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Anne Boleyn

By: Anthony, Evelyn

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company: 1957

Seller ID: 007303

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Good Dust Jacket

007303: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Is Book Club Edition. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Dustjacket has worn edges and several well-repaired edge cuts. "It began in a rose garden at Hever Castle on a lovely day in 1526, the story of this love between a king and his subject which was to change the course of history; and it ended in blood and tragedy.": Book Club Edition: 5.75 x 8.5 in.: 310 pages
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The Dickens Digest (Four Great Dickens Masterpieces Condensed For The Modern Reader)

By: Aswell, Mary Louise (Editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Whittlesey House - McGraw-Hill Books: 1943

Seller ID: 003676

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no Dust Jacket

003676: Includes: David Copperfield * Pickwick Papers * Oliver Twist * Martin Chuzzlewit. Boards are dark green. Boards and pages are sharp cornered, clean, bright and tight bound. Classic copy of Charles Dickens' stories. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. : 6.5 x 9.75 in.: 543 pages
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Northanger Abbey, Persuasion : Everyman's Library Series

By: Austen, Jane

Price: $35.00

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons / E. P. Dutton & Co.: 1949

Seller ID: 013639

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

013639: Has prior owner's name and date (G. D. Wing - Dec. 1957) neatly inscribed on front flyleaf. Otherwise, would classify book as almost in Fine Condition. Bright Red Boards with Gilt Lettering on spine and embossed emblem on front cover, and all pages are clean, unmarked (except as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light scuffing at spine top and bottom edges). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. In the back of the book is a list of the 981 Everyman Library Volumes, arranged under Authors.: 4.5 x 7 in.: 219 pages
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Sense and Sensibility : Everyman's Library Series

By: Austen, Jane

Price: $40.50

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd: 1946

Seller ID: 013648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

013648: Top and bottom edged of spine are lightly scuffed. Otherwise, would classify book as almost in Fine Condition. Bright Red Boards with Gilt Lettering on spine and embossed emblem on front cover, and all pages are clean, unmarked, bright (except for light fading of spine), tightly bound and sharp cornered (except as indicated). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. In the back of the book is a list of the 983 Everyman Library Volumes, arranged under Authors. : 4.5 x 6.75 in.: 322 pages
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The Idiot At Home

By: Bangs, John Kendrick

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, England / New York, New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1900

Seller ID: 010076

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

010076: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are dark brown cloth with white lettering on front and spine, plus a two tall white designs and blocking on the front. All cover letterings and drawings are clean and sharp, but the spine is somewhat faded. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owner's name at top of inside front board), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for some very light rubbing at corners of spine and board corners are bumped). This is the second book in the author's 'Idiot' Series and contain...
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The Booming Of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences Of Urban And Suburban Life

By: Bangs, John Kendrick

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, England / New York, New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1900

Seller ID: 010078

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

010078: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, plus gilt box designs and a small house on the front. All cover letterings and drawings are clean and sharp, but the spine is very lightly faded. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for original owner's name and date - July 1900 - on front flyleaf and name/address again on p.119 near the spine), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for some very light rubbing at corners of spine). Book is slightly cocked. Contains 2...
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The Real Thing And Three Other Farces

By: Bangs, John Kendrick

Price: $49.00

Publisher: London, England / New York, New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1909

Seller ID: 010081

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

010081: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on front and the spine; lettering on spine is somewhat faded. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for a prior owner's name on the front flyleaf), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light wear at corners and spine edges). Illustrations include a tissue-protected frontispiece and three other full-page illustrations. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a woodcutter's hut, in the Black Forest. And she ...
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Mr. Bonaparte Of Corsica

By: Bangs, John Kendrick

Price: $64.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1895

Seller ID: 010082

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

010082: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are light brown cloth with gilt lettering on front and the spine with elaborate designs and a red & black embossed picture of a dancing man on the front board. Spine is slightly faded and a little cocked. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (no marks or names found at all), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light wear at corners and spine edges). Extensive Illustrations include a tissue-protected frontispiece and fourteen other full-page illustrations by H. W. McVickar, alth...
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A House-Boat On The Styx : Being Some Account Of The Divers Doings Of The Associated Shades

By: Bangs, John Kendrick

Price: $85.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1896

Seller ID: 010440

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

010440: Book is protected in a simple, fitted book case. Boards are green cloth pictorially stamped in black and red, titled in gilt. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owner's name and date '96 on front flyleaf), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book.: B&W Illustrations: 4.75 x 6.75 in.: 171 pages
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Edith, Or The Quaker's Daughter A Tale Of Puritan Times

By: By One Of Her Descendants

Price: $76.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Mason Brothers: 1856

Seller ID: 010088

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

010088: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Has a bookstore's stamp on inside of back board, a 1/4" chip at top of spine, and wear at board and spine corners. Also has a prior owner's name on title page and half title page. Boards are dark brown with a repeated design of crosses across the full front and back boards and gilt lettering of the spine. : 5 x 7.5 in.: 407 pages
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Red Prophet - The Tales of Alvin Maker - Volume One

By: Card, Orson Scott (Author) / Brown, Roland Bernard (Adaptation)

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Marvel: 2007

Seller ID: 012697

ISBN: 0785127216

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine Dust Jacket

012697: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "American History and Folklore Combine! In an alternate American history where folk magic actually works, war is brewing on the frontier. But in the midst of the conflict, two men will begin down the path towards changing the world forever. One of them is Alvin Miller, a young boy who is the seventh son of a seventh son - and thus powerful enough to shape the world around him. The other is Tenskwa-Tawa, the Red...
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Don Quixote De La Mancha, The First Part Of The Life And Achievements Of The Renowned

By: De Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel (Author) / Motteux, Peter (Translator)

Price: $71.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Random House: 1941

Seller ID: 012643

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

012643: No dustjacket is included. Title label on spine is slightly rubbed over but still gilt lettering with red background and readable. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "In the year 1605,in the Spanish city of Valladolid, an unsuccessful writer and former soldier by the name of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra published a book that was to place his name forever in the pantheon of the immortals. Cervantes' novel ... told of the adventures of an eccentric hidalgo who adopted the name...
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The Spiral Road

By: De Hartog, Jan

Price: $41.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Harper & Brothers: 1957

Seller ID: 011251

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Good Dust Jacket

011251: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket has several edge cuts or chips and is worn on edges. Book is Stated First Edition. LCCN 56-12237. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (found no writing or marks in book at all), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This is his fifth novel and seventh book. It is the story of a doctor's mission that moves from the dregs of Amsterdam's underworld, Batavia and into the rivers and jungles of the East Indies and then to it's climax in a lonely medical outpost.": 6 x 8...
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The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, Volume I (One) Only : With 43 Illustrations By Phiz

By: Dickens, Charles

Price: $190.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Chapman & Hall * Charles Scribner's Sons: 1910

Seller ID: 012431

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

012431: Copy has prior owner's name and date (1912) on front flyleaf. Boards are Dark Green with bright Gilt Lettering on spine and embossed emblems and scrollwork on front board and spine. No dustjacket is included. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light creasing of lower corner of first few pages). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. : 6 x 8.5 in.: 484 pages
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The Three Guardsmen

By: Dumas, Alex

Price: $53.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, Donohue, Henneberry &Co.: N.D.

Seller ID: 012592

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

012592: Boards are Dark Red/Burgundy Cloth, with embossed emblems on front and spine, and gilt lettering on spine. Boards have very light rubbing at corners and top/bottom edges of spine, and a small dark mark on back. Book is undated but believe was published in late 1800s. Pages are tanned but clean, unmarked (except for stamp of prior owner's name on inside front cover), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Book content begins with heading of "The Three Musketeers", Chapter I, The Father's Three Gifts. On the first Monday in April, 1625, … The good citizens took up arms agai...
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Tales Of War

By: Dunsany, Lord (Edward John Plunkett)

Price: $49.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown & Company: 1918

Seller ID: 010068

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no Dust Jacket

010068: No Dustjacket. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are dark red cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owner's name stamped on inside of front board), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Spine is lightly faded. This is a collection of short stories that was written for a political purpose, but one that was painfully inspired from life and death, that crosses more than once into the fantastic realm. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was an Anglo-Irish writer an...
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Plays Of Gods And Men

By: Dunsany, Lord (Edward John Plunkett)

Price: $41.00

Publisher: New York, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press: 1923

Seller ID: 010069

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

010069: No Dustjacket is included. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are a light blue "Double-B (?)" pattern on front, with black spine edges and black lettering on front and spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for some rubbing at board corners). Beautiful copy of a classic novel. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Plays included are: The Tents of the Arabs * The Laughter of the Gods * The Queen's Enemies * A Night at an Inn. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was an Anglo-Iris...
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Harvard Classics Volume 27 (English Essays - Sir Philip Sidney To Macaulay): Harvard Classics Series

By: Eliot, Charles W. (Editor)

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, New York, P. F. Collier & Sons Company: 1909

Seller ID: 006264

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

006264: No Jacket as Issued. The Harvard Classics VOLUME # 27. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Maroon - Dark Red Cloth Hardcover Binding, First Edition, with the embossed Harvard Seal on front board and spine, black & white frontispiece, slight edge wear on the boards, pages are evenly tanned, but no marks, writing or tears found. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered, but top and bottom of spine are worn. If interested, we have many additional volumes available in this collection called the Five Foot Shelf Of Books. : Vol. 27: 5 x 7.75 in.: 421 pages
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Harvard Classics Volume 28 (Essays English And American): Harvard Classics Series

By: Eliot, Charles W. (Editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, P. F. Collier & Sons Company: 1909

Seller ID: 006265

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

006265: No Jacket as Issued. The Harvard Classics VOLUME # 28. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Maroon - Dark Red Cloth Hardcover Binding, First Edition, with the embossed Harvard Seal on front board and spine, black & white frontispiece, slight edge wear on the boards, pages are evenly tanned, but no marks, writing or tears found. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. If interested, we have many additional volumes available in this collection called the Five Foot Shelf Of Books. : Vol. 28: 5 x 7.75 in.: 485 pages
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The History Of Tom Jones - A Foundling : In Two Volumes With Slipcase

By: Fielding, Henry (Author) / Cross, Wilbur (Introduction By)

Price: $46.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1924

Seller ID: 010695

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with No Dust Jacket as issued

010695: Limited Numbered Edition. "The First Edition of this book consists of three thousand numbered copies; This is number 1303." Book Set consists of Two Volumes, containing 434 pages and 427 pages. Boards are maroon cloth with top edges gilt and some pages still uncut. Slipcase is worn along edges and in Fair-Good condition. However, books' boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book.: 6 x 8.5 in.: 861 pages
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Werther's Younger Brother : The Story Of An Attitude

By: Fraenkel, Michael

Price: $165.00

Publisher: New York And Paris, Carrefour: 1931

Seller ID: 010763

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine Dust Jacket

010763: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Limited, Numbered, Edition. This is No. 256 of only 400 published, numbered copies. Book is bound in cream paper over stiff wraps. Many pages of this copy remain uncut, so book really is in un-read condition. This is a First Edition of Michael Fraenkel's first book. Book was printed by The Saint Catherine Press in Bruge, Belgium. Michael Fraenkel is well known for his long collaboration with his friend Henry Miller, with whom he co-authored the "Hamlet Letters", also published by Carrefour, in 1939. Boards and page...
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Borgia, Memorial Edition

By: Gale, Zona

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Alfred A Knopf: 1943

Seller ID: 013673

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket

013673: Book was originally published in 1929 and title page displays this, with "Borgia Memorial Edition 1943" on flyleaf before it. Dustjacket is plain gray paper with black lettering on spine and front, and has lightly worn edges. Boards are dark blue with gilt lettering on spine and front, and has some light spotting at front and back edges. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book.: 5.75 x 7.75 in.: 244 pages
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The Vicar of Wakefield : English Classics Series Series

By: Goldsmith, Oliver (Author) / Santsbury, George (Introduction By)

Price: $112.00

Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin: 1926

Seller ID: 013600

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

013600: Binding is green cloth with a textured (cross-hatched) gilt spine with title and author printed; spine is lightly faded. Board corners are lightly worn and creased. Prior owner's name and location are neatly impressed (raised) on front flyleaf, with date (October 1926) written below. Otherwise, pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. The 24 full-color illustrations and frontispiece all have tissue page covers. Book was printed at the Chiswick Press for Constable and Company Limited and Houghton Mifflin Company. "The stor...
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The People Of The Mist

By: Haggard, H. Rider

Price: $117.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Longmans, Green and Company: 1894

Seller ID: 010064

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

010064: No Dustjacket. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are dark green cloth with embossed gilt lettering on front and spine and light images of mountain tops on the front board. Boards and pages are mostly clean and unmarked (except for some small dark marks on page edges and four round red design marks near bottom of front board), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Illustrations include tissue-protected frontispiece and 15 additional full-page drawings by Arthur Layard. Contains 357 pages of text, followed by a 16-page catalogue of other Longmans'...
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The Gate Of The Kiss (A Romance In the Days Of Hezekiah King Of Judah)

By: Harding, John W.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Lothrop Publishing Company: 1902

Seller ID: 005120

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with No Dust Jacket as issued

005120: No Jacket as Issued. Bottoms of the leaves and fore-edges are untrimmed or rough cut. Stated Published April 1902. Contains frontispiece and three other tinted plated (all are present and intact, with cover paper over frontispiece), which were illustrated by George Varian. Boards are dark green with gilt lettering and emblems on front and spine. Corners of boards are slightly rubbed and prior owner' name is neatly inscribed on front flyleaf. Front and back endpapers starting to separate from spine; otherwise pages appear to be clean, unmarked, and tightly bound. Scarce, Out Of Print, ...
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