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This book has been expertly rebound. The new cover has blue cloth covered boards. The remains of the spine and front cover from the original binding have been glued to the new material (see photos 3 and 4). The new endpapers are clean and intact, and the pages are tight and unmarked. I have no way to know how long… 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

Stated first edition. A collection of submissions from about 800 poets, most getting one page to provide 1-3 poems. Presented alphabetical by author, from Virginia C. Abbott to Jose Zakus. In a random search I found about one in eight to have published any significant other works of poetry. Vantage Press was a notorious vanity publisher, found in 1990… Read more about this item

This is volume four of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards show mild wear at the corners. Gilt on the spine has darkened to near invisibility. Binding is solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages of the… Read more about this item

Volume three of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards with nearly invisible gilt print on the spine. Fabric shows mild wear at the corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages of the table of contents. Includes five poems each from Lewis… Read more about this item

A collection of 38 poems about school, by a schoolteacher. Softcover, with a little bit of wear at the lower right corner. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A rather scarce book.

Volume five of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards show wear at the corners and edges and a small soiled area on the rear cover. Gilt on the spine is almost worn off. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The third photo shows the first of five pages of… Read more about this item

Volume two of ten in Funk & Wagnall's 1929 series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. This volume contains poems from the Bible and 32 other poets. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages in the table of contents. If you have part of this series, here's another, or maybe you can start collecting with this one. I have… Read more about this item

A ten-volume set of the works of Rudyard Kipling. Not ALL the works, by any means, but a nice representative sample. This is identified as the de Luxe Edition and is part of a limited, numbered set published about 1910 for sale in America. This is #590 of 1,000 (see photo #10). The books show wear at many corners and… Read more about this item

This is a six-volume set of the complete works of James Whitcomb Riley, presented in the order that Riley composed the poems. The books show some wear at the corners and the head and tail of the spine. All have gilt on the top page edges. Volume three has a slice in the fabric over the spine and Volume two… Read more about this item

This is a rare book and even rarer as a first edition. As you can see in the last photo, it is stated as "First edition, first Printing. Edition of 200." So this is one of just 200, still intact and unmarked. (Only thing that could make it better is if it was signed and numbered.) The cover is basically… Read more about this item

No dust cover. Notes on the front endpaper, with margin notes and underlining scattered throughout. Yellow fabric covered boards with red and black print on the front and spine, a bit soiled. A significant spot of wear at the lower right front corner (see photos). Otherwise just mild wear. A rare book.

Red cloth cover shows a little wear at the corners and along the edges of the spine. Decorative embossed front and back, with gilt print and decoration on the spine. There is a hinge break at the title page (see photo #4) redering the frontispiece page a little loose. All other pages appear to be tight, clean and intact. Complete… Read more about this item

Drab green paper covered boards with darker green fabric over the spine. Wear at the top and bottom of the spine and at the lower corners. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. About three different owner's names inside the front cover. A part of the Eclectic English Classics series. (For another in this series, see ST07511.)… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Blue cloth cover with minor edgewear and a little darkening over the spine. Embossed front cover with gilt print on the spine. Pages are clean, tight and of rather thick paper. There are just a few margin notes. The book origianlly offered 39 poems, to which the original owner added 14 more poems in the form of… Read more about this item

A periodical version of the Riverside Literature Series. While the cover shows the grime of its 132 years, it remains intact, with clean, tight and intact pages as well. This is the first of three parts of the Tales. The others would be numbers 34 and 35 in the sequence. While the cover is dated February 1888, there is a… Read more about this item

Cover is not badly worn for a book over 120 years old, showing mild wear along the edges and at the corners, and a bit of a dark stain to the lower front. Pages are tight and intact with just a few small margin notes. Owner's name and some notes on the front endpaper. A small stain (1 cm dia.),… Read more about this item

Green paper covered boards with green fabric over the spine. Wear at the lower corners, less at the top. Binding is stapled, with rust marks showing through the fabric. Two names on the front endpaper. As you can see in the photot of the title page, parts of the book have been decorated by a young… Read more about this item

A two-volume set. No dust jackets, as issued. Set is encased in a rather worn and unadorned slipcase, at least for now. One seam is pretty well broken and some others are hanging on for dear life. The covers show a little fading over the spine, as that was the only part exposed over much of the last 80… Read more about this item

A self-published book of poetry, showing very little wear. Signed by the author with an inscription on the acknowledgements page. The author passed away in 2019. While an eBook version of her work is available through Barnes and Nobel, there appear to be few physical copies on the market, asking far more than I am. … Read more about this item