Search Results: American Literature from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1917. Illustrated by color tissue frontis and nine plates by Thomas Fogarty (two colored, two b/w and five with text on verso), numerous b/w text illustrations. Later edition. (c.1908 Phelps, c.1910 Doubleday). Period full limp green calf, gilt topboard and spine decoration, teg, illustrated eps. 12mo. pp. [x], 232. VG/No jacket, as issued. Rubbing at joints and corners, small owner stamp ffep, small heel chip, internally fine with a bit of offset. Thirteen shorts. Also under pen name: Adventures in Contentment 1907, The Friendly Road 1913, Adventures in Understanding 1925, and Adventures in Solitude 1931. (Pulizer Prize for American History, 1940)..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Illustrated by Author color frontis and 3 plates by George Wright, Charlotte Weber-Ditzler and author. Beacon edition. Volume 11 of the Novels, Stories and Sketches limited to 204 sets, of which this is number 145. (Nos.51-204 Bound in Parchment back and Pomeian paper sides), uncut, unopened Ruisdael hand-made paper. Large Post 8vo. pp. [xvi], 210, 1, [2] colophon. Very Good. Slightly darkened spine and light cover soil/rub, Internally near fine, many pages unopened, plate tissues foxed. BAL 18233..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Illustrated by Howard Pyle (plates, photogravures, text illustrations). Trade edition. c.1858 Phillips, Sampson, c.1893 Houghton Mifflin with Pyle illustrations. Reddish cloth, gilt lettered top with gilt print spine and three gilt decorations, t.e.g. 8vo. pp. 473. Index. Very Good. One bumped corner, (ink inscription), light cover soil. BAL 9215..

Chicago: W. B. Conkey, (1900). First thus edition. c.1858. Art Deco blue decorated cloth. 16mo. pp. 341, [2] ads. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Charming reading copy..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (October) 1902. Illustrated by Color tissue frontis by Weguelin and 7 additional plates by Weguelin, DuMond, Heming, Linson and three by Howard Pyle (collated). First separate (SD) edition. Blue cloth, decorated green and gilt by Margaret Armstrong (MA present), teg, uncut, scarce misprinted cover. 12mo. pp. vii, [7], 3-298, [1], [1] blank. VG-/No jacket. Ink owner, rubbed spine and edges, caps have short frayed tears, corners worn, internally clean. Nine shorts (three previously published): The Blue Flower, The Source, The Mill, Spy Rock, Wood-Magic, The Other Wise Man (1895), A Handful of Clay, The Lost Word (1898), The First Christmas-Tree (1897)..

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1907 November). Illustrated by Tissue frontis and 12 plates by Will Vawter, page vignettes and cover by Franklin Booth. First edition. Green ribbed cloth decorated topboard, yellow printed eps. 8vo. pp. [55]. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of cover rubbing. Verse and plates recto throughout. (BAL 16683, Binding A)..

London: Frederick Warne & Co, n.d. unstated edition. Crown Library (ca.1880's). Original navy blind-stamped cloth and pattern eps, gilt print and decoration, t.e.g. Cr.8vo. pp. vi, 328, [8] Ads. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Caps slightly crushed, traces of corner wear. Nice reading copy..

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1916. Illustrated by frontis and 3 color plates; b&w frontis. Works edition. c. 1901; c.1909. Two uniformly bound titles from the 10 volume works edition. Green ribbed decorated cloth, teg. 8vo. pp. 413; 644. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Traces of cap and corner wear, overall page toning. Nice, clean and tightly bound reading copies..

New York: James G. Gregory, Successor to W. A. Townsend (C. A. Alvord), 1864. Illustrated by Double engraved frontis by F.O.C. (Felix Octavius Carr) Darley 1822-88, head & tale vignettes . c.1831 (c.1859 from Cooper's Novels, published in 32 volumes). Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt stamped and decorated spine and topboard, yellow eps, beveled boards. 8vo (22.5cm). pp. 460. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Slightly sunned spine, lightly bumped corners with some fray. Frontis tissue missing; sporadic foxed spots internally..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. Harper's Black & White Series, First Edition, second state ("Odd Number series" pp. 126). White illustrated cloth. 24mo. pp. viii, 123, [1] blank, [2] ads, [2] blank. Good. Cover stained and soiled, internally VG, (ink owner), bookseller ticket. (BAL 712)..

New York: Random House, 1994. Illustrated by David Montana (Papago) jacket painting. Stated First edition. Red boards, 1/4 blue cloth. Royal 8vo. pp. xlvi, 801, [1] About the Editor. As New/As New/Unclipped price in mylar. An anthology in seven sections of geographical tribes. (Postage as 2 books)..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy b/w frontis and 7 Unpaginated plates. First American edition. First State. Red cloth, gilt deco/printed spine and top board with black wings/sword on top board . 12mo. pp. xii, [4], 311, [1] blank, [4] Ads. Near Fine. Traces of wear. (BAL 2368)..

New York: James G. Gregory, Successor to W. A. Townsend (C. A. Alvord), 1862. Illustrated by Double engraved frontis by F.O.C. (Felix Octavius Carr) Darley 1822-88, head & tale vignettes . c.1845 (c.1860 from Cooper's Novels, published in 32 volumes). Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt stamped and decorated spine and topboard, yellow eps, beveled boards. 8vo (22.5cm). pp. 462. AboutVery Good/No jacket, as issued. Slightly sunned spine, bumped corners, torn frontis tissue. Small scuffs to topboard, head chip..

New York: The Lamb Publishing Company, (1902). Illustrated by Frontis with caption tissues and additional duotone plates by Frederick Simpson Coburn, vignettes, illuminated first letters. Raven edition. (c.1902 Putnams for introductions and design) Limited to 1000 sets, this set not numbered. 10 volumes. Half brown morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt decorated and printed (works of, title, vol.#) spine, teg, uncut. Large Post 8vo. Binding. Leather rubbed and all but two heads chipped, several joints starting, hinges sound except for Miscellany volume 10 which has tender rear joint & hinge, one central chip and spine separation. All volumes and plates internally NF-Fine..

New York: W. A. Townsend (C. A. Alvord), 1861. Illustrated by Double engraved frontis by F(elix) O(ctavius) C(arr) Darley 1822-88, head & tale vignettes . c.1847 US title/(c.1861 from Cooper's Novels, published in 32 volumes). Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt stamped and decorated spine and topboard, yellow eps, beveled boards. 12mo. pp. 474. VG/No jacket, as issued. Slightly sunned spine, bumped corners, light overall page toning, frontis missing tissue, half inch joint puncture..

New York: Doubleday, November 1988. Illustrated by vignettes and page borders. Stated first edition. Tan cloth. 12mo. pp. 101, [1] About author. As New/As New/Unclipped price in mylar. A Southerner and a Black slave..

New York: Regent Press, (July 1913). Illustrated by b/w frontis. Reprint edition. (c.1905). Taupe cloth, printed black, emblems top and spine. 12mo. pp. 383. VG. Several foxed dots, prev. owner rubber stamp ffep, cap and corner wear..

New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1880. Illustrated by one b/w tombstone. First edition, second printing edition. c.1879. Green cloth, silver print spine and top with little owl. 16mo. pp. 381, [1] Ad. Near Fine. Trace wear to caps and corners. A novel of the Reconstruction era, mixture of fact and fiction from Supreme Court Judge of North Carolina. (American, Civil War)..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (August) 1902. Illustrated by Tissue frontis and 7 b/w plates by Walter Appleton Clark. First edition. Green cloth, decorated and printed white and gilt. Cr.8vo. pp. [4], vii, [3], 551, [1], [2] blank, [2] Ad. Good/No jacket. Cap and corner wear, white topboard border rubbed. Foxing starting, faint dampstains to edges of first and last 2-3 pages. Plate facing pp. 34 bound facing pp. 32. (BAL 18234)..

New York: James G. Reed Publishers, 1851-52. Illustrated by XIII: 6 tissue steel engravings, 4 lithographs and 2 wood cuts, extra illustrated title for Vol. 14; XIV: 6 steel engravings, 6 colored, 2 music (collated). First thus edition. Original red blind stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine and topboad emblem. 8vo. pp. 218; 218. Very Good. Joint repaired, cap chips and several stains to cover; sporadic foxed spots and several pressed flower foxed outlines internally. Quill owner Susan B. Dodge 1852 ffep. Period news clip of poison ivy cure and short marking ribbon laid on. In the magazine category issued 1841-53 to 15 volumes. Other publications by the same publisher: Parlor Annual and Youth Parlor Annual. Religious life, shorts, music, poetry by Latham, Hoag, Dresser, Roberts, Ingalls, Hanaford, Wingate and others..