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This is a very lovely copy of four short works by the Norwegian author Bjornson, published in Swedish in this 1929 first edition. The front and back boards have an unique marbling with leather band and spine; the spine has the title and author stamped in gilt along with several incised designs. The binding is tight and all pages clean; page tops are gilt. Unfortunately there is one blemish at the top left of the marbled paper on the front, as shown in the last photo. This is a beautiful decorative copy for a bookshelf even if you don't read Swedish!

This is the six volume collected works of Robert Burns published in 1886 by Gebbie & Co. in Philadelphia. Volume I has an inscription page identifying it as "The Ayrshire Edition de Luxe Limited to One Thousand Numbered Copies of which this is Number 113," but this is the only volume with that identifier. These are 8o volumes about 9.25x6.5" with brown board covers having the title and volume number gilt-stamped on the spine. They contain sixty illustrations, including those facing the title page as shown; some of the illustrations fold out, as shown. The page tops are gilt. These volumes are in good condition with no writing or marks anywhere. The spines and corners have normal wear, as shown, and in the first volume the Publisher's Preface page is beginning to tear out. They may have been rebound from the original edition, but they are great for the collector.

These are the two volume collection "Life, Letters, and Speeches of Charles Dickens" published in 1894 by Houghton, Mifflin in Boston. They are bound in very dark green cloth with the title and volume on the spine, and measure 8.25 by 5.5" each. Volume I has 430 pages and Volume 2 476. The page tops are gilt and the edges are deckled. It is a bit confusing: these are identified as 'Standard Library Edition, The Writings of Charles Dickens, . . . in Thirty-two Volumes' of which these are Volumes XXX and XXXI, but they are also stand-alone collections of the correspondence.These volumes are in good condition with no writing or marks anywhere. The spines and corners have normal wear, as shown, but overall they are quite good.

This is an attractive 1868 publication, the first American edition of a compendium of literature and poetry. 504 pages with index, illustrated frontispiece, random-cut deckle edge pages, tight binding. Covers have bumped corners and wear to top and bottom of the spine but bright gilding on spine and front cover in decorative design. Small nameplate on inside front cover and former bookseller's penciled notes on inside flyleaf.Please examine the photos to evaluate the condition, and please contact me with any questions.