Category: Literature & Fiction

Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning : 1872

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell : 1872

Seller ID: 21434

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: $42.00

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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Lost on Venus

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1963

Seller ID: 22626

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

192 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Paperback, 192 pages, all edges inked orange, cover art (color) and b/w line illustration on title page by Frank Frazetta. ; Ace 49500. Venus Series Volume 2. Originally published 1933. This paperback edition, with foreword by Vernell Coriell, circa 1963. "Carson Napier faces the supermen and super-monsters of Amtor." ; Small creases to covers, two tiny chips, otherwise intact and unmarked. ; With this item you will also get: 2) Pirates of Venus, Ace F-179, same artist. 3) Pirates of Venus, later printing, half inch taller, Ace 66502, 1973. 4) Beyond the Farthest ...
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Master Mind of Mars, the : Complete and Unabridged

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books : 1963

Seller ID: 23356

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

160 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, color cover art, all edges inked orange, 160 pages. ; Ballantine U2036. Mars 6. ; Only light shelfwear, mainly to rear cover, which is lightly rubbed but all readable. ; [ With this item you will also get four more 1960s-era Burroughs paperbacks, all Very Good or better condition, unabridged: 2) Apache Devil, U2046, 192 pages. 3) The Lad and the Lion, U2048, 192 pgs. 4) At the Earth's Core, Ace F-156, 144p. 5) Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Ace F-168, 144p. ]; John Carter of Mars Series; Vol. 6
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Back to the Stone Age : A Castaway in Pellucidar

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by Frank Frazetta

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1963

Seller ID: 22627

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

221 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Paperback, 221 pages, all edges inked yellow. Cover art (color) and b/w illustration on title page by Frank Frazetta and Roy Krenkel, Jr. ; Ace F-245. Pellicudar series Volume 5. Originally published 1937. This paperback edition 1963. Complete and unabridged. ; Covers worn around edges, pages starting to yellow, as usual. Spine uncreased. Book is intact and unmarked. ; With this item you will also get: 2) Pellucidar, Ace F-158, cover art by Krenkel. 3) 4) Savage Pellucidar, Ace F-280, 2copies. 5) Tarzan at the Earth's Core, Pellucidar Vol-4, Ace 79853, later print...
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Swords of Mars, and, Synthetic Men of Mars

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by Frank Frazetta

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Nelson Doubleday : 1966

Seller ID: 22652

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

345 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Book Club Edition; Hardcover, red boards, [vi] + 345 pages, color jacket art and at least three b/w illustrations. ; Copyright 1934 and 1935. This edition 1966. ; Contents: Swords of Mars, Barsoom Series volume 8, science fiction action adventure, and Synthetic Men of Mars, Barsoom Series volume 9, featuring genetically engineered super humans. ; Book shows almost no shelfwear. Very light bump to heel. Jacket intact, unclipped, no tears, light edgewear only. Scarce with jacket. ; Barsoom Series
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Thuvia, Maid of Mars and the Chessmen of Mars

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by Frank Frazetta

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nelson Doubleday : 1972

Seller ID: 22653

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

341 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Book Club Edition; Hardcover, dark green boards, 341 pages, color jacket art. ; Science fiction action adventure from the renowned Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan. ; Book shows very light shelfwear. Jacket clipped, some edgewear. Scarce with jacket. ; With this item you will also get, same author, same illustrator, same size, all with jackets: 2) Princess of Mars, 1970. 3) Gods of Mars, and, Warlord of Mars, 1971. ; Barsoom Series
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Tarzan the Untamed : Complete and Unabridged

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by J. Allen St. John

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap : 1943

Seller ID: 22651

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

309 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, red boards, [vi] + 309 pages. Jacket art by J. Allen St. John. ; Madison Square Books stated. Copyright 1920. This printing circa 1943, "produced under wartime conditions." ; Blurb: "This is the story of Tarzan's return to the life and ways of the Ape-Man in his search for vengeance on those who took from him his beloved wife." ; Book shows light edgewear. No marks, no rips, no tears. Pages yellowed from age but not brown or brittle. Binding tight. Jacket mostly intact, shows light rubbing, small chip to upper front affecting part of the letter T, small...
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Caspak Series, Complete in 3 Volumes : Land That Time Forgot, People That Time Forgot, out of Time's Abyss

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by Roy Krenkel Jr

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1963

Seller ID: 23355

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Five paperback novels, color cover art, b/w title-page art, all edges yellow, all Very Good condition or better, all published by Ace circa 1963, 128 pages each, except The Cave Girl 224 pages. ; 1) The Land that Time Forgot, Ace F-213. 2) The People that Time Forgot, Ace F-220. 3) Out of Time's Abyss, Ace F-233, 128 pgs. 4) The Lost Continent, Ace F-235. 5) The Cave Girl, Ace F-258. ; Light wear only. No major defects but two have name penned on inner page.
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Out of Time's Abyss : The Lost Continent's Most Startling Secret

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by Roy Krenkel Jr

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1970

Seller ID: 22638

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

128 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Paperback, 128 pages, all edges inked orange. Color cover art and b/w illustration on title page by Roy Krenkel Jr. ; Ace 64481. Also Vol-3 in the Caspak trilogy. Copyright 1918. This edition circa 1965. Complete and unabridged. Foreword by Lin Carter. ; No marks, no major defects, light edgewear only. ; With this item you will also get, by same author, in uniform bindings, all unabridged: 2) The People that Time Forgot, Ace 65941. 3) The Lost Continent, Ace 49291. 4) The Cave Girl, Ace 09281. ; Ace Science Fiction Classic Series
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Tarzan Triumphant : Complete and Unabridged (Lot of 11 Tarzan Titles)

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by Roy Krenkel Jr

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1962

Seller ID: 22623

ISBN-13: 9780441061945

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

222 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Paperback, 222 pages, all edges inked yellow, b/w illustration on title page. ; Tarzan series, volume 15. Originally published 1932. This paperback edition 1962. "Fate weaves a strange web for the Ape Man." ; Covers lightly creased. Spine tight and square with one light bump. Pages yellowed from age but not brittle. ; With this item you will also get: vol-3, Beasts of Tarzan, 1963. Vol-4, Son of Tarzan, 1963. Vol-4-1/5, Eternal Savage. Vol-7, Tarzan the Untamed, 1963. Vol-8, Tarzan the Terrible, 1963. Vol-10, Tarzan and the Ant Men, 1963. Vol-12, Tarzan and the Lo...
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Wilhelm Busch Album, Humoristiche Hausshatz, Mit 1500 Bildern

By: Busch, Wilhelm

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Friedrich Bassermann'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung : 1929

Seller ID: 23462

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

356 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; GERMAN text throughout in old Fraktur script. Tall softcover, stiff blue covers, dark blue cloth band on spine, 356 pages, dark brown endpapers, top edge inked brown, 1500 short satirical verses, each with b/w cartoon illustration. Ethnic humor, romance, cats and dogs, drunks, taking stabs at bigotry and false religion, etc, etc. ; Copyright 1924. This is 335th thousand, 1929, stated. "Wildly innovative illustrated tales based on folk humor." ; Moderate edgewear. Spine faded, title band unreadable. Spotting to front two leaves and rear leaf. All pages turn, everythi...
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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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Avima Affair, the : A Novel

By: Calmer, Ned

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company : 1973

Seller ID: 24259

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

349 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, green endpapers, [viii] + 349 pages. Portrait photo of author (by Alex Godfryd) on jacket rear, sideways, as issued. ; Blurb on jacket front: "Washington and a Caribbean island are the settings for this novel of political suspense and intrigue." ; Bottom speckled (old remainder mark) and one very tiny ding on top edge, barely visible. Otherwise no defects to book. Jacket is intact, unclipped, but has light sunning and small old pricesticker on front.
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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-13: 9781980247227

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