Search Results: Classics from Bytown Bookery

Playmore, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Paperback. Small Trade Paperback with scuffing to the covers & edgewear. The interior is clean, with a solid binding, many black & white illustrations throughout the book. ; Illustrated Classic Editions; B&W Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 239 pages .

Readers Union / Jonathan Cape. Very Good+. 1952. Hardcover. Black hardcovers with silver titles to the cover and spine. In Very Good+ condition with a solid binding and a clean & unmarked interior. Light wear to the spine ends and corners. "The story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages .

London, England: MacMillan and Co. , Limited. Very Good+. 1909. Hardcover. Bright red Hardcovers, a gilt elephant insignia on the front cover. Very Good++. A sound binding, the pages are bright & unmarked. Foxing to the front and bottom page edges. Chipping to the spine end top. "Contents: An Habitation Enforced; The Recall; Garm-a Hostage; The Power of the Dog; The Mother Hive; The Bees and the Flies; With the Night Mail; The Four Angels; A Deal in Cotton; The New Knighthood; The Puzzler; Little Foxes; Gallio's Song; The House Surgeon; The Rabbi's Song." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .

London, England: Collins, London and Glasgow. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Blue hardcovers with a silver imprint of a bird and silver lettering to the cover. Light spine end and corner bumping with tanning to the interior pages edges. Overall in Very Good condition. The DJ is unclipped and intact with mild wear, in very good condition. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good. 1964. Pictorial hardcovers in Very Good condition with solid binding and clean, unmarked pages. There is wear to the spine ends & corners with cover edgewear. There is a brown stain to the back end paper and a few of the page edges. "Bob White is a busy bird with many friends, including Farmer Brown's boy, who tries to protect Bob and his wife when a hunter arrives." ; Bedtime Story - Books; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 117 pages .

San Rafael, California: Classic Publishing. Fine+. 1970. Hardcover. A pictorial Hardcover in Fine+ condition. A wonderful book, the interior pages are bright, no markings or stains. A sound binding, duo-tone illustrations through the book, with a mini-dictionary to the right side of the text. ; Cover design; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages; Box 45 .

Toronto, Ontario: Popular Library. Very Good. 1960. Mass market paperback. Paperback in Very Good condition. Squared, tightly bound with a clean & unmarked text. Cover edgewear and scuffing. Undated, circa early 1960s. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 253 pages .

Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+. 1963. Hardcover. Green Hardcovers, yellow titles to the cover and spine. Very Good+ one name and a high school stamp to the front end paper & 2 pages with marks, otherwise an unmarked text. Tightly bound pages. Frontispiece and black & white illustrations. "Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray – he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants – Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 244 pages .

World Syndicate. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. B0008699ZS . Blue hard boards with black titles to the covers & spine. Black outline to the front cover. A very nice, tightly bound, unmarked copy. Spine end bumping with sharp corners. The DJ is good, spine end chipping with tears to the spine end hinges. (Small pieces missing of off the spine tops and the back cover top edge. ) ; Airplane Boys Series; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 224 pages .

United Kingdom: Penguin Classic. Very Good+. 1978. Paperback. 0140000364 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Squared, tightly bound with a clean, unmarked interior. Age tanning to the pages, an uncreased spine and moderate cover wear. "Conrad's first novel, is a probing presentation of the strains of life at a cultural crossroad. Almayer, a Dutch trader stranded in Sambir up a virtually unknown equatorial river, finds himself immersed in a dense world of cultures, both old and new. "; Penguin Modern Classics; 7.10 X 4.40 X 0.40 inches; 168 pages .

Fawcett / Crest. Very Good. 1968. Mass Market. B000MPLXK4 . Mass Market Paperback in Good+ condition. A tightly bound, unmarked text copy with wear to the extremites and cover scuffing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 588 pages .

New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Paperback. B002JN9DQI . Small periodical format. In very good condition with wear to the cover edges and spine ends. Tightly bound with no loose pages and an unmarked interior. Contents: The HoneyEarthers by Robert F. Young, Furnace of the Blue Flame by Robert Rohrer. And more.... ; Cover Art; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 130 pages .

W.W. Norton & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Trade Paperback. 0393963144 . Very good Trade Paperback, glossy covers, tightly bound with some highlighting through the book. In nice condition. "Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs. Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. Strether's mission, however, is gradually undermined as he falls under the spell of the city and finds Chad refined rather than corrupted by its influence and that of his charming companion, the comtesse de Vionnet." ; 1.02 x 8.27 x 5.12 Inches; 543 pages .

London, England: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. B00QE2ID2A . Red hard boards with beige cloth spine. Black lettering on the cover & spine. (1930s) Taken from the Novel entitiled Westward Ho! . The spine is darkened and the covers have overall soiling with some water splashes. The previous onwer's name written on the front free-end paper and some notes written on the last numbered page. The interior text is clean and the book is solidly bound. ; Maps; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 125 pages .

Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback in Very Good condition, the binding is tight and the pages are bright & unmarked. Some discoloration to the cover edges. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 159 pages .

Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth covers with a yellow title to the spine, a Very Good++ book with a solid binding and a clean, unmarked text. Decorations by Clifford Geary. Previous owner's name written, neatly, on the front free end paper. The DJ is unclipped (price on the bottom) , cover rubbing with a small piece missing of off the front cover bottom edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages; Box 49 / shelved .

Pocket Books, # 550238. Very Good. 1967. Mass Market Paperback. A Very Good Mass Market. Tightly bound, a name on front free end paper, otherwise a clean & unmarked copy. There is cover edgewear and rubbing. "Lucinda Delaney is a southern belle ruled by a vision of life that no longer exists. The Civil War has come and gone and her side has lost, yet she is determined to proceed as if nothing has changed—a denial that stokes the flames of her irrational angers. Despite her returned husband’s devotion, Lucinda is sure he is having an affair with one of their slaves." ; 6.9 X 4.1 X 0.7 inches; 250 pages .

Penguin Modern Classics. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Mass Market Paperbac. Mass Market Paperback with a solid binding, some pencil underlining through tje book. Light scuffing and edgewear. .

Signet / New American Library. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Mass Market. An oversize Mass Market Paperback in very good condtion. Squared and well bound with a bright and unmarked text, light creasing to the spine and hinge with some rubbing to the cover edges. Previous owner's name stamp on the inside of the front cover. "the story of a harmless flirtation that gradually develops into a destructive passion: the love affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky. Anna turns to Vronsky, a dashing military man, as a refuge from her passionless marriage to a pompous, chilly bureaucrat--a move that results in social ostracization, the loss of her position in the world, and the relentless self-doubt that destroys her confidence and leads to her sad end. A parallel plot follows the contrasting fortunes of Levin (Tolstoy's alter ego, with his deep love of the land) and Kitty, whose marriage thrives and prospers because of mutual commitment, sympathy, and respect." ;… Read More

Oxford Univ Pr. Very Good+. 1998. Paperback. 0192833812 . A Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Pagesa are tightly bound, bright & unmarked. Light spine creasing, edgewear and scuffing, a crease to the front cover top corner. ; Oxford World's Classics; Square Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 831 pages .