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Professor, the : A Tale by Currer Bell, Author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, Etc

By: Bell, Currer (Charlotte Bronte)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1868

Seller ID: 15719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

330 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, 330 pages, decorative blindstamped boards, gilt spine lettering, pale pink endpapers. ; Written by Charlotte Bronte prior to Jane Eyre but not published until after its success. Originally published 1857. This edition, published in 1868 by NY: Harper & Brothers, carries only the pen name Currer Bell and also has brief a preface by her husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls. ; Cloth shows only a touch of wear. Gilt lettering is bright and readable. Front endpaper has one name in old, faded ink, andother name in pencil. A very small amount of fo...
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Athletic Benchley, the : 105 Exercises from the Detroit Athletic Club News (Signed)

By: Benchley, Robert C. and Thomas J. Saunders

Price: $64.00

Publisher: Glendower Media: 2010

Seller ID: 21074

ISBN: 0914303015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

256 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, olive green boards, 256 pages, over 200 b/w illustrations, 105 humorous short stories, essays and articles. Dedication page inscribed and dated 2010 and SIGNED by editor Tom Saunders. ; Text by Robert C. Benchley. Edited by Thomas J. Saunders. Foreword by Kenneth H. Voyles. Illustrations by Gluyas Williams, Burt Thomas, Rea Irvin, R. Barton, Herb Roth, R. F. Heinrich, Don Herald. ; Amazing assortment of droll humorous pieces originally published in highly literary Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) News, 1920-1932. ; No defects of any kind. No jacket, as...
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Devil's Dictionary, The

By: Bierce, Ambrose

Price: $15.00

Publisher: World Publishing Company: 1942

Seller ID: 20678

ISBN: 1582343802

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

276 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, umber cloth, all edges red, cheeky devil illustration on front, 276 pages, about 750 ordinary words concisely defined by the great Ambrose Bierce, master of wit and sarcasm. ; Originally published in book form 1911. This is new edition 1941, 3rd printing, 1942. ; Spine sunned but readable. Pages starting to yellow from age. Very small tear to cloth at crown otherwise no other defects. Binding tight. Lacks jacket.
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Cooking with a Velvet Touch : 86 New Recipes for Velvetized Carnation Evaporated Milk

By: Blake, Mary

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Carnation Company: 1965

Seller ID: 22074

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

48 pages; 8vo (9") 19 cm; Softcover booklet, 48 glossy pages, index, 25 full-color photos, 86 recipes of all kinds. ; Light edgewear. One leaf creased at lower corner. No other defects.
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Unitarian Universalist Poets, the : A Contemporary American Survey

By: Bosveld, Jennifer

Price: $9.25

Publisher: Pudding House Publications: 1996

Seller ID: 16007

ISBN: 0944754333

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

208 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Pale green illustrated covers, 100 short original poems by noted 20th century American Unitarian Universalists, most previously published. Brief bio of each poet. Appendix lists poets who are available for readings, workshops, or lectures, with contact information. ; Isbn 0614101875. Foreword by Nina Penfold. Cover art by Sandra Olinek. ; No defects.
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Camp Croft Cartoons

By: Bothwell, Dick; Illustrated by Peter Paul Czerepak

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Camp Croft: 1942

Seller ID: 21482

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

28 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Oblong red softcover, 28 unnumbered pale gray pages on stiff cardstock, over 90 high-quality b/w cartoons, some with multiple panels. ; Published by Post Exchange, Camp Croft, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1942. Boot camp humor from early days of World War 2.; Moderate edgewear. Owner name, company, platoon, etc, on front cover in old ink, with platoon number corrected by small piece of tape (we have not attempted to remove). Oldprice lightly penned inside front cover. No other marks. Binding tight. Rare in any condition.
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End is a Beginning, an : Fifty Years, a Retrospective

By: Braun, Philip J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philip J. Braun: 2005

Seller ID: 20085

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, black plastic comb binding, red covers, about 240 unnumbered pages. ; An unusual collection of quotations with magical power, taken from novels, poems, columns, essays, short stories, etc, by various authors. Warning: sexist humor. ; No visible defects. ; Item laid in: invitation to reception in honor of author, Phil Braun, at Flint Golf Club, 2005.
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The Pill Versus the Spinghill Mine Disaster : Selected Poems of Richard Brautigan 1957-1968

By: Brautigan, Richard

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Dell Publishing Company: 1969

Seller ID: 21491

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

128 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; White pictorial softcover, [xiv] + 108 + 6 pages, 128 total pages, about 100 short poems. ; Delta 440-06956. Published 1968. This is 3rd printing, 1969. ; Covers lightly sunned, with small thumb creases, as usual. No marks. Binding tight.
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Tone, The, Part 2 : The Dragon

By: Bronte; Illustrated by Rick Cain

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Cain Studios: 1988

Seller ID: 17941

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

60 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Small softcover booklet, brown and tan pages throughout, 60 unnumbered pages, b/w line art on every page margin. ; Beautifully illustrated mystical tale. Front cover shows crescent moon, bearded elder man, scrolls with the words The Teller Circle, Imagine, Create, See. ; No defects. A most unusual book. Quite scarce. (We have been unable to determine if there is a Part 1 that precedes this volume or which Bronte is the author)
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Sooner or Later

By: Brooks, Shirley; Illustrated by George Du Maurier

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1868

Seller ID: 21437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

348 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, brown textured cloth, gold lettering on spine, 348 pages, main text in 2 columns, small type, 16 b/w illustrations. ; Humorous novel of manners, originally published in 3 vols, 1866-1868. This is a very early 1-vol reprint, dated 1868, with preface dated 1867. ; English author Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816-1874) was a novelist, popular playwright and longtime contributor to famous Punch humor magazine. ; Cloth shows moderate edgewear and some fading to spine but lettering is quite readable. Front endpaper has antique 1.0 x 2.5-inch bookdealer labe...
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Really Babies, 1e : (1st Edition, 1908)

By: Brownell, Elizabeth B. ; Illustrated by Elizabeth B. Brownell

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Rand, McNally & Company: 1908

Seller ID: 14299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

63 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large hardcover, brown cloth, gilt lettering, 63 glossy pages, title on front in gilt edged in black, small b/w photo paste-downs on front and rear. ; Original nursery rhyme-style poems, illustrated with b/w photos of real children, age about 1-5 years, wearing normal (1908) clothing. Glossy throughout. ; Cloth quite worn, small chips to photo paste-downs. Light foxing here and there, also pale dampstains to lower margins of rear leaves, none affecting text or pictures. Several leaves have small tears to lower margins, a common feature of large books well-loved by...
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Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning : 1872

By: Browning, Robert

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell: 1872

Seller ID: 21434

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

282 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth over beveled boards, black and gilt decor on front and spine, [viii] + 282 + 8 pages, all edges gilt, b/w portrait frontispiece illustration of Browning, main text in 2 columns, small type throughout. ; Dedicated by the poet to Alfred Tennyson, May 14, 1872, stated. ; Cloth shows moderate wear at heel and crown, minor wear to tips. Interior clean but pages slightly yellowed from age. 1889 newspaper clipping with obit for Browning neatly clipped and affixed to front free endpaper with sewing pin, which we have left in place. Binding tight...
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Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant : Collected and Arranged by the Author, Illustrated by One Hundred Engravings from Drawings by Birket Foster, Harry Fenn, Alfred Fredericks, and Others

By: Bryant, William Cullen

Price: $23.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company: 1878

Seller ID: 16223

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

501 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Full brown cloth, beveled boards, exquisite decor on front and spine in gilt and black and lettering in gilt, all edges gilt, floral endpapers, appendix of notes in very small type, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving by H. B. Hall Jr with tissue guard, 180 poems, 100 b/w illustrations in text. ; Copyright 1854. This is 4th edition, 1878. ; One of American's greatest poets, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was an ardent abolitionist and free speech advocate. His first great poem was Thanatopsis, published in 1817. For 52 years he was an editor at the New York Eve...
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Castle Comedy, the : 1e, 1st Edition, 1904

By: Buchanan, Thompson; Illustrated by Elizabeth Shippen Green

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers: 1904

Seller ID: 8464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

235 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Hardcover, pale lavendar cloth, lettering and decor in white and gilt, 235 pages, green monochrome decorative page borders throughout, 4 full-color plates including very nice frontispiece. ; 1st edition, title page 1904, copyright page 1904. ; Light romance set in France, illustrated by the very underrated Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954) prolific illustrator for Harper's Magazine and dozens of books. ; We have graded this item Very Good Minus. Cloth worn at extremities. Lower part of spine discolored. Owner name (B. M. GlenDening) on front blank page in old ink...
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Pelham, Paul Clifford, Zanoni, Falkland : (Omnibus of Four Novels and Tomlinsonia)

By: Bulwer Lytton, Edward (Lord Lytton)

Price: $14.00

Publisher: P. F. Collier, Publisher: 1855

Seller ID: 14631

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

715 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Tall hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt lettering and decor, 715 pages, all edges speckled blue, main text in 2 columns, footnotes, endnotes. Dated 1855 but appears to be a bit later, perhaps 1885. ; 1) Pelham, or Adventures of a Gentleman, with prefaces to 1828, 1840, 1848 editions. 2) Paul Clifford, with prefaces to 1840, 1848 editions. Yes, this is the famous novel that begins 'It was a dark and stormy night'. 3) Tomlinsonia, or, The Posthumous Writings of the Celebrated Augustus Tomlinson. 4) Zanoni, with dedicatory epistle from 1845 edition and preface to 1853...
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Pilgrim's Progress, the : With Explanatory Notes by Thomas Scott and a Life of the Author by Josiah Conder

By: Bunyan, John, with Thomas Scott and Josiah Conder

Price: $48.00

Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication: 1844

Seller ID: 16845

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

554 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark brown blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt figure of pilgrim on front, gilt design on rear, [vi] + 554 pages, rag paper throughout, 25 b/w illustrations and embellishments including b/w portrait of author, b/w engraving of angel lifting pilgrim out of Slough of Despond, footnotes and sidenotes throughout, as published. ; Title on spine: Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Complete subtitle: 'Most Carefully Collated with the Edition Containing the Author's Last Additions and Corrections, With Explanatory Notes by Thomas Scott, DD, and a Life of...
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Poems : By William Henry Burleigh

By: Burleigh, William Henry (Rev)

Price: $38.00

Publisher: J. Miller M'Kim: 1841

Seller ID: 20370

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

248 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; This is an actual book from 1841, not an overpriced mess printed by a computer after you place your order. ; hardcover, black leather, gilt spine lettering, 248 pages, yellow endpapers, ; 1st edition. Same date. Published in Philadelphia by J. Miller M'Kim (James Miller McKim, speaker for American Anti-Slavery Society), Pittsburgh by Ingram & M'Candless, New York by Wiley & Putnam. ; Fiery poems by the Rev. William Henry Burleigh 1812-1871, abolitionist, journalist, newspaper editor, hymnwriter, whose arguably more famous wife was the radical activist Rev. Celia ...
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House on Charles Street, The

By: Burr, Anna Robeson Brown

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Duffield & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 21343

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

283 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, gilt lettering, [vi] + 283 pages. ; 1st edition, 1921, same date. ; Romance fiction set among English nobility. Anna Robeson Brown Burr 1873-1941 also wrote Portrait of a Banker, House on Smith Square and many other popular novels of the 1920s and a highly regarded biography of physician Silas Weir Mitchell. ; Almost no wear. One very small antique book label on front endpaper. Pages a bit yellowed from age. No other defects.
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Eternal City, The, 1e : (1st Edition, 1901)

By: Caine, Hall

Price: $20.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company: 1901

Seller ID: 14801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

638 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Dark burgundy-red cloth, gilt lettering and decor, 638 pages + 10-pg publisher catalog in rear. ; 1st edition, 1901. Same date. NAP. Lists to this title. ; One of this popular Manx author's most celebrated novels, made into a play and two films in the early days of cinema. A modern (1902) romance set in London and Rome, with kings, barons, and the pope himself. ; Very light exterior wear. Gift note penned on front endpaper dated Dec 25, 1901. No other marks. Gilt is beautifully bright, no flaking or dullness visible. Binding tight. ; Laid in: small clipping on au...
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Twisted Mission, a : An Olympia Brown Mystery, the Prequel (Signed)

By: Campbell, Judith

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Mainly Murder Press: 2015

Seller ID: 20846

ISBN: 1980247226

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

213 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Softcover, [viii] + 213 pages. Title page inscribed and SIGNED by author. ; Isbn 9780986178009. Historical fiction, murder mystery starring the intrepid Rev. Olympia Brown, a real 19th-century ordained Universalist minister. ; Only a touch of edgewear. No defects apart from autograph. ; Olympia Brown Mysteries Series; Vol. 1
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Category: Literature & Fiction