QUEENS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY by Ellet, Mrs - 1867

Charles Scribner and Co. , 1870. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1870 EDITION.Re-bound by library with newer covers. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1867. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover with purple cloth boards, 1867, octavo, 464pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good with wear to spine ends and corners, rubbing and mild soil, binding tight, text clean but gently toned throughout and carrying smokey odor. No DJ.

Charles Scribner and Co, 1870-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 464 p. : ports. ; 22 cm. Publisher's cloth. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Head and tail of spine chipped.

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co, 1867. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Blind-stamped red cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Hinges cracked, spine faded with ends worn, a good only copy.

Porter & Coates,, 1873.. hardcover. Collectable, good. Original publication, not a reprint. Only "good" condition due to rather heavy cover wear. Green hardcover with elaborate gold and black embossed design on front cover and spine, originally published by Porter & Coates in 1867, this is the 6th (1873) edition, 464pp, twelve engravings of nationally prominent women. Sound binding, heavy fraying at top and bottom of spine, cover worn through at corners but not rounded, a little paper stuck to back cover; signature of prior owner in very neat old script dated 1878 on first blank page, no other marks or writing. **OVERSIZE. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1873. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Good in green boards with very ornate gold design stamped to front and spine and still bright. Wear along edges of boards with some minor tearing of cloth to extremities, starting to inside front hinge. Tear to foredge of one page only and fading to page edges.

1867: PHILADELPHIA. VERY GOOD+. PORTER & COATES. 1867: PORTER & COATES. 1867: PORTER & COATES. PHILADELPHIA, 1867. Condition: PORTER & COATES. 1867: PORTER & COATES. HARDCOVER, very collectible, not remaindered, bookclub or library.

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.

Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.

(Kansas City, MO): Andrews McMeel Publishing, (2018). First edition. A paperback original. "A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye's gender transition." From her popular webcomic, "Up and Out," which she used to "process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren't alone." Oblong white paperwraps. Fine.

Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.

The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.

Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.

Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."

El Cerrito, CA:: Downey Place Publishing House,, 1990.. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name inside front cover).. First printing, a trade paperback original. Uncommon study of this Black journalist and writer. Beasley was the first to produce a history of Black Californians and she was, for almost two decades, a featured columnist with Oakland Tribune. Illustrated with photographs. Footnotes, index. vii, 66 pp.