Search Results: Classic fiction from Marianne Matthews

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1900. AS YOU LIKE IT-With The Tale Of Gamelyn- William Shakespeare- Henry Altemus- Philadelphia No date (c1900). Hardcover:-Very Good/ no dj as issued- original publisher's maroon cloth cover has some light wear on exterior. Gilt lettering on spine. 92 pgs are clean, no tears. Original owner's name in pencil. No other writing or marks. Beautiful illustrations and frontispiece! Fiction-drama-plays-classic-Shakespeare. 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Not ex-library.

Copyright 1894, By T. Y. Crowell & Co. Vintage illustrated hardcover. May be a first edition. Good condition overall for age. Very good binding. Please see scans. Few pages have light foxing not intruding into text. Original owner's name is only writing.

First Grosset edition 1904 hardcover with frontispiece plus 5 more beautiful black and white illustrations by artist Martin Justice. Some discoloration spots to cloth covered boards as shown and slight loosening of front hinge. All pages intact. Several names with inscription or ôfirst inside page. No other writing. Please see scans.

Like new condition illustrated hardcover with like new condition dust jacket! Only writing is original owner's first name on a blank page. Classic Dickens' Christmas Stories, including A Christmas Carol!

1900 small hardcover Handy Volume Classics "Dream Life A Tale of the Seasons", with an introduction by Arlo Bates. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, New York. Dedicatory letter addressed to Washington Irving after black and white illustration frontispiece of a boy reading, called "Dream of Boyhood." No writing in book. From a private collection. Some light wear to exterior cloth covered red boards with gilt lettering. No dust jacket.

Vintage First edition beautifully illustrated book pictured by F. Rojankovsky. Front cover with bottom right corner board exposed. Text is clean with all pages intact and no writing. Binding inside front bottom slightly torn and starting to pull away. Please see scans.
A child would love this story and the illustrations!

Stated First edition Burroughs hardcover, copyright 1946, as shown in scans. Published by Tarzana. Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. Dedicated to Brigadier General Kendall J. Fielder. Frontispiece and 4 other illustrations plus all pages without writing or marks. Good binding. Pebbled blue front board has rubbing and wear. Back inside cover has light foxing. Second interior page has a label remnant from original owner. Not ex- library. Please see scans.

First edition 1886 antique hardcover with all pages intact and fair binding. 359 pages. Few pages have spotting, but totally readable. No writing or pen marks noted. Back board is starting to pull apart at base. Please see scans. This edition is rare.

Published by the Goldsmith Publishing Company in Chicago. No date, but believe it was published in the 1930's. Nice black and white Illustrations! Light red cloth covered exterior boards. Several black and white illustrations. No dust jacket. From a church library so has library sticker on first inside cloth covered board and label remnant on last inside board. Pages are lightly tanned but totally readable. Still in good condition for age.

1946 Authorized Edition Whitman Publishing Company hardcover with blue cloth covered boards and clean end pages. No writing, marks, or tears in text. Dust jacket is worn and frayed, especially at spine and edges. Hinges are starting to crack. All pages intact. Great reading copy.

Like new condition softcover! No marks, bends, or tears. Tight binding. Clean bright pages. Published by Oxford University Press. This edition was reissued in 2008. Classic Rudyard Kipling stories from the author of the Jungle Book!

Copyright June 1908 by Henry Altemus Company Philadelphia. Signed by W. B. Boyce with date 1909. No other writing. Pages clean and intact. Edited with notes and introduction by Norris H. Laughton. Several pages of notes to help explain context of book at back. Very popular book during the Civil War and Spanish War. Wear to cover but interior and binding in good to very good condition for age. Issued without a dust jacket. Please see scans.

First edition 1899 rare hardcover textbook with very good binding. Some underlines but totally readable and all pages intact without tears. Some tanning of cloth covered boards and wear to outside spine and top edge. 180 pages. The text pages are remarkably white for age. I can provide provenance if buyer is interested. Please see scans for further description.

Red cloth covered boards with Victorian girl and "Louisa May Alcott" on front cover. Published by the Goldsmith Publishing company but no date. Possible first edition. Probably from the 1930's to 1940's. 250 clean pages without writing or marks. Front hinge slightly loose at top but binding still good. No dust jacket. This was a church library book, so has sticker remnant and small sticker on spine. Church sticker on front inside board and some dried glue on inside of back cover. Few light stains on front red cloth covered board. Appears to have been lightly read.

1929 Grosset and Dunlap original hardcover. Red cloth bound boards and black lettering. States copyright United States 1929 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, inc. Frontispiece by Paul F. Berdanier. No dustjacket. Few light stains on spine and front cover. Good+ binding. No writing other than original inscription. Please see scans,

Copyright 1939 probable first edition hardcover Hardy Boy Mystery Stories "The Twisted Claw". Without dust jacket. Frontispiece is in very good condition. Illustrator was Paul Laune. Good+ binding. There are some stains and discoloration to front hardcover and several pages. Page 181 has a tear but entire text is intact and readable. This was a child's book from a private collection.

Original Zane Grey hardcover published January 1917 by Grosset and Dunlap Publishers. Stated D-8. Interior of book is in very good condition for age with no writing, tears, or missing pages. 4 beautiful black and white illustrations, which includes frontispiece! No DJ. Wear to red cloth covered exterior but not interior boards. Black lettering on front cover and spine.