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THE THREE THINGS: The Forge in which the Soul of a Man Was Tested
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1917. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. Sears Gallagher. pp: v, 58; 4 plates. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 7.5" x 5 more information
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THE MILITANTS: Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers and Other Fighters in the World
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Second printing. Original Cloth. Good +. pp: (x), 378, (2) ads; frontispiece and 7 plates. Decorative trade binding, with monogram of the designer Margaret Armstrong. This book contains nine short stories by Andrews. Corners and backstrip lightly rubbed. 7.75" x 5 more information
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THE MILITANTS: Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers and Other Fighters in the World
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (x), 378, (2) ads; frontispiece and 7 plates. Decorative trade binding, with monogram of the designer Margaret Armstrong. This book contains nine short stories by Andrews. 7.75" x 5 more information
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THE BEADS OF TASMER
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NY: American News / Robert Bonner's Sons, (1894). Original Cloth. Very Good +. Warren B. Davis. pp: 395, (6) ads; 2 plates, head- and tail-pieces. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. This novel tells the tale of Donald and Roberta and the power of the ivory Beads of Tasmer to bring them together in marriage, plus the miraculous happiness and prosperity that the Beads brought to the simple, pious peasants of the household of the Torquils. 7.25" x 4.75 more information
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BY RIGHT OF PURCHASE
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NY: A.L. Burt, (1908). Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (vi), 345, (2) ads; color frontispiece. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer George Washington Hood. This novel presents the lives of pioneers on the prairie of western Canada. 7.5" x 5 more information
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RAB AND HIS FRIENDS
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NY: James Pott, 1900. Original Cloth. Very Good. E.S. Truman. pp: 31, (1) ad; color frontispiece. Decorative trade binding by an unidentified designer whose monogram is a capital A with a dot below. The text block has begun to pull away from the binding, while the binding itself is clean with bright gilt. 7.5" x 5 more information
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BEATRICE HALLAM, A Novel
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NY: G.W. Dillingham, [1900]. (copyright 1864). Original Cloth. Near Fine. 332pp. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the Decorative Designers. 7.5" x 5 more information
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CECILIA: A Story of Modern Rome (Quantity available: 2)
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NY: Macmillan, 1902. 2nd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: 421, (4) ads. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Cox. 7.5" x 5 more information
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TARRY THOU TILL I COME; or, Salathiel, the Wandering Jew
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NY: Funk & Wagnalls, May, 1901. Illustrated Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine. Thulstrup. pp: xxxv, 588; colored frontispiece, 16 b&w plates, tissue guards with captions. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer George Wharton Edwards. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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HIDDEN MANNA
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NY: A.S. Barnes, 1902. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: x, 322, (5) ads. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. Gift inscription. 7.5" x 5 . more information
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THE WAY TO PEACE
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NY: Harper & Brothers, 1910. First edition. Original Cloth. Good +. alice barber stephens. pp: vii, 92; frontispiece, 6 plates. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 8" x 5.25 more information
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THE AMERICAN HUSBAND IN PARIS
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1901. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. H.C. Ireland. 156pp; frontispiece and one plate. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of designer Amy Sacker. Dramatic comedy of an American couple in Paris. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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THE CHILDREN AT SHERBURNE HOUSE
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NY: Dodd, Mead, 1897. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: v, 399. Decorative trade binding, blind-stamped design on cover and spine, no monogram. 7.5" x 5 . more information
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THE FIRST VIOLIN: A Novel
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Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, no date. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 365pp. This novel was first published in England in 1877. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 8" x 5.25 more information
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MY FRIEND PROSPERO, A Novel
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NY: McClure, Phillips, 1904. 2nd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. Louis Loeb. pp: 317, (10) ads; tinted frontispiece. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer William James Jordan. Rear inner-hinge opened. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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WHERE GHOSTS WALK: The Haunts of Familiar Characters in History and Literature
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NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1898. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 305, (2)ads, index; 34 plates from photographs. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Margaret Armstrong. 8.25" x 5.5 more information
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A ROMANCE OF OLD WARS
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NY: Henry Holt, 1906. First American edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. pp: 312, (1) ads. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of WHS, designer unidentified. This novel is set in 14th-century France. 7.5" x 5 more information
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THE LADY OF THE DECORATION
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NY: Century, 1908. (copyright 1906). Original Cloth. Very Good +. pp: iii, 236. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. 7" x 4.5 more information
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THE MAN ON THE BOX: Illustrated by scenes from Walter N. Lawrence's beautiful production of the play as seen for 123 nights at the Madison Square Theatre, New York
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1904). Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 361, (8) ads; frontispiece, 6 plates. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 7.5" x 5 more information
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DROSS
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Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1899. (copyright 1896). Original Cloth. Very Good +. Tauber. 330pp; black-and-white plates after paintings. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram " F.I.," designer unidentified. Armorial medallion on both covers. 7.5" x 4.75 more information
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CONSTANCE TRESCOT, A Novel
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1905). Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: 384, (4) ads. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the Decorative Designers. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1905. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Howard Chandler Christy. pp: 382, (16) ads; 6 duotone plates. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Rome K. Richardson. 8" x 5 more information
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DON-A-DREAMS: A Story of Love and Youth
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NY: Century, 1906. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. pp: v, 412.. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the Decorative Designers. The author, born in London, Ontario, sets this novel at the University of Ontario. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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THE WEAVERS: A Tale of England and Egypt of Fifty Years Ago
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NY: Harper & Brothers , 1907. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. Andre Castaigne. pp: xi, 532, glossary of Egyptian words; 8 plates. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the Decorative Designers. 7.5" x 5 more information
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DONOVAN PASHA, and Some People of Egypt
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NY: D. Appleton, 1902. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 392, (12) ads; color frontispiece. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the Decorative Designers. Light wear to spine ends. 7.5" x 5 more information
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A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH: A Novel
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Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1908. Second printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. Hazel Martyn. pp: 361, (1) ads; tinted frontispiece, 5 b&w plates. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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DOUBLE TROUBLE; or, Every Hero His Own Villain
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1906. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Orson Lowell. pp: vii, 320; 10 plates. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Rome K. Richardson. 7.5" x 5 more information
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Group of seven American novels: Bindings designed by Margaret Armstrong
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NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908-1911. Later printings. Original Cloth. Near Fine. Bound in light blue cloth, uniform spine decorations in gilt, with seven different cover designs by Margaret Armstrong, most with her monogram. The titles are: Master of the Vineyard; A Spinner in the Sun; Flower of the Dusk; The Master's Violin; A Weaver of Dreams; Love Affairs of Literary Men; and, Old Rose and Silver. 8" x 5 more information
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THE WEALTH OF FRIENDSHIP With a Homily on Friendship by Rev. F.W. Gunsaulus
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NY: Barse & Hopkins, (1909). Original Cloth. Very Good +. 210pp; ruled text and rubricated catchwords throughout. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. 8" x 5 more information
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THE KNIGHT IN GREY: A Historical Novel
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Philadelphia: United Lutheran Publication House, (1913). First American edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 359pp; frontispiece, vignettes in text. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY OF MR. STAPLEHURST
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NY: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. pp: iii, 283. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. In this fantasy novel, a man is granted a wish to relive his life. 7.5" x 5 . more information
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THE LAND OF COCKAYNE, A Novel
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NY: Harper , 1901. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: iii, 369. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. 7-3/4" x 5 more information
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THE RIVALS. With an introduction by Brander Matthews
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NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1907. (copyright 1884). Original Cloth. Very Good +. M. Power O'Malley. pp: xxxix, 132; colored frontispiece, 17 b&w and sepiatone plates, tissue guards with captions. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Margaret Armstrong. 8.5" x 6 more information
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YOUR UNCLE LEW: A Natural Born American, A Novel
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NY: Frederick A. Stokes, (1901). 2nd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 305pp. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer unidentified. 7.5" x 5 . more information
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A KNIGHT IN HOMESPUN
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Boston: C.M. Clark, 1909. First edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine. pp: vii, 328; 8 b&w plates. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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THE GIRL AT COBHURST
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First edition. Original Cloth. Good +. pp: v, 408, (4)ads; front free-endpaper removed. BAL 18930. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Margaret Armstrong. 7.5" x 5 more information
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CALLED TO THE FIELD: A Story of Virginia in the Civil War
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1906. First edition. Original Cloth. Good +. pp: ix, 340, (4)ads. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the Decorative Designers. 7.75" x 5 more information
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THE CIRCLE
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NY: Dodd, Mead, 1903. First edition. Original Cloth. Good +. Reginald B. Birch. 340pp; frontispiece, 5 b&w plates. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. Both covers are decorated, and a quote from the book is printed on the back one. Spine color fading. In this dramatic story by the British author, she details the adventures of the daughter of a Russian emigre to England. 7.5" x 5 more information
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THE KING OF DIAMONDS: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1904). Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good +. 320pp; frontispiece. Decorative trade binding, no monogram, designer not identified. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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THE BLUE FLOWER
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine. Howard Pyle and others. pp: ix, 299; 8 tinted plates. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Margaret Armstrong. 7.75" x 5 more information
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THE LOST WORD: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. (copyright 1898). Original Cloth. Very Good. Corwin Knapp Linson. pp: vii, 71; 4 photogravure plates. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Amy Richards. 8.5" x 5.75 more information
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FISHERMAN'S LUCK, and Some Other Uncertain Things
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. (copyright 1899). Original Cloth. Near Fine. F. Walter Taylor. pp: (vii), 285, index; 8 tinted plates. Decorative trade binding, dark-blue cloth, with the monogram of the designer Margaret Armstrong. 7.75" x 5" more information
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FISHERMAN'S LUCK, and Some Other Uncertain Things
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. (copyright 1899). Original Cloth. Very Good. Albert E. Sterner & others. pp: (vii), 247, index; frontispiece, 12 plates. Front free-endpaper removed. Decorative trade binding, designed in art-nouveau-style on light-green cloth, with the monogram of the designer Henry Van Dyke. 7.75" x 5.5" more information
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SUSAN CLEGG AND A MAN IN THE HOUSE
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1907. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good +. Alice Barber Stephens. pp: (v), 279, (4) ads; 4 b&w illustrations. Tan cloth, pictures on cover and spine. 7.75" x 5 Here are more humorous stories centering on the dialect-speaking Miss Clegg. more information
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COMRADE JOHN
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NY: Macmillan, 1907. First edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine. pp: vii, 370, (2) ads; color frontispiece. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram IIH (or HH), designer not identified. 6.75" x 4.75 more information
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DAVID HARUM: A Story of American Life
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NY: D. Appleton, 1900. Illustrated Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. R. West Clinedinst. pp: xvii, 410, (4) ads; frontispiece, 8 plates. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer Amy Richards. This novel is one of Merle Johnson's "High Spots of American Literature." 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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CONJUROR'S HOUSE: A Romance of the Free Forest
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NY: McClure, Phillips, 1903. 2nd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. Charles S. Chapman. pp: v, 260, (12) ads; 6 plates. Decorative trade binding, with the monogram of the designer William James Jordan. 7.75" x 5.25 more information
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THE OLD PEABODY PEW: A Christmas Romance of A Country Church
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1907. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Alice Barber Stephens. pp: ix, 143; six duotone plates, elaborate page borders throughout. This is another of the author's stories featuring local color and description, set in Maine. Decorative trade binding, designed by Edward Stratton Holloway. 8.75" x 5.75". more information
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