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Joliet, IL: P.E. Volland Co., 1931 Book. Illus. by Muriel E. Halstead. Good Plus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original green boards decorated pictorially in white and backed in black. 63 pp. with one poem to each. Nostalgic, inspiring, uplifting. Minor corner tip wear, but no serious damage and no writing..

Boston: William H. Hill, Jr., 1863 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Engravings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original blindstamped purple cloth on boards with gilt spine decoration and lettering. Dull and dusty overall, but securely bound and clean inside except for previous owner's name in pencil and two small name stamps. Eight admonitions and a question, with an engraving beside each (Never be Down-Hearted, Be Cheerful, Do it Well, Be Orderly, Be in Time, Be Humble, Make a Good Use of It, Be Considerate, and Is it Honest ?) Advice all of us could "make a good use of." 93 pp..

Philadelphia: The Rodgers Company, 1880 Book. Illus. by Uncredited. Good Plus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original beige, blindstamped cloth, intricately decorated in pink and silver florals. Dedication page dated 1880, with no other publishing info. Christian meditations on sin, sorrow, and death. No marks or damage except red flecks on cover corner as shown in photo. 188 pp..

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1892 Book. Illus. by Darley. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original fine maroon cloth wth intricate gilt decoration and colour seaside pictorial pastedown on boards. Date taken from author's facsimile signature, but no publishing date given. Internet states Preface is same as first edition of 1850. The artist, Darley, was so well-respected for his detailed drawings that he was commissioned to illlustrate banknotes, in order to discoourage counterfeiters. A very popular book in its early days. After Mitchell's copyright expired in 1893, several unauthorized versions appeared. This is probably one of them. Altemus makes beautiful books ! Page turndowns corrected. 306 pp. No names or damage..

N.Y.: Charles Scribner & Co., 1869 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Fifteenth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blind-stamped brown cloth on boards. Moods, bodily imperfections, animal content, reproduction, truth, mistakes of penance, rights of woman, American public education, perverseness, undeveloped resources, and several more topics. Previous owner's name. Minor corner and edge wear. 344 pp..

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1924 Book. Illus. by NC. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Stated (A-Y). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown quarter-cloth on beige pictorial boards with red lettering. Highly-embellished translation by T.E. Lawrence ( as L.H. Ross) of what was said to be a rather pedestrian French original. Lawrence had been booted out of the RAF, and had re-enlisted in the Tank Corps. With little to occupy his superior mind, he solicited Publisher Jonathan Cape for assignments in translation. While completing final arrangements to give Lawrence Mardrus' Arabian Nights for translation, Cape give him Le Gigantesque by Le Corbeau, the life story of a Sequoia tree, with determinism as the underlying theme. Completed in about three months, it proved to be the only translation from French that he completed. By December he was involved with The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which occupied him for three years. Red top edges. 139 pp. No marks or… Leer más

London: Privately Published/Curwen Press, 1959 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. DJ has minor chipping and short tears at top rear, still good. 21 brief essays grouped into four parts, contemplating Nature and its wonders. The title is from Shakespeare's As You Like It. This copy is impeccable except for the DJ chipping and one tiny crossed out price on the front free endpaper. 240 pp..

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1896 Book. Illus. by Portrait Front.. Very Good Plus. Original Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on boards. No DJ. "With Practical Suggestions upon the Origin and Prevention of Sickness, Suffering, and Premature Death; The Result of Fifty-six Years of Professional Experience and Observation." - subtitle. His thoughts on everything from government to the benefits of laughing and crying. No related information found, and no other copes seen. Minor acid-toning to endpapers. 272 pp..