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191955412New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1919. Hardcover. With an Introduction by Augustine Birrell and illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Tissue over frontispiece is torn out maroon boards with gilt stamping show some minor wear with slight rubbing at spine ends and cover corners contents are clean and nice. . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
191955420New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1919. Hardcover. With an Introduction by Augustine Birrell and illustrations by Charles E. Brock. maroon boards with gilt stamping show some minor wear with slight rubbing at spine ends and cover corners contents are clean and nice. . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1969Embry 19064Blandford 1969. 4th printing. All four volumes fine/near fine in near fine lightly edgeworn dust jackets. B&W color photos throughout. 4 volume set in dust jackets. Handsomely produced set. Blandford, 1969. 4th printing. unknown books
2008Embry 183367HarperCollins 2008. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket with soft crimp to upper rear panel in mylar cover. HarperCollins, 2008. First edition, first printing. unknown books
20089024836New York: HarperCollins 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in publisher's original quarter paper and cloth over boards spine stamped in red. Lightly rubbed extremities of dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. <br/><br/> HarperCollins hardcover books
2008362473New York: HarperCollins 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small tear along spine tail else fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a small tear along spine tail. HarperCollins hardcover books
1879000342New York: Appleton and Company 1879. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. 4to. 256pp. Contents include the Colonial Period Later Period and Modern Period. Many famous houses such as that of Frederick Church Washington Irving; many in Newport RI not the Vanderbilt mansions yet to be built the White House. Homes from Saratoga Charleston Cambridge Tarrytown Virginia and on and on. Illustrated by 103 B&W illustrations. Slight shake to inner hinge. Pages clean as in pictorial decoration on cover spine. Minimal shelfwear. Gilded foreedges. Overall VG. <br/><br/> Appleton and Company hardcover books
1969302589London Faber and Faber 1969. 1969. First edition so stated. 8vo. About 10 b/w vignettes by the author. Glossary. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 168 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Faber and Faber [1969]. hardcover books
19621762391Rous & Mann Press Limited 1962. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited edition one of 775 copies. No jacket. Several tiny interior spots of loss to cloth cause unclear otherwise an exceptional copy. 1962 Hard Cover. 28 pp. 8vo. An attractive private press title briefly outlining the life of Sir Isaac Brock who commanded Canadian forces in the War of 1812. Original red cloth made to resemble 1812 officer's uniform material gilt cameo emblem of Brock on front board illustrated endpapers. High quality illustrations including a reproduction of an 1813 map of the Great Lakes. Rous & Mann Press Limited hardcover books
ULAMGOL00efModern Microfilm. Very Good. Lamb M. T. The Golden Bible; or The Book of Mormon. Is it From God. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm ND. 344pp. 4to. Tan spiral-bound wraps. Book condition: Very good with former owner's name on front cover. Modern Microfilm paperback books
198260084Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1982. First edition 1/1000 copies signed by the author illustrator and the publisher Jim Rikhoff. 8vo. xv 1 171 pp. Plates chapter tail-pieces. Very good. Gilt-stamped decorated blue bonded leather publisher's slipcase. 7259. <br/><br/> Amwell Press hardcover books
19829023998New Jersey: Amwell 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Eldridge Hardy. Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth covered boards cover and spine stamped in gilt. Original line drawings by Eldridge Hardy. <br/><br/> Amwell hardcover books
19671341906Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press 1967. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; blue spine with black text; missing jacket; cloth shows slight tone to spine and edges; strong boards; text block exterior edges show light tone; dark blue marker to exterior head edge; some underlining and marginalia inside; tight binding; pp 241. 1341906. FP New Rockville Stock. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
7238London J.M. Dent 1914. Later printing of this edition. Half red morocco and marbled paper boards with gilt rules on the covers and gilt letters on the spine t.e.g. marbled endpapers uncut liv 317 1 pp. color engraved frontispiece and numerous textual illustrations. Light foxing to the endpapers otherwise a very good copy. <br/><br/> London, J.M. Dent, 1914. hardcover books
1910els2610London: Chapman & Hall n.d. ca. 1910. The Burlington Library edition. Octavo bound by Bayntun Riviere of Bath in 3/4 turquoise levant & blue linen marbled endpapers top edge gilt uncut ii 244 pp. 24 color plates inserted. Near-Fine; lower front corner bumped. Chapman & Hall, n.d. [ca. 1910]. The Burlington Library edition. unknown books
1906251930New York: Scribner 1906. Reprint. hardcover. 2 volumes. Introduction by Augustine Birrell. Frontispiece and b/w illustrations throughout by Charles E. Brock. Decorative title pages. 294 254 pages. Small 8vos very attractively bound by in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards; gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; marbled endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1906. Sixth printing. Spines uniformly darkened to brown otherwise a fine copy.<br/><br/> Scribner unknown books
1901178505London: Dent 1901. Third. hardcover. fine. 2 volumes. Introduction by Augustine Birrell. Frontispiece and b/w illustrations throughout by Charles E. Brock. Decorative title pages. 294 254pp. Small 8vos beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards; ornate gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; marbled endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. London: J.M. Dent 1901. Third printing. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Dent unknown books
1903298797London: J.M. Dent 1903. hardcover. very good. Brock C.E. Edited with a preface by William MacDonald. Frontispiece and 93 other illustrations throughout by Charles E. Brock each one skillfully hand-colored. Extra Illustrated edition with 15 additional b/w plates inserted. 317 pages. Small 8vo bound in older 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards; mostly faded to brown with dry joints starting to fail; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; marbled endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. London: J.M. Dent 1903. Internally a near fine clean copy uncommon with colored illustrations.<br/><br/> Volume one only of 12 complete "Essays of Elia" from the Works of Charles Lamb.<br/><br/> J.M. Dent unknown books
1900CHL002New York and Boston: C. T. Brainard Publishing Co. 1900 Deluxe edition limited issue of 1000 copies printed for subscribers this copy being out of series and unnumbered. Finely bound by Brentano's in three-quarter contemporary style dark blue morocco ruled in gilt and light blue cloth five raised bands to spine stamped in gilt to spine pale gray endpapers top edge gilt. About near fine with toning and light rubbing to extremities interior very clean. Elia is a collection of Lamb's popular essays each of which was originally published in London Magazine. Specifically it includes "The South-Sea House" "Christ's Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago" "Dream-Children; A Reverie" and "Modern Gallantry" among others. Lamb a long-time clerk for the British East India Company began writing essays under the pseudonym "Elia" which he derived from a former colleague's surname. Lamb wrote in a colloquial and conversational style that made his essays beloved by his Edwardian and Victorian readers. Additionally Lamb included many of his friends and family in his writing loosely disguised by initials and pseudonyms. Mary Lamb Charles' sister and co-author of the popular Tales from Shakespeare 1807 appears as Cousin Bridget. Hard Cover. Near Fine. New York and Boston: C. T. Brainard Publishing Co. hardcover books
189056290London: Walter Scott Ltd 1890. Later Edition. 8vo. black cloth over boards paper spine label; 334 pages plus catalogue. With An Introduction by Ernest Rhys. Very Good covers nice with little wear spine label; contents clean & tight; many pages unopened. <br/><br/> Walter Scott, Ltd hardcover books
198336772Cambridge: MIT Press 1983. First Edition. Stout heavy 4to. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 718pp. Clean unmarked copy in lightly worn dustwrapper VG. MIT Press unknown books
198736444Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1987. First Edition. Octavo 23.75cm.; publisher's cloth in dust jacket; xx354pp. Jacket a bit soiled else Very Good and sound. University of Chicago Press unknown books
1964136316Garden City: Doubleday 1964. First Edition. First Edition. Lamb's first collection of short stories adventure fiction set in the Ukraine. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly warped extremities rubbed. Jacket spine slightly faded ink notation on the front flap and two faint dampstains. Doubleday unknown books
1931140037Garden City.: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1931. 1st edition. Black cloth gilt spine title top edge stained orange pictorial endpapers. . Very good dampstains to top edge ink name to ffep in a good dust jacket with worn edges and some closed tears. . 23.5x15.5 cm. . weight: 1.9 lb. Numerous illustrations. Doubleday, Doran & Co. hardcover books
1931115031New York: Doubleday 1931. hardcover. very good. Decoratively illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece and other illustrations. 368 pages thick 8vo black cloth; a bit worn binding slightly loose but hinges completely intact and firm . Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co 1931. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Doubleday unknown books
