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American Tract Society N.D, circa 1848. Hardcover, approximately 4x6 inches, original marbled hardboard with stamped gilt cloth spine, 42 pp + 26 pp + 49 pp, illustrated with 2 unsigned plates; very good. Corners bumped, shelf scuffed, spine clean, intact and somewhat sunfaded. Internally some slight foxing, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Three different stories; "Spoiled Child" a didactic tale about the son of rich parents who eventually winds up an indebted alcoholic brute; "David Baldwin" concerns the son of a miller in Kings County (Brooklyn) , NY, who was corrupted by reading Voltaire, Thomas Paine, Edward Gibbon, David Hume, etc. , but returned to religion on his death bed; includes a testimony from his physician, Adrian Vanderveer, dated 1833 in Flatbush; "Widow" is another deathbed conversion, in which the widow of an unnamed general who died in 1817 and who had been turned from religion by reading "The Age of Reason", is convinced of the truth of the Bible and Christianity and… Read More

Amhurst, Mass., 1901. Very Good. Amhurst, Mass., 1901. Good Plus/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 492pp, minor browning of paper. . Very Good.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1967. Good/Fair. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1967. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Good/Fair. New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Good/Fair.

Vol.1 (includes engraved portrait of Scott by J.T.Wedgwood) viii + pp. 214: The Lay of the Last Minstrel; Vol.2: vi + pp. 320: Marmion; Vol.3: vi + pp. 279: The Lady of the Lake; Vol.4: vi+ pp. 265 Rokeby; Vol. 5: vi+ pp. 285: The Lord of the Isles; Vol. 6: vi + pp. 282: Thomas the Rhymer; Vol. 7: vii + pp. 347: The Vision of Don Roderick - Halidon Hill - Ballads, and Miscellaneous Pieces.All volumes except Vol. 7 include copious notes. Printed by Jules Didot, senior, "printer to His Majesty". Very clean copies, no tears, some foxing. We have several other Galignani first editions of Scott.Final photo of page 844, Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History is pertinent to this edition.Reasonable offers considered.

Narberth, Penn.: Livingstone Publishing Company, 1962. Fair/No Jacket. Narberth, Penn.: Livingstone Publishing Company, 1962. Fair/No Jacket.

Bern, 1983. Good. Bern, 1983. Good.

London: Blandford Press, 1945. Second edition. Very Good/good +. A book about the end of the world that did not work and the beginning of the world that does. Dust jacket with worn edges.

New York: Harper, 1948. First Edition. Fair/No Jacket. New York: Harper, 1948. First Edition. Fair/No Jacket.

Edinborough: John Grant, 1915. Good. Edinborough: John Grant, 1915. New and Revised edition, 1915. Three maps folded in.. Good.

London: Secker &Warburg, 1956. First U.K.. Good/Good. London: Secker &Warburg, 1956. Ask bookseller for full description. First U.K.. Good/Good.

In gestation

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. First printing. Hardcover. Good +. Romantic novel. Bumped corners.

Port-au-Prince: Dept. Of Public Works, Rep. Of Haiti, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sturdy binding, one bumped corner. 631 pp. complete with six plate map and other inserts and numerous b+w photographs.Very clean text on somewhat yellowed pages. A fascinating and comprehensive geographical and geological survey also of considerable historical interest.

iv + 469 pages printed by W. Speaight fo 18r James Clarke, undated reprint circa 1888

London: Heirloom Library. Good/No Jacket. Mervyn Peake. London: Heirloom Library. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mervyn Peake.