New York: AMS Press, 1975. Second printing. Near Fine/good. Joseph Fennell, Illustrator. Clean hardcover book in original dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Clean bright yellow endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Lovely black and white illustrations by Joseph Fennell. 350 pages with index. Jacket is clean but has small chips, closed tears, creasing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Henry James wrote this charming guidebook in 1885 to p... View More...
Clean and solid first edition. Olive cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear-through to cloth. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean with gilt top page edges, deckled foredges. Beautifully penned previous owner name and place dated 1913 on front free endpaper. No other marks. Seven other books by Henry James listed on page after fly leaf. Beautiful frontispiece of Henry James and his father from a daguerreotype taken in 1854, with tissue guard. 419 pages. View More...
New York: Heritage Press, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. Gustave Nebel, Illustrator. Small hardcover book in sturdy slipcase. Size approx. 8" x 5-1/2". Clean marbled paper-covered boards with ivory cloth spine, gold and red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; light foxing to ivory spine cloth. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Color illustrations by Gustave Nebel. 92 pages. Red paper-covered slipcase is unworn, no cracking; a little fading to edges. View More...
Clean hardcover book in original dust jacket. Dark green faux leather boards with raised gold floral embossment on cover, gold title box on spine. Very light surface wear to corners; no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. With 800 living flowers shown in 300 color plates. 634 pages with Index. Dust jacket is clean but tattered with tears and edge chipping, separated at rear spine fold; now enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. How, when and where to plant flowers; protecting against weath... View More...
New York: Charles Scribner, 1910. First American Edition . Very Good+/no dust jacket . First American Edition, published October, 1910. Brown cloth boards with stamped gold lettering and line border on cover, gold lettering on spine. Slight fading to cloth. Small spots of wear at spine corners, ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top text-block page edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 312 pages. With a clear removable mylar cover to protect. View More...
London: John Lehmann, 1948. First Edition . Fine/Very Good. The Chiltern Library No. 14 (first edition thus - so stated) in unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Preface by the author. 237 pages. Clean dust jacket has slight age-toning, is not price clipped, has very shallow chipping at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Stories include: The Lesson of t... View More...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Reprint. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Very light wear to corners. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay (Paramount Pictures). View More...
Rochester, NY: E. M. Leavens Co., 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Good+. Charles Eugene Bracker, Illustrator. First edition in original jacket - a scarce book. Beige and green marbled paper-covered boards with red stamped lettering on cover. Small very faint stain at base corner of rear board. No fraying or wear through to boards. Binding is tight & square, a few small spots of cracking to paper at front hinge. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Four beautiful illustrations by Charles Eugene Bracker. Dust jacket has small edge chips and ... View More...
Clean Modern Library No.244 in unclipped dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean green cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean with black top-stained upper page edges, clean Kent endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 439 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (1.25 on front inside flap), unchipped, one 1" closed edge tear; 358 titles listed on inverse of jacket; now enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
