edges are blue speckled. Black and white frontispiece. Red silk index ribbons in each volume; ribbons are detached but present. Front covers of volumes 1 and 3 are detached but present. All remaining hinges are cracked. Heavy wear on all edges, with loss to gilt edging; boards visible at most corners. Spine labels clear and readable, but leather on the other panels is chipped and worn. Front endpaper of all volumes have two imprinted book plates from previous owners; one bookplate in each volume has the name of Solomon R. Guggenheim. Volume 1 has an… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1901 Charles Scribner's Sons. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Spine has gold thistle flower pattern in three sections; front cover has gold ruled border. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black & white frontispiece portrait has tissue guard. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine slightly faded. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Some light foxing on first few and last few pages. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 322 pages. No dust jacket. Cover title: "Letters and Miscellanies of Robert Louis Stevenson" Half-title page indicates this is Vol. XVII, "Vailima Letters". Spine title also "Vailima Letters". Carefully packed, shipped in a box. See our listings for other volumes from this set.

Printed for private distribution, 1875. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1875 Printed for private distribution, printed by H .O. Houghton and Company, Riverside, Cambridge (Mass). First Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and black cover decorations. Black coated endpapers. Tissued frontispiece is pasted-in photographic print. Tissue guard and photo lightly foxed. Name in ink on first blank page after endpaper, dated 1876. Binding cracked inside, with two signatures loose at the top, but still sewn in at bottom and partially in middle. Front hinge partially cracked with just the paper split in spots, but still strong, with no webbing showing. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. One inch of cloth worn through at the top of the outer front joint. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 468 pages. At head of… Read More

Richard Bentley. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1833 and 1843-4 Richard Bentley, London. Seven volumes with matched late 19th-century bindings. NOT ex-library. First series (3 vols, 1833) is Second edition, Edited by Lord Dover. Concluding series (4 vols, 1843-44) appears to be first edition, no edition stated. Uniformly bound and numbered Vol I-VII on spines. Bindings marked "Birdsall & Son, Northampton" on verso of front free endpapers, along bottom edge. Half-bound in tan calf with ruled borders over red, blue, and white marbled paper-covered boards. Matching marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled as well. Five raised spine bands; four tan panels with small gilt floral tool; a red panel with gilt title; a green panel with gilt volume number and dates of letters. Tissued frontispiece in each; additional plates in vols 4 and 5. Front board of vol 6 is completely detached but present; all others have tight bindings with no hinge cracking. Corners worn, with boards exposed. Moderate… Read More

Doubleday, Page & Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good + ; No jackets. Doubleday, Page & Company. 3 volumes, all marked first edition. Blue cloth binding with gold spine and cover lettering. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with black & white plates. Frontispieces. Corners lightly bumped; some corners a little frayed. Spine of volume 1 has remains of a name written in pencil and a small spot; spine of vol. 2 has a small spot. Spine ends bumped and lightly worn. Hinges a bit loose, but NOT cracked. Top edges lightly faded. Name and gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper of vol. 1. A few numbers in pencil on rear endpaper of vol. 3. All volumes marked "First edition after printing of 377 de luxe copies" vol. 1, 1922, 436 pages; vol. 2, 1922, 437 pages; vol. 3, 1925, 440 pages.

Warner Books, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Near Fine Jacket. LARGE PRINT. 2003 Warner Books - Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. Contains the complete, unabridged text of the original publisher's edition. Hardcover book has black paper-covered boards and gold spine lettering. Very small smudge on bottom of front cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine gently bumped. 690 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1914 T. Fisher Unwin. First Edition. "Presentation Copy" embossed on title page. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold stamped spine and cover lettering. Black and white frontispiece. Seven additional black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding cracked at page 17, still intact. Binding a bit loose in places, but good overall and still functional. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Spine ends worn and frayed. Covers lightly rubbed with a few small stains. Address label on front endpaper. Brief previous owner notations in ink on front and rear free endpapers. 7 pages in the text have markings, mostly consisting of small red checkmarks in the margins. However, one page has a word underlined in red and another has several lines highlighted in yellow. In addition, 2 entries in the index have the same small red checkmarks.… Read More

Colonial Press Company. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. Colonial Press Company. Circa 1895. No date stated. Three volumes. Beacon Edition of the Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers have maroon cloth-covered boards with paper spine labels. Deckle fore edges. Top edges gilt. Tissued frontispiece. Tissued black and white plates. Bindings tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have a few light smudges and specks: volume 1 more so on the back cover. Spine labels are tanned and have small chips at some corners. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. Some page edges are uncut. 508 + 493 + 494 pages. No dust jackets. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Michigan State University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 2004 Michigan State University Press. SIGNED by editor on half-title page, with a personal inscription. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has tan cloth-covered boards with brown spine lettering. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. 458 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.