Letters To Dead Authors

Stikeman & Co. binding. Half dark brown morocco over marbled boards with gilt rule; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; silk ribbon present. Marbled endpapers. Limited to 212 copies, this being #86. Previous owner's bookplate with "N.J.D. 1900" written on slab in engraving by W. F. (William Fowler) Hopson adhered to front pastedown. Otherwise, no… Read more about this item

London and New York: Longmans, Green & CO, 1892. 109/113. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 194; G-; 1/4 bound beige spine with black text to paper label; no jacket; limited edition; no. 109 of 113; cloth shows slight age toning to spine; light soiling to panels; sturdy boards; text block has some age toning to exterior edges; deckled edges; frontispiece; interior… Read more about this item

New York: Scribners, 1886. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good hardcover. Pages very light brown from age. Corners slightly rubbed and bent. Edges of spine rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Hardcover, [viii], 253 pages. Good+ condition. Cameo edition. Size 6.625"x4.125". Green cloth w/cameo on front, gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. This edition contains 4 new letters not previously published (to John, Knox, Increase Mather, Homer, and Samuel Pepys). Moderate exterior wear (rubbed extremities, light soiling). Frontis portrait browning. Final page has a small… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green cloth gilt. Slight bubbling on the cloth and a little rubbing, very good or a bit better.

1st: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 253 pages. Etched portrait by S. J. Ferris. Green cloth covers with embossed gold and ivory portrait on front and gold lettering on spine. Some rubbing on bottom of spine. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Foxing on some pages but overall condition is excellent for age. Record… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1892. New Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.25 inches (12.5 x 18 cm). Blue buckram binding. Slight rubbing to edges of spine. Page edges untrimmed. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers. Small ink spots to dedication page. Small mark to upper margin of p56, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Previous… Read more about this item

LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS, Scribners, 1886, first edition, some foxing to the end-papers and paste-downs, just the slightest hint of fraying to the spine extremities, else a tight vg copy.

AMS Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good. 1968. Reprint. 234 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. Newspaper clipping glued to ffep leaving an offset stain on fep; Former owner's inked gift inscription on half title page. Very aged but tight textblock, with top edge gilt. Vellum spine, red cloth sides, bumping to head and foot, bumped corners, shelf soiling to spine; No dust jacket; 234p.. Second Edition. Quarter Vellum, Cloth… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's, 1893. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition 1/212 Copies #135 Fine Copy QuiteScarce.Excellent Copy..

LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS, Scribners, 1893, first American edition thus with 4 new letters, some light wear and fraying to the spine extremities, else a good to very good copy.

Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. Hardcover. Good. 1892. New Edition Reprint. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Deckled text block edges. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Ex-libris present on front paste-down, with former owner's name and pencil inscription to free endpaper.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Very Good condition. Gift note and previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked . NO foxing. Presumed to be the First US Edition, since title and copyright pages are both dated 1893, with no other printings indicated. Subtitle: "With an Etched… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. Pages faded but not unreadable. Binding a little loose. No markings.. 253 p.

Charles Scribner's Sons. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Limited edition copy number 129 / 212. Spine label missing. (literature history criticism)

C. Scribner's sons, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover, no DJ. Covers show edge wear. Ex-Library (college) with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Top edge is gilt.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

1893. 1893 Beck, Jean LA MUSIQUE DES TROUBADOURS Les Musiciens Celebres Paris: Henri Laurens, nd 125pp illus b/w 8vo spine edges lightly rubbed, else fine copy.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1886. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". None. A collection of letters to great authors, by Andrew Lang. With a letter from the author. A collection of letters to deceased great authors, including: Thackeray, Dickens, Austen, Dumas, Walter Scott, Bysshe Shelley, Burns, and Byron. Sixteen of these letters… Read more about this item

NY: Scribner's, 1886. 12mo, pp. 234. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. Cover little scuffed and bumped at corners, o/w a VG tight copy.