Rare books from Mary Riversong Books

The Queen Of Hearts, 1859 Harper & Brothers, NY. First Edition. By Wilkie Collins. Complete in one volume. Exlib. QUEENS' QUORUM TITLE. Marbled boards, beige cloth spine. Paper library tag on spine. 4 5/8 X 7 1/2. Moss green end-papers are intact at the hinge. 472 pages. Pages tanned. Some pages show some degree of water damage. Please see our photos.

The Woman In White (1860 Harper & Brothers First Edition Second Printing Thus. BY WILKIE COLLINS. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, States 1860 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Publisher's dk. brown stamped heavy cardboard boards with H&B cartouche on front and back boards. Ads are 2nd state. Miss Mulock spelled correctly. News lists page is dated August, 1860. Ads list eleven titles, and verso advertising The Mill on the Floss [Gasson p. 160.]Used. Good- Condition: Our copy lacks its spine, otherwise in good condition and a good candidate for rebinding. Chocolate brown endpapers are in good shape. Please see our photos. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Pages are fairly bright. Foxing noted, chiefly at the title page and verso. Used. Good Condition / New fax candlestick motif dust jacket. Hardcover. Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Used. Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons impression BB2C-1.58[H] Children's Illustrated Classic Series. Used. VG/Good price-clipped original purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. a gift presentation copy. Has a purple cloth ribbon laid in. This ribbon may be original to the edition, but I don't have that information. Condition: Other than a gift label pasted to front free endpaper and the ribbon, this item appears to be in near fine, unread condition. The purple dust jacket shows wear. Yellow topstain. Please see our photos. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

QUITE RARE. A Child's Garden Of Verses (1888 Charles Scribner's Sons 1st American Edition) USED. Good+ /No dust jacket included. Leatherbound edition. Please see our photos. Title page states 1888. Former owner bookplate on inside front endpaper. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons FIRST EDITION THUS. Copyright page States BB2C-1.58 [H]. Yellow topstain. Used. VG/Good- original price-clipped purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. A nice, solid copy. CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS SERIES. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.

WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT: Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. FIRST EDITION 1933 VIKING PRESS. 3 lines of copyright information. HARDCOVER. BACK DJ FLAP INCLUDES JUNIOR VIKING COUPON. Matching blue floating duck back board and dust jacket panels do not bear weekly reader logo. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTO OF DJ BACK PANEL. Unclipped Front DJ flap priced at $1.00 . QUITE THE FIND. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION UNCLIPPED DJ. Unpaginated. 7 X 9 1/4. A CLEAN SOLID COPY. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

By Daphne Du Maurier. Jamaica Inn, Doubleday & Company MXXXVI, BCE. 243 pages. INCLUDES RARE ORIGINAL REX WHISTLER 1ST EDITION UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Fits volume size 5 3/8 X 8 1/8. Original cover price $4.50. Includes good condition Library bound. DJ is taped to the book. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Duvoisin, Roger. Petunia, STATED FIRST EDITION, COPYRIGHT 1950 Alfred A, Knopf. Exlib. Good-/No dust jacket is included. A clean, solid copy. Rare bright orange paper-covered boards show shelf-wear at edges and spine. Uncommon find. Summary: After finding a book, Petunia the goose starts to believe that she is incredibly wise and thus begins to dish out wild advice to her fellow farm animals. Comical line drawing illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. Please see our photos.

Flack, Marjorie. Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog. Copyright 1934, Doubleday & Company, Inc., First Edition. For Young Readers. Used. Good Condition/ Good- condition rare, unclipped $2.50 original dust jacket. . Garden City Park, New York, U.S.A. Beautifully illustrated. Please see our photos. The Story: "Tim Tadpole lived in a small pond at the edge of the wood. All around him the Peeper frogs sang, while the Great Bullfrog croaked and jumped. But Tim couldn't sing and he couldn't jump either. All he could do was to wriggle through the water until the day he made an exciting discovery!" YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Eliot, T.S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. First Edition, $2.50 printing thus, 1939. Harcourt Brace And Company. Used. Good Condition/ Good Unclipped $2.50 Dust Jacket. 45 pages. 6 3/8 X 8 7/8. RARE. About the author: "Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. "

Raphael Tuck & Sons, Publishers to their majesties The King and Queen and to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and known for their exquisite illustrated books, in 1933, created "Cathedrals of England" a six-volume boxed set. (Various book authors). DESCRIPTION: "This set is comprised of six beautifully crafted volumes, each dedicated to a different cathedral in England. These books offer historical narratives, captivating illustrations, and insights into the architectural marvels that grace the English landscape. Whether you're an enthusiast of history, art, or spirituality, these volumes provide a fascinating journey through the grandeur of England's cathedrals." Cathedrals included here are: Canterbury, Chichester, Durham, Salisbury, Soughwark, St. George. VERY GOOD- CONDITION BOX./VG- BOOKS OVERALL. Box is covered in maroon cloth. Box dimensions: 6 3/6 X 8 3/8 X 5 1/8. Gilting is still bright on titling on box. FINDING A COMPLETE SET IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX AT ALL IS EXTREMELY RARE. BOOKS CONDITION: VG… Read More

The Woman In White (1860 Harper & Brothers, NY. First American Edition) BY WILKIE COLLINS. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTOS. Publisher's chocolate brown boards are stamped with H&B . States 1860 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Miss Mulock correctly spelled. List of New Books dated August, 1860. USED. GOOD CONDITION. ANTIQUARIAN. Stamped H&B on the boards. Ornate Gold gilt titling on spine still fairly bright. Loss and fragility to exterior spine. Chocolate brown endpapers. Pages are bright. Some light foxing possible. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone, a smash success upon publication. Has become rare, like the author's gift for spellbinding tales. This book is acknowledged as creating and popularizing the detective/mystery genre in Victorian Great Britain."

The Woman In White (1861 Harper & Brothers First Edition 3rd Printing Thus BY WILKIE COLLINS. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTOS. USED. GOOD CONDITION. QUITE RARE. Publisher's chocolate brown boards are stamped with H&B. Ornate Gold gilt titling on spine still fairly bright. Loss and fragility to exterior spine. List of New Books dated December, 1860. States 1861 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Chocolate brown endpapers.. Miss Mulock correctly spelled. Foxing noted on ads pages. Harpers ads page lists The Woman In White as the sixth title. Former owner Alex McRae has signed and dated this book 10th January, 1861.