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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. 8vo. 483 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Blue cloth boards with pink title panel on spine. Gilt lettering to spine, slightly faded. FR colophon on copyright page. Very faint water spots to cloth of top front board. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, else clean and unmarked. Includes Stories of American History, Spanish Bayonet, Tales of Our Time, Fantasies and Prophesies. #497.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. non-fiction, classics, literature, Stephen Vincent Benet, short stories, Essays. more information

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New York and Cleveland: H.M. Caldwell Co.. 16mo. 185 pgs. Good to Very Good condition blue cloth hardcover, spine and front board decorated with gilt and a red and green floral design. Light general shelf wear and smudgy darkening to cloth, rubbing and fraying to spine ends. Interior clean and unmarked. Frontis portrait photograph of Rab [a mastiff]. Vintage dog stories, not dated, circa 1890-1900. Extracted from "Horae Subsecivae: Locke and Sydenham, with other Occasional Papers". Contains "Rab and His Friends", "Marjorie Fleming", "Jeems the Door-Keeper", "More of Our Dogs", "Plea for a Dog Home", " In Clear Dream and Solemn Vision", "A Jacobite Family". #1330.. Decorated Boards. Good to Very Good. 16mo - 5¾" - 6¾" Tall. Rab, Rab and His Friends, John Brown, Vintage dog Tale, Decorative Binding, Caldwell, Dog Stories, Dogs, Essays, Short Stories, Horae Subsecivae, Marjorie Fleming, Jeems, Victorian, Jeems the Door-Keeper, More of Our Dogs, Plea for a Dog Home, In Clear Dream and Solemn Vision, A Jacobite Family. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1883. 12mo. 255 pgs. Very Good+ condition hardcover, chocolate brown cloth, clean and unmarked. Very slight rubbing of cloth at spine edges and corners, with black and gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Pristine interior. Black endpapers. Frontis illustration of buntings, tissue intact. Contents: Winter Sunshine, Exhilaration of the Road The Snow-Walkers, The Fox, A March Chronicle, Autumn Tides, The Apple, An October Abroad-Mellow England, English Characteristics, A Glimpse of France, From London to New York. Laid in is a vintage newspaper clipping from March 28 (year not present) mentioning a visit to Washington and a dinner with Dr. Elliot Coues, a bird-writer connected with the Smithsonian.#1106.. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Burroughs, Nature, Essays, Naturalist, Birds, Birding, Winter Sunshine, Wake Robin, Non-Fiction. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1996. 462 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. First American Edition of a complete collection of Angela Carter's short stories from four books: Fireworks, The Bloody Chamber, Black Venus and American Ghosts and Old World Wonders. Introduction by Salman Rushdie. Among the stories: A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus, a pianist makes a Faustian pact in a Southern brothel, a student is taken on a ride through Hollywood's golden age, Alice is transmuted by a crazed fruit-grower in Prague, Mary Magdalene steps out of Renaissance canvases. ISBN 0805044620 #1785.. ISBN: 0805044620. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by John Westmark. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Burning Your Boats, BRITISH IRISH FICTION Short Stories, Fireworks, The Bloody Chamber, Black Venus, American Ghosts and Old World Wonders. more information

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1916. 153pgs. Very Good+ condition tan cloth hardcover, clean and unmarked, with sound binding, gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Slight edge and corner wear. A vintage book of essays and verse by two prolific Vermont writers, activators and educators. Sarah Cleghorn and Dorothy Canfield Fisher collaborated to produce this vintage but still relevant guide to achieving inner tranquility, self-realization and health. A small group of women meet periodically to share their personal strategies for dealing with life's difficulties. Their coping techniques include visualizations, affirmations and building a personal mental "bank account of strength" invested with happy memories and positive experiences. Other titles by these authors include "Nothing Ever Happens and How It Does" and "Understood Betsy". #2309.. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Fellow Captains, Sarah Cleghorn, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Essays, Verse, Inner Growth, Strategies, Meditations, Self-help, Creative Visualization, Inner Tranquility, Stress, Coping, Self-Realization, Womens, Empowerment, Vermont, Robert Frost, Memory Palace, Nothing Ever Happens and How it Does, Understood Betsy, Women's Suffrage, Friendship,Vermont Authors. more information

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London: The Rodale Press , 1955. 8vo. 44 pgs. Very good+ hardcover with very good glassine jacket as issued. Printed in England at The Chiswick Press. Jacket has a few small closed edge tears, with British price on front flap. Bi-toned Illustration on front board, very slight fading to board and spine edges. Internally clean and unmaked. #1025.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. Illus. by Alistair Grant. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Drama, Alfred De Mussett, a Door Must be Either Open or Shut, Play, Literature, Rodale Press, Chiswick PressMiniature Books. more information

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New York: Random House, 1957. 8vo. 341 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. Stated First Printing on copyright page, price intact on jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to front board, gilt and black decoration on spine. Slight fading to cloth along spine, edges and corners. Matching red upper text block with slight fading and light foxing. Internally clean, sound, unmarked. Jacket is in very nice condition, with light overall wear and some shallow chipping to spine edges and several small edge tears (1/4 inch or less) . Dust jacket dated 11/57, red and black illustration by Jeanyee Wong. First American edition published simultaneously with first Canadian edition. Twelve tales which intermingle fantasy and reality in harmony. Contents: The Cardinals First Tale, The Cloak, Night Walk, Of Secret Thoughts and Heaven, Tales of Two Old Gentlemen, The Cardinal's Third Tale, The Blank Page, The Caryatids: An Unfinished Gothic Tale, Echoes, A Country Tale, Copenhagen Season, Converse at Night in Copenhagen. By the author of Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales and Winter's Tales. #1366.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jeanyee Wong. 8vo. Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa, Last Tales, Winter's Tales, Fiction, First Edition, Short Stories, Jeanyee Wong, Karen Blixen, The Cardinals First Tale, The Cloak, Night Walk, Of Secret Thoughts and Heaven, Tales of Two Old Gentlemen, The Cardinal's Third Tale, The Blank Page, The Caryatids: An Unfinished Gothic Tale, Echoes, A Country Tale, Copenhagen Season, Converse at Night in Copenhagen. Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales, Winter's Tales. more information

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New York: Random House, The Modern Library, A.S. Barnes & Co., 1944. 557pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Black cloth spine with green and gilt titlepiece, illustrated boards. Rubbing to edges of boards and top spine frayed, bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Text clean and unmarked, with illustrations in black and white and color by John Steuart Curry. Brief biographical section of the illustrator follows the essays. Curry is also known for his illustrations of My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead, Leaves of Grass and The Divine Comedy. The essays, divided into three sections, are: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect, Art; The Poet, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist and Realist, New England Reformers; Plato: Or the Philosopher, Napoleon; or, The Man of the World, Fate, Power, Wealth, Culture, Society and Solitude, Farming. #2291.. No Additional Printings Indicated. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by John Steuart Curry, John Curry, JSC. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson's Essays, John Steuart Curry, John Stewart Curry, Modern Library, Illustrated Modern Library, History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect, Art; The Poet, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist and Realist, New England Reformers; Plato: Or the Philosopher, Napoleon; or, The Man of the World, Fate, Power, Wealth, Culture, Society and Solitude, Farming. more information

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Philadelphia: David McKay, 1893. sm 8vo. 307 pgs. Very Good condition green cloth hardcover, minimal shelfwear consisting of light rubbing to cloth at extremities. Owner name on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Gilt lettering to spine and top edge gilt. Contents include eight essays and a lecture: The Poet, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist and Realist, New England Reformers-Lecture at Amory Hall. #1318.. No Additional Printings Indicated.. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Small 8vo.. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, Classics, Lectures, Non-Fiction, American, Literature, Nature, Inspiration. more information

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New York and Cleveland: Charles Scribners Sons, 1908. 12mo. 314 pgs. Good to Very Good condition hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and top edge gilt. Rubbing to cloth at edges and corners and a pair of shallow bumps to top edge of both boards. Internally clean and unmarked. A few pages are unopened. Copyright 1896, this is a 1908 printing. The tales include 16 of which had remained unpublished in book form at the time of Mr. Field's death. An additional 8 tales were taken from "Culture's Garland". Contents: Humin Natur' on the Han'bul 'nd St. Jo., The Mother in Paradise, Mr. and Mrs. Blossom, Death and the Soldier, The 'Jinin' Farms, The Angel and the Flowers, The Child's Letter, The Single Mother, The Two Wives, The Wooing of Miss Woppit, The Talisman, George's Birthday, Sweet-One-Darling and the Dream Fairies, Sweet-One-Darling and the Moon Garden, Samuel Cowles and His Horse Royal, The Werewolf, A MArvelous Invention, The Story of Xanthippe, Baked Beans and Culture, Mlle. Prud'homme's Book, The Demand for Condensed Music, Learning and Literature, "Die Walkure" und der Boomerangellungen, The Works of Sappho. #2019.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Eugene Field, Tales, Short Stories, Second Book of Tales, 12mo. 314 pgs. Good to Very Good condition hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and top edge gilt. Rubbing to cloth at edges and corners and a pair of shallow bumps to top edge of both boards. Internally clean and unmarked. A few pages are unopened. The tales include 16 of which had remained unpublished in book form at the time of Mr. Field's death. An additional 8 tales were taken from "Culture's Garland". Contents: Humin Natur' on the Han'bul 'nd St. Jo., The Mother in Paradise, Mr. and Mrs. Blossom, Death and the Soldier, The 'Jinin' Farms, The Angel and the Flowers, The Child's Letter, The Single Mother, The Two Wives, The Wooing of Miss Woppit, The Talisman, George's Birthday, Sweet-One-Darling and the Dream Fairies, Sweet-One-Darling and the Moon Garden, Samuel Cowles and His Horse Royal, The Werewolf, A MArvelous Invention, The Story of Xanthippe, Baked Beans and Culture, Mlle. Prud'homme's Book, The Demand for Condensed Music, Learning and Literature, "Die Walkure" und der Boomerangellungen, The Works of Sappho. more information

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New York: Vintage Books (Div. Random House), 1998. 8vo. 242 pgs. Fine condition softbound trade paperback. Contains the stories: The Womanizer, Jealous and Occidentals. By the author of Independence Day. ISBN 0679776680. #906.. ISBN: 0679776680.. First Paperback Printing. Softbound Pb. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fiction, Literature, Short Stories, Pulitzer Prize, Women with Men, Independence Day, Richard Ford, 8vo. 242 pgs. Fine condition softbound pb. Contains the stories: The Womanizer, Jealous and Occidentals. more information

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New York: Donald I. Fine Books, NY. 1996. First Edition., 1996. 8vo. 288 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in fine jacket. Short stories of dinosaurean theme by Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Patricia Cadigan, Arthur C. Clarke, K.K. Rusch, M.M. Sagara, Edward Bryant, H. Waldrop, Poul Anderson, R.J. Sawyer, S.N. Dyer, H. Turtledove, L. Sprague de Camp, R. Silverburg. ISBN 1556114826. #356.. ISBN: 1556114826. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. fiction, short stories, first edition, modern first, dinosaurs, anthology, fantasy, Martin Greenburg, science Fiction, Fantasy, Dragons, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Patricia Cadigan, Arthur C. Clarke, K.K. Rusch, M.M. Sagara, Edward Bryant, H. Waldrop, Poul Anderson, R.J. Sawyer, S.N. Dyer, H. Turtledove, L. Sprague de Camp, R. Silverburg. more information

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London: Faber & Faber, London, 1994. Copyright 1993. First British printing., 1994. 8vo. Fine condition hardcover in near fine jacket. Dust jacket has some shallow rubbing to the gloss on the back cover, else fine. By the recipient of the first Forward Prize for Poetry in 1992 and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize in 1993. ISBN 0571171966. # 678.. ISBN: 0571171966. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thom Gunn, Shelf Life, short stories, essays, memoirs, Poetry. more information

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San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996. 8vo. xv. 236 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. As unread. Black boards, brown cloth spine. Chapters on Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Ancient Greece, Islam and Christianity followed by further commentary, biographical and bibliographical informaton. ISBN 0062509047. #564.. ISBN: 0062509047. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Essential Mystics, philosophy, religion, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Meditation, Spiritualism, Mysticism, Mystic, Mystics, Shaman, Transcendental, Metaphysics. more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, NY. 1997. First Edition., 1997. 12 mo. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. 145 pgs. with introduction by Jim Wight and illustrations by Leslie Holmes. ISBN 0312168748. #366.. ISBN: 0312168748. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Leslie Holmes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Herriot, Herriott, non-fiction, short stories, Veterinarian, Essays, animals, pets, farm animals, veterinarian, Animal Behavior, first Edition. more information

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New York: Garden City, 1972. 8vo. xvi.339 pgs. Very Good+ condition hardcover in Very Good+ jacket with price intact. Rust cloth, gilt to spine, matching rust endpapers. First Edition stated on copyright page. Jacket has a trace of edgewear consisting of slight rubbing and wear to paper edges, overall slight age-toning to paper. Book is very clean and unmarked with minimal shelfwear, but the unfortunate presence of four individual words neatly underlined in text. Preface. I. Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe. II.O! Nothing Earthly-The Poems, III. The Rationale of Verse-The Critical Theory, IV. Disentanglements-Tales of Ratiocination & Detection, V. Voyages, VI. Dull Realities-Money, Politics, The Social Order, VII. Grotesques and Arabesques- Poe's Theory of Fiction, VIII. The Marriage Group, IX. Body of the World, X. The Mind of God, XI. The Fall of the House of Usher, XII. The Haunted Palace. Index. #1313.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edgar Allan Poe, Poe, Edgar Allen Poe, literature, poetry, non-fiction, biography, Bibliography, Criticism. more information

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New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1891. 8vo. 319 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover in dark green cloth, beveled boards, with matching endpapers. Wear to cloth at edges and corners. Gilt decorative and lettering, top edge gilt. Frontis "portrait" of author's teapot as explained in text. Owner name on front blank with second front blank page removed. Text clean and unmarked. A patchwork quilt of conversations held "over the teacups". #2078.. Cloth. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Literature, Dialog, Biography. more information

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New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press. Copyright 1889., 1889. 12mo. 442 pgs. Good+ condition hardcover. Green cloth, gilt lettering and emblem to spine, top edge gilt. Some wear to cloth at spine edges and corners. Paper cracked over front hinge, which is still holding intact. Original worn marker ribbon detached and laid in. Contents clean and sound throughout. #695.. Cloth. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. literature, classic, Fiction, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. more information

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New York: Warner Books., 1995. 8vo. 561 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. First edition May 1995. Black boards and cloth, silver lettering. Jacket illustration by Fernando and Angelico/Fotografica. A compilation of two complete novels, and twelve novelettes and short stories. Contents: Strange Highways, The Black Pumpkin, Miss Attila the Hun, Down in the Darkness, Ollie's Hands, Snatcher, Trapped, Bruno, We Three,Hardshell, Kittens, The Night of the Storm, Twilight of the Dawn, Chase,, Notes to the Reader. ISBN 044651974X. #152.. ISBN: 044651974X. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition, fiction, horror, modern First, Dean Koontz, Strange Highways, Short Stories, Novel, Novelette. more information

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London & Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons. iii.378pgs. Not dated. Very Good condition hardcover, brown cloth with copper lettering to spine. Clean, sound, unmarked, bottom spine end shows a bit of rubbing. Dust jacket has a 1 inch corner chip to upper spine and front corner, edges rubbed. Front panel of dust jacket is separated from rest of dust jacket, held intact and now protected in archival cover, still overall quite presentable. Bottom corner of front flap is price-clipped. Selected titles of the Nelson Classics series are printed on both flaps, small tears at corners. Contents include 52 essays and 16 "Popular Fallacies". Inquire for specific essay titles if needed. Included is a bit of ephemera-a partial clipping of the review of the play "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, with Michael Fairman as Henry, Ned Beatty as Bailey, directed by Norman Gevanthor [al ist of the cast is present, but clipping is not complete or dated. Presumably the 1970-71 season at the Arena Stage in Washington DC]. #1969. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Charles Lamb, the Nelson Classics, the Essays of Elia, Essays, Non-Fiction, Dissertation Upon Roast Pig, Grace Before Meat, Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading, Criticism, Commentary, Dream-Children, Literature, Classics, Addages, Arena Stage. more information

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New York: Macmillan Co., 1930. 16mo. 216 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Red glossy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Very light rubs and bumps to spine, very small closed tear to back cover at side edge near bottom. Gray decorative endpapers, owner name on front endpaper. Black and white illustated frontis and five additional illus. within text by Rodney Thompson. Revised illustrated edition of the New Pocket Classics Series. Edited by J.H. Castleman and Revised by H.Y. Moffet#265.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Rodney Thompson. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Longfellow, Wayside Inn, Tales, Pocket Classics, fiction, literature, Classics. more information

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New York and Cleveland: Random House (The Modern Library), 1957. 12 mo. 489 pgs. Very Good in Good jacket. Maroon cloth with light corner and edge wear. Kent endpapers. Owner bookplate of a cat on a stack of books on front fixed endpaper, short inscription opposite half-title page, else clean and unmarked throughout text. Dust jacket #14 (1954/59), small chips at corners, one 3/4 and one 1/2 inch partially closed tears to top edges of front panel, in protective cover. Seventeen Memorable Tales Complete and Unabridged. Intro. by John Beecroft. #708.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by John Beecroft. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. fiction, tales, essays, short stories, Somerset Maugham, Modern Library. more information

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New York: Barnes & Noble, NY. 1998. First printing., 1998. 8vo. 301 pgs. Fine condition. Softbound, paperback. Cover art by Larry Decker, design by Lynn J. Binder. An eclectic collection of verse, short stories, writings and drawings created by booksellers, submitted to First Book. ISBN 076070936X. #654.. ISBN: 076070936X. First Edition. Softbound Pb. Fine. Illus. by Larry Decker. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booksellers, First Book, Stuart Miller, Reminiscences, Book Dealer, Memoirs, non-fiction, poetry, essays, short stories, books by booksellers, books and booksellers, bookselling, First Books. more information

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New York and Cleveland: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1947. 12mo. non-paginated (approx. 125 pgs). Very good condition. Black cloth with very slight rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Clean and unmarked. Imprint of three mandarins on each board, illustrated throughout by Carl Rose. An anthology of commentary and verse, collected and translated for the first time in book form. Table of contents, 120 poems. #826. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Carl Rose. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Christopher Morley, The Old Mandarin, Poetry, Verse, Anthology, Rhyme, Poems, Sonnet. more information

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New York and Cleveland: The Lowell Press. 8vo. 666 pgs. Good condition hardcover. (Not dated) Rust brown boards with red and gilt lettering and decoration to spine, "World's Literary Masterpieces", light rubs and scuffs to boards. Binding sound, owner nametag on front fixed endpaper, front free endpaper not present, owner name and doodling on rear endpaper. Interior text is clean and unmarked. Includes forty-six tales and stories: William Wilson, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains, The Domain of Arnheim, Landor's Cottage, The Elk, The Island of the Fay, The Sphinx, The Gold-Bug, The Man of the Crowd, Shadow, Silence, The Colloquy of Monos and Una, The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, The Fall of the Hoouse of Usher, The Assignation, Ligeia, Eleonora, Berenice, Morella, The Oval Portrait, King Pest, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, Metzengerstein,The Pit and the Pendulum, Hop-Frog, A Descent Into the Maelstrom, MS. Found in a Bottle, The Premature Burial, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Tell-Tale Heart, Mellona Tauta, The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade, The Oblong Box, The Spectacles, X-ing a Paragrab, The Imp of the Perverse, The Balloon Hoax, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter, "Thou Art the Man", Loss of Breath, Bon-Bon, The Devil in the Belfry, The Black Cat. #2211.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Poe, Edgar Allan Poe, Tales, William Wilson, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains, The Domain of Arnheim, Landor's Cottage, The Elk, The Island of the Fay, The Sphinx, The Gold-Bug, The Man of the Crowd, Shadow, Silence, The Colloquy of Monos and Una, The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, The Fall of the Hoouse of Usher, The Assignation, Ligeia, Eleonora, Berenice, Morella, The Oval Portrait, King Pest, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, Metzengerstein,The Pit and the Pendulum, Hop-Frog, A Descent Into the Maelstrom, MS. Found in a Bottle, The Premature Burial, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Tell-Tale Heart, Mellona Tauta, The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade, The Oblong Box, The Spectacles, X-ing a Paragrab, The Imp of the Perverse, The Balloon Hoax, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter, "Thou Art the Man", Loss of Breath, Bon-Bon, The Devil in the Belfry, The Black Cat, Mystery, Short Stories, Fiction, Classics. more information

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Nashville, TN, U.S.A.: Cumberland House Publishing, 1997. 8vo. 224 pgs. Very Good+ condition softcover pb, clean and unmarked with minimal shelf wear consisting of a small, barely discernable lightly abraded spot in the center of the front cover. Text is clean, crisp and unmaked. Anthology of tales centered around the local and historical vampire lore of New England. Contents: Introduction; Acknowledgments; New Hampshire: "Investigating Jericho" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; Massachusetts: "The Brotherhood of Blood" by Hugh B. Cave; Connecticut: "Chastel" by Manly Wade Wellman; Maine: "The Doom of the House of Duryea" by Earl Pierce, Jr.; Vermont: "Moonlight in Vermont" by Esther Friesner; Connecticut: "Secret Societies" by Lawrence Schmeil; Massachussets: "Luella Miller" by Mary Wilkins-Freeman; New Hampshire: "When the Red Storm Comes" by Sarah Smith; Connecticut: "The Beautiful, The Damned" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Rhode Island: "The Sunned House" by H.P. Lovecraft. ISBN 1888952504. #1523.. ISBN: 1888952504. First Printing. Softcover, Pb. Very Good+. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Blood Lines, Vampire, Vampyre, Short Stories, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Hugh B. Cave, Manly Wade Wellman, Earl Pierce, Jr., HORROR TALES Esther Friesner, Lawrence Schmeil, Anthology, Mary Wilkins-Freeman, Sarah Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, H.P. Lovecraft, NEW ENGLAND FICTION VAMPIRES Bloodlines. more information

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New York: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1976. 8vo. about 102 pgs (not paginated). As New hardcover in As New jacket, clean, crisp, unmarked. A cartoon fable for all ages which gently probes the nature of self-identity, quest and fulfillment. ISBN 0060256710. #1551.. ISBN: 0060256710. Edition Not Stated.. Glossy Hardcover. As New/As New. Illus. by Silverstein, Shel (illustrator). 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. FABLES, Allegory, Shel Silverstein, The Missing Piece, Illustrated, Cartoons, Self Identity, FICTION LEGENDS MYTHS Short Stories. more information

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New York: The Modern Library, 1928. xv.400 pgs. Very Good condition blue cloth hardcover, clean and unmarked with light rubbing to cloth at edges and corners. Matching blue page tops, Kent endpapers. Copyright 1928 with no additional printings indicated. Preface and "Of Detective Literature" by Starrett is followed by: The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe, The Red-Headed League - A. Conan Doyle, The Blue Cross - G.K. Chesterton, The Stanway Cameo Mystery - Arthur Morrison, The Case of Arthur Brodski - R. Austin Freeman, The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage - Ernest Bramah, In the Fog - Richard Harding Davis, The Age of Miracles - Melville Davisson Post, The Absent-Minded Coterie - Robert Barr, The Fenchurch Street Mystery - Baroness Orczy, The Problem of Cell 13 - Jaques Futrelle, The One Best Fit - Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Private Bank Puzzle - Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg, One Hundred in the Dark - Owen Johnson. #2278.. No Additional Printings Indicated. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Mystery, Short Story, Anthology, Vincent Starrett, Modern Library, Detective Stories, 1928, The Purloined Letter, Edgar Allan Poe, The Red-Headed League, A. Conan Doyle, The Blue Cross, G.K. Chesterton, The Stanway Cameo Mystery, Arthur Morrison, The Case of Arthur Brodski, R. Austin Freeman, The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage, Ernest Bramah, In the Fog, Richard Harding Davis, The Age of Miracles, Melville Davisson Post, The Absent-Minded Coterie, Robert Barr, The Fenchurch Street Mystery, Baroness Orczy, The Problem of Cell 13, Jaques Futrelle, The One Best Fit, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Private Bank Puzzle, Edwin Balmer, William MacHarg, One Hundred in the Dark, Owen Johnson, Fiction, Literature, Detective, Sleuth, Classics. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1874. 148 pgs. Very Good condition brown cloth hardcover, gilt lettering and illustration to front board and spine. Rubbing to cloth at corners and spine ends, slight fading of cloth along edges. Binding sound, internally clean and unmarked. Written by William Makepeace Thackaray under the pseudonym Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. A "Fireside Pantomine" somewhat satirical story about the family drama and romance among the royalty in the fictional kingdoms of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout (artist unattributed) in a pre-Raphaelite style somewhat reminiscent of John Tenniel's artwork in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". #1967. No Additional Printings Indicated. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. W.M. Thackeray, M.A. Titmarsh, the Rose and the Ring, Prince Giglio, Prince Bulbo, Vintage, Fairy Tale, Illustrated, Children, Fireside Pantomine, Bedtime Story. more information

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New York: Mysterious Press, NY. First Printing November 1991., 1991. 8vo. xii. 208 pgs. Fine hardcover in Very Good + jacket. Edited by Robert Lopresti with a foreword by Donald E. Westlake. The author's ruminations on everyday villainy, some pieces appear for the first time in book form. ISBN 0892964502. #535.. ISBN: 0892964502. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by James Thurber. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thurber on Crime, non-fiction, humor, mystery, illustration, cartoons , short stories , James Thurber, Anthology. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. xvii.294pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good jacket. Stated first printing on copyright page. Price intact on dust jacket. Gilt dog caricature on front board, gilt lettering and navy dog caricature on spine. Small foxed spot on rear endpaper, otherwise pristine. Jacket has minimal edge wear, slight rubbing to spine ends and a tiny 1/4 inch closed tear near bottom corner of front panel. The inside of jacket and outside part of rear panel of jacket has scattered foxing to the paper. Illustrated throughout by James Thurber. Contents: Foreword, with Figures. I. The Hound and the Hare: How to Name a Dog, A Preface to Dogs, The White Rabbit Caper, Canines in the Cellar; II. Dogs, Women and Men: A Snapshot of Rex, The Dog That Bit People, Josephine Has Her Day, The Scotty Who Knew Too Much, The PAtient Bloodhound; III. The Hound and the Hat: Collie in the Driveway, The Departure of Emma Inch, The Thin Red Leash, In Defense of Dogs, Even, After a Fashion, Jeannie, Look Homeward, Jeannie, Blaze in the Sky; IV. A Portfolio: The Monroes Find a Terminal, And So to Medve, Memorial, Christabel Part One, Christabel Part Two; V. The Hound and the Gun: The Cockeyed Spaniel, Lo, Hear the Gentle Bloodhound!, A Glimpse of the Flatpaws. VI. The Hound and the Bug. #1919.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by James Thurber. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. James Thurber, Dogs, Cartoons, Illustrations, Short Stories, Bassett Hounds, Humor, Satire, Anthology, Animal Funnies, Fiction. more information

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New York: John Wiley, Wiley & Putnam, 1849. Three of the author's works bound together: 159 pgs (First Series, Wiley 1849), 154 pgs (Second Series, Wiley 1849), 48 pgs (A Thousand Lines, Wiley & Putnam 1847). Good+ condition brown cloth hardcover, inlaid textured decoration to boards and spine, gilt lettering to spine. Cloth is bumped and rubbed at edges and corners, some rubbing and fraying at spine ends. Gift inscription from son to father on front endpaper, light to moderate foxing to front and rear blanks, light foxing and general age toning to paper scattered throughout text. Binding sound. A collection of commonplace observations and thoughts presented in blank verse form. The subject matter is suffused with moralistic, ethical and religious feeling, hence his words have been frequently used as inspirational quotes and proverbs. Tupper (1810-1889) was thought to be a congenial, kind-hearted man of Hugenot lineage who, although called to the bar, pursued a vocation as author of such works as Proverbial Philosophy, War Ballads, Rifle Ballads, My Life as an Author, Geraldine and Other Poems. He was also considered a mechanical inventor of sorts and a supporter of volunteer, humane and reform movements. A sampling of subject matter in this book reflects these inclinations: Of Humility, Of Compensation, Of Experience. Of Hatred and Anger, Of Good in Things Evil, Of Cruelty to Animals, Of Marriage, Of Tolerance, Of Sorrow, Of Faith, Of Honesty, Of Solitude and many more. #1844.. Cloth Hardcover. Good +. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Proverbial Philosophy, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Quotations, Inspiration, Blank Verse, Poetry, Morality, Proverbs, Humane, Reformation, Moralizing, Arguments, Thoughts, Sonnets, Essays, Essay, Moral Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Words of Wisdom, Nineteenth Century, Debate, Wiley & Putnam's Choice Reading. more information

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New York and Cleveland: Library Publishers, 1952. 8vo.xxv. 334 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover, clean and unmarked, in Very Good dust jacket. Jacket has several small 1/4 inch or less closed tears and chips along spine ends, edges and corners. Poets included: Anonymous (17th century), Thomas Dudley, Anne Bradstreet, Thomas Tillam, Michael Wigglesworth, John Saffin, Benjamin Thompson, Edward Taylor, John Seccomb, Francis Hopkinson, Philip Freneau, Joel Barlow, Royall Tyler, John Quincy Adams, Joseph Hopkinson, Francis Scott Key, Samuel Woodworth, John Pierpont, Richard Henry Dana, Richard Henry Wilde, Fitz-Greene Halleck, John Howard Payne, William Cullen Bryant, Joseph Rodman Drake, James Gates Percival, George Hill, Edward Coote Pinkney, George Pope Morris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf WHittier, Thomas Holley Chivers, Edgar Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Anonymous (1810-1860), Jones Very, John Godfrey Saxe, Henry David Thoreau, William Ellery Channing II, James Russell Lowell, Herman Melville. #1105.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Poetry, Early American, Anthology, Poems, Verse, Literature, Poets. more information

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New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1902. 299pgs. Very Good harcover, navy cloth with attractive decoration in gilt and green by Margaret Armstrong on front board and spine. Attractive period bookplate "If thou art borrowed by a friend..." and gift inscription [to Dr. Jno. S. Niles by his nephew Frank L. Niles) on front endpapers. Faint bookstore/druggist's shop stamp (Carbondale, PA) on bottom corner of rear endpaper. Clean, sound and otherwise unmarked. Publication date: October 1902. A series of nine short stories, iIllustrated with color plate artwork by these artists: R.J. Weguelin, F.V. DuMond, Arthur Heming, Howard Pyle, C.K. Linson. Contents: The Blue Flower, The Source, The Mill, Spy Rock, Wood-Magic, The Other Wise Man, A Handful of Clay, The Lost Word, The First Christmas Tree. #1951.. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Margaret Armstrong, R.J. Weguelin. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower, Short Stories, R.J. Weguelin, F.V. DuMond, Arthur Heming, Howard Pyle, C.K. Linson, The Source, The Mill, Spy Rock, Wood-Magic, The Other Wise Man, A Handful of Clay, The Lost Word, The First Christmas Tree. more information

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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1927. 12mo. 89 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Lavender gold-flecked boards with slight sunning of spine. Paper title piece intact. Clean and unmarked within. A nice copy. An essay on reading divided into chapters: Reading for Fun, Reading for Education, Reading for Love #501.. November 1927.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. non-fiction, essay, short Story, Hugh Walpole, Reading, Literacy, Books, Education, Pastime. more information

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