London: A & C Black, 1906. Warwick K. Goble. Hardcover. Gaily decorated pictorial cover with green, blue, gold and brown design on brown cloth boards. is a little worn and rubbed at the edges. All color illustrations are present and fresh. Upper left external hinge is starting to split at.....
Arena Publishing, 1955. Paperback. Magazine shows some fading and browning from age. Corners and top and bottom of spine show some chipping and ripping. This book shows it's age but binding is still sound and it's very readable.
Relié, 1851. Deuxieme Édition. Hardcover. Book definintely shows it's age. Covers show fading, scuffing, light soiling, rubbing and wear. Edges show some chipping, scuffing, rubbing and corner wear. Spine shows some rubbing, fading and scuffing. Pages show some browning from age. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover.
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Ken, 1919. Hardcover. Covers show some darkening, staining, scuffing, fading, rubbing and edge wear including some fraying, browning, rubbing and scuffing. Pages are browned and discolored from age.
Garden City: Doubleday Page and Company, 1922. Hardcover. Colored paper boards are scuffed and browned. Front paste down is scratched. Spine is faded to the point of unreadability. Save for a few pencil notes on the end papers, interior is free of writing and underlining. all illustrations present, including two.....
Racine: Whitman Publishing Co, 1929. Hardcover. Lovely little copy with dust jacket and all illustrations intact. There is some browning to the flaps and spine of the DJ and the text block has some age toning as well.
Raphael Tuck & Sons. Hardcover. Illustrated green boards is scratched and faded. Pages are heavily tanned but clean.
London: Richard Bentley, 1854. First. Hardcover. Green cloth boards were rebacked at some point but retained gilt stamped illustrated spine. Cloth is sunned to brown though and there is some dampstaining along the top edges. Front board illustrated with gilt stamped image of an ibex. Interior is clean save for.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Boris Artzybasheff. Hardcover. Numbered edition (#117 of 350) signed by author and illustrator. Clean tight copy with no markings in text. Cover good with light chipping at bottom front cover. light stain on lower front cover. No dust jacket. A survey of myths from.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Charles Cullen. Hardcover. First edition of this collection by respected Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen. Dust jacket, with illustration by Charles Cullen is in a protective mylar sleeve due to nymerous issues, the most significant being that half the spine is missing. The front.....
Maison Mame, 1936. Touchagues, Louis. Hardcover. White illustrated boards are chipped on the lower edge. Corners are bumped and there is some soiling. Interior is clean but pages are tanned. There is some ghosting opposite the color plates (which are all present and bright) but text is otherwise unmarked. Book.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1879. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated gilt stamped cover is a bit rubbed. Corners and the head and tail of spine are heavily rubbed and frayed. Edges and spine show some wear as well. Clean copy with no markings in text. First owner's inscription on title.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Hardcover. This book definitely shows it's age, covers are faded and show some rubbing, scuffing, sunning and various small blemishes and stains. The spine is so faded that the title is no longer ledgable and shows moderate sunning as well. Edges show bumping, rubbing, scuffing.....
London: T Werner Laurie, no date, 1913. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Covers show some light shelf wear. Edges of spine show some light fraying, scuffing and rubbing. Pages are lightly browned from age.
Yale Univ Press / Humphrey Milfo, 1926. Hardcover. Dust jacket has a mylar plastic cover which shows some light scuffing. Dust jacket itself has seen better days and is really only bein held together by the mylar cover. Dust jacket shows light soiling, scuffing, rubbing, tearing, chipping and edge and.....
Rand Mcnally, 1942. Hardcover. Hardcover 1942 edition. Clean tight unmarked copy. Dust Jacket in Mylar. Torn top front of DJ with light chipping shelf wear.
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. Stated first edition (1953). Dust jacket has a mylar plastic cover which shows some light rubbing and scuffing. Dust jacket itself shows some browning and discoloration as well as some rubbing, scuffing and edge wear including some chipping, rubbing, tearing and fading. Book itself shows.....
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1927. [Edition Limited to 550 Copies, 1927]. Hardcover. Stated 1st edition. No dust jacket. Covers show some browning and discoloration as well as some edge scuffing and rubbing. Pages are deckle cut and moderately browned from age.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover. Fifth Printing, September 1930. Yellowed pages with some brown stains on several pages. Boards are scuffed and stained. The spine had been rebacked and is missing several pieces. In mylar sleeve.
Franklin Library, 1982-01-01. Limited Edition Collection, The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. Leather Bound. Brand New.
London : Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, 1978. Hardcover. All 4 volumes included. Dust jackets all of 4 volumes show some rubbing, scuffing and shelf wear and volumes 1 and 2 dust jacket show some light tearing around edges and spine.
Paris: Le Livre de Demain, 1931. Guy Dollian. Softcover. Decidedly worn copy although all pages and illustrations are intact.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1909. First Edition (1909). Hardcover. This First Edition (1909) has a signed gift inscription from author Eugéne Paul Jefferson. See Pictures. This is an original 1909 printing and has no dust jacket. Covers show some rubbing, scuffing, fading and shelf wear. Pages are heavily.....
Verlag von Karl Prochaska, Kaiferl. und Königl. German Language Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket. This book is VERY old and definitely shows signs of it's age. It shows heavy fading, scuffing, rubbing and light fraying and scuffing. Pages are moderately browned from age and are quite crispy. Binding is also.....
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1923. Longstreet, Hattie. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with pastedown illustration on front cover are a bit faded and soiled. Back hinge is cracked. All color illustrations are intact. There are several little fingerprints and smudges throughout the book. It was clearly somebody's favorite.