Chicago/New York: Rand, McNally & Company. Hardcover. 632p. A dark green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine text rubbed out. Edges and corners shelf-worn. Old signatures on front free endpaper. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers. Title page just barely starting to come loose, but still securely enought..... More
Chicago: The Fountain Press, 1949. Chauncey Maltman. Hardcover. 399p. A salmon-pink cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated by Chauncey Maltman. More
New York: David Huntington, 1815. Leather. 168p. A small, full-leather hardcover book in fair condition. Edges heavily worn; bottom corners are chipped off. Old notes and scribbles on endpapers. Horizontal closed tears across title page and last page. Text stained, but free of notes and underlining. Pages securely bound. A..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1957. Hardcover. 61p. A small hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Corners lightly rubbed. The illustrattions have faded onto the surrounding pages, but all text is still easily legible. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped and loghtly chipped..... More
1860-83. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 tan leather on dark grey boards (except Volume 41, spine bound in dark green leather). Volumes 1-47 (in 46 books) covering the years 1860-83. Raised bands and attractive gilt on spine. All title plates still intact and in good shape. Volume 4 spine 1/2 detached. Volumes 5..... More
1883-6. Hardcover. Ex-library six cloth and one 3/4 leather. Seven volumes for the years 1883-6. Volume 1 spine chipped. Volume 2 spine torn. Volumes 5-6 worn at crown and heel. Seven books in very good condition. Includes Arthur Conan Doyle's "J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement." Cornhill was founded by George Murray..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. Leather. 2 vols. Ex-library. A set of two large hardcover books bound 3/4 black leather with black cloth boards. Good condition overall. The spine and hinges of volume 1 are reinforced with heavy-duty clear tape. Leather portions visibly rubbed and wearing through. Closed tear..... More
1866-9. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 leather. Volumes 1-3, 7 for the years 1866-7, 1869 in 4 books. Volume 2 spine chipped and ripping. Volume 7 spine ripped. Else books in very good condition. Volume 1 contains work by W.D. Howells, Henry James, among others. Volumes 2&3 contain work by Anthony Trollope..... More
New York: A.W. Lovering. Hardcover. Approx. 350p. A large, red cloth hardcover book with silver stamped decor. Very good condition, having light edgewear (mainly at the corners and the foot of the spine) and a former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Flecks of light staining on..... More
1852-60. Hardcover. Ex-library buckram except (volumes 40-2, 47, 51, 54 3/4 leather bindings). Volumes 39-51 and 54-55. For years 1852-60 in 16 books. Volume 47 spine half detached. Volume 54 spine chipped and taped. Volume 42 chipped. Otherwise books in good/very good condition. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, was..... More
1856. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 leather bindings. Volumes 47-8. For year 1856 in 2 books. Books in good condition though leather is abraded and crown of spine is chipped and deteriorating. These volumes contain pieces by Kit Kelvin and Charles Leland, among others. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, was a...... More
London/New York: Ernest Nister/E.P. Dutton & Co. Hardcover. 191p. A decorated blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed, but otherwise, interior clean and binding tight. A book of poetry featuring many beautiful illustrations. Undated; ca. 1900. More
1868-84. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 leather (except volumes 5-9, 12, 34 library buckram). Volumes covering the years 1868-1884 in 29 books. Volumes 1, 11, 15 deteriorating spines. Volume 13 spine detached. Else a good set. This run contains fiction by Anthony Trollope, Ivan Turgenev, and Henry James. Poetry from Sidney Lanier..... More
1919-33. Hardcover. Ex-library brown 3/4 leather set of 28 volumes in 28 books for the years 1919-33. Gilt title with volume number on spine. Volumes in very good condition. Volumes 1-28 for the years 1919-33. The London Mercury was the major monthly literary journal that published from 1919 to 1939..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 125p. A hardcover book with slipcase. Very good condition; the spine is lightly tanned and there is an owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The slipcase is splitting along one edge, but is still fairly sturdy..... More
1821-1939. Hardcover. Ex-library mix of buckram, cloth, 3/4 leather, and full leather. Volumes 12-45, 50-53, 59-61, 64, 66, 69-76, 79-83, 85-7, 89-94, 98-114, 124-220, 222-47 for the years 1821-1939. Volumes 12-45, 59-114, 149-55, 202-5, 222-47 in buckram. Volumes 50-3 in full leather. Volumes 133, 138-40, 142-3 in 3/4 leather. Volumes..... More
1886-91. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 cloth. Volumes 7-18 for years 1886-91 in 12 books. Books in very good condition. The Overland Monthly was founded in 1868 by Anton Roman, a Bavarian-born bookseller who moved to California during the Gold Rush. He had recently published the poems of Charles Warren Stoddard and..... More
1883-9. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 leather volumes. Volumes 16-19, 21-28 for the years 1883-9 in 13 books. Volume 20 chipped spine. Books in good to very good condition. Volumes in this run contain poetry by Christina Rosetti, Robert Burns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, A.C. Swinburne, Julia Ward Howe, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Frank..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Leather. 768p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 black leather with black cloth boards. Good condition; edges heavily rubbed and worn through, and traces of call number on spine. Text clean and binding secure. A sturdy reading copy. Includes installments of THE TRAIL..... More
New York: Scribner, 1881. Leather. 968p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards. Good condition overall. Edges heavily rubbed. Pages 119-122 are loose. Otherwise, binding secure and text unmarked. Contains THE CENTURY MAGAZINE for Nov. 1881 and SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY for Dec. 1880 and January-April 1881. More
1894. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 101 from the year 1894 in 1 book. Gutter ripping Book in good condition. Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th centuries (1860–1906). The complete title was Temple Bar – A...... More
1894. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 103 from the year 1894 in 1 book. Gutter ripping. Book in good condition. Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th centuries (1860–1906). The complete title was Temple Bar – A...... More
1899. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 tan leather on decorative boards. Volume 118 from the year 1899 in 1 book. Gutter ripping. Book in good condition. Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th centuries (1860–1906). The complete title was Temple Bar – A...... More
1877. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 50 from the year 1877 in 1 book. Spine chipped. Book in good condition. Book contains chapters 61-80 of Anthony Trollope's "The American Senator." Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th..... More
1887. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 80 from the year 1887 in 1 book. Spine tearing. Book in good condition. Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th centuries (1860–1906). The complete title was Temple Bar – A...... More