Rare books from My November Guest Books

Remarkably well preserved copy of this rare hardback copyright 1906; pictorial boards (see photos) show light shelf wear and gently bumped corners; text block tight and square; one illustration missing; both hinges beginning to split but this has not significantly weakened the tightness of spine; 273 clean pages, showing signs of tanning CC.

Rare, half-leather hardback copyright circa 1878 by T.B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia; first thus; only copyright date listed is that of G.W. Noble in 1849, but book appears to be a later reprint by Peterson with no effective date listed, hence date of 1878 obtained from identical volume on WorldCat; contains two novels, the title work and also "The Three Guardsmen; or, The Feats and Adventures of a Gascon Adventurer" by Alexandre Dumas (though the authorship is questionalble, as critics insist an American author wrote these works under Dumas' name); well preserved withdrawal from college library with usual stamps and stickers; text block and boards tight and square; green cloth boards remarkably well preserved; leather spine has four raised bands; sunning to spine and upper 1.5 inches of leather board; leather corners show rubbing (see photo); catalogue of Peterson's other publications between first and second novels and at rear of book; three internal pages tape-repaired at corners; 450 clean… Read More

Extremely rare hardback copyright 1924 in good-plus condition; stated first edition, January 1924; well preserved withdrawal from university library with usual stamps and stickers; text block and burgundy boards tight and square; front board shows fading to outer edge (see photo); light wear to head of spine; found two instances of underlining of text (see photo); 394 pages BNB-3.