Search Results: Titles starting with A from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 267, 32 pages. Hardcover bound in green publisher's cloth with cover designs embossed in black and gilt. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy. There is a small round paper shelf label on the spine. Text is clean.

Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Company , 1954. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 279 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in gray cloth. There is light wear to the binding, which is slightly scuffed and lightly bumped at the edges. Top outer edge of the text block is foxed. There is light foxing to the end papers. The text is clean and sound. Extensively illustrated with charts, tables, photographs and diagrams.

New York: A Bard Book / Published by Avon Books, 1985. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 127 pages. Hardcover with a peach pictorial dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the jacket. Top edge of the text block is dust-stained. Some offsetting to the endpapers. A sound copy with clean text. Book Club Edition.

Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. 238 pages. Soft cover bound in white, pink and black wrappers. A fresh, clean copy.

London: Profile Books, 1999. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 301 pages. Hardcover with an orange dust jacket. A fresh, clean copy.

Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1837. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. 350 pages. Hardcover quarter bound in green leather with green marbled boards. The binding is rubbed but sound. There is some splitting to the rear hinge near the foot of the spine. Nice gilt designs on the spine. Endpapers are marbled. Early owner's book plates on the front pastedown. One is of "H. L. Barton" and has a shield with three dragons' heads on within the shield and another above it. The motto on the banner reads, "Fide et Fortitu Dine." A smaller label above it offers the location of this book in the owner's library as being Case A, Shelf 4. A piece of later marbled paper, has been affixed to the front flyleaf (perhaps over another bookplate). The half title notes, "Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors. / Vol. CLXXI. / Abel Allnutt." The rear pastedown has the remains of what appears to have been a date due receipt. A sound copy with clean text.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo. 209 pages. SIGNED Hardcover in yellow dust jacket. DJ is chipped. There is a 2 inch chip missing from the headcap of the DJ but it has been placed in the front of the book.There is damping to the fore-edge of the dust jacket. A partial 1 inch chip is missing from the foot. Author has signed the front flyleaf.

Berlin: H. Reuther's Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1888. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo. 36 pages. Softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is rubbed and worn wit brief tears and chips about the edges. Paperclip impression at the top edge throughout. The text is lightly toned but sound. Text in German and Hebrew.

Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Company, 1961. Second Printing. . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 525 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in grey cloth. The binding is rubbed and is soiled from handling. Spine is browned. Lacks the front flyleaf, and the front inner hinge is opening and pulling away some from the spine. The text block itself is a bit toned but is sound. Outside edges of the text block are foxed. A reading or reference copy only. Illustrated with some photos and drawings. Stated second printing.

Philadelphia, PA: Dorrance & Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo. 59 pages. SIGNED hardcover with illustrated grey and black dust jacket. DJ is toned with some rubbing. Author has written an inscription to "Dr. and Mrs. Frank Graham". This book came from a collection of books previously owned by Dr. Frank Porter Graham. Text is clean and sound.

New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 173 pages, indexed. Hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. DJ has light wear. Text is clean.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 762 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a bronze and white dust jacket. The jacket shows some rubbing and wear with some edge tears and chips. A sound copy with clean text. Book Club Edtion.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 387, 373, (4) pages indexed. TWO VOLUME SET. Hardcovers in blue cloth. The bindings are rubbed, have damping, spotting. Spines are sunned, rubbed. Bumping and fraying at headcaps/feet. Top edges of text blocks are gilt. The rear gutter of first volume is cracked. Inner hinges of second volume are secure. There is a pocket in the rear pastedown that contains 22 inch wide by 16 inch tall fold out map of the southeastern states. Text is toned.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1901. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 12mo. 38 pages. Hardcover in white textured cloth. Front cover designs in green and gilt. The binding is worn and smudged from handling. Prior owner's signature on front flyleaf reads Wm. W. Adams. Text is a little toned. Pages 10-14 have a rust colored mark or stain on them. A sound copy.

Londres / London: Chez Jean Nourse, 1741. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. xvi, 376, [3] pages. Hardcover bound in full leather. The binding shows heavy wear, and the boards are bowed outwards at the edges. The leather is cracked and chipped, especially at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracking, but the text block is sound. Marbled endpapers are worn and chipped. The title page is soiled, and the text block is mostly clean but has some stains. All edges red. A rough translation of the title into English is, "Abridged from Mr. Locke's Essay on Human Understanding, Translated from English.

Paris: Chez Aumont, 1821. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 276 pages. Hardcover in full tan leather with black label pastedown on spine. Binding is rubbed, has scuffing on boards and spine. There are gilt decorations on the spine. All edges of text block are marbled. Fore-edge of text block has scuffing. Endpapers are foxed. Hinges are secure. Text is toned, has occasional foxing. The white ribbon bookmark is still attached to the text block. Text is in French. A rough translation of the title into English is, "A Summary of Rollins' Treatise on Studies, for the Use of Colleges and Houses of Education.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. COMPLETE 7 VOLUME SET. Hardcovers bound in blue cloth. The bindings show moderate wear and are quite sturdy. Some corners are a little bumped, and there is some foxing to the covers. Outside edges of the text blocks are foxed, but the interior appears clean. One leaf in Volume III is loose, but this appears to be an addition to correct a printing error. A second leaf for pages 283/284 is bound in between 382 and 385, but the correct leaf for 383/385 is laid in loosely to correct the mistake. (There is also a 283-284 bound in where it is supposed to be). So the text is complete and is as issued. Occasionally illustrated with some family crests, coats of arms, and photos, but this is not a heavily illustrated work. A decent set of the complete work. This set weighs about 20 pounds.

North Carolina: Piedmont Press, 1970. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo. (18) pages. Soft cover bound in green stapled wrappers. There is a thumb-nail sized water spot on the front cover. Otherwise a fresh, clean copy. Illustrated with a few images copied from newspapers. The newspaper clippings were supplied by Anna Doggett Doggett. A nice, clean copy.

Chicago : The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Co., 1950. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 354 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in dark burgundy cloth with gold embossing. There is light wear to the binding. The outer edge of the text block is heavily foxed. Upper edge of text block is gilt. Includes a fold out map of the mid-western United States, date not specified. The pages are slightly warped along the bottom edge, possibly due to damping. The text is otherwise clean and sound.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 364 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a black and brown pictorial dust jacket. A nice, clean copy.