Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men. Collected from the Conversations of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His Time. With Notes, and a Life of the Author by Rev. Joseph Spence; Samuel Weller Singer - 1820

London: John Russell Smith, 1858. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 396 pages plus publisher ads. part of the Library of Old Authors series. rebound in beige cloth with leather spine label goldstamped "Spence's Anecdotes of Books and Men". ; 4 5/8 x 7

London: W. H. Carpenter. Rebound in brown cloth over boards with gold lettering on the spine. Bright and strong. Clean pages. Frontispiece engraving. Some foxing on the engraving and the title page and a little sporadic foxing on some pages but most the text is bright and crisp. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1820.

London: John Russell Smith, 1858 Textblock very good subject to slight browning and occasional spotting , front hinge cracked but holding well, cover sound with moderate - stain on the rear board.

London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820. First edition. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". None. A first edition of Spence's famous Anecdotes. Featuring an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. 'Now first published from the original papers, with notes, and a life of the author, by Samuel Weller Singer'. Joseph Spence was a historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, most famous for his collection of this work which was an invaluable resource for historians of eighteenth century English (Augustan) literature. In a calf binding with gilt borders. Externally, rubbing to the spine, and light marks to the boards. Loss to the spine label. Front board is detached, and rear joint is starting. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean, aside from foxing and tide marks to the first few pages. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Fair

John Russell Smith, 1858T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1958 red bound cloth edition

London: John Murray, 1820. Hardcover. First Edition, published simultaneously with the Singer edition. 5 x 8in. viii. 302pp. Bound in recent three quarters polished calf over marbled boards. Spine with leather title label and decoration. New endpapers. NEAR FINE. The text-block shows extremely light foxing at the earliest and latest parts of the text-block, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

London: Published by W.H. Carpenter, 1820. Now first published from the original papers, with notes and a Life of the Author. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Spence. 1 vols. 8vo. Later half-calf. Some rubbing and wear to binding, very good. Now first published from the original papers, with notes and a Life of the Author. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Spence. 1 vols. 8vo.

London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820. First edition. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart first edition of this collection of humorous and insightful anecdotes, previously held in the library of American book collected Robert Borthwick Adam. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A humorous collection of literary and historical anecdotes, featuring anecdotes on Queen Anne, Buonaparte, Isaac Newton, Alexander Pope, and more. Collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time. Written by Joseph Spence, an English historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, best known for this collection which has become an invaluable resource for historians of eighteenth-century English literature. With notes and a life of the author by Samuel Weller Singer, an English author and scholar on the work of William Shakespeare. Previously held in the library of Robert Borthwick Adam, an American retailer and book collector who co-founded the department store Adam,… Read More

W.H. Carpenter & Archibald Constable, c. 1820. Some wearing to the boards but otherwise a very good copy.. Binding: 8vo (127mm x 207mm), ), rebacked saving the original half leather boards , tooled gilt rules, 5 tooled gilt bands in 6 compartments, crimson calf lable on 2, tooled gilt lettering and design on spine, pasted and free marbled end papers.All edges gilt., Size: 8vo (127mm x 207mm), , Illustration: Illustrated with one portrait frontis, Provenance: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland., Pages: P. Blank, Half Title, Printer info, Frontis, Blank, Title, Dedication, Editor’s Preface (vii-xv), Life of the Author (xvii-xxxix), 1-478, Index to the Letters 479-482, Index 483-501, errata (1)., Category: Book Literature

London: W.H. Carpenter, 1820. First Edition. Foxing to frontispiece leaf, with offsetting to facing pages, including title; armorial bookplate, with small later ownership stamp above it; offsetting to endsheets from binding; tips heavily bumped; edges and hinges rubbed, but binding is sound and fully intact.. 4to, frontispiece, xxxix, 501 [1, errata]; contemporary three-quarter red leather and marbled boards. A contemporary and friend of Pope, Spence was a respected schoalr. His best known work is this posthumously published collection literary anecdotes that informed much subsequent scholarship on eighteenth-century literature.

New York: Crown Publishers. An account of the Gypsy way of life, including its origins, history, traditions, customs, occupations, and the changes that modern living has occasioned. EX LIBRARY/USUAL MARKINGS. Profusely & WONDERFULLY illustrated w/photos, Introduction, Bibliography, Index, 111 clean, crisp & solid pp. Excellent Personal cpy/Reference! . Good. Hardcover. 1977.

New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

228 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with quarter brown spine and dark green lettering to spine label and cover. First edition, first issue. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Corners bumped and slightly chipped, spine heal rubbed, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.

209 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brow cloth with dark green lettering to spine and cover over green boards. First edition, second state with half-title tipped to stub. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Chip at front edge, spine heal bumped, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.

Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.

NY: Vantage Press, 1954. Pages [135] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Tan boards, black lettering, clean, minor shelf wear. PO's name penned to endpaper. Set in 1950's America. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

v+321 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. First British edition. St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston but gradually lost interest in the former. The plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier, after his capture by the British. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, shelf wear, hinges and spine heal moderately rubbed, previous owner's name on front end paper else a very good copy.