Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1989. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library First Edition. 9" X 6". 207pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of green leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine. Slight lean to spine. Light..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1983. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. 9" X 6". 233pp. Bound in full orange leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy foxing to..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Watch your enjoyment and appreciation of the works of William Shakespeare come into full flower with this guide to the Elizabethan garden and the horticulture in the time and tomes of the Bard. Part One: The Garden of Delight is devoted..... More
Stockholm: Fr. Skoglunds Forlag, 1880. Hardcover. 8 5/8" X 5 1/2". 218pp. Text in Swedish. Three quarters bound in leather, with four raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Heavy rubbing to edges, with mild scratching to paper over boards. Corners bumped and rubbed to boards. Bound by..... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. This festive, holly-stamped and candle-lit 1915 collection of Christmas stories for children gathers together material from the Bible, mystic tales, traditional legends, and prose and poetry by such authors as John Milton, Leo Tolstoy, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1911. Hardcover. This 1911 Garland of Shakespeare's Flowers winds together verses from the Bard's great plays and poems with bright full color illustrations of the flora he planted throughout his works. "[T]he poet garnered the beauty of our English flowers, and the rustic lore which had grown..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by Stephen Spender in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library first edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 510pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of red leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1987. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Society first edition. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 289pp. Mild shelf wear to covers and edges of blue leather over boards. Gentle bumps to corners. Three raised bands to spine with..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 334pp. Bound in full red leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands and sunning to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting..... More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1982. Leather_bound. 12 1/4" X 9". 90pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of blue leather over boards. Spots of white paint to bottom edges of boards and to edge of text block. All-edge gilt. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Boards are..... More
Franklin Center: The frankling Library, 1992. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library first edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 635pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of red leather over boards. 1" black mark to bottom edge of front..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. "Every day we are proving that 'man liveth not by bread alone;' and that sunny blue skies, laughing streams, and flower-bedecked fields are full of lofty and even spiritual teachings..." With covers as blossom-strewn as the "flower-bedecked fields" in its introductory pages, this..... More
London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. First Edition. Leather_bound. Presented handsomely here in a 19th century fine leather binding, The History of Playing Cards holds an impressive breadth of knowledge on one of man's favorite pastimes and means of magic and prognostication, with subjects including the origin of playing cards, Tarot..... More
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1891. Kensington Limited Edition. Leather_bound. Edition limited to 1000 copies, this being number 853. 8 3/4" X 6". iv, 405pp; iv, 404pp; iv, 417pp. Halfbound in rich green Morocco with marbled paper over boards, ruled in gilt to boards, with four raised bands to spine, lettered..... More
London: S. W. Partridge & Co., circa 1908. Expurgated Edition. Hardcover. Embark to lands both beloved and familiar and strange and unknown with Cinderella and Snow White, Hansel and Gretel and The Frog Prince, Rapunzel and the Robber Bridegroom and Little Red-Riding-Hood, and many more companions new and old, from..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. "It is not surprising that the beauty of woman--in praise of which both literature and art have from the earliest period lavished some of their grandest works--should have given rise in most countries to a host of..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. A suspicious goblet and a snake-haired Medusa beckon you in from the dramatic dust jacket and the blood red cover beneath of this 1924 first edition of Poison Mysteries in History, Romance and Crime. Among its pages you'll find chapters on..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1981. First Edition. Leather_bound. 8 1/2" X 6 1/2". 237pp. Bound in full brown leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy..... More
New York: William Morrow; Deluxe edition, 2022. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6". 1248pp. As New in publisher's shrink wrap. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: For the first time..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1990. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library First Edition. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 515pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown leather over boards. Four raised bands to spine with 5 gilt compartments..... More
New York: Collectors Reprints Inc., 1991. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 7". 274pp. Light rubbing and toning to covers of blue cloth over boards. Boards are very slightly warped. A few spots of faint toning to top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Light rubbing..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin LIbrary First Edition. 8 3/4" X 6". 261pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine with 4 gilt compartments. Dust-spotting..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1992. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin LIbrary First Edition. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 369pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of green leather over boards. Three raised bands at spine with four gilt..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1986. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin LIbrary First Edition. 9" X 6 1/4". 329pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of blue leather over boards. Four raised bands to spine with 5 gilt compartments. Faint..... More
Franklin Library: The Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 566pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments. Dust-spotting to all-edges..... More
