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BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, 1918 GREEN COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SOME LIGHT FADING. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONTISPIECE IS BY F. VAUX WILSON. 50 CHAPTERS. FARNOL WAS A WELL KNOWN ROMANCE WRITER OF HIS TIME. The story moves animatedly through an atmosphere of patches and perukes, lace and ruffles, with moments that call for the ready rapier and pistol, the "admirable Betty" being, of course, the cause and centre of both comedy and adventure. Jeffery Farnol (10 February 1878 9 August 1952) was a British writer from 1907 until his death, known for writing more than 40 romance novels, often set in the Georgian Era or English Regency period, and swashbucklers. He, with Georgette Heyer, largely initiated the Regency romantic genre. ONE OF FARNOL'S EARLY NOVELS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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OUR ADMIRABLE BETTY, A ROMANCE
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LES AVENTURES DE TELEMAQUE, FILS D'ULYSSE; NOUVELLE EDITION, TELEMACHUS GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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DUBLIN, LOWER ORMOND-QUAY: CHEZ JOHN CUMMING, 1845 DARK BROWN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT ON THE SPINE. ORIGINAL OWNER SIGNED AND MADE NOTE APRIL 8, 1856, COLLEGE CARLOW. BOOK HAS WEAR ON THE OUTSIDEWITH SMALL WHITE DOTS ON FRONT. RIGHT CORNERS BUMPED, EDGE BETWEEN SPINE AND FRONT COVER QUITE WORN BUT STILL ATTACHED. EDGES WORN. INSIDE FIRST BLANK PAGE IS A STAMP FOR ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, SIGNATURE AND DATE OF 1853 ON THE TITLE PAGE. B. DU GUE FRENCH LANGUAGE PROFESSOR LISTED ON TITLE PAGE. 1ST PAGE OF STORY HAS SIGNATURE AT TOP- MONASTERY- JUNE 16, 1853. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT, SOME PENCIL WRITING INSIDE BACK COVER. Les aventures de Télémaque (The adventures of Telemachus) is a didactic French novel by Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai and tutor to the seven-year-old Duc de Bourgogne (grandson of Louis XIV and second in line to the throne). It was published anonymously in 1699 and reissued in 1717 by his family. The slender plot fills out a gap in Homer's Odyssey,…
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THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS A NARRATIVE OF 1757
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LONDON: J.M. DENT & SONS, 1910 NICE LOOKING DARK RED TEXTURED COVER, BEAUTIFUL GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TASSLE ATTACHED TO MARK PLACE. WONDERFUL BOOK, BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK INSIDE FRONT AND BACK. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. The novel has been one of the most popular English-language novels since its publication and is frequently assigned reading in American literature courses. It has been adapted numerous times and in many languages for films, TV movies, and cartoons. James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was…
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FAVORITE POEMS
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NEW YORK: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1940 COLLORFUL COVER, SHOWS SOME WEAR ON THE OUTSIDE, TAPE ALONG SPINE AND RED MARKER ARTFULLY FILLS IN TITLE ON FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. FIRST AND LAST BLANK PAGES MISSING. FIELD WAS KNOWN AS THE CHILDRENS POET. LITTLE BOY BLUE AND WYNKEN BLYNKEN AND NOD ARE 2 OF HIS MOST FAMOUS POEMS. WONDERFUL BOOK BY A FAMOUS POET AND NEWSPAPER WRITER. Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood". Field first started publishing poetry in 1879, when his poem "Christmas Treasures" appeared in A Little Book of Western Verse. Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, among the most famous of which are "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "The Duel" (which is perhaps better known as "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"). Equally famous is his poem about the…
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THE CAMBRIDGE BOOK OF POETRY AND SONG, SELECTED FROM ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS
by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES
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NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., 1882 BEAUTIFUL GREEN TEXTURED COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD PRINT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, GOLD TRIM PAGE EDGES, HEAVY BOOK, LONGFELLOW'S PICTURE FRONTISPIECE, 17 ILLUSTRATIONS, ALPHABETICAL LISTING FRONT, AUTHORS AND TITLES ALSO. TERRIFIC BOOK WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, FOR THE LOVER OF POETRY AND SONG. FIRST EDITION. Charlotte Fiske Bates ( November 30, 1838 September 1, 1916) was an American writer, critic, and educator. Charlotte Bates was born in New York City as the youngest of six children. Her father, Hervey Bates, died when she was an infant, causing her mother, Eliza Endicott Bates, to relocate the family to Cambridge, Massachusetts. After public education and private tutoring, Bates accepted a position at the Salisbury School for Young Ladies as an instructor of English in September 1888. Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song (1882). ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971 FULL COLOR PAINTINGS AND ARTWORK VERY NICE BY SARKIS, A FOREMOST PERSIAN ARTIST IN IRAN. TERRIFIC BOOK, BLACK COVER WITH GOLD ART ON FRONT AND PRINT ON SPINE, PURPLE/ PINK SPINE. DUST COVER VERY GOOD CONDITION. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048-1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A ruba'i is a two-line stanza with two parts (or hemistichs) per line, hence the word rubáiyát (derived from the Arabic language root for "four"), (18 May 1048 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (Persian:) was a Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, historian, philosopher, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire. As a scholar, he was contemporary with the rule of the Seljuk…
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THE QUORNDON HOUNDS, THE HITCHCOCK EDITION VOLUME III
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NEW YORK: THE DERRYDALE PRESS, 1930 VERY NICE ROYAL BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN ON FRONT OF A HUNTING DOG, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, NO MARKINGS, 750 SETS CREATED, SET NUMBER NOT INDICATED. BY ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS OF SPORT IN HISTORY. THE STORY TAKES YOU THERE AND IS A JOY TO READ. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK. The Quorn Hunt, usually called the Quorn, established in 1696, is one of the world's oldest fox hunting packs and claims to be the United Kingdom's most famous hunt. Its country is mostly in Leicestershire, together with some smaller areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Fox Hunting. Henry William Herbert (April 7, 1807 May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was…
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LINCOLN
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NEW YORK: THE HAMPTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1928 BEAUTIFUL BOOK AND ARTWORK. RED TEXTURED COVER, PICTURE OF LINCOLN FRONT, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. VERY NICE DETAIL WITH BEAUTIFUL ART IN THROUGHOUT. ONLY MARKING IS AN INSCRIPTION IN THE FRONT WHERE IT WAS GIVEN TO THE FORMER OWNER FOR 10 YEARS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE AT WILSON PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 ¿ April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War¿its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis. Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 ¿ March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher. Frank Earle Schoonover (August 19, 1877 - September 1, 1972) was an American illustrator who worked in Wilmington, Delaware. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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THE MELODIES OF STEPHEN C. FOSTER
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PITTSBURGH: T. M. WALKER, 1909 LIGHT BROWN COVER, EDGES LEATHER, SOME DISCOLORING AND WEAR OUTSIDE EDGES.INSCRIPTION IN THE FRONT. THREE PAGES LOOSE BUT IN GOOD SHAPE. DIVIDED INTO SONGS, HYMNS AND INSTRUMENTAL. FIRST FEW PAGES ABOUT fOSTER'S LIFE. FOSTER WAS BORN IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, LAWRENCEVILLE, PA JULY 4, 1826. INDEX LISTED, SONGS WITH MUSIC THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE MUSIC LOVER. Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 January 13, 1864), known also as "the father of American music", was an American composer and songwriter known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period . He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer", and many of his compositions remain popular…
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CRITTENDEN, A KENTUCKY STORY OF LOVE AND WAR
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NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913 DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT, SPINE FADED AND WORN. FORMER OWNER NAME IN FRONT. FRONTISPIECE PICTURE OF AUTHOR. ARTWORK BY COOTES. WRITTEN WITH GOOD DETAIL BRINGING ALIVE KENTUCKY IN THE TIME PERIOD. TIGHT WITH SOME AGING. AN INTERESTING BOOK ON LOVE AND WAR. John Fox Jr. (December 16, 1862 – July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. Born in Stony Point, Kentucky, to John William Fox Sr. and Minerva Worth Carr, Fox studied English at Harvard University. He graduated in 1883 before becoming a reporter in New York City. After working for both New York Times and the New York Sun, he published a successful serialization of his first novel, A Mountain Europa, in Century magazine in 1892.
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YOUNG FOLKS PICTURE HISTORY OF MUSIC, WITH CUT OUT PICTURES PASTED IN EACH CHAPTER
by JAMES FRANCIS COOKE
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PHILADELPHIA: THEODORE PRESSER CO., 1925 WHITE COVER WITH PRINT AND PICTURES ON THE FRONT. PICTURES OF BACH, CHOPIN, BEETHOVEN, LISZT, VERDI GOUND, MOZART. TIGHT THROUGHOUT. SOME PAGES HAVE PENCIL WRITING ON OPEN LINES, ALL PICTURES ARE PASTED INSIDE.
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Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect of all human societies, a cultural universal.
James Francis Cooke (November 14, 1875, Bay City, Michigan – March 3, 1960, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) spent his life involved with music. He was a pianist, composer, playwright, journalist, author (including novels and of books on musical history and theory), a president of Theodore Presser music publishers from 1925 to 1936, and editor of The Etude music magazine from 1907 to 1950, or… Read More
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TROUTING ALONG THE CATASAUQUA; LIMITED EDITION 19 OF 423
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NEW YORK: EUGENE V. CONNETT FOR ANGLERS CLUB OF NEW YORK, 1927 NICE LOOKING BOOK WITH TEXTURED COVER, LIMITED EDITION 19 OF 423. FRONTISPIECE IS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK PORTRAIT OF FRANK FORESTER. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL DETAIL AND INFORMATION BY FORESTER. GREAT BOOK THE THE FISHERMAN AND LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS. Henry William Herbert (April 7, 1807 May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him." Catasauqua Creek is a ENESSW oriented creek draining 6.6 miles (10.6 km) (straight line distance) from springs of the Blue Mountain barrier ridge several miles below the Lehigh Gap in the ridge-and-valley Appalachians located upriver & opposite from…
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THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY OR THE FORTUNES OF THE CARTELS
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LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, 1877 NICE LOOKING BLUE COVER, BLACK AND GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. LIGHT EAR EDGES COVER, FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. 96 CHAPTERS, FILLED WITH ARTWORK THOUGHOUT. Jules Girardin (1832-1888) was a French writer. Henry Frith (2 May 1840 – 12 October 1917) was an Irish engineer who translated the works of Jules Verne and others, as well as writing his own works. His prolific output amounted to nearly 200 works between translations, novels, and instructional titles. Émile-Antoine Bayard (2 November 1837 – 6 December 1891) was a French illustrator born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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History of England, From the Fall of Wolsey to The Death of Elizabeth; Volume 1 through Volume 10
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NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY, 1866 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN COVERS, GOLD DESIGN FRONT WITH LION AND UNICORN. GOLD PRINT SPINE WITH CROWN. RICH LOOKING. NICE PAPER USED THROUGHOUT. VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR AGE. VOLUME 2-3 ARE 1866, 1 & 4 ARE 1865, VOLUME 5-6 1866, VOLUME 7-10 1867. NO MARKS OR SIGNATURE FRONT. STARTS WITH THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF ENGLAND IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. WONDERFUL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. VOLUME X IS ABOUT THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. IT APPEARS VOLUME 11-12 ARE NOT IN THIS SET. THE QUEEN'S DEATH IS MISSING. MUST BE IN VOLUMES 11 AND 12. Froude, James Anthony (fr¿d), 1818-94, English historian. Educated at Oxford, he took deacon's orders after coming under the influence of the Oxford movement, but he later abandoned the path of Newman and became a skeptic.As literature, Froude's works are superb; his style is graceful and fluent, his opinions are competently and clearly expressed. EAGLE SPIRIT BOOKS, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS; WITH A LIFE OF BUNYAN BY JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
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NEW YORK: A.L. BURT COMPANY, 1890 RARE BOOK, RED TEXTURED COVER AND SPINE, GOLD PRINT ON SPINE. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. NO DATE, ESTIMATED CIRCA 1890. The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious, theological fiction in English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English John Bunyan ( November 30, 1628 August 31, 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE
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