SHAMS or Uncle Ben's Experience with Hypocrites by Draper, John S - 1898

Thompson & Thomas, 1899. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fair in decorative silver-stamped red cloth (some wear; text browned and brittle, forst several text leaves loose).B&W Illustrations.

Thompson & Thomas, 1899. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitle: A story of simple Country Life giving a Humorous and Entertaining Picture of Every Day Life and Incidents in the Rural Districts, with Uncle Ben's trip to the city of Chicago and to California, and his Experience with the Shams and Sharpers of the Metropolitan world. Fair in decorative silver-stamped red cloth; Wear to boards and to cocked, faded spine, irregular fading to rear board; Binding cracked and weak at inner hinges, frontis, title page, and dedication page completely disbound, but present, deep browning to text.B&W Illustrations.

chicago: Thomas & Thomas. Original old 1899 edition in good shape but obvious age and interior hinge cracked at back - yet tight. Illustrated. Looks more antique-ish than just used. . Good. Hardcover. 1899.

Thompson & Thomas. Fair. Hardcover. B000PSTBKC Red cloth boards, circular silver bust on front, silver titling. Front cover split at gutter but still attached. First 5 pages loose, rest of text block secure. Age darkened pages but clean and unmarked. .

Good. Good

Chicago: Brock & Rankin. Wear at foot of spine, cracked inside front and back covers, browning, previous owner's name in pencil, Good. . Good. Hardcover. 1892.

Chicago: National Book And Picture Company , 1894. Boards edgeworn and a bit soiled. Front flyleaf missing. Front flyleaf starting, but holding firm. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International Priority Air Mail shipping available for this item. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Chicago: Thomas & Thomas Publishers, 1899 Previous owner's inked name on fep, and penciled on ffep aged, yellowed textblock is clean and tight; Uncle Ben's portrait on the front cover is embossed in silver over a red cloth, finely-ribbed binding, which is lightly to moderately shelf-worn; bumped and gently frayed corners; 412pp. . Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Engravings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1899. Cloth. Very Good. Heavy book, dark red cloth with silver illustration of men in black circle at center front, silver lettering bright on front as well, spine very slightly faded with illustration of plant, slight damage to both inner hinges, 412 heavy browned pages, small illustrations throughout. Very slight surface wear to tips, micronick at top back tip, micronick at spine bottom left and right edge. Near Very Good.

Chicago: Brock & Rankin. 412pp. Red cloth hardcover with black and gilt titles amd decoration. Upper board fore-corners are mildly bumped, lower fore-corners have mild chipping. The text has four minor worming holes that do not come near the text. Book is square and the binding sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Y1 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1898.