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1) The Fables of Aesop: Compiled and with an Introduction by Willis L. Parker, Illustrated by Charles H. Bennett
Aesop

Deluxe Editions. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. B000ON4GI0 . Deluxe illustrated edition. VG+/ndj, Blue, cream and gilt boards, Top Edge Gilt, bound-in ribbon marker, untrimmed leading edge, 222p, index . more information

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2) The Old Wives' Tale: a New Edition with Preface by Arnold Bennett
Bennett, Arnold

Odyssey/Doubleday, Doran. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Hardcover. B0008BE48A . C1911, later printing, educational edition. Blue cloth. VG-/ndj with name ffep, moderate outer wear, scattered notes in pencil. Tight, square and sound; 12mo; 612 pages . more information

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3) Madame Tellier's Establishment and Short Stories
De Maupassant, Guy

NY: Pearson. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1910. B0006AFTQ4 . 1910 1st thus. HC VG-/ndj. 16mo red cloth. Vol VI De Maupassant. Spine lightened, contents unmarked, engraved frontis; 313 pages . more information

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4) Barnaby Rudge / Hard Times. 2 Volumes in 1
Dickens, Charles

NY: Hurst. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Hardcover. B000LB47WK . 12mo HC ornate brown cloth, gilt. G/ndj. Dickens portrait in gilt on the spine, signature facsimile beneath. Rubbing, edgewear gilt moderate fade. Floral eps unmarked, lacking the half-title, else all complete and tight, with pages tanned. Engraved illustrations, incl frontis, tissue intact. 2 Volumes in 1. 465p (vol 1) , 276p (vol 2) . more information

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5) Works of George Eliot: Scenes of Clerical Life, Silas Marner, the Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob in a Single Volume (Illustrated)
Eliot, George

New York: William L Allison. Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Undated ca late 19th century. Green publishers cloth on bevelled boards, gilt stamped spine. Four works of Eliot in a single volume, paginated separately. V. Slight shelving wear, else unmarked, flat, pp creamy to edges. Library Edition, but no evidence of library use. Illustrated by 4 engravings in addition to engraved frontispiece. Tissue intact. TEG. ; 8vo . more information

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6) A Faulkner Perspective: a Companion-Guide to the Limited First Edition of the "Selected Letters of William Faulkner"
Faulkner, William

Franklin Library. Very Good-. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. B000ILZPI8 . 1976 1st printing. Card wraps, with wrinkling from a prior wetting, else unmarked, sound and serviceable; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 pages . more information

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7) The Red Lily; Aubrey Beardsley (Illus)
France, Anatole; Winifred Stephens (Trans) ; Frederic Chapman (Ed) ; Aubrey Beardsley (Illus)

NY: Dodd, Mead. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth, blindstamped top board, gilt. Mild wear at corners. Ownr name frt pastedown and title page. Eps illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Contents unmarked, TE dyed red; 8vo; 313 pages . more information

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8) Shakespeare's Complete Works (The Complete Dramatic and Poetical Works of William Shakespeare with a Summary Outline of the Life of the Poet, and a Description of His Most Authentic Portraits; Collected from the Latest and Most Reliable Sources) Av
Hart, John S. ; William Shakespeare

Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger. Fair with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. The Avon Edition, Volume 2 only. Worn red cloth, 1st signature shaken. Reading/ndj. Contents G or better, including many VG full page steel engravings. Index; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 896 pages . more information

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9) The Two Magics: the Turn of the Screw and Covering End
James, Henry

MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. B0008BEZZM . 1918 HC, red cloth, gilt. VG/ndj, with minor wear at the tips, else unmarked. 393p, ads, unmarked; 393 pages . more information

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10) Evangeline: a Tale of Acadie. Riverside Lit Series #1; Biographical Sketch by H E Scudder; Sketch of Longfellow's Home Life by His Daughter, Alice M Longfellow
Longfellow, H. W. ; H. E. Scudder; Alice M Longfellow

Houghton Mifflin & Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. B000VHFV2Y . 1896 HC 1st thus. Brown cloth. Photo portrait frontis of Henry W. Longfellow. Illustrated with 4 engravings. pronouncing vocabulary, series listings. ; 12mo ; 120 pages . more information

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11) Outre-Mer: a Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea. American Classic Series
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Philadelphia: David McKay. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1891. Hardcover. B0017VMHZW . HC 12mo blue cloth, gilt, both bright. American Classic Series. VG/ndj, mild rubbing, else unmarked; 371 pages . more information

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12) King Richard II, MacBeth. Booklovers Edition
Shakespeare, William

NY: The University Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. HC 12mo, maroon cloth, gilt. VG/ndj, color plates, frontis. Top edge gilt. Questions for study.; 165 pages . more information

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13) Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. Academy Classics for Junior High Schools
Shakespeare, William; Stratton, Clarence (Ed)

Allyn And Bacon. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. B00085P1HE . 1926 HC 16mo black cloth, red, both bright. VG+/ndj, name frt pastedown, else unmarked. 143p, appendix, questions; 143 pages . more information

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14) The Fisherman and the Genie; the Story of the Fisherman from the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Illustrated
The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Boston: Lothrop. Very Good- with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. B000QXV7DK . early 20th century. Grey cloth, 3 color illustrated top board. VG-/ndj, with moderate wear, contents unmarked. Unpaginated, b/w illus; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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