New York: Philosophical Library, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. This suspenseful retelling of the story of the Buddha, "the holy prince who gave up a kingdom to find Cosmic truths," was penned by Alabama native and professional pianist Celina LuZanne Boozer (1903-1982), who according to The University of Alabama University Libraries..... More
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Princeton; New York: Princeton University Press; Pantheon Books; Bollingen Foundation, 1964-1969. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". xxii, 443pp; viii, 389pp. Two volumes out of the three volume set. Bound in blue cloth over boards, with Bollingen device to upper board and spine in gilt with lettering in kind to..... More
Thomas Nelson, 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Four volume set. Editions limited to 10,000 copies, each volume numbered. Each volume features a laser-cut dust jacket designed by award-winning designer Kate Armstrong, within removable protective plastic over-jacket. Each volume bound in paper over boards in solid color..... More
Mt. Vernon, Virginia: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 2015. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 10 1/4". 2018pp. Still in publisher's original shrinkwrap, this is a pristine, new copy of this stunning historical and pictorial exploration of George Washington's creative cultivation of the Mount Vernon landscape. ABOUT THE GENERAL IN THE GARDEN: The..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2014. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Edition limited to 1,919 copies. This copy is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. 11" X 7 3/4". Dark hunter green cloth slipcase, stamped and lettered in gilt, shows tiny spot of sunning at top edge of front side under..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Each volume bound uniformly in genuine brown leather, with upper boards and spines stamped pictorially and lettered in gilt, featuring all gilt edges, chestnut silk moire endpapers, and gold silk ribbon placemarkers. All volumes excepting..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Edward A. Wilson. Leather bound. 10 1/2" X 7". 325pp. Bound in full genuine brown leather, stamped in 22kt gilt to both boards, with silk moire endpapers and silk ribbon placemarker. All edges gilt. Binding is tight & sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Very..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1978. Barnett Freedman. Leather bound. 9 1/4" X 5 3/4". 431pp. Bound in full genuine scarlet leather, stamped in 22kt gilt to both boards, with cream silk moire endpapers and matching silk ribbon placemarker. All edges gilt, faintly mottled. Binding is tight & sound. Pages are..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Co., July 7, 2015. Hardcover. The summer precocious Lois and pretty Carly May were twelve years old, they were kidnapped, driven across the country, and held in a cabin in the woods for two months by a charismatic stranger. Nearly twenty years later, Lois has..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1880. Hardcover. "In our songs, in our fables, in our legends, in our proverbs, the Bird has a conspicuous share," writes W. H. Davenport in his preface to his and Hector Giacomelli's Bird World, before swooping into a barrage of such poignant questions as "What..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, September 1906. New Edition. Hardcover. Would you agree the contents of your bookshelf ought to grow only curiouser and curiouser? This gilt-stamped, royal blue bound 1906 edition of Lewis Carroll's beloved and enduring classic of children's and fantasy literature is ready to take you on..... More
London: Blackie & Son, circa 1890. Tenth Edition, Fortieth Thousand. Leather bound. "I should feel pleased were this study to be looked upon as the peristyle of the temple in which lie hidden the mysterious splendours of Nature, and if it were the means of inspiring some with a desire..... More
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, circa 1900. Thirteenth Edition. Hardcover. "I should feel pleased were this study to be looked upon as the peristyle of the temple in which lie hidden the mysterious splendours of Nature, and if it were the means of inspiring some with a desire to penetrate..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Hardcover. If you’re searching for the perfect words with which to describe your lady love, look no further! Within these ivy-strewn covers you’ll find a poem for seemingly any and every woman’s name on the streets of New York or London at the..... More
Through an open door, down worn stone steps, a peek of an archway of books and magic floating through the air...Fine Artist Jill Williams' painting "Magic Underground" captures the quiet, starlit magic a bookstore can hold for those who treasure books and love to read. Artist Jill Williams has been..... More
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. New Impression. Hardcover. This splendid, stage-ready guide to fourteen fairy tale plays is complete with full scripts, music scores, dance directions, costume designs, and even detailed directions for making an ogre's head, all illustrated in equally instructive and enchanting images at place in any..... More
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1896. Hardcover. "Nearly all children are poetic. They live near to the heart of things in the early spring-tide of life when 'birds and buds and they are happy peers...'" That belief lies at the heart of Frances Bell Coursen's fantastical introduction to poetry for children..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1908. Second Printing. Hardcover. Romp into the "wonderful fairy-land of living things" in the British countryside with the brothers Kearton in this fully populated introduction to nature studies from 1908. Richard and Cherry Kearton were brothers, British naturalists, and some of the very first wildlife..... More
London: S. W. Partridge & Co., circa 1907. Hardcover. Underground fairylands, bottled sunshine, and flesh-eating plants are only a handful of the marvels recorded in The Fairyland of Nature. The "Underground Fairyland" of the first chapter is none other than Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, the "Bottled Sunshine" is coal, questionably enough..... More
According to Oscar Wilde, “A mask tells us more than a face." Well, if that's the case, you won't leave anybody wondering about your love of all things literary with a Bookish Mask from Underground Books! Cover your face with our Classic Covers Bookish Mask, featuring vintage favorites like Peter..... More
According to Oscar Wilde, “A mask tells us more than a face." Well, if that's the case, you won't leave anybody wondering about your love of all things literary with a Bookish Mask from Underground Books! This Bookish Mask in Shelf-Esteem print features luxe gilt-stamped spines, the envy of any..... More
According to Oscar Wilde, “A mask tells us more than a face." Well, if that's the case, you won't leave anybody wondering about your love of all things literary with a Bookish Mask from Underground Books! Face the world with our Bookish Mask in Typeface print, featuring excerpts from vintage..... More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1974. leather bound. 9 1/2" x 6". 322pp. Bound in full burgundy leather with boards and spine stamped in 22kt gilt, all edges gilt, with cream colored silk moire endpapers and silk ribbon placemarker. Mild shelf wear to leather and some faint scuffing to..... More
