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New York: Literary Guild of America, 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Not Signed. Reprint. This Literary Guild of America edition was published in the same year as the 1st Edition. This copy is over 80 years old, has been well taken care of and is in fine condition. Its construction is unlike most of the poorly made book club editions. The cloth covered boards, embossed front cover, and matching top stain add up to a handsome edition possibly as desirable and rare as the first edition. The text block is solid, clean and square. Endpapers are clear of markings with NO previous owner's signature. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. There is no book club deboss on the rear cover. The jacket is in near fine condition with bold colors on the cover, just a hint of wear at bottom edges and a bit of spine and front cover top fade and some small shelf wear at some edges. It looks spectacular in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase… Read More

New York: Vanguard Press, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. The book is clean inside, tight, solid boards with pointed tips and unread, but has smallish nicks at spine ends and along edges with a dusty top block edge. Spine is tight and straight. NO Jacket. "On the shore, by the sea, Nerrantsoula foundoti! A maiden washed her petticoat---Nerrantsoula foundoti!".

New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fourth Printing. Spine is tight, boards rigid and tips are somewhat pushed in.Slight spine lean and slight tanning throughout. Otherwise clean and solid. No jacket. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

London: Church Missionary Society, 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Probable first printing. Except for some foxing around text block edges and spotting and tanning on endpapers and on one or two interior pages, a very good copy with sharp boards, stiff spine and pointed tips. If it has been read, not much. A little musty. Interior is clean and also contains a pamphlet entitled "Three Mistakes about Missions" by Eugene Stock. Illustrated. 21.8x13.5 cm (8½x5¼"), green cloth with paper pictorial cover label, stamped in white. No jacket..

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. First printing of the Third Edition. Ex-library with small light oval red stamp here and there throughout the text. No pockets or other library identifiers. About very good or better with previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, end papers marbled like boards with some browning of beginning and ending papers. Map present. Some small pencil notations on front matter. Interior clean with straight, firm spine and pointed tips.17.5x9.8 cm (7x4"), half maroon morocco with marbled boards, spine titled in gilt. No jacket. .

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing. Copyright Edition. About very good or better with some wear spotting on covers and tanning/spotting to text edges and front and back papers. Wear at spine ends. Besides previous owners inscription on front free endpaper, interior clean with straight, firm spine and pointed tips. 15x10.5 cm (6x4"), green cloth. No jacket..

New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing as confirmed by McBride. Illustrated with a map and many photographs.Near fine really with slightly frayed very good dust jacket; the jacket has some small losses at spine ends and tips. Book has sharp boards, stiff spine and pointed tips with very slight leans. Interior is clean. Looks stylish in a new plastic book jacket protector.Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing. .

London: S.W. Partridge & Co, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing as confirmed by McBride. About very good or better with foxing spots around text edges, slight push to spine head, former bookstore sticker on front pastedown, end papers slightly tanned and pencil notations on back of front free endpaper. Interior clean with straight firm spine and pointed tips. Illustrated. 18.5x11.8 cm (7¼x4½"), tan cloth pictorially stamped in black, green, pink, yellow, and gilt. No jacket. .

Pegasus Books, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Red boards with black binding with silver titles. Binding is tight, tips pointed, boards firm and square and clean throughout. Index. Jacket has minor dings at an edge or two. However, looks apocalyptic in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1889. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing, correct for this publisher as noted by McBride. A Fine copy with sharp boards, stiff spine, clean newish interior and pointed tips. Appears unread. Bookseller impression on title page. 19x12.5 cm (7½x5"), green cloth pictorially stamped in white. No jacket. .

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, 1st printing. Bottom rubbed boards are straight and stiff. Three tiny stains on bottom text block. Binding is tight. Tips pointed, clean and odor free throughout. Jacket has wear on most edges, slight loss on spine ends and rubbing on front and back but looks great in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1983. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing with full number line. Silver board and black buckram spine cover with silver titles. Newish. Binding is tight, tips pointed, boards firm and square and clean and odor free throughout. Art decorated endpapers of various gorillas, unmarked. Index. Jacket has minor frey at tips and spine ends. However, looks triumphant in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .

Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1988. Book. Illus. by Smith, Lane. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. First and only printing of this limited edition. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Illustrated. Beautiful, As New with no flaws. Bound in full leather with 22 karat gold decoration and gilded endpaper (all three sides); raised spine hubs; gold decorations on front and back covers and spine. sewn-in ribbon marker; high-quality, archival, paper; silk moire fabric endpapers; sewn pages for strength and durability. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾." Stunning and unread. Packed in box which may be wrapped..

New York: Vanguard Press, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. Inscribed by the Author to a previous owner on the front free endpaper. The book is clean, tight with pointed tips and unread, but has a smallish chip out of the top spine. Spine is tight and straight. Jacket is not price clipped and has slight chipping and loss around spine ends and some edges but now spiffied up in a clear plastic cover. The author was a winner of the North Carolina Award for Literature. .

London and New York: John Lane, 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First printing. Inscribed by the author, "For Annie, from Natica 1906" on front free endpaper. About very good or better with several small purple spots on back cover. Interior clean with straight, firm spine and pointed tips.17x10.5 cm (6¾x4¼"), white cloth stamped in gilt. No jacket. 1 edition published in 1904 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide..

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, 1st printing. Bottom rubbed boards are straight and stiff. Binding is tight. Tips pointed, clean and odor free throughout. Jacket has wear with some small losses on most edges, loss on spine ends and rubbing on front and back but looks great in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .

New York: Rinehart & Co., 1947. Book. Illus. by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rinehart & Co., 1947, New York. Hard Cover. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine/Near Fine. The book is in fine condition with stiff spine, rigid boards, clean text block, except for previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper, and pointed tips. The jacket in not price clipped but has some fray around edges especially at tips, spine top and front cover. Now looks glossy in new archival mylar cover..

New York: The Century Co., 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing as confirmed by McBride. Illustrated with many photographs. Former owner's signature to free end paper, else very good in original pictorial cloth and slightly frayed in a very good dust jacket; the jacket has some small losses at spine ends, a bit of spine darkening and a couple of edges. Book has sharp boards, stiff spine and pointed tips with rubbing to some points. Interior is clean. Looks stylish in a new plastic book jacket protector.Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Book. Illus. by John Dos Passos. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Early, if not second, printing. All 8 tipped in beautiful color plates are present; original blue cloth with printed paper label to spine, top edge foxing stains and tanning, very good in a very good dust jacket; the jacket has some light old stains and slight frey at spine foot.Looks stylish in a new plastic book jacket protector. Has sharp boards, stiff spine and pointed tips. Interior is clean. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

Boston, MA: Da Capo Press, 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Black boards with purple titles. Binding is tight, tips pointed, boards firm and square and clean, no markings throughout. Index. Jacket is NOT price clipped and has no flaws. Appears unread. However, looks unpredictable in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .