The Casting Away Of Mrs Lecks and Mrs Aleshine

New York: Century, 1905. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Frederic Dorr Steele. Gray-green cloth letetred and decorated in gilt and black. 239 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Frederic Dorr Steele. Later printing. A tight, near fine example. Two widows, after lives of hard work on thier farms, take a (supposedly) relaxing retirement cruise to Japan.

This is an ex-library book, with no stray written marks inside. Dust jacket with clear cover. Frank Stockton was an American writer and humorist, famous author of the short story, "The Lady and the Tiger."

A. L. Burt Company, 1898. Book. Illus. by Steele, Frederic Dorr. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1898 h/b, 239pp, Fair+, no jacket. Green pictorial covers considerably rubbed, spine titling semi-worn away. Clean pages inside, dingy edges. Fep missing. Posting from UK within 1 business day of order receipt to UK only..

New York: Century Company, 1886. First edition, second printing (with pagination as follows), first state of the wrappers, with ads as outlined in BAL; 8vo, pp. 130; pp. [4], 7-130; original printed wrappers a little soiled, but generally very good. In a half blue morocco slipcase. BAL18887 noting several sequences of printings and bindings (cloth and wrappers), but not… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc.. 1933. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. .

New York: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1890s-1910s]. Hardcover. A reprint edition of this example of turn-of-the-20th-century popular fiction, with numerous black & white illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele (perhaps best known for his depictions of Sherlock Holmes). --- In full olive cloth-covered boards with illustrations in darker green to cover, … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Century Co, 1886. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Decorative reddish-brown cloth stamped in black on front board, gilt-stamped spine title. Small stain on top corners of cloth and pages, spine faded with ends frayed, some mottling of the cloth, a good only copy. Part of "The Century Series.

Alppeton- Century- Crofts, Inc, 1933-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. George Richards. First Edition, 1933, Green Cloth Hardcover, 290 pages, stated First Printing. With its Sequel The Dussantes.Illustrated by George Richards.Decorative endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Split at top of spine. A couple of light marks on outside cover. Inside pages clean and binding is tight.

NY: The Century Co., 1905. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Frederic Dorr Steele. Hardcover, gray-green cloth lettereed and decorated in gilt and black. 239 pages, Illustrated with 36 drawings by Frederic Dorr Steele. Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 –- April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Century, 1898. Hardcover. Good. Later. Illustrated by Steele, Frederic Dorr. Good plus. Spine ends are somewhat worn. Board corners are bent inward. Pages browned. Front board is faded.

New York:: The Century Co.,, [1886-1888].. First edition; first state with signature numbers present.. publisher's cloth; publisher's printed wrappers; both items preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase.. A few light marks to cloth; spine sunned (Casting Away); wrappers lightly soiled and tanned (The Dusantes); both volumes tight and sound.. 8vo,. BAL 18887

New York: Appleton-Century, 1933. 290pgs.38 illustrations. Green cloth.embossed, gitl design on front panel. illustrated endpapers. Chip off upper spine, othewise clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has chips on the extremities. in mylar sleeve. Stated First printing.. First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illus. by George Richards. Octavo.

New York, The Century Co. [1886]., 1886. First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and black. No signatures or bookplates. Fine. 130 pages. Together with another copy in publisher's stiff printed tan wrappers (spine chipped). Some browning to pages. 130 pages. With St. Nicholas advertisements inside back cover. Both enclosed in a double paneled 1/2 red morocco slipcase… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Century Company, 1916. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Still bright and shiny. No owner's name or bookplate. A Merle Johnson High Spot of American Literature. Illustrated with 39 drawings by Frederick Dorr Steele. Original green pictorial cloth, beautifully decorated in dark blue and gold. This attractive trade binding is unsigned… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW YORK NY: THE CENTURY CO. VG. PUB 1886. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: BAL 18887 / THIRD PRINTING WITH 11 6-PAGE SIGNATURES THAT ARE. ISBN: COMPLETELY UNSIGNED / A MERLE JOHNSON HIGH SPOT OF AMERICN LIT. THIS IS BAL'S 2ND BINDING WITH MAROON CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILTSPINE TITLES AND BLACK TITLES TO THE FRONT COVER WITH "THE CENTURYSERIES" ABOVE… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Leslie Frewin, 1969. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering to spine; shows mild wear to spine ends, light foxing to page edges and slight fading to blue end-papers has black & white illustrations in middle of volume. Dustwrarpper shows wear to extremes with light fading to spine. 238 pgs.. First Ediiton. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

NY: Century Co., 1898. Bound in gray cloth, stamped in green and gold. Decorative binding, top edge gilt. Spine lettering is dull -- but book is tight and clean. 239 pp. . First Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company. 1933. Vintage Copy; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Edge wear, bumped, several chips and tears to jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: The Century Company, 1886. Good condition. (1886). With all points in BAL 18887: FIRST printing (of 3) and FIRST wrappers issue (#1 of 2). [i. e. the inside front cover has ad for The Century and back inside cover has ad for St. Nicholas]. See also Wright III, 5234 and Merle Johnson p. 477.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Century Co., 1886.. 8vo., 130 pp., Very Good, Maroon Cloth, sun-fading, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; staining in pages, on end papers & edges of text block; splitting along gutters in some pages; pencil scribbles on end papers; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; bookplates: Ruyle & Frank W. Gunsaulus; stamp of previous owner on FFEP.… Saber más sobre este artículo