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London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. Hardcover. Good. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. 121 pages + ads.  Illustrated with plates (some folding) and a map. Good. Hinges cracked else tight binding; light foxing; covers have some wear.  A very scarce guide to the Isle of Wight with folding map and plates.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1898. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1898. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with correct 1898 date on title page, correct publisher imprint and no other printings noted.  Fair or better. Hinges cracked else tight binding; small stain at the bottom of a couple of pages else clean pages; covers worn with moderate soil and scuffing; name on front endpaper. First edition of the classic dog story.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

n.p.: n.p., 1916. Wraps. Fair. n.p.: n.p., (1916). First Edition. Original wraps.  31 pages.  Frontispiece. Fair. Some wear; a few notes and stains; worn. Scarce sketches of the life of an important jurist by important members of the bar.  Lemuel Shaw (January 9, 1781 - March 30, 1861) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830-1860). Prior to his appointment he also served for several years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a state senator. In 1847, Shaw became the father-in-law of author Herman Melville. He ruled on prominent cases involving slavery, segregation, and religion. Admitted to the bar in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, in September 1804, and in Plymouth County, Massachusetts that November, Shaw began practice in Boston. When his associate left Boston after being acquitted of murder in a political quarrel, he practiced alone for fifteen years. In about 1822, Shaw took Sidney Bartlett, an… Read More

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scott, A.O. (Illustrated by). Boston: L.C. Page & Company, (1928). New Edition. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; slight wear; dust jacket has moderate wear. A scarce boys' series book about a ship sailing out of Hong Kong with a quantity of gold that soon becomes public knowledge. The ship runs ashore on a deserted island and a mutiny breaks out.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .