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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date published: 1901
Description: Good; No jacket. 1901 Charles Scribner's Sons. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Spine has gold thistle flower pattern in three sections; front cover has gold ruled border. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black & white frontispiece portrait has tissue guard. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine slightly faded. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macrae-Smith Company
Date published: 1943
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1943 Macrae-Smith Company. Seventh printing. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. NOT ex-library. Spanish and English on opposite pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have a few light smudges. Name and address in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 292 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Date published: 1922-1925
Description: Good +; No jackets. Doubleday, Page & Company. 3 volumes, all marked first edition. Blue cloth binding with gold spine and cover lettering. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with black & white plates. Frontispieces. Corners lightly bumped; some corners a little frayed. Spine of volume 1 has remains of a name written in pencil and a small spot; spine of vol. 2 has a small spot. Spine ends bumped and lightly worn. Hinges a bit loose, but NOT cracked. Top edges lightly faded. Name and gift inscription ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin
Date published: 1914
Description: Good; No jacket. 1914 T. Fisher Unwin. First Edition. "Presentation Copy" embossed on title page. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold stamped spine and cover lettering. Black and white frontispiece. Seven additional black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding cracked at page 17, still intact. Binding a bit loose in places, but good overall and still functional. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780870137136ISBN:0870137131
Description: Near Fine; Very Good Jacket. 2004 Michigan State University Press. SIGNED by editor on half-title page, with a personal inscription. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has tan cloth-covered boards with brown spine lettering. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. 458 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Richard Phillips
Date published: 1806
Description: Fair; No jackets. 1806 Richard Phillips, London. Three volumes, complete. Bound in full brown leather with speckled surface pattern. Covers have narrow floral gilt borders and gilt tooled edges. Spines have six panels, four with gilt stamped floral ornament. Gilt title on each is on red leather spine label and volume number on black label. Spines have gilts stamped bands which are not raised. All page edges are blue speckled. Black and white frontispiece. Red silk index ribbons in each volume; ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Richard Bentley
Date published: 1833 and 1843-4
Description: Good; No jacket. 1833 and 1843-4 Richard Bentley, London. Seven volumes with matched late 19th-century bindings. NOT ex-library. First series (3 vols, 1833) is Second edition, Edited by Lord Dover. Concluding series (4 vols, 1843-44) appears to be first edition, no edition stated. Uniformly bound and numbered Vol I-VII on spines. Bindings marked "Birdsall & Son, Northampton" on verso of front free endpapers, along bottom edge. Half-bound in tan calf with ruled borders over red, blue, and white ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons
Date published: 1890
Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1890 William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Late 19th-century contemporary binding. NOT ex-library. Binding marked "Birdsall & Son, Northampton" on verso of front free endpaper, along bottom edge. Half-bound in maroon leather with gold ruled borders over maroon, black and gold marbled paper-covered boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Gilt spine decorations, with gilt title on a green panel; spine has two raised bands. Top edges gilt. Binding tight. Hinges NOT ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed for private distribution
Date published: 1875
Description: Good; No jacket. 1875 Printed for private distribution, printed by H.O. Houghton and Company, Riverside, Cambridge (Mass). First Edition. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and black cover decorations. Black coated endpapers. Tissued frontispiece is pasted-in photographic print. Tissue guard and photo lightly foxed. Name in ink on first blank page after endpaper, dated 1876. Binding cracked inside, with two ... Read More
