Search Results: Literature from Mossback Books

Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1892. First Edition :; Second state. Hardcover. Small octovo in slate-green cloth, design on front, gilt lettering on spine, light wear to edges, bright pages unfoxed and unmarked, old name and date on endpaper, else VG to VG++, now in clear heavy mylar for protection. First edition 2nd state. Beginning of Sherlock Holmes; first chapter: "A scandal in Bohemia." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

World Cloud Classics. Fine with no dust jacket. Flexible cloth. Small octovo in flexible faux-leather covers, unworn and FINE. Feels soft and buttery to the touch. Lettering on covers, e. G. '...so Jim he got our some Corn-Dodgers and buttermilk.." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Galahad Books, BBS Pub. , State Street. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition ?. Hardcover. 068164687X . Thick massive octovo hardcover, tight and square binding, pages clean white and unmarked, untorn, covers unworn, faint dustiness to foredge, else FINE. Solid and heavy book, filled with classic American authors, Wash. Irving, Poe, Mark Twain, Jack London, JC Oates, Hemingway, etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1003pp pages .

Random House. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. First Edition :; First Printing. Hardcover. Square octovo hardcover, unworn and FINE in VG+ DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Poem, literature, a parable....the retelling of a Talmudic tale. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Franklin Library. Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, tight and bright, unread, pages crisp, unworn covers, two minor smudges to bottom gilt, else quite FINE. Illustrated by Stan Hunter. A crisp copy, fast shipping. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Blandford Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, very tight binding, fresh unmarked pages, chip at tip of spine, else VG+ to NFINE in FINE DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Large collection of Bardic writings, e. G. , Taliesin, Myrddin and Aneurin.... Many hidden gems ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Inspirational Press. Fine in New dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0884864197 . Large octovo hardcover, tight, bright, unworn, unread, stray smudge from retail handling else AS NEW in AS NEW DJ, which is now firmly enconsed in a clear mylar wrap. A wonderful copy. The omnibus edition of this beloved author's works. Fast shipping in cardboard. ; 9.4 X 6.6 X 1.7 inches; 523pp pages .

London: Grant Richards Limited. Very Good+. 1901. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in green cloth, toned spine, pages clean: unfoxed, untorn, unmarked, tight and square spine/binding, deckle-edge pages, top edge gilt, light wear, else VG+ , no DJ: book housed in clam-shell box with leather spine with five bands. A wonderful copy. Fast shipping in cardboard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Modern Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1917. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. 16 mo in stiff flexible covers, bright gilt lettering on spine, tight binding, clean and unmarked pages, top edge in green, decorated endpapers, faint shelfwear, else NFINE. A briight copy featuring Chekhov photo on frontis, features Gorky, Chekhov, Pushkin and other famous Russian writers. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

McSweeney's Publishing. Fine in New dust jacket. 2013. First Edition :. Hardcover. 1938073595 . Thick and heavy octovo hardcover, Signed by Dave Eggers, Andew Greer, Peter Ormer, Jesse Walter and two more with unclear initials on title page, unworn unread else AS NEW in AS NEW DJ which fold out into a poster, is now in clear mylar protector. The fifteenth anniversary of a journal described as "...a key barometer of the literary climate." Fast shipping in solid box due to the weight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Duke University Press. As New. 2022. First Edition :. Softcover. A Small octovo in wraps, unworn unread and as NEW. A fresh copy. A critical study of the basis of Dubois thought. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Small and squatty octovo hardcover, tight and square binding, pages fresh, covers unworn save for faint dust-dulling on edge, else FINE in FINE DJ, now in clear mylar wrap for protection. Solid and heavy copy 944 pages. While forgotten for 40 years after his death there was renewed interest in his art and literature that continues to the present. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Paris: Librarie Ancienne Edouard Champion. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1925. Assumed First. Hardcover. Royal octovo in quarter leather over marbled boards, tight and square spine/binding, pages very clean and unfoxed, the cover has wear to foretips, spine rubbed, tiny chips at spine tip, short tear at gutter, else GOOD to GOOD+. 534pp. Still a handsome copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

David R. Godine. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition : Signed. Hardcover. Small octovo hardcover, flat-signed by author under his printed name on title page, tight bright unworn unread and like new rated FINE in FINE unclipped DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. A fresh copy. His first book of non-fiction. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Gallery Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 1989. First Edition :. Hardcover. Thick octovo hardcover, unworn unread and as NEW in AS NEW DJ. A crisp copy. Contains the masterpieces, by Emily, Anne, and Charlotte. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philosophical Library. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition :. Hardcover. 0802222471 . Thin octovo hardcover in baby-blue cloth covers, binding tight as a banker's wallet, pages white and crisp as a new bill, binding strong, unworn with faint sun, else NFINE in VG+ DJ, p/c, now in clear mylar jacket preserver. Contents: Medieval views, 16th & 17th centuries, Melville, "story of Wall Street".....; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Houghton and Mifflin. Fine. 1871. Hardcover. Small octovo in Fine Binding, 1/2 leather over blue buckram cloth, not a first but vintage, only date is 1871 which is the Osgood pub. , virtually unworn, tight bright, unread, else NFINE. A very handsome copy. Appears to have been specially bound as a prize. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1907. First Edition ?. Hardcover. 12mo in red cloth, tight binding, clean unfoxed pages, none torn or marked, the covers have slight shelfwear, spine lightened and faintly marbeled, else VG to VG++, no DJ. Narration starts with the author, a patient suffering a serious fall on boulders is told that there is no such thing as pain by a Christian Science doctor. Etc etc. All illustrations present. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Barnes & Noble. Near Fine. Softcover. Thick octovo in wraps, faint flairing, else Near FINE, possibly unread. London completed 50 books in his lifetime; this volume has 36 stories, 4 complete novels and a memoir. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: 1962-1987. Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. 12mo in Fine Binding, Signed 'Maurino", 1/2 leather over marbeled boards, two raised bands with floral designs in three compartments, top edge gilt, light wear, else NFINE, clean, bright and wonderful copy. 930 pages of the Mayfair Edition. Forward by Tremaine McDowell. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .