Search Results: Authors starting with A from Good Old Books

St. Louis: Edward F. Hovey, 1877 412 pages, light wear. Reprint without the author's name on the title page ( attributed to Nicholas Francis Cooke ) bumped, light wear at crown but solid binding.

Boston: Educational Publishing, 1891 176 pages, old subtle dampstain throughout the bottom half of the book.

New York: Scribners, 1893 Four uniform bindings written by the following authors: A. W. Greely, Noah Brooks, W. O. Stoddard, P. G. Hubert Jr. A really nice illustrated set! Very minor defects, light stain on backstrip, very minor bump to corner. Same date on copyright page and title page on all volumes.

Chicago: Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co., Printers, 1881 446 pp. no author stated, L. A.B. after prelude: Compendium of Victorian philosophy and wisdom. Rear end-paper cracked, slight spotting of first few pages, actually quite clean.

Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & co., 1891 337 pages, slightly cocked, previous owner's signature.

Paris: MASCARET, 1988 219 pages, front cover corner, rolled a bit.

Campbell, CA: AABCO, 1989 27 pages of brass fixtures.

Peru, Illinois: St. Bede Abbey, 1921 328 pages, lettering on backstrip fading otherwise near fine. Stories, anecdotes and incidents with pious reflections for clergy and laity. An old water stain tward the end of the book has affected the bottom corner of the pages.

New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1859 180 pages, bottom and top of backstrip shows wear, hinges tender. Pages a bit toned.

Boston: B. B. Russell, 1873 730 pages, a considerable wear on the backstrip, binding still firm.

New York: Harper & Bros., 1860 190 pages, 7 engravings, some wear to cloth, cloth chipping, small insect bites- attractive copy nonetheless.

New York: Sheldon & Co., 1860 191 pages, A new edition, revised by the author, minor foxing, corners lightly bumped.

Hazleton, PA.: By the Author, 1947 58 pages.

New York: Harper & Row, 1964 462 pages, a nice copy.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810 Volume 2, only, 418 pages plus 1 advert. for another book by the translator, Charles Stewart. Page 397 to 418 are Appendix A and B. Top half inch of the title page has been cut off where the previous owner's name or some other writing occupied. A fair amount of foxing although the pages are quite clean, and readable. Both boards are separated from the backstrip which is still present although the title is quite faded. Two front free end pages are loose A rare book, and good candidate for repair or professional rebinding. Page 397 to 418 are Appendix A and B

Cambridge: Cambridge, 1986 300 pages, A Twentieth Century Fund Study. Small tear on rear board. Signed To Helen with love and esteem, Andy

Munchen: Phoebus 61 pages, Bücher Illustrierte Universal, circa 1920. Backstrip leather mildly soiled, water drop stain on cover, pages browning. Illustrated.

New York: Macmillan Co., 1931 210 pages, dust jacket has holes from some pesky animal. Cloth clean.

Philadelphia: Copernicus Society of America 161 pages, illustrated.

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1915 162 pages, Volume XII including second and third memoir; the third memoir being The Turquois. A study of its history, mineralogy, geology, ethnology, archaeology, mythology, folklore and technology by Joseph E. Pogue. There is one colored plate American Turquois and Turquois Matrix, plus many other black and white plates.