Miscellanies: Prose and Verse by Thackeray, W. M

Fields, Osgood, and Co.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None. condition, green boards, gilt lettering; Includes The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond, and Burlesques.

Bradbury and Evans, 1856. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1856. No Edition Remarks. 494 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Volume II. Both boards are loose. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Heavy cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. Cracks to guttering, causing pages to become loose. Label remnants to front endpaper. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Large splits with substantial area of loss to spine. Heavy sunning to boards with water drops overall. Book is bowed and forward leaning.

Bradbury and Evans, 1857. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1857. No Edition Remarks. 514 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Volume III. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Cracks to guttering, causing pages to become detached. Water staining throughout with marks to most pages. Text still readable. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Large area of loss to spine strip. Noticeable splits to joints, causing boards and bottom edge of spine to be loose. Water marks overall. Book is bowed and forward leaning.

London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume II only; crisp copy showing only slight shelf wear. .

London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good-. 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume one only; crisp copy, but with a signature starting. Private book plate. .

London: Bradbury & Evans. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume III only; crisp copy showing only slight shelf wear and some light discoloring on back cover; private bookplate on endpaper. Tipped in is a "notice" of a new serial work by Thackeray. .

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. First edition. Original cloth, 8vo, gilt titled. Ex-library, with pockets, stamps, slight signs of label removal to spines, some spine ends lightly frayed, vol. one has a raisin-sized piece missing fr om the middle of the spine, but in all a crisp handsome set of the first printing.

Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1856. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1856. Copyright Edition. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Volume IV. Moderate crinkling and cracking to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and splits to spine ends and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear and white marks to boards.

Bernard Tauchnitz, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Eight Volumes. ( 1-8 ) Do Not Know How Many Vols Were In This Collection. "Collection Of British Authors Vol Clxxi"..Vol One 1849, Vol Two 1851, Vol Three Thru Six 1856. Vol Seven & Eight 1857. 3/4 Leather W/ Marbled Paper Boards. Ribbed Spines W/ Gold Titles.Seams, Hinges, Gutters Are All Intact And Tight. Binding Is Tight. Content Is Clean. All Have A Nice Name Label On Pastedown. ( Col Sam A Foster )

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. Half Leather - Hardbound. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 494 pages, plus ads. Tan leather over spine and corners, with red and black spine labels. Slightly raised spine bands. Gilt lettering and decoration. Marbled paper over boards, as well as marbled end leaves and edges. Light rubbing on covers, mostly on fore edge. Inked last name at top of title page. Volume remains tight and very attractive.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a black leather binding with gold stamping and dust cover, signed by the author. Limited to one of 200.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition June 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition March 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition September 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, signed by both authors. Numbered editions are numbered 1-98, have custom 3/4 marbled boards in a matching slip-case and are stamped in gold.

The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.

Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. July 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered Edition, hand signed by Alan Jacobson. Numbered editions are numbered 1-100, in custom slipcase.

5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.

Santa Fe: Rydal, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, No. 2 of 5 copies: this is a proof copy of the First Edition, bound in fine gilt-stamped black leather with marbled endpapers. 8vo, black leather; vg+ (scratch and two faint scrapes to front cover; faint smudge to side edge); 108pp.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, new end sheets. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.

Ikebana Arranging Images; Kamata, Soseke, 1950's. A nice publication given to Julia Jane Jeffers Dodge while here husband was helping Japan recover after the war. Her husband Joseph Morrell Dodge had a long and distinguished career and tried to help reform Europe but later wound up as financial advisor to Douglas MacArthur in the economic revitalization of Japan. This edition is in very good condition internally. Photos of Ikebana arrangements by the famous Japan Ikebana master. A gift given to Julia Jeffers Dodge and placed in her library. 38 single sided (double page but other side blank) on high quality Japan paper with photo examples of Ikebana, black and white. A rare publication.