Literature To 1900 from White Raven Books

London: Charles Dilly, 1785. Half brown leather & brown cloth over boards, gilt spine title & decoration, & raised bands; Freshly rebound by Jon Buller; A fine binding over a just very good text block with glue shadow to mostly margins of title page; 534 pages + 1 leaf of publisher advertisement.. 5"x8".

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883. Likely a first edition; Green finely textured cloth, gilt spine title, blind border & device to boards, chocolate endpapers / pastedown, tissued frontis, & several black & white illustrations in the text; A very good copy with early ownership stamp on 2nd fep, & matching ink signature back of frontis; 462… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. Brown cloth, gilt spine title, blind vignette & border to covers, pale yellow endpapers / pastedown, two leaves publisher advertisements dated April, 1852, inside front cover; A good+ or so binding rebacked matching original with small cloth loss at corners, over a very good textblock; 288 pages.. 4.5"x7.25".

London: Robert Young, 1633. Full brown leather rebacked at some point, gilt spine title, elaborate portrait frontis, title page framed by five illustrations topped by two globes, text includes many separate works each with a title page, many devices, & fold-out: The Mystery of Mysteries; A just good solid binding over a good+ text block; Continuous pagination for… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1839. Three volumes, Series 1, 2, & 3; Series 3 published 1840; 3/4 brown sheep & purple moire over boards, gilt spine titles on red leather labels, raised bands, top edges darkened, fore & lower edges peppered, frontis illustrations, & a full page black & white illustration or two per text; A good clean… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan and Co., 1894. This book in fine binding was a school prize awarded at University of Oxford 1895; Nut colored full polished leather, gilt spine title on black label, raised bands & full gilt spine decoration, handsome university emblem to cover, gilt borders shadowed in blind, gilt to edge of boards, all edges marbled, endpapers / pastdown… Read more about this item

New-York: Ernst Kaufmann Goldene Aehren, Volume 2 (it stands alone); No publication date but likely 1890's; Taupe cloth, gilt spine title, gilt cover title with blue / pink / black decoration, blind border to back board, foredges lightly marbled, endpaper / pastedown with repeating floral pattern, frontis illustration, & 11 additional full page illustrations in the text; A… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknot & Fields, 1865. Dark brown finely textured cloth, gilt spine title, blind covers borders, & chocolate endpapers / pstedown; A very good textblock in a fair but solid ex library binding with early bookplate inside front cover; 229 pages.. 4.25"x7".

London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799. Second Edition; Full dark brown textured leatherette, gold spine title on black label, and tan endpapers / pastedown; A very good+ binding over a good+ textblock with 2 small early library stamps; 483 pages.. 5.25"x8.75".

Boston: Dana Estes No date but pre-1900; 3/4 blue/black leather & lovely marbled papers over boards, matching marbled endpapers / pastedowns, gilt spine titles, raised bands, top edges gilt, foredges untrimmed, & tissued frontices; A very good solid set with pencil ownership on all 2nd feps.. 5"x7.5".

New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. In Two Volumes (bound together); Pale brownish cloth, paper spine label with black title; A good solid copy with some loss to label, small perforation ownership to title page, foxing inside covers, & loss of corner to final fep; 254 pages.. 4.5"x7.5".

Cincinnati: Aerican Reform Tract and Book Society, 1856. The following narrative is taken from the "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," by ...special permission...; Faded purple cloth, illegible gilt spine title, & decorative blind to covers; A good solid ex-library copy with fep pasted down, & random foxing; 64 pages. . 3.5"x5.5".

New York & Chicago: E. L. Kellogg, 1897. Medium brown wraps, black cover title, & stapled spine; A very good paperback pamphlet with blind ownership stamp at top first 3 leaves, modest crease to cover, & ink gift inscription on title page; 20 pages. . 4.75"x7.5".

New York: R. Worthington, 1874. Pinkish tan cloth, full embossed decoration to cover & spine with partial black background, black titles on gilt printed labels, & tissued frontis portrait; A very good copy of this early printing with discrete private library stamp on 1st fep & matching signature at top 2nd fep. 227 pages. 5"x7.25".

New York: H. M. Caldwell No date but circa 1897; Brown cloth, gold decoration & spine title on red & green printed labels, gilt cover title, blind front cover decoration, & frontis portrait; A very good copy with ink gift inscription on fep; 265 pages. . 4"x6".

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892. ...A Tale for Young People of All Ages; Tan cloth, gilt spine title, black spine vignette, black cover title & illustration, black & white frontis illustration; A near fine clean copy with spotty loss of gold-brown ink on cover medalion & the prince's suit; 289 pages + 4… Read more about this item

Paris: Charpentier, 1840. 1/2 brown leather & brown cloth over boads, gilt spine title & decoration, full blind decoration & border to boards, & marbled endpapers / pastedown; A good solid copy with seamless rapair to front hinge; 576 pages. . 4"x6.75".

Frankfurt: Paul Siegmund Gabler, 1757. ...Welche aus den Schriften der alten und neuern Wortforscher, Und insonderheit aus der Mythologie und aus den Geschichten deutlich und zulanglich erklaret, und an das Licht stellet M. Abraham Kriegel, .Dritte Collegge der Scyhule zu S. Thomas in Leipzig. Dritte Auslage, welche dem Texte der Ausgabe des beruhmten P. Burmanni folget, und wobey die… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1842. Brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt spine decoration, gilt ship vignette to cover, blind borders to covers, decorative endpapers / pastedown, frontis illustration & 6 additional black & white illustrations; A very good copy with consistant light to moderate foxing, bright gilt, & tiny wear to corners; 306 pages.. 4.25"x6.75".

London: John Murray, 1813. 3/4 polished brown leather & marbled paper over boards, & speckled edges; A good copy lacking spine label, with clumsy ownership on back rear fep, & bookplate inside front cover of Albert Kahn's daughter Ruth; 72 pages.. 5"x8.25".