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The Curse Of The Village, The Happiness Of Being Rich, And Blind Rosa Three Tales

By: Conscience, Hendrik (translated From The Original Flemish)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Baltimore, MD / Philadelphia, PA, Murphy & Co. / J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 1856

Seller ID: A40793

Binding: Hardcover

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 am...
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Knickerbocker's History Of New York

By: Irving, Washington

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, American Book Exchange: 1881

Seller ID: A39059

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This is a small format book (approx. 4 1/2" x 6") . The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners have some bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are generally clean. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front pastedown page. "Irving completed A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809) while mourning the death of his 17-year-old fiance Matilda Hoffman. It was his first major book and a satire on self-important local history...
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Rasselas

By: Johnson, Samuel

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, England, Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller: 1819

Seller ID: A33633

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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The Literature Of Australia An Anthology

By: Jose, Nicholas (General editor) (with A Foreword by Thomas Keneally)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 2009

Seller ID: A40184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

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 an...
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The Red Doctor

By: Lafitte, J. P. (translated by Huon D'Aramis) (Jean Baptiste Pierre Lafitte)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 1866

Seller ID: A38170

Binding: Hardcover

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 Comdie-Franaise, his plays were presented on t...
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The Winds Of The World

By: Mundy, Talbot

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1917

Seller ID: A40394

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

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, w...
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The Pottleton Legacy: A Story of Town and Country Life

By: Smith, Albert

Price: $100.00

Publisher: London, England, David Bogue, Fleet Street: 1849

Seller ID: A34551

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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The Stanford Year Book 1909

By: The English Club (edited by)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Stanford, CA, Stanford University: 1909

Seller ID: 29492

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Autumn, 1919

By: The Pacific Short Story Club Quarterly (Henry Meade Bland, editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: San Jose, CA, Pacific Short Story Club Quarterly: 1919

Seller ID: A34418

Binding: Pamphlet

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.
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Uncle Toby's Select Tales And Poetry

By: Uncle Toby (Pseudonym Of George Trask)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Phillips & Sampson: 1846

Seller ID: A40344

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

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...
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Elster's Folly

By: Wood, Mrs. Henry (Ellen Wood (Ne Price) )

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, T. B. Peterson & Brothers: 1866

Seller ID: A38227

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Category: Literature