Search Results: PWK Stories from PWK Books

Attractive leather-bound illustrated edition of Dickens' work. Contains 21 short stories (not "A Christmas Carol"). Dark green leather limp bound cover with gilt stamping on spine. Decorative endpapers. Printed on "India paper," i.e. thin tissue-like paper. Text block has gilt top. Built-in green ribbon bookmark.PON on bookplate on front endpaper, dated 1917.Cover has wear and bumping, particularly on top and hinges of spine. Small writing on FFEP. Endpapers are age tanned. Small stains on text block. One printer's sheet was apparently a different kind of paper, so those pages are age tanned while the rest are not. Ribbon bookmark is frayed.

Collection of short stories by Kipling. Dark green cloth cover with gilt and black stamping on front and spine. Inscription on frontpaper dated 1898. Deckled-edged paged.Cover and interior are stained and chipped, interior is age tanned. Binding is broken with one loose page inside. All eight B&W illustrations are intact, as is the protective tissue over the frontispiece.

Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop complete in three volumes; volume 3 also contains his stories. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with fraying on the of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains and chipping. Some interior cracking.

A 19th-century paperback edition of Curtis' story collection. Elaborate orange-and-white decoration on full cover. Charming vintage advertisements in back.FON on front endpaper dated 1901.Cover is chipped and stained, spine is flaking and chipped away in spots. Binding is quite fragile. Pages are age tanned.

Collection of essays and literature. Single volume contains both Toward Liberal Education and Introduction to Literature. Gray cloth cover with burgundy and gold on front and spine.Cover has been worn, torn, and repaired with tape. Interior pages are age tanned, dog eared, and stained. Writing inside.

A collection of early stories and poems by O. Henry, along with numerous B&W illustrations that appeared in his parody newspapers. Introductory essay by H.P.S. Red cloth over boards with gilt stamped on spine. Brown endpapers.Light wear on cover, especially corners and top & heel of spine. Endpapers are stained. Title page has been torn and repaired with tape. Pages are age tanned and foxes, and have numerous small tears, missing corners, and pencil markings (text appears unobscured).

The beautiful American edition of Kipling's classic story collection, featuring lovely B&W chapter decorations by his father. Green cloth jacket with blind and gilt stamping and black decorations on front and spine, as well as blind stamping and black decoration on back. Text block has gilt on top.Cover shows wear and bumping on edges and corners, with fraying on heel of spine. Spine is darker than rest of cover. Pages are age tanned. FON on rear endpaper and writing on RFEP. Text block is cracked in several places.

A leather limp bound collection of six stories by Conrad. Includes "Gaspar Ruiz," "The Informer," "The Brute," "An Anarchist," "The Duel," and "Il Conde." Black leather with gilt on front and spine. Text block has gilt top. Decorative endpapers.FON on front endpaper dated 1924.Cover has wear and bumping, especially on top and bottom of spine. Significant cracking on front hinge. Pages are age tanned.

Grosset & Dunlap edition of Harris' Uncle Remus tales, including a preface & dedication by Harris to Frost as well as an introduction by Harris. Amply illustrated with over 100 B&W drawings by Frost. Bright green cloth cover with navy lettering on front and spine. Green & cream frontpapers.Cover is worn with stains and bumping. Interior is age tanned, chipped and stained. Features a lengthy inscription dated 1944.

A six-volume edition of the works of Tennyson, published in 1892. Blue cloth with gilt on spine. Deckled edges. Volume 1 features B&W frontispiece of Tennyson; frontispiece and tipped-in protective tissue are intact.All volumes have some staining, bumping, and wear on the covers. The tops and heels of spines have some fraying. Pages are age tanned with occasional small staining. FON written in front endpapers of all volumes; volume 1 also has some small marks on FFEP.