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Cincinnati, OH: Jennings and Pye, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Decorated American trade binding. Green cloth boards with unchipped white and gold decoration, lettering on cover with single rule white line border. No fraying or wear-through. Very light soiling. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner inscription beautifully penned on front free endpaper; a poem by Goethe hand-written on blank fly leaf; The Day is Done written out in longhand on two rear blank pages. 31 pages..

New York: A.R. Keller & Company, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very nice decorated American Trade Binding with illustrations throughout. Navy blue ribbed cloth boards with light blue, white and gold decoration, raised gold lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. Narrow bit of fraying at top spine edge; very tiny spots of wear at corner tips. Binding is tight an square, hinges are sound. Light soiling to rear board. Previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. Pages are clean. Illustrated with historical photographs of dirigibles, various airships and their operators. 448 pages. .

New York: The Nutshell Publishing Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: The Nutshell Publishing Co., 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Brown pebbled cloth boards with decorated binding (silver capital building and lettering on cover, silver lettering and small decoration on spine). Nice, solid book. Clean, with some fading to front board right edge, faint moisture stain to rear outer board edge. A few tiny spots of wear at top and bottom spine edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, with decorated front fixed endpaper. Illustrated with hundreds of excellent drawings by the author, including sketch from life of President Theodore Roosevelt, and comical sketches and cartoons of many other politicians and scenes of the era. 316 pages..

New York : The Century Company, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean decorated American trade binding, first edition, illustrated with photographs, maps - including two-sided fold-out - all present. Black cloth boards with galloping white horse, red-caped rider against a gold sun, gold title box, gold lettering on cover, gold lettering and small white and red decoration on spine. Very small closed tear at base of spine (1/8"), light surface wear to spine corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Very neatly penned previous owner name and date 1927 on front free endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. 251 pages with Index..

M. A. Donohue Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram DD - Decorative Designers). Small hardcover book designed to record the birthday dates of friends and family, interspersed with quotes and poems from Alfred Lord Tennyson, and with illustrations. Size approx. 4-1/2" x 6". Clean blue cloth boards with white wings and gold hourglass on cover, white criss cross double line border, white lettering. Gold lettering on spine. Small spots of wear at corner tips and spine ends. Slight narrow vertical pucker to front board cloth. Binding is tight, hinges are sound Frontispiece portrait of Tennyson with clean tissue guard. Gilt upper page edges. Many birthdays filled in and dated early to mid 1800's to early 1900's in pencil or pen. Presumed first edition, no printed date of publication, but small name and Feb 27, 1906 at top of front free endpaper. A scarce and charming little book..

New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition published 1898 - decorated American Trade Binding. Dark green cloth boards with yellow brown and green decoration on cover, gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear to corners; binding is tight and square; repaired cracking at rear hinge. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and date written in pen and dated 1901 on front free endpaper; no other marks. Illustrated with six full page illustrations by Walter Appleton Clark, including frontispiece with clean tissue guard. 372 pages..

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1908. Book. Illus. by Sigismond Ivanowski, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean decorated American trade binding (first edition). Purple cloth boards with white, gold and green illustration of oncoming racing chariot on cover. Surface wear to spine ends and corner tips. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with gilt top edges, clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Color frontispiece with tissue guard and three additional full color plates by Sigismond Ivanowski. 133 pages. .

Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran Company, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing. Clean brown cloth boards with blind-stamped image o man on horseback with rifle, raised gold lettering on cover; gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Beautiful illustrated endpapers are unmarked. Previous owner name is neatly penned at top edge of blank fly leaf. Pages are clean. 454 pages..

New York : D. Appleton, 1899. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram AR - Amy Richards). Clean yellow cloth boards with green, red and white decorative title box on cover in an acorn and oak leaf motif. Green and red lettering and small green decoration on spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name in light pencil on front free endpaper. Introduction by Forbest Heermans. 392 pages..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition decorated American trade binding. Beige clothboards with red, black and gold decoration on cover, unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. Darkening to spine cloth. A few tiny spots to cover. Very small spots of wear to lower spine corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 171 pages + publisher's advertising at rear of book. .

Boston: Small, Maynard & Co, 1907. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram TBH on cover design). Burgundy cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. Tiny spots of wear to a few corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner names on front free endpapers. Nice frontispiece photo portrait of Stevenson with clean printed tissue guard (a photo taken of him in Honolulu). Title page decorated with oval photo of Stevenson's home in Edinburgh. Pages are clean, with gilt top edges, sewn-in ribbon page marker. 267 pages. Size approx. 4.5" x 6.5".

New York: Grossset & Dunlap, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very clean decorated American trade binding. Minnehaha Edition - no date, circa 1900. Clean beige cloth boards with green lettering and decoration (grandfather clock, four potted roses), decorative red line border on cover. Stamped green lettering on spine. Two small spots of wear to cloth at top and bottom spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Tasteful custom bookplate on front pastedown; previous owner name and address in pencil on front free endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. Frontispiece portrait of Longfellow with clean tissue guard. Many nice full page and smaller illustrations and page decorations throughout the book. 98 pages..

New York: R. F. Fenno, 1902. Book. Illus. by Clare Angell, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram WEBS - W. E. B. Starkweather, designer). Moss green cloth boards with green, brown and light blue image of violin player on cover, brown lettering on spine. A little surface wear to spine ends, very small faint white spot to spine, else clean. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrations by Clare Angell. 365 pages..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Book. Illus. by Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Very nice decorated American trade binding, published 1898. Clean olive green paper-covered boards with gold decoration and lettering on cover, ivory cloth spine with gold decoration and lettering. Tiny spot of wear to one upper spine corner. Binding is tight, pages are clean with gilt top edges. Illustrated with lovely photogravures by Alice Barber Stephens with tissue guards (12 photogravures + five head and tail pieces). 66 pages. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper; beautiful old inscription on blank fly leaf - "Jan. 4, 1935 - For one who loves nature, I believe, as much and as well as did "Fishin' Jimmy. - Chuck.".

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1902. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition decorated American trade binding published March, 1902. Brown cloth boards with imageof violinist on cover in black and yellow, black and yellow lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Small spots of wear to corner tips; spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Gilt top edges. Previous owner name in pencil on front free endpaper. Pages are clean - slight yellowing. 430 pages. .

New York: Macmillan, 1920. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition (Published January, 1920). Clean brick red cloth boards with decorated cover and spine. Decorated American Trade Binding. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 181 pages. .

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1910. Book. Illus. by H. B. Matthews, Illustrator. Good. Hardcover. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1910. Good/no dust jacket. H. B. Matthews, Illustrator. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - HBM - H. B. Matthews). No date of publication, circa 1900. Clean rust brown cloth boards with black illustration on cover, gold lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Slight surface wear to corners, no fraying. Floral decorated endpapers with neatly penned previous owner name and date (1910). Some cracking to endpapers has been professionally and carefully reglued. Lovely page decorations at chapter headings. Preface by the author. 192 pages..

USA: Abingdon Press, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Clean decorated American trade binding, reprint edition (1930) in scarce dust jacket. Clean bright green cloth boards with red, pink, green and black decoration, gold lettering on cover and spine; pink and black line border. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Small remnant of return address label on front pastedown, else unmarked. Pages are clean and bright with gilt top edges. Frontispiece photo illustration with clean tissue guard; copiously illustrated with photographs. 232 pages. Clean jacket has corner wear, closed tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

London / Glasgow / Dublin / Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, 1910. Book. Illus. by Charles M. Sheldon, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book with gold, black, blue and white pictoral illustration on cover and spine. Small spots of wear at corners, 1/4" closed tear at rear base corner of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean gray endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Color frontispiece illustration, with 5 additional full-page color illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon. A few pages have a little foxing. Blue top-stained upper page edges. 356 pages + publisher's advertising at rear of book. .

New York: Brentano's, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing. Clean decorated American Trade Binding - first American edition - translated from the Spanish by Minna Caroline Smith. Green cloth boards with green and yellow grape vine decoration on cover, black lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. Tiny spots of wear to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. No names, writing or bookplates. Closed tear to margin only of last Introduction page. Introduction by Sylvester Baxter. Pages are clean. 277 pages..