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Latest date in the book is 1917. A gift inscription on the front free endpaper is dated 10/1/31. On that same page is a bookplate sticker from a more recent owner. A third name is on the half-title page. The frontispiece is in color, the remaining illustrations are black and white. Splits in the endpapers show the binding fabric, both… Read more about this item

First edition. A sequel to "The Fotygraft Album", with a new collection of "fotygrafts" (actually drawings by the author) captioned by a fictional eleven-year-old. The pages are tight and unmarked, with water stains along the top edge and at the lower interior corner, at the spine. Thes stains are pale and do not come close to the… Read more about this item

A rather unique sort of book. A collection of "fotygrafts" (actually drawings by the author), each with a child's narration. This copy has the owner's name (Irene Taylor) inside the front cover and the front endpaper is covered with Irene's attempts at her own captioning (see photo #3). On a few pages the alternative captioning is written around the original… Read more about this item

Former library book (Campbell Union High School, Campbell, CA). Library stamp on the title page. The spine has been reinforced or repaired with librarian's tape. The olive fabric covering the boards has worn through at the corners and has a few stains on the front. The pages are mostly clean and tight, with a few small stains and a scattering… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. A former library book, where the spine was once repaired with librarian's tape, as can be seen in photo #2. The only date on the copyright page is of the original Scribner edition, as is common with Grosset & Dunlap books of that era. A pencil notation on the dedication page gives the date of 6/6/1924, which… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Generally in good shape, although there are splits after the endpapers, front and rear, showing the binding fabric (front split shown in photo #6). Green fabric boards show mild wear at the corners. Front and back decorated with embossed designs. Has a gilt signature on the front and gilt print and decoration on the spine. The pages… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Very little wear. Brown fabric covered boards with navy blue and green text and decoration stamped on the front cover and the spine. Fabric is still intact over the corners and there is just the slightest crimping at the head and tail of the spine. Darkened in a few places on the exterior… Read more about this item

George Cavendish was in Cardinal Wolsey's employ from 1526 until the Cardinal's death in 1530. Cavendish then retired to write this biography, completed about 1557, but not published until 1641, credited at that time to George's brother William. This 1852 edition corrects that and other errors from earlier publications. This volume has been expertly rebound in leather. New material was added… Read more about this item

Brown (or maybe dark red) fabric covered boards with wear along the edges and at the corners and a split along the upper rear edge of the spine, about 4 cm long (see photo #2). Hinge splits in the endpapers, front and rear, as shown in the final two photos. The front free endpaper has been lost. … Read more about this item

Green fabric cover shows substantial wear, with two corners showing the boards and wear at the head and tail of the spine. The fabric is also splitting along the lower rear edge of the spine (see photo #4). The front cover has gilt print and an embossed profile of Sir Richard. The print on the spine has lost all the… Read more about this item

No dust jacket, probably never was one. The book was not treated well by the original owner, yet is still solid and tight. The cover shows wear, writing and the use of the owner's new grinder. (See photos for some of the many wedges cut from the edges of the cover.) The owner also seemed to… Read more about this item

A rare edition. All I have found online are editions from the early 20th century. This would be a great sourcebook for quiz nights. I was a teacher for 40 years, but some of these questions stump me. No dust jacket. The tan fabric covered boards show just mild wear at the edges and corners, and there… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. The autobiography of a prominent British Shakespearian actress of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. There is a water stain on the lower right front corner of the book (see photo #1), but no sign that the water reached the pages. The blue fabric covered boards show mild wear for a book well over… Read more about this item

This book shows a fair amount of wear. Navy blue fabric covered boards, with gilt print on the front and spine. Fabric is worn through at the corners. There are splits in the endpapers front and back, showing the binding fabric. The deckle-edged pages are still tight and clean except for the frontispiece page, which is… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. Deep green fabric covered boards with gilt decorationon the front and gilt print on the spine. Boards showing through at the corners and the fabric is splitting along the upper rear edge of the spine (about 4 cm, see photo #4). The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A tear on the title page was… Read more about this item

First edition thus. No dust jacket. Translated from the original German. The famed evolutionary zoologist's equally famous book of philosophy, evolution and religion. Green fabric covered boards with gilt on front adn spine, showing mild wear at the corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than the owner's name on the front endpaper. The binding is still strong.… Read more about this item

A small, pocket-sized book containing a collection of 12 religiously tinged stories. The author claims the stories to be true, but I have my doubts. The author does clearly express a low opinion of Catholics and the Catholic Church. There is no date within the book, but an inscription before the frontispiece is dated 1868. This… Read more about this item

A pocket-sized book, part of a larger series by Collins' Clear-Type Press (Collins Illustrated Pocket Classics). Illustrated. The Compleat Angler was originally published in 1653 and underwent a number of revisions over the centuries. Presented as a discussion of the virtues of fishing between the fisher Piscator, the hunter Venator and the falconer Auceps. What was… Read more about this item

A pocket-sized book, part of a larger series by Collins' Clear-Type Press (Collins' Illustrated Pocket Classics). This is volume II of the biography, sorry I don't have volume I. Illustrated. Cover of oxblood leather with gilt on the spine. Spine has damage at the top edge and somewhat less at the lower edge. The leather is also well worn at… Read more about this item

Published as campaign material during Lincoln's campaign for his first term in 1860. Cover of stamped dark brown fabric with gilt on the spine. Spine states "Honest Old Abe" followed by The Life of Abraham Lincoln and the authors name. A gilt axe and portrait of Lincoln precedes the publisher's name at the base of the spine. The free portions… Read more about this item