Beijing: Sinolingua, 1990. First Edition. 12mo; pp 84; G/paperback; purple spine with yellow and blue text; covers show slight sunning to exterior; moderate wear to edges; crease to front cover; text block shows slight toning to exterior edges; light toning to interior. More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. 10mo; pp 257; Fair; tan spine with brown text to paper label; no jacket; volume 2 only; cloth has chips to edges; sunned spine; sturdy boards; text block has age toning to exterior edges; ex-library with markings inside; ex-library plate to front pastedown; slight foxing to pages;. More
n.p. n. publ. 1906. Thick Octavo; pp 864; G-/no-DJ; black spine with gilt text; 6 bound magazine volumes in one book; cloth has moderate wear to exterior; noticeable wear to spine; slight rubbing to corners; strong boards; text block shows slight age toning to exterior edges; ex-library stamp to ffep; frontispiece; interior lightly toned; cracked gutter at pp 3-6; profusely illustrated;. More
London: Joseph Masters, 1851. 12mo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print, bottom portion becoming detached; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, spotting, bumped corners, tattered spine caps, spine tail becoming detached; Textblock has front flyleaf torn out, vendor label on front pastedown, rear endpapers torn along hinge, tanning to title page, foxing to other pages; variously paged, frontispiece, illustrated. More
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1876. Octavo; pp 868; G-/no-DJ; 3/4 bound black leather spine with gilt text to spines; raised bands to spine; bindings; rare; bound periodical; green cloth covered boards shows rubbing to edges and corners; slight spotting to exterior; text block marbled; interior lightly toned; marbled endpapers; frontispiece; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; cracked gutters;. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1856. Thick Octavo; pp 864; Poor/no-DJ; 3/4 bound dark brown leather spine with gilt text and decorations to spine; gilt scroll rule bordering leather; rare; cloth shows some staining to front; severely rubbed edges; noticeable wear to joints, mostly to front joint; text block shows age toned exterior edges; staining and foxing to endpapers; cracked front gutter, exposing binding; blue marbled endpapers; illustrated; light foxing to some pages, otherwise interior lightly toned; previous owner's name to ffep. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1856. Octavo; pp 864; G-/no-DJ; 3/4 bound brown leather spine with gilt text; raise bands to spine; worn edges; noticeable wear to boards; heavy wear and frays to edges; stained rear; worn corners; text block marbled; marbled endpapers; cracked gutters; illustrated; some foxing to most pages;. More
Dayton, O[hio]. B. F. Ells, 1840. New Edition. Octavo, 240 pages; G+; bound in period brown calf boards, newly rebacked in matching brown calf, ox-blood label with gilt lettering; moderate rubbing to boards; with frontispiece portraits of Lewis and Clarke, illustrated with 14 woodcut illustrations; entire printing somewhat light; mild foxing and age-toning to pages; small ownership stamp on rear endpaper; shelved case 1. More
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856. 18mo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print, bottom portion at hinge torn away; Boards in brown embossed cloth with gold print, worn, exposed corners, spine caps torn away, portion at bottom of spine torn away, spotting, shelfwear; Text block has spotting to edges, name in pencil on front endpapers, significant amount of foxing throughout; viii, 120 pages, frontispiece, illustrated. More
Lisbon: Arcadia, 1973. Octavo; Poor+/no-DJ; brown spine, silver text; cover is clean, back board completely separated; textblock has spotting along head edge and on back endpaper, beginning to separate from spine but still attached, text is clean; pp 45. More
n. p. n. publ. n. d. Thick Octavo; pp 648; Fair/no-DJ; dark blue spine with gilt text; leatherette binding; boards have rubbing to corners; slight sunning to exterior; text block has age toned exterior edges; interior lightly toned; profusely illustrated; slight writing to ffep; cracking to front gutter. More
New York: Allen D. Bragdon Publishers, Inc., 1986. 12mo; unpaginated; VG/no-DJ; red spine without text; glassine wraps show slight wear; cloth has minor wear to exterior; slightly age toned papered front with red text and illustration; very slight wear to edges; strong boards; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; color illustrations; interior clean. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. Malay Edition. Octavo; G+/no-DJ; Black spine with yellow text; 7 Volumes - Youth, A Personal Record & The Shadow Line (in one bound book), The Arrow of Gold, The Rover, and Victory; Cloths have slightly sunned spines with general but light scratches on exteriors with some few white spots & smudges on The Arrow of Gold and Almayer's Folly, all volumes have minor rubbing along edges with more wear at spine edges, however panels are intact and sturdy; Text blocks have darkened due to age with fully bound pages, slight wear on exterior edges with deckled fore edges; pp 1730. Additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More
Hartford: Privately printed, 1948. Octavo. VG/no DJ - hardback. Boards are mostly clean with some edgewear along the spine; boards are strong; binding is overall strong; textblock is clean. More
12mo; Missing publication information (1865?); G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue embossed cloth with gold print, worn, exposed corners, wear to spine caps and all edges, cocked spine, spotting/shelfwear; Textblock has name in ink on blank side of frontispiece, missing title page, mild amount of foxing throughout; 179 pages, frontispiece, illustrated. More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 18mo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, mitred edges, worn corners and spine caps, slight tear at spine head, shelfwear, staining; Textblock has gilt edges, shaken binding, name in ink on front endpapers, clean text; 100 pages, frontispiece, illustrated. More
Philadelphia: n. publ. 1878. Thick Octavo; pp 162; Fair/no-DJ; 3/4 bound leather spine with marbled boards; dark brown spine with gilt text; boards have noticeable rubbing to edges; some sunning to exterior; text block has age toned exterior edges; interior lightly toned; profusely illustrated; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece with tissue guard; bookbinder's tape to gutters; slight cracking between first few pages toward front; slight offset from some illustrations; small tear to pp 378 towards gutter. More
New York: Lear Publishers, Inc., 1947. Large Octavo; pp 90; G+/Fair; Sun faded tan spine with beige text; dust jacket has heavy fraying to edges, open tears to spine and edges, slight sunning to front and rear, slight chipping to spine edges and fore corners; cloth has slight sunning to spine; text block shows slight age toning to exterior edges; Arts - Modern;. More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1911. Booklet [7x9]; pp 84; Fair/paperback; sunned light blue spine with dark blue text; front cover shows heavy chipping to edges, more to spine edges; missing rear cover; some soiling to exterior; text block shows light age toning to exterior edges; interior clean; profusely illustrated. More
Cheshire, UK: Roots Heritage County Conservation, 1989. Octavo; pp 221; G/paperback; ivory spine with red text; numbered, limited edition; full title: The Strange Case of the Counties That Didn't Change: A Handbook to the Myth of the "Changed" Counties; covers have noticeable toning to exterior; intact panels; text block shows slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; slight writing to inscription page by Father Francis; illustrated. More
New York: Grove Press Inc, 1968. Octavo. VG/no DJ - hardback. Brown spine with gold text/title; boards are strong and clean; binding is strong; textblock is age-toned but clean. Pp. 507. More
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. Octavo; pp 459; G-/no-DJ;1/4 bound dark red spine with gilt text and gilt decorations; marbled boards; boards have moderate wear to exterior; rubbing to edges; lightly bumped corners; text block shows some foxing to exterior edges; blue marbled endpapers; previous owner's name to ffep; previous owner's name to title page; interior lightly toned with slight foxing throughout; light pencil to last page. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1925? 8vo; VG; hardcover without dust jacket; orange spine with black text; boards have minor bumps to the head and tail of the spine; text block is severely frayed to the fore edge and pages are discolored otherwise pages are legible; 368p. More
New York and London: White & Allen. 16mo; VG-; dark green spine with gilt text; 3 volumes; rare; Weird Tid-Bits: Irish, pp 256; Scottish, pp 256; German, pp 256; half bound leather spine and corners and marbled boards have some cracking to joints, slight wear to edges; text blocks have slight toning to exterior edges, previous owner's book plate to front pastedowns; interiors clean;. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co Publishers. Octavo; VG-paperback with no dust jacket; green spine with golden images and text; the 7 vols. are in uniform condition; severely age toned with stains and scratches to the panels and minor bumps to the corners and tips, otherwise binding is solid; text block is moderately discolored and extremely tanned with scratches at the fore edges, the volume titled "Silas Marner" has a damp stain to the fore edge and the first 45 pages; all volumes have an inscriptions on the front free end-papers; 240p. (Silas Marner/ Romola); 363p. (Poetical Works/Felix Holt); 752p. (Middlemarch); 339p. (The Mill on the Floss); 198p. (Such Essays/ Adam Bede Theophrastus): 763p. (Life and Letters); 729p. (The Works of George Eliot/ Daniel Deronda). More
London & New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1987. Octavo; Fair-/no-DJ; Tan spine with black text; Boards have heavily rubbed spine which has fraying head and tail edges, panels are also heavily rubbed with staining at rear head edge & front head edge near spine and bumped corners, but still intact; Text block has darkened exterior edges, inside pages are slightly age toned and slight shadow toning on end papers & pastedowns; Slight cracking between pages toward rear of text; pp 316. More
Richmond: Johnson Publishing Company, 1938. Octavo; VG/Hardcover; Grey spine with dark cream text; Moderate shelf wear to covers, bumping at corners of boards, fading along side and edges, binding slightly cocked, age toned pages; Age toning to text block exterior, text block clean; 306 pp. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 0805009213. First edition. Octgavo. VG/VG DJ. Black spine with white text/title and illustration of a fool on the top; dustjacket is clean with minimal edgewear; dj has protective mylar covering; boards are strong and clean; binding is strong; textblock is clean. Pp. 485. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. Reprinted. 12mo; pp 155; G-/no-DJ; sunned blue spine with blue text; early reprint; cloth shows some soiling to exterior; green embossed illustration to front; some rubbing wear to edges; sturdy boards; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; former owner's name to ffep; illustrated; light pencil; good binding;. More
North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1986. First Edition. First Edition; Octavo; VG/VG; White spine with grey, black and purple text. DJ has Brodart cover jacket by previous owner, general shelf wear, price clipping to front flap, no tears; Boards have slight bumping to corners, light rubbing to edges, apart from that, clean, binding strong; Textblock has minor staining on fore edge, otherwise, clean, free of underlining/highlighting; pp 182. More
Cape Town and Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1987. seventheenth impression. Octavo; VG-/no-DJ; Pink & white spine with light pink text; Boards have slightly rubbed exterior and corners, sticker on back; Textblock has darkened from age, pp 197-200 are bent at lower edges; pp 206. More
London: Random Century House, 1991. Octavo. VG/VG DJ. Cream spine with red and black text/title; dustjacket is clean with minimal edgewear; boards are strong and clean; SIGNED by author on the title page; binding is strong; textblock is age-toned but clean. Pp. 211. More
London: Heinemann, 1961. Octavo; First published 1960, reprinted 1961; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print; DJ has edgewear, tanning to spine, slight smudging, shelfwear; Boards in brown cloth with white print, mild wear to corners and spine caps, spotting to boards; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, spotting to edges and to rear pastedown, clean text; 170 pages. More
New York, NY: Pageant Press, 1953. First Edition. 8vo. VG/VG-. bright yellow and black irregular segments color the DJ spine with contrast titling in black on yellow, yellow on black. the curved bands extend across the jacket front, and it has rough edgewear: larger closed tears and heavy superficial rubbing and smudges, more than the stressed ends with tiny chips and cuts. bright solid yellow clothbound HB with stamped black titling. adjacent panels are neatly cornered. the textblock interior is unmarked, light foxing mars the head, tail and fore-edge. as is. 181 pp. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. 12mo; Third printing; VG-/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with white print; DJ in mylar, clean and bright; Boards in white cloth with blue print, smudging to front and rear fore edge, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; 173 pages. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1992. First Edition. Octavo; pp 135; VG/VG-; black spine with blue and white text; dust jacket shows slight shelf wear to exterior; mild wear to edges; slight age toning to flaps; cloth has little wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean. More
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2011. First American Edition. Octavo: VG/VG-: Gray spine with off white text: DJ has mild shelfwear, soiling along spine, otherwise clean: Boards are strong and clean with minimal shelfwear, light bumping at tail of spine: Textblock is clean, very small folds on several pages, otherwise clean and free of markings, folds and tears: First American Edition: 388 pp. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. First Edition. First Edition; Octavo; VG/VG-; White spine with purple text and illustration of an old plane. DJ has general self wear, closed tear on front, tears along edges, open tears on spine head and tail, age toned; Boards have light rubbing to edges, apart from that, clean, binding strong, corner sharp; Textblock has minor wear to fore edge, age toning and some foxing to pages, personal inscription by previous owner on front free end paper, previous book store stamp on rear free end paper, otherwise, clean, free of underlining/highlighting; pp 220. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1950. Octavo; VG/VG; yellow spine with navy text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, age toning, price clipped on front flap; boards are strong and clean; textblock has slight edgewear, age toning, tearing on half title page, otherwise clean; pp 246. More
Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1965. Octavo; VG/no-DJ; red spine, black text; cover has minor rubbing; textblock has faint staining around edges, writing on front endpaper, otherwise clean; pp 371. More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1905. 1905 Reprint. 16mo; xi, 310 pg; VG; bound in 3/4 dark blue leather on blue cloth; gilt lettering on the spine; gilt seal on front cover; gilt seams between the leather and cloth; top edge of text block gilt; boards have mild wear including some rubbing to the joints as well as the corners; cloth is beginning to lift on the top and bottom of the rear board; browning to the textblock; shelve front case. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. Octavo. VG/no DJ - hardback. Red spine with gold text; covers are clean but age-toned and slight fading of the text and illustration; boards are strong and clean; front pastedown has pencil and red pen marks; front free end page has pen writing; back pastedown and back free end page have moisture exposure staining along the edges; binding is strong; textblock is age-toned but clean. Pp. 170. More
New York: Random House, 2011. First U.S. edition. Octavo. VG/VG DJ. Black and blue spine with yellow text; dustjacket is clean with minimal edgewear; boards are strong and clean; binding is strong; textblock is clean. Pp. 450. More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. First. Octavo; G+/VG-; Black spine with blue text; Boards have shelfwear rubbing at edges, lower spine has 0.5 inch tear; DJ has tear at front gutter with frayed edges and covered with mylar; Textblock is age toned with deckled edges and foxing; First few pages have foxing; pp 220. More
New York: McDowell, 1957. Octavo; VG/VG-; Blue spine with a black illustration and white text. DJ has shelf wear, small tears along edges, price clipping to front flap, closed tear on rear; Boards have rubbing to edges, bumping to corners, apart from that, clean, binding strong; Textblock has minor wear to fore edge, small blue pencil mark on front paste down, otherwise, clean, free of underlining/highlighting; pp 339. More
New York: Schocken Books, 1985. First Edition. First Edition; Octavo; VG/VG-; Pink spine with brown and white text. DJ has shelf wear, age toned spine, rubbing on edges; Boards have light rubbing on edges, apart from that, binding strong, corners sharp; Textblock is clean, free of marks on pages; pp 246. More
London: J.M. Dent, 1902. Octavo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown and green illustrated with brown print; Boards in brown illustrated cloth with brown print, mild wear to corners and spine caps, mild shelfwear; Text block has gilt top edge, name in ink on front flyleaf, cracked hinges, small tears to front endpaper, deckle edge, intermittent spine breaks, uncut pages; viii, 428 pages, frontispiece (color), illustrated. More
North Yorkshire, UK: Tartarus Press, 2016. Second Edition. Octavo, 258 pages; VG/VG-; Spine is beige with black and red lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has price uncut '£32.50', has minimal wear along the top and bottom edges and minor discoloration on both covers and sticker residue on the back cover; binding has minimal wear along the top and bottom edges; pages clear; shelved HC Fiction. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1854? Octavo; Poor/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards wrapped in protective plastic, tattering to spine ends and corners, spotting, shelfwear, torn front and rear hinges; Text block has taped hinges, block separated from cover, portions separated from text block, portions held in place only by binder’s string, stains to endpapers, surface tear to front flyleaf, owner label on front pastedown, stray pencil marks to inside front flyleaf, penciled notations to page xi; xi, 302 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More
London: George Routledge & Co., 1857. First Illustrated Edition. Octavo, 296 pages, VG-; rebound; three-quarter-bound, navy blue spine/corners, light blue buckram boards; gilt lettering to five-paneled spine and gilt star motif to four compartments, gilt borders to boards: front board detached; spine age-toned black, gilt clear and bright; mild wear to text-block, gilt top, age-toning to fore- and bottom-edges; marbled endpapers, ex-libris bookplate to front paste-down; light age-toning/scattered foxing to interior, black text clear and legible; notations in pencil to page 296; original red cloth spine and cloth covers to boards bound-in to rear of volume; shelved Front Case. More
