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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1917. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square and unmarked. It is rubbed, surface and edges. It has 177, minimally toned pages in dark green cloth covered boards with gold titles on the spine and front. It has chapters on equipment, regulations, discipline, combat, first aid, venereal disease, etc.

Boston: The Perry Mason Company, 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Maude Thurston, et al.. It is lightly rubbed and lightly toned. It has been stored folded in the middle so there is a deep crease there and it is a bit fragile at that point. There is a little surface soil and a small shipping label on the front. There is a small chip on the the spine. It contains The F. M. Orcutt Company (Robbins), The Moreton Bay Fig (Osborne), Jonnasen (Sharp), among other works. It is full of wonderful period advertisements and is extensively illustrated with black and white drawings. There is a full page, black & white photo of two lads, neck deep in a country pond on the front. .pp 389 - 398 plus advertisements. There is a small article cut out of page 393. Stapled to the page is a pencil not: "Dear Daisy are you willing to cut out this article about "Tom Tiger" and give it to me to keep - I would copy it instead… Read more

London: The Statesman Publishing , 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This copy is tight, square and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed/bumped at the edge and there is some surface soil. It contains Death's Jester (Lucas), Corsica Hall (Parsons), The Camp (Ogden), among other works. Tan wraps with a red geometric design and black titles on the front. It also contains many advertisements. pp 219 - 308

London: The Statesman Publishing , 1931. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This copy is tight, square and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed/bumped at the edge and there is some surface soil. It contains The Poet of Prose (Lucas), A Terrible Day (Garnett), Victorian History (Young), The Skirmishers (MacCarthy), among other works. Tan wraps with a red geometric design and black titles on the front. It also contains many advertisements. pp 79 - 164

Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This copy is tight, basically square and unmarked. It is lightly bumped and rubbed at the edges particularly at the ends of the spine. There is light surface soil. There is no date, but this copy was published from Lothrop's Franklin STreet address which they left in 1877. The boards are covered in light gray cloth with a few bubbles at the edges. The titles are in a gilt block on the spine. The front board and back strip have pictorial designs stamped in black of flowers and a meadow scene. The words "The favorite Library" are stamped in a circle on the front. It is illustrated with black and white drawings.

New York: Hawthorne Books, 1963. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This stated first edition is clean, tight, square with good corners and unmarked in a very good dust jacket. It is lightly rubbed at the edges and the dust jacket has light edge wear. It has 104, bright, clear pages plus chronology extensively illustrated with photos (many in color) bound in light green cloth covered boards with black titles on the spine.

Butler, NJ: Drexel Winslow & Farrington, 1963. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This stated first edition is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It has 191, bright, clear pages illustrated with black & white diagrams bound in orange buckram covered boards with black titles on the spine and front.

Chicago: Walter D. Bauman, 1935. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight and square with sharp corners and unmarked, although there is a small owner's paste down inside the front board. The boards are covered in gray cloth with blue titles on the spine and front.

Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1884. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. H. Weir, et al.. This book is clean, tight, square and internally unmarked, but there is a name and date (1887) in the upper margin of the front end papers. It is age darkened and well rubbed, especially at the edges where the corners are rounded. It contains "Six Girls" by Irving and "Hilda" by McKean among many other works and is profusely illustrated with black & white drawings some quite good. . The end papers are period advertisements and it has has 412, bright, clear, minimally toned pages (a few have closed tears). (The author of "Six Girls", which is complete although serialized, is not attributed). It has a one-quarter binding with red cloth on the spine. The boards have paste downs with a color picture on the front and ads on the rear.

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Harold Eldridge. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked in a very good dust jacket. It is lightly rubbed at the edges, noticeable at the top of the spine. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and very light surface soil. The boards are covered in reddish cloth with embossed black titles and designs on the spine and a black stallion's head on the front. The end papers are lightly toned. It has 240 pages.

U. S. A.: Henry Neil, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with good corners and unmarked. the hinges are starting to little effect as yet. It is lightly bumped/rubbed surface and edges and is age darkened. It has 540, bright, clear pages with rare foxing extensively illustrated with black & white reproductions of religious paintings. The boards are covered in red cloth with darkened gold titles on the spine and front where there is a black & white paste down of a painting.

New York: A. L. Burt, 1915. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This assumed first edition (same date) is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It is minimally rubbed and the spine is slightly sunned. It has 190, bright, clear pages (including an appendix from the Merimee original) illustrated with black & white photos from the film bound in light blue cloth covered boards with black titles on the spine and front. There's a great photo from the film with no damage as a paste down on the front

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1945. First Thus 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is the 2nd printing of the First Tower Books Edition and is a war time book. That may account for the tanning of the pages which keep this copy from being fine for otherwise it is tight, square and unmarked. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and is rubbed a bit at the corners.

Maynard, MA: J. B. Farrell, 1946. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This copy is very lightly rubbed at the edges. White front wrap with black titles over a drawing of a GI dreaming of home and family.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1937. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This stated first edition is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked in an about very good dust jacket in mylar. It is lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is clipped and has light edge wear. The author has signed the half title page. It has 265, bright, clear pages bound in dark blue cloth covered boards with lightly rubbed gold titles on the spine.

Venice: Antonio Bortoli, 1766. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This Sixth edition is clean, tight, square and internally unmarked, but there is a signature on the ffep. It is lightly rubbed with light surface soil. There are a few splits, but the binding strings are holding very well indeed. It has 128, clear, lightly foxed pages bound in white parchment covered flexible boards. The rough cut pages have faint marginal damp stain on a few of the early pages. ________________________________________________________ Questa sesta edizione è pulito, stretto, quadrato e internamente non marcato, ma c'è una firma sul ffep. E 'leggermente strofinato con il suolo superficiale luce. Ci sono un paio di split, ma le corde vincolanti stanno tenendo molto bene. Dispone di 128, chiare pagine, leggermente foxed rilegati in pergamena bianca coperta pannelli flessibili. Le pagine taglio grezzi hanno debole marginale macchia di umidità su… Read more

Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1965. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. These six books are basically in fine condition, one or two are lightly rubbed at the base of the spine, all are clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. The dust jacket are equally fine, but all have been clipped and a new price ($3.65) penciled in below the clip, are darkened at the spine and have some minimal rubbing at the edge. The boards are covered in red cloth with silver titles on the spine. They are extensively illustrated with black & white drawings and maps. The have 218, 214, 270, 208, 293, and 247 pages respectively. They are boxed in a very good black slip case that is lightly rubbed.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This stated first edition is clean, tight, square with good corners (lower rear very lightly bumped) and unmarked in an about good dust jacket. It is very lightly rubbed. The dust jacket has edge wear, a chip at the lower front corner and a small open tear on the spine. It has blue end papers and 460, bright clear pages bound in gray cloth covered boards with dark titles on the spine.

India: Manoar, 2006. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hai Bo. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked in a fine dust jacket. The lower corners are lightly bumped and a rear end paper has a closed tear near the top. The boards are covered in black cloth with gold titles on the spine. The title page is stamped 'review copy'.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Harold Cue. The same date is on the title page and the copyright page. This book is clean, tight, square and unmarked. the corners are lightly bumped. The corners are rubbed. There is light bumping at the base of the spine and some incidental soil. There is no dust jacket.-