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Albert D. Richardson A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant
Washington, D.C. The National Tribune 1898 Softcover Used: Acceptable Softcover
1898 printing, SOFTCOVER. Very scarce antique paperback format, mustard-colored cardstock w/ embossing to look like leather. "Illustrated by thirty-two engravings and six maps." Heavy chipping on spine & corners, but binding itself is intact. **Wraps are broken away from hinges; both front & back are loose, but the remaining pages are bound together. NOTE: due to age & format, this is a very fragile book & should be handled with care. Original stapled binding. Pages darkened but still readable. [1567b]
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20.00 USD
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Alice BROWN Tiverton Tales.
Houghton Mifflin 1899 Hardcover Used: Good Hardcover
1899 printing (Macmillan). No jacket. Green cloth w/ embossed flower decoration on front. Nice shape overall; front design just lightly chipped. Boards rubbed w/ bumps at corners. Binding secure. No writing in text; pages just lightly yellowed. Two owners' names inked inside front, & the first one is dated Christmas 1899. HTF in any format. [4955a]
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10.00 USD
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Ferdinand Gregorovius Lucrezia Borgia: Nach Urkunden und Korrespondenzen ihrer eigenen Zeit
Berlin Buchhandlung Nachfolger 1911 Hardcover Used: Acceptable Hardcover
No jacket (as issued). Quarter-bound in brown leather w/ green pebbled leather (I think) on boards. Marbled edge on text block. **Chunks of top & bottom spine leather are missing, but the binding beneath is unaffected.** Edge/corner bumping, rubbing, leather chipped at extremities. Despite these cosmetic flaws, the book is solid. **Text in German.** Interior clean & bright; no spine cracks or writing in text, pages just lightly foxed. [1541c]
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25.00 USD
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J.ERKINE CLARKE CHATTERBOX 1928
L.C.Page 1927 Hardcover Used: Acceptable No Jacket Hardcover
Wear to corners and edges and bump and discoloration to top cover. Spine cloth has been replaced. Binding fragile & needs gentle handling, but intact. Great pictures and illustrations, some in color. All these old Chatterboxes are HTF; this one looks a bit worn, but still an okay piece for reading. Ships securely wrapped. [405]
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5.00 USD
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Laura Augusta Yerkes LITTLE FOLK'S SPEAKER
John C. Winston 1902 Hardcover Used: Acceptable Hardcover
"A book of choice readings and recitations for little boys and girls." 1902 printing. Heavy edge/corner wear on boards & spine cloth is very soiled from age. Pages darkened. That said, the interior is solid & the binding is still good. PO name inked & dated on front flyleaf (Christmas, 1912). [774a]
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15.00 USD
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none stated Puss In Boots (Cinderella Series, McLoughlin Bros.)
New York McLoughlin Bros. 1903 Softcover Used: Acceptable Softcover none stated
Very old & very scarce children's paperback. Approximately 8x11 inches (that is, about the size of a piece of computer paper). 14 pgs including cover (text begins on reverse of cover wrapping). Standard softcover wear for a 100+ year old book; edge/corner wear, foxing, chipping at extremities, etc. Spine is heavily ruffled & partly broken away from pages, but many years ago someone improvised a repair with needle & thread, literally sewing the cover & pages together at top & bottom. I don't think the repair detracts from the interest of this piece; rather, it shows that the book was a childhood treasure, perhaps through several generations. PO name penciled inside front, otherwise no scribbles inside. Nice antique illustrations; the pages are worn but the colors are still bright. Back cover has a couple tears but all the pages are present & none of the text is torn away. Unsightly yellow price sticker on rear cover, but it can probably be removed (I didn't try). Unfortunately there is no author/illustrator info anywhere; all it shows is publisher, date, & "Cinderella Series" printed on front cover. [231b]
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30.00 USD
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none stated Young Folks Holiday Express (Young Folks series)
Boston DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. 1969 Hardcover Used: Acceptable Hardcover none stated
Very old & scarce children's hardback. No date but definitely an old one--around 1900, I'd guess, to judge by the illustrative style. Oversized; approximately 8x15 inches. Text begins on reverse of cover wrapping & ends on rear cover. Spine cloth has been replaced with burgundy (unless it never matched the green paste-down) & the text block is loose but as of today, still clinging to the cover. Hinges loose. Heavy edge/corner bumps. No scribbles in text. Nice antique illustrations; the pages are lightly foxed but the colors are still bright. No author or illustrator or date I could find; only publisher & title. [231a]
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20.00 USD
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Plini C. Plini Caecili Secundi - Epistularum Libri Novem, Epistularum ad Trianum Liber, Panegyricus
1892 Hardcover Used: Acceptable Hardcover
**Text in Latin.** A very old edition of Plini's Latin letters. Poor condition; expect a tired-looking antique & you won't be disappointed. Possibly ex-library; appears to be rebound, but the "new" wraps are quite worn. Spine & corners are red cloth; black marbled paper paste-downs on front & back. Text block frayed & chipped at edges. Binding is tight (looks like it was re-sewn too tightly?) & now rather fragile. Does have original adverts from front & back. We can't find much info about this one; it appears to be scarce, but the price reflects its lackluster condition. [314f]
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10.00 USD
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Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour (trans.) Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
William Heinemann 1911 Hardcover Used: Acceptable Hardcover Arthur Rackham
No jacket. 1911 Wm Heinemann hardback. Solid brown cloth w/ gilded embossing on front. Full-color illustration plates by Arthur Rackham. All have tissue guards & as far as I can tell, they're all here. Binding old & should be handled gently, but seems secure. Rubbing & bumps on boards. Gilt has darkened or worn away; front cover design still visible, but darkened. Definitely not pristine but still a solid copy of this HTF antique.[1332b]
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100.00 USD
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Stoddard, John L. Napoleon; from Corsica to St. Helena
The Werner Company 1898-01-01 Hardcover Used: Acceptable Hardcover
1898 edition w/ green cloth. **Low-level acceptable; sold as Reading Copy only.** Heavily worn in the spine -- a few pages are loose & tucked inside, but the entire binding is very floppy with some signatures nearly broken loose. **Please handle gently!** It works for reading but NOT a collectible-graded copy. Edge/corner wear & bumping, spine lettering worn away, fraying at corners of boards. Looks its age & more. Front cover design is still present & in decent shape -- silver gilt is bright & shiny. **Sorry, NO international shipping on this item.** [Over-0054]
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8.00 USD
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unknown Lives of the Apostles
New Haven L.H. Young 1836 Hardcover Used: Acceptable Hardcover
Author unknown. Original 1836 hb from LH Young (New Haven). In Poor condition & priced accordingly. Front cover & front flyleaf are completely broken away but both are present with the book. Spine is severely chipped, leather cover heavily rubbed, pages foxed/spotted from age, etc. That said, there are some positives: both original flyleaf papers are present & they're in fairly good condition, given the rest of the book--very pretty red & brown marbled paper. The binding is secure & there are no loose pages that I could find; also, the original frontispiece picture plate is intact (albeit loosened from the binding). Very scarce. [1326a]
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25.00 USD
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