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Charles C. Spink & Son and The Sporting News, St. Louis, Missouri, 1963. Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 448 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked. No former owner attribution. The 1962 season saw the New York Yankees win their 12th World Series title in 14 years. The Yankees won the Series over the San Francisco Giants in the seventh game on the heroic pitching of Ralph Terry winning by a complete game score of 1-0. This guide contains official team pictures of all major league teams along with their respective rosters and season statistics for 1962. Few copies of these books have survived.

E. P. Dutton, New York, 1930. Library Binding. Condition: Good. Margaret Freeman (illustrator). First Edition. Capuana author of "Italian Fairy Tales". Translated by Dorothy Emmrich. Cover good, Ex-library with stamps on edges and card pocket on back pastedown. 205 pp. Some smudges and age typical yellowing on text. Many charming b & w illustrations. An excellent reading copy.

Harper & Brothers, Publishing, New York, 1876. Book condition: Good+, First Edition. 123 pp plus four pages other Centennial Readings published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Text slightly tanned typical of age, clean and unmarked. Former owner attribution on front free endpapers. Front free endpaper has dark discoloration triangle caused by a piece of newsprint left in book. Illustrated throughout with b/w etchings and drawings. This title is very rare. Unable to locate existence of any other copies for comparison.

Rand McNally & Co, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. 1947. (Junior Elf Book 8031: 15 cents). No dust jacket. Green pictorial boards. Pages are lightly tanned. Binding has remained firm. Boards are slightly rub worn, edges and corners are lightly bumped. Full color drawings throughout.

D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1912. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Charles Dana Gibson (illustrator). First Edition. No dustjacket. 441pp, illustrations with 29 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece & several double- page plates. Text is lightly sunned, clean and unmarked. Book internals are near fine condition. A saga of romance and upper-class family intrigue.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, Indianapolis, 1927. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. 466 pp. Text slightly yellowed typical of age. Clean, unmarked and no prior owner attribution. "The subject-matter of the following study is one department of the great problem how to develop in children and young people their latent capacities for good." Chapter One of the book covers "The Place of Moral Education in the School." Later chapters deal with Part One, The Influence of Personality; Part Two, Moral Training; Part Three, Moral Instruction; Part Four, The Home; and Part Five, A Program of Moral Instruction for the Elementary School.

P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Registered Deluxe Edition. No dust jacket issued. 524 pp. Text clean, white and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Gold front and rear pastedowns. No shelf wear. Print and material quality pristine--a GIFT QUALITY COLLECTIBLE. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) kept a journal of his discoveries on the four year plus voyage of the 'Beagle' to the Galapagos Archipelago (1831-1836). This 1937 Second Edition, a journal form of 'The Voyage of the Beagle,' has a preface dated 1845. The book outlines Darwin's development and nature of the trip which strongly influenced his destiny. Charles W. Eliot served as Harvard's president (1869-1909) and as editor of the Harvard Classics Series. An introduction by Eliot of this work is included. This book is Volume 29 of the original Harvard Classics Series.

P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Registered Deluxe Edition. No dust jacket issued. Volume III of English Poetry in Three Volumes, Pages 959-1422. Text clean, white and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Gold front and rear pastedowns. No shelf wear. Print and material quality pristine--a GIFT QUALITY COLLECTIBLE. A collection of notable poetry by the foremost English poets of the 19th century. Charles W. Eliot served as Harvard's president (1869-1909) and as editor of the Harvard Classics Series. This book is Volume 42 of the original Harvard Classics Series.

P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Registered Deluxe Edition. No dust jacket issued. 421 pp. Text clean, white and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Gold front and rear pastedowns. No shelf wear. Print and material quality pristine--a GIFT QUALITY COLLECTIBLE. A philosophical inquiry in the origin of our ideas of The Sublime and Beautiful with several other additions. Charles W. Eliot served as Harvard's president (1869-1909) and as editor of the Harvard Classics Series. An introduction by Eliot of this work is included. This book is Volume 24 of the original Harvard Classics Series.

P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Registered Deluxe Edition. No dust jacket issued. 441 pp. Text clean, white and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Gold front and rear pastedowns. No shelf wear. Print and material quality pristine--a GIFT QUALITY COLLECTIBLE. The Arabian Nights' Entertainments translated by Edward William Lane and Revised by Stanley Lane-Poole. Charles W. Eliot served as Harvard's president (1869-1909) and as editor of the Harvard Classics Series. An introduction by Eliot of this work is included. This book is Volume 16 of the original Harvard Classics Series.

P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, New York, 1970, 63rd printing of the 1937 second edition. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Registered Deluxe Edition. No dust jacket issued. 519 pp. Text clean, white and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Gold front and rear pastedowns. No shelf wear. Print and material quality pristine--a GIFT QUALITY COLLECTIBLE. The original Man of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Thomas Shelton. Charles W. Eliot served as Harvard's president (1869-1909) and as editor of the Harvard Classics Series. This book is Volume 14 of the original Harvard Classics Series.

P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Registered Deluxe Edition. No dust jacket issued. 470 pp. Text clean, white and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Gold front and rear pastedowns. No shelf wear. Print and material quality pristine--a GIFT QUALITY COLLECTIBLE. A collection of notable essays by the foremost authors of the 19th century. Charles W. Eliot served as Harvard's president (1869-1909) and as editor of the Harvard Classics Series. An introduction by Eliot of this work is included. This book is Volume 28 of the original Harvard Classics Series.

Hurd and Houghton, New York, 1873. Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. 351 PP. PO attribution on inside front pastedown. A biography of Alice and Phoebe Cary along with the later poems of each author. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, the sisters moved to New York City after the success of their early poetry. Phoebe Cary was a staunch supporter of women's rights and edited "Revolution", published by Susan B. Anthony. Covers mostly clean, with moderate wear to head and foot of spine. Illustrated with two black and white steel engraved plates showing the portraits of Alice and Phoebe Cary. Tissue guard for Alice's portrait is mostly missing. 351 pp text clean and unmarked. Light foxing on title page.

Grammercy Books, Avenel, New Jersey, 1993. Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket. 700+ pp (edited from the original 1902 publication to minimize duplication). Text ivory newsprint with b/w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Introduction written by Cleveland Armory. Like new condition. A glance through the pages of this book is a walk through time.

Coward-McCann, NY, 1966. Turquois Boards. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Book Club Edition. 255 pp. clean and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Text has rough cut edge with orange tinted top edge. Dust jacket is lightly soiled on back. No tears or chips. Like new condition.

Little Brown and Company, Boston and Toronto, 1984, Hardcover. Stated First Editions. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 629 pp white, clean text without markings. Drawings in both black and white and full color throughout with Leslie Morrill providing additional illustrations. Prior owner attribution embossed on title page of each volume. Rare to find this two-volume set with dust jackets. Most copies were distributed without dust jackets in a two-volume slip cover. The books appear to be unread. Contains the best, most beloved stories, poems, fables, fairy tales, & characters in children's literature. The anthology "opens with Gunter Spang's marvelous The House in Sunflower Street and ends with the modern classics Where the Wild Things Are and Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak. In between there are fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Rumplestiltskin; nonsense verse and limericks by Edward Lear and wonderfully illustrated stories by… Read More

Wilson, Hinkle & Co. Cincinnati, 1870. Hardback. First Edition. Condition: Very Good. 360 pp. Text yellowed typical of age. Deckled edges, clean, unmarked text. Headband has one-inch closed tear. An instruction manual for teachers of all grades on imparting education to young pupils. Remarkable condition for its age.

First edition Funk & Wagnalls, NY 1931 hardcover atlas. Very good condition. Red leather binding with title and decoration of world on cover. Map endpapers, 256 pp. Color maps of the world, all countries and US states, along with aviation and railroad routes. Each country described with area and population, physical features, government, agriculture, forests, minerals and manufacturers. Former owner attribution on frontispiece and some pencil or pen marking on some maps. Overall, a quality book for its age.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York 1938. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket condition: Very Good. 289 pp. Text has green tinted top edge and deckled outer edge. Endpapers toned typical of age, Text clean and unmarked. Prior owner attribution on back free endpaper. Dust jacket is clean with small chips along edges of spine. "In this one volume are the five most famous and immortal stories--one book-length story, one novellette and three short stories--of this greatest writer of sea stories the world has ever known--Joseph Conrad." Contains: The nigger of the "Narcissus"; Youth; The Lagoon; The shadow-Line; and Il Conde. "This is the first time these immortal stories have been published together in one volume."

Hackleman Music Co., Indianapolis. No date found. Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. Unpaginated, but contains 261 hymns. Text clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution.