Search Results: Fiction, Short Stories from Quaker House Books

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. Fair to Good copy. No Dj. In marroon cloth covers with impressed lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Clean text pages. Previous owner's name and notes on front pastedown and free endpaper. Owner's name on fore-edge and tail edge. Bumping of head and tail of spine. Small peiec missing on front spine edge. Moderate shelf rubbing.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. In blue cloth covers with emobossed design in black and blue and gilt lettering on front cove rand gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages, except for previous owner's names on ffep. Bumping of ends of spine. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1914. Good copy. No DJ. Clean pages. No writing. Tan pictorial front cover. Residue Owner's name on front paste-down. Bumping of head and tail of spine and corners. Moderate shelf rubbing.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The New American Library, 1968. First Edition. Stated First Printing. Very Good copy. Fair jacket. In blue cloth covers with silver lettering on spine. Tight, clean, unmarked copy. Light shelf rubbing. Jacket: Price intact. Bumping and chipping of ends of spine and edges. Small piece missing on upper front panel. Heavy shelf rubbing. In protective jacket cover. Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, 1931. Good copy. Issued Privately for Subscribers by Robert C. Faiberg. Translated by Samuel Putnam with preface by Pierre Louys. In green paper covered boards and white cloth spine with gilt letterig. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked edpapers ad text pages. Bumping of ends of spine. Lightly cracked front hinge. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hard Cover. Illus. by Alexander King. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2002. Stated First Edition. Fine copy. In black and blue soft covers with red and blue lettring on front cover and spine. Tight, clean, unmarked copy. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage. . Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pacific Grove, CA: The Boxwood Press, 1973. Firdt Edition. Inscribed and signed by author on ffep with a written note to same person laid in on title page. In mustard colored cloth covers with blue lettering on spine. Square, tight and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Light wear to covers. Jacket; Intact with price on upper front flap.Bumping of edges. Foxing on back panel. Moderate shelf wear. In new protective jacket cover. Photos upon request. . Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. First Edition. No jacket. In green cloth covers witth lettering and owls embossed in gilt on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages and endpapers. Previous owner's signature on front paste-down. Bumping and light fraying of ends of spine. Moderate shelf wear. Pictures upon request. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1849. In green embossed cloth covers with gilt lettering and design on spine. Square and intact binding. No writing on endpapers or text pages. Bumping of ends of spine and corners. Foxing of rear endpapers. Light foxing throughout. All pages are legible. Moderate shelf wear.Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good/Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. All the points for a First edition are evident in this book. Missing the title page, the book has the following: (1) covers are in dark green diamond patterned boards with gilt lettering on spine; (2) Dark brown coated endpapers, minus ffep; (3) pages 7-33 include a biographical sketch ofThoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson; (4) 319 pages: (5) The last three pages are blank; (6) Published by Ticknor and Fields. The book is in good condition witth boards and pages intact. No writing anywhere.There is bumping to head and tail of spine and corners. There is random foxing throughout. Moderate shelf wear. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition. April, 1904. First Printing. Good copy. No jacket. In blue cloth covers with relief of moon and pine cones on upper front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Clean text pages. Previous owner's name and very small bookplate on front pastedown, else all endpapers are unmarked. Bumping and rubbing of ends of spine. Rubbing of corners and edges. Small red stain on lower front cover. Moderate shelf rubbing to covers. Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. First Edition. Ten Thousand. Good minus jacket. In blue blindstamped cloth covers with faded gilt illustration on front cover and gilt design and lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Square and intact binding with clean and unmarked text pages. Previous owner's name on ffep and half title page. Bumbing and rubbing to ends of spine and corners. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Illus. by Fred M. Coffin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1898. First Edition. In brown cloth covers with pasteon illustration on front cover and stamped gilt lettering and gilt embossed flowers. Stamped gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Colored frontispiece and 7 illustrations throughout text. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages, except for insciption on front free endpaper. Bumping of ends of spine. Light to moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E. W. Kemble. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First Edition. Third Printing. Good copy. No jacket. In green cloth covers with gilt lettering boxed in gilt on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Intact binding. No writing anywhere. Clean text pages. Bumped and rubbed ends of spine. Cracked hinge at title page. Two small stains on front cover. Foxing on endpapers. Lightly bowed front cover. Moderate shelf wear. Pictures upon request Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Elkins, Mathews and Marrot, 1929. Limited Edition. No 119 Signed by author. In original grey cloth covers with blue design and lettering on front cover. Untrimmed fore-edge. Square, intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Light bumping to tail of spine. Jacket: Intact with price on lower front flap. Three inch closed tear on upper spine edge. Chip on upper front panel. Sunning to edges. In protective Brodart cover. Photos upon request. . Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: A. L. Burt, 1915. Third Impression. Good copy. No DJ. No writing anywhere. Green cloth covers with light green lettering on front cover and spine. Square and intact binding. Bumping and rubbing of head and tail of spine and corners. Front hinge slightly separating. Wax drip on spine. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Santa Barbara, CA: Mudborn Press, 1983. First edition. Inscribed, Signed and Dated by the author on the verso flyleaf. Good copy. In dark pink paper over boards with gilt and black lettering on front cover and spine. Tight, intact binding. Clean, unmarked endpapers and text pages. Bumping and chipping of lower spine. Very small white spot on upper front cover. Stain on back cover. Pictures upon request. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hurst & Company No date, ca 1889. In white cloth covers with psateon of a lady on front cover, together with faded gilt designs and lettering. Moderately gilt design and lettering on spine. Square, tight, and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Light bumping to ends of spine and corners. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. First Edition. Good copy. No jacket. In green cloth covers with pictorial of stage coach and gilt lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Square, intact copy. Front free endpaper is missing. Bumping and rubbing of ends of spine and corners. Dampstain on front cover. Long closed tears on pages 19, 21, 27. Small closed tears on pp11-12. Moderate to heavy soiling and shelf wear. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago: Bellows-Reeve Company, 1909. Good copy. No Dj. In light green buckram with gilt design and lettering over dark green on front cover and spine. Clean pages and boards. Light bumping of head and tail of spine and corners. Light cracking of half title page. Yellowing of edges of pages. Moderate shelf rubbing. Many short storied (Washingto Irving, Charles Lamb, Elizabeth barret Browning, among others) accompanied by illustrations from various illustrators (R. F. Babcock, F. J. Cowley, Gordon Stevenson, among others).. Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.