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1904385271904. WARNER Charles Dudley. THE COMPLETE WRITINGS. Edited by Thomas R. Lounsbury. In Fifteen Volumes. Hartford Conn.: American Publishing Company 1904. The Autograph Edition 1/612 numbered sets 2 manuscript leaves inserted volumes one and volume 4. Complete in 15 vols. 8vo; Illustrations include signed examples by Peter Newell Frank Merrill Dan Beard C.A. Gilbert and many others as well as photogravures. The set is almost entirely unopened. Original terracotta cloth paper labels t.e.g. Cloth darkened at spines rubbed at the extremes labels darkened. Otherwise very sound and fresh near fine overall. unknown books
197062375Freeport NY: Books for Libraries Press 1970. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xvi 330 pages. From the Essay Index Reprint Series this collection was first published in 1902 with an introduction by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Well known and widely respected as an essayist Warner made a witty and perceptive contribution to the world of nineteenth century American literature. Books for Libraries Press unknown books
1902WRCLIT68661New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1902. Green cloth decorated in gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed. Some soiling to cloth and top edge endsheets a bit foxed else very good and reasonably bright. First edition of this posthumously published collection. Introduction by Hamilton Wright Mabie. A very good association copy inscribed by the author's widow Susan Lee Warner to Warner's friend and the minister who officiated at his 1900 funeral "Joseph H. Twichell from his affectionate S.L. Warner 1902." BAL 21222. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
190212053New York: Dodd Mead & Co. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. ex-lib; some spotting to covers; otherwise Good . Dodd, Mead & Co. hardcover books
190445608Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1904. Twenty fifth impression 8vo pp. viii 391; original green pictorial cloth stamped and lettered in gilt; spine ends lightly rubbed else about fine. <br/><br/> Houghton, Mifflin, and Company hardcover 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
190133988Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin at the Riverside Press 1901. A reissue of the Holiday Edition of 1892 "with only such changes as were necessary to bring the whole work into a single volume" 8vo pp. ix 7 568; gravure frontispiece and 24 gravure plates throughout; spine a little dull but in all a very good copy in original pictorial green coth stamped in gilt and pale green t.e.g. Bookplate of Anna Richmond Taylor. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin at the Riverside Press unknown 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
43974397. WARNER Charles Dudley. MY WINTER ON THE NILE AMONG THE MUMMIES AND MOSLEMS. Hartford Conn.: American Publishing Company 1876. 8vo. embossed brick-colored cloth stamped in gilt & black; 477 pages. First Edition. Very Good covers very nice: contents clean & tight. A beautiful copy!! $125.00. <br/><br/> 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
1904237763Hartford CT: The American Publishing Co 1904. The Backlog Edition. 15 vols. 8vo. Green cloth paper title labels on backstrips t.e.g. Bookplates of Franklin Murphy. Spine ends lightly rubbed else very good. 15. The Backlog Edition. 15 vols. 8vo. The "Preface to Joseph H. Twichell" appeared for the first time in this edition Vol. I pp. 335-7. BAL 21224 The American Publishing Co unknown books
1904221544Hartford Conn: The American Publishing Co 1904. Autograph Edition one of 612 copies signed by editor with ONE PAGE OF AN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT tipped in: 21 lines in purple ink approximately 105 words. Hand-colored photogravure portrait frontispiece and additional hand-colored title page and 3 other photogravures plates 2 signed by artists Frank T. Merrill and E.H. Garrett. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter green morocco and marbled boards. t.e.g. by H. Jackel & Co N.Y. Fine. Autograph Edition one of 612 copies signed by editor with ONE PAGE OF AN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT tipped in: 21 lines in purple ink approximately 105 words. Hand-colored photogravure portrait frontispiece and additional hand-colored title page and 3 other photogravures plates 2 signed by artists Frank T. Merrill and E.H. Garrett. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 21224 The American Publishing Co unknown books
1904239080Hartford CT: The American Publishing Co 1904. The Backlog Edition. 15 vols. 8vo. Green cloth paper titlel labels on backstrips t.e.g. Spine ends lighty rubbed. Bookplates of Franklin Murphy. Very good. The Backlog Edition. 15 vols. 8vo. The American Publishing Co unknown 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
