Search Results: Young Adult reading prior to 1900 from Ironwood Hills Books

1848, third edition, hardcover, Boston. Brown blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration on spine. Condition is Very Good: modest wear to boards, most at spine tips and corners. Interior has some pencil notes of prior owner on title page. Minimal foxing, no tears or folds. Binding is sound. Paginates: blanks, 162, blanks. 8 plates included in pagination. An uncommon book. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: First edition is 1845. (Bounty)

First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Classic western fiction in fabulous dust jacket. DJ is price clipped; dj has ancient paper backing. I rate the dj as only fair due to accumulated wear not major damage. Minor chips to head of spine, price clipped, flaps reinforced now protected in archival cover. Interior has new endpapers, occasional foxing but no other markings, folds, signatures, vandalism or other problems. External board hinges have dark stains. I have seen several copies of this book with the same issue and I think it is due to the black ink from the dust jacket leaking through. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Feel free to ask questions. Notes: not to be confused with book of the same name by authors Donalds or Shirreffs published in 1956.

First edition, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. New York, 1936. Volume is Near Fine: boards show minimal wear. Interior without writing or markings. Some scarce smudges. No tears. Binding is sound. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket is Good: edges show wear especially at corners, spine is faded, some creasing. Not clipped. Uncommon in this condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: A. L. Burt published through 1937 when he sold to Blue Ribbon. I am not aware of a way to distinguish issues.

1847, first printing, 54 page pamphlet in fair to good condition. Wraps are nearly off, front is stained, title page heavily foxed with pencil notations of prior book seller. Interior is otherwise pretty good, minor to moderate foxing, no other writing or vandalism. Complete as issued. Scarce first printing of this satire on tobacco use. People have suggested for a long time that tobacco has ill effects on the health of users and those around them - here is a 19th century example of that opinion. Identification of the author is difficult - I have listed two common suggestions. I am pretty sure we can rule out Solomon Spittle. Item is rare: WordCat locates two copies of this printing (#237747794); none from this date are for sale. Please see scans of the item you will receive. Included in 'Medical' history as this pamphlet does more than hint at the health problems of tobacco users.

1858 first (and only) edition. Hardcover in original brown and gilt blindstamped boards. Overall condition is Good. Boards show moderate general wear, binding is sound. Interior has partially removed Sabbath School bookplate and old seller's pencil note. Missing one front blank. All else complete. Paginates: blank, 67, 2 blanks, with 16 plates included in pagination. The plates are on stiff white paper. Most pages show modest to moderate foxing. 6x4 inches. An uncommon item. None for sale, one found at auction (this copy). WorldCat locates 4 physical copies. See OCLC: 15031839. Please see images of the book you will receive. Feel free to inquire. Notes: Interest here is in the detailed vignettes which show Mom on fire, Junior getting his foot amputated, murder, shipwrecks and more. Then there are the elaborate borders which include snakes, skulls, skeletons and burning cups of fire. Introduction says this is intended for children. Definitely not at bedtime. [Alcoholism, Sociology]

Hardcover, first US edition. Philadelphia, 1891. Half leather, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt top edge. 5 raised bands on spine. Condition is Very Good: Boards show light general wear, binding is sound. Interior has no markings, folds or other issues. 17 x 11 cm. Paginates: blanks, viii, 192, blanks. A pleasing small volume. A collectible book in like condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: There is a four volume 1890 UK edition that includes Russian/Polish, English, and Scandinavian folk-tales. The name of the editor is derived from one of those volumes.

First edition, 1896, London. Condition is Very Good: Beautiful gilt stamped blue cloth, decorative endpapers. Bookplate with gift inscription dated 1897. No other interior writing or markings, one old corner fold. Binding is sound. 7.5 x 5 inches. Paginates: blank, (i)-xiv, [2], (1)-376, (1)-32, blank. Packed with illustrations. Complete as issued. Wonderful shelf presence. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Horace Harral engraver.

1883 edition. Original full leather. Condition is Good: Front board professionally reattached, back board hinge reinforced. Spine leather shows loss and old repairs distant past. Text block is sound, boards stablized. Interior is very good: No interior writing, folds, smudges or other evidence of use. There is rare foxing. Rough on the outside excellent on the inside. Full leather binding is uncommon. Paginates: blank, frontis, title, (9)-548, blank. 16 color plates including the frontis. Complete as issued. See Howes B927; Rader 532; Adams Six-Guns 314; Graff 467. Feel free to inquire. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: book is packed with illustrations which is best feature. Adams notes there is more myth than history here (which you can pretty much tell from the pictures). True first is 1881.

First US edition, likely second printing, decorative hardcover, circa 1887/88. Identification of first editions is complicated and is partially addressed below. Overall condition is good. Boards show moderate patina, wear especially to edges and corners. Prior owner's stamp on front blank, moderate foxing to title page and last few pages of ads, occasional smudge, no tears or folds. Hinges and gutters starting but should hold with proper handling. Paginates: blanks, 384, 24, blanks plus 12 unpaginated plates. All edges gilt. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Popular British author with this title being one of his better known works. An example of early science fiction with a flying submarine. More Notes: True 1st ed. are 1887 by Blackie & Son, London with 1887 date on title page. Most US 1st edition books in this series had a date on the title page but is not the case with this title. This copy with "Christmas, 1886" date at top of ads in back. The first ad is for G. A. Henty's… Read More

American Tract Society pamphlet #33 circa 1855, New York. This pamphlet has inscription containing date, 1855. Numerous books and pamphlets with similar titles were produced by a variety of authors so there is understandably some confusion. I am reasonably confident this is the first American edition of this particular pamphlet. The Society frequently 'borrowed' material from the UK publishers so there may be earlier UK editions. The primary condition feature this pamphlet has going for it is that it still exists and is complete. As you can see from the images it is faded, stained, smudged and the cover is almost off. Paginates: (1)-32 pages including frontis. Notes: For those of you with bibliographic questions I suggest OCLC: 55129232 which is this exact copy but misdated (locates 2 copies). For a more complete look at dates see OCLC: 233639908 which discusses a similar item held at the American Antiquarian Society and confirms the 1855 date. Feel free to inquire. Uncommon in this early state. More… Read More

Pamphlet, 1825, Andover, Mass. Early edition. Condition is Fair: wraps show significant general wear, top outer corner of blank and last wrap missing causing loss of part a letter. Interior has ownership inscription on front blank with date of 1827, old prior seller's price on blank. No other writing or markings. Spine reinforced with paper in distant past. Paginates: wraps, blanks, 48. Illustrations included in pagination. Complete as issued. This edition is uncommon. WorldCat locates ~15 copies. See OCLC: 34635134 & 22449258; Rosenbach 681. Harlan Page is the engraver, author is unknown. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: identification of edition priority is a challenge. The undated New-York Religious Tract Society is generally considered the true first. The sources on this make conclusory statements and there is reason to doubt them. I put together a summary of my research for those who are interested.[Indigenous, South Pacific, theology]

1858 London hardcover. First edition. Volume has undergone repairs: recased using original red boards with sympathetic new leather spine; new endpapers. Interior has moderate foxing, smudges and wear but nothing vandalized. Paginates: [6], (1)-239, errata slip plus 6 unpaginated plates. Complete as issued except for blanks. Numerous engravings in text. Uncommon true first. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: although classified as fiction what the author is doing is relating facts about recent world travels in a style designed to appeal to youth. Includes instruction on use of scientific instruments by travellers - an idea adopted not long after by The Royal Geographical Society in "Hints to Travellers" - so maybe this book is not 'juvenalia' as one might be led to believe.

Wonderful colorful pamphlet. 100 pages plus wraps in good condition. Wraps show chips and wear. Interior is untouched, no markings, folds or other vandalism. These were cheaply produced and it is a miracle they still exist. Not sure when this was published - copyright is 1908. Pocket sized. Please see scans of the item you will receive.

First edition, later printing, hardcover. Copyright 1897, gift inscription dated 1907. New York. Overall condition is Good plus: boards show moderate patina, spine sunned, binding is sound. Endpapers with ink gift inscription dated 1907. Some foxing, occasional smudges and old corner folds, mostly clean and bright. Paginates: xi, [2], 274, [4 ads], with original blanks, 20 plates. Complete as issued. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: This book is notorious for missing plates. They were glued, not sewn in, and as a result after 120 years they occasionally fall out. If you are looking for a complete copy this is it. First editions have date on title page. This edition does not have date on title page making it a later printing.

First US edition. 1897. Hardcover, 301 pages. Green cloth with gilt. 6mm split at head of spine is the only condition issue I can find. Christmas gift inscription dated 1904, book store stamp of F. Loeser, Brooklyn. No other markings, folds, tears or even smudges. All blanks present. Binding is sound. Collectible condition. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Notes: author also wrote "The British Seas: Picturesque Notes" a collection of art by English painters.

Hardcover, 1877, New York. Condition is Very Good: modern brown cloth with paper label on spine. New endpapers, original endpapers retained. Author covers pretty much every sea story ever told. Packed with illustrations. No writing, markings, or issues. Binding is tight. Paper is brittle some corners are off, early pages showing early cracks. Paper should not crack further with proper handling. Copyright is 1870 but first printing is 1876. A collectible item in like condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: A rare book. WorldCat locates 2 physical of this edition and two of first. See OCLC: 38344543 and 79863881.

Pamphlet circa 1809. The wreck of the HMS Centaur in September, 1782 is a famous event with many accounts. The Centaur left Jamaica for England and sank in a hurricane. The survivors drifted for 16 days before arriving in the Azores. Twelve survived while 400 were lost. Pamphlets of this type were sometimes sold separately and sometimes bound in volumes. This item appears disbound from a larger volume but may still be regarded as complete. There is a note at bottom of page 2 "3d Ed. 17,000" making this a later printing. WorldCat locates 1 copy but it is from a different publisher. See OCLC: 751357712. Condition is Good: disbound from larger volume. Closed tear affecting pages 1-2 (see image). Paginates: (1)-12. Please see images of the pamphlet you will receive. Feel free to inquire.

Hardcover, first edition. 1857, New York. Volume is condition is Very Good: blindstamped green cloth boards with light wear most evident at corners and spine ends. Decorative gilt and titles on spine. Prior owner's markings on front blanks, no other markings, folds, tears or problems. Binding is sound. Complete with all blanks, text, 15 illustrations, and 4 pp ads. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Author spent nine years before the mast. On his return he wrote 3 books on that experience. He wanted to share something of what he learned with younger audiences and this is the result. Some of the stories in this volume are his and some are from other sources. Text is laid out so parents can read to their children. Not intended as fiction.

Volume is good condition. Covers show shelf wear, binding has crack at upper end but in no danger of failing. Interior has presentation plate in front, pages are excellent with no marking or vandalism. Possibly missing a plate that would be found opposite first page of Bounty. Pagination: frontis, 1-224, 1-160. Suitable reading copy. A note about the murky origins of this volume: I believe this volume is derived from "Great Historical Mutinies" written by David Herbert and published by Nimmo in London, 1876. The Li-Quor Tea Company published an abridged version in London, 1879. The Nimmo copies have thicker paper and nicer decorative bindings.

1879 London edition. Volume is good, boards show shelf wear. Front hinge is starting but everything is holding. Pages show some foxing throughout, gift inscription front blank, no other markings. Pagination: frontis, 1-160, plate, 1-224. Two plates. Suitable reading copy. A note about the murky origins of this volume: I believe this volume is derived from "Great Historical Mutinies" published by Nimmo in London, 1876. Nimmo published an abridged version in the 1890's in Edinburgh. This Li-Quor copy has exactly the same text as Nimmo abridged edition; the only difference being the order of the mutinies. Author is likely David Herbert who is listed as author in early editions of "Great Historical Mutinies." Please see scans of the book you will receive.