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Imperial Dictionary Of Universal Biography A Series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men, of all Ages and all Nations, Volume XI, HAC-HUN

Price: $33.00

Publisher: London, William Mackenzie : circa 1880

Seller ID: 13252

Condition: Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Volume 11 (eleven) only. By writers of eminence in the various branches of literature, science, and art. Gilt blind-stamped maroon boards. Gilt still brilliant, 2 full page engravings with tissues. Front free endpaper missing, with front gutter beginning to crack. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 769-960 pages; 13252
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Royal Academy Pictures And Sculpture 1907

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Cassell : 1907

Seller ID: 12157

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no Dust Jacket

Illustrating the Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1907. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, tissued frontispiece, top edge gilt, index, ads in back. Corners frayed, large faded spot on front board, spine soiled, title page dog-eared, previous owner's name, 1" stain upper spine edge of first several pages. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to - 11" to 13" tall; 160+ pages; 12157
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Royal Academy Pictures And Sculpture 1913

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Cassell : 1913

Seller ID: 12158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no Dust Jacket

Illustrating the Hundred and Forty-Fifth Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1913. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, tissued frontispiece, top edge gilt, index, ads in back. Corners frayed, spine soiled and stained, previous owner's name, hinge cracking. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to - 11" to 13" tall; 157+ pages; 12158
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The Children's Friend For Boys And Girls At Home & At School

Price: $16.50

Publisher: London, : 1909

Seller ID: 12333

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no Dust Jacket

Illustrated. Color frontispiece of girl holding puppy, captioned "who dares now?". Burgundy boards, gilt spine lettering of title and nothing else. Contains short stories, articles, ads, novelettes, games, etc. No copyright page, no table of contents or title page, minor soil and edgewear. Page 145 torn, page 81 soiled. Front gutter is cracking but remainder of book is in clean, tight condition. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 192 pages; 12333
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The White Linen Nurse

By: Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell

Price: $16.50

Publisher: The Century Co. : 1913

Seller ID: 16919

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no Dust Jacket

Rubbed and worn at extremities, minor foxing; Small 8vo - 7½" to 8" tall; 276 pages; 16919
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From Ponkapog To Pesth, [from Massachusetts To Hungary]

By: Aldrich, T. B.

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Houghton, Mifflin and Company : 1883

Seller ID: 25999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Prologue: The reader will probably not find Ponkapog set down in any but the very latest gazetteer. It is the Indian name of a little New England village [in Massachusetts], from which the writer. Ponkapog scarcely merits a description, and Pesth [pronounced Pest, in Hungary]-- the farthest point east to which his wanderings led him. He is thus happily relieved of the onus of making strictly good the title of these papers, whose chief merit, indeed, is that they treat of neither Pesth nor Ponkapog. Spine and top of green & gilt front board age-darkened. Front and rear gutters beginning to crac...
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Book of Patriotism, Young Folks Library in Twenty Volumes, Volume XVIII Only

By: Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (editor-In-Chief) , and George Frisbie Hoar (editor)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Hall & Locke Company : 1902

Seller ID: 30122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Includes "The Strenuous Life" by Teddy Roosevelt. Six colored plates, all in excellent condition, and 110 B/W illustrations. Front cover still bright but spine is a little faded. Edgewear. Gilt top edge. The number 714 printed on bottom of title page, private library name on front pastedown. ; Young Folks' Library Series; Ex-Library; Vol. 18; Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 395 pages; 30122
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A Kentucky Cardinal; a Story

By: Allen, James Lane

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers : 1895

Seller ID: 30970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Frontispiece loose at bottom edge, 3 more illustrations; faint stains on boards and front pastedown. Gift note to Waldo's Mother at Christmas 1901. ; Harpers Little Novels Series; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 147 pages; 30970
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John Gray, A Kentucky Tale Of The Olden Time

By: Allen, James Lane

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott : 1893

Seller ID: 12438

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Illustrated frontispiece of author, this being his first novel. Gray decorated cloth boards, gilt spine lettering. Binding loose, previous owner's name. Two small holes on ffep. Fold on rfep. ; 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 218 pages; 12438
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Seeing Denver

By: American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Denver, The American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company : 1904

Seller ID: 30016

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

Rear cover, gray, has spots around the perimeter. Insects have had dinner on the covers, leaving holes here and there. Wonderful old photos of mansions and buildings and rails in Denver at the turn of the last century are on all the pages. A photo/picture in the box on cover is missing, leaving evidence in 3 corners. This is not a reprint, print-on-demand or facsimile. It is an original, with a price of 25-cents. Originally bound with string, the string has long since disappeared, therefore the pages are "disbound" but all are present. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 80 pages; 30016
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Grammar Of The Latin Language

By: Andrews and Stoddard

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Crocker & Brewster : 1859

Seller ID: 17445

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Top portion of title page torn. Leather spine, cloth embossed boards. Rubbed, soiled, stained. ; 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 17445
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Gray Mist, A Novel

By: Anonymous

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers : 1906

Seller ID: 30526

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with No Dust Jacket as issued

Although the author's name appears absolutely nowhere in the book, it shows "by the author of the Martyrdom of an Empress" on front board which research shows to be written by Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen, therefore I can safely assume this book is also written by her. The color illustrations (by the author) are all present and the color frontispiece is tissued. Old handwritten price and even older name of previous owner on flypage. Edges worn, frayed and bumped, dampstain to last few page only on the bottom. Rear board soiled. Binding a little shaky and foxing to endpapers. An original copy, not ...
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Anabasis Of Xenophon

By: Anthon, Charles

Price: $18.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Brothers : 1852 [1847]

Seller ID: 21954

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

Simply put, an altogether falling apart book which holds only the value of the content: A Greek soldier and writer as well as a disciple of Socrates, Xenophon, joined Cyrus the Younger in an attack on Persia. After the death of Cyrus, Xenophon led the Greek troops to the Black Sea, an ordeal he recounted in Anabasis. Greek text, english notes. The boards have separated, the leather has dried up and fallen off with the exception of a few remaining pieces on the spine. One flyleaf is also loose. Pencil notes and drawings, dampstains, foxing. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 21954
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The Dramatist

By: Anthony, Luther B. , editor

Price: $33.00

Publisher: Easton, PA, Unknown : 1913

Seller ID: 20510

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Contents: Charles Frohman, Brander Matthews; Henry Arthur Jones; Arnold Bennett; *To-Morrow; *Anti-Matrimony; Are You a Crook? ; Broadway Jones; The Easiest Way; *Caste; *L'Aiglon; *Such is Life; *The Play of Today; *The Dramatic Index; Three Seasons Compared; That Right Word; Plots of the World's Best Plays; Complete Index to Vols. I, II, III and IV. *The asterisk indicates that the work is published. Edgewear, tear at spine edge. New York Theatrical Season at a Glance newspaper clipping laid in ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 365-390 pages; 20510
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The Mother's Rule; Or, the Right Way and the Wrong Way

By: Arthur, T. S. (editor)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Theodore Bliss & Co. : 1866

Seller ID: 31312

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with No Dust Jacket as issued

There are 51 different chapters, touching on many aspects of parenthood (as of 1866) such as patience, discipline, step-mothers, teasing, grandmother's influences, obstinacy, music, love, timidity, children's reading, home economy, treatment of boys and girls, special education, fault-finding, imaginary fears, religious training, punishment, and health concerns. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 800 pages; 31312
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The Conqueror Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton

By: Atherton, Gertrude Franklin

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, Macmillan : 1903

Seller ID: 23013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no Dust Jacket

A fictionalized biography of the colonial politician and US President. Extremities worn and fraying, front gutter split at top edge, previous owner's name. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 546+ads pages; 23013
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Dr. Lebaron And His Daughters

By: Austin, Jane G.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company : 1892

Seller ID: 26003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Historically accurate fictionalized accounts of the early colonization of America, this book gives rare insight into the lives of Miles Standish and Betty Alden. An original publication, not a print-on-demand book. Foxing throughout; pocket removal residue (from years ago, having been placed in the research collection and noted as "not to be removed from the Rosenberg library, Galveston, Texas"). Slight slant, burgundy leather spine rubbed. Gilt spine lettering. Black spot at head of spine. ; Ex-Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 460 pages; 26003
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D`ri And I A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Second War with the British, Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U. S. A.

By: Bacheller, Irving

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Lothrop Publishing Company : 1901

Seller ID: 20888

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

Gilt blind-stamped decorations around paper paste-on picture of main character with 1812 printed below the title. Gilt decorated spine, top edge gilt, deckled edges, tissued frontispiece. Minor bumping to corners and wear at extremities, rubbed spots on boards, faint evidence of name erasure. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 362 pages; 20888
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Eben Holden; a Tale of the North Country

By: Bacheller, Irving

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Lothrop Publishing Company : 1900

Seller ID: 30086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no Dust Jacket

Wine-colored boards with gilt decorations. Edgewear, fraying to extremities; couple of tears at head of spine, some foxing, previous owner's name dated 1901, deckled edges. Binding still solid, slight slant. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 432 pages; 30086
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The Pursuit Of The Houseboat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

By: Bangs, John Kendrick

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Brothers : 1897

Seller ID: 16151

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no Dust Jacket

Gilt spine lettering, 23 b/w plates. Covers soiled, front gutter cracked, previous owner's name. United States Air Force library pocket in rear. ; Ex-Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 204 pages; 16151
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Category: Antiquarian Books