Search Results: Fiction from North Country Books

Toronto: House of Anansi Press Limited, 1999. First English language edition. Paperback. Near Fine/As new. French fold trade paperback with minor wear, clean, well bound, unmrked.

NY: Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in NF dust jacket. Hardcover, minor shelf wear, clean and tight binding; bright and clean pages, completely free of markings. Light rubbing to rear panel of the dust jacket, not price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival sleeve.

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1882 [1881]. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth with visible light rubbing to outer hinges, o/w light edge wear; gilt illustration and lettering on cover, including a peacock, very bright; gilt lettering to spine a bit dulled; overall quite clean. Well bound, firm copy, former owner's bookplate to front paste down, penciled name on title page, soiling to margin of page 143, o/w some text age-toning, else clean and unmarked. 292 pages.

Boston: Henry Hoyt, No Date, Circa 1880. Hardcover. Good or better. Small volume, green cloth with rubbing to edges, some creasing to rear cover, light soiling, but generally clean; gilt stamping on front cover and spine still bright with light rubbing only. Well bound, covers firmly attached. Free of markings pages generally lightly foxed, however the title page is fine---very clean and printed in red and black ink; with tissue guard for facing frontispiece, illustration of Grenoble, also clean. 144 pages. Preface is dated Jan. 1869. Introduction by Blanche Gamond Further details/questions are always welcome. Scans can be made upon request.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. Early reprint. Hardcover. VG+ or better in VG or better dust jacket. Tan cloth hardcover, gentle bump to lower cover corners, o/w very clean and tight bound; contents bright clean and unmarked. dust jacket with light edgewear including tiny tears, not price-clipped, very clean and now protected in a clear archvial copy. A fresh hardcover with with clean dust jacket.

NY: The Century Co., 1923. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Brown cloth with light wear to extremities, clean well bound covers firmly attached; former owner bookplate with note below on front paste-down page, accidental damage to text: bumped on the front edge of text block resulting in pages creasing to part of book (otherwise I would grade the book VG or better); otherwise clean and unmarked. A very good reading copy.

NY: The Century Co., 1901. First edition. Hardcover. VG+ or better. Bright and clean dark red cloth hardcover with bright gilt stamping to front cover and spine, t.e.g. also bright, minor wear; well bound with covers firmly attached, free of marking with clean pages. A very nice well kept copy. Further details given, and questions are always welcome. Scans can be made upon request.

Wheaton, IL: Northcote Books, 1991. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with light wear, clean, well bound, no spine crease, pages bright clean and unmarked. Appears to be out-of-print.

NY: Macmillan Company, 1963. Hardcover. Very good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover in very good condition, two small ink check marks on Cotents page. No major faults, well bound and clean copy. Worn dust jacket with some tape repairs. A very good reding copy.

Seoul, Korea: Eomn-Gag Publishing Co., , 1961. Paperback. Good or better. Trade size paperback, partial damp staining to covers and first few and last few pages. Well bound, unmarked

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1866. First American edition. Hardcover. About Good. Brown cloth backed with blue paper over press board, visible wear to edges and extremities, light soiling and rubbing. No printing to covers or spine. Small holes to spine. Inner hinge paper cracked. Ink stamp on front paste-down page, light dampstain to upper edge/gutter to first few pages, limited; light foxing throughout, front fly leaf clipped. Unmarked. Double column, close boarders. 222 pages, complete; plus publisher advertisements. Further details given, and questions are always welcome. Scans can be made upon request.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. About Fine in NF dust jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket, appears unread, like new, tight, clean, unmarked. Dust jacket shows very light wear not price-clipped, clean and unmarked.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. First edition. Hardcover. VG+ or better in VG+ dust jacket. Hardcover canary yellow cloth with black cloth backing, minor foxing to front cover, else minor wear, tightly bound, light foxing to end pages, free of marking, pages bright and clean. Light wear only to the dust jacket, clean, price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival cover. Provenance: on the front fly leaf is the Ex-Libris label for Robert J. Keeshan (1927-2004),better known as the famous television actor, Captain Kangaroo. Interesting "association" copy.

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with light wear, clean, well bound, unmarked.

Scribner, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket . 429 pp. A near fine copy clean and well bound in lightly worn dust jacket, not price-clipped and now protected in a in a clear archival cover.

Chicago: E. A. Weeks & Co., [nd] Circa 1890. Unknown. Hardcover. Good Plus. Dark green cloth hardcover. Abrasion to edges visible, mostly to the bottom edges of the book. Former owner's small bookplate to front free end paper; another ownership name, signature to blank printer's page. Slight binding lean. An ink marked stamp to ffep. Some penciling to title page, giving the apparent Hungarian original title, and the date 1890 (of which I cannot say was the year of publication of this title, which is not given in this book). Otherwise, teg., and a well bound, clean and solid copy.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary 1/2 leather bound with marbled paper over boards. Rubbing and edge wear, spine title chipped, front cover hinge reinforced, rear cover reattached (non-professional, but neatly done), now a sound binding with covers firmly attached. Unmarked copy. Light age toning with occasional discoloration. Double column text. 136 pages, plus several illustrated woodcut plates. Note: this book was published in wraps as a periodical (Every Saturday, January 4, 1868) and was removed and bound, minus the cover page and advertisments. Scarce first edition. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request.

London: Constable and Company, LTD., 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in NF dust jacket. Minor wear to the hardcover very clean and well bound, light foxing to end papers, else bright clean and unmarked pages. Minor wear to dust jacked, not price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival sleeve.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG or better dust jacket. A fine copy--clean minor wear, tight, interior unmarked, bright and clean pages. Dust jacket has faint crease and solling to rear panel, and a crease to front fold flap, not price-clipped and now protected in a clear archival sleeve. Author's first novel.

Tupelo Press, 2014. First edition. Paperback. VG+. Trade paperback with light wear, clean, well bound, unmarked. Inscribed by the author on the title page.