Character Sketches Of Romance, Fiction and The Drama

N.Y.: Selmar Hess 1896,1902. Near Fine. 1896. Hardcover. 8 vols.; volume 1 only 1896, the others 1902; 4to; half brown leather, and pebbled cloth; covers and spines lettered and decorated in gilt; raised bands; all edges red. Each volume with frontis; full page plates with tissue guards printed in red including titles, and lengthy quotations and … Read more about this item

NY: Selmar Hess, 1892. Softcover. Leather spine and corners; marble endpages. Books has some rubbing, edgewear, small chips, scuffs, yellowing; overall they are clean & tight volumes - a nice set!

NY: Selmar Hess. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1902. Revised Edition. First Printing. Leather. Half burgundy leather over pebbled leather boards, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt lettering on cover, moire silk endpapers, a.e.g. Profusely illustrated with 399 plates, many … Read more about this item

New York. Selmar Hess. 1892. Bound in 3/4 calf and gilt titled cloth covered boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Silk moire endsheets. a.e.g. Thick Folio. 11 in. x 14 in. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of full page photogravures, etchings, wood engravings and typogravures depicting every imaginable subject. An absolutley tremendous collection… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Library binding. Light rubbing and toning, small label on a rear page. Uncommon. Photo on request. International shipping billed at cost. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Selmar Hess, 1901. Hardcover. Very good. illustrated with reproductions of photogravures, etchings, wood engravings and typogravures. Bound in half leather with simulated leather boards. Boards and spines stamped in gilt. Leather is a bit scuffed in a few places, but a tight, bright and clean set.

Selmar Hess, 1902. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Selmar Hess, 1902 Complete in 68 Parts, each individually bound in its original illustrated paper covers, with tissue-guarded plates, printed on fine glossy paper, with bindings tight. The first and last Issues show wear/tear to the covers, with the back cover to the last Issue lacking. Overall in Very Good Condition

Selmar Hess, 1896. Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Edited by Marion Harland. Volume IV only. Very large (12" by 9.25"), very heavy (6.5 lbs), book, olive green cloth, ornate illustration at center front with bright gilt torch, gilt border of flowers and leaves bright on front, gilt dulled on spine with embossed flower around… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess, 1892. Half-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Edited by Marion Harland. Four volumes, dark black half-leather and cloth covers, red-tinted exterior edges, bright gilt embossed lettering on fronts and spines, marbleing to inside covers and adjacent end papers.. Volume I: Frontispiece in Volume I is tissue-covered color illustration of Ichabod Crane… Read more about this item

NY: Selmar Hess Publisher, 1896. Brown colored boards are bumped at spine ends and corners and some are scuffed with rubbed gold gilt lettering and trim. Marbled end pgs. in all volumes. Page are lightly browning in margins, all volumes. This set will require extra charges for Priority or International shipping. . Revised American Edition. Hard Cover. Good… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess, 1902. Book. Near Fine to Fine. Hard Cov. 12" x 9"w. A fine 4 volume set -- tight and clean -- lavishly illustrated with engravings and photogravures; each with lettered tissue guards. Gilt and black hand-tooled boards covered with green cloth. The front hinge of vol. 3 has split and the spine has separated from the… Read more about this item