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By: Conscience, Hendrik (translated From The Original Flemish)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Baltimore, MD / Philadelphia, PA, Murphy & Co. / J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 1856
Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32539
Condition: Very Good
This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without 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, rubbing and fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable generalized foxing. There is a small square sticker to the top front endpaper. "Henri or Hendrik Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered as the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by French... View more info
By: Defoe, Daniel
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.: 1945
Edition: Limited Edition
Inscription: Signed by Illustrator
Seller ID: A35030
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Color Illustrations; Limited to 1000 copies, this is number 947, signed by Fritz Kredel the illustrator. Missing glassine dust jacket. The cardboard slipcase is in Very Good condition. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginnning bumping and rubbing. There is some bbeginning fading / darkening to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color plates by Fritz Kredel. This copy has been signed by the illustrator and numbered 947 on the limitati... View more info
By: Johnson, Samuel
Price: $125.00
Publisher: London, England, Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller: 1819
Edition: 2nd Edition
Seller ID: A33633
Condition: Very Good-
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 tender, with some 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 essays, an influent... View more info
By: Lafitte, J. P. (translated by Huon D'Aramis) (Jean Baptiste Pierre Lafitte)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 1866
Edition: 1st English Language Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A38170
Condition: Very Good-
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 present... View more info
By: Milton, John
Price: $75.00
Publisher: London, England, Printed for Thomas Tegg: 1840
Seller ID: A35227
Condition: Very Good-
Etching; Brown leather covered boards with embossed and gilt decorations to the covers and spine. This book is in Very Good- condition. Both front and rear spine joints have started, the rear joint is mostly intact, the front has cracking from both ends. This volume contains illustrations by J. M. W. Turner. With an engraved frontispiece portrait by Vertue, and an additional portrait right before the section on the life of the author. 10 fine steel-engraved plates, seven of which are after J. M. W. Turner. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, with only light toning and foxing. Included ... View more info
By: Sadi (Or Saadi) (Abu-Muhammad Muslih Al-Din Bin Abdallah Shiraz)
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, England, Octagon Press Ltd.: 1974
Edition: 1st Edition Thus
Seller ID: A35251
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has some light edge wear, bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi[ , better known by his pen-name Saadi , also known as Saadi of Shiraz (Saadi Shirazi) , was a major Persian poet and literary of ... View more info
By: Smith, Albert
Price: $100.00
Publisher: London, England, David Bogue, Fleet Street: 1849
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34551
Condition: Very Good-
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 info
By: The English Club (edited by)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Stanford, CA, Stanford University: 1909
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 29492
Condition: Very Good+
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 wo... View more info
By: The Pacific Short Story Club Quarterly (Henry Meade Bland, editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: San Jose, CA, Pacific Short Story Club Quarterly: 1919
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34418
Condition: Very Good+
This is a small format pamphlet with illustrated self covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light toning to the spine and foredge joints. The text pages are clean and bright. The contents include: The Life of Joaquin Miller Chapter III: The Indian Republic. View more info
By: Wood, Mrs. Henry (Ellen Wood (Née Price) )
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, T. B. Peterson & Brothers: 1866
Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A38227
Condition: Very Good
(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 info
