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The Classic and the Beautiful From the Literature of Three Thousand Years, Vols. 5 & 6

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Good. No Dust Jacket. Size: 4to; GOOD/NO DUST JACKETS. Vol. 5 & 6 ONLY> Written by the authors and orators of all countries. Vols. 5(1894) and 6(1891). Maroon cloth boards with morocco end papers and edges. The books are partial leather (including spine), with gilt, ornate, embossed lettering on cover plates. The spine is tooled leather. Both books show wear, especially on spine, corners are bumped and somewhat frayed. Front board is cracking on both volumes. Pages are clean and intact. Slight ...


A Family History of the United States From the Discovery of the American Continent to the Present Time By Benson J. Lossing, Ll.D. used book

A Family History of the United States From the Discovery of the American Continent to the Present Time By Benson J. Lossing, Ll.D.

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: T. Belknap Date published: 1881

Description: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Size: 7" x 9.75"; FAIR/ NO DUST JACKET. Some bumping on the corners, wear at the top and bottom of the spine, but with beautiful original covers with gilt and black decoration on the spine and front cover. A few loose pages. "Illustrated by 400 engravings." This book seems to have been originally produced to help celebrate the nation's Centennial in 1876. The cover illustration includes an image of Independence Hall. One beautiful color page preceding the title page with ... Read More

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Book: Fair

 

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Making a Garden With Hotbed and Coldframe used book

Making a Garden With Hotbed and Coldframe

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: McBride, Nast and Co Date published: 1912

Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 4 1/4 x 6 1/2"; GOOD/ NO DUST JACKET. Former Library Book. 62 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatment. Illustrated with 8 full page photographs in b/w. Green cloth boards decorated and lettered in pale yellow at front and spine. All edges rubbed, corners and spine top and tail rubbed, lettering faded at spine. Joints and hinges good, binding firm. Part of the House and Garden Making Series. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Medal Collector: a Guide to Naval, Military, Air Force and Civil Medals and Ribbons used book

The Medal Collector: a Guide to Naval, Military, Air Force and Civil Medals and Ribbons

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company Date published: 1921

Description: Good. No Dust Jacket. Size: 5 x 8" Tall; GOOD/NO DUST JACKET. Former library book..320 p., index, extensive black and white and color photos. Text is clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Black cloth boards with gilt leetering on psine. Little bit of edgewear at bottom and around spine, HInges are cracked but spine is sound.. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Australian Potters' Directory used book

The Australian Potters' Directory

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Edition: 4th edition Binding: Softcover Publisher: The Potters' Society of Australia Date published: 1996 ISBN-13: 9780959688825 ISBN: 095968882X

Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Size: 6 3/4" x 9 1/2"; GOOD/ NO DUST JACKET as issued. 188 p. Text clean and unmarked. Wraps decorated with photograph potters' material on front, cover clean and bright with slight wear at top and bottom of spine and corners. Binding tight and stable. Multiple color and b/w photographs. A list of potters with photographs of examples of their work, as well as galleries, suppliers, Australian Potters` groups, and ceramists by state and region. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Works of John Ruskin: Volume 12: Time and Tide, By Weare and Tyne. Twenty-Five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work used book

Works of John Ruskin: Volume 12: Time and Tide, By Weare and Tyne. Twenty-Five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Date published: 1886

Description: Good. No Jacket (As published) Size: 5" X 8"; GOOD/NO DDUST JACKET as issued. Former library book. Vol. 12 of 12-volume set. various pagings, total of 413 pp, slightly toned, but very clean, except for usual library treatments; rough-cut edges. Greenish buckrum boards are tight & straight, with a little smudging and bumping on corners. Red lettering on front, with plack designs is clear and pretty. Spine somewhat faded, but red lettering is readable. Call number on spine; bar code on front ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin, Vols. I & II (Complete Set) used book

Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin, Vols. I & II (Complete Set)

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Macmillan Co Date published: 1907

Description: Good. No Dust Jacket. Size: 5 1/2" x 8"; GOOD/NO DUST JACKETS. 2-VOLUME SET: Vol. 1, 322 pp; Vol. II, 278 pp; Text blocks clean, slightly toned, tight. Rough cut edges; gilt on top page edges. Green buckram boards are tight, straight, with minor scuffing on them Gilt lettering on spines is clear. Very nice set. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Scarlet Letter used book

The Scarlet Letter

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company Publishers

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 4 1/4 x 6"; Type: Literature VERY GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. 312 pp. [no date] (Circa 1893-1900, based on publisher's addresses. ) Text clean and unmarked except for gift card pasted inside front cover. Page edges toned. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Flowered moire boards with off white cloth spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Edges rubbed, corners worn to boards, spine top and tail rubbed. Binding firm. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Holland of the Dutch used book

Holland of the Dutch

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons Date published: 1913

Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"; GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. Former Library Book. 268 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Pages slightly toned. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 33 photographs, including members of the royal family, Prime Minister A. Kuyper, and scenes of Dutch cities and countryside. Green cloth boards decorated with the coat of arms of the Netherlands in gilt at front, and lettered in gilt at front and spine. Boards slightly soiled, corners, ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Principles of the Religious Society of Friends and Some of Its Testimonies used book

The Principles of the Religious Society of Friends and Some of Its Testimonies

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Edition: 1st Ed Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Isaac Walker & Co Date published: 1896

Description: Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. Size: 5" x 7"; VERY GOOD/ NO DUST JACKET as isued. 1ST ED 45 pp, clean, slightly browned. Dark green cloth boards are tight & straight, with minor scratching & scuffing. Gilt lettering on the front. Very pretty copy of this small book describing "Quakerism." Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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