Search Results: Anthologies from THE BOOK VAULT

Literary Guild of America, New York, 1928. 8.5" X 5.75" in green cloth. Spine considerably faded, flyleaf foxed. Otherwise solid and nice. Interesting concept: Chinese, Japanese, Sanskrit, Arabian, Persian, Hebrew, Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Scandanavian, Russian, Irish, American, and English poetry. American & English selections take up only about 50pp of the 1318pp total.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Tyrannosaurus Press, 2008. 8.5" X 5.5" in illustrated heavy paper covers. Minor shelf wear, but EX-LIBRARY with the usual obnoxious markings: a conservative "GOOD PLUS" condition. 237pp. SIGNED and inscribed by Madeline Bay, one of the authors in this anthology.. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Winston Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.: John F Blair Pub, 1993. 7.75" X 5.25" in black boards with red cloth spine. Like new condition in a FINE dust jacket. Collected folklore from eastern North Carolina. 175pp.. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine.

The Century Co. New York, 1889. 9.75" X 7.25" in pebble grained cloth(?) with black leather spine and corners. A bit of rubbing at the spine ends, more so on corners. Nice solid binding with contents in excellent condition. VERY GOOD MINUS (or better) condition. 960pp. Too many topics to be listed here. Some highlights: Last Manuscript of Henry Ward Beecher; Scout with the Buffalo-soldiers, by Frederick Remington; West Point of the Confederacy [VMI]; Horses of the Plains, by Frederick Remington; London, by Henry James, illustrated by Pennell; Lynch Law; Siberia and the Exile System; Guilds of London, Illus. by Pennell.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

John Lane, The Bodley Head London, 1918. 7 1/8" X 5 1/4" in grey boards with tan cloth spine. Edgewear, cloth soiled and soine label somewhat faded, pre-title and back free endpaper heavily foxed: about GOOD MINUS condition. 298pp + 2pp publisher's ads.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1963. 9.5" X 6.5" in orange cloth. Some soil - esp. smudge marks on back cover; small light stain lower edge front cover; spine is substantially faded, but still legible. Otherwise, the volume is tight and clean: GOOD. 561pp. No Jacket.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

John W. Lovell Company, NY 7 3/8" X 5 3/8" in brown cloth with fancy black and gilt cover and spine decoration and lettering. Gilding on spine slightly dulled with age, but still perfectly legible, Owner's name in pencil on flyleaf, longitudinal stripe of discoloration on back cover. Still a very handsome volume: VERY GOOD or better condition. Contents: FINE. 456pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New American Library, New York, 1983. 7" X 4.25" in heavy paper covers. Wear at top and bottom front corners; owner's name at top of flyleaf; otherwise, clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. 553pp. FIRST PRINTING. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Self Published, Springfield, MA, 1897. 9.375" X 7.875" in maroon cloth with gilt titles. Discolored areas along spine and along top edge front cover; LIGHT water stain from top of spine into top margin; otherwise, clean, tight, unmarked. 113pp. [CB098]. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper San Francisco, 1988. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8" in slick heavy paper covers. Top edge a little darkened, one tiny stain near top edge front cover, otherwise excellent: about Very Good. Index of titles; index of first lines; thumbnail biographies of the poets. 396pp.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London, 1918. 7.5" X 4.25" in paper covered boards with paper cover label. Covers seem darkened; light waterstain over left end of cover label - not inside book or visible elsewher on the covers. Chipped along spine - 1" chip missing from top of spine. Interesting premise: "Lo God's two worlds immense, Of spirit and of sense, Wed In this narrow bed." This anthology is thus "The Best of Both Worlds" - as illustrted by the selected works of these two 17th century English poets. 60pp (Rare). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1904. 6 Volumes: 6" X 6.125" in red cloth with gilt titles. Titles have faded a little but are still quite legible; all have light soil, shelf wear; Vol. 5 frayed at top of spine; Vol. 1 has about a dozen tiny specks front cover. Owner's name on flyleaf of each volume: Bindings are sound; contents clean and unmarked: just GOOD. 184pp each volume.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., London, 1966. 7.375" X 4.875" in purple cloth with gilt titles. Owner's name on flyleaf; there is some general light fading of the covers, but overall, clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. Jacket shows some fading of the spine; 1 tiny chip: VERY GOOD or better condition. 386pp.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Frederick Fell, New York, 1946. 8 5/8" X 6" in yellow cloth with black and red lettering. Book is clean and unmarked: NEAR FINE. Jacket is worn along spine edges and ends and at the corners: FAIR PLUS. 595pp. Stories by 29 different authors, including Dashiell Hammett, Ellery Queen, Damon Runyon, Sax Rohmer, etc.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair.

American Tract Society, New York This is a collection of short works by a variety of authors, only two of whom are credited. They are published by the American Tract Society, so they are necessarily religious in nature. No date given, but probably mid-19th century. 6 1/8" X 4". Very little wear to book. Some light soil, Light foxing: about GOOD PLUS. 110pp with 3 engraved illustrations.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Greenfield Center, New York, U.S.A.: Greenfield Review Pr, 1989. This is a softcover book, 8" by 5 1/2", 292 pgs., 1st Edition in Very Good condition, with no dust jacket. There are numerous photos, & line drawings.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, 1971. 8.5" X 5.75" in green cloth. Except for some soil on top edge, very nice condition: about VERY GOOD condition. JACKET: Back panel lightly soiled, water stain along top edge back cover - About GOOD to GOOD PLUS condition. 196pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Brentano's, New York, 1925. 8 7/8" X 5 7/8" in green cloth. Top of spine starting to fray, wear at corner tips. Foxing. Inscribed in pencil on title page: "To my dear friends Olive[?] and Jimmy[?] from Alice Hunt Bartlett Jan 22, 1927." This book contains a hundred sonnets + numerous other poems about the sea. 160pp.. Inscribed by Author(s). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

T.F.H. Publications, Jersey City, NJ 9.25" X 6.25" in glossy colorfully illustrated hard covers. Minor shelf wear; neat underlining first 3 pages only: VERY GOOD MINUS. 192pp. [BB082]. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Esquire, Chicago and New York, 1939. 7 3/8" X 5" in red cloth with dilt decoration. All edges gilt. This book is a limited edition probably for friends of the magazine. Spine is substanially darkened to the point that the lettering on the spine is all but illegible. From page 111 to end a light water stain is visible in the upper margin. About Very Good overall. Nifty little book with "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway, among other stories. Also has tipped in COLOR cartoons from the magazine. 187pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.