Search Results: Letters from poor mans books

Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 7 7/8" x 5 1/8”; This appears to be the limited edition but without the limitation page. From the estate of Norman Kane. Original glassine covers with back panel scraped at U/R. Written in exaggerated period prose. .

N Y: Printed By S. Marks. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. BUSINESS; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Xii, 287 pages; Bound in sheep leather, with red spine label, binding tight . Covers show edge/corner wear, lacking portion of lower backstrip edge, bookplate inside cover- Henry A Delay. Contents VG with brief aging. .

London: For Gale, Curtis and Fenner; Robert Jennings Puoltry; John Martin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1813. Hardcover. Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xxiv, 364 pages; Plate book. (255 x 195mm). 12 plates by Edward Bouquet- William Draper, Duke of Grafton, Marquis of Rockingham, Blackstone, George III, Lord North, Lord Bute, Mr. Tooke, Lord Chatham, Mr. Wilkes, Lord Mansfield and Lord Camden.. Contemporary brown morocco stampled in gilt and bind, a. E. G. Condition: intermittent foxing, worst at preliminaries; spine darkened, slight wear. Tdecorative binding. He author's name Junius was used as an alias whose letters were published in the Public Advertiser, a London newspaper between Jan. 21, 1769 to Jan. 21, 1772. Noted for it's innovative and effective use of slander. .

Amsterdam: Delalain. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1771. Hardcover. French Language; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 220 pages; LES SACRIFICES DE L'AMOUR, OU LETTRES DE LA VICOMTESSE DE SENANGES, ET DU CHEVALIER DE VERSENAY VOL II ONLY of 2Full leather, free end paper wrinkled probably from binding, contents otherwise FINE . A little wear to spine. French Language text .

Unknown. Very Good with no dust jacket. c1913. Hardcover. facsimile; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 8 pages; Letter of Maria White (Mrs. James Russell) Lowell to Sophia (Mrs. Nathaniel) Hawthorne. (nd). [C. 1913]. 8vo. Boards. Some soiling and wear to covers, foxing and dampstaining throughout. Presentation copy from owner of original letter, "John R. Morron / with regards from / W K Bixby / 6/9/13". Mrs. Lowell's letter dated January 16th, 1845, here reproduced in facsimile from W. K. Bixby's original, was also printed in "The Bibliophile society ... Yearbook, 1912." Privatedly printed, on Van Gelder hand made paper, with watermark of the Bibliophile society. Text of letter from William Black to J. R. Osgood, with remarks by F. B. Sanborn. ; Signed by Author .

Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. BIOGRAPHY; French Language; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxiv, 523 pages; French Language text. N. D. But circa 1910. 3/4 marbled calf. Spine rubbed, foot frayed, bit of wear to edges, toning to end papers and slightly to margin edges. Rubber stamp to lower margin of title and upper corner of faep, the latter with ink notation. #937 of 1,000. Worldcat locates but one copy. .

Paris: Nicolas Le Gras. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1696. Hardcover. History, France; 17th Century; Engraved title; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; [8], 346, [1] pages; Bound in full ocntemporary calf leather with gillded spine and raised bands. Contents VG with minor engraved ornaments. .

Honesdale, PA: Private. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 54 pages; Honesdale , PA, Date: 1851-1900, Nee: REED Lucena Chapman Reed, b. 10/24/1832 d. 04/13/1915. Daughter of Deacon William Reed and Mary Chapman, in Greenville, Green County, New York. Paper label cello taped to spine. Eulogy, letters and essays .

NY: Redfield. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1854. Hardcover. Music; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xxi, ix, 176 pages; Notes from the Letters of Thomas Moore to His Music Publisher, James Power (The Publication of Which Were Suppressed in London) with an Introductory Letter from Thomas Crofton Croker olive cloth, dated 1866 in cursive on title page. .

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. c2957. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, V. G. Contents clean and straight. Dustjacket missing spine. .

New York: Proestant Episcopal Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1831. Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 454 pages; Second series of Bowden's letters to Dr Miller. Evans ascribes authorship to Henry Purcell. Evans 29374 . Contemporary calf leather, rubbed, front cover held by binding cords. .