Search Results: Classic Literature from J.C. Bell

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1985. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 59 pp, signed by author on half-title. [06]

Toronto: University of Toronto, 1953. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii, 164 pp, illus, index; minor wear, little soiling to top & bottom bage edges, little sunning to spine extremities. [05]

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1968. Probable First Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. silver-stamped grey cloth, edition not stated (typical of M&S), 250 pp; minor bumping to lower corner of rear board, very slight bowing to boards, very minor soiling & wear to dj. [97]

Fort Worth, Texas: Texas Christian University Press, 1981. First Edition . Half Cloth & Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. green end papers, xiv, 260 pp., [edited, with an introduction by Betty Jane Slemp Breyer.] {97}

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. First Edition . Cloth. Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. red/brown cloth, xcvi, 163 pp, + errata pg & publisher's catalogue (24 pp), notes, index, facsimiles; sunning to spine with backstrip barely holding on left side, original bookseller's paper label on front pastedown, original binder's label on rear pastedown, some cocking to spine, some wear to spine top & bottom, later owners' names on half-title, facsimiles are no longer foldouts, but rather have been neatly bound in, some splitting/parting to front & rear hinges, minor soiling. Laid in is a later bill of sale from the Edinburgh antiquarian bookseller Douglas & Foulis. [14]

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1972. First Edition . Half Cloth & Boards. Very Good/Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 590 pp., index; light soiling to top edge, slight cocking to spine, spine rubbed, remainder mark on bottom edge, dust jacket shows some wear on edges with few small tears & large tape-repaired tera on back panel. [Ed. by Robert E. Spiller $ Wallace E. Williams.] {02}

New York: Modern Library, 1964. Probable Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Modern Library Giant G 89, green cloth, xxxi, 469 pp, = book listing, [highest G# seems to 97]; previous owner's name of front pastedown, some marginal notes (pencil & ink) evident on a few pages, dj shows some edge wear & rubbing with a price sticker on front panel.,. [17]

Sherbrooke, QC: Editions Naaman, 1987. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 126 pp, biblio, index. [97]

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Groundwood Books, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 399 pp; signed by Doyle on front free endpaper; rear panel of dustjacket has small spot (postage-stamp size) of rubbing/scratching. [09]

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1972. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. purple end papers, unpaginated, illustrated; inserted is a loose 4-page leaflet - afterword by "David St. Alwart"; some light edge wear, rubbing on spine edges, 3 pages have top corner creases, previous owner's name on first blank page. Ltd. to 1000 copies. [97}

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Dovehouse Editions, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 197 pp, notes. [08]

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. Probable First Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 9-362 pp, illus.; book features two title pages, Old Curiosity Shop title page states "with numerous illustrations by Cattermole and Browne," Master Humphrey's Clock states "with ninety-one illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne," leather spine and tips with marbleized paper-covered boards, spine is gilt-stamped with "Master Humphrey's Clock" ; rubbing to boards and leather edges, spine title shows some rubbing at edges; bumping to corners, fep is missing, as is the frontis, minor splitting to front hinge, toning & some foxing & soiling to pages throughout, previous owner's name & place of residence (PEI, BNA) is written in pencil on pastedowns in a lovely, flowing Victorian script; still, a very presentable copy of a Dickens rarity.

Toronto: York Press, 1997. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 67 pp, biblio, signed (with an inscription) by author on the title page; spot of ink on back cover. [02]

Hague & Paris: Mouton, 1975. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Good +. 92 pp, biblio, index; ex-library copy with the usual markings, else VG. [05]