Literature And Fiction from Old Bookshelf

Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonderful… Read more about this item

New York: The Centruy Company, 1908. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Numerous. 576pp. Red bevelled boards, gilt and black decorations, to cover and spine, covers 6 months: November1907-April 1908. Very light wear to edges, lettering and decoration are very bright and fresh looking,… Read more about this item

New York: Privately Printed for Rarity Pres, 1930. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jean De Bosschere. 216pp. Maroon cloth, silver lettering and decoration, 12 full page illustrations, including 4 in color. Spine faded but readable, corners worn, text is age-toned, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, binding is tight and book… Read more about this item

Genève: Les Éditions du Cheval Ailé, 1947. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 359pp. Printed wraps, original glassine cover. Bon état. Very good condition, text and cover a clean and osund. Small chip to glassine cover.

Garden City, Nrw York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Arthur Rackham. 207pp. Orange cloth, pictorial pasteon to front board, 7 color plates including frontispeice. Very light wear to cover, former owner's bookplate on front endpaper, mild toning to text, text otherwse clean and all plates are clean and sound, binding is… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1933. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Jean Lébédeff. 48pp. Pictorial orange cloth, linen backed. Cover very lightly worn, text block reinforced with binding tape, text is clean and unmarked, dust jacket is soiled and chipped along edges and missing several pieces along spine. The… Read more about this item

Mexico: Ernest Flammarion, 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 333pp. Printed stiff wraps, inscribed and SIGNED by author on half-title page. Spine is slightly darkened, book is in very good, very lightly used condition.

London: Hodderand Stoughton Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1279pp. Tan buckram, red and black lettering. Spine mildly darkened, little of no wear to cover, endpapers foxed, text is clean, binding is sound. Dust jacket is darkened and heavily worn missing large piece from head of spine and… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 471pp. Beige buckram boards, red and black stamping to spine. First Edition with Scribner "A" on copyright page. Corners lightly rubbed, slight loss to spine imprint, darkening to endpaper inner hinges, text is clean, and binding is sound.

Chicago280pp. Gren cloth: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1931. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John R. Neill. 280pp. Green cloth with color pictorial pasteon, 12 color plates by John Neill plus numerous black and white illustrations. Moderate wear to cover, chipping to head and tail of spine, vertical striations to… Read more about this item

Montreal: Houghton Mifflin Comapny, 1892. Hardcover. Good. A.B. Frost. 357pp. Green cloth, pictorial and gilt lettering to cover and spine, 12 illustrated plates plus frontispiece. Very good with very slight wear, some fading to spine and to board edges, staining to lower margin of a few pages, text is age-toned and endpapers more… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Janice Holland. 32pp unpaginated. Book is in near fine condition, dust jacket is lightly worn and scuffed, price-clipped. Color illustrations by the author.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 368, 365pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, top edges gilt, includes slipcase, frontispiece in both volumes. Both volumes in very good condition, publisher's spine lettering worn. Slipcase is moderately worn and damstained, but square and tight.

Sofia, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 204pp. Text is in Bulgarian. Blue paper covered boards, ivory spine, gilt decoration to front cover, 8 full page color plates plus black and white illustrations thorughout. Two small abrasions to rear board, minor bumps to boards, text is lean, mildly age-toned, binding is… Read more about this item

New York: H.M. Caldwell Company, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 250pp. No date, c1895. Green decorative cloth, ornate silver design. LIght wear to cover, tiny spot on cover, contents slightly age-toned, occasional spot in text, dampstain to rear endpapers only. An early American edition. … Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Comapny, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256pp. No date, c 1930. From Houghton Mifflin's Riverside Library collection. Orange cloth, black spine lettering and black motif to front cover. Cover is virtually unworn, contents age-toned and clean, bookseller's label on front free endpaper.… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. 1st Edition First State. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Oblong 16mo. 411pp. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering and gilt and black decoration. First Edition, First State with uncorrected errors on pages 124, 263 and 362, Franklin Press imprint on copyright page. Edges rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, fraying… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1830. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248pp. ight wear, miderate soiling, contents age-toned and lightly foxed, binding is tight. Ten articles on ia wide assortment of issues, including historical, political, drama, Indians, and biographical. An 8 page catalog of Carey & Lea's publications… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1875. First Edition, Second State . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. F.W. Williams. 320pp. Blue publisher's cloth stamped with gilt lettering and black decoration. First Edition, Second State. Spine ends and corners lightly jworn, spine slightly darkened, small crack to front endpaper. Binding is tight, contents are age-toned,… Read more about this item

Kjobenhavn: Kjobenhavn, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 166pp. Text is in Danish. Printed paper over boards. Light wear to boards, contents clean, binding is sound, inscription on front pastedown.