Search Results: Authors starting with I from Graver & Pen Rare Books

Chicago: R.R. Donnelly, 1885. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. null Copy owned and inscribed by former California Gov. and U.S. Sen. George Perkins (Governor 1880 to 1883 and later senator). Perkins signature, with brief inscription and 11/85 date appear in pencil on the first blank. Below is a note by a former owner dated 1948.

London: W. H. Allen, 1886. Third Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Original pictorial blue cloth, worn at edges. Hinges cracked and weak, textblock sound. A good reading copy.

New York: The Home Journal, 1849. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Weekly newspaper, folded naturally into quarters, never bound. Contains, on page 2, column 7, this curious comment on the recently published "Shirley" : Currer Bell is such a peculiar name that it has been hitherto accepted as a nom de plume, whereas it is really and truly the name of the authoress of Jane Eyre..." What follows is a very brief review of the new novel "Shirley." A curious time piece, written before the Bronte sisters worldwide fame. Also contains a notice of the soon-to-be-published first two volumes of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, who died a few months earlier, and other interesting literary notices.

New York: Longmans, 1958. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. null null

The Limited Editions Club, 1969. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Very good. No dust jacket. null Limited edition, no. 445 of 1500 copies. With an introduction by Angel Flores. Illustrated with drawings by Lima de Freitas and designed by Robert L. Dothard. Printed at The Press of A. Colish and signed by the artist. Bound in full rust and gold damask with a gold-stamped brown label on the spine. With original slipcase. The rear pastedown endpaper has minor sign of nameplate removal, else fine. Bottom edge of slipcase starting to split else very good.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. very good dust jacket, 1930's or 1940's reprint. Polka dot patterned dust jacket and endpapers. Book bound in bright orange-yellow cloth. Dust jacket has 2.5 inch tear near spine and long tear to front fold, but no significant chips so it looks quite nice in protective cover. c.1921

New York: American Tract Society, 1830. No date stated estimated c. 1830 . Hardcover. Fair/No dust jacket. Fair. No dust jacket. Masking tape holding spine together, rubbing to edges to reveal boards Pages show age, but tight and well bound. Marbled paper covered boards Leather spine A compilation of 8 Tracts and 4 Hymns 3 Tracts by Isaac Watts and One by Joseph John Gurney

Channel Photographics, 2003. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. ex-library usual markings, but else a very good, seldom-read copy with clean and tight pages. Stated first edition.