Clean Limited Edition in unworn slipcase. Clean glossy boards depict a Nine of Hearts playing card on the front cover, nine of diamonds on the rear, with black cloth spine with gold lettering. No bumping, soiling or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrations from wood engravings, with additional playing card illustrations in red. 137+ pages. Clean paper-covered slipcase decorated with spades and clubs has very slight browning to edges, no wear. Stories include "The Luck of the Roaring Camp", "The Outcasts o... View More...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Illustrated Edition. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Arthur I. Keller, Illustrator. Clean decorated cloth binding with clean unchipped paste-on illustration by Arthur I. Keller. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Clean beautifully decorated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. A few small very faint smudges to blank preliminaries. Color frontis illustration with clean tissue guard with printed title. All pages clean (glossy heavy paper with decorations on each page). Illustrations throug... View More...
Clean hardcover first edition published October, 1910. Decorated American trade binding. Green cloth boards with gold lettering, gold floral border surrounding title and small oval paste-on illustration on cover, gold lettering and small decorations on spine. Slight surface wear to corners, no fraying; very small puncture to spine, one corner lightly bumped. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers. Short tear to last blank page. All pages are clean, all are decorated. Illustrations by Harrison Fisher and Arthur I. Keller... View More...
New York: Heritage Press, 1944. First Thus. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fletcher Martin, Illustrator. Very clean unworn book in unworn slipcase. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin, with an Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Clean gold marbled paper-covered boards with yellow cloth spine, brown lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. "Sandglass" pamphlet still enclosed (no. 8H). 223 pages. Slipcase is covered in woodgrain-like paper, no wear, no cracking. View More...
Modern Library No. 250 in illustrated dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 10. Very clean blue cloth boards with blind-stamped hexagon logo on cover, gold lettering and torchbearer on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean Kent style endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Pages and edges are clean. Edited, with an Introduction by Robert N. Linscott. 517 pages. Clean illustrated jacket has edge wear, closed tears, chip at top edge of rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
New York: Modern Library, 1947. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Fine/Very Good. Stated First Modern Library Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Modern Library No. 250. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean red cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean Kent illustrated endpapers. Top page edges are black. Edited with an Introduction by Robert N. Linscott. 517 pages. Illustrated dust jacket has light soiling, is not price clipped (1.10 a copy on fr... View More...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Reprint. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Clean decorated green cloth boards with black lettering and illustrations on spine and front cover. Very light hint of surface wear to top/base of spine and corners, no fraying. Pages, edges and endpapers are clean and bright; no writing or marks. Very light browning to free endpapers. 256 pgs. View More...
Houghton Mifflin, 1896. Household Edition. Very Good++/No Dustjacket. Very clean olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Very light wear (not fraying) at top and bottom of spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Black endpapers. No names or bookplates. Handsome frontis portrait of Bret Harte with tissue guard. All pages are crisp and clean--although a previous owner has quoted (in pen) a few lines from Kingsley on rear blank endpaper. 321 pages with index. View More...
