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New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. Book. Good. Hardcover. Decorated American trade binding. Beige-gray cloth boards with image of Methuselah on cover, black stamped lettering on cover and spine, small scroll image on spine. Moderate soiling to cover. No fraying or wear, small wrinkle at base of spine. Illustrated in one color by F. G. Cooper. Binding is tight and square, pages are mostly clean, with a little browning to title page, some pages have water stain at lower corner margin; previous owner name neatly penned on front pastedown. 185 pages..

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1898. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Thus.. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1898. First Thus. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Clean decorated American trade binding; first thus by David McKay (originally copyright 1898 by New Amsterdam Book Company). Unfaded green ribbed cloth boards with cover decoration (gentleman dressed for riding in red coat, black boots and riding crop in hand) black letttering with pipe, book and horn decoration, red line border, red lettering of words "old wine - old books - old friends". Black lettering and decoration on spine. Pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, no foxing; neatly penned previous owner name and date neatly penned on half title page. 29 poems, ballads and drinking songs, written for men's enjoyment, with brown pen & ink drawings. 159 pages. Includes "The Angler's Wish" by Izaak Walton, "Drinking Song", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "A Farewell to Tobacco", by… Read More

Boston: Herbert B. Turner & Company, 1905. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Herbert B. Turner & Company, 1905. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition, with "Published October, 1905" on copyright page, 1905 on title page. Decorated binding - green cloth boards with white and green sundial and roses illustration with green and white floral motif border. Unchipped stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. Very light soiling - ink stroke to spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with clean decorated endpapers (tiny date on rear fixed endpaper), gilt top page edges. No names, writing or bookplates. Tiny spots of wear to spine corners. 157 pp. with page decorations throughout; four beautiful tipped in black and white illustrations..

Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Book. Illus. by Edward H. Garrett, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Near FIne/No Dustjacket. Edward H. Garrett, Illustrator. Decorated binding. Very clean brown ribbed cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Gilt top edges. 257 pgs. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard; eleven additional illustrations..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. First Edition, decorated American trade binding, (signed binding - monogram with a reversed (R) -RR - Rachel Robinson). Brown cloth boards with red, black and gold decoration on cover, small black and gold decoration on spine. A few tiny spots to spine. Tiny spots of wear at top and bottom spine edges. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean with clean illustrated endpapers. No previous owner names or marks. Tinted frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. Decorations/illustration on title page and all text pages. 253 pages..

New York: C. M. Clark, 1905. Book. Illus. by C. H. Richert, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: C. M. Clark, 1905. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. C. H. Richert, Illustrator. First Edition decorated American trade binding. Dark green cloth boards with light green, yellow and black decoration on cover, yellow lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. Very small spot of faint soiling to front cover, hint of surface wear to corners. Binding is tight & square. Pages and edges are clean (light foxing to a few pages), with clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Ten full-page illustrations, with color frontispiece, by C. H. Richert. 261 pages..

New York: American News Company, 1894. Book. Illus. by Warren B. Davis, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Early decorated American trade binding. Pale green ribbed cloth boards with white decoration and line border, dark green stamped lettering on cover, green stamped lettering on spine with white decoration. Very light soiling, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece illustration "Roberta." Pages are clean and bright, with illustrations by Warren B. Davis. 395 pages with six pages of publisher's advertising at rear of book..

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1910. Book. Illus. by Will Grefe, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1910. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Will Grefe, Illustrator. Decorated American trade binding (unsigned Margaret Armstrong binding). Blind stamped decoration on cover and spine, with white lettering. No fraying, binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Lovely frontis illustration by Will Grefe with clean tissue guard; three additional full page illustrations. 322 pages..

New York: Macmillan, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Macmillan, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/no dust jacket . Scarce first edition. Decorated American trade binding - green cloth boards with assorted poultry decorating cover in white and red (chickens, ducks, turkeys), white lettering. White lettering and small white decoration on spine. Very light soiling; surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. No edge markings. Previous owner name and date ( Dec. 25th, 1912) on half title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 450 pages with index..

New York: The Century Company, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean decorated American trade binding, first edition, illustrated with photographs, maps - including two-sided fold-out - all present. Black cloth boards with galloping white horse, red-caped rider against a gold sun, gold title box, gold lettering on cover, gold lettering and small white and red decoration on spine. Very small closed tear at base of spine (1/8"), light surface wear to spine corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Very neatly penned previous owner name and date 1927 on front free endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. 251 pages with Index..

New York: R. F. Fenno, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Photo Play Edition.. New York: R. F. Fenno, 1905. Photoplay Edition. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Photo Play (Illustrated Theatre Edition, with scenes from the play). Also a decorated Amreican trade binding - blue ribbed cloth boards with green, white and black iris decoration on cover, stamped white lettering on cover and spine. Very light soiling, light surface wear to spine corners. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges have slight yellowing, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates, but a few pages have browning from tickets, flower laid in. Illustrated with black and white plates (scenes from the play). 258 pages..

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1907. Book. Illus. by Will Grefe; Franklin Booth. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Will Grefe; Franklin Booth. First Edition, First Printing (with "October" below copyright date). Clean decorated binding - ribbed green cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration and stamped gold lettering surrounding lovely oval paste-on illustration (unchipped). No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, Gorgeous illustrations by Will Grefe, including frontispiece with clean tissue guard. Page decorations by Franklin Booth. 207 pages..

Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs Merrill, 1907. Book. Illus. by Wille Grefe, Franklin Booth, illustrators. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs Merrill, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/no dust jacket . Wille Grefe, Franklin Booth, illustrators. First Edition, First Printing (with "October" below copyright date). Decorated American trade binding - ribbed green cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration and stamped gold lettering, clean oval paste-on illustration (unworn). No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Tiny small white spot to rear board. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with lovely illustrations by Will Grefe, including frontispiece with clean tissue guard. No names, writing or marks. Page decorations by Franklin Booth. 207 pages..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition decorated American trade binding. Clean blue cloth boards with white image of female bicycler on cover, unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Many wonderful black & white illustrations. 176 pages..

Fleming H. Revell, 1910. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Fleming H. Revell, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/no dust jacket . First Edition decorated American trade binding. Green cloth boards with brown, blue, green and white decoration on cover, brown stamped lettering on cover (twin sailboats and a dog sled); white seagull and gold lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear at one lower spine corner. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard (eight illustrations, total). 318 pages..

M. A. Donohue Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram DD - Decorative Designers). Small hardcover book designed to record the birthday dates of friends and family, interspersed with quotes and poems from Alfred Lord Tennyson, and with illustrations. Size approx. 4-1/2" x 6". Clean blue cloth boards with white wings and gold hourglass on cover, white criss cross double line border, white lettering. Gold lettering on spine. Small spots of wear at corner tips and spine ends. Slight narrow vertical pucker to front board cloth. Binding is tight, hinges are sound Frontispiece portrait of Tennyson with clean tissue guard. Gilt upper page edges. Many birthdays filled in and dated early to mid 1800's to early 1900's in pencil or pen. Presumed first edition, no printed date of publication, but small name and Feb 27, 1906 at top of front free endpaper. A scarce and charming little book..

New York: Macmillan, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Macmillan, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/no dust jacket . First Edition (published May, 1924) clean decorated American trade binding. Signed binding (monogram "W" on cover design). Clean blue cloth boards with black, light blue and silver decoration, black lettering on cover, gold lettering and small leaping fish decoration on spine. Very short closed tear to cloth at base of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; small previous owner name and date at top edge of front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by the author. 205 pages..

Boston: C. M. Clark, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Boston: C. M. Clark, 1901. First Edition . Very Good/no dust jacket. First Edition decorated American trade binding. Blue ribbed cloth boards with illustration of two men dueling on cover, gold lettering on cover and spine. Light soiling - a few small faint spots. Small spots of wear to corners. Decoration and lettering are crisp. Binding is tight, no cracking; slight lean. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Twelve illustrations by Charles H. Stephens, including frontispiece with clean tissue guard. 442 pages..

Boston: C. M. Clark, 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition.. Fourth Edition decorated American trade binding. Blue ribbed cloth boards with illustration of two men dueling on cover, gold lettering on cover and spine. Some soiling to rear board - surface wear to corners. Decoration and lettering are crisp. Binding is tight, hinges are sound, no cracking; slight lean. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Faint name and address neatly printed on front free endpaper. Twelve illustrations by Charles H. Stephens, including frontispiece with clean tissue guard. 442 pages..

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merill, 1906. Book. Illus. by Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merill, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator. Signed binding (DD - Decorative Designers). First Edition, with "September" below date of publication on copyright page. Clean decorated brown cloth boards with illustration of two wolf heads and blind-folded man on cover, stamped white lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, some cracking to paper at rear hinge. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard; additional illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens..