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
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
Montreal: Privately printed (Montreal Paper Company), 1938. Limited Edition. Leather. 338p. A hardcover book bound in full red leather with gilt trim. Very good condition, with a slightly darkened spine and lightly rubbed edges. Owner's signature inside, dated 1938, and endpapers mildly foxed. Otherwise, text unmarked, pages crisp and white..... 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: Harper & Brothers, 1881. Leather. 960p. A hardcover book with a burgundy leather spine and corners and marbled boards. Edges rubbed and owner's sticker inside front cover. Top corner of page block dampstained. Occasional unobtrusive pencil notations and light foxing. Binding secure. Volume 63 of HARPER'S with all..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. Leather. 974p. A hardcover book with a black leather spine and corners and black cloth boards. Spine a bit cockeyed and edges heavily rubbed. Some pages yellowed with age. Text unmarked and binding secure. Contains three pieces and numerous illustrations by Old West writer..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. Leather. 864p. A hardcover book with a black leather spine and corners and pebbled cloth boards. Leather portions heavily rubbed. Old stickers inside front and back covers. Heavy foxing throughout. Binding secure for normal handling. Illustrated with black and white engravings. This volume contains..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. Leather. 864p. A hardcover book with a black leather spine and charcoal-grey cloth boards. Leather scuffed, corners rubbed through, and cloth soiled. Light foxing and occasional pencil markings inside (most pages have no pencil marks). Binding secure. Features a multi-part work on Napoleon by..... 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
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937. Hardcover. 128p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Mild wear to covers; corners slightly bumped. The front free endpaper has a worn patch, as though a sticker has been peeled off of the page. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. Includes specimen..... 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