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Binding: Audio Book Cassette
Publisher: Random House / Reader's Digest
Date published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780394557298ISBN:0394557298
Description: Very Good. 1986 Random House-Reader's Digest. Abridged. NOT ex-library. Two audio cassettes, each in a plastic box with paper insert, both enclosed in original cardboard box. Tapes in excellent condition. Outer box lightly worn. Playing time 2 hours 52 minutes. Read by Robby Benson. "Best Loved Audiobooks" series. Abridgement by the Reader's Digest Association. Dolby Stereo. Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Meridian Books
Date published: 1961
Description: Good. 1961 Meridian Books. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Covers rubbed. Spine NOT creased. Back cover has a light crease. Page tops are stamped with a "D B" and a "D" is stamped on blank page after text. Text pages clean and unmarked. 298 pages. Published by Meridian Books and the Jewish Publication Society, JP29. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780590415170ISBN:0590415174
Description: Fine. 1988 Scholastic, Inc. Paperback. Black and white illustrations.181 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. "Apple Classics", A Apple Paperback. First published in 1912. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780553210569ISBN:0553210564
Description: Very Good. 1981 Bantam Books. A Bantam Classic. Introduction by Morris Dickstein. Paperback. 349 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Front cover has a light vertical crease near spine. Pages tanned. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Press of Western Reserve University
Date published: 1954
Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1954 The Press of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. First Edition. First printing, stated. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering on black panels. Top page edges are light green. Black & white frontispiece. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked ... Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Date published: 1960
Description: Good+. 1960 Hill and Wang. American Century Series, AC30. Trade paperback. NOT ex-library. Introduction by Charles Neider. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Creases on back cover. Spine NOT creased. Back cover sunned around the periphery, about one inch from top and fore edge. Pages clean and unmarked. 306 pages. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date published: 1940
Description: Good. 1940 Pocket Books. Number 45. First Edition thus. First printing, stated. Printed March, 1940. Paperback. Cellophane-covered pictorial paper covers. Red endpapers with Pocket Books kangaroo logo in white. Cellophane on covers peeling around edges. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Covers have some creases, especially a full vertical crease on back cover and a partial one on front cover. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: H. M. Caldwell Co
Date published: n. d
Description: Poor; No jacket. H. M. Caldwell Co. no date, ca. 1890-1900. Small (4.25" x 6") hardcover has yellow cloth-covered boards with very decorative front cover. MISSING 90% of page 65-66. Most of page has been torn off. Page 87-88 missing top corner (one-quarter) of page & text. Front free endpaper removed. Front cover fully decorated in gold, red, and green with floral & leaf borders surrounding a central figure-eight design with heart-shaped lobes containing sunflowers & leaves. Spine & back of ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Date published: 1916
Description: Good; No jacket. 1916 Macmillan edition, copyright 1906. Edited, with an introduction and notes by John Bell Henneman. Small (5.75" x 4.5") brown cloth-covered hardcover has cover and spine title of 'Thackeray's Henry Esmond'. Spine title lettering is in black, and is somewhat faded. Cover title is gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn. A few light dents on front cover. Initials in pencil on front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of Thackeray and title page are foxed. A few pages ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Banner Press, Inc
Date published: 1977
Description: Good; No jacket. 1977 Banner Press, Inc. This hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards with black spine lettering. Illustrated by Hutchings Studio. Interior stapled binding. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding intact, but pulling a little at staples. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still supple. Two pages are partially detached at bottom (about 4 inches). Pages clean and unmarked. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date published: c1954
Description: Good. C1954. Simon & Schuster. First Printing. "A" on last page near gutter. "A Little Golden Book" Number 213-25. Some edge wear. Front cover creased. Back cover also has some rubbing and loss of color. Spine cover is chipped at top and bottom; some rubbing on edges. Corners rounded and worn. Name filled in on "This Book Belongs To" line inside front cover, crossed out and another name written in. Some pages have a few small light brown stains at fore edge, but generally are clean and bright. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 1948
Description: Good+; No jacket. 1948 Oxford University Press. The World's Classics, number 501. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover (3.75" x 6") has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and blind-stamped linear border and publisher's crest on cover. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. With an introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. 386 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped ... Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780142301463ISBN:0142301469
Description: Very Good. 2002 Puffin Books. Copyright 1992. NOT ex-library. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. Trade paperback. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Bookplate with name in ink on inside of cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 132 pages. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company
Date published: 1967
Description: Good; No jacket. Copyright 1967 Whitman Publishing Company, no other date in book. Tell-A-Tale Books, number 2523. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards. Front cover depicts a boy holding a rabbit. Color illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped; tail of spine lightly frayed. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing with a few small dents, scratches, and smudges. Back cover has a one-inch ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date published: 1901
Description: Good; No jacket. 1901 Charles Scribner's Sons. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Spine has gold thistle flower pattern in three sections; front cover has gold ruled border. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black & white frontispiece portrait has tissue guard. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine slightly faded. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Company
Date published: 1933
Description: Good; No jacket. 1933 Wheeler Publishing Company, Chicago. Copyright 1926. Child's Own Way Series. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has blue-gray cloth-covered boards with beige spine and cover lettering and beige and black cover illustration of a cat and a dog drinking together from a bowl under a tree. Blue and white illustrated endpapers. Color illustrations by Lucille Enders and Matilda Breuer. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gyldendal
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9788701325011ISBN:8701325019
Description: Fair; No jacket. 1976, Gyldendal (Copenhagen). Thin hardcover, 10 inches x 7.25 inches has glossy color illustrated covers. Front has scene of countryside with children playing; back has map of Denmark. Both front and back cover have full-thickness vertical crease in center, as though someone folded the covers in the middle. However, paper surface of covers is not broken, and boards are firm. Corners lightly rubbed. Tear in plastic surface at top edge of spine. Pages clean and bright. Full ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scott, Foresman and Co
Date published: 1954
Description: Good; No jacket. 1954 Scott, Foresman and Co. Living Masterpieces of English Literature, Book Two. Hardcover has quarter black cloth over white-on-black grid pattern paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering and blue cover lettering. Binding tight. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with boards showing on some tips. Covers have light surface wear. Page bottoms dented, affecting bottom margin of most pages. Pages clean and unmarked. Blue coated endpapers. 228 pages. No dust jacket ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum
Date published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780689314469ISBN:0689314469
Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1988 Atheneum. NOT ex-library. First Edition, stated. First printing. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription; dated May 1989. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oblong hardcover has peach paper-covered boards with blue cloth-covered spine and silver spine lettering and cover decoration. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations by Fumio Yoshimura. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with a very ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. C. Heath & Co
Date published: 1911
Description: Good; No jacket. 1911 D. C. Heath & Co. Small cream cloth-bound hardcover has faded and soiled spine. Covers are also somewhat soiled, with a few small red stains on front cover. Corners bumped; spine ends lightly frayed. Front cover has decorative title in brown. Dent at bottom edge of front cover. Name in ink on front free endpaper. 'Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Andrew J. George, Department of English, High School, Newton, Mass. ' Copyright 1897. Black & white frontispiece of ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scott, Foresman and Company
Date published: 1919
Description: Good; No jacket. 1919, Scott, Foresman and Co. Small (6.75" x 4.5") grey cloth-bound hardcover has black spine and cover lettering. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine ends lightly frayed. Two puncture marks in spine. Front cover has several stains. No writing inside, hinges tight, pages clean, no creases. Part of the Lake English Classics series. Title page states "Revised Edition with Aids to Study; Edited for School use by Benjamin A Heydrick, High School of Commerce, New York City". ... Read More
Description: Good; No jacket. 1933 Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering, and "Young Moderns" logo on spine. Binding tight. Deckle fore edges. Top page edges are colored red. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers have a few light smudges. Pages clean and unmarked. Introduction by Griffith Ogden Ellis. 390 pages. No dust jacket. Doubleday "Young ... Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679732297ISBN:0679732292
Description: Very Good. 1990 Vintage Books. Library of America edition. Trade paperback. 211 pages. Edited by William T. Stafford. Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date published: 1949
Description: Good; No jacket. 1949 Random House. First Edition. First printing, stated. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with black spine panels and gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Top page edges are green. 442 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Spine mildly faded. Covers lightly soiled. Light fading at top edges of covers. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company
Date published: 1944
Description: Good; Good Jacket. 1944 Whitman Publishing Company. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown leather-textured paper-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations by Henry E. Vallely. Front hinge partially cracked, but still strong. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1945. Pages moderately tanned, more so at periphery, ... Read More
