The Works Of Charles Reade

Boston: Colonial Press Company, c1900. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Frank T. Merrill. A very handsome set of the Works of the English novelist and playwright, Charles Reade. Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) fell out of fashion by the turn of the century—"it is unusual to meet anyone who has voluntarily read him," wrote… Read more about this item

The Grolier Society, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 25 volume set. Edition De Luxe, limited edition of 1000 sets. Bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled end pages. A fine binding, though two volumes have detached boards. Two of the volumes have a scuff on the spine. Generally a handsome set. … Read more about this item

New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher. Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2. 599 Pages.Volume Two Only. Dark green cloth with bright gold lettering and decorations. Front board has embossed decorations. Head and foot of spine are lightly frayed. Bottom front corner shows slight wear and is lightly bumped. Owner's name in… Read more about this item

Dana Estes & Company, 1900. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. 16 volumes, complete as issued (per Worldcat). Copy #35 of only 100 numbered sets issued of the 'Illustrated Cabinet Edition'. Attractively bound in period 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands and gilt floral tooling within compartments surrounded by gilt scrollwork, top edges gilt,… Read more about this item

NY: Peter Fendor Collier Pub, 1898. Pictorial Cover. No Jacket. Vol 9 & Illustrated with Wood Engravings-Good Stories, Good Stories of Man and other Animals. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wood Engravings.

NY: Peter Fendor Collier Pub, 1898. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. illustrated with 112 Full Page Wood Engravings - Foul Play. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wood Engravings.

NY: Peter Fendor Collier Pub, 1898. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Vol 6 & Illustrated with Wood Engravings-- White Lies, A Perilous Secret.. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wood Engravings.

London: The Grolier Club TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards wqith matching endpapers. Top edges gilt. Panelled spines with gilt lettering and designs. This is the Autograph Edition, limited to 150 copies, this being #10. Each book has five illustrations, all of which are in two states with captioned tissue-guards. One of the two illustrations used as the frontispiece is… Read more about this item

Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1900. Eight volumes bount in half brown leather with five bands on spine and patterned boards (with matching endpaper). A handsome leather set. Titles include: Put Yourself in His Place, White Lies, A Terrible Temptation, It is Never too Late to Mend, The Course of True Love Never Runs Smooth and the Cloister… Read more about this item

NY: Peter Fendor Collier Pub, 1898. Pictorial Cover. No Jacket. No C date but circa late 1800's & 8 Vol's out of 9 (no Vol 3) & illustrated with Wood Engravings--A Woman-Hater, Griffith Gaunt: or Jealousy, A Terrible Temptation, A Simpleton, Foul Play, Clouds & Sunshine, Art A Dramitic Tale, Propria Quae Meribus, The Box Tunnel, Face of All Trades,… Read more about this item

New York City: Peter Fenelon Collier, 1984. Hardcover. engravings. Large 8vo. 7 volumes, of 9. Maroon leather over maroon cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration to spines, blind decoration to spines, and double rules to edges of leather. Marbelled endpapers and page edges. Some scuffing to leather, a few hinges cracked (bindings intact), light soiling, ink name; very good. Volumes… Read more about this item

Paris & Boston: The Grolier Society Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition de Luxe of 1000 sets, this one No. 219. 25 volumes, complete, in original matching olive cloth hard covers with title-labels to spines. Moderate handling, scuffing, and discoloration to covers; toning to spines and edges. Some staining to upper… Read more about this item

New York: Harvard Publishing Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Works of Charles Reade. 10 volumes. Lacking Volume X and possibly other volumes. Blue cloth binding, top edge gilt, leather spine labels, multiple volumes in each book. Frontispiece illustrations in each volume, protective tissue. I: The Cloister and the Hearth, 492… Read more about this item

A M S Press, Incorporated, 1970. Unknown Binding. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Peter Fendor Collier Pub, 1896. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Vol 8 & Illustrated with Wood Engravings--A Terrible Temptation, A Simpleton & **FG 3106. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wood Engravings.

New York: Peter Fenelon Collier. Acceptable. No Jacket Volume 3 of WORKS OF CHARLES READ Dark Green Cover is slightly Soiled Gold gilt is fading on the cover tearing on the title page THIS VOLUME contains CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH OR MAID, WIFE, AND WIDOW (A matter of fact Romance). Front hinge is loosening. Hard Cover . Hard Cover.

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Unknown Binding. Good. Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher, 1890 or thereabouts. 8 Volume Set. "Illustrated with One Hundred and Twelve Full-Page Wood Engravings." Gilt on decorated cloth bindings. Covers show minor wear, with gilt from spine areas fading here and there. Pages clean. Bindings tight. A very nice set.