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7 volumes ship as one in the U.S.A. - not a complete set. Bracebridge Hall, frontispieces of Washington Irving is from a daguerreotype by Plumb about 1850. Tales of a Traveller, illus. of The Money Diggers drawn by Frank T. Merrill. The Alhamera preface to the revised edition is dated 1851. Astoria includes a couple of drawings by Frederic Remington, Trappers Crossing the Rockies and Canadian Voyageurs. Sketch Book Abbotsford, preface to the revised edition is dated 1848. Woefert's Toost and other Stories Newstead Abbey. Has a water stain, drawings by various artists. Knickerbocker's History of New York with drawings by FOC Darby. (Remember the Macaronis?) Has a closed tear in the tissue covering the frontis drawing. In VG condition. There is some foxing. The tissue paper is very discolored (not acid free) and some discoloration to rest of book. All are dated 1912. No dust jackets. Some soiling mainly to exterior pages of book. Some books have worn corners and edges of spine, with some bent… Read More

Initials J. V.Jr. on spine. Inside VG+, boards chipped with a backside crease and a very worn corner.  Please see title page photo for complete title description.  Book is in SPANISH circa 1851.

Book Is in French. Volume One, first catalogue in a series. Slight wear to wrapper, two page corners creased. Ships from the Chicago region.

This is one volume, number 11, from a set of 21 volumes of The Works of Charles Dickens, Bleak House The Authentic Edition. This book lists the date as 1901. This is apparently the English edition since the last page states it was printed in London and Chapman and Hall is printed on the spine. A thick book with untrimmed leaves and gilt top edge. Some staining and loss to the green color but gold lettering and decoration is bright. The spine has a couple of scrapes and a dent. The spine edges are very worn. The corner tips are worn. The fore-edge is foxed. The hinge is cracked mainly at the top on the page that states, "Printed from the edition that was carefully corrected by the author in 1867 and 1868". The next two pages are detaching at the top. The rest of the book is unaffected. The first illustration by Phiz is in color while the other 39 are monochrome. Two tissue guards are creased. The book has some minor stains and smudges. There is no ownership writing on the green end papers or any other… Read More

Gilt edge top of book in slipcase. Matching card laid as shown signed by illustrator Bill Green. In Fine condition except slipcase has a green dot backside, slight bend in the card. Standard international shipping only.

Hardcover book with 24 Narratives. The African Servant tells the story of a boy looking for sea shells by the shore when white sailors take hime and he never sees his mother or father again. He is taken to Jamaica where he is sold to an American who keeps him in his house as his servant. Three years before this Narrative he is resold to a new "massa" a Captain of a ship. It tells of his conversian to Christianity in order to go to heaven. This book is only a reading copy. It is heavily foxed with damp staining but no smells. No date but research shows it was published circa 1850. There is an ownership inscription date June 18th, 1865 in pencil on the ffep with a previous ownership removed. The front hinge is cracked. The book is complete but a couple of sections have detached from the top to middle strings. The spine is very cocked with the endcaps very worn. The corners and bottom edge is also worn. The cloth has tears along the edge of the backstrip. Personalization in pencil from Ohio on back end… Read More

Book is becoming scarce with the dust jacket which is very worn with tears at spine edges and corners and has a scrape on the backside. Hardcover book looks nice but has bent edges on the spine ends. Top pages dyed red. Previous owners stamp inside cover mostly covered by the flap which has 2095 at the top. There is a crinkle in the paper mostly at the bottom. No signs of water damage or foxing, smells fine. Owner's stamp also on the title page. Revised edition. Last printing date 1935. Dust jacket states over 1200 pages but there are 1178. Book is complete, hinges are fine. Some soiling along the bottom inside of book from dust. Several page tips creased. May require additional postage for international shipping only. Four complete novels with twenty-one complete shorter works and a biblioliographic summary by Alfred Bigelow Paine of Mark Twain's life and works. A very nice vintage Anthology of Mark Twain's work all in one volume.

Signed By Author. Includes a 1993 Governor's General Literary Award Winners bookmark from the Canada Council with a list of winners on the back. (she didn't win) Second printing 2003, has the original price sticker on half title page next to signature. Book almost like new.

Lot of 5 ships as one. #1: Diamonds Are Forever Signet 007 P2725 Wrapper Good, multiple creases, top layer of wrapper peeled away at edges Inside VG, water stains on several pages + foredge. 25th printing (60 cents) #2 Doctor No 007 P2726 Signet (60 cents) complete and unabridged. Wrapper Good, Book bent from storage, water marks on about four pages 26th printing #3 Moonraker P2731 Signet (60 cents) complete & unabridged Wrapper Good, cover peeled away from price sticker removal. multiple crease, one severe which also damaged foredge thru page 12. Not rated as acceptable because the inside is pretty good. Water marks at beginning of book & back warpper. 23rd printing. #4 For Your Eyes Only, A Signet Book Complete and unabridged P2727 (60 cents) Wrapper had something square stuck to it that removed some of the outer layer of paper. Also has multiple creases and a water mark. Inside VG, water mark on foredge. 23rd printing. #5 Goldfinger Signet D2052 (50 cents) complete & unabridged. Wrapper Good,… Read More

HC is worn around edges and corners and very worn with chipping along spine. Cover is discolored from age. Personal gift inscription in pencil inside cover. Recipient's name erased. The lithograph prints are beautiful. This little book is HTF in the Pearls series

This is the original 1950 first edition with the square Good News trademark on the spine. States Printed in U.S.A. Inscribed on the FFEP, "Moss Cordially Yours, A. J. Harms". The original owner and address is written opposite on the backside of the cover. There was a name in pencil that had previously been erased on the top of the FFEP. The spine is sun faded and the edges are dented. Front corners are rubbed. Gilt lettering on cover still intact. Some stains on navy hardcover boards. A.J. Harms was a radio minister out of Detroit with a broadcast "Echoes of Heaven". This book saves some of those sermons for posterity. After his this three year ministry he became the pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Chicago. This is a rare signed first edition.

Set of 3 Black cloth with beige boards. No Dust Jackets. 1. Tropic of Capricorn 1961 - Cover Near Fine, a scratch on the black. Inside Like New/Tight Binding. 2. Tropic of Cancer 1961 - Book Creaks when opened. Cover Near Fine, bottom of spine dented & spine bends outward slightly in the middle, edges of spine rubbed along front, front tips of corners very slightly rubbed. Small red penciel mark on exterior pages of book at bottom (not a remainder). 3. Black Spring 1963 Inside Fine, some page tips got bent on the bottom. Cover Fine, Front & back edges of spine worn. Has a dedication to Anais Nin. Pub. by Grove Press.

First British Edition. No price on dust jacket. Dustwrapper has wear along edges, corners and spine with some scratches. Cover illustration is nice. Inside Like New. HC Near Fine with edges of spine bumped. Located near Chicago, IL.

368 p.p. Foxing insides covers and a few pages in front and back. Wear to cover as photographed. Spine is mainly intact. Slight bend in the boards. Second volume of The Monastery begins at Chapter 18. One volume in the Waverly Novels. Printed by R. and R. Clark, Edinburgh. This volume dated 1879.