The School-Boy

1879. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. THE SCHOOL-BOY. Illustrated by D. C. HITCHCOCK, J. Appleton BROWN, F. T. MERRILL, W. L. SHEPPARD and A. R. WAUD. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. First trade edition. Dedicated to the Students of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. 79 pp. 8vo., brown cloth, beveled boards stamped in gilt, black and white, a.e.g. Boards shelfworn, corners… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, was preceded by a private printing, which lacked the title page, a title, and the author's name. Decorative red-brown cloth stamped in black and two-tone gilt, all edge gilt. Illustrated by D.C. Hitchcock, J. Appleton Brown, F.T. Merrill, W.L. Sheppard and A.R. Waud. Blank preliminary page cut… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Chipped at ends of spine, light wear at corners, but an attractive copy. 8vo (21.3 x 15 cm). 79 pages. Frontispiece, illustrations in text. Printed on rectos only. Original decorated beveled cloth, decorated endpapers, edges gilt. FIRST TRADE EDITION, first issued privately without a title-page nor identification of the author. Holmes read… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 79p. A decorated brown cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners and spine extremities lightly worn. Patchy but light tanning on endpapers. Previous owner's inscription on blank front endpaper and note on last page; otherwise clean and tight. Scarce in such nice condition. The first edition of this lengthy… Read more about this item

George Routledge, 1879. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Decorated cloth boards. With b/w inset lithographic ills on many pages. First UK edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 79 pages. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Weak front hinge. No inscriptions. . Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category:… Read more about this item

Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1878. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Houghton, Osgood and Co,1878. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. All edges gilt. Cover has moderate shelfwear with several chips on edges, worn corners/spine ends. Cover is half decorative cloth with floral pattern. Frontispiece tissue intact. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1879. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. First Edition, First Printing (private edition published a year earlier). 8vo. 79pp. Decorated brown cloth stamped in silver, gold, and black, beveled edges, all edges gilt, decorated endpapers, text printed on rectos… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Osgood, 1890. Very Good. No date, ca. 1890s, 8vo (8.5 inches tall) in a stunning publisher's trade cloth binding, featuring quarter gray cloth with red floral pattern, and daisy-patterned printed cloth boards. Very good, light wear, owner's signature from 1899. 78 pp, illustrated with engraved vignettes.

Houghton, Osgood and Company, The Riverside Press, 1879. Hardcover . Used Good/No Jacket. Terra-cotta cloth stamped in black silver and gold over bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Cover has wear and rubbing, but the silver, gold, and black decoration is still bright. Corners are bumped, rubbed, and frayed. Binding is intact, but rear hinge is beginning to crack.… Read more about this item

Houghton, Osgood Boston, 1879. HB NODustJacket, 1879,1st Edition, NF-/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, Green & Black decorated cloth with White ,cover light rub, wear Scuff & tiny Chips Extremities, some light stains Cvr, Interior nice, tight some Wear FoX, all edges pgs Gold Gilt, 79 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston, 1879. BAL 8931. Early inscription, one line smudged, on flyleaf, else very good condition. .

London: Routledge. Lightly bumped boards with minor rubbing. Some wear to spine ends. Pages crisp and tight. Gilt edges. First British edition. Illustrated. . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1879.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Terra-cotta cloth stamped in black silver and gold over bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated with full page and vignette engravings by various artists. BAL 8931. Private inscription on blank prelim. A very nice, clean copy, a quite handsome example of Victorian… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1879. First Published Edition. Publisher’s decorated cloth. BAL 8931. Bookplates; hinges cracking; very good.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. Previous owner's ink gift inscription on second ffep, dated January 18, 1913; Textblock is very clean and tight. All edges gilt. Green cloth binding with black and gilt stamped decorated front cover, lightly edge and corner-worn. 79p.. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by D.C. Hitchcock, J. Appleton Brown, F.T. Merrill, W.L. Sheppard, A.R. Waud.… Read more about this item

Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown decorative cloth over beveled edged boards. A little rubbing on edges. Black endpapers. Clean throughout. All edges gilt. B/W illustrations

Pencil writing on blank pages at back of book. Very nice black and white illustrations. Pictures on request

Boston: Houghton Osgood, 1879. Edition Not Specified. Good/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Brown cloth covers are bumped and worn on top/bottom of spine and corners. Silver lettering on front and spine, with an illustration of a butterfly and bird in gilt. Top of spine has small tear. Covers are soiled, ink… Read more about this item

Houghton, Osgood and Co, 1879-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.7000 8.7000 6.1000. Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Co., 1879. gilt pictorial terra cotta cloth, bevelled edges, t.e.g.. Cloth lightly soiled, VG-/no dj. sq. 8vo. illustrated in black and white by D.C. Hitchcock, J. Appleton Brown, F.T. Merrill, W.L. Sheppard, and A.R. Waud. BAL 8931: 1st published edition