Libros raros de Open Door Books

Jerusalem: Tel-Aviv Massadah and Alumoth 1960. Hardcover bound in a blue velvet with gilt lettering to spine. gilt design of a seder cup front and back cover. good condition with some minor wear. Hebrew and English. beautiful multi colored design through out book. A true gem. Inside cover stamped by prior personal library.

Condition: very good 1906. 121 pages. Soft leather with blind stamped decoration and lettering to front. Silk covered pastedown. Rough cut pages. Pages remain mostly clear with moderate tanning and foxing and some heavy occasional marking. Heavier tanning and foxing to endpapers. Ex-Libris plate to front paste-down. Soft leather covers have minor wear. Green Leather Cover

Harper and Brothers New York and London 1930 first edition sixth printing. front cover has a surface peel (see pictures) but otherwise in great shape. Signed by Carl Martin.

Binding coming loose inside front and back. Signed in 1887 as a gift by someone not the author. some wear on outside,

Copyright Date Is 1859, Later Edition, First Printing. Brown Leather On Boards With Gilt Lettering. Design over entire Spine, Front ,and Back Boards. first page showing signs of binder beginning to give but still intact. Seal by previous personal library owner. MDCCCLIX year. This edition has a glossary in the back.
This book has its own Wikipedia Page excerpt below :
The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I–III were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 stanzas [1] it is one of the longest poems in the English language; it is also the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza.[2] On a literal level, the poem follows several knights as a means to examine different virtues, and though the text is primarily an allegorical work, it can be read on several levels of allegory, including as praise (or, later, criticism) of… Leer más

FIFES AND DRUMS 1917 little tear, some markings and wear.WIKIPEDIA PAGE SAYS These poems, written under the immediate stress of great events by those who have banded themselves together under the name of The Vigilantes, furnish a striking record of the emotional reactions of the American people during the fortnight preceding and the six weeks following the declaration of war. They are presented to the public in the belief that men and women in every corner of the Union will find reflected in them some of the love and aspiration they themselves are experiencing for their re-discovered country.

Lovely book in pretty good condition but has a reddish stain on back cover. minor wear. Little writing inside cover.A Pastoral is a poem which describes the scenery and life of the country.

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1961. This book was made into a movie. Hardcover in great condition dustjacket not so much as it is ripped and missing half in back. Inside front cover gift inscription.

Some wear and tear in spine Some pencil markings 1920. Rittenhouse publishing. Blue on boards with gold design.

This book is in great shape one little spot on front. faded red color on boards. Stamped by library inside covers. 1942 movie Wikipedia says Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspired by the 1940 novel Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther,[3] it shows how the life of an unassuming British housewife in rural England is affected by World War II. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, its supporting cast includes Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney and Henry Wilcoxon.[4]

Cant find anything like this Anywhere! Green on Boards with design and gold on spine. some wear and a couple pages little tear. Minor scuffing and front bottom little bend in board.According to Wikipedia:William Osborn Stoddard (1835–1925) was an American journalist, inventor, and author of memoirs, novels, poetry, and children's books. He was known for serving in the White House as a private secretary to Abraham Lincoln.

Green on boards with gold and black. Some bend in front board and wrinkle as well as some wear. According to Wikipedia : William Henry Giles Kingston was born in Harley Street, London on 28 February 1814. He was the eldest son of Lucy Henry Kingston (d.1852) and his wife Frances Sophia Rooke (b.1789), daughter of Sir Giles Rooke, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Kingston's paternal grandfather John Kingston (1736–1820) was a Member of Parliament who staunchly supported the Abolition of the Slave Trade, despite having a plantation in Demerara. His father Lucy entered into the wine business in Oporto,[1] and Kingston lived there for many years, making frequent voyages to England and developing a lifelong affection for the sea.He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and afterwards entered his father's wine business, but soon indulged in his natural bent for writing. His newspaper articles on Portugal were translated into Portuguese, and assisted the conclusion of the commercial treaty with… Leer más

Set of three Red Cross girls books with some wear and spots and one has loosening binding. Two brown on boards with red and black with nurse on front. One white on boards with red and black with nurse on front. Book 1 - With The Russian Army, Book 2- In the British Trenches, & Book 3- On the French firing Line.

red on boards with black lettering front and spine. Some spots and wear.

This is a rare copy of this early young adult novel, equal parts exciting melodrama and sentimental moral instruction with Presbyterian overtones. Elsie Dinsmore attained an extraordinary prominence in the canon of girls' series books, with her adventures running to 28 books; an institution to be rebelled against by all the less pious dreamers and intrepid detectives of 20th-century children's literature who followed in her footsteps, such as Nancy Drew. 6.5'' x 4.5''. Green on boards with silver and dark green design. Some wear and spine loosening.. 342 pages. Some wrinkle and small spot stain.