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The Deserted Village
by Oliver Goldsmith
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1855
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$21.50
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45 Pages. Illustrated by The Etching Club.
This classic old Oliver Goldsmith book comes in brown boards with gold lettering on the front cover and gold gilted closed book page edges (top, side, and bottom) all of which are in very good condition. The exterior book's detriments are worn areas at the top and bottom of its spine, and 2… Read more about this item Item Price
$21.50
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A Gazetteer of Massachusetts Containing Descriptions of all the Counties, Towns and Districts in the Commonwealth
by John Hayward
- Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Published
- 1849
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
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$40.00
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452 Pages plus 4 pages of recommendations. Stated: Revised Edition.
This is a very interesting and historical look at Massachusetts in 1849 and all of its towns, counties, districts, churches, geographical features, fashionable resorts, and statistics of its manufacturing, agriculture, and commerce. The book is in a generally poor condition. The exterior spine is missing more than half of its covering,… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
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The Young Astronomer or The Facts Developed By Modern Astronomy
by John S.C. Abbott
- Condition
- Used - Poor
- Published
- 1846
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
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$125.00
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144 Pages.
This is a very old (1846) book on Astronomy that has been copied many times since, though this one is probably the original copy. The book's exterior has much wear on it (see photos). There are worn areas on the front and rear covers, on all four corners, along all of its edges, at the top and bottom… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
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Scribner's Magazine Volume III January - June
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1888
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
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$35.00
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768 Pages. This book is a fun-to-read collection of articles from Scribner's Magazine, published in 1888. The book's exterior has worn areas at the top and bottom of its spine, on all four corners, and wearing marks on all edges, and the front and rear covers. The interior of this volume of fun reading has the remains of a sticker… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
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Frank on the Lower Mississippi
by Harry Castlemon
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Published
- 1868
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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236 Pages. No dust jacket. Part of the Gunboat Series of children's books.
This is a classic children's adventure book. The book's exterior has worn areas at the top and bottom edges and along each verticle side of the spine, worn areas on the top and bottom edges and on all four corners, and wearing marks on the rear cover along… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
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The Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments and other Rights and Ceremonies of the Church
by The Protestant Episcopal Church
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1899
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
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$24.00
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566 Pages. No dust jacket.
This 1899-published book of Common Prayers and other items comes in red boards with gold printing on the spine. The book's exterior has worn areas at the top and bottom of the spine, on all four corners, along the right and left edges of the spine, and lightly worn places on the front and rear covers.… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.00
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Waverly or 'Tis Sixty Years Since
by Sir Walter Scott
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1871
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$34.95
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466 Pages. No dust Jacket as published.
This is a classic piece of Sir Walter Scott's writings in a very good- condition. The book's exterior has worn areas at the top and bottom of its spine, a small hole on the rear cover's right edge, on all four corners, and on the front and rear covers. The interior book has… Read more about this item Item Price
$34.95
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Songs and Ballads
by Samuel Lover
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1844
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$85.00
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154 Pages.
This is a very old (1844 published) book of songs and ballads by Samuel Lover. The book's exterior is in poor condition with a large piece of the spine's exterior missing, some further smaller pieces of the spine missing (see photos), worn areas on all four corners and at the top and bottom of the spine as well… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
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Count Robert of Paris
by Sir Walter Scott
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- The Standard Edition, #402/1000
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$21.00
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596 Pages. Two volumes in one book with introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang. Marked: The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 402.
This classic piece of literature comes in greenish boards with gold printing on the spine and a well-preserved… Read more about this item Item Price
$21.00
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Genealogies and Biographical Sketches of the Ancestry and Descendants of Richard Sears, The Pilgrim
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1857
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$40.00
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64 Pages.
This is a Genealogy of the Richard Sears family as of 1857 when the book was published. The book's exterior has brown boards with gold lettering on the spine and front cover.. The exterior has worn areas at the top and bottom of its spine and to a lesser extent, on all four corners as well as on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
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Pocket Book of Useful Formulae & Memoranda
by Guilford L. Molesworth
- Condition
- Used - Poor
- Published
- 1871
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$78.00
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440 Pages.
This softcovered pocket book is full of Mathematical and Engineering formulas and information all dated 1871 when it was published in London, England. The book's exterior is well worn with worn areas on all four corners, edges, and front and back covers. Additionally, there are small pieces missing from the top and bottom edges of the spine, and the… Read more about this item Item Price
$78.00
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The Writings of James Russell Lowell, Vol I - VI out of 10
by James Russell Lowell
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Riverside Edition
- Published
- 1892
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
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$60.00
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Volumes 1 - 6 out of the 10 in the Edition.
The Riverside Edition from which these 6 volumes are a part, come in dark red boards with gold printing on their spines, a gold gilt top closed book page edge, and a built-in bookmark. The exteriors of the volumes have worn areas on all of their corners, worn areas… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, With Some Account of the Author, Vol I
by Thomas Hood
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1857
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$30.00
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320 Pages along with 56 pages titled "Notice of the Author".
This volume of Hood's poetry and sonnets comes in brown boards with gold lettering on the spine and what looks like what used to be a guilt top page edge of the closed book. The book's exterior has four lightly to moderately worn corners, worn areas at the top and… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
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The Boy's Account of It
by William Culver (Bobs) Roberts, Jr.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Signed Copy
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
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$24.98
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71 Pages. Signed by the author in dark blue ink below his picture on the page opposite tot the title page.
This is an account of the author's trip, while a boy, with his father on a ship, The Arabic, into many countries around the world. The book comes in green boards with gold lettering on the front cover and on… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.98
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood with some Account of the Author, Vol. II
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1857
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$24.00
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344 Pages.
This classic volume of Thomas Hood's poetical works comes in brown boards with gold lettering on its spine. The book's exterior has very worn areas on all four corners, very worn areas and small tears at the top and bottom of its spine, has one worn area along its bottom edge, rubbing marks on both front and rear covers,… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.00
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Letters of Elizabeth Stearns Tyler
by Elizabeth Stearns Tyler
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
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$48.00
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87 Pages. With a memorial poem by Martha Dickinson Bianchi (niece of Emily Dickinson).
This is a very insightful book of the letters written by the author while she was in France during WWI, describing the war and the people of France from a non-combatant's point of view. The book's exterior has 3 worn corners, ink staining on the front cover,… Read more about this item Item Price
$48.00
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An Elementary Treatise on Differential Calculus Founded on the Method of Rates or Fluxions
by John Minot Rice and William Woolsey Johnson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1878
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$118.00
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75 Pages.
This is an early book regarding the complex subject of Differential Calculus. The book's exterior has worn areas on all four corners, at the top and bottom of the spine, and wearing areas on the top and bottom and the right edges of the book and lastly the rear cover has some white paint speckles on it. The interior… Read more about this item Item Price
$118.00
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The Fortunes of Nigel
by Sir Walter Scott
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Limited Edition #402/1000
- Published
- 1893
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$20.00
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Two volumes in one book. Stated: The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 402.
This classic volume of Scott's works comes in green/white boards with gold printing and a guilted top closed book page edge. The exterior of the book has light wear… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St Valentine's Day
by Sir Walter Scott
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Limited Edition #402/1000
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$40.00
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Two volumes in one book. Stated: The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 402.
This classic book on the exterior has light wear marks at the top and bottom of its spine, worn areas on all four corners, light scuffing marks on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
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Bijou Almanack 1852
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1852
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA
- Item Price
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$105.00
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This is a very small book coming in brown boards with gold printing on it and gilt-covered closed book edges on the top, side, and bottom (see pictures). There are lightly worn areas along the top edge and on the rear cover. and some moderate wear along the spine. The interior book has no visible extraneous markings and its bindings… Read more about this item Item Price
$105.00