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Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898-1890. ,Boston Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898-1890, NEAR MINT copy. Green cloth over boards, beautiful illustration of black horse with gold ride, and gold lettering. Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell It was composed in the last years of her life, during..... More
Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, New York, (1917). Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, New York (1917). Dark blue cloth over boards, with picture of a cabin inthe woods, with two scales in gol, and gold lettering. Those who seek to understand the character and achievement of Abraham Lincoln must begin with a...... More
Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City , New York, 1948. ILLUSTRATED BY SALVADOR DALI. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden city , New York (1948). Red cloth over boards, gold design on front cover, gold lettering on black at spine, Benvenuto Cellini Born, 3 November 1500 Florence, Republic of Florence Died..... More
Boston, U.S.A. Ginn & Company Publishers, (1897). Boston ,U.S.A. Ginn & Company Publishers (1897). Maroon Cloth over boards, leather spine. Gold lettering. Excellent overview of American history with enough detail to provide lots of jumping off points for further research. I use it for home schooling and am now assigning..... More
ELLIOTT & BEEZLEY Philadelphia and Chicago 1891. Copyright 1891 Elliott & Breezley. 1891. Profusely Illustrated with STEEL PLATES and WOOD ENGRAVINGS. ELLIOTT & BEEZLEY Philadelphia and Chicago 1891. Hard Book brown Boards, embossed cove, beautifully designed, with angel court jester , owl and lady. Gold Gilt on all sides. Gold..... More
(1898-1900). New York, D. Appleton abd Company1898-1900. FROM THE INTRODUCTION: "DAVID HARUM A CHARACTER SO ORIGINAL, SO TRUE, AND SO STRONG, YET WITHAT SO DELIGHTFULLY QUAINT AND HUMOROUSTHE BOOK IS A NOVEL, AND THROUGHOUT IT RUNS A LOVE STORY WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY SYMPATHETIC TREATMENT AND A CONSTANTLY INCREASING INTEREST;..... More
1915. D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY, Boston, (1915). Olive Green paper over boards, red designs and lettering. NO DJ. Wilhelm Tell has to do not only with the Famous Archer, but also with, and especially, with the Swiss's fight for freedom. The commentary is intended to serve not the critical..... More
The Book Supply Company, 1916, 1916. Illustrations and Decorations by the Author. The Book Supply Company, First Edition, First Printing 1916. Red cloth over boards. No DJ. Lawrence Knight, the ubiquitous Eastern wastrel leaves his debutante fiancèe, Helen Wakenfield to become a "real man," working as a lowly ranch hand..... More
Hery Altemus, Philadelphia, Altemus' Edition, 1897. Illustrated by M. De Lipman. Hery Altemus, Philadelphia, Altemus' Edition, 1897. Translator. Dr. S. A. Binion (author of Ancient Egypt) Illustrated by M. De Lipman. Gray paper over boards, silver and blue lettering, beautiful design of tower in silver and shades of green. NO..... More
G P Putnam's Sons, NY & London (1899-1898), (1899-1898). G P Putnam's Sons, NY & London (1899-1898). Dark Blue Paper Over Boards, Gold Lettering. The Story of The Civil War Volume I and 2. A Concise Account Of The War In The United States Of America Between 1861 And 1865..... More
Georgr Allen Sunnyside , Orpington, Kent, 1881. Georgr Allen Sunnyside , Orpington, Kent, 1881. John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist . The Stones of..... More
Doubleday, Page, & Company, Garden City New York, 1900'S. Doubleday, Page, & Company, Garden City New York. Dark Navy Blue Cloth over boards, gold designs and lettering. Plot Most readers know Joseph Conrad for creating Marlow's harrowing journey through the African Congo in Heart of Darkness. Conrad was adept at..... More
Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1890. Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York, 1890, First Edition. Very Good, solid, some soiling and yellowing on back pacedown, &eend paper. Red cloth over boards, black spine, black and gold lettering. Writing on first leaf: Alfred from Andrew & Hayzel April 24, 1905 1922..... More
Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, (1870). Illustrations DE GRANDVILLE. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs,1870. Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1923). Translated by Charlotte and Vernon Kellogg. New York: The Macmillan Company, First American Edition, First Printing, 1923. Stated Copyright, 1923, By Marie Curie. Navy cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. Scientist Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and..... More
Dodd , Mead, and Company.New York, (1885). Twelve Full- Page of outstanding Illustrations by Adrian Marie. Dodd , Mead, and Company.New York 06/1865. . Book is Good, some distress, spine is intact but loose, front and back covers are cracked at spine , text is clear , pages are yellowed..... More
CLEVELAND: THE BURROWS BROTHERS COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 1890. Illustrated with many drawings. CLEVELAND: THE BURROWS BROTHERS COMPANY, PUBLISHERS- M DCCC XC (1890). Leather Binding, embossing at front cover, gold gilt all sides. Very good possibility for restoration, it is a beautiful book. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel..... More
Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York, 1898. Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York (1898). Green Cloth over boards. Gold and red designs of swords on front cover and spine and gold lettering. NO DJ. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part..... More
Thomas Y. Cromwell & Company,Boston, 1886. First Edition, 1886. Thomas Y. Cromwell & Company,Boston, 1886. Dark Green cloth over boards. black and gold designs and lettering. This book is the best I've read covering the history of our most prolific and honorable women that shaped this country. They are also..... More