Search Results: Literature from The Woodward Avenue Bookshelf

1892, Rare Hovendon Company Edition, Hardcover, of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This has no writing. The sewn binding is solid. No loose or missing pages, Square book. The gold gilt lettering to the spine is good. Clean pages. Blue boards

1895
LEATHER SPINE, POINTS, MARBLED ENDPAPER
FLORAL ENDPAPERS
"THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST" BY CHARLES DICKENS
NEW YORK PUBLISHING COMPANYSquare book. This has no writing. The pages are evenly age toned. The hinges have starts but the sewn binding is solid. The hubbed spine has gold gilt. which is good, the lettering is lightly visible. The first few pages has some chipping to the front edge from age. The remainder of the pages are solid.

1899
HARDCOVER, VICTORIAN BINDING
"THE PIONEERS OR THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA"
BY J. FENIMORE COOPER
HURST & CO.
This was the first installment of the Leatherstocking Tales and also introduced Natty Bumpo. Binding is solid. Hinges are solid. Square binding. Clean. No writing. The pages are evenly age toned.

1900
FIRST EDITION
HARDCOVER
ARTWORK TO BOARDS BY MARGARET ARMSTRONG
HER INITIALS ARE PART OF THE DESIGN ON THE FRONT BOARD
"UNLEAVENED BREAD"
BY ROBERT GRANT
CHARLES SCRIBNERS
has no writing. Pages are clean Square binding. Hinges are solid. Gold gilt to front board and spine is bright and vibrant.

LOT OF 3
1900'S
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT BOOKS
INCLUDED ARE:
JACK AND JILL, 1900
UNDER THE LILACS, 1901
OLD FASHIONED GIRL, 1923
ILLUSTRATED
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
Hardcover's, Louisa May Alcott books. These all came from the same estate of a lady from Brooklyn, N.Y. Her name is in the front of all 3 books. No other writing. No loose or torn pages. Pages are clean. Gilt is bright to the spines of Jack and Jill, and Under the Lilacs, it is faded on Old Fashioned Girl. Bindings are solid.

1912, Hardcover, of "The Old Curiosity Shop" by Charles Dickens. Everyman's Library. Binding is solid. Hinges are solid. Square binding. Clean. It has a gift inscription in the front from 1916. No other writing.

1920

HARDCOVER

"MAIN STREET"
BY SINCLAIR LEWIS
P.F. COLLIER & SON

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A Hardcover, 1920, P.F. Collier First Edition, of "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis. No writing. Pages are clean. Square binding. One page has a lower corner torn.

1921FIRST EDITION
STATED SECOND PRINTING
SECOND STATE AS IT DOES NOT HAVE THE BLUE TOPSTAIN
"POOR WHITE"
BY SHERWOOD ANDERSON
B.W. HUEBSCH
First Edition, Stated Second Printing, of "Poor White" by Sherwood Anderson. Hinges are solid. No writing Pages are evenly age toned. There is a previous owners book plate on the inside front board. Square book. Publisher's original blue cloth with publisher's colophon in blind to the cover. Gilt title lettering to the spine is dulled but still very readable.

1923, Scarce, Hardcover of "Clair De Lune" by Michael West. The boards are ornate. Book has a slight tilt to the spine. There is a gift inscription on the inside front board, no other writing

1924
HARDCOVER
"TREASURE ISLAND"
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTHE CHILDREN'S CLASSICS
Clean pages. No writing.

1929
HARDCOVER WITH PRIGINAL DUST JACKET
BRITISH EDITION
"TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN"
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
METHUEN & CO.
LONDON

Offered is a British, Hardcover with Dust Jacket of "Tarzan and the Ant Men" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Boards are clean. The origin Al dust jacket is protected in a new Demo mylar. The spine of the dust jacket has an area of loss to the lower spine as can be seen in the photos. Solid binding. No writing.

Up for sale is a 1929, Stated First Edition, Hardcover with the Scarce Priced Dust Jacket of "The Good Companions" by J. B. Priestley. This was the source for two films, a tv presentation , stage presentations and musicals. The boards are very clean. The lettering and decoration on the front board and spine is bright and vibrant. Clean pages, Solid hinges. Square book. The priced dust jacket has some shelfwear to the edges and a price tag lift to the front panel, it has good color. Topstain is bright.

1930
HARDCOVER
FIRST EDITION
STATED THIRD PRINTING
"LAMENTS FOR THE LIVING"
BY DOROTHY PARKER
THE VIKING PRESS

UNREAD
(BINDING HAS NEVER FULLY BEEN OPENED)
1936
"CUP OF GOLD"
BY JOHN STEINBECK
COVICI FRIEDE
1936, Unread Hardcover of "Cup of Gold" by John Steinbeck. The binding has never fully been open. Top stain is good. The decoration and lettering on the spine is bright. Binding is square. Hinges are solid.

Stated, First Modern Library Edition, Hardcover of "Nine Plays by Eugene O'Neil. There is a small name and address on the first free endpaper. . Clean pages. Square binding. This contains stories, Mourning becomes Electra, The Emperor Jones.

1942, First Printing, 1 of only 2,000, Hardcover of "The Double Man" by W.H. Auden. This has a 1941 gift inscription on the front page with a quote from the book. There is no other writing. Pages are age toned. Square book. Gold gilt is good on spine. top stain is very good. "The Adventures of Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. Square book. This has no writing. The pages are evenly age toned. The hinges have starts but the sewn binding is solid. The hubbed spine has gold gilt. which is good, the lettering is lightly visible. The first few pages has some chipping to the front edge from age. The remainder of the pages are solid

SIGNED
1942
HARDCOVER WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
FIRST EDITION
"BIBI: THE BAKER'S HORSE"
BY ANNA BIRD STEWART
ILLUSTRATED BY CATHERINE M. RICHTER
J.B. LIPPINCOTT
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Up for sale is a 1942, Signed, Hardcover with Priced Dust Jacket, of "Bibi: the Baker's Horse" by Anna Bird Stewart. It is signed by Stewart on the half title page. The dust jacket is protected in a new Demco mylar. The pages are clean. Binding is solid.

A 1944, Hardcover with Dust Jacket of "Persons & Places" by George Santayana. Square book. The gold gilt lettering is bright. No writing. Solid binding. Boards are clean. Lettering is bright. The dust jacket is protected in a Demco mylar

1945
HARDCOVER WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
"LOVE LETTERS"
BY CHRIS MASSIE
GROSSET & DUNLAP
FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION
1945, Hardcover with Priced Dust Jacket, of "Love Letters" by Chris Massie. The book is illustrated on the end papers and the first few pages with scenes from the Paramount picture by Hal Willis starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotton. A Grossest Deluxe book from their classics film library. No writing. Pages are clean. There is a previous owners name stamp on the first free endpaper. The priced dust jacket has some wear. It has good color.

1945
HARDCOVER
STATED TENTH PRINTING
"THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE"
JAMES M. CAIN
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Square book. No writing. Pages are evenly age toned. The decoration and lettering to spine is bright. Hinges are solid