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Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma. Translated from the French by The Lady Mary Loyd. Published by D. Appleton & Co., NY. 1901 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. States 1 on the last page. Black cloth boards. Paper title label is present on spine but has darkened over time. Used. Good condition/ No DJ is included. A clean, solid copy. Green decorative endpapers are intact. Summary: The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by Stendahl published in 1839.Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, Andre Gide, di Lampedusa and Henry James. It was inspired by an inauthentic Italian account of the dissolute youth of Alessandro Farnese."
Erewhon or Over the Range by Butler, Samuel (1835-1902) - 1931
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Erewhon or Over the Range
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New York: Cheshire House, 1931. Limited Edition. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Illustrations by H. Charles Tomlinson.
Limited Edition of 1200 this is Number 50. Quarter leather to decorated paper over boards. Top edge gilt; others rough. 4to; 9.75 inches tall; 359 pages. Four Illustrations. Illustrations by H. Charles Tomlinson. Introduction by H. M. Tomlinson. Designed by Richard W. Ellis.
Spine has been professionally and skillfully replaced with a new spine label. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. A satirical novel by Samuel Butler on Victorian society which uses the Swiftian device of setting his satire in a fictional culture which enabled Butler, as the critic Elinor Shaffer has written, 'to analyze the phenomena of religion their point of genesis, while disclaiming all responsibility for their uncanny parallels to certain known religions.'
The novel is one of the first to explore ideas of artificial intelligence, as influenced by Darwin's recently published On the Origin of Species and the machines developed out of the Industrial Revolution. [wiki]
Limited Edition of 1200 this is Number 50. Quarter leather to decorated paper over boards. Top edge gilt; others rough. 4to; 9.75 inches tall; 359 pages. Four Illustrations. Illustrations by H. Charles Tomlinson. Introduction by H. M. Tomlinson. Designed by Richard W. Ellis.
Spine has been professionally and skillfully replaced with a new spine label. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. A satirical novel by Samuel Butler on Victorian society which uses the Swiftian device of setting his satire in a fictional culture which enabled Butler, as the critic Elinor Shaffer has written, 'to analyze the phenomena of religion their point of genesis, while disclaiming all responsibility for their uncanny parallels to certain known religions.'
The novel is one of the first to explore ideas of artificial intelligence, as influenced by Darwin's recently published On the Origin of Species and the machines developed out of the Industrial Revolution. [wiki]
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Our Mutual Friend: Household Edition
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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq.
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Blix
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Frank Norris. Blix, Copyright 1899, Doubleday & McClure Co. Published 1901 by International Association of Newspapers and Authors. McTeague, another title by this author, is misspelled as McTague on the title page. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Blue boards with red heart wallpaper design. Former owner signature on front free endpaper. Plot summary: A romantic comedy set in turn-of-the-century 20th Century California. By the author of "The Octopus" and "The Pit." A nice find. 339 pages plus adverts. 4 5/8 X 7.
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In the Midst Of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
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Bierce, Ambrose. In The Midst Of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. Copyrright 1891 Chatto & Windus. London. States only: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.' on the copyright page. 1892 on title page. Used. VG Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy Blue Boards with Gilt titling and blindstamped floral ornamentation at center front panel. Titling on spine is still good. Used. Documentary Anthology. Short stories of the American Civil War. Documentary. War Stories. Military History. About Ambrose Bierce: "The fate of this author is unknown. In 1913, Bierce told reporters that he was travelling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution. He disappeared and was never seen again." 5 X 7 3/4 244 pages plus LOTS of adverts. RARE.
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The Chartreuse of Parma
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Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma. Translated from the French by The Lady Mary Loyd. Published by D. Appleton & Co., NY. 1901 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. States 1 on the last page. Black cloth boards. Paper title label is present on spine but has darkened over time. Used. Good condition/ No DJ is included. A clean, solid copy. Green decorative endpapers are intact. Summary: The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by Stendahl published in 1839.Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, Andre Gide, di Lampedusa and Henry James. It was inspired by an inauthentic Italian account of the dissolute youth of Alessandro Farnese."
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Our Mutual Friend: Household Edition
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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq.
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Blix
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Frank Norris. Blix, Copyright 1899, Doubleday & McClure Co. Published 1901 by International Association of Newspapers and Authors. McTeague, another title by this author, is misspelled as McTague on the title page. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Blue boards with red heart wallpaper design. Former owner signature on front free endpaper. Plot summary: A romantic comedy set in turn-of-the-century 20th Century California. By the author of "The Octopus" and "The Pit." A nice find. 339 pages plus adverts. 4 5/8 X 7.
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Erewhon; Or, Over the Range
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Erewhon, or, Over the range ... Introduction by Malcolm Elwin. Original illustrations by Graham Byfield
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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 301 p. : plates, port. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Utopian fiction. Utopia; 19th century.
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Erewhon, or, Over the range
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London : Cape, 1929. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Travellers' library. Physical description: 316 pages. Subject: Butler, Samuel 1835-1902.
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Erewhon ; or, Over the range / by Samuel Butler
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London : A. C. Fifield ; Toronto : William Briggs, 1917. Eleventh Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 323 pages; Description: xviii, 323 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Utopias
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. No signatures. Some rubbing and wear to cloth at ends of spine. 45mm split to gutter at top of rear hinge. Binding a little shaken. Split to gutter between pages 48 and 49. Minor foxing. ; Eighth edition. xii, 246, [2 (blank) pages. Publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, black lettering on front board. Black rule on spine. Black rule and decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 186 x 123mm. This edition includes the 4 page "Preface to Second Edition". [References: Bagnall B1871; Negley "Utopian Literature" 171] .
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Erewhon or Over the Range by Samuel Butler NOWHERE SPELLED BACKWARDS OR ANAGRAMin green illustrated dustjacket large sailing ship. , STATED SEPT 1927 ON COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST EDITION, Everyman's Library: satirises various aspects of Victorian Society, including criminal punishment
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HBDJ, STATED SEPT 1927 ON COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST EDITION, VG+/ VG- WITH PIECE OUT OF DJ SPINE IN MIDDLE SECTION, GREEN & BLACK PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET OF LARGE SAILING SHIP WITH LITE EDGE WEAR tiny tears CHIPS, Pinkish edge stain on back of dj, 320 PGS , NO ADS IN BACK, including criminal punishment, religion, and anthropocentrism. For example, according to Erewhonian law, offenders are treated as if they were ill, whereas ill people are looked upon as criminals. The title references the name of a country that is supposedly discovered by the protagonist. Utopian novel, NOWHERE SPELLED BACKWARDS OR ANAGRAM, book revolves around a young
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London: Grant Richards. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. No signatures. Some fading to spine. A nice copy of this edition.; "New and Revised Edition". xviii, 324, [1 (advertisement)], [3 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 188 x 124mm. Top page edges gilt. This edition with a new 6 page Preface by the author dated August 7, 1901. Also includes the short "Preface to First Edition", and the 4 page "Preface to Second Edition" dated June 9, 1872. [References: Bagnall B1872 - "new material particularly Chapters 26 & 27 on 'Rights of Animals' and 'Rights of Vegetables'."; Negley "Utopian Literature" 171] .
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (in Two Volumes)
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition of Vols. V and VI of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1868. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations on 40 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xvi + 436 and x + 433 text pages. Single-column text. Printed by Virtue and Co., London. Vol. I is NEAR FINE and Vol. II is VERY GOOD. Vol. I is in excellent condition but Vol. II is cracked…
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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A Frivolous Distinction: Fashion and Needlework in the Works of Jane Austen
by Byrde. Penelope
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Tight, bright, clean and square. Faint sticker shadow on back cover. 42 pages of text including "A Brief Guide to Textile terms", "references to the novels and letters", and a bibliography. Plus 16 full page illustrations. 5.75x8.25x.25". Inspired by the 1975 celebrations held at Steventon, Chawton and Bath - some of the places connected to the novelist's life - which included displays of costume, needlework and needlework tools, at the Bi-Centenary of Jan Austen's birth.
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (in Two Volumes)
by Charles Dickens
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition of Vols. XIII and XIV of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1868. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations on 39 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xviii + 435 and x + 430 text pages. Single-column text. Printed by Virtue and Co., London. Both volumes are in VERY GOOD + condition. Both volumes have bright, clean exteriors with…
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Dombey and Son (in Two Volumes)
by Charles Dickens
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Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co., 1869. Book. Illus. by H. K. Browne. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition, second issue, with title pages dated 1869 (first published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields, which became Fields, Osgood and Co. in 1869). Vols. XIII and XIV of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations by H. K. Browne on 38 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all the illustrations that appeared in the 1848 first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. ix + 454 and ix + 459 text pages.…
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Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times (in Two Volumes)
by Charles Dickens
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Book. Illus. by H. K. Browne / G. Cattermole / F. Walker. Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition, first printing, of Vols. IX and X of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1867. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations by H. K. Browne and G. Cattermole in Barnaby Rudge and F. Walker in Hard Times on 36 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xi + 475 and vii + 471 text pages.…
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
by Marianne Parrot
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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