Good to Very Good condition. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Some very light wear. Spine has faded a bit. Cover paste-on illustration is vivid. Page 493 has a "1-56" notation, this is likely a 1956 edition, although no date is printed. Size: 7"x9"
- The Mysterious Island
- Jules Verne
- Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
- Charles Scribner's Sons, ca. 1956
Brown cover with gilt lettering on the spine. The cover has heavy edgewear and the pages have foxing and stains. Fraternity bookplate on the front innerboard and some penciling and an inscription on the front endpaper, which is becoming loose. 307 pages. Size: 5"x7"
- The Scarlet Letter, a Romance
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Ticknor and Fields, 1854
This fine book is from the Scribner's Illustrated Classics series. Early 1931 Reprint. Fully illustrated. Pages are slightly toned around edges. Cover has very minor wear. 7.5"x9.5" with 322 pages.
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
- John Fox, Jr.
- N. C. Wyeth. Illustrator
- Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931
Bound in the original brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Some spine wear, stains; bookplate; some foxing. First American edition of Browning's classic work. 366 pages; approx. 5"x7".
- Aurora Leigh
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- C.S. Francis & Co., 1857
- First Edition
Twain takes on economics, geography, politics, ancient and contemporary history, and folklore with equal ease. Mostly though, one appreciates his knack for exaggeration, the tall tale, and the outright lie. Book is in good condition with sunned spine, tanned pages, wear and soil.463 pages, 7.5 x 5.
- Life on the Mississippi
- Mark Twain
- Harper and Brothers, 1900
What begins as a middle-aged country gentleman absorbed with novels of chivalry deliberately evolves into a tale of purely imaginative knight-errantry in this highly influential work of the Spanish Golden Age.
Four volumes in two. Books are in good condition with owner's bookplate, foxing, edgewear and some edge chipping, wear to the spine ends, and soil. About 300 pages each, small form bindings at 3.5 inches by 6 inches.
- The Life and Exploits of The Ingenious Gentlemen Don Quixote of La Mancha
- Miguel de Cervantes
- H. Adams Publishers, Philadelphia, 1828
Lothair (originally published 1870) was a late novel by Benjamin Disraeli, the first he wrote after his first term as Prime Minister. It deals with the comparative merits of the Catholic and Anglican churches as heirs of Judaism, and with the topical question of Italian unification. Though Lothair was a hugely popular work among 19th century readers, it now to some extent lies in the shadow of the same author's Coningsby and Sybil.
This book has a brown cloth cover with black and gilt lettering and decoration. Small scuff mark on front. Hinges are tight, pages are clean and crisp. 371 pages.
- Lothair
- Right Honorable B. Disraeli
- D. Appleton & Co., 1881
Two stories from Charles Dickens: "Sketches By Boz," "Hard Times" and some Reprinted Pieces. This decorative book is in good condition with owner's name, some light wear and soil. Illustrated. Gilt lettering and decoration on cover. 803 pages, 7.5 x 5.
- Sketches By Boz, Hard Times and Reprinted Pieces
- Charles Dickens
- G. W. Carleton and Co., 1881
This antique hardcover book (no date of publication -- presumed circa 1904) is bound in maroon cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Publisher's gilt emblem is at the bottom of the spine. Cover is edgeworn, with some wear to front; pages are browned. Owner's name on front endpaper. Foxing, wear and soil. Good to Fair condition. 312 pages; aprpox. 5"x8".
- The Scarlet Letter
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- United States Book Co. / John Lovell
