B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has edge tears, nicks, chips and generalized rubbing. "Giovanni Boccaccio (16 June 1313 ? 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works, including The Decameron and On Famous Women. He wrote his imaginative... View More...
The book has illustrated paper covered boards and a leather spine and corners. Both front and rear spine joints have cracked - though both covers are held on to the text block by the strings. Most of the leather on the covers have been damaged or perished. The text block is generally clean and bright, though there are spots of foxing throughout. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper, and a previous owner's bookplate (LeRoy V. Brandt) on the front pastedown page. "Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is... View More...
This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing, and spots of fraying and chipping. The top spine end has lost about half an inch worth fo the cloth. All of the cloth covers have fading and sunning. The text pages are generally clean, though there are spots of noticeable foxing throughout. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name on the first free page. "Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roma... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This copy is lacking the scarce slipcase. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, ubbing and beginning fraying. The spine and front cover have gilt lettering and decorations. The text pages are clean and bright. The foredge and bottom edge of the text block are uncut. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper (Nicholas O. Broughton) . Illustrated with 20 black and white plates by G. Spenser Pryse. ... View More...
Two volume set. First Edition, 2nd State with the conclusion in Volume 2 and a 16 page catalogue dated March 1860. These books are in Very Good condition. The books and their contents are in generally clean, bright condition. Thre is edge wear, chipping and fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name plate on the front pastedown page of both volumes. "Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the... View More...
This is a small format book (approximately 6" 5") . The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The bottom spine end of the book cover has a thin strip missing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping, light fraying and wear. There are small spots of ground-in dirt to the book covers. The text pages are in generally clean condition, though there are spots of ground-in dirt and finger marks to some of the pages. Both front and rear endpapers have ground-in dirt. "Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil[1] (French: [am? ~tin lysil o? ? ? D... View More...
This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean, but are noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper used. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, small nicks and scrapes and a one inch tear to the bottom rear spine joint. "The Brontës (/'br? Ntiz/) were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The... View More...
