Search Results: Victorian Age from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Doubleday & McClure, 1898. Hardcover First Edition Thus (1898), probable Second Printing (1899). Very sparse pen underlining and pencil marginalia. Else, Very Good: shows just a touch of wear to the extremities; slight spine lean; former owner’s name rubber stamped in tiny letters at front free endpaper; the binding is secure. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A handsome little volume, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor imperfections - and of course the pen and pencil wodrk. Clean, if no longer "fresh". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 16mo. (5.95 x 4 x 0.5 inches). ix, 191 pages. Prontispiece portrait of the author with tissue guard. Edited by Bliss Perry. Language: English. Weight: 6.5 ounces. Top Edge Gilt. Hardcover:Green Linen over heavy flexible card. Rough-cut fore-edge. First Edition Thus (1898), probable Second Printing (1899). Hardcover: Linen over heavy flexible card. No DJ, as issued.

Norwalk, CT The Easton Press, 1977. Hardcover Collectors Edition. Fine: Binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New', showing no flaws. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Large 8vo. xi + 407pp. Illustrated with Color Lithographs by Lind Ward. Color frontispiece portait. Introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat. Navy blue, genuine leather over boards [full-leather binding]. Gilt designs at both panels and backstrip, which shows raised bands and gilt titles. Silk moire endpapers. All Edges Gilt. Sewn-in marker. Acid-neutral paper that will never yellow. Collectors Edition. One Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Collectors Edition. Hardback: Full Leather Binding.  

Athens, OH Ohio University Press, 1976. Hardcover First Edition (1976), unstated in accordance with Ohio University Press' customary practice. First Edition (1976), unstated in accordance with Ohio University Press' customary practice. Very Near Fine: shows a hint of foxing to the outside edges of the text block; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive cosmetic flaws only. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches). xxxv, 353 pages. Language: English. Weight: 22 ounces. Black cloth over boards with silver titles at the front panel and backstrip. Writers and their Background… Read More

New York, NY The Viking Press: Studio Books, 1973. Hardcover First Edition USA; unstated. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of very careful use. Book shows just a touch of wear to extremities; the binding leans, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows only a touch of wear to the extremitie; mild rubbing; the faintest sunning to the backstrip, but the titles thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible; the price is unclipped, but there is a crease at the upper inside corner of the flap. Overall, remains structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minimal wear in a like DJ: a handsome copy. Folio. 144pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in duotone, but a few in color. First Edition USA; unstated (probable later printing). Originally published in London by Hamlyn. Hardback with DJ.

Columbus, OH Ohio State University Press, July 1, 1997. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only a crease at the inside front flap and a tiny, closed tear at the top edge of the front panel; else flawless; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 776pp. Studies in Victorian Life and Literature Series. Hardback with DJ. This is a wonderful book. One could almost recommend it as a student's first history of 1840s England. Former Professor Altick loves his subject, knows it thoroughly, and shares his knowledge with us with infectious enthusiasm. He treats Punch neither as an antiquarian curiosity, nor inflates its importance beyond what it was -- a popular magazine in an era of many voices. The chapters are ordered thematically, but, unlike so many other scholars, Professor Altick knows how to tie his themes… Read More

Philadelphia, PA David McKay, Publisher, 1895. Hardcover Very Good: shows moderate wear to the corner tips, where the leather has just started to wear through to expose the board beneath; moderate overall rubbing; faint darkening to the fore-edge and bottom edge; faintest dampstaining at the mid front hinge; coffee-like stains to the bottom edge of the text block; sun-blanching to the marbled boards of the top and outside edges of the front panel; the backstrip is very lightly sun-blanched (but the titles and gilt designs thereon remain bold and clearly legible); the lower rear corner is mildly bumped. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and a number of minor unobtrusive flaws. Bright and Clean,… Read More

New York, NY A.L. Burt, Publisher, 1850. Hardcover Reprint Edition. Very Good: shows moderate wear to extremities with board showing through marbling in places; tiny chips at head and heel of backstrip; slight spine lean; mild rubbing; former owner's tasteful bookplate at front pastedown endpaper. Binding secure; text clean, but six pages show a quarter sized stain at the outside margin. Despite noted flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. x, 337pp. 2 pages advertising bound in. Three-Quarter Leather, Marbled Boards. Decorated Endpapers. Gilt titles. Pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell. Reprint Edition. Hardback: Three Quarter Leather.

Leipzig, Germany Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1843. Hardcover "Copyright Edition" (1843). An Advertisement giving a brief publication history is dated 1839. Very Good+: shows only the most minute indications of use. Mild rubbing to the black panelled boards; light wear to the extremities; some faint scuffing along the outside edges of the panels; foxing to the outside edges and endpapers; former owner's bookplate at front pastedown endpaper has been partially - and none too carefully - removed from the upper corner of the front pastedown endpaper. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting, marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome lightly used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a mild wear and minor flaws. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 24mo. (6.3 x 4.7 x 1 inches). 503 pages. Language: English. Dark brown embossed cloth over boards… Read More

New York, NY Abingdon Press, 1920. Hardcover First Edition (1920), unstated in accordance with Abingdon's customary practice. First Edition (1920), unstated in accordance with Abingdon's customary practice. Good+: Shows moderate use: mild wear to the extremities of the blue cloth-covered boards; the front hinge is just starting; mild rubbing to the panels and just a hint of sun-blanching to the backstrip (the titles thereon are lightly rubbed, but unaffected by the sunning); light soiling to the panels; the binding shows slight lean, but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A moderately used copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing a little wear and a few minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.65 x 5.25 x 0.75 inches). 173 pages. Index. Bibliography. Introduction by James M. Campbell. Language: English. Weight: 10.8 ounces. Hardback: Lacks DJ. 

London, UK Vizetelly & Co. , 1888. Hardcover First Edition [1888], unstated. Good: Shows significant indications of use. Binding shows significant lean; moderate wear to extremities and fairly heavily rubbed along the front and rear hinges; some slight darkening, soiling, and rubbing. Binding remains secure; text clean. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 371pp. Chocolate cloth over boards. Slate End-Papers. Vizetelly's One-Volume Novels Series, Volume XXIX. . First Edition [1888], unstated. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Paperback First Edition, (2006); unstated. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text.. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, only minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo.(9 x 6 x 0.7 inches). Includes pages 739-939 of Volume 46. Language: English. Weight: 13 ounces. First Edition, (2006); unstated. Paperback. Essays on Blake, Coleridge, Clare, Clough, Arnold, Beranger, Hardy, Shaftsbury & Stevenson. Also an Essay by Elizabeth Helsinger on Recent Studies in the Nineteenth Century.

Philadelphia, PA John Wanamaker, 1880. Hardcover Very Good: shows moderate wear to the corner tips, where the leather has just started to wear through to expose the board beneath; overall light wear to extremities; moderate rubbing; faint darkening to the fore-edge and bottom edge. Backstrip very lightly sun-blanched, but the titles and gilt designs thereon remain bold and clearly legible. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor unobtrusive flaws. Bright and Clean. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.5 x 1.45 inches). 874 pages. Quarter Red Morocco with raised bands and gilt designs titles to spine and leather reinforced corners and Lovely Marbled Boards and Endpapers. Top… Read More

New York, NY Harper & Row: Torchbooks, 1967. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing; sparse, faint foxing at front endpapers; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. This is a REMAINDER, showing a mark at the bottom edge. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 243pp. First Ed thus, so stated. Trade Paperback. A collection of essays on the literature of the Victorian Period, a period of permanent revolution in manufacturing and productive institutions of the modern industrial state.