Search Results: Authors starting with I from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

London: Cresset Press, 1952. Book. Illus. by endpaper maps. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A nice copy in original black cloth with bright gilt title on the spine and only a hint of edge wear at the corners. Inside, clean and tight with no stains or prior owner marks. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped and is protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. An excellent early study of Mao's Communist takeover, the author was an Anustralian academic..

Washington, D.C.: C.P. Farrell, 1880. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Stated 5th Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE. The Torah is examined, and the author takes Moses to task for chastising his people for idolatry before he provided them with the Ten Commandments. The author was a famous agnostic of his time. Pages 278 with 8 pages of Ingersoll and publisher advertisements at the end. Burgundy cloth with gilt title on front and spine. A gilt lettered quote on the back says "This is the only correct edition of 'Some Mistakes of Moses', R.G. Ingersoll Oct 1, 1879". Stated fifth edition, one year after the first. .

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, , 1842. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two volumes in original brown cloth, very slight edgewear, original paper titles on both spines. Irving's famous first novel, a satirical rendering of New York history, so reknown that knickerbockers became synonymous with New York City residents, not to mention the N.Y, "Knicks" basketball team. Very clean and tight inside, with one professional internal hinge repair. Pages 276 and 235.

New York: Garden Cit Publishing, 1939. Book. Illus. by Everett Shinn, both color plates and large green margin drawings. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original green cloth spine with Shinn illustration of Rip and elves on the front of the book as well as the dust jacket. Slight edge wear. Very clean and tight inside, with no stains and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket has wear at the spine edges as well as the corners and spine ends. Three small closed tears. Spendid profuse illustrations on the end papers and each page of the book. First edition of this children's version. Unpaginated..