364 PAGES , NUMEROUS B&W ILLUSTRATIONS TELL ALL OF THE STORIES OF ALADDIN, ECT. THE PUBLISHER CLAIMS THIS TO BE THE CHEAPEST EDITION AVAILABLE ANY WHERE AND THAT IT HAS BEEN ADAPTED SO AS NOT TO CAUSE OFFENSE TO SCHOOLS , FAMILIES OR CHILDREN OF EITHER SEX GREEN BOARDS WITH BLACK DECORATION , GOLD LETTERING ON SPINE VERY LIMITED SCUFFING ON CORNERS OF BOARDS AND TOP OF SPINE, SOME FOXING ON TITLE PAGE ,OTHER WISE ,PAGES ARE ALL CLEAN AND BRIGHT ..AN INTERESTING INSIGHT INTO THE PUBHISHING WORLD OF THE 1870'S View More...
ALICE BRAND A ROMANCE OF THE CAPITAL BY A. G. RIDDLE 1875 D APPLETON AND CO. 384 PGS A WORK OF ROMANTIC FICTION BUT ALSO SKETCHES OF PEOPLE AND LIFE AT THE CAPITAL IN THE POST CIVIL WAR ERA CLEAN AND TIGHT VERY MINOR SHELF WEAR TO COVER [FICTION] View More...
ITEM 8123 JOHN WINTERBOURNE'S FAMILY BY ALICE BROWN PUB 1910 BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN NY 454 PGS 5 3/4 X 8 HARD BACK VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT [FICTION ] View More...
ITEM # 5877 THE HARRY CHRONICLES BY ALLAN PEDRAZAS PUB 1995 BY ST MARTIN'S PRESS 232 PGS 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 HARD BACK WINNER OF ST MARTIN'S BEST FIRST PRIVATE NOVEL FLORIDA P.I HARRY RICE IS TASKED TO RECOVER A STOLEN COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE GUNS . HARRY IS COUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE OWNERS WIFE WHO HIRED HIM AND THE OWNER WHO TRIES TO FIRE HIM BOOK AND D.J. IN MYLAR IN FINE , NEAR NEW CONDITION [ FICT ] View More...
item # 80745 ADVISE AND CONSENT BY ALLEN DRURY PUB BY FRANKLIN PRESS 1977 714 PGS 6 1/2 X 9 1/4 LEATHER HARD BOUND ONE OF FRANKLIN PRESS SIGNED LIMITED EDITION SERIES BEAUTIFUL TAN LEATHER BINDING WITH GILT DESIGN AND LETTERING , GILT PAGE EDGES ,BOOK MARK RIBBON SIGNED BY AUTHOR AS NEW CONDITION [ SPEC ED ROOM ] View More...
This book is so attractively designed. The light olive boards are pristine and unbumped and are printed in the purple color which reprises on the inked top edge. The purple edge is pristine. The jacket has sunned on the spine, a fault which wraps around to the back a bit (see photo). There's also some light soil that can't be cleaned any more than it has due to uncoated paper, and a few amall edge tears. It has not been price-clipped and looks most handsome in brand new mylar. Book was translated from the Portuguese with humor intact. Amado was a modernist who was the most appreciated author ... View More...
ITEM # 5840 THE LADIES OF THE VALE BY ANDREW PUCKETT PUB 1995 BY ST. MARTINS PRESS 187 PGS 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 HARD BACK A GRIPPING MURDER MYSTERY CENTERED AROUND A SERIES OF UNEXPECTED DEATH IN A HOSPITAL BOOK AND DJ AS NEW , CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT NO MARKS OR TEARS [ FICT ] View More...
Very clean and nice. No chips or tears and jacket protected by brand new mylar cover. SIGNED without inmscription by author on title page. Two southern cooks vie for a national cooking show in this humorous novel by the beloved author of Savannah Blues, Savannah Breeze and Blue Christmas. 384 pages with recipes. View More...
item # 8062 URSULA'S FRESHMAN BY ANNA CHAPIN RAY PUB BY LITTLE BROWN 1905 303 PGS. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 HARD BACK THE FIFTH BOOK IN THIS SERIES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE COMING OF AGE PALE GREEN BOARDS , GOLD LETTERING VERY GOOD CONDITION BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS OR TEARS NO DJ AS ISSUED [ FICTION ] View More...
TALTOS , LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES BY ANNE RICE PUB BY ALFRED KNOPF 1994 1ST ED ,3RD PRINTING 467 PGS SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON LAID IN BOOK PLATE BOOK AND DJ IN MYLAR IN FINE CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS OR TEARS [ FICTION] View More...
ITEM # 6567 THE VITAL MESSAGE BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE PUB 1919 BY GEORGE H DORAN CO . 164 PGS 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 HARD BACK A STORY FROM THE YEARS OF GREAT WAR . BOOK IN FINE CONDITION , CLEAN AND SOLID , NO MARKS OR TEARS [ FICTION ] View More...
Books by Folio Society are always beautiful, but I think this one is especialoly so. The cover is pictorial witha jigsaw puzzle backdrop and elements of gold and silver. The book is pristine with snow white pages and page edges, no bumps, no creases. and no names or writing. The gold slipcase is sturdy with just a small bit of soil to the back. . The book measures. 6-1/4" x 9-1/4" and has 350 pages filled with 20 sories, each of which begins with a black and white illustration View More...
TUTT AND MR TUTT BY ARTHUR TRAIN PUB 1925 BY SCRIBNERS 304 PGS A NOVEL WITH A COURT ROOM / LEGAL BACK GROUND BY A FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BOOK WITH EMBOSSED BROWN BOARDS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT NO MARKS AND TEARS HAS VERY MINOR SHELF WEAR TOP OF SPINE [FICTION] View More...
Crisp, clean book bound in red leather and beautifully, lavishly, decorated with gilt to both boards and to spine which has two raised bands. Pages are gilded on all three sides and there is a bound-in ribbon marker. SIGNED with actuall readability by Auchincloss on first page after front free endpaper. A period novella based on the life of Abigail Hill, Lady Masham, who was cconsidered a climber of the Uriah Heep variety. Book is dedicated to historian Barbara Tuchman. Measures 6-1/4"x9" and has 169 pages plus a British Monarchy chart which spans James I to George II. View More...
Beautiful book, clearly never read. Hinge is very tight and book is quality made with chocolate brown leather binding, dark brown moire endpapers, gilded edges on all three sides, lavish gilt design on both boards and brown satin ribbon marker. The spiine also shows four raised bands and book is signed at blank page at front with tissue gaurd llaid-in to protect it. Book is illustrarted bea8utfully by Uldis Klavins. Originally poublished in 1964, 417 pages. View More...
This book is clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. The books is bound in black cloth, the edges are very clean, and the top edge is inked in orange The dustjacket is very handsome and has not been price-clipped ($4.50) and is protected in a mylar cover. The jacket does shows a few very small tears and chips at the lower spine, and a small crease to the bottom edge of the jacket The book is for readers 11 and up. The story is about the slave trade and a young boy named Demba at 12 years old and was captured by alien tribemen from whom he learned the hard way about terrors and h... View More...
ITEM # 5868 THE SORCERER'S STONE BY BEATRICE GRIMSHAW PUB 1914 BY CHARLES WINSTON 306 PGS 5 1/2 X 8 HARD BACK AN ADVENTURE STORY WITH CANNIBLES SEA MONSTERS AND BAD GUYS 8 B & W ILLUSTRATIONS VERY GOOD CONDITION TEXT CLEAN AND BRIGHT ,HINGES STRONG . COVER HAS MINOR BUMPS AND WEAR AT CORNERS [ FICTION ] View More...
Crisp, as new book. Absolutely spotless inside and out with no names or writing. Book measures 7"x8-3/4", but is a whopping 2-1/2" thick -- for a total of 1119 pages. A fabulous collection of stories and peoms from the pages of the literary magaiznes Bellow and Botsford edited and published together, incluing ANON, The Noble Savage and Notes From the Republic of Letters. Among the stories and poems published here are the works of such literary lights as Victor Hugo, D. H. Lawrence, Arthur Miller, John Berryman, Thomas Pynchon. Elemire Zolla, as well as the works of Bellow andf Botsford. [F... View More...
ITEM # 6036 THE ONE WAY OUT BY BETTINA VON HUTTEN PUB 1906 BY DODD MEAD 100 PGS 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 HARD BACK . A ROMANTIC NOVEL WITH DELIGHTFULL ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRISON FISHER . PEOPLED WITH FORMAL LADIES AND GENTELMEN OF THE OLD SCHOOL . GIFT INSCRIPTION DATED 1911 TEXT BLOCK FINE , CLEAN AND BRIGHT COVER SHOWES SOME GENERAL SURFACE WEAR [ FICTION ] View More...
