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Some Chinese Ghosts by Hearn, Lafcadio - 1887

Some Chinese Ghosts

by Hearn, Lafcadio

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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 185 Pp. First Issue, Red Cloth Printed In Gilt On Spine And Black On Front Cover, Marbled Brown And White Endpapers. Light Wear, All Gilt Present And Bright, No Fraying. Signs Of Removed Bookplate On Front Pastedown, No Marks, Small Ticket Of W B Clarke, Booksellers & Stationers, Boston, On Front Free Endpaper. Pp 11/12 Detached Along Gutter Without Loss; Two Rear Signatures Partly Loosened But Holding. In A Custom Slipcase, Brown Morocco With Elaborately Gilt Spine, Five Bands, Over Pink Cloth, With Interior Folding Box For The Book. Loose Finely Engraved Illustrated Bookplate Of John W. Masury.

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  • Date Published 1887
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Mandeville: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century

Mandeville: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century

by Godwin, William

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London: Archibald Constable and Co. / Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First Edition . Recent Quarter Morocco. Fine. 7 7/8" Tall. Three volumes, complete with half titles, volume short titles, and original preliminary and final blanks (two preliminary blanks in Vol 1). A tall copy, pages 7 5/8" tall, all edges deckled and uncut. Very small old library discard stamp on each title, no other marks. Bound in late 20th century red morocco over very attractive marbled paper, with unusually thick boards (5/16"), and new endpapers. A fine set.
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The Queen of the Air: Being A Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm

The Queen of the Air: Being A Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm

by Ruskin, John

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London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Second Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good. Viii, 199 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated. One Of Ruskin's More Important Books. This Copy Inscribed By Ruskin (In His Hand) At Top Of Title Page : " 'Lizzie' With John Ruskin's Affectionate Regards.1869." Shortly After This Edition Was Published, A Distraught And Somewhat Incoherent Dante Gabrielle Rossetti Disinterred His Late Wife, Ruskin's Protege, Who Was Called "Lizzie" By Ruskin And Others Prior To Her Death, On Which Occasion This Book May Have Been Inscribed; But Perhaps Ruskin Was Then Well Acquainted With Another "Lizzie" Altogether.
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The Children Of The Poor

The Children Of The Poor

by Riis, Jacob A.

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 7 13/16" Tall. Photographs and Drawings. Xi, 300 Pp + 4 Pp Ad For "How The Other Half Lives" At Rear. Original Violet Cloth, Lettered In Gilt, With Additional Purple Lettering And Design. First Edition. A Worn But Solid Example Of An Important Book, Presenting The Author's Observations Of Slum Life In New York City, Following His 1890 Book On The Same Subject. Certainly No Comparable Books On 2023 Slum Life Anywhere, As The Total Situation Of The Population At The Bottom Of Wealth Measures Largely Slips Out Of Public Sight. Cloth With Light Wear, Frays Near Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Two Front Tips And For 1/2" Along Top Edge Of Front Board Adjacent To The Spine, Gilt Lettering Still Bright, Purple Lettering Strong Except Middle Two Letters Of Publisher's Name On Spine Are Weak. All Illustrations And Photographs Present, All Pages Solidly Attached, Binding And Hinges Are Solid.… Read More
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Two Of Us (Very Scarce Novel About Independent Female Woodworker)

Two Of Us (Very Scarce Novel About Independent Female Woodworker)

by Halsey, Calista [Calista Halsey Patchin]

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New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1879. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Viii, 9-217 + 6 Pp Carleton Catalog At End, Dated 1879. Brown Cloth, Stamped In Black, Light Blue Endpapers. Inscribed By The Author To Her Grandfather, Rev. Herman Halsey, Also With Ownership Signature Of Minnie Halsey At Top Of Preliminary Blank. Semi-Autobiographical Midwestern Novel About Two Young Women Who, Like The Author, Eventually Make Their Living Working In Wood. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings. Very Clean, No Fading, Wear At Corners With A Few Tiny Frays At Lower Corners, Hinges Tight, No Stains, No Other Marks. Per Wikipedia: Calista Halsey Patchin (1845 -1920) Was A Journalist And Artist Based In Washington, D.C. And Des Moines, Iowa. Patchin Was The First Woman Reporter Hired By The Washington Post Newspaper In 1878. She Was The Daughter Of Samuel Halsey, A Newspaper Man. Patchin Was Educated In Ohio And Albany, New York. She Studied Wood Carving At The Cincinnati School… Read More
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The Confessions Of Fitz-Boodle; And Some Passages In The Life Of Major Gahagan

The Confessions Of Fitz-Boodle; And Some Passages In The Life Of Major Gahagan

by Thackeray, William M (Bookplate Of Henry S. Van Duzer)

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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 276 Pp. + 2 Pp Ads, Complete Wrappers (Red, Printed In Black, With Spine And Both Panel, 20 Titles And Three Forthcoming Titles On Rear Panel) Bound In At Rear. First Edition, Three Quarter Red Morocco, 5 Compartments, Gilt, Marbled Paper Boards And Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt. Bookplate Of Pre-Eminent Thackeray Collector Henry S. Van Duzer, Designed By Tiffany & Co.; His Thackeray Library Famously Went To Auction In 1917, This Being Van Duzer 36. Binding With Slight Rubbing, Tight And Clean And Unfaded; Wrappers Almost Unbelievably Clean, As New, Bound In At Rear.
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Mandeville: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century

Mandeville: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century

by Godwin, William

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London: Archibald Constable and Co. / Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First Edition . Recent Quarter Morocco. Fine. 7 7/8" Tall. Three volumes, complete with half titles, volume short titles, and original preliminary and final blanks (two preliminary blanks in Vol 1). A tall copy, pages 7 5/8" tall, all edges deckled and uncut. Very small old library discard stamp on each title, no other marks. Bound in late 20th century red morocco over very attractive marbled paper, with unusually thick boards (5/16"), and new endpapers. A fine set.
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The Children Of The Poor

The Children Of The Poor

by Riis, Jacob A.

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 7 13/16" Tall. Photographs and Drawings. Xi, 300 Pp + 4 Pp Ad For "How The Other Half Lives" At Rear. Original Violet Cloth, Lettered In Gilt, With Additional Purple Lettering And Design. First Edition. A Worn But Solid Example Of An Important Book, Presenting The Author's Observations Of Slum Life In New York City, Following His 1890 Book On The Same Subject. Certainly No Comparable Books On 2023 Slum Life Anywhere, As The Total Situation Of The Population At The Bottom Of Wealth Measures Largely Slips Out Of Public Sight. Cloth With Light Wear, Frays Near Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Two Front Tips And For 1/2" Along Top Edge Of Front Board Adjacent To The Spine, Gilt Lettering Still Bright, Purple Lettering Strong Except Middle Two Letters Of Publisher's Name On Spine Are Weak. All Illustrations And Photographs Present, All Pages Solidly Attached, Binding And Hinges Are Solid.… Read More
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Genevieve Ward, A Biographical Sketch From Original Material Derived From Her Family And Friends...

Genevieve Ward, A Biographical Sketch From Original Material Derived From Her Family And Friends (With Long Holograph Letter About Ward Written By Alfred Darbyshire To Samuel Bancroft, Jr.)

by Gustafson, Zadel Barnes (With Long Holograph Letter About Genevieve Ward Written By Alfred Darbyshire To Samuel Bancroft, Jr., And Signed By Bancroft)

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Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait. (Xvii), 261 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Light Wear, Gilt Fairly Bright, A Little Bubbling Of Cloth, A Few Pinpoint Frays At Edges, Rear Hinge Cracked (Due To Bancroft's Personal Envelope With Thick Enclosures Tipped To Rear Endpaper), Pages Clean But A Little Aged. Ownership Signature Of Textile Manufacturer Samuel Bancroft, Jr., Of Rockford Mills, Delaware, Dated 11/22/81, And With His Large And Elaborate Heraldic Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Also With A Seven Page Holograph Letter From Alfred Darbyshire To His Cousin Bancroft, Dated September 11, 1881, Apparently In Response To Inquiries From Bancroft, Providing A Summary Of Everything Darbyshire Knew Of Mrs. Ward, Her Family And Background, And Her Current Activities. Also Included Is Bancroft's Copy Of An August 26, 1879 Cable From Ward To Derbyshire Accepting The Invitation To Speak At A Calvert Benefit; Also A Note From L.… Read More
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Punch's Prize Novelists, The Fat Contributor, And Travels In London

Punch's Prize Novelists, The Fat Contributor, And Travels In London

by Thackeray, W. (William) M (Bookplate Of Henry S. Van Duzer)

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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1853. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 306 Pp. + 6 Pp Ads, Complete Wrappers (Red, Printed In Black, With Spine And Both Panels, 5 Titles And 4 Forthcoming Titles On Rear Panel) Bound In At Rear. First Edition, Three Quarter Red Morocco, 5 Compartments, Gilt, Marbled Paper Boards And Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt. Bookplate Of Pre-Eminent Thackeray Collector Henry S. Van Duzer, Designed By Tiffany & Co.; His Thackeray Library Went To Auction In 1917. Binding With Slight Rubbing, Tight And Clean And Unfaded; Wrappers Almost Unbelievably Clean, As New, Bound In At Rear.
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Illustrations Of The Life And Works Of Byron (First Hardcover Issue, 120 Plates In 2 Volumes)

Illustrations Of The Life And Works Of Byron (First Hardcover Issue, 120 Plates In 2 Volumes)

by Plates Engraved By Edward Francis Finden And William Finden After Various Artists

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John Murray , 1835. First Hardcover Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Two Volumes. Simple Half-Title Followed By Table Of Contents In Each Volume, 53 In First Volume And 67 In The Second Volume; Originally Issued In 24 Parts 1833-1834 With 120 Plates In Total, Then This Issue With All Plates Bound In Two Volumes, Then Later The Complete Set Of 123 Plates With 3 Vignettes Was Published In 3 Volumes And Still Later Enlarged To 126 And Then 130 Illustrations And Incorporated Into Sets With Explanatory Text Included. Full Black Calf, With "Illustrations Of Byron" And Volume Numbers On Spine In Gilt, Covers And Spine Elaborately Stamped In Blind, Yellow Silk Endpapers. No Text. Slight Wear At Lower Edges And Corners, And Fresh, But Volume I Has A1/2" X 1/2" Chip At Upper Right Corner Of Spine, And Volume Ii Has A 1" X 3/4" Chip Which Is Detached And Laid In Loosely. No Marks, But Gift Card Of Mrs. Hosmer A. Johnson, Dated In 1899, To Her Granddaughter. Hosmer Allen Johnson,… Read More
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Some Chinese Ghosts

Some Chinese Ghosts

by Lafcadio Hearn

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Dover Publications, Incorporated, 2008. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Some Chinese Ghosts
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Some Chinese Ghosts

by Hearn, Lafcadio

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Some Chinese Ghosts
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Some Chinese Ghosts

by Lafcadio Hearn

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Some Chinese Ghosts

by Hearn, Lafcadio

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New York: Garrett Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. The American Short Story Series. This is an ex-library book with the usual markings. 203 pages. ; Ex-Library; 5 3/8 x 7 3/4
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Some Chinese Ghosts
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Some Chinese Ghosts

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Some Chinese Ghosts
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Some Chinese Ghosts

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Some Chinese Ghosts

by Hearn Lafcadio

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Modern Library, 1927. Flexible dark green leatherette boards have small amount of wear at spine ends. Name and date written inside cover. Pages of text are clean, bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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Some Chinese Ghosts

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MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904

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Some Chinese Ghosts
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Some Chinese Ghosts

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SOME CHINESE GHOSTS

SOME CHINESE GHOSTS

by Hearn, Lafcadio

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Modern Library. Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. E--Wear and rubbing to covers. Store stamp on title page. Spine slant. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. .
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations

by Shoemaker, J. W

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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 Cholmondeley, Mary

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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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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (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. 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… Read More
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River

by John B. Wyeth

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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
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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)
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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… Read More
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Dombey and Son (in Two Volumes)
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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.… Read More
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Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times (in Two Volumes)
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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.… Read More
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series

by Kipling, Rudyard

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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
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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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