This is a small book (approx. 6" x 4"). Full Morocco Leather binding. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book cover has edge wear, rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and corners. The spine of the book has fading / sunning. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
This book is in Good only condition. Full, red, straight-grain Morocco binding with gilt decorations to both front and rear covers and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. AEG (all edges gilt) , plain dark umber endpapers. (Pp iii, 197 plus 4 engraved plates and an engraved headpiece vignette. ) The spine joints of the book cover are cracking. There's rubbing to all edges and joints. The rear cover has several scrapes to the leather. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is some burning to pages opposite the engravings, and one small edge tear. " His later works included ess... View More...
This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, David Malouf, Peter Carey, Bradley Trevor Greive, Thomas Keneally, Colleen McCullough, Nevil Shute and Morris West. Notable contemporary expatriate authors include the feminist Germaine Greer, art historian Robert Hughes and humorists Barry Humphries and Cl... View More...
This is a First English Language Edition, originally published in French. This book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some fading to the spine of the book cover. The text pages are clean, but heavily toned and foxed. "Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lafitte (2 June 1796 ? 6 March 1879) was a 19th-century French playwright, novelist, journalist and comedian. A pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française, his plays were presented on th... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book cover s have some light bumping and rubbing. There are a couple of spots of ground-in dirt / discoloration to the rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have several spots of foxing. "Talbot's accounts of the following years are unreliable, tainted by his own fictionalised claims about his activities. In March 1899 he sailed aboard the Caledonia to Bombay in British India, where... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book has been custom re-bound in full morocco leather, with an etched / stamped illustration and lettering, which has then been painted. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a long previous owner's gift inscription on the first free page. The endpapers have been replaced with marbled endpapers. "The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- to Near Very Good condition. Half leather binding with Morrocco spine and corners, marbled boards and edges of the text block, and red leather spine label. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The rear spine joint of the book has cracking but is still attached. There is some light edge wear and noticeable rubbing to the spine joints and some beginning cracking to the front spine joint. The text pages are clean and mostly bright, with only spots of foxing and toning throughout. There is a previous owner's exotic name i... View More...
This book is in Fair only condition. Full leather. Both front and rear covers are hanging on by their strings - the hinges have perished. The spine is missing the leather on both top and bottom end, though the leather title label is still present. The text block itself is in solid condition and is neatly sewn in. Missing the front endpapers and any initial pages before the half title page. The half title page includes a previous owner's inked name and date (Isaac Stevens, Boston, August 11th, 1811). Page v of the introduction has a previous owner's sewn repair to a long tear (very neat stitchi... View More...
Copper plate; Second printing of the small Octavo Hawkesworth edition. Illustrated with copperplate illustrations. All volumes are full leather with raised bands and gilt lines on each side of the band. There is a thin leather (lighter brown) title adhered to the second bands of each book, along with gilt numbers on the third band down. The set is in Good only condition. Each volume includes personalized bookplates - on the front pastedown page: Lt. Col. L. Holwell (bookplate by Strongitharm Sc. Dean St. Soho) , the other bookplate is on the front endpaper: Luther A. Brewer of Cedar Rapids, IA... View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers have some ground-in dirt and finger marks. There is a light bump to the top corner of the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The foredge and bottom edges of the text block are uncut and several of the pages have been opened badly. "The Stanford English Club takes pleasure in presenting the first of a proposed series of Year Books, initiated with the hope that it may conduce to the encouragement of original literary work a... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book has several smallish to medium sized chips the the spine ends and front spine joint. The corners have bumping, rubbing and fraying to the cloth. There are several spots of discoloration to the rear covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there are spots of foxing and finger dirt throughout. The front and rear endpapers have a previous owner's ink stamped initials and hand inked name and address. "George Trask (1798- 1875) , a Congregational clergyman who had graduated from Bow... View More...
This is book number " 30 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library". This is a trade paperback sized booklet with heavy cardstock covers and a glued binding. The Booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The edges of the cardstock covers have some beginning bumping and a couple of tiny nicks. The covers have several spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. This booklet includes a facsimile of the manuscript of the story "Babes in the Woods". The... View More...
(Text in 2 columns. 275, [13, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. ) This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends have some light bumping and rubbing and there is some beginning fraying as well. The covers are pebbled brown publishers cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's design to the spine. The text pages are generally clean, though with some generalized toning. The first free page is completely toned, as is the rear free page. There are several previous owner's names (front endpaper, front f... View More...
