American Literature from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1891. Illustrated by Port tissue frontis (is missing but remnant impressed to page before and tissue). 4th Riverside edition. c.1858, 1882, 1886, 1891. Red silk, black spine title, t.e.g. 8vo. pp. xii, 321. Very Good-/No jacket, as issued. Cap and label wear, small nicks to silk, quill owner and date ffep. Internally clean with,… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf ( Plimpton Press, Norwood), 1940. Illustrated by typography based on the designs of W. A. Dwiggins. Stated (SD) edition. Line cloth, printed light blue spine and topboard labels in black and orange, top edge orange, S. D. Warren Co. Boston paper. 8vo. pp. viii, 295, [1] A note on the design, colophon. Near Fine/In like… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, (1962). Illustrated by Don Freeman [1908-78] map, front cover and title, R. King of Charley (rear cover). First FPu(y) edition. [c.1961 portions appearing serially in Holiday as "In Search of AmericaÓ]. 8vo. pp. [viii], 246. Near Fine/Very Good/Unclipped (4.95) price in clear archival cover. Ink last name above the Great Lakes, text block fine, binding has… Read more about this item

New York: Published for The University Press (Wayside Department) by Harper & Brothers, (1897). Illustrated by frontis woodcut, cover and vignette by Will(iam Henry) Bradley 1862-1968. First thus (artist) edition. c.1819. Original decorated and printed olive paper covered boards, printed paper label, thick issue uncut pages. 12mo. pp. 35. VG/No jacket, as issued. All sections opened some hastily leaving top… Read more about this item

Chicago: W. B. Conkey, (1900). First thus edition. c.1858. Art Deco blue decorated cloth. 16mo. pp. 341, [2] ads. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Charming reading copy..

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. Illustrated by Frontis and 3 plates by H. W. H. First edition. c.1856. Original red blindstamped cloth. 8vo. pp. ix, 353. VG/No jacket, as issued. Light cover soil, cap & corner wear repaired with japanese tissue, foxing starting throughout, several papers used in sections, some toned..

Holliston MA: Privately Printed, 1996. Illustrated by photographs. First edition. Copy 90/370 Numbered and Signed . Tan wraps, pictorial gloss cover. Quarto. pp. 275, tipped-in errata slip pp. 275. As New. Unread copy with tiny straightened corner fold. Historical and biographical account of the Breezy Meadow and Gooseville property mentioned in Sanborn's books leading up to its destruction in… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1927). First US (with both GHD devises and "B") edition. c.1923, -4, -5, -6, -7. Original orange cloth, illustrated golf eps, t.e.black in custom slipcase by KTB lined inside and outside with orange, black and white feathered Dodin Marbled Paper. 8vo. pp. 316. Near Fine/Lacks jacket/As New. Trace cover soil and cap wear, brilliant… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1916. Illustrated by frontis and 3 color plates; b&w frontis. Later Works edition. (Individual c. 1901; c.1909. Two uniformly bound titles from the 1916 10-volume works edition c.1910). Green ribbed decorated cloth, teg. 8vo. pp. 413; 644. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces cap and corner wear, light overall toning. Nice, clean and tightly… Read more about this item

New York: Burdick, Reed & Roberts, n.d. [1853 on newspaper backing]. Illustrated by 12 steel engravings facing 12 color flower plates separated by tissue guards. First edition. Red blind stamped cloth decorated gilt, original yellow endpapers. New spine and label on red Japanese kozo with black and gold swirl producing a marriage of 19th and 21st century embellishment. 8vo. pp.… Read more about this item

New York: James G. Reed Publishers, 1851-52. Illustrated by XIII: 6 tissue steel engravings, 4 lithographs and 2 wood cuts, extra illustrated title for Vol. 14; XIV: 6 steel engravings, 6 colored, 2 music (collated). First thus edition. Original red blind stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine and topboad emblem. 8vo. pp. 218; 218. VG. Joint repaired, cap chips and several… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1869. Illustrated by tail vignettes. First printing of cheap edition. Original green cloth, beveled edges, olive endpapers. 8vo (19cm). pp. [2] blank, [5], 6-256, [4] Ads, [2] blank. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Edgewear, top edge has light fray, overall toning to pages. (BAL 1707 first cheap edition, edges not gilded, ads)..

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (Riverside Press Cambridge MA), (1896). Illustrated by black and red title page with vignette. First edition. State A spine print (CO.). Green decorated cloth. 8vo. pp. (ix), (1), 388. Appendix. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Lightly sunned boards, color armorial bookplate (Spielmann) with several foxed spots, internally near fine. BAL 7928..

New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. 12 Park Place (John F. Trow), 1855. Illustrated by Darley engraved frontis separating illustrated (J.W. Opp Sc N) title with tissue. First American edition. c.1854 London. Originally 3/4 leather over marbled boards, endpapers and edges; added cloth backing. Cr.8vo (18.3cm). pp. [2] blank, [vii], 8-383, [3] blank. No Advertisements. Near Fine/No jacket, as… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1907 November). Illustrated by Tissue frontis and 12 plates by Will Vawter, page vignettes and cover by Franklin Booth. First edition. Green ribbed cloth decorated topboard, yellow printed eps. 8vo. pp. [55]. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of cover rubbing. Verse and plates recto throughout. (BAL 16683, Binding A)..

Boston: Little, Brown, & Co. (University Press, John Wilson & Sons, Cambridge), 1902. Illustrated by b/w port frontis with double tissues. Library edition. [c.October delayed until December 1863 Atlantic Monthly]. c.1898 Little Brown, c.1900 author. From "The Works of Edward Everett Hale, Library Edition, Volume 1". Green cloth, gilt pr & dec spine. Inscribed by author (pictured). 12mo (20cm). pp.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin (Riverside Press), (1891). Illustrated by b/w ports. First thus edition. Olive blind stamped cloth, topboard black decoration, spine gilt print. Cr.8vo (19cm). pp. viii, 504. Near Fine/No jacket. Minor cover wear, light end paper toning, internally fine, no ownership or marking. Compiled via school committee as a text-book for reading in the first class (advanced) in… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First (SD) edition. Decorated tan cloth, B state paper. Globe 8vo. pp. [viii], 445, [1] blank, [8] Ads, [2] blank. VG/No jacket, as issued. Soiled, streaky spine. Several beginning pages with thumb soil. BAL 2093..

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1899). Illustrated by Harrison Fisher frontis and 7 plates. 28th Thousand edition. Decorated cloth by "S". 8vo. pp. 401. Very Good. BAL 6294. One of the three 1899 printings..

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin (The Riverside Press, Cambridge), 1899. Illustrated by Tissue frontis and 7 b/w plates. First Trade edition. Red cloth, stamped in green, black and gilt, teg. Spine with question mark and Houghton Mifflin & Co. at bottom in gilt. Cr.8vo. pp. [xiv], 218, [1] blank, [1] colophon, [1] blank. Good/No jacket. Cap and corner… Read more about this item