Hardcover. Paris, J. Hetzel, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages. Brown leather spine. Marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt titled spine. French text. Stamp on partial title page from previous owner. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
Hardcover. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1st, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. Red leather spine. Marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt decorated and titled spine. French text. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, Reprint, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. Many black & white drawings and engravings. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. Front cover with gilt embossed design. Light soil, fade to spine.
Hardcover. Paris, J. Hetzel, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Brown leather spine. Marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt titled spine. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner. French text.
Hardcover. Paris, J. Hetzel, Early Edition, NA, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages plus one page of advertising. French text only. Hardcover. Beautiful decoration in gilt and black on red cloth covers. Fading to spine with moderate rubbing along both edges, light fraying at top and bottom. All edges gilt. Previous owners inscription opposite half title page dated December 25th, 1887. Black & white illustrations by Ch. Brabant. Book includes both parts of Michel Strogoff and story "Un Drame au Mexico". Some pages with a degree of toning at edges. Pages are clean, unmarked.
Hardcover. Boston, Hilliard, Gray and Co., 1st, 1841, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, 260 and 308 pages, brown cloth binding worn, front covers detached, cloth covering on spines mostly gone. Interiors are good plus with bindings still solid. Makes a great set if rebound. Mackenzie was a officer in the US Navy and infamous for the execution of three sailors convicted of mutiny on board the USS Somers in 1842. He was also an author and historian publishing a number of books on naval war heroes.
Hardcover. East Aurora NY, Roycrofters Press, 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Soft brown suede covers with gilt lettering, pages with deckle edges, frontispiece portrait, color text and initial decorations by Samuel Warner. Ribbon marker.
Hardcover. East Aurora NY, Roycrofters Press, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Soft brown suede covers with gilt lettering, pages with deckle edges, frontispiece portrait, color text and initial decorations by the Roycroft artists. Ribbon marker.
Hardcover. Franklin Center, Franklin Library/Signed First Edition Society, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 460 pages. SIGNED BY ANTHONY BURGESS ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Limited edition from Franklin Library/Signed First Edition Society. All edges gilt. Leather bound with gilt decorations to covers and spine. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, A.C. McClurg & Co, reprint, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages. Hardcover with NO dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Gutter cracks throughout. rough cut page block. Illustrated with pictures and decorations by Margaret and Helen Maitland Armstrong. White and gold on light green pictorial cloth, designed by Margaret Armstrong, with her monograph.
Hardcover. Chicago, Western Pub. House, 1st, 1880, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white engavings. 944 pages. 3/4 leather with gilt lettering, decorations, marbled end papers. Nice copy.
Softcover. New York, Sam'l Gabriel & Sons, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Six softcover books with color illustrated cardboard box that housed them. Each 12 pages, illustrated in color, stapled bindings. # 4000, 441-445 in the series. Aside from light soil to covers all clean, very good. The box is fair only with sides cracked, torn.
Hardcover. Paris, Garnier Freres, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 374 pages. Black leather spine, Marbled boards. Raised bands, Gilt decorated and titles spine. French text. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
1905, Book: Very Good, Two couples in antique convertible, color art signed by DD (Decorative Designers, a New York art studio famous for their designs for book bindings). 7 x 10", light edgewear.
Hardcover. New York, Century Co., Reprint, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages. Covers bound in stamped leather. Cover edges rubbed. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece, many illustrations by Edwards. All edges gilt. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, Reprint, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 153 pages. Illustrated with black & white engravings by various artists. Previous owners name on prelim. page. Narrow damp stain along very bottom edge of first 8 pages - this does not effect text or illustrations. Front cover features four color illustration with gilt highlights. Spine title with gilt intact. Minor foxing to endpapers. A very nice copy.
Hardcover. Moscow / , Soviet Encyclopedia / , 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 912 columns of text (2 columns per page) in 2nd volume. 880 columns in 3rd volume. 912 columns w/ index in 4th volume. Text in Russian. Beige cloth, gilt. Minor edgewear, bumping, a few marks to boards. Bindings slightly loose, but text block is clean, unmarked (except for previous owner's name stamp on front fly leaves), intact. B/W and color illustrations throughout.
Hardcover. London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1st, 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages. Small format book measures - 5" X 3 1/2". Leather spine with raised bands. Title in gilt. Marbled boards and endpapers. Previous owners name stamped on front endpaper. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1st Thus, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 198 pages. Hardcover. Lilac cloth covers with gilt titles and decorations. Tipped-in full color plates by Hugh Thomson. Fading to spine cloth. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Anson D. F. Randolph, 1st, 1864, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages. Introduction by R.R. Booth, D.D. Green textured and embossed cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover, back cover, and spine. AEG. Yellow endpapers. Pages age toned. Previous owner's 1864 inscription on front endpaper. Binding label on rear endpaper. Rear endpapers also show some spotting.
Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st Edition, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's name stamped on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth, red title on spine and front cover board. Some fading to spine and edges from age. Deckled edges. Top edge dyed to match cover bindings. Light age-tanning to edges. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition for its age. The "British Agent" goes back to the scene of this youthful romance and adventure, and emerges with a shrewd appraisal of a changing world.
Hardcover. Chicago, R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. A how-to book. 16 plates, text illustrated. 4to. Black cloth. Black leather title label, gilt, laid down on front cover. Gilt patterned boards, some soiling/water marking to rear cover. Corners worn. Spine worn.
Hardcover. New York, W. B. Gilley, 1st, 1817, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Illustrated with black & white engravings by Richard Westall. Foxing to preliminary pages. Leather boards with gilt title and decorations - edges and corners with light rubbing. Marbled endpapers and edges. Clean, tight copy.