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Golden Treasury Series. London, MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1899Small 6 1/2" X 4 1/2 " blue hardcover with gilt lettering. No DJ. Spine and edges are rubbed and bumped. Title and publishing company in gilt on spinePrinted by R & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh139 pages.Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's signature, and penciled 75 and another word that I can't read.Back inner cover has "Harvard Cooperative Society Booksellers" stamp.Back Board is not straight. Pages yellowed. Foxing noted especially on inner boards.

Collectible. Signed by author, Charles E. Beveridge. Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing the American Landscape. Very good condition. Inner cover of book has price tag of $25.00. Soft cover. Published by Universe Publishing, 1998. Revised edition of book published in 1995. Little piece of the paper came off the back page – pages are thick so barely noticeable. Designed by David Larkin. 240 pages. Approximate: 8 X 6.5

A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison. Published by Chicago Kindergarten College; 4th edition (1892). 207 pages. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date of Aug 1893 on fly page. Another fly page has "Compliments Chicago Kindergarten College Co." in handwriting. Edge of several pages have slight bend and small tear. Hardback with no dj if offered. Slight bumping on edges and spine. Blue cloth cover and spine has some fading. Condition: Good. Measures 7.5" x 5"

A God on Every Mountain Top by Byrd Baylor. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. 1st Edition. Signed with an inscription by illustrator Carol Brown. Author: Byrd Baylor. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Both are in very good condition. Condition: Good. Oversized beige boards -some fading. Light edge and corner wear. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor tears at the top front of dust jacket and one on the top back jacket. Edges slightly bumped. Two tiny stains on front cover of the dust jacket. Minor edge wear, small chip from dj on back. Some soiling. B&W illustrations by Carol Brown.

RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, a New Translation with over 200 illustrations, by Harrison Weir, V. Pederson, M.I. Stone, A.W. Bayes, and Others,
Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. No date, but very early date – see info below on "Alta Edition."
Includes detailed sixteen-page introductory biography: "Life of Andersen". Green cloth boards, black embossed cover and spine design with vine and leaves. Title in the black book on front cover and Alta Edition in an outlined box lower middle of cover. On the spine is the title, the word, "Illustrated" and publisher's name which is not as clear as the other two. Cover and spine are faded and rubbed with edge wear. The ends of spine are fraying. Small chip on the back cover. Binding intact, but loose. First three pages have detached from the hinge. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name on two of the fly pages. In addition to the owner's name there is a little stick figure. Several of the pages have small tears on the… Leer más

The Prince of India Vol I & II. By Lew Wallace. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. 1893. First Edition. Hardbacks without dust jacket. Good Condition. Blue cloth with gilt titles on front cover along with embossed red rosary and moon and star in silver-light. Light rubbing at extremities. Covers faded and rubbed. Spine and edges have minor bumping, as well as some shelf/edge wear. The inside of Volume I is clean and unmarked except for 2.00 on fly page. Volume II is clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and "November 1899" written on fly page. 502 pp + 578 pp are yellowed. Binding is good. Lewis Wallace was a general for the Union army during the Civil War. He went on to become governor of the New Mexico Territory out west. Wallace was also a lecturer who wrote three works during his busy life. Between his tenure as member of the court and holding office as governor, he published The Fair God (1873), while preparing to write Ben Hur (1880), which has since been translated into… Leer más

New York and London: The Co-operative Publication Society . Valjean Edition.



The Valjean Edition of the Novels of Victor Hugo (7 of 9 Volumes) by Victor Hugo












The Valjean Edition. 3/4 leather bindings with marbled boards. Spines have chips and some are loose – very fragile. Covers also have chips, bumps, and edge wear. Interior of books have frontispieces with printed tissue guards.
Pages in all of the volumes are waved or cockled. Previous owner's name is in front of books.
Poor condition that will need expert book restoration.
Volumes include
Les Miserables IIIBy Order of the KingHistory of a Crime Ninety-ThreeHans of IcelandNotre Dame deParisToilers of the Sea