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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 .

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 .

First Dell Printing. Good+. 1964. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Good condition. The front cover has a tear about one inch up from the end. The balance of the pages are tightly bound and unmarked. Cover rubbing and edgewear. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 446 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 .

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 .

Avon Books / Bard. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Trade Paperback. 0380017744 . Very nice Trade paperback with some wear to the cover and spine edges. Well-bound with an unmarked interior. "A stunning portrait of a monstrous Caribbean tyrant. He is a bird woman's bastard, conceived in a storm of blue bottle flies, born in a convent doorway, gifted a birth with hugh deformed feet..... "; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 251 pages .

Signet Classics / New American Library # CQ 344. Very Good. 1961. Paperback. 0451506790 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Pages are tight and unmarked with some notes written on the inside of the back cover. Some cover discoloration with cover edgewear. "Businessman George F. Babbitt loves the latest appliances, brand names and the Republican party. In fact, he loves being a Solid Citizen even more than he loves his wife. But Babbitt comes to resent the middle class trappings he has worked so hard to acquire. Realising that his life is devoid of meaning, he grows determined to transcend his trivial existence and search for a greater purpose. Babbitt captures the flavour of America during the economic boom years of the 1920's, and its protagonist has become the symbol of middle-class mediocrity, his name an enduring part of the American lexicon." ; 6.60 X 4.20 X 0.60 inches; 327 pages .

Norwalk, Conneticut: Easton Press. As New. 1980. Hardcover. Dark blue leather covers with gilt borders, illustrations to the front & back covers. Gilt titles with raised bands to the spine. Tan silk moire endpapers with a gold ribbon marker. There is a "Masterpieces of American Literature " book plate from the previous owner, on the back of the frontispiece of Melville page. Also a blind imprint on the title page. Gold gilt page edges. Edited by Frederic Barron, corrected by Elizabeth Treeman. As New condition. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 176 pages; Box 42 .

Garden City , New York: Anchor Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Mass Market Paperbac. 0385082711 . Mass Market Paperback, overall light soiling with a crease on the cover and spine creasing. Very clean text and no tearing. "First published in 1856, five years after the appearance of Moby Dick, The Piazza Tales comprises six of Herman Melville's finest short stories. Included are two sea tales that encompass the essence of Melville's art: 'Benito Cereno, ' an exhilarating account of mutiny and rescue aboard a disabled slave ship, which is a parable of man's struggle against the forces of evil, and 'The Encantadas, ' ten allegorical sketches of the Galapagos Islands, which reveal nature to be both enchanting and horrifying. Two pieces explore themes of isolation and defeat found in Melville's great novels: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener, ' a prophetically modern story of alienation and loss on nineteenth-century Wall Street, and 'The… Read More

Signet # P2306. Very Good+. 1963. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good+ condition. A tightly bound book with a clean, unmarked text. Light cover rubbing and scuffing. "The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also the most autobiographical. It follows the life of Don Wanderhop from his childhood in an immigrant Calvinist family living in Chicago in the 1950s through the loss of a brother, his faith, his wife, and finally his daughter-a tragedy drawn directly from De Vries's own life. Despite its foundation in misfortune, The Blood of the Lamb offers glimpses of the comic sensibility for which De Vries was famous. Engaging directly with the reader in a manner that buttresses the personal intimacy of the story, De Vries writes with a powerful blend of grief, love, wit, and fury." ; New American Library of Canada; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 176 pages .

Little, Brown and Company. Very Good. 1945. Hardcover. Bright red Hardcovers, black titles to the cover and spine. Tightly bound with unmarked pages. There is a dent to the front cover top corner. Some puckering to the spine. A Book-Of-The-Month club book with the advertising pamphlet included. The DJ is in Good+ conditon, wear to the cover edges, browing to the back cover and along the top cover edges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 351 pages .

Bantam Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Mass market paperback. Mass Market Paperback. This copy has spine creasing and light overall soiling, the interior is clean and it is solidly bound. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 280 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Signet. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Mass Market Paperback, firm, tight and square; rubbing at edges and corners; a few light corner creases; reading crease on spine; light soiling on back cover edges and text block. Previous owner's initials on front free end paper. "This collection of Hawthorne's most powerful and penetrating short stories includes the classics "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil." Revised reissue. "; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 301 pages .

New York: Triangle Books. Very Good. 1934. Hardcover. Orange hardcovers with black titles to the spine and cover. Spine end and corner bumping, tightly bound, unmarked with a crease to the spine. Age yellowing to the pages, with the previous owner's name written on the front free end paper. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 298 pages .

London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Dark blue textured soft covers, gilt titles and illustration to the spine. Wear to the spine ends and corners. Marbled end papers with a crack to the front crease. Six black and white plates through the book. In good condition. The interior is bright & unmarked. Undated, but looks like early 1900s. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 627 pages .

New York: The Mershon Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. Hard Cover. Green boards with title printed in white on cover. The lettering on the spine is faded. The top and bottom of the spine has some threading on them. The corrners are bumped and the bottom corners show some wear. Some soiling on the top board. Small spine on back hinge. The text is very clean. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 344 pages .

Penguin Modern Classics. Fine+. 2000. Paperback. 0141182601 . A Fine+ Paperback. Tight, bright, unmarked. ; 7.9 X 5.1 X 0.5 inches; 176 pages .

Penguin Classic. Very Good+. 1984. Paperback. 0140005811 . A Very Good+ Trade Paperback. The binding is tight, clean, unmarked pages with age tanning. "Six classic crime stories, where no crimes are committed." ; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.4 inches; 1 pages .

Wordsworth Classics. Very Good+. 1997. Paperback. 1853263974 . An oversize Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound with an unmarked text, light tanning to the interior page edges. Light cover wear. "Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life." ; 9.06 X 6.06 X 2.05 inches; 954 pages .