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The Tribulations of a Princess - With Portraits from Photographs
Cauliffe-Owen, Marguerite
New York Harper & Brothers 1901 First Hardcover Very Good+ No Dust jacket Jacket
First Edition decorated American trade binding. Blue cloth with silver lettering and decoration on cover and spine. No fraying or wear, very light soiling. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis illustration (photograph of Princess Muzzi) with clean tissue guard; seven additional photo illustrations. 379 pages. 021910
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25.00 USD
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The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written by Himself (2 volumes complete)
Cellini, Benvenuto
New York Brentano's 1906 First Hardcover Very Good+ no dust jackets
First Edition thus, published by Brentano's in 1906, in decorated American trade bindings (2 volumes complete). Edited and translated by John Addington Symonds with a Biographical Sketch of Cellini by the same, together with an Introduction to this edition by Royal Cortissoz with reproductions of forty original portraits and views illustrating the life. Olive green cloth boards with elaborate gold decoration on covers and spines. Slightest hint of soiling, very slight surface wear to corners. Bindings are tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Decorated title pages. Volume 1 - 360 pages; Volume 2 - 387 pages with index. A lovely set of a classic autobiography. 024207
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60.00 USD
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The Secret of the Hittites - The Discovery of an Ancient Civilization
Ceram, C. W.
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1956 First Hardcover Near Fine Very Good Jacket
Stated First American Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Very clean red cloth boards with silver decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps. 281 pages with bibliography, plus ten-page index. Clean dust jacket has slight age-toning to spine, a few very small chips, closed edge tears. Jacket design by Robert Leydenfrost. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 026520
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20.00 USD
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What We Had
Chace, James
New York Summit Books 1990 0-671-69478-2 / 9780671694784 First Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Clean light gray boards with burgundy cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 187 pgs. Dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, hint of very light soiling. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A wonderful memoir of an American life, starting in Falls River, Massachusetts in 1931. 8vo. Biography. 015807
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10.00 USD
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West to the Setting Sun
Chalmers, Harvey
Toronto The MacMillan Co. 1946 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Signed
Very clean blue cloth boards with gold illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Very slight wear to one corner of spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, clean endpapers with maps. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. No names, writing or marks. 363 pgs. with notes and chronilogical list of events. The story of Mohawk Indian leader Joseph Brant, and the early Canadian/American frontier. 8vo. Historical Novel. 010769
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Joseph Brant: Mohawk
Chalmers, Harvey and Ethel Brant Monture
East Lansing, Michigan Michigan State University Press 1955 First Hardcover Very Good+ good Jacket
First edition in dust jacket. Clean rust brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with some light browning to fixed endpapers,tiny previous owner name at top edge of front fixed endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of Joseph Brant. 364 pages. Dustjacket is price clipped, has fading to spine, chipping at top and bottom edges of spine, closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 022844
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The Ouananiche and its Canadian Environment
Chambers, E. T. D.
New York Harper & Brothers 1896 First Hardcover Very Good+ no dust jacket
Decorated American trade binding, first edition. Green cloth boards with darker green, red and silver fish decoration on cover, fishing hook and fly design on spine, stamped gold lettering. Very slight browning to spine. Slight surface wear to spine corners, no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Small previous owner name and date neatly penned on front free endpaper. Fifteen illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard. Decorated title page. Preface by the author. 357 pages with index. An extended investigation of the Ouananiche (a salmon of landlocked populations living in lakes in Labrador and Newfoundland). 025433
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125.00 USD
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Japonette
Chambers, Robert W.
New York D. Appleton 1912 First Hardcover Very Good+ No Dust jacket Charles Dana Gibson, Illustrator
First Printing, with (1) on last page. Decorated binding - clean brown cloth boards with stamped decoration, beautiful unworn oval paste-on portrait of woman on cover, unchipped white lettering on cover, white lettering on spine (mostly chipped) with stamped decoration to spine as well. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with some browning to endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 386 pgs. Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson. 018790
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16.00 USD
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The Fighting Chance
Chambers, Robert W.
New York D. Appleton 1906 First Hardcover Very Good+ no dust jacket A. B. Wenzell, Illustrator
First Printing of a fairly scarce novel, with (1) on last page of text. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram AR - Amy Richards). Red cloth boards with red, black and cream decorated title box and stamped panel design on cover. Stamped cream lettering on spine (cream has disappeared, legible only as blind-stamping). Decoration and lettering on cover is crisp and unrubbed. Pinhead size spot of wear to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Previous owner name and date on title page. Illustrations by A. B. Wenzell. 499 pages. 025020
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The Younger Set
Chambers, Robert W.
New York D. Appleton & Co. 1907 First Hardcover Near Fine no dust jacket G. C. Wilmshurst, Illustrator
Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram AR - Amy Richards). First Edition, First Printing, with (1) on last page of text. Clean red cloth boards with blindstamped decoration to cover, cream title box and line border; cream lettering and small fan decoration on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Small neatly penned initials and date at top edge of front free endpaper. Eight illustrations by G. C. Wilmshurst. 513 pages. 024538
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Romance of the Feudal Chateaux
Champney, Elizabeth W.
New York G. P. Putnam 1911 Later printing Hardcover Fine No dust jacket
Lovely decorated American trade binding in fine condition. Light grey ribbed cloth boards with dark gray, black and gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges, clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Title page printed in red and black, with photo frontispiece with printed tissue guard. Illustrated throughout with drawings, photogravure images with printed tissue guards. 436 pages. In clear removable mylar cover. 027020
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35.00 USD
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Mountain Madness
Chapin, Anna Alice
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1917 Reprint Hardcover Very Good No Dust jacket George W. Gage, Illustrator
Decorated binding with scene of tree, sky, and silhoutte of bird in flight against large moon. Green cloth, some tiny speckles to rear board, no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrations by George W. Gage. 312 pages. 021568
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15.00 USD
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Heart Songs Dear to the American People
Chapple, Joe Mitchell (Editor)
New York World Publishing Co. 1950 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Jacket
Maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Hint of slight surface wear to corners, no fraying. Boards are clean with exception of two small faint spots on cover. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 504 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has two surface scrapes to front panel (each about the size of a nickel), several short closed edge tears, a few small shallow edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Over 400 favorite songs (lyrics and musical scores) including hymns, patriotic songs, lullabies, sea songs, dancing songs, plantation and negro melodies, ballads and love songs, songs from operas, college, school and fraternity songs. Large 8vo. Music. 014808
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The Siege of Youth
Charles, Frances
Boston Little, Brown & Co. 1903 First Hardcover Very Good+ No Dust jacket Harry E. Townsend, Illustrator
First Edition decorated binding. Blue cloth boards with green, cream and gold decoration on cover with green line border, gold lettering on spine. Hint of surface wear to spine corners, no fraying. Faint white spot on rear board (approx. 1/4" x 2"). Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, clean endpapers. Illustrations by Harry E. Townsend, including frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. Small previous owner inscription on blank fly leaf. 293 pages. 021428
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A Taste of Honey - Honey for Health, Beauty & Cookery: Recipes & Traditions
Charleton, Jane and Jane Newdick
Chartwell Books 1995 0785803491 / 9780785803492 First Hardcover Fine Fine Jacket
Fine gift quality First American Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean unfaded orange cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color and black and white. 127 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 026753
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The Dark Stranger
Charques, Dorothy
New York Coward McCann 1957 First Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Jacket
First American Edition in unclipped jacket. Beige cloth boards with green cloth spine, red lettering on spine. Very light soiling. Binding is tight, no cracking, with very slight lean. No names or bookplates. 352 pgs. Dustjacket is quite clean, not price clipped, with small chips at top and bottom of spine. Enclosed in new mylar cover. 010714
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10.00 USD
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Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution
Charyn, Jerome
New York W. W. Norton 2008 First Hard Cover Near Fine Fine Jacket
Very clean white boards with clean dark blue spine, gold lettering on spine. Very slight bump to one spine corner; corner tips are sharp, no wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 479 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. American History. 015542
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Mayken - A Child's Story of the Netherlands in the Sixteenth Century
Chase, Jessie Anderson
Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1902 First Hardcover Very Good+ no dust jacket
First Edition decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram "K" on cover design). Clean olive green cloth boards with white decoration (scene of caped man on horseback galloping past a windmill). Crisp white lettering on cove and spine. Light bumping to corners; no fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with small previous owner bookplate in upper corner of front pastedown. Six full page illustrations by Troy and Margaret Kinney. 219 pages. 025356
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The Letters of John Cheever
Cheever, John (Benjamin Cheever, Editor)
New York Simon & Schuster 1988 0671628739 / 9780671628734 First Hardcover Fine near fine Jacket
First Edition, First Printing in clean bright dust jacket. Clean light turquoise boards with white cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean turquoise endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 397 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. American literary figure John Cheever was a prolific writer of letters, sometimes sending as many as thirty in a single week. Here, edited by the author's son Benjamin, is the first volume to present on this significant addition to Cheever's literary legacy. 027217
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