Faux Leatherette. Very Good +. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 287 pp. Dark red imitation leatherette with gilt lettering and geometric Art Deco decoration used for modern novels in the International Collectors series. Previous owner's bookplate on front pasted endpaper, no other markings. Very little shelfwear, faint scuff mark on rear cover. Binding still tight. Ribbon marker. An erudite introduction by Malcolm Cowley summarizing the mixed literary accomplishments of Anderson. A map of Winesburg as frontispiece. This modern classic assembles tales of individual characters to illuminate t... View More...
441 pp. Beige buckram cloth with scarlet spine titling and Classics Club logo. Corners bumped, bookstore stamping on front end paper, else close to fine. Text clean. Anthology containing Metaphysics, Parts of Animals, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics and Poetics. Edited by Louise Ropes Loomis. Size: 8vo -- 7.5 In Tall View More...
228 pp., with glossary of archaic terms. Light soil to spine. No markings. Light wear. Decorative moorish-type diamond-shaped pattern on reddish-tan cloth. Spine gilt titling still fairly bright. Rubbing on corners. Not dated. The Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas estimates it was published in the 1950s. More than 50 short essays on subjects ranging from age and youth to atheism. Large font and generous interlinear spacing makes this comfortable to read. Originally titled "The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Ld. Verulam, Viscount St. Albans" Size: 8vo -- -- 9.5 In View More...
206 pp. Handsome copy with slight bump to corners and faint rubbing on green cover title. Binding tight, text clean. 7 illustrations in green ink. Promotional card laid in. Afterword by Noel Perrin. Size: 8vo -- 9 in. Tall View More...
627 pp. A modern English rendition of Chaucer by J.U. Nicolson. Brown cloth with faint embossed figure of a knight. Front hinge split but binding still firm. Light edgewear at top and foot of spine. Gilt titling on spine faded. Previous owner's note about Canterbury Cathedral jotted on half title page, no other markings. Small bleached stain lower spine; faint ring stain on front cover.Illustrated endpapers. Foxing along front hinge. Else clean. No markings in text. Introduction by Gordon Hall Gerould. Several full-page illustrations by Kent in black, white and brown. Photos available upon req... View More...
383 pp. Bibliographical references. Photos and sketches. Nearly new, slight crinkling along dj edges. No markings in text, clean. A New York Public Library Collector's Edition, with introductory information on Chekhov. Includes "The Three Sisters" and 17 short stories. Suggested reading list. Size: 12mo -- 7.5 In Tall View More...
496 pp. Nearly new, faux black leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Slight rubbing of bottom of spine, a rear corner slightly bumped. Binding tight, pages fresh. No markings. Ribbon page marker. Part of the International Collectors series of great American novels. View More...
197 pp. Close to new, no creasing on spine. Clean text, no markings. Introduction by Crane scholar Donald B. Gibson. This "Enriched Classics" edition includes critical excerpts, photos of Crane, reading list, a section on literary allusions, and reference notes. First published in 1895 when Crane was 24. He died 4 years later. Size: 12mo - 6.75 in Tall View More...
405 pp. Slightly bumped, fading on rear cover, small stray mark on title page. Colored endpapers. Gilt stamping, with "Veritas" shield on front cover. Labeled a "deluxe edition" of "The Harvard Classics." Reprint of a Houghton Mifflin edition. Illustration of author in front. Binding firm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
405 pp. Near perfect. Bright gilt cover decorations, slight loss of gilt on "Harvard" stamping on lower spine, slight beginning of crease on upper spine. Clean, bright text, no markings. Colored endpapers. Labeled a "deluxe edition" of "The Harvard Classics." Reprint of a Houghton Mifflin edition. Illustration of author as frontispiece. Binding firm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
405 pp. Slightly bumped, spine slant. Dark olive boards. Colored endpapers. Gilt stamping, with "Veritas" shield on front cover. Labeled a "deluxe edition" of "The Harvard Classics." Reprint of a Houghton Mifflin edition. Illustration of author in front. Binding firm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
346 pp. Illustration of cityscape and harbor printed on beige cloth. Two-color or illustrations throughout text. Detailed introduction and commentary on Dana's life by William McFee, plus author's preface. Text clean. Endpapers lightlty toned. Lightly rubbed corners. Slipcase missing. Size: 4to -- 10.5 In View More...
97 pp. Quarter tan and maroon cloth, decorated with 2 sketches of the head of the "Haunted Man." Dark red end papers and edges. Slightly noticeable darkish stain and bump on cover's fore-edge, otherwise nearly new. No markings. Several two-color sketches. Rear page indicates this is Copy No. 208 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies prepared as a Christmas gift by Samel A. Dalton. Engraved gift card laid in. Slipcase missing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
521 pp. Two Dickens novels in one binding, Volume VIII of Books Inc. Cleartype set. Front joint partly split, but binding still firm. Light foxing on endpapers. Blacked-out address labels pasted on inside cover and title page. Text still bright. Frontispiece of young man and lady friend on a park bench. Text clean. Spine edges and corners moderately rubbed. Medallion profile of Dickens embossed into brown cloth of front cover. Size: 12mo 7 in Tall View More...
332 pp. Tight, nearly new, black faux-leatherette cloth , with bright gilt and Harvard Veritas crest. Ochre-colored endpapers. Two small rubbed spots on upper spine edge. Contents: Essays, Civil and Moral and The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon / Areopagitica and Tractate on Education by John Milton / Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne. Frontispiece of Browne portrait. Part of the Harvard Classics Deluxe Edition series. Text clean, no writing. View More...
Close to new, square, fie corners, dark green faux leather cloth, gilt intact. Slight wrinkling in spine (production error). Text clean and bright. Part of the Harvard Classics series. Selected works, including Edward the Second, Hamlet, King Lear, MacBeth and The Tempest. View More...
Upper edge of spine bumped. Former library copy, with card envelope on endpaper, shelf tag on spine. . Front hinge cracked. Light wear. dark green faux leather cloth, gilt intact. Text clean and bright, no markings. Pebbled ochre endpapers. Part of the Harvard Classics series. Selected works, including Edward the Second, Hamlet, King Lear, MacBeth and The Tempest. Brief introductory note for each play. Size: 8vo View More...
463 pp. Gilt lettering and design, all intact, on brown leatherette, gilt all edges. Slightest rubbing at top and foot of spine, corners excellent. Only marking is a gift inscription on half title page. Ribbon marker. Likely very slight reading if any, binding still tight. An anthology that contains Marlowe's Edward II and Shakespeare's Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest. With footnotes, brief introductory notes for each play. Part of the Harvard Classics series by Grolier. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
437 pp. With library card on rear paper, and a few library stampings. Lightly read, from USAF base (McCoy Field -- now part of Orlando Fl. airport). Square, firm binding, light bumping of corners. A few smudge marks on endpapers. Text clean. Quilt-like geometric pattern stamped on front cover. A few pages have diagonal creasing. This allegorical novel imagines a day in World War 1 in which French soldiers and their German counterparts simply refuse to fight. The story, initially panned, has gained more critical approval over the decades. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In View More...
320 pp. Close to new, no spine creases, text still bright, no markings. Introduction by Mary Ellen Chase. Full title is: The History and Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams. This edition is part of the Norton Library series. Size: 12mo - 7.75 in. Tall View More...
