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Fables from Boccaccio and Chaucer by John Dryden. With a Memoir o the Author
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1845
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£52.46
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New York: Calvin Blanchard, 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 227pp. No date c1840s. Brown blind-stamped boards, gilt motif to front and gilt spine decoration, engraved title page and engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. Very good copy with very little wear both inside and out, faint stain to top edge, binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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Presente amistoso dedicado a las Señoritas Mexicanas
by Cumplido, Ignacio
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Published
- 1847
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£302.66
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Mexico: I. Cumplido, 1847. Hardcover. Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor loss, endpapers stained, very occasional foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
£302.66
The Kisses (Les Baisers) Preceded by the Month of May.
by Dorat, Claude Joseph
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£20.18
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London: Vizetelly & Co. , 1890. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. C.Eisen and C.P. Marillier. 124pp., no date c1890. Three-quarter maroon leather, marbled boards and endpapers, a Limited Edition of 1,100 copies of which this copy is No. 5, copperplate engravings with tissue-guards throughout. Front board detached but present, spine worn and… Read more about this item Item Price
£20.18
Aunt Carrie's Rhymes for Children
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1854
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£20.18
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New York: James Miller, 1854. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 90pp. Gilt embossed brown boards, gilt lettering and floral design to spine, 5 hand-colored engraved plates. Cover shows very slight wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, small insect holes to rear joint, binding is tight and… Read more about this item Item Price
£20.18
Rainbow Gold; Poems Old and New
by Teasdale, Sara
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1924
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£16.14
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dugald Walker. 267pp. Blue cloth, balck lettering and decoration. Book is clean and sound inside and out. Familiar and unfamiliar poems selected by Sara Teasdale attractively illustrated by Dugald Walker.
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£16.14
Betel Nuts; What They Say in Hindustan
by Guiterman, Arthur
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1907
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£24.21
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San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder & Company, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 48pp. Tan paper over boards, orange lettering, brown spine backing. Cover is sound, faint smudge to lower front board, contents are clean, amusing poetic inscription on front free endpaper, attractive page loyout.
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£24.21
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My Little Blue Book. A Gift for Young Americans
by Uncle Roderick
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1850
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£32.28
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New York: C. Shepard & Co., 1850. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 24pp. Stitched blue printed wraps. Light wear and light soil to cover, contents are lightly foxed and have some thumb marks in margins, binding is sound. Stories and rhymes as told by Uncle Roderick. This unusual… Read more about this item Item Price
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Omar Khajjam Rubaijat. Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen.
by Omar Khajjam (Omar Khayyam)
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1914
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£76.67
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Stuttgart: Deutschen Verlags-Anstalt, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Paul Haustien. [4],32,[2],38pp. Full marroon morocco with elaborate gilt design to cover and spine, all edges gilt, gilt floral endpapers, in slipcase. Published in an edition of 300 copies,of which this is No. 203. Very minor wear to boards, spine is chipped at both ends,… Read more about this item Item Price
£76.67
Everyman a Morality
by Unknown
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£24.21
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New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1900. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ambros Dudley. 54pp. Patterned paper over boards, green backing. Edges worn, spots on rear board, occasional light spot in margins, text otherwise sound. Tastefully illustrated by Ambrose Dudley.
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£24.21
Hebraic Modes
by Juergensen, Hans
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£28.25
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Homestead, Florida: Olivant Press, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 39pp. Black cloth, gilt spine lettering. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. on title page. ;Clean and unworn interior and exterior.
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£28.25
Poésies de François Coppée 1864-1869
by Coppée, François
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1881
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£20.18
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Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1881. Soft cover. Very Good. 221pp. Soft cover. Bon état. Light wear and slight age-darkening. Text is clean and unmarked.
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£20.18
The Song of Hiawatha : An Epic Poem
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1898
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£28.25
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Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1898. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 256pp. Green cloth, paste-on illustration to front cover. Extremities rubbed, light soil, spine faded, contents mildly toned, binding is tight. Still an attractive book. Illustrated.
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£28.25
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Tannhauser
by Wagner, Richard
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1910
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£121.07
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New York: Brentano"s, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Willy Pogany. Unpaginated, no date c1910. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration tocover and spine, 12 mounted color plates, numerous black and white illustrations, translated by T.W. Rolleston. Covers are clean, very slight rubbing to spine ends, age-toning mainly to endpapers, former owner's bookplate on front… Read more about this item Item Price
£121.07
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It's a Boy's World
by Derleth, August
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£121.07
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Sauk City, Wisconsin: Stanton and Lee, 1948. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Clare Victor Dwiggins. 107pp. Grey pictorial boards. Spine very slightly faded, endpapers age-darkened, book is clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is torn along folds, darkened and chipped, but is overall complete. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ethic Amusements
by Bellamy, Daniel The Elder
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- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1770
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£121.07
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London: D. Bellamy, 1770. Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Shana Valeska . Green calf, gilt borders, 5 raised bands, gilt bordered spine panels and gilt lettering, al edges gilt, gilt tooling to interior edges, numerous vignette engraviings throughout. Front board is detached but present, wear to edges and spine, contents lightly age-toned,… Read more about this item Item Price
£121.07
The Sailor Who Has Sailed
by Low, Benjamin R.C.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1911
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£40.36
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New York: John Lane Company, 1911. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 171pp. Brown paper covered boards, cloth spine, paper spine label. Light edgewear, interior is clean. Front free endpaper is inscribed and signed by L.R. Low, and laid-in is a letter written and signed by the… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.36
Useful and Instructive Poetry
by Carroll, Lewis
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1954
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£20.18
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lewis Carroll. 45pp. Tan paper covered boards. Age-toning to cover, unworn, contents clean. Dust jacket is clipped, but curiously original price ($2.50) still shows, darkened along spine and folds. Authhor's first book written at age… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Correspondence of Walt Whitman - 1842-1885. (Volumes 1, 2 and 3.)
by Miller, Edwin Haviland
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£32.28
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New York: New York University Press, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 394, 387 and 473pp. Red and gre cloth. All 3 volumes are in very good condition, Only Volume III has a dust jacket. Jacket is in good condition, spine is darkened and it has… Read more about this item Item Price
£32.28
Sonnets in Amaranth
by Lush, S. Beryl
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- As New
- Published
- 1935
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£16.14
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Brooklyn, NY: The Parnassus Press, 1935. Soft cover. As New. Oblong 8vo. 72pp. Green velveteen cover string tied, inscribed, signed and dated August 1, 1936, plaid slipcase. This copy is No. 289 of 289 copies printed on rag paper, and SIGNED by the author. Margins of 3 leaves are damp-stained. Slipcase is worn and… Read more about this item Item Price
£16.14
The Poem "Waiting
by Burroughs, John (Clara Barrus, Editor)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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£12.11
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Roxbury-in-the-Catskills: Dr. Clara Barrus, 1927. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 26pp. Paper wraps. Inscribed and signed by Clara Barrus on front free endpaper. Cover is chipped, soiled and separated from contents, contents are clean. Supplementary notes written by Clara Barrus.
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£12.11
