The Gentle Reader

Publisher's blind embossed brown cloth with spine and upper board lettering gilt, small octavo, pp. vii, 321 plus Riverside Press colophon (Bruce Rogers's Riverside period bestrode 1903). Top edge gilt. Previous owner name and 1910 date in a fancy hand on free front endpaper. Shelf rubbing at spine ends, board edges and tips. GOOD condition withal.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. vii, 321pp. Blind embossed brown cloth, gilt-stamped lettering, top edge gilt. Owner's gift inscription penned on front fly, gutters and hinges cracked, spine ends chipped, corners rubbed and bumped, spine darkened, about very good.

Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Hardcover. Good. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 321 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First edition, 8vo, ix & 321pp., decorated & ruled title; a very good, fresh copy in original brown cloth gilt. Printed at the Riverside Press. Haas, no. 50.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903. Near Fine/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903. First Edition. Octavo. 321 pages. Printed dust jacket with $1.25 price at bottom of spine. Brown blindstamped boards stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket chipped along edges, most notable at top of spine. Two long closed tears to front panel starting along… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Near fine with top edge gilt, some light soiling on the boards and foredge, lacking a dustwrapper.

Boston: Houghton, 1903. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Name on front endpaper. Stain on outer edges of pages. Nameplate inside front cover. Top outer edges of pages have gold gilt. Corners on cover slightly bent. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please… Read more about this item

Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1972. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 321 pages. Later edition. Fine condition.

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Brown leatherette binding with gilt lettering. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. 321 pp. Top edge gilt in good condition. Corners are bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of… Read more about this item

Houhgton Mifflin, 1903-10-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Very good hardcover. October 1903 first edition first printing. Lacking dust jacket. We use quality packaging materials (including boxes!) for shipping.

Boston: Houghton, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. Later printing. Very small writing on front endpaper. Corners on cover slightly bent. Spine faded. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston and New York: Houghton,Mifflin Company, 1903. Preface by the author. The contents provide eleven chapters. The chapter headings read: The Gentle Reader... The Enjoyment of Poetry... The Mission of Humor... Cases of Conscience Concerning Witchcraft... The Honorable Points of Ignorance... That History Should be Readable... The Evolution of The Gentleman... The Hinderland of Science... The Gentle Reader's Friends Among… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1904. 2nd ed. Good. good plus: some wear on edges Signed and inscribed by author to Helen James whose bookplate is included

Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1903-01-01. 13th impression. Hardcover. Good. 1903 edition, published by Houghton Mifflin. Brown embossed cloth with gilt lettering; top edge gilt. Owner's name inside, else unmarked with gentle wear. Hinges well intact.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903. Brown cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover & spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. October printing. 321 pages, text clean & unmarked. Ex-hospital library, bookseller sticker on ffep. Front hinge cracking, first leaves loosening. Covers sunned & worn.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (October 1903). Stated 14th edition. Blue-green embossed cloth, gilt print spine and top, t.e.g., uncut, unopened. Cr. 8vo. pp. vii, [3], 321. VG/No jacket, as issued. Near fine internally with one tear to contents from hastily opened page, foxing starting to eps., corner and cap wear..

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. brown embossed c w/gilt titles; top edge gilt; ownr's name neatly inked out on front pastedown; 321 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 vo.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1903 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A nice copy, bound in light greenish-blue cloth with gilt lettering and textured decorations..

Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In brown cloth. 14th printing. .

Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Cloth. Fine. Slightly smaller, crisp and sturdy book, shiny brown cloth with ornate darker-brown embossed design to all of front and back, bright gilt title at center front, gilt lettering and line design bright and very fine on spine, bookplate inside covers and adjacent end paper showing ranch owned by Irene and Walter Merriam Pratt:… Read more about this item