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Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Near Fine. 1978 Franklin Library. Limited Edition. Published as part of the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. Hardcover is full-bound in red leather with gold spine lettering and decorations. Spine has four raised bands. Covers have gold stylized floral borders. Brown silk moire endpapers. All edges gilt. Brwon satin index ribbon. Black and white illustrations by Reginald Marsh. 489 pages. Binding tight. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Appears to be unread. Endpapers are lightly faded from contact with the leather at the edges. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket, as issued. "Notes from the Editor" pamphlet is not present. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Thomas Seltzer, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1922 Thomas Seltzer, New York. First Edition. First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. Publisher's colophon on title page. Precedes British edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has slate blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and a blind-stamped cross design on the front cover. 347 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine ends bumped. Spine slightly darkened, lettering a bit faded. Name in ink on front endpaper and again at the top of the title page; "First Edition" written in ink on front free endpaper. Light foxing on endpapers. Text pages clean and unmarked. One page has a wrinkle at the bottom corner; this is a flaw in the paper, rather than later damage, and the page protrudes slightly from the text block at that corner. Page edges lightly soiled. Pages lightly tanned, more so at… Read More

Dana Estes and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. Circa 1900 Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1893 Estes and Lauriat. Two volumes in one. Standard Edition, limited to 1000 copies. This is copy 631. Introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with paper spine label. Tissued frontispiece and black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Many bottom page edges unopened (uncut). Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine sunned; label a little darkened. Covers have light edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Separate pagination for the two books comprising this volume: 337 + 335 pages. No dust jacket. Limitation page states: "The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 631" (631 is hand stamped in red ink). Spine label… Read More

A. L. Burt. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. A. L. Burt. No date in book. Circa 1900. NOT ex-library. Hardcover is half-bound in tan leather with blue-green, cream, and gold marbled paper-covered boards. Spine has five raised bands; four spine panels have gilt floral device. The other two panels have dark brown leather labels with gilt lettering: Upper label title: Geo. Eliot's Works, lower label title: Adam Bede. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tissued frontispiece; six additional black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Leather is in good condition, with some crackle and rubbing to edges and corners. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 544 pages. Title page has series name "Burt's Library of the World's Best Books" in a small illustrated medallion. No dust jacket. See our listings for other George Eliot volumes with matching bindings. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Three Sirens Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1936 Three Sirens Press, 104 Fifth Avenue, New York. First Edition, thus. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Combined volume: two books in one. The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor: A Wonder for all Children, retold by Laurence Housman, illustrated by Mahlon Blaine; and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, (no author listed) illustrated by Gustave Dore. Hardcover has Navy faux leather-covered boards, gold spine lettering on a red panel and gold cover lettering. Front cover also has red seagull above red stylized wave pattern. Red satin index ribbon. Deckle fore edges. Top pages edges are maroon. Salmon endpapers. Lettering, especially on cover is faded. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners lightly rubbed, with slight fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Last few pages are still uncut. 85 + 207… Read More

University of Virginia Press, 1993. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1993 University of Virginia Press. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory. NOT ex-library. NOT Remaindered. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Very small stray red ink mark on fore edge of pages; edges of pages have some light smudges. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 375 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1908 Thomas Nelson & Sons. Small hardcover, 4.25 x 6.25 inches, has flexible boards bound in full brown morocco leather with gold spine lettering and gold spine and cover decorations. Green and gold marbled endpapers. Red satin index ribbon. All page edges gilt over red. Half-title page has black illustrated border and red lettering. Black & white frontispiece with tissue guard. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Leather worn at tips and spine ends, with a small insipient exterior split starting near the head of the spine. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers lightly curled. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. First and last pages have light foxing at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. 485 pages. No dust jacket. Bottom inside edge of front cover has "Genuine Morocco - Royal India Paper" stamped in gold. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

The Associated Talmud Torahs, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1935 The Associated Talmud Torahs. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. 469 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, light stains, and chipped and nicked edges. Jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Dana Estes and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. Circa 1900 Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1893 Estes and Lauriat. Two volumes in one. Standard Edition, limited to 1000 copies. This is copy 631. Introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with paper spine label. Tissued frontispiece and black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Many bottom page edges unopened (uncut). Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine sunned; label a little darkened. Covers have light edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Separate pagination for the two books comprising this volume: 315 + 325 pages. No dust jacket. Limitation page states: "The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 631" (631 is hand stamped in red ink). Spine label… Read More

Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag. Paperback. Good. Good. Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munchen. Paperback. Circa 1956. Text in German. Binding starting to crack a few pages from the back; no loose pages. Spine has a single crease. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Name in ink on inside of cover. "E 85" stamped on title page. Pages clean and unmarked. 199 pages. Series: Goldmanns Gelbe Taschenbucher, Band 385.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1922 Harcourt, Brace and Company. First Edition. Second state, with textual corrections on page 49. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with orange and reverse orange spine and cover lettering. 401 pages + 5 pages of ads at rear. Binding cracked at half-title page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers have a few small stains. One page is dog eared; a few pages have a tiny nick at the fore edge or a very small crease at the bottom corner. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Dust jacket is missing. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Oxford University Press, 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. Oxford University Press - Henry Frowde. Volume 7 in The Oxford Thackeray, with Illustrations. No true publication date in book. Circa 1908. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover (6.75 x 4.3 inches) has blue-green flexible leather-covered boards with gilt spine lettering and decorations. Green and white marble-printed endpapers. Green index ribbon. Top page edges gilt. Black and white frontispiece and 106 illustrations. Edited, and with an introduction by George Saintsbury. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying and chipping at tips and spine ends. Approximately a sixteenth of an inch missing from the spine ends and corners rubbed through. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with light scratches. Leather separated from the board along most of the top edge. One small thin peel in the leather at the top front corner. Last two-inches of index ribbon are missing. Pages… Read More

Limited Editions Club - Cambrige University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine ; Very Good Slipcase. 1977 Limited Editions Club - Cambridge University Press. Illustrated by David Gentleman. Limited Edition of 1600, this is number 1011. SIGNED by illustrator on limitation page. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7 x 11 inches, has decorative paper-covered boards with green cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering and decorations. Color frontispiece. Color plates. Black and white illustrations. 206 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Includes a small single sheet publisher's flier describing features of the book, laid in front. Olive paper-covered slipcase has light edge and surface wear, with a small round stain about half-inch in diameter on the back, as though from a removed sticker. Edges of slipcase lightly sunned. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Walter J. Black, Inc., 1928. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1928 Walter J. Black, Inc. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with rectangular border design surrounding floral decorations in black and gold on front and spine. Spine has simulated raised panels and gold lettering on black. Top pages edges colored red. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers very lightly soiled. Endpapers tanned and darkened at edges. Page edges lightly soiled. Pages only slightly tanned. Pages clean and unmarked. 347 pages. No dust jacket. Contents: Bel-Ami; Our Hearts; Une Vie. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Dana Estes and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. Circa 1900 Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1894 Estes and Lauriat. Standard Edition, limited to 1000 copies. This is copy 631. Introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with paper spine label. Tissued frontispiece and black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Many bottom page edges unopened (uncut). Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine sunned; label a little darkened. Covers have light edge wear and surface rubbing. Several light stains on back cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 462 pages. No dust jacket. Limitation page states: "The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 631" (631 is hand stamped in red ink). Spine label has "Waverley Novels" at head of title. See our… Read More

Walter J. Black, Inc., 1932. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1932 Walter J. Black, Inc. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with rectangular border design surrounding floral decorations in black and gold on front and spine. Spine has simulated raised panels and gold lettering on black. Top pages edges colored red. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers very lightly soiled. Endpapers tanned and darkened at edges. Pages not tanned. A few pages have a small brown stain in the margin. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

G. P. Putnam's Sons. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jackets. G. P. Putnam's Sons. No date in books. Circa 1894, based on other matching volumes. Knickerbocker Edition. Two volumes, complete. NOT ex-library.Hardcovers have green cloth-covered boards with gilt spine lettering and decorations; spines have Art-Nouveau-style floral design. Front covers have blind-stamped frame and lines surrounding small central gilt medallion portrait; back covers have gilt publisher's logo. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Tissued frontispiece in each. Small black & white illustrations at each chapter head. Bindings tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Bottom corners of volume one bumped, affecting page corners. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 326 + 327 pages. No dust jackets. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Dana Estes and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. Circa 1900 Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1893 Estes and Lauriat. Two volumes in one. Standard Edition, limited to 1000 copies. This is copy 631. Introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with paper spine label. Tissued frontispiece and black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Many bottom page edges unopened (uncut). Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine sunned; label a little darkened. Covers have light edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Separate pagination for the two books comprising this volume: 306 + 391 pages. No dust jacket. Limitation page states: "The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 631" (631 is hand stamped in red ink). Spine label… Read More

George Routledge & Sons, 1886. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1886 George Routledge & Sons. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has dark blue cloth-covered boards with and gold spine lettering; front cover has black lettering. Decorative endpapers have black & white floral pattern. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have light surface and edge wear, as well as some smudges. Spine is somewhat darkened. Name stamped in ink on title page. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 521 page + 10 pages of pages of publisher's advertising at rear. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Inky Parrot Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Slipcase. 1985 Inky Parrot Press, Oxford, UK. Limited Edition of 360 numbered copies, of which this is number 59. Signed by illustrator on limitation page. Illustrated by Wilton Priestner. Oversize hardcover has mustard paper-covered boards with black spine lettering and cover decorations. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. 141 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Imprinted bookplate on blank page opposite half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated, paper-covered slipcase has lightly bumped bottom corners and a faint smudge. Translated by Richard Aldington. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.