Madame Bovary (Penguin Designer Classics, Limited Edition 1000 copies) by Flaubert, Gustave - 2006

London: A. K. Newman, Leadenhall Street, 1833. 14 x 9 cm. Very good. 1 vol., 160pp. Binding: contemporary marbled, spine with gold lettering: "HOFLAND'S ELIZABETH" Engraved frontispieceReal life, instructive tale for young people, carefully abridged by the author to attract a wider public , i.e. cheaper. 2s 6d. Very light foxing to endpapers.

Uncut and in original printer's soft covers with Didot 5-point star. Pagination and chapter numbers start anew for each volume. Vol.1 217 pp.; Vol.2 216 pp.; Vol.3 233 PP.By the author of "Waverly," "Guy Mannering," and "The Antiquary". Ref. Kohler(1) 106(with illustration. Contact bookseller for full detailed description.

An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes.Free postal delivery worldwide.

New York: The Macmillan Company, [no date] c.1916. Hardcover, gray cloth boards. Good/No Jacket. Scarce early American edition. 637 pages, from the Russian by Constance Garnett. Title page is undated, but this is from the uniform edition (7.5"" tall) of The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Volume III) published in the 1910s, states that 'other volumes [are] in preparation,' and includes a folded Macmillan advertisement of their 'New 1916 Novels.' Small Brentano's sticker on rep. Wear to covers, especially darkened spine, endpapers spotted, front hinge cracking. Also known as The Devils or The Demons, and originally published in 1871-2, this is the violent and bloody tale of the sinister hero Stavrogin, a powerful example of Dostoevsky's 'great sinner who has lost his faith.' The novel follows the strange life of Nikolay Stavrogin, a brilliant and attractive but sterile & nihilistic man, with a parallel plot line tracing the revolutionary movement in Russia. Dostoevsky, 1821-1881, was one of the most… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1896. Two volumes in publisher's original green cloth with Art Deco gilt decorations and lettering, top edge gilt, Near Fine, the spines a shade toned, rear end papers in both volumes with some browning, the Arts and Crafts bookplates of Clinton Larue Hare and Marea Fletcher Ritzinger Hare front paste downs. Clinton L. Hare was an early football coach at Butler University (1887-1889), Purdue (1890) and DePauw University (1891). A quite lovely set of this charmingly illustrated edition. . First Illustrated Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1835 British Manly Exercises BOXING Running Sailing Horse Riding Swimming SPORTS

'British Manly Exercises' is a mid-19th-century handbook for a variety of sports. Written by Donald Walker, this book covers numerous games and activities including running, climbing, swimming, boxing, sailing, riding, and racing,

Item number: #12943
Price: $399
WALKER, Donald
British manly exercises : in which rowing and sailing are now first described, and riding and driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind ...
London : Hurst, 1835.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xix, [1], 298, [8]
o 53 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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1863 1st ed CIVIL WAR Reign of Terror in Missouri Stars and Bars by Isaac Kelso

'Stars and Bars' is a rare 1863 account of the first two years of the American Civil War. Written by Isaac Kelso, 'Stars and Bars' is a piece of historical fiction giving light to the horrors of the Civil War in Missouri, intending to provide Union civilians an understanding of a Southern perspective. The preface states that
"the Northern people have no adequate conception of the actual state of things at the South, and that there is an apathy at the North, from which patriots need to be awakened".

Item number: #12863
Price: $399
KELSO, Isaac
The stars and bars, or, The reign of terror in Missouri
Boston: A Williams, 1863. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 324
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
o Cloth
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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1843 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Rime of the Ancient Mariner English Sailor Poetry
Known as one of the English Lake Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the most notable 19th-century English romance poets. This 1843 American edition of 'The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge' contains some of his most famous works including Coleridge's longest poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. This poem was one of the most important pomes written at the end of the 18th-century as it was known to begin the shift from Romantic period into the Modern period of English poetry. It describes the sea voyages of a sailor who experienced dangers, adventures, and even supernatural encounters!
Item number: #14262
Price: $399
COLERIDGE, Samuel T
The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait, 1843.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xvi, 546, [2]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~9.5in X 6in (23.5cm x 15.5cm)
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1881 Civil War Boys of 61 Illustrated Battle Bull Run Richmond CSA Fall Coffin

Charles Coffin's 'Boys of '61' is a 19th-century account of battle efforts from the Civil War. This book describes specific battles and skirmishes giving special attention to guerilla and militia warfare. One particular instance of this is accompanied by a fine engraving of the Union army in Missouri seeing troops burning houses, crops, farm animals, wagons, and all types of private property, causing devastation throughout the west.
Item number: #14652
Price: $399
COFFIN, Charles Carleton
The boys of '61 ; or, Four years of fighting : personal observation with the army and navy : from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1881. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xviii, 558
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Heavily illustrated throughout
· Provenance: Handwritten – Frank F. Stokes, 1881
· Language: English

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1887 1st ed UTAH Illustrated Views of Mormon Temples Landscapes Salt Lake City

A scare collection of beautiful 19th-century photography from C.R. Savage that offers a visual history of Utah. The photographs in 'Views of Utah…' depict various Mormon temples, Logan Temple and Assembly Hall, other churches, Walker Opera House, Gardo House, resorts, city neighborhoods, parks, docks and pavilions, and much more.
Item number: #40119
Price: $399
SAVAGE, C.R.
Views of Utah and Tourists Guide
Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage, 1887. First edition.

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16 photographic panels
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Red cloth
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Size: ~4.25in X 6in (10.5cm x 15cm)
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