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THE ILLITERATE DIGEST
by ROGERS, Will
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,562.50
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New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Somewhat larger than the trade edition, this copy has an attractive modern 3/4 brown morocco leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt rules on the covers and a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, top edge gilt. Illustrated with drawings. Copy #34 of 250… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,562.50
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THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU [WORKS]
by THOREAU, Henry David
- Condition
- Used - Large, personal bookplate on each front pastedown; minor spots of rubbing. Near Fine and attractive on the shelf
- Edition
- Walden Edition
- Published
- (1893)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,500.00
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1893). Walden Edition. Hardcover. Large, personal bookplate on each front pastedown; minor spots of rubbing. Near Fine and attractive on the shelf. Ten 5" x 7-3/4" volumes bound in publisher's 3/4 green morocco leather and marbled boards with heavy gilt spine decoration and lettering, top edges gilt. Illustrated with portraits of… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
LITTLE SUNNY STORIES
by GRUELLE, Johnny
- Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1919)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$125.00
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Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, (1919). First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine. Johnny Gruelle. Charming little (6" x 7-1/4") children's book written and illustrated by the creator of the Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls. Bound in 3/4 dark green morocco leather and patterned boards with gilt-rules and a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, matching patterned endpapers.… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
- Condition
- Used - A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1928 (1930)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$5,000.00
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Boston: Printed for The Commission (by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press), 1928 (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and front cover. Thick folio (9-3/4" x 13-3/4") in publisher's oxblood pigskin leather stamped in black,… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,000.00
THE MAP OF LIFE. CONDUCT AND CHARACTER
by LECKY, William Edward Hartpole
- Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Edition
- New Impression
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. New Impression. Hardcover. About Fine. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco for G. P. Putnam's with gilt rules and gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt; xv, 328 pages. Philosophical ruminations about happiness, the law, politics, religion, money, marriage, time, success, and death.
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$93.80
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY. Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate of Rex Maugham on the front pastedown. Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1895
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$125.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Reprint. Hardcover. Bookplate of Rex Maugham on the front pastedown. Fine. Attractively bound in modern half green morocco leather and marbled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine with five raised bands; top edge gilt. Stevenson arrived in Samoa in 1889 where he built a house at Vailima. This is… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
by CELLINI, Benvenuto
- Condition
- Used - Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1932
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York: Greenway Publishing Company, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8") bound in 3/4 blue polished leather and blue boards, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers; [iv], 506 pages. The English translation is uncredited.
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$43.80
THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ
by THACKERAY, W. M
- Condition
- Used - Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1932
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$43.80
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New York: Greenway Publishing Company, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8") bound in 3/4 blue polished leather and blue boards with the owner's name in gilt on the front cover, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers; xvi, 554 pages.
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$43.80
OEUVRES DE A. DE LAMARTINE. POESIES. Premieres meditations Poetiques La Mort de Socrate
by LAMARTINE, A. de
- Condition
- Used - Remains of bookplate removal on front endpaper. About Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1926
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$125.00
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Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. Remains of bookplate removal on front endpaper. About Fine. Small (3-1/2" x 6") volume bound in full dark blue morocco leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
THE CLOUD OF WITNESS. A Daily Sequence of Great Thoughts from Many Minds Following the Christian Seasons
by [FINE BINDING] GELL, Hon. Mrs. Lyttelton
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- n.d. [1891]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$937.50
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London: Oxford University Press for Henry Frowde, n.d. [1891]. Hardcover. Fine. Full contemporary crushed olive morocco leather (3-3/4" x 5-3/4") by John Bumpus with a large gilt fleurdelis on the front cover within gilt frames, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, foliage frames gilt in remainder, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles.… Read more about this item Item Price
$937.50
HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS. A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our Common Wild Flowers
by DANA, Mrs. William Starr
- Condition
- Used - Contemporary owner inscription on blank; clipping pasted to rear blank. Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$187.50
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Reprint. Hardcover. Contemporary owner inscription on blank; clipping pasted to rear blank. Fine. Full dark green morocco leather by Weitz with thick decorative gilt border, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xxxix, 346 pages.
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$187.50
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[WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON]
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Condition
- Used - Minor rubbing and wear. Near Fine and with a charming look on the shelf
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1900 (1880s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$750.00
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Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900 (1880s). Reprint. Hardcover. Minor rubbing and wear. Near Fine and with a charming look on the shelf. Ten small (4-1/2" x 6-1/8") volumes bound by Stikeman & Co. for Charles Scribner's in 3/4 green morocco leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spines, top edges gilt. Though not numbered on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
THE ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE, BOOK 1
by DISNEY, Walt
- Condition
- Used - Minor soiling to a few pages; margins trimmed in rebinding. Fine in a sweet binding
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1931)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,875.00
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Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (1931). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor soiling to a few pages; margins trimmed in rebinding. Fine in a sweet binding. Beautifully bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco leather with multi-color morocco design depicting Mickey Mouse on the front cover, silver lettering on the spine, all edges silver gilt, new end-papers depicting Mickey… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,875.00
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by LEROUX, Gaston
- Condition
- Used - Fine in an attractive binding
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Published
- (1911)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$6,250.00
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London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1911). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in an attractive binding. Recent full black morocco leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with onlay of mask to front cover, silver lettering to spine and front cover after the original, Japanese endpapers, and all edges silvered; housed in a felt-lined black cloth slipcase; vi, 392, 31, (1)… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,250.00
LEAVES OF GRASS And Selected Prose
by WHITMAN, Walt
- Condition
- Used - Spine sunned. Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- (1949)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$437.50
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New York & Toronto: Rinehart & Co. Inc., (1949). Reprint. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Near Fine. Octavo (5" x 7-1/4") bound in 3/4 green morocco leather by Maurin with two raised spine bands and gilt decoration, marbled boards, top edge gilt; xxx, [iv], 568, [1] pages.
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$437.50
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS With Notes, Glossary, Index Of First Lines And Chronological List
by BURNS, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Owner name on verso of front endpaper with generic bookplate on facing blank; minor wear to joints. A lovely binding in Near Fin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- (1960)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$312.50
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London: Oxford University Press, (1960). Reprint. Hardcover. Owner name on verso of front endpaper with generic bookplate on facing blank; minor wear to joints. A lovely binding in Near Fine condition. Bound in full polished calf leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/4") by Frost & Co. with double gilt-ruled borders, gilt decoration on the spine with a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco… Read more about this item Item Price
$312.50
THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE
by MONTAIGNE
- Condition
- Used - Owner name on verso of front endpaper with generic bookplate on facing blank; slight wear at top and bottom of joints. A lovely
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- [1960s]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$437.50
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New York & London: Oxford University Press, [1960s]. Reprint. Hardcover. Owner name on verso of front endpaper with generic bookplate on facing blank; slight wear at top and bottom of joints. A lovely binding in just about Fine condition. Two volumes in one bound in full polished blue calf leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/4") by Frost & Co. with… Read more about this item Item Price
$437.50
THE INNOCENT VOYAGE
by HUGHES, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a close to Fine pictorial chemise with a darkened backstrip and a Near Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$250.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine pictorial chemise with a darkened backstrip and a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Large octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2") attractively bound in full maroon sheepskin with both panels of the binding heavily gilt-decorated with repeating lines surrounding a young girl. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS by… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
THE CALL OF THE WILD
by LONDON, Jack
- Condition
- Used - Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$250.00
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Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1960. hardcover. Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Henry Varnum Poor. Quarto (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in full green-and-black plaid wool "mackinaw" shirting with a leather label on the spine. The slipcase is also covered in the same lumberman's shirting material. Introduction by Pierre Berton. Illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
OUTCROPPINGS: BEING SELECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA VERSE
by HARTE, Bret (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Occasional minor soiling to text. Binding about Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1866
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$312.50
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San Francisco/New York: A. Roman and Company/W. J. Widdleton, 1866. First Edition. Occasional minor soiling to text. Binding about Fine. Twentieth century 3/4 navy morocco binding signed by Blackwell. BAL 7238: Form A or B. Harte's first book, an anthology of poetry edited anonymously by him. Contributors include Ina Coolbrith and Charles W. Stoddard.
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$312.50
