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New York: MacMillan, (1968). Illustrated by The Dillons jacket design. Stated 1st printing of US edition. Red cloth, deckled edges, top edge yellow. 8vo. pp. [viii], 311, [1] blank. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price ($5.95) in clear archival cover. Trace wear, crisp gift copy. From Grosse Point News 6/27/58: "one of the fastest selling books for summer reading is "A… Read more about this item

London: Desmond Harmsworth, (1931). Illustrated by Cover and frontis entitled Ischia and its Chained Giant from Iasolini. Limited edition. Of this first edition 500 copies only are numbered: this is number 381. Blue cloth, top edge red. 8vo. pp. [3] blank, 79, [1] tipped in label. VG/Very Good-/Unclipped price in clear archival cover. Trace wear to binding in bright jacket… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Co. (University Press, John Wilson & Sons, Cambridge), 1897. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin from the Polish. Illustrated by Double titled-tissue port frontis and plates in remarque throughout, maps (indexed in each volume). Stated New Illustrated edition. c.1896. 248/250 copies. Full vellum, gilt decorated topboard and spine, t.e.g., handmade uncut paper. 8vo. pp. x, map, 355; vi,… Read more about this item

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. First issue and edition. Karen Thompson Bullock one of a kind restoration and binding. Original red cloth boards under J. Hewit black Cawburn Goat with "I" cut out to expose topboard type and illustration and rear board a red letter M. In a red Cawburn Goat slipcase with black cawburn goat surround strip. Gilt… Read more about this item

London: Guild Publishing (Robert Clay, The Chaucer Press), 1985. Book Club Associates edition. c.1966, 1968, 1971, 1975, (all 4) 1976. Black cloth. 8vo. pp. 449, 484, 392, 597, [2]. Fine/In like jacket/No price in clear archival cover. Trace shallow wear to jacket. British rule in India novels: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of… Read more about this item

New York: Gay Street Publishers, 1934. First edition. 1/300 copies printed by the Harbor Press under the supervision of Harry Lorin Binsse, March 1934. Pictorial pattern paper boards, paper top tile printed green, uncut. 16mo. pp. [iv], 38, [1], [1] colophon. VG/No jacket. Near fine but lacks most of spine paper. (Short stories)..

Lippstatdt: Wydawnictwo "Jutra Pracy", 1947. First thus edition. c. 1941. Nr. 9. Printed card wraps. Globe 8vo (17cm). pp. 164. Near Fine. Traces of edgewear to corners..

New York: New Directions Paperbook NDP226, (1967). Stated 9th printing edition. c.1937 Chapters previously appearing in Pagany and The Magazine. Stiff pictorial wraps. 8vo. pp. 291, [1], [2] ads. Fine. ISBN: 0811202380..

New York: American Tract Society, (1852). Illustrated by BW tissue frontis. First edition. Original Blind-stamped cloth. 16mo (16cm). pp. 78. VG. Foxing starting, faded cloth binding..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf [Vail-Ballou Press], May 1924. First edition. Black blind-stamped cloth and topstain decorated in grey chain and printed navy, thick paper issue, deckled edges. 8vo. pp. 217. VG/No jacket, as issued. Navy print a bit rubbed on topboard and spine. Small bookseller ticket. Eight nautical shorts..

Worcester, MA: Self published [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], 2010. Illustrated by Grant Sarber cover. First edition. First Book. Stiff illustrated wraps. Signed by author on half-title. 8vo. pp. 293. Near Fine. Traces of wear. ISBN: 9781466420021..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Translated by Charles Archer and J.S. Scott from the Norwegian. later edition. c.1920-22. 3 volumes. Brown cloth printed gilt, brown topstain. 8vo. pp. 1043, [5]. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of wear to binding; internally fine. Her renown trilogy of Scandinavia set in the Middle Ages..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. First printing and edition. Book Five. Tan linen, black print, yellow topstain. 8vo. pp. ix, [1] blank, 326. Near Fine/Very Good/Unclipped price in clear archival cover. Surface rubbing to bright jacket with closed tear and chip at heel. Ink owner ffep. ISBN: 0395290856..

Boston: James Munroe & Co, 1844. Second US edition. c.1833 as Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated: The Parish, The Hamlet. c.1836 (separately). Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine. 16mo. pp. [iv], 181, 3 blank. VG/No jacket, as issued. Spine and corners chipped. Internally near fine with overall edge toning throughout. Front hinge section (1.5-inches) pulled, hinges sound otherwise. Nine… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Philipp Reclam, n.d.. Zweite auflage, second edition. Zweite auflage. Cloth backed marble covered boards. 16mo (14cm). pp. 105, [vi] ads. VG. Light edgewear, one foxed stain on page 1. [Russian Revenge. The New Action. Two Novellas, completely revised]..

Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, n.d. Translated by Philipp Lobenstein. Illustrated by frontis and 11 full page Thylmann woodcuts. Unspecified edition. [c.1832 as short story 'Terrible Vengeance' in volume 2 of Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka]. Decorative orange paper covered boards with printed paste-on topboard title. Cr.4to (24.5cm). pp. 100, [4]. VG. Archival cloth backing added, slightly worn corners, page… Read more about this item

Paris: Le Livre de Demain, Fayard, 1933. Illustrated by 32 bois originaux de Claudel (woodcuts). Yellow illustrated wraps, unopened, uncut. Cr.4to. pp. 126, [2] colophon. VG. Archival spine reinforcement and repair; most sections unopened..

London: Macmillan, 1899. Illustrated by several vignettes. First (SD) edition. Green cloth, gilt print spine and topboard, uncut, t.e.g. 8vo. pp. 294, [14] ads, [1] blank. VG/No jacket, as issued. Rubbed caps, internally near fine, faint ink owner..

New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1899. Illustrated by head and tail vignettes. First thus (SD) edition. Mustard cloth decorated red, floral end papers. 12mo. pp. 272. Near Fine. Light cap wear and touch of rear soil, internally fine..

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. Translated by M. E. from the French of "Trois sermons sous Louis XV" also under "France before the Revolution". First US (SD) edition. 2 volumes. Original brown blind-stamped paper with G&L center emblem, gilt spine titles, original pale yellow eps. Tiny binder's ticket rear pastedown volume one: "Bound by Bradley & Co. Boston". Cr.8vo. pp.… Read more about this item