Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Clever Cooking

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Albany, Oregon, Ladies of the First Presbyterian Church : (1909)

Seller ID: 27300

Undated, but statistics quoted within give an approximate date of 1909. Edges & binding are worn. Pages are worn & soiled, some are splattered with food. Well used, but still useable. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152+ads pages
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Notes by Mr. Ruskin on Samuel Prout and William Hunt, in Illustration of a Loan Collection of Drawings Exhibited At the Fine Art Society's Galleries in 1879-80 Illustrated with Twenty Autotypes

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, The Fine Art Society, Limited : 1880

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 27084

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Brown cloth with a leather spine. Covers are soiled and rubbed at the corners. Interior binding has failed, leaving the pages loose. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Memoirs of Madame Junot and Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte (16 Volume Set) Edition De Grand Luxe (#92 of 500)

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Paris And Boston, The Napoleon Society : 1895

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 25436

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Bound in three-quarter leather, this is a "binding" or reading set. The boards are either loose or nearly so on nearly every volume. The leather on spines of nearly all of the volumes is either missing or very badly chipped. On the other hand, the contents are near-fine to fine. The leather is dark brown to black, and the boards are an attractive mottled yellow/gold. The right edges are deckled (untrimmed) and the volumes are t. E. G. (top edge gilt). There is a specific reason why this was often done. If you don't know, feel free to ask. Due to the condition, the price is as-is. ; Sma...
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United brethren hymn book

Price: $40.00

Publisher: : N.D.

Seller ID: 27293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

In the original decorated leather. Unfortunately, the title page is missing, making it difficult to date. However, there is a pencilled inscription on the 2nd endpaper, dated 1869. Probably the 1858 printing. The covers are rubbed on the edges, corners, and along the spine. Starting to separate at the bottom of the rear hinge. Happily, the contents are very good to near-fine. Still, as-is. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 764 pages
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Comprehensive Index To The Publications Of The United States Government, 1881-1893: Volume 1 (only)

By: Ames, John G.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., Gpo : 1905

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11203

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Binding copy. The covers are intact, althoug somewhat worn. However, the interior hinges, which have been repaired with library tape, are very loose. Three interior pages have been torn on the edge, with no loss. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 804 pages
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Mr. Slimkins: Letters about His Doings

By: Anthony, Helen Virginia

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Paul Elder and Company : 1917

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27019

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Covers are soiled, with some old random pencil marks. Contents are "very good." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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A Progressive Grammar Of The Telugu Language, With Copious Examples And Exercises

By: Arden, A. H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Madras, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge : 1905

Edition: Second Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 11416

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Complete, but well worn. The outer hinges are worn through. Notes on the endpapers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Bornean Mammals

By: Banks, E.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Kuching, Borneo, The Kuching Press : 1949

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 11479

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Stamps from the "reading room and library of the British Council. " the covers are worn, and the spine is badly chipped at the top. Paper cover on the front is torn away on the left side. Cool book. Crude b/w drawings with tissue covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia: A Scientific And Popular Treasury Of Useful Knowledge. Volume III (3) Lichfield - R Illustrated with Maps, Plans and Engravings

By: Barnard, Frederick A. P. & Guyot, Arnold (Eds. )

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY, A. J. Johnson & Co. : 1882

Seller ID: 10754

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

The contents are very good to fine, but the binding is coming apart. Both exterior hinges have been repaired with tape. Original spine still looks good, with bright gilt. ; 9x12"; 1760 pages
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Ozma and the Little Wizard Little Wizard Series

By: Baum, L. Frank

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Chicago, Reilly & Lee : 1913

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 17239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Covers are rubbed on the edges, and chipped along the spine. Contents and fep are loose, but complete. As-is. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 29 pages
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The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher; in Seven Volumes (7 Volume Set) Adorn'd with Cuts. Revis'd and Corrected: with Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Authors

By: Beaumont, Francis; Fletcher, John

Price: $500.00

Publisher: London, Jacob Tonson : 1711

Edition: First Thus

Seller ID: 25551

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Bound in full leather. Spines are very worn, hinges are separating or separated. All are in need of rebinding. Contents are generally very good to near fine. Price is for the complete set of 7 volumes, as-is. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Boyd's Harrisburg Directory 1878-9

By: Boyd

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, Boyd : 1878

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 12449

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Wear to the edges & spine ends. Missing pages 9-24. The street directory, and the directory itself are all complete. I can only guess what is missing, but probably more advertising, and perhaps a map of the city. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages
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The Beauties of England and Wales; or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County (Volume 3 Only; Cumberland, Derbyshire, Isle of Man)

By: Britton, john; brayley, edward wedlake

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Verner & Hood, Etc. : 1805

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 26056

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

In the original boards. The binding has failed. The spine is missing, and the text block loose of the boards, and is coming disbound. The text itself is still very good. As-is. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 552+index+plates pages
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First Steps in Egyptian: a Book for Beginners

By: Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner : 1895

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24969

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

First, the bad news. The book is thoroughly xlib. Spine taped, inner hinges taped, edges rubbed, and paper peeled off inside the back cover. Then the good news: the contents are easily very good. Makes an excellent reading or working copy. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages
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Dissertations On Inflammation (2 Volume Set)

By: Burns, John

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Glasgow, James Mundell, for John Murdoch : 1800

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 12805

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

The covers are missing. The guts are in very good condition, with a small closed tear to the first 5 pages of vol. 1, on the right edge; a minimal amount of foxing. The stitching is still holding. The only library marks are two stamps from an infirmary on each title page. Sold as-is, as binding copies. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 479+495 pages
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Alice in Wonderland

By: Carroll, Lewis

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Raphael Tuck & Sons : N.D.

Edition: Later Printing

Seller ID: 27363

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Bound in brown cloth with a great gild decoration on the front. However, the bottom right corner of the covers are are badly water damaged, with some staining to the very bottom right corner of the first pages. The frontispiece is missing. The other 11 plates are present. There is a very faint ghost of a smudge (hard to describe) at the bottom right corner of some of the plates, far outside of the images. Sadly, as-is, but still a lovely book. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 148 pages
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The Circle Of Anecdote And Wit, To Which Is Added A Choice Selection Of Toasts And Sentiments

By: Colman, George

Price: $250.00

Publisher: NY, S. King : 1823

Seller ID: 11482

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Bound in the original full leather. Most of the endpapers are missing. The biggest problem is a piece missing from both the frontice & title page. The upper right corner, about 1 1/4x2". Some light foxing, but overall the innards are very good, with the exception of the torn piece. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 290 pages
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Grandmother Mouse's Tale, And Other Stories

By: Cox, Palmer (Ill. )

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, Hurst & Company : 1902

Seller ID: 12124

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Cloth spine, with boards. Covers are illustrated paper . The front is bent & chipped at both right corners. The rear cover isn't illustrated, and is soiled, with chipping at the bottom edge & lower corner, which has been bent. The front is still very attractive, with some soiling. There is a closed tear at the bottom of the first two pages and two interior pages, but the interior is otherwise at least very good. The paper is the cheap heavy brown stock, frequently used by inexpensive publishers at the time. A good reading copy, with lots of Palmer Cox's familiar illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - ...
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Tenting on the Plains, or General Custer in Kansas and Texas

By: Custer, Mrs. E. B.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: NY, Charles L. Webster & Company : 1887

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 26852

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

The rear board is all but detached. Decorated brown cloth covers are rubbed at the corners & edges. Someone has done a bit of repair to the book, as the textblock sits slightly lower than it should. Contents are very good to fine. Certainly a candidate for rebinding. As-is. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 702 pages
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Sketches And Business Directory Of Boston And Its Vicinity. For 1860 And 1861

By: Damrell & Moore and George Coolidge

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Boston, Damrell & Moore and George Coolidge : 1960

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11655

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

The front cover & first 3 pages are loose. The rear cover is only held on by the cloth webbing. The spine is chipped at the bottom (~3"). The boards are rubbed on the edges. With all that, the surface of the boards is actually good to good plus. The contents are easily very good to fine. The map is present, but loose (it is one of the first 3 pages which are loose). Owner's name on the fep. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 522 pages
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Condition: Fair with no dust jacket