Fresh Gleanings or, A New Sheaf from the Old Friends by Marvel, I.K - 1851

Charles Scribner. Green boards rubbed and bumped, gold lettering and design is rubbed but still clear, frayed at the t/b of the spine, hinges strong, pages are clean, sporadic foxing on the pages. Still an excellent reading copy. . Good. Hardcover. 1851.

NY: Charles Scribner, 1851. First edition, thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth, blind stamped with bright gilt stamp wheat sheaf design on front and rear covers, repeated on spine with title, lightly dulled, wear to extremities, clean, tightly bound, pages lightly aged toned with foxing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1V, 336 Pp. Dark Green Cloth, Gilt Spine, Blindstamped Covers (Same Design As Usual Binding Of Purple Cloth). First Edition. Covers Clean, Gilt Bright, Wear To Cloth With Fraying At Corners And Lower Edge, Hinges Tight. No Marks. Light Foxing Throughout

New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. 336 pp. Original blue cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine, and small gilt decoration on front and rear covers. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners bumped. Spine sunned. Neat pencil inscription on front blank endpaper. Edges of leaves a bit age toned, otherwise, contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, 336 pages. Foxing to endpapers. Faded cloth covers and spine feature gilt decoration. Text clean and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate, signature inside front cover. Record # 608847

New York: Harper Brothers, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1847, First Edition. 336 pp. Hardcover, bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt title. Half-title and title pages printed in black and red. Good copy. Leather worn through at corners; light scuffing to spine leather; boards rubbed. Pencil doodling to front fly leaf and half-title; owner's signatures on copyright page; lacks rear endpapers. Contents foxed, but readable. Popular author's first book, here in a sound, attractive 3/4 leather binding.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1856. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Very small and minor damp-stain top edge of first 60-70 pages. Minor fading to cloth. Previous owner's ownership mark. REF: BAL 13930. Popular and sentimental the author's first book. A record of the author's travels to Europe. Throughout his life he showed a particular interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. These features are prominent in this record.

New York: Charles Scribner. Very Good. 1851. Hardcover. Boards a bit faded. Bookplate ; Blindstamped brown buckram boards with small gilt decoration ; 8vo; vii, 336 pages .

Charles Scribner, New York, ., 1861 pp. [vii], 336. 12mo. 19cm. Handsome half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Very good. Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908) was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name I.K. Marvel. Throughout his life he showed a particular interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. He served as U.S. consul at Venice, Italy, from 1853 to 1854, and in 1855 he settled at his estate, called Edgewood, near New Haven, CT. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., called him "one of the pleasantest of our American writers." Sets SW3 Rt. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1847. First Edition. Softcover. Original wrapper, spine ends and edges chipped; internally near very good. ; Bal 13922, 1st edition, part 2 only, in original wrapper. .