These are fiction or other writings that have become classics.
New York: Girl Scouts, 1938. fourth printing. Hardcover. 12mo, bound in green cloth covered boards with light wear. Contents very good to near fine. Placed inside is a folded advert for "senior Girl Scouts" for a green dress which includes a sample swatch of green cloth. Note: due to weight..... More
Edinburgh: William Paterson. Hardcover. 16mo set of 4 volumes uniformly bound in half red cloth with decorative cloth covered boards, very attractive set with light wear, there is some bleeding of the red cloth dye into the covers that varies from hardly noticeable to obvious - depending on the volume..... More
London: Punch, 1861. Hardcover. This is volume XL for 1861 with issues bound together in half tan polished calf with tan cloth covered boards. The binding is generally good except the backstrip is heavily worn and there are tears along the joints that extend about an inch from the top..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Covers darkened from age and wear with some scratches and light stains, front endpaper missing, contents very good. More
leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1883. 1 volume. Hardcover. nicely half bound in black morocco with marbled paper covered boards. The hinges are weak, but otherwise light wear. Overall, very one volume version of Trollope's autobiography. More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in red cloth covered boards in near fine condition. Contents near fine, pp. xii, 251. No names or bookplates noted inside. Dust jacket is present and in very good condition, but has some light brown stains om back and..... More
New York: Coward - McCann, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, bound in green cloth covered boards with in very good to near fine condition- a liitle shelf wear and scuffing. Contents near fine with afge toned paper. Dust jacket is in plastic protector and is near fine condition -also age..... More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in reddish purple cloth covered boards that have very little wear and soiling, contents age toned but otherwise near fine. Dustjacket is present and has some shelf wear but is now in plastic protector. Near fine copy in very good..... More
New York: George H Doran, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in navy blue cloth covered boards in not quite good condition with moderately heavy shelf wear. Contents very good but with age toned paper and scattered foxing. pencil owner name on front free endpaper along with inscription from author..... More
New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1852. Second American edition. Hardcover. 12mo, bound in brown blindstamped cloth covered boards in good condition, a few small holes at joint on covers, a light dampstain lower front corner that affects a couple pages inside. Contents very good with age toned paper,..... More
Chicago: John C. Winston, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in dark blue cloth covered boards in very good condition with a fine color illustration pasted to front cover. Contents near fine but paper is age darkened, pp. x, 337. ink stamped name on free endpaper about 5 times noted..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in decorsted blue cloth covered boards with light to moderate wear and moderately heavy soiling. Contents near fine. earlier owner ink name on front end paper. Note: due to weight and size, shipping outside the USA or priority shipping may be..... More
Philadelphia: John Church Company, 1889. early edition. Original wraps. 12mo, booklet bound in original paper wraps with stains and age darkening but otherwise good condition. Contents age toned, but otherwise very good. Note: due to weight and size, shipping outside the USA or priority shipping will be less expensive than..... More
York: T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1806. Second Edition. Stiff boards. octavo, bound in plain paper covered stiff card boards with moderately heavy wear and soiling, contents good with some foxing, pages uncut, pp.191 plus errata page. Light evidence of a dampstain on the front cover and the front free..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. fine copy in near fine dust jacket signed by author. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. Early Edition. Hardcover. octavo, very attractively bound in blue cloth covered boards with gilt and black decoration and all edges gilt, covers very good to near fine with a little soiling and some shelf wear. Contents good but with age toned paper and scattered foxing along..... More
Paris: H. Fournier Aine, 1839. J. J. Grandville. new edition. Hardcover. Beautifully bound in red half morocco with marbled paper covered boards. light to moderate wear to covers and spine, back strip is elaborately gilt decorated but age darkened. top edge gilt, paper somewhat age tone. ppsxxvii, 291, 312 Full..... More
Paris: Garnier Freres, 1869. new. Hardcover. two volumes uniformly bound in dark green quarter morocco with marbled blue paper covered boards. Spines with 4 raised bands and gilt decoration. Exterior shows light wear, contents fine. Delphine is dated 1869, the other is undated. Both are in French. More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1859. thirtieth edition. Hardcover. 12mo, bound in brown cloth covered boards that have blindstamped decoration and gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt , covers and outside near fine. Contents missing front free endpaper, but otherwise very good to near fine. Unusually good copy except for..... More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1859. early. Hardcover. bound in original embossed red paper covered boards in fair condition. main defects are that the back strip is detached from the front cover and some gatherings are detached from the binding. There is age darkening of pages near the fore- edge..... More
Kansas City: Andrews Mc Meel, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. tall octavo, bound in original paper covered boards that have just a little shelf wear, contents fine. Dustjacket is present and has a little shelf wear but is now in plastic protector. Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Note..... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1854. 2nd. Hardcover. nicely bound in 3/4 green morocco with maebled paper covered boards, some rubbing of the corners and edges, spine somewhat darkened, spine with much gilt decoration, top edge gilt, contains 17 handcolored plates by John Leech plus a handcolored title page. Very..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1844. Leech. Second Edition. Half morocco. octavo, bound in black half morocco with marbled paper covered boards and elaborate gilt decoration of the back strip and gilt lettering. Binding and covers moderately heavily worn, but sound. contents aged toned and with scattered foxing and some soiling of..... More
Irvington: Cosmopolitan, 1899. Hardcover. octavo, hardcover bound in greenish blue cloth covered boards, binding very good to near fine, contents are the original articl by Mark Twain professionally attached to about 40 pages and bound together along with a title page. Very nicely done. The original paper on which the article..... More
Paris: Robert Telin, 1931. Dubas, Jean- Jacques. Soft cover. bound in original paper wraps in very good condition with glassine dustwrapper in good condition. Contents fine, uncut edges, numerous beautiful pochoir illustrations by Dubas. This is number 398 of a total printing of 450 copies. Note: due to size and..... More