The Rise Of Silas Lapham

Boston: Ticknor and Co, 1885. Hardcover. Fair +. [4], 515 p.; 20 cm. Green cloth with embossed gilt spine and cover titles with black decoration. Publisher's advertisement for other works by the author on page facing title page. Light green endpapers. Former owner's dated signature on front fixed endpaper: "William Theodore Peters 1887." With his small armorial engraved… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1885. Howells (1837-1920) is regarded as the "father" of American realism; "Silas" is probably his most famous work, a rags-to-riches story mirrored by his Jewish friend Abraham Cahan in "The Rise of David Levinsky." This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Terra cotta cloth binding, decorated on the front cover with a floral… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Ticknor & Co., 1885. BAL 9619 Second issue, with "Novels" in the advertising and broken type in "soujourner" p. 176. Wright III 2829. Frayed spine ends and worn-through corners. The binding is scuffed in spots. The front free endpaper has a small hole covered with transparent tape. There are marginal notes in light pencil… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Ticknor & Co., 1885. First edition. Mixed state with ads opposite title page (as called for in the first printing) but broken type in bottom line p.176, which BAL doesn't consider a valid issue point. A Merle Johnson Highspot. Bookplate on front pastedown and corners and spine ends a bit rubbed, otherwise very good.

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1885. First Edition. Second state, with "Mr. Howells's Latest Novels" in advertisement. Octavo (20cm). Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt; grey endpapers; [iv],[516]pp; boxed advertisement facing title page. Straight, but rubbed, with a few minor spots of discoloration to cloth; front flyleaf lacking: Good or better. BAL 9619. WRIGHT III: 2829.

Boston: Ticknor and Co, 1885. Hardcover. Good. First edition, mixed state, with the ad facing the title page reading "Mr. Howells's Latest Works," and the type on page 176 battered. Owner name on title page, binding cocked, spine and boards soiled and worn with a stain to the bottom of both, page edges soiled, about very good. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1885. First edition, mixed state: first state of p. vi (Works for Novels) and "sojourner" p. 176 with battered type. BAL 9619. Tan cloth stamped in black and gilt, grey endpapers. Fine. An exceptionally bright and fresh copy. No signs of previous ownership.

Houghton Mifflin Co, 19571957. Paperback. Good. , Boston, 1957. Book Condition: Good. 299 pages. Good Reading copy. Underlining and margin notes on some pages. The first important novel to center on an American businessman and to treat its theme with a realism that was to foreshadow the work of modern writers. In his story… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Softcover. Very Good. Riverside edition. Edited by Edwin H. Cady. Foxing, covers edgeworn and faded.

Boston: Ticknor & Company. Good. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is cocked. Very small slight stain to outer edges of first several pages. Page edges are very slightly browned. Written owner's name on title page. Private book plate on front endpaper. ; Bal 9619, first edition, state two. .

London: Oxford Univ, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. Book is solid, later printing, pages yellow, clean text, corners bent. The World's Classics 501. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston: Ticknor and Company; 1st edition (1885). NearFine Hardcover (DarkBlue cloth, Gilt/Black stamping and lettering, no dj). light rubbing to the very ends of the spine. No nWear. Clean. Free of marks, inscriptions, etc. throughout, strong unshaken binding perfect hinges. 7.75"x5.0"x1.25". be23047.

hardcover. 515pp. 12mo, cloth; (slight wear to bottom of spine). Boston: Ticknor, 1885. First Edition. A Novel.<br/><br/>

Boston: Ticknor and Company. 1886. Early Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Edge wear, bumped with rubbed corners. Some light soiling. Owner name on front ene page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Ticknor. Cover spotted, previous owner's name in pencil, notation inside back cover, area of cracking in one place (still tight), Good. "Novels" instead of "Works" and broken type on p. 176. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Issue.. 1885.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers. Good plus condition: occas. margin penciling; jacket quite worn/No Dustjacket. ????. 12mo., 515 pp. .

Paperback. Good.

Boston: Ticknor & Company, 1885. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with black and gilt decoration to front board and to spine. Some shelfwear, nothing unusual, though there are some light stains to the rear board. Some browning to outer pages edges with a small stain to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Grossett & Dunlap, 1884. 8vo, pp. 515. Green cloth with pictorial stamping in black. Cover somewhat faded and scuffed, rear hinge tender, o/w VG.

Ticknor & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. rubbing to edges of covers w/little bit of fraying, FFEP removed, a few pages have light foxing, pages just starting to tone; brown decorated cloth .