Search Results: Literature / Classics & Essays from Adamstown Books

Aurora NY: Roycroft Press, 1899. Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Roycroft Press green suede-bound softcover, 91 pp. Anonymous 12th or 13th century French romantic tale combining poetry and prose, the story of star-crossed lovers who have to go through many adventures and misunderstandings to be together. Issued by the publishing arm of the Roycroft community, an early 20th century Arts & Crafts community in New York state. Influenced by William Morris (politically and artistically) and the Kelmscott Press, community founder Elbert Hubbard created the Roycroft Press to publish pamphlets and books (the latter often in suede covers). Book Condition :Good-; no text markings; front hinge cracking; some light age toning especially to the free end papers; light discoloration to a few pages opposite illumination; edge wear/rubbing to suede cover edges..

St. Louis, MO: Sigma Publishing Co., 1915. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author and poet. 1749-1832. Steel blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, 601 pp., unillustrated. Condition: Good-; mild wear to corner tips, spine ends, a nick on front fore edge. a 2-inch split of paper along inner hinge, front cover loose but secure..

Camden NJ: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1939. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Limited Edition of 1100 copies, unnumbered. WWII dedication page in this specific copy. Essays on Self-Reliance, Courage, and Experience, plus An Appreciation by Van Wyck Brooks - Emerson in Concord. Book Condition : Good+; no text marks; sunlight fading to spine and around cover edges; small water stain to rear free end paper. No Dust Jacket as issued..

New York NY: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1910. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "Thus I began to write these papers with a definite end: ... I was to state temperately the bbeliefsof youth as opposed to the contentions of age, [and] to go over all the fields where the two differ..." -Stevenson's intro. Cameo edition. Green cloth with gilt lines, white embossed cameo image, top edge gilt, 224 pp. Frontis.- etched portrait by G. Mercier of R. L. Stevenson with tissue guard. Condition: Good; pages lightly toned, light wear to cover- on corner tips, spine ends, gilt intact, light smudging to cover's cameo image, sturdy binding, former owner's name inscribed inside..