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1889159891Chicago: U.S. Publishing House 1889. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Full red cloth boards with black gold and silver title and decorations is worn and slightly frayed around the edges. A few pencil marks and small stains. 7 1/2""w x 10""h. 422 pages. Illustrated with b&w engravings. Includes stories history poetry and ""models of brevity""-- brief informational snippets. Keywords: Engravings Stories History Poetry Models of Brevity Snippets Anthology 1880's U.S. Publishing House hardcover
1860227023London: Smith Elder & Co. 1860. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. Hardcover; 12mo; 441 pages. Ex-lib card catalogue on bfep. Quarter black leather with blue cloth boards. Rubbed spine with some sticker residue from call no. bumped corners and generally scuffed. Yellowing but clean interior with some edges browning. G-/-- <br/> <br/> Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
185192172New York: Leavitt and Company. Poor; The spinal cover is missing the front cover is coming loose from . the spine the first two pages are loose inside and there is additional . age wear and fading throughout. 1851. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages . Leavitt and Company hardcover
1898789R47London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1898 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Hugh Thomson. With delicate colour illustrations by Hugh Thomson a truly delightful edition of this popular collection of village sketches. First published in book form in 1853 this episodic work became extremely popular towards the end of the nineteenth century and follows village life as inspired by the author's time growing up in Knutsford.With beautiful in-text illustrations in colour throughout by Hugh Thomson.Written by Elizabeth Gaskell an English novelist known for her stark depictions of Victorian society.A lovely little copy of a charming depiction of village life brought to life by Thomson's delightful illustrations. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Gift inscription in pencil to the front endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound; a little strain to the binding at the half title and pages 144-5. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1893408278Chicago: U.S. Publishing House 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover 250 pages containing maps of all the states and territories of the United States all the continents empires kingdoms and republics together with maps of the leading cities of the United States and useful and instructive colored diagrams charts and engravings. With all populations according to 1890 census. Large format brown pebbled cloth covers minor wear. Record # 408278 U.S. Publishing House hardcover
189240626London: MacMillan and Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Hardcover. Bound in three quarter calf with gilt lettering and five raised bands to spine a few scratches to spine leather else a nearly fine and quite handsome copy. Decorated endpapers top edge gilt with attached ribbon bookmark. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. ; MCF04407; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 297 pp . MacMillan and Co. hardcover
189000002018Chicago: U.S. Publishing House 1890. Book. Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. A huge and massive early compendium of Shakespearean dramas with numerous full-page illustrated plates. A large heavy hardcover 760pp. Boards show general signs of age and wear binding loosening - suitable to be lovingly rebound - appears foxing to pagination ends although may have been published with that appearance pagination interior is mostly very clear and with not much sign of age although a few pages have odd stain spots to them. Copyright shows 1889 and title page shows 1890 but there is no indication of an earlier printing or edition. A huge and beautiful collectible. Very rare. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. U.S. Publishing House Hardcover
1891390056London : Macmillan 1891. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy with paper labels. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxx 297 pages : illustrations. Subjects: Sisters ; Fiction; Villages; Female friendship; English fiction 19th century; Fiction : English literature; First editions; Cranford Chronicles. London : Macmillan hardcover
18635249.2London 1863. 1st edition. Original blue printed wrappers sewn. A VG to Nr Fine copy. 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens responsible for the first & last sections; Mrs Gaskell penned the 2nd section. Cf. Oppenlander p. 136 for a distribution of the other contributors' efforts. unknown books
18922304560London: Macmillan & Co 1892. 5th Printing. 5th Printing. Very Good/No Jacket. Thomson Hugh. Fifth printing. Quarter inch tear to spine head small stain on top page ridge spine slightly cocked. 1892 Hard Cover. xxx 297 pp. Hugh Thomson binding with elaborate gilt decorations. Gilt page ridges. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. "The women of the small country town of Cranford live in genteel poverty resolutely refusing to embrace change while the dark clouds of urbanization and the advance of the railway hover threateningly on the horizon. In their simple well-ordered lives they face emotional dilemmas and upheavals small in the scale of the ever-shifting world but affectionately portrayed by Gaskell with all the weight and consequence of a grand drama. Macmillan & Co unknown books
1900RGASLIF00fpHarper & Brothers 1900. Very Good. Gaskell Elizabeth. Life of Charlotte Bronte. New York: Harper & Brothers 1900. xxxvi 670pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Front hinge cracked but holding. Former owner's name on front free end sheet and top of title page. Nice bright copy. Harper & Brothers unknown
1889013928Chicago: U.S. Publishing House 1889 716 pp.; HB. "Art Edition". Pages: clean bright tight a.e.g. marbled eps portrait frontis w/ tissue guard; ffep loose and laid in hinges cracked intact. Cover: embossed leather w/beveled edges gilt titles front/spine; substantial shelfwear extremities worn through head/tail chipped and worn both joints cracked. Includes a list of familiar Shakesperean quotations by Charles and Mary Lamb and Mary Seymour. Heavy. U.S. Publishing House hardcover
1882b35bePacific Publishing Company 1882. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. a much owned and used copy. boards are scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings. age related wear. binding has been repaired. fair reading copy. very heavy may require extra postage. SK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Pacific Publishing Company hardcover
1807RO80195112HACHETTE. 1807. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos frotté, Quelques rousseurs. 320 pages - TOME PREMIER - Coins frottés - Tranches de têtes et pieds frottés - 1 manque sur le 1er plat - Dos frotté - Pièce de titre marron- Titre/auteur/filets dorés - Coiffe en pied légèrement abimée - quelques rousseurs dans l'ouvrage sans conséquences sur la lecture -. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1867RO80170533BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ. 1867. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 295 pages. Tranches jaspées. Couverture muette.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1860560226London: SmithElder & Co 1860. Please Email for further details. Signed By "E J Douglas". First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good Faded Worn Boards /No Jacket. Illus. by Not Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK. Smith,Elder & Co Hardcover
1896mon0000973446Bliss Sands & Co 1896. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Complete with 10 illustrations. No dust jacket. Rubbing to corners. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Bliss Sands & Co hardcover
189244850London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. 8vo. xxx 297 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Brown half morocco brown marbled boards. TEG. Slight crack to head of spine. Edges of boards rubbed. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1892. Macmillan and Co. 1892 unknown
1882102396London England: Smith Elder & Co. Very Good/No Jacket. 1882. New Edition. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardcover Hardcover. Cranford and Other Tales. Novels and Tales. Vol. IV. Previous owners name and date 1893 to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Wear to top and bottom edge of spine and edge and corners of cloth. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Cranford. Company Manners. The Well of Pen-Morfa. The Heart of John Middleton. Traits and Stories of the Huguenots. Six Weeks at Heppenheim. The Squire's Story. Libbie Marsh's Three Eras. Curious if True. The Moorland Cottage. The Sexton's Hero. Disappearances. Right at Last. The Manchester Marriage. Lois the Witch. The Crooked Branch. Four Illustrations. 488 pp. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions and all types of Educational Reference Literature. . Smith Elder & Co hardcover
1884107195Smith Elder & Co. 1884. Smith Elder & Co. London. 1884. New edition. Hardback bound in half red morocco gilt marbled edges and endpapers. Boards damp-faded and spotted along outer edges. Extremities slightly rubbed. 492 pages. Frontis. Two ownership inscriptions otherwise clean and sound. hardcover
188949410Smith Elder & Co. c.1889. 8vo. with portrait frontispiece; original series binding of blue cloth upper board blocked and lettered with series title in blue free endpapers very faintly browned gilt back gilt top uncut an unusually well-preserved bright crisp copy. Published as the seventh and final volume in Smith Elder's series 'The Bronte Novels etc. This edition has an attractive art-nouveau style binding blocked and lettered around a spreading tree. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Smith Elder & Co., hardcover
1900mon0000122077Smith Elder 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Vol VII 1900 smith elder editiojn on worn green cloth initial in gilt CB intertwined on frontis owners namernrn Smith, Elder hardcover
18629508Smith Elder 1862. 5th edition. Good/No Jacket. Rebound in modern cloth Recased in marooon cloth. viii 442 pp. Smith, Elder hardcover
1891mon0000110475Macmillan 1891-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. 1891 macmillan edition on blue cloth slight bending to body of book Macmillan unknown
1896981T49London: Ward Lock & Bowden Ltd. 1896-1898. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Two smart volumes from Ward's XIXth Century Classics being a collection of poetry from Matthew Arnold and episodic novel Cranford from Elizabeth Gaskell. Two volumes. From the XIXth Century Classics series. Edited by Clement King Shorter a British journalist and literary critic. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. This set contains: Alaric of Rome and Other Poems 1896. A collection of the poetry of Matthew Arnold an English poet and cultural critic characterised as a sage writer. Containing his prize poem 'Alaric at Rome' offering a retelling of the Gothic leader Alaric I's sack of the city of Rome in 410 CE a landmark event symbolizing the decline of the Western Roman Empire. Cranford with Which is Included the Moorland Cottage 1898. An episodic novel set in a small English village dominated by women where men are conspicuously absent from social life. The narrative offers observations of the peculiar rituals customs and dynamics of the tight-knit community primarily focusing on the lives of its female inhabitants. Written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell often referred to as Mrs Gaskell an English novelist biographer and short story writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the fore-edge and endpapers. Age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd. hardcover