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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 x 10 1/4. 78 pages; "Compliments of Arthur Bates" written with ink on front pastedown. Black and white frontispiece with protective wax paper. Pages have slightly age toned but show minimal use except for slight foxing on ffep. Black cloth boards have gilt title; have slight bumping and rubbing of corners and show minimal age wear else except slight soiling.

Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1902. Hardcover. Good. 7 x 10 1/4. 48 pages; unmarked. Black and white frontispiece with protective wax paper. Pages have slightly age toned and have little soiling and age spotting. Black cloth boards with gilt title has some soiling, with bumped corners.

Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 x 10 1/4. 84 pages; unmarked. Pages have slightly age toned. Black and white frontispiece with protective wax paper. Black cloth boards have slight bumping and rubbing of corners with minimal marking.

Boston - New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2. Boards show some wear and page ends show age toning. Unmarked.

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2. Some breakage of the front paper hinge but tight. Spine slightly lightened. Clean unmarked pages that show some age taning.

London: Cassell, 1978. No Binding. Very Good/Near Fine. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1989. Soft cover. As New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Never read, unmarked.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Erna Pinner. 315 age toned pages. Neat owners signature. Illustrated. Tan boards are gently bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket has tears, chips and creases; the front flap is torn free from the front but present and there is some loss of paper.Book VERY GOOD, jacket FAIR+.

London: Oxford University Press, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 5 1/2 x 8. 287 pages; neat owners' signatures on front pastedown. Nice black and white frontispiece as well as black and white photographs. Pages slightly age toned with. Boards with gilt have slightly rubbed corners, as well as rubbing of gloss on boards. Spine's ends have rubbing and a little fraying.

New York: Ivison, Phinney & Co., 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 8. 408 pages. Copyright 1863. This book is dated 1864 on the title page although the owners inscription on the last free page is "John L. Horn - Hackettstown - Warren Co. - New Jersey - March 11th 1863". Otherwise unmarked. Page edges marbled. The first few pages have a tide mark. The ffep is missing about one square inch of paper on the lower edge. The front pastedown is missing some paper, maybe 2 square inches. The pages are very bright. The spine is black leather, embossed and has very bright gilt lettering; missing some material from the rear hinge. The boards are cloth, embossed and rubbed on some edges.

New York: Ivison & Phinney, 1855. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 7 1/2. 456 pages. Black leather spine , embossed and with gilt lettering "SANDERS FIFTH READER - Revised", shows some rubbing and chipping. Green cloth embossed boards showing some rubbing to edges and corners. Some discoloration in a few spots. SEE PHOTOS Some pencil writing on free pages but the text pages are unmarked although foxing is present. Page edges dark GOOD+

New York: Ivison, Phinney & Co., 1860. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 7 3/4. 380 pages. Copyright 1854. Evenly age toned paper but darker on the page edges. The text pages show sporadic light foxing; some pencil writing on the front pastedown. Missing any front free pages. The spine is black leather with bright gilt lettering "Sanders New Fourth Reader". The boards are embossed tan cloth that are bumped and rubbed on the corners. GOOD+++

New York: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1866. Hardcover. Fair. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4. 408 pages with marbled edges. Foxing and age toning; both free end pages missing. Bookplate "Presented by Nellie Hardy....to the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society". Embossed boards with black leather spine bumped and rubbed. Copyright 1863. FAIR+

Philadelphia: Sower, Potts & Co., 1858. Hardcover. Fine. 5 x 7 1/2. This book was protected by a hand made dust jacket made from a piece of paper that has been used as a handwriting exercise, so it is written on with repeated sentences on both side. Also a nice hand made book mark paper. Boards are brown heavily embossed cloth with a black leather spine that has gilt lettering. The second free page has an ink signature with "Book Jan 12th 1859" (this leached through to leave a faint mark on the title page). All pages are very lightly age toned. SEE PHOTOS

Simon and Schuster, 1983. Soft cover. Fine.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1926. Hardcover. Fine. 5 3/4 x 7 3/4. NOT bumped, rubbed or marked, this book has only a slight age toning to the pages but very slight indeed! Frontispiece. Assume First Edition, 1926 on title and copyright pages without any other printing indications.

Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.: Oxmoor House, Incorporated, 2002. Hardcover. As New/Good. 8 3/4 x 10. Book is as new and the dust jacket has a one inch tear and some fold marks at the top of the spine.

New York: Williams & Whiting, 1809. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4 1/2 x 7. 468 pages, all showing age toning and some foxing. Missing any first free pages. No ownership but the title page has a 1/2 inch strip cut off the top to erase any previous ownerships. Full leather, bumped and rubbed; the spine has 6 section spine with the second a black leather title and the others having a gilt animal with a cross on its back. The front board is slightly concave and the top of the spine is missing some leather. GOOD+.

New York: St Martins Press, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4. 475 pages showing an even age toning. Some vertical creasing to the spine. First St. Martins Edition Dec 1989 - First Printing.

New York : A. L. Burt Company, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4. Arthur Schwieder.. 333 pages. Neat gift inscription dated 1923. Frontispiece. One paper hinge repaired. The page edges show some age toning. The spine is faded. GOOD+++