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1881réf. 402286New York: Harper & Brothers 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Author's edition. Blind and gilt embossed burgundy cloth. Lacking the tissue guard for the frontispiece endpapers foxed spine ends chipped a very good copy. Berkeley scholar Bertrand Bronson's copy with penned notes on rear fly. Small card laid in with illustration of San Francisco from the Bay by Sidener a University of California Berkeley colleague. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1881réf. 401905New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1881. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Later edition. 536pp. Gilt spine titles. Edited by James Anthony Froude. Very good with previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown spine faded spine ends chipped. Authorized edition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1881réf. 161449New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Later edition. 536pp. Gilt spine titles. Edited by James Anthony Froude. Very good with previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown a slightly darkened spine and wear on the spine ends. Authorized edition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
réf. 297092Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company No date. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. From the Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 75. Very good in wrappers. Book measures 5 X 3 1/2 inches. Reprint of an address delivered to the students of the University of Edinburgh April 2 1866. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
1951réf. 256199Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. Two volume set. Thick octavos. Cream cloth with red and gilt-stamped spine titles. Spines age-toned edges modestly soiled very good. Indiana University Press hardcover books
1871réf. 138518London: Chapman & Hall 1871. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. Good plustape shadows and former owner's name and minor foxing inside rubbing and wear on the book cover and the edges. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1881réf. 159006New York: Harper Bros 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good plus. Harper Bros hardcover books
1920réf. 135062New York: Alberta 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Pages: 236 edges are bumped and rubbed/ spine edges are beginning to fray/ gold stamping on spine is beginning to fade. Alberta hardcover books
1903réf. 35648Canton PA: Kirgate Press 1903. Hardcover. Fine. Spine slightly tanned else fine without dustwrapper. Kirgate Press hardcover books
1895réf. 54806Boston: Dana Estes & Company 1895. Centennial Memorial Edition limited. Hardcover. Near fine to fine condition. 493/1000. Original three quarter brown leather over decorative boards with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spines; raised bands. Top edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Frontispieces in b/w or color with printed tissue guards. Title page with portrait vignette printed in red and black. Illustrated edition. The French Revolution A History 3 Vols. Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great 7 Vols. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches With Elucidations 3 Vols. Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. Heroes and Hero-Worship 1 Vol. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays 4 Vols. Past and Present. The Portrait of John Knox. Miscellanies 1 Vol. The Life of John Sterling. Latter-Day Pamphlets 1 Vol. Life of Friedrich Schiller. Comprehending An Examination of His Works 1. Vol. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels 2 Vols. German Romance. My Irish Journey 2 Vols. Last Words 1 Vol. Minor wear along bottom edges of bindings. Dana Estes & Company hardcover books
1930réf. 93921Pasadena: Harry Ward Ritchie 1930. stiff paper wrapper. Ritchie Ward. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. 6 321 pages. And Potsherds. Limited to and edition of 200 copies. Anderson Ritchie & Simon pg 128. Slim volume of poetry. Wrapper split detached and slightly torn and creased on edges. Residue of a paper sticker in top inner corner of bottom wrapper. Still an attractive and readable copy. Harry Ward Ritchie unknown books
1904réf. 55422New York London: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Methuen & Co 1904. Third edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. lxii 523 xiii 604 xii 557pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Light brown top edges. Title pages printed in red and black. Edited in three volumes with notes supplement and enlarged index by S. C. Lomas. With an introduction by C. H. Firth. Contains penciled collector's remark regarding Cromwell letter xcii in his possession on front free endpaper of volume one. The printed letter on page 424/5 is marked with red pencil in margin. Contains illustrated Ex-Libris plates on inside front covers. G. P. Putnam's Sons; Methuen & Co hardcover books
1892réf. 612245New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1892. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. Red cloth gilt. A touch of rubbing on the boards very near fine. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1880réf. 519552No Place: No Photographer 1880. Unbound. Near Fine. Albumen print photographic portrait measuring 4" x 5.5" depicts Thomas Carlyle wearing a dark overcoat from the chest up facing the camera over his left shoulder. The photograph is mounted on octavo sheet of contemporary heavy stock paper. Identified beneath the image in contemporary ink holograph in an unknown hand: "Thomas Carlyle No Photographer unknown books
1842réf. 1398612London: Chapman and Hall 1842. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo Five volumes. In Fair plus condition. Spines are green with gold print. Boards in green cloth blind stamped design; wear to spine caps and corners mild shelf wear third volumes with remained of label on spine fifth volume with tears to hinges and deteriorated top fore corner. Text blocks have name in ink on front endpaper cracked hinges intermittent spine breaks fourth vol. has penciled notes on rear endpapers. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. 398 pages — Vol. 2. 440 pages — Vol. 3. 405 pages; —Vol. 4. 430 pages — Vol. 5. 433 pages 16 page publisher catalog tipped in at rear. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-volume. 1398612. FP New Rockville Stock. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1995réf. 42244Durham: Duke University Press 1995. First edition. Hardcover. g to near fine. Quartos. Cream cloth boards with gilt lettering over green labels on the spines. Includes vol.1-10 12-18 23. This is a collection of the letters and correspondence of the famed Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle. This is a nonconsecutive run of volumes of the set. Vol.11 is missing as well as 19-23. The series is now currently at vol.45. Vols 1-4 are housed in the original slipcase as issued. Vol.1 includes a fold-out map of Scotland featuring some places mentioned in the early Carlyle letters. Scholarly notes as well as bibliographic references accompany the original text throughout the series which is arranged chronologically. Vol.18 contains an index. Slipcase with some light bumping to edges and some scratching to one of the illustrated labels on sides. Light foxing and smudging to some covers and edges of some book blocks. Light bumping to the spines of a few volumes. Scratches on the green label of vol.14. Slipcase in very good- bindings in good to very good interiors in near fine condition overall. Duke University Press hardcover books
1914réf. 33864New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1914. First edition. Hardcover. g. Inscribed by William A. Alderson. 4to. xx 265pp. Original blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Inscription by author in black ink on free front endpaper: "To Mr. Mrs. C. H. Crane With Compliments and Appreciation of Courtesies from W. A. Alderson One of the Authors October First 1914 Los Angeles." Frontispiece b/w reproduction of a photograph showing the author's with Dona Mariana de Coronel. Frontispiece protected by tissue guard. Captivating study by Davis & Alderson of Helen Hunt Jackson's novel "Ramona." Jackson was an American writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government. "Ramona" dramatizes the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California. In 1886 one year after the author's death the "North American Review" called Ramona "unquestionably the best novel yet produced by an American woman" and named it along with Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin one of the two most ethical novels of the 19th century. Printed dedication page reads: "To the memory of Helen Hunt Jackson the most brilliant impetuous and thoroughly individual woman of American literature." Illustrated throughout with b/w reproductions of photographs. Age wear scuffing and staining on binding. Slight chipping to tail of spine wear on corners. Binding in fair interior in overall very good condition. Unique copy inscribed by one of the author's. Dodge Publishing Company hardcover books
1860réf. 30912New York: Harper & Brothers 1860. Hardcover. fair. 2 volumes. 8vo. xv 560pp. x 613pp. Original blind-stamped black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Lacking backstrip in vol. II. Frontispiece engraving in both volumes. Contents: Vol. I: Introduction. To the Beginning of the Civil War 1636-42. To the End of the First Civil War 1642-46. Between the two Civil Wars 1646-48. Second Civil War 1648. Campaign in Ireland 1649. War with Scotland 1650-51. Vol. II: The Little Parliament 1651-53. First Protectorate Parliament 1654. The major generals. Second Protectorate Parliament 1657-58. Death of the Protector. Supplement. Index. Age wear and staining on bindings. Heavy foxing to first few leaves minor foxing to some leaves throughout. Usual rippling to pages. Binding in poor interior in good condition. As is. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1931réf. 15299London: Limited Editions Club 1931. Limited ed. Hardcover. vg. 1/1500. 8vo. xix. 377pp. Blue cloth with gold bordering to boards gold illustration to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Spine faded. Corners rubbed. Top page edge gilt. Illustrated end papers. Great work of literature. In English. In very good condition. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1944réf. 010226New York: Capitol Publishing 1944 Pictorial boards with rubbing to edges 3" of upper cover detached from spiral all moveables in working order. Simple quatrains about animals each accompanied by a color illustrations 5 of which have moveable eyes and mouths. Fun!. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thirma & Carlyle Leech. Oblong 8vo. Capitol Publishing hardcover books
1946réf. 185733New York: Henry Schuman 1946. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover in Good Condition Ex-library page edges lightly browned short tear in cloth on edge of spine covers rubbed with some light soiling cloth worn through slightly on corners and ends. Henry Schuman hardcover books
1861réf. 175255Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1861. Hardcover. Good. Good. Hardcover bookplate former owner's signature pencil markings throughout slightly loose binding pages browned rubbed at spine ends and corners. Ticknor and Fields hardcover books
1904réf. 232347London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1904. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good red Hardcover has bumped corners and spine ends foxed end pages no dustwrapper. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1871réf. 204202England: Chapman and Hall 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Hardcover is 3/4 leather marbled foredges rubbed at spine ends and corners top portion of spine cracked. Vol. IV only. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1888réf. 146174New York: Routledge 1888. Hardcover. Good. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends corners bent spine browned cover soiled and worn rough cut page edges pages lightly browned foredges soiled. Spine soiled light bumps to spine ends some chipping to white paper spine label. Routledge hardcover books