Venetian Life

Venetian Life by William Dean Howells Houghton Mifflin 1892 First Edition, vol 1 Hardcover This particular volume you dont see very often come up for sale. Sought after......

Beautifully illustrated set of "VENETIAN LIFE" by William Dean Howells. 1892; Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Boston and New York. Complete set in two volumes. This edition features numerous illustrations "from original water colors" - over each illustration is a descriptive tissue guard. Decorative gilt shamrock-themed end papers. Gilt top page edges. Ribbon page markers. There are headpieces at the beginning… Read more about this item

Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1883. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN. Venetian Life, Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1883.16mo (6-7inches high), reprint of the 1867 second edition, pp. 391, vellum boards with gilt lettering and vine decoration to spine, frames with vine pattern on covers, all edges tinted red, 22 albumen prints bound… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Two Volumes 12mo., 289pp. 287pp. Sharp Later Printing, bound in full cream vellum, triple gilt rules and titles and decoration in gilt on front board and spine. Decorated end-papers. All edges gilt. 18 tissue-guarded water-colors including frontis illustrations. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1892. Limited Edition. One of 250 numbered copies printed on Japan vellum, this being copy no.182. Two octavo volumes (20cm); publisher's vellum boards, with titling, decorations, and triple-ruled border stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red silk endpapers; top edges gilt; viii,9-279,[3]; [9],10-287,[3]pp; with 18 aquatints after illustrations by Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, Rhoda… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Large-paper autograph edition. Originally published in 1866. Two volume set. Cream and golden floral papercovered boards, white cloth spine with printed paper labels. Illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett with mounted water color plates. Spines darkened, corners worn, glue residue on front fly of volume one, about very good with black and… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Two volume set. White cloth with gilt-stamping and ruling, top edge gilt, red cloth book mark. Gutter cracked, cloth moderately soiled, large chip in volume two's front endpaper, small pen notation on blank preliminary, still a very good set.

Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. Howells originally visited Venice in 1866, then revisited in 1883, but declined revisions to later publication. His Preface notes that "The book is distinctly a youthful book, for good as well as ill. I might amend it; but I am afraid I should mar it if I meddled with it." These… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and tanning. Includes colour illustrations.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. First Thus. Hard Cover. Yes. Two volumes, first editions thus; white cloth lined and lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. 279 and 287 pps. with index. Illustrated with striking color litho plates, a number by Childe Hassam and others by Ross Turner, F. Hopkinson Smith, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls; captioned tissue guards. New preface by Howells… Read more about this item

Bernard Tauchnitz, 1883. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1883. Authorised Edition. 391 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor red staining to front pastedown, free endpaper and fore edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate… Read more about this item

Ams Pr Inc. Very Good. 1995. Hardcover. 0404033695 . Boston, 1892. With Childe Hassam illus. in color. Ivory and gold cloth (spotted), green/gold plain still wrappers (repaired). Partially unopened, some damaged to decal edges.; 7.3 X 5.3 X 1.3 inches; 437 pages .

Boston / New York: Houghton, Mifflin And Company, 1896. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Color Plates From Watercolors By Childe Hassam, F. Hopkinson Smith, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, Etc.. 1891 Copyright, 1896 Date On Title Page. Two Volumes In White Cloth, Gilt, With Original Gold Cloth Dust Jackets, Gilt Decorated Endpapers, Red Ribbon Book… Read more about this item

1907. HOWELLS, William Dean. Venetian Life. Original cloth-backed fancy paper-covered boards, printed paper spine labels. Cambridge, MA: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1907. 2 Vols. Autograph Edition, one of 550 numbered copies signed by the artist on Vol. One. frontis. BAL 9784. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Grolier 157a. Warde 82. Small bookplate, else near fine unopened copy.

Cambridge: Riverside Press. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Boards with mild shelfwear. Former owner's name on front free endpaper and first blank page. Vol 1: Mild foxing to boards and light watermark to rear board. Front hinge started. A handsome copy with binding tight; Beautiful tissue guarded color plates from watercolor drawings. Luxurious off-white boards with gilt… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1907. 423 pages. No dust jacket. Beige pictorial boards with a cloth spine. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1892. Hardcover. Signature on 1 end paper; 8vo; 279,287 pages; 2 volumes, illustrated from original water colors. .

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 2014. Oversize Softcover . Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1892. Second edition / 1st Printing. H Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set - complete. Second Edition / First Printing? Good, slight darkening to spines, very light soiling to covers, top edges gilt. 13 x 18. hard cover. 279 & 284pp.

Marlboro Press, Incorporated, The, 1989. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.