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
New York: The Century Co., 1891. Hardcover. 960p. A gold-colored, decorated cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed and spine darkened. Pages tanned, but otherwise unmarked. Small dampstain at bottom corner of first few leaves. Binding secure. A volume containing six issues of THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, May-October 1891..... 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
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: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Leather. 972p. A 1/4 brown leather hardcover book in fair condition. Edges and spine heavily scuffed. Front hinge cracked. Lacks free endpapers and title page. Scattered pencil markings, but most pages clean. Text block securely bound in itself, despite damaged hinge. Vol. 71 only..... 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
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
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
1903-4. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 leather volumes. Volumes 56-8 for the year 1903-4 in 3 books. Books in very good condition. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (1876–1904) was an American popular literary magazine established by Frank Leslie as "the cheapest magazine published in the world." Contributors included Henry James and Eben E...... 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
1890. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 black leather on decorative boards. Volume 88 from the year 1890 in 1 book. Book in good to very good condition. Contains fiction by Annie Edwardes, Rhoda Broughton, and others. Temple Bar was a literary periodical of the mid and late 19th and very early 20th..... More
1892. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 tan leather on decorative boards. Volume 95 from the year 1892 in 1 book. Book in good to very 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 –..... More
1861-83. Hardcover. Ex-library. Volumes 1-68 covering the years 1861-83 in 64 books. Volumes 1-5, 8-22, 24, 26-9, 32-7, 39-41, 47-9, 51, 58-66 in 3/4 leather. Volumes 6-7, 23, 25, 30-1, 38, 42-6, 50, 67-8 in buckram. Volumes 52-7 in cloth. Else a clean and tight set of books in good..... More