Literature from Camp Hill Books

New York: The Manhattan Printing and Publishing Company, 1879. Book. Good. Hardcover. 553 pages. No publishing date. Approximately 1879, as last poem is "The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet" that was published in 1878. Written on front free endpaper is "Miss Lizzie M. Hassler, York, Penn, August 9, 1880" With 8 illustrations. Green boards with blind title and gilt… Read more

London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 348 pages. 2nd edition. Black leather with brown boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Binding cracked inside front and back cover. Raised bands with gilt decorations on spine. Gilt lettering on spine: "Cowper's Works / Grimshawe / II" Frontispiece engraving of Cowper's Mother; facing is illustrated title page with another… Read more

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 379 pages. Volume II only. Brown leather spine and corners; brown & blue marbled boards. Spine decorated with black boxes and gilt..

London: John W. Parker and Son West Strand, 1856. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 277 pages. Marbled endpapers, cover, and page edges. Binding cracked inside front and back cover. Contents of the Eighth Volume: Compleynte of a Loveres Lyfe, The Compleynte of Mars and Venus, The Legende of Good Women: The Prologe of Nine Goode Women, Incipit Legenda Cleopatrie Martiris, Egipti… Read more

London: Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, et. al., 1767. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 276 pages. Volume III of 4 volumes. Bound in full leather with gilt decoration and lettering to spine; colorful endpapers in yellow, red, blue and green. Foxing on title page and some elsewhere..

London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 414 pages. 2nd edition. Black leather with brown boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Binding cracked inside front and back cover. Raised bands with gilt decorations on spine. Gilt lettering on spine: "Cowper's Works / Grimshawe / V" Frontispiece engraving of Cowper's House at Weston; facing is illustrated title page with… Read more

London: John W. Parker and Son West Strand, 1855. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 260 pages. Marbled endpapers, cover, and page edges. Binding cracked inside front and back cover. Contents of the Fourth Volume: the following Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer from The Canterbury Tales: The Prologe to the Persones Tale, The Persones Tale: Introductory Notice. The Courts of Love; The… Read more

New York: George Routledge and Sons Book. Good. Hardcover. 2 volumes paginated independently: 539 pages plus 540 pages. No publishing date. Pencil inscription on ffep is dated 1887; no other writing in book. Brown boards with gilt to spine and front cover. Covers scuffed at edges. Gutters cracked front and back; first few pages (ffep, tissue-protected engraving, and title page)… Read more

New York: The New American Library / A Mentor Book, 1961. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 416 pages with Index. MT372 $.75 cover price. Copyright 1957; stated Second Printing. Covers bumped and scuffed; text clean and unmarked with some pages somewhat darkened near the edges..

London: John W. Parker and Son West Strand, 1854. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 277 pages. Marbled endpapers, boards, and page edges. Binding cracked inside front and back cover. Raised bands with gilt decorations on spine; 2 pieces of leather missing from 2 panels (British Poets in gilt in red box, and Cowper III. in gilt in dark grey/brown box). Corners… Read more

No. 1122 Chestnut Street: American Sunday-School Union Book. Good. Hardcover. 31 pages. Undated. "Written for the American Sunday-School Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication" Title on black leather spine in gilt. Marbled boards..

London: John Murray, 1847. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 574 pages. Volume I only. Tan full-leather binding with gilt on front/back covers and spine; red leather box on spine with gilt title, dark blue box with gilt I; raised bands and gilt decorations. Marbled endpapers with matching marbled edges. Very little foxing, only to endpapers. Some wear to leather at corners… Read more

London: John W. Parker and Son West Strand, 1855. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 248 pages. Marbled endpapers, cover, and page edges. Binding cracked inside front and back cover; front cover partially detached. Contents of the Third Volume: the following Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer from The Canterbury Tales: The Secounde Nunnes Tale, The Prologe of the Chanounes Yeman, The Chanounes Yemannes… Read more

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 369 pages. Volume III only. Brown leather spine and corners; brown & blue marbled boards. Spine decorated with black boxes and gilt..

Paris / London: The Olympia Press / New English Library, 1966. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 125 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Clean and unmarked..

Atheneum, 1965. Book. Illus. by Jeffry, Alix (Photograph of Albee on Back of dustjacket) / Ford, Harry (Designed by). Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 190 pages plus a page on Edward Albee. No publishing date; copyright 1965. Dustjacket states "Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition" With 4 black-and-white photos of the production in center of book. Red boards, charcoal… Read more

New York / Chicago / San Francisco: holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Book. Illus. by Ruzicka, Rudolph (Designer) / Ratzin, Lawrence (Jacket Design). Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 607 pages with Index of First Lines and Titles. Stated First Edition. No publishing date. Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 68-24759. SBN: 03-072535-6. Also a Book Club edition: no price on dustjacket,… Read more

Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 392 pages. Stated 1st printing 1991. Writers include Gail Galloway Adams, Pam Durban, Louise Gluck, Rachel Hadas, Jane Hill, Lisa Koger, Jane Miller, Hilda Raz, Karen Swenson, et. al. Clean and unmarked. Gift quality..

New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 615 pages with Index plus information about Janet Flanner. Stated first Harvest edition 1977. "selections from...a series that appeared in the New Yorker from 1925 to 1975 over the signature ' Genêt.' With clarity and authority, Flanner writes about the arts, the politics, and the… Read more

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Book. Illus. by Johnston, David McCall. As New. Full-Leather. Limited. 438 pages. "This limited edition is published by The Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers to The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers" Red leather with gilt decoration on covers and spine. 4 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt with taupe… Read more