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1897186302New York: Hurst & Company 1897. Leather. Very Good. 515p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 burgundy leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Very good condition. Edges and spine chafed; spine is also faded. Tiny closed tear on edge of front free endpaper and owner's signature on first blank leaf. Otherwise clean and tight. The S.A. Binion translation of this classic novel of early Christianity. This is an early American printing from 1897. Hurst & Company unknown
1890296612Little Brown 1890. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. First U.S. edition. 8vo in green cloth spine title in gilt coat of arms on the front board in black red and gilt. Rear hinge cracked corners and spine ends rubbed spine gilt faded cloth on the rear board quite soiled. Little Brown hardcover
1893296791Little Brown 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo in maroon cloth titles and decorations in gilt top edge gilt bottom edge untrimmed. Modest rubbing to the cloth both hinges cracked but binding still firm. An attractive copy of a scarce title. Little, Brown hardcover
1897004113Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. This is a Very Good copy of Sienkiewicz's most popular novel - well-known due to several cinematic versions. First published in 1896 this is the Second Printing often confused with the first issue due to their uniform bindings and a failure to look at the copyright page and is designated as the "Popular Edition." Light green cloth binding decorated with an olive wreath and palm on the front cover with gilt lettering; the palm appears on the spine as well. Clean text; 541 pages with two pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. . Second Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Little, Brown, and Company Hardcover
1899256739New York: F. Tennyson Neely 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green decorative cloth ruled and lettered in silver gilt and red. Translated by J. Christian Bay. Pages 53-60 loose and laid in spine cocked a bit spine ends and corners bumped about very good. Somewhat scarce title. F. Tennyson Neely hardcover
189629397Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1896. Book. Very Good. Boards. First Edition. Small 8vo. Green boards with gilt lettering to spine. Decorative likeness of Nero in gilt on front board. 1896 on both title and copyright page. Book cocked. Some bumping to head a tail of spine. Owner's name neatly written in ink. Little Brown & Co. Hardcover
1891U0026Boston MA: Little Brown & Co 1891. Sequel to "With Fire and Sword". 585 pages. Frontispiece of author. Green cloth with gilt title and crest. Glossy black endpapers. Soiled covers with bumped corners and edges. Worn spine ends with a ¼" tear at upper. Cocked spine. POS ffep. Three dozen pages at back with dog-eared/creased upper right corners. Interior pages generally clean. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown & Co Hardcover
1899P-03323Boston MA: Little Brown & Company 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. Gilt designer's cloth. A superb copy. Gorgeous illustrated cloth depicts unusual sky color change over Warsaw. Author's first book. Out of print and scarce. First edition. Binding is Cloth Bds. Little Brown & Company hardcover
1897035895Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. Thick Octavo. Two volumes Vol.1 355pp Vol.2 352pp.with frontispieces tissue guards. TEG. Prev. owner bookplates on the front pastedowns Purple cloth with elaborate gilt decoration ruling on the front panel. With maps of anicent Rome and Photogravures from Pictures by Howard Pyle Edmund H. Garrett and Evert Van Muyde and from Ancient Sculptures. Spine color is totally rubbed though the gilt lettering and decoration is present. Spine edges are frayed the hinges are sturdy there is a crayon scrawl on the the blank prelim. page of Volume II otherwise the pages are clean unmarked. "Against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum from banquet halls to summer retreats in Naples from the luxurious houses of the nobility to the hovels of the poor Quo Vadis richly depicts a place and time still captivating to the modern imagination. This radiant translation by W.S. Kuniczak restores the original glory and richness of master storyteller Henryk Sienkiewicz's epic tale.Quo Vadis explores the themes of love desire and profound moral courage. Lavish descriptions vivid dialogue and brilliantly drawn characters make this one of the world's greatest epics." . Little, Brown & Co. Hardcover
1898000011514Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 10 1-541 1 12 pages of publisher's advertisements 6 pp. Green publisher's cloth with green lettering and decorations on the front board green decoration and gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with seven black and white plates. An early American printing of Quo Vadis. A stray pen mark on the spine a small lean. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
190094593London : Jarrold And Sons 1900. Third Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked and color-pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 139 pages; Description: 139p ; 19cm. London : Jarrold And Sons hardcover
189892916Boston: Little Brown & Company 1898. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Edge wear. Scuff to front panel. Spine soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
1897296626Little Brown 1897. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes 8vo blue cloth gilt extra linen dustjackets. The cloth on the boards has faded to purple front hinge of Vol. I cracked modest rubbing to the corners and spine ends. The dustjackets have also faded to purple the spines have faded to gray the gilt is still fresh. Little Brown hardcover
189754056New York:: Grosset & Dunlap after 1897. Photoplay edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Near fine in an attractive jacket with one tiny tear and some light use to extremities. . 8vo. Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay; a First National Picture. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Grosset & Dunlap, hardcover
1897107822New York R. F. Fenno & Company 1897. 1st U.S. Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorative cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 161 pages; Description: 2 p. L. 7-161 p. 16 cm. Language: English. Translated from Polish by S. C. De Soissons. New York, R. F. Fenno & Company hardcover
1896251215<p>Boston: Little Brown 1896. Early printing 1897. HC no DJ. Good. Ex-lib w usual stamps/marks. Green cloth gilt titling & decoration edgewear spine tips heavily worn w tears & loss tips threadbare corners bumped scuffs spine dulled black endpapers chipped FO ink name to prelim & intro leaves toned small tears binding sound now in protector. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.</p> Little, Brown hardcover
190000006282Boston: Little Brown 1900 24 pages decorative pages. A poem in prose. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. Little, Brown hardcover
18975818Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. First U.S. Edition. Very Good. Translated from the Policy by Jeremiah Curtin. Bound in green cloth over boards with gilded profile of Nero on the front and gilded lettering on the spine. Edgewear slight rounding of two corners square but getting towards a lean. Navy blue endpapers. Split along gutter between title and "The Works of Henry Sienkiewicz." The interior is lightly and evenly toned; it is otherwise clean and clear throughout. Solidly bound. With four pages of advertisements at the back. <br /> <br /> Pages: 10 541 1 4 ads 2 Dimensions: 8 x 55/8 x 1½. Little, Brown, and Company unknown
1897002176Boston: Little Brown and Company 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Binding designed by Julius Adolph Schweinfurth with his monogram to front cover. Two volumes in paper-backed cloth dust jackets hardcovers full blue cloth binding with gilt decoration and lettering to front covers and spines top edges gilt other edges untrimmed magenta clay-coated endpapers dust jackets with gilt lettering and decoration to spines 8-1/4" tall 355 352 pp. illustrations in photogravure by Howard Pyle Edmund H. Garrett Evert van Muyden with photos of sculpture and architecture color maps. Both front hinges over-opened white soiling to front and rear panels of dust jacket of volume one. Extra postage required for priority or international shipping. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1897001817Boston: Little Brown & Company 1897. After the literary and popular success of "Quo Vadis" in 1896 the publisher issued this "New Edition" a luxurious production in two volumes containing maps and illustrations. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus. Translation from the original Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Highly decorative cloth binding: dark blue cloth ruled and stamped in gilt. Gilt top-edge. Clean text; 355 pages and 352 pages. Previous-owner bookplates on the front paste-downs; contemporary Xmas gift inscription; discreet stickers from Brentano's on the rear. Laid-in are 2 musical programs from 1900. Books are mildly leaning with weakened gutters one has split. This set comes with the original dark blue dustjackets often missing; complete with just some rubbing and chipping at the margins. In archival plastic protectors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Little, Brown, & Company Hardcover
1898044643New York: R. F. Fenno & Co. 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. R. F. Fenno & Co. Hardcover
1899224Without Dogma by the author of the highly collectible Quo Vadis<br />1899<br />Beautiful Gift Edition!<br /> Little Brown hardcover
1897307360Boston: Little Brown & Company 1897. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Owner name inked on second front end page. Spine cocked. Front hinge cracked. Small closed tears on spine crown and heel. Light shelfwear on panel corners. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
189829486Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1898. "Popular Edition." Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale green dust jacket printed in red and green; 105411102pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece seven leaves of plates. External panels of jacket have faded to tan faint vertical crease to spine panel light shelf wear with brief tape repair to verso else Very Good and sound in an excellent example of the rare jacket. Little, Brown, and Company unknown
1898D20728London: J. M. Dent and Company 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Bound by Bayntun with original covers bound in. Red calf spine attractively gilt a.e.g. Housed in an open slipcase. A nice copy. <br/><br/> J. M. Dent and Company hardcover
