Social Life And Customs from Bygone Books

New York: J. B. Ford, 1870. Hardcover. VG+. Printing of 1870, c1869. 8vo, green cloth beveled boards with gilt decorated spine and gilt author names on front cover, brown endpapers, all edges gilt, 500 pages, [8] pages publisher adverts, engraved frontis (Reuter-Stewart) and title page with tissue guard, text engravings throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD+ : light rubbing to… Read more about this item

Williamstown, MA: Corner House, 1968. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1968 reprint edition of the original 1922 publication. 8vo, dark green boards, 319 pages, bibliography. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has an owner name on fep; jacket has light edgewear along top edge. An early (1922) attempt at trying to understand the… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Priscilla Publishing Co., 1913. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. An Illustrated Journal Devoted to Art, Needlework, Fashions, Home Decoration, and other Household Matters." Published monthly. Original price of 10 cents. Folio, illustrated wraps, 34 pages + covers. Condition: VERY GOOD- with some edgewear, light soiling. Cover of two women around… Read more about this item

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1995. First American edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st American ed. (number line). Lg. 8vo, maroon boards, 128 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography, index. Condition: FINE book / FINE jacket: like new - appears unread. Covers the social and domestic life in Jane Austen's time, how food features in her novels and letters, and… Read more about this item

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005. Hardcover. As New. Copyright page reads "First published in 2005" / number line begins with 2. Two volumes, large 8vo, glossy illustrated boards, 804 pages over the 2 volumes, b/w illustrations throughout, extensive bibliography and index. Condition is AS NEW. A must-have invaluable resource for, well, "all things Austen.

Philadelphia: Daniels & Smith, 1846. Hardcover. Near Fine. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Altered from the original work of Rev. John Hill, by G. T. Bedell, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Phil'a. Reprint ed, originally published in 1832-3. 32mo (4 ½"), brown blind-stamped publisher's cloth with gilt decoration on cover and spine, all pages gilt, yellow… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co., 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. William Boxall, W. Hamilton, George B. Ellis. Engraved frontispiece and title page from the first edition (Philadelphia: Key and Biddle / Edward C. Biddle, 1833). Frontispiece engraving "Meditation" by William Boxall / engraved by George B. Ellis ; title page engraving "Sunday… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Description: Girls I Have Met. Arranged by A. F. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, no date [1914]. Lg 16mo (7 ¼"), brownish cloth hardcover with color illustration on front cover (repeated as frontispiece; unattributed), in original glassine wrapper,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott,, 1898. Hardcover. G+. E. S. Holloway.. 9th edition (1898, first published in 1895). 12mo, blue decorative cloth, top edge gilt, 248 pp, b/w illustrations, frontispiece photograph of Gunston Hall, VA. Condition: GOOD+ : a mildly cocked spine, small tear to spine head gutter, brownish stain to front board, some scattered soiling to rear… Read more about this item

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1888. Hardcover. VG+. ...written to those girls, who have not time or inclination to think and study about the many important things which make up life and living." Copyright date is 1887, this is the 1888 printing. 16mo, navy cloth with gilt titles on front cover, 139 pages. VERY GOOD+ with… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Penn Publishing, 1906. Hardcover. VG. ...Good manners for all people, especially for those 'who dwell within the broad range of the average'." A later printing (originally published in 1892), 24mo, green cloth with white lettering and black decoration, 203 pages. VERY GOOD condition with light rubbing to spine head and tail, spine lettering is… Read more about this item

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. Hardcover. VG. No additional printings. Book One in a series which tells the story of The Mysteries of Life in simple, plain words. 24mo, tan cloth, decorated front cover, 105 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: light edgewear, a slight darkening to a portion of the front board,… Read more about this item

NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. Hardcover. VG. No additional printings. Book Two in a series which tells the story of The Mysteries of Life in simple, plain words. 24mo, tan cloth, decorated front cover, 113 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: light edgewear, tiny spot to fore edge, internally clean and tight.

Philadelphia, PA: American Sunday-School Union, 1850. Hardcover. G+. 24mo, marbled paper-covered boards backed in black leather / gilt titles on spine, 34 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is GOOD+ : edgewear to boards, scattered foxing throughout, the signature of pages 5-8 is detaching, but all is present tand the book is otherwise tight, penciled math notation on… Read more about this item

Springfield, MA: King-Richardson Co., 1902. First Thus Edition . Hardcover. G+. ... edited from the best authorities." 1st thus edition, 8vo, beige cloth / black titles, 436 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is GOOD+: light cover and edge wear, corners bumped, owner name on endpapers, internally clean and tight, excepting pencil sribbles on… Read more about this item

Boston: William J. Reynolds, c1843., 1843. Hardcover. Collectible; VG-. [Note that the engraved title page, which preceeds the 11th edition title page, states J. Dow, Boston as publisher.] 12mo, brown blind-stamped publisher's cloth / gilt cover illus and spine decoration, 323 pp, [12 ]pp of publisher advertisements, frontispiece engraving (Sisters of Bethany, by O.… Read more about this item

Union City, Tennessee: Pioneer Press., 1974. Soft cover. VG+. Reprint ed. 4to, illustrated stapled wraps, 53 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ : slight wear.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press, 1890. Full-Leather. G+. 367p. 2nd edition. Full burgundy leather. GOOD+/ - : edge and corner wear; sl soiling to pg edges and endpapers; front hinge cracked; spine head torn; quarter-sized stain on pgs 206-286 (text unaffected).

NY: Henry Holt, 1926, c1913., 1926. Hardcover. VG-. ... including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl." Later printing of the new and enlarged edition. 225p. photographs; frontispiece of the author; red cloth / black titles. VERY GOOD- book / no jacket: … Read more about this item

New York: NY: Coward-McCann, 1928. Hardcover. VG. A.B. Read.. 8vo, green cloth, 302p. b/w illus. VERY GOOD / no jacket: lite soiling to covers, sl. yellowing. owner name in pencil.