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By: Thackeray, William Makepeace
Price: $150.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., D. Appleton and Co.: 1870
Seller ID: 002275
Condition: Good Plus
Original royal blue blind-stamped cloth on boards. Both titles and author in gilt on spine only. A rare issue, with no others found. Men's Wives (274 pp.) is dated 1868, while The Book of Snobs (278 pp.) is dated 1870. Generally grubby and a little dampstained, but not marked except with previous owner's small, stylish name stamp, "Solomon Davis". The Book of Snobs is complete, containing the "political" chapters which were sometimes omitted. Several pages of ads complete the volume. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.: 1912
Edition: Reprint (Revised)
Seller ID: 004518
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original maroon cloth with gold decoration and titles on boards. An arresting revision of the original volume. The present author has omitted Chapters XII to XV on the ground that they are "pedagogical", and thus (apparently) of little interest to most prospective readers. His own first impression, however, was that "I was on the border of a delectable country." Inscription. 254 pp. View more info
By: Tolkien, J.R.R.
Price: $250.00 USD
Publisher: London, Folio Society: 1977
Edition: Eighth Printing 2002
Seller ID: 013060
Condition: As New
Green decorative boards with gilt lettering, and different circular insets on each cover of this attractive 3-volume set. Books appear unread - would make a lovely gift. Map endpapers. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Only fault of maroon slipcase is residue from a small sticker. These books are heavy, and will require extra postage. They are on consignment, so discounts do not apply. Fellowship of the Ring - 459 pp. The Two Towers - 372 pp. The Return of the King - 487 pp. View more info
By: Tolstoi, Lyof N. (Tolstoy)
Price: $75.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company: 1899
Seller ID: 013298
Condition: Good Plus
Tan cloth on boards with black trim on spine. Top edges gilt. Rough-cut pages. Both volumes are spotted on the spines. The second volume has a dampstain on the spine (not affecting pages), and a 1 1/2" abrasion to the cloth on the back. This set is heavy, and will require extra postage. 349 pp./379 pp. View more info
By: Tolstoy, Leo
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Philadelphia and Toronto, John C. Winston Company: 1949
Edition: First Edition Stated
Seller ID: 013302
Condition: Good Plus
Red cloth on boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Hand-soiling and small abrasion on front cover. Spotting on rear cover. Bottom corner of textblock is dusty. Top corner of rear cover is slightly worn. Minor foxing inside rear cover. This edition was edited by Somerset Maugham and translated by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin. Black and white illustrations with two-page colour illustration of "The Battle of Borodino 1812" in the middle of the book. We also have Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" in a matching binding listed separately. 742 pp. View more info
By: Tolstoy, Leo
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Pan Books Ltd.: 1972
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 013303
ISBN: 0 330 02950 9
Condition: Very Good
Photographic trade paperback in edgeworn slipcase. Slipcase promotes a BBC TV special. Translated by Constance Garnett. 1315 pp. plus 4 pages of advertising. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Collins Clear-Type Press:
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 007694
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original red cloth on boards. Gold title and decoration on spine. No writing or damage. Said to be Trollope's favourite novel, he criticizes it for revealing itself too early. It's all about inheritance, court fights, romance, risk of losing a house, forgery, and other jucy bits. 762 pp. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Peterborough, ON, Broadview Press: 2005
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 008507
Condition: As New
Original photo cover trade paperback. Bought new from university bookstore. A reprint of the 1875 work. 408 pp. View more info
By: Turgenieff, Ivan (Ivan Turgenev)
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: London, J.M. Dent & Co.: 1905
Seller ID: 013282
Condition: Good Plus
Olive cloth on boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Dampstain on back cover and affecting last eight leaves. Previous owner's lovely bookplate in the front. Remains of paper stuck to second front free endpaper. Foxing inside front and back covers. This is Volume VI of the Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff, and was translated from Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood. 352 pp. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.: 1932
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 010838
Condition: Very Good
Blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's initials. No damage. The Teaching of English Series, No. 157. Descriptions of 45 popular titles from English literature, giving choice selections with a view to answering the question, "What is this book about ?" 298 pp. plus catalog. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Deneau: 1986
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 012620
ISBN: 0-88879-122-4
Condition: Very Good
Imagine your first novel being banned by your mother and Mackenzie King (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept). This book centers on Smart's journal writing of the 30's and 40's. Laid in is a lengthy news clipping. 285 pp. View more info
By: Verne, Jules
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: London, Glasgow, Manchester, and New York, George Routledge and Sons:
Seller ID: 013276
Condition: Good
Blue green hardcover with red and yellow lilies on the front with black lettering and decoration. Minor corner wear. Dampstain at top of rear cover. Pencil scribbles inside front cover and on rear free endpaper. Hinges starting. Small holes at bottoms of pages from 235 on (not affecting text). Gift inscription dated 1891. Previous owner's stamps. Part of Routledge's "Every Boy's Library". This adventure novel about African exploration was an instant hit when it was published, and allowed Verne to become financially independent. 249 pp. plus six pages of ads. View more info
By: Voltaire
Price: $85.00 USD
Publisher: Oxford, Voltaire Foundation; Taylor Institution: 1986
Edition: First (No additional printings)
Seller ID: 010709
ISBN: 0-7294-0334-3
Condition: Very Good
White (blank) softcover. Part of the Complete Works. French and English. 542 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage. View more info
By: Wagner, Richard
Price: $450.00 USD
Publisher: London/New York, William Heinemann/Doubleday Page: 1911
Seller ID: 004186
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original tan cloth elaborately decorated and lettered in gold on boards. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. Formerly in a private school library, but card and date due slip left in to show that it was never circulated (These are attached inside the rear board, so easily removed). Six small library stamps on inside covers/endpapers, and a few at random throughout, not affecting either text or illustrations. ALL drawings present, flat, and protected by tissue guard. Front hinge is lightly cracked at title page, but sound and secure. Corners lightly bumped. A diamond rescued from th... View more info
By: Walpole, Hugh
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd.: 1934
Edition: Cumberland Edition
Seller ID: 005240
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original maroon cloth on blindstamped boards. Gold spine titles. A romantic novel set in Polchester, which town is the protagonist of the story, in the early Twentieth Century. Harmer John seems too good to be true. Book is heavily cocked. Previous owner's name. 485 pp. View more info
By: Walton, Izaac
Price: $1,000.00 USD
Publisher: London, George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd.: 1931
Edition: Limited to 775 Copies
Inscription: Signed By Arthur Rackham
Seller ID: 013066
Condition: Very Good Minus
Cream publisher's vellum with gilt titles and small gilt fish on somewhat grubby spine. No slipcase. Top edges gilt. Rough-cut edges, with several uncut leaves. #92 of a limited edition of 775 copies, signed by the artist. 12 lovely colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Introduction by Henry Williamson. A discussion among a fisherman, a hunter, and a falconer proceeds to the hunter's being invited for a fishing trip, with the rest of the work devoted to an essay on fishing. I call it Literature. Some call it Philosophy. First published in 1653. 224 pp. This book is on consign... View more info
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company: 1882
Edition: Enlarged Edition
Seller ID: 008689
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original green cloth on boards. Christmas gift note and date (1882). Bookplate of Darrel Abel, who was a writer and professor at Purdue University for thirty years. A few brief underlines and marginal notes. Authors in Their Relations to Life, Novels and Novelists (Charles Dickens), Wit and Humor, The Ludicrous Side of Life, Genius, Intellectual Health and Disease, Use and Misuse of Words, Wordsworth, Bryant, Stupid Conservatism and Malignant Reform. 344 pp. Use and Misuse of Words is a critique of Roget's Thesaurus. View more info
By: Woolf, Virginia
Price: $100.00 USD
Publisher: London, Leonard/Virginia Woolf at Hogarth Press: 1929
Edition: Third Impression
Seller ID: 012278
Condition: Good Plus
Light brown cloth on boards. McMaster University library copy donated by Cyrus Eaton (library bookplate dated November, 1930 ). Gutter crack Pp. 160-161 which I would glue if it were mine. Some light pencil notations in margins. Odor-free. 172 pp. View more info
By: Zola, Emille
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus: 1902
Edition: Sole Authorized English Version
Seller ID: 011187
Condition: Fair to Good
Black cloth on boards. Front hinge cracked and glued. Text block aging. Edited by Ernest A. Vizetelly. First printed in 1877, it seems to bear witness to the overwhelming power of strong drink. Very convincing ! 410 pp. View more info