Literature / Classics & Essays from Adamstown Books

Camden NJ: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1939. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Limited Edition of 1100 copies, unnumbered. WWII dedication page in this specific copy. Essays on Self-Reliance, Courage, and Experience, plus An Appreciation by Van Wyck Brooks - Emerson in Concord. Book Condition : Good+; no text marks; sunlight fading to spine and around… Read more about this item

Aurora NY: Roycroft Press, 1899. Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Roycroft Press green suede-bound softcover, 91 pp. Anonymous 12th or 13th century French romantic tale combining poetry and prose, the story of star-crossed lovers who have to go through many adventures and misunderstandings to be together. Issued by the publishing arm of the… Read more about this item

New York NY: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1910. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Thus I began to write these papers with a definite end: ... I was to state temperately the bbeliefsof youth as opposed to the contentions of age, [and] to go over all the fields where the two differ..." -Stevenson's intro. Cameo… Read more about this item

St. Louis, MO: Sigma Publishing Co., 1915. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author and poet. 1749-1832. Steel blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, 601 pp., unillustrated. Condition: Good-; mild wear to corner tips, spine ends, a nick on front fore edge. a 2-inch split of paper… Read more about this item