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1876Embry 195426American Publishing Company 1876. First edition first printing. Owner's Penciled gift inscription light wear to spine tips overall near fine and bright in custom mylar cover. B&W illustrations. Brown cloth titled in gilt and decoratively stamped in black. American Publishing Company, 1876. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1888WRCLIT79865Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1888. Pictorial cloth. Spine a bit dull slight fraying to spine ends endsheets a bit discolored otherwise a very good copy. First edition 1554 copies printed. An excellent association copy inscribed by Warner in the month of publication to "Joseph H. Twichell Forever Chas. Dudley Warner. Hartford Nov. 1888." Rev. Twichell was an intimate Hartford friend of both Clemens and Warner and officiated at Warner's funeral in 1900. BAL 21168. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
18946043841894 1894. "Chas. Dudley Warner" in purple fountain pen ink on paper watermarked "Original Culter Mill" Hartford January 17 1894. 4 3/8" x 7"; 1 page with integral leaf; 1894. To an unknown recipient: "Here is the autograph of Yours sincerely Chas. Dudley Warner Hartford Jan. 17 1894.". No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 1894 unknown books
1899254261Cambridge: Riverside Press 1899. Limited. hardcover. fine/good. Garrett. With Illlustrations by Edmund H. Garrett. Large 8vo cloth backed boards paper spine label. Cambridge: Riverside Press 1899. Limited Edition.<br/><br/> Special large-paper edition. One of 250 signed copies. As new in a plain brown wrapper lettered on the spine. The wrapper is dust soiled and chipped at the edges.<br/><br/> Riverside Press unknown books
187330201873. HOPPIN Augutus. WARNER Charles Dudley. BACK-LOG STUDIES. With Twenty-One Illustrations by Augustus Hoppin. Boston: James R. Osgood And Company 1873. 16mo. embossed pictorial green cloth with stamping in gilt & black. First Edition first printing. BAL 21125. One of 3000 copies printed. Very Good contents fairly clean & tight with some scattered foxing & some cracking rear hinge but still tight minor wear on ends of spine. $35.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
188510090Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Bright fresh copy of later printing . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
188224799Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1882. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1882. Later printing. B/w decorative head & tail pieces. 191 pp. Hardcover. 24mo size. Red 1/2 leather over marbled paper covered boards. 4 raised bands gilt ruling and decoration tooled in compartments contrasting leather lettering labels all edges marbled. Extremities including pressure points lightly bumped rubbed and worn. Spine slightly sunned. Boards very lightly scuffed and soiled. Edges and pages lightly toned with faint very light scattered foxing and staining. Bookplate to front paste-down. Overall a handsome clean and sound copy. Very good/No dust jacket. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. hardcover books
189610780Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. Heavily worn red cloth; ex-lib. Good condition. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
188643386Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1886. Thirteenth edition. champ. 8vo pp. 244 1 page of adv. Bound in green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy. See BAL 21135 for the first edition of 1878. Inscription on end paper. Warner offers a nostalgic lok at growing up on a farm.: "One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience thogun it needs some practice to be a good one. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1893WRCLIT69820Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1893. Two volumes. Gilt red and green three-piece cloth bindings t.e.g. Frontispieces and photogravure plates. About fine in very good gilt lettered red linen wrappers a bit foxed on versos and with paper shelf labels on spines without the slipcase. First illustrated edition trade issue of the account of the second portion of the author's 1875 tour of Egypt and the Levant first published in 1877. Includes a new Preface by the author concerning subsequent developments in the region. 150 additional copies were printed on large paper. BAL 21185. Houghton Mifflin and Co. hardcover books
1877160569Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1877. 1877. First edition first issue with leaf facing title page blank. 8vo. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; dark brown endpapers. Very good a trifle rubbed. No signatures or bookplates. BAL 21134 - account of author’s visit to Jerusalem Damascus Lebanon Cyprus et.al. F. Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. hardcover books
189349857Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin 1893. A reprint of the book first issued in 1877. 8vo pp. Volume I: ix 2 290 pp. Volume II: 2 291-568 pp. 215 photogravures with tissue guards one loose quarter bound in red with green cloth sides with gilt decoration. Covers little soiled staing to the foredges of the preliminary matter. A good set. An account of Warner's 1875 tour in Egypt Palestine Syria Lebanon Cyprus Rhodes Turkey and Greece. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1878323231Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1878. Hardcover. Near Fine. Eighth edition. Near fine with light scuffing along the edges of the spine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
188145551Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1881. New edition revised 8vo pp. xvi 17-496; steel-cut frontispiece tissue guard; original pictorial terra-cotta cloth stamped and lettered in gilt brown glazed endpapers; a touch edge-worn else a very good attractive copy. Originally published in 1876. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1881240004Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. hardcover. very good-. Illustrated frontispiece. 496pp. 8vo gilt-decorated green cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. New revised edition. Edge-worn with some damage at hinge still a very good- copy.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
188811996Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good. 1888. Hardcover. ex-lib; staining to covers; contents clean Good . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1888SB3786Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good . First printing octavo size 346 pp. Charles Dudley Warner 1829-1900 not only was such a close friend with Mark Twain that Twain served as a pall bearer at Dudley's funeral but he co-authored "The Gilded Age" with Twain in addition to writing numerous works of his own. <br/><br/>This book opens with a humerous story of mounting a horse and continues with an interesting look at the author's adventures travelling in the south of the 1880s and through parts of Mexico and California during that period. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Green cloth over boards title and image of two riders on horseback in black to front board title in gilt on spine; octavo size 7" by 5" pagination: 1-3 4-331 1-15 publishers ads. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Better than very good and could almost be deemed near fine; the binding is clean the hinges are sound and the textblock is square the interior is clean and bright and the only prior owner marking is a tasteful Ex-Libris on the front pastedown; minor overall edgewear the corners are slightly bumped and there are a few light stray marks to the edge of the text block. Even with its few faults still an attractive copy. <br/><br/>___CITATION: BAL 21168. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
187346447Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1873. Later printing. 12mo 15cm.; brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt; xii289pp. Spine cocked; blindstamping worn on spine; small tear in cloth at spine base and adjacent material loss on rear panel; red edgestaining fading and toned in spots. Some leaves gently pulled. Stray pencil marks throughout. Good; intact and complete.<br/><br/>American essayist Charles Dudley Warner contemporary and associate of Mark Twain humorously describes his journeys by foot through several European locations including Paris Switzerland Bavaria Rome and Mt. Vesuvius. An affectionate if occasionally acerbic time capsule of continental Europe in the late 1800s. James R. Osgood and Company unknown books
1872162782Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1872. 12mo pp. i-ii iii-v vi vii-xii 1-2 3-289 290: blank 291-294: ads original green cloth stamped in gold and blind all edges stained red black coated endpapers. First edition. Warner's second book. Sketches of travel in London and Europe including walks and mountain climbing in the Alps. Warner 1829-1900 "an occasional novelist and poet was more effective as a writer of sketches which his warm humor and ingenious originality invariably made pleasant reading . His travels in Europe and North America were extensive. In 1884 he joined the staff of HARPER'S MAGAZINE and in 1892 succeeded William Dean Howells as editor of 'The Easy Chair.'" - Fullerton p. 287. BAL 21124 probable printing 1 of the ads. A bright clean nearly fine copy. #162782 James R. Osgood and Company unknown books
188951859New York: Harper and Brothers. Very Good. 1889. Hardcover. New York: Harper and Brothers 1889. First Edition. Ex-library. Top page edges gilt front free endpaper loose covers show some wear scuffing contents are clean tight. A Good copy no DJ. . Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1892WRCAM21038London 1892. viii226pp. including plates and in-text woodcuts. Original cloth. Head of spine slightly bumped. Front free endpaper excised. Titlepage detached. Else a good copy. Well illustrated perspective on the now well- known theme of an American Mediterranean in southern California. Also describes the desert interior of California and the southwest generally Arizona New Mexico etc. With chapters on climate winter on the coast Laguna Pueblo the Grand Canyon and the like. COWAN p.669 later Am. ed. hardcover books
1886006941Boston: Lee and Shepard 1886. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 452 pages of text followed by viii pages of publisher's advertisement. Original brown hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on front paste-down endpaper "Judson S. Bemis." Bemis was a bag manufacturer. Lee and Shepard Hardcover books
188719693New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1887. Hardcover. Ex-lib marbled board and leather binding is shot. Backstrip worn away. Author inscribed gift presentation from Christmas 1886. Many illustrations. . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1888WRCLIT22320Boston: Houghton 1888. Pictorial cloth. First edition 1554 copies printed. Spine a bit dull but a good sound copy. BAL 21168. Houghton hardcover books
18685792New York: Harper & Brothers 1868. First edition. Didactic fiction for juveniles on gardening. Quite charming. 17 cm; 268 6 pages. Wood engraved floral illustrations in text. Bound in green cloth decorated in gilt on spine. Very good. Harper & Brothers hardcover books