Charles Sylvester Editor (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 484 pages. Decorative endpapers. The extremities and the backstrip are insect damaged. The hinhge is cracked.There are a few dog-eared corners. The FFEP is soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Decorative endpapers. Gilt top edge. The extremities are heavily worn. Some foxing and age-toning on the interior.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Decorative endpapers. 472 pages. The backstrip is insect damaged. The extremities are heavily worn. Scattered foxing in the text and bent corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New Edition. 500 pages including index. The extremities are worn. The front cover is lightly soiled. The edges of the text block are lightly soiled. Writing in marker on the FFEP. Scattered foxing and soil in the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 494 pages. Decorative endpapers. The binding is weak. The extremities are heavily worn. Some foxing in the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 486 pages, illustrated. Decorative endpapers. An unattractive reading copy with numerous flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 486 pages, illustrated. Decorative endpapers. An unattractive reading copy with numerous flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 482 pages. Decorative endpapers. The front cover and backstrip are insect damaged. The rear cover is discolored. Gilt top edge. A few pages are age-toned and/or soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages unmarked. Fore edges discolored. Front cover dust-stained. Slight spine slant. Binding firm. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Decorative dark red leatherette cover with embossed design, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers. B&W illustrations and color plates. Corners bumped. A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children. Literature classics, with an emphasis on adventure and true-life. 486 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 494 pages. Decorative endpapers. The extremities of the backstrip and front cover are heavily worn and insect damages. Gilt top edge. There are a couple of spots of foxing in the text. Two pages are discolored from newspaper clippings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.05.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. The binding is tight.

Magazine. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, reviews, news, ads, cartoons, photos, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story: New York's Ideal Couple by Mordden and Homage to Tennessee [Williams] Interview with Sylvester.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). New edition. First published in 1909 this is, says the Preface, the New Fifteenth Edition. The set combines poetry and prose selected from great literature, with illustrations, notes and introductory articles aimed at getting children to read and understand what they're reading. Each volume has several illustrators and they include: Lucille Enders, Herbert N Rudeen, Donn P Crane, Holling Clancy, Louis Grell, R.F. Babcock, and Mildred Lyon. Generally, all the edges are slightly browned and the extremities just slightly worn. Some volumes have had tape stuck over the front cover pastedown illustration and removing this has apparently removed some of the printing. So, here's the set book by book. Volume One: Nursery Rhymes and Folktales. Lots of Robert Louis Stevenson and Eugene Field as well as Grimm, Andersen, Perrault and Aesop. Some specks from the pastedown, but a very good copy. Volume Two: Meatier stories here, such as an edited version of The Water Babies, The King of the Golden River, The Snow Queen etc. The worse volume for loss to the pastedown with a strip ripped off down the entire picture. Volume Three: Extracts and edited versions of Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, Robin Hood, and some Lewis Carroll, Arabian Nights and Beowulf. Very good. Volume Four: Classic poetry from Wordsworth, Longfellow, Tennyson, etc. plus bits of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Specks of wear on pastedown, but very good. Volume Five: Some Arthurian stuff here, plus some Gulliver's Travels, Jerome K. Jerome, and Baron Munchausen. Bumped at base of spine, but very good. Volume Six: Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Matthew Arnold, Edgar Allan Poe and Byron are amongst the contributors. This volume has been attacked by a child with a pencil - scribbles on the cover, endpapers and prelims, and a couple of pages. Otherwise OK. Volume Seven: Selections from Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail, plus more Scott, bits of J. Fenimore Cooper, Rudyard Kipling, and Thoreau. Excellent copy. Volume Eight: A brave attempt to get children to read Shakespeare. The Tempest is presented with plenty of helpful footnotes and cleverly preceded by the Lamb's version. There's also more Poe, some Washington Irving and Robert Southey. A spot of wear on pastedown, but very good. Volume Nine: A taste of Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey, more Poe and Dickens, some Francis Bacon, Robert Browning and Gilbert White. Very good. Volume Ten is The Guide. There's a strip ripped off across the pastedown, but otherwise a very good copy. All in all, an OK set of this excellent guide through the best of the world's literature. Be warned - Media Mail shipping on this heavy set is going to be around $23.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Edges worn, covers discolored. ; 3/4 leather covers. Volumes 1-6; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. books, covers and texts all in "Fine" condition, 1/2 bound leather bindings, burgundy cloth boards with Leather spine and leather corners, Gilt stamped title on spine covers, marbled edges, bindings tight and square, text clean and unmarked no names no stamps Illustrated with full color plates with tissue guards, color maps, b/w plates, in text b/w drawings.

Bound in faux leather bindings (painted cloth). Embossed ship motif on the covers. Gilded spines. Color plates and color in text illustrations. Large font. 8.75 inches tall. 14.5 inches of shelf space. Set is only in GOOD condition, with a lot of general usage wear/extremity abrasions and rubs. Some external abrasion. Some internal creases and thumbing. Overextended pages. The hinges are all fully attached. There is no writing or previous owner's names. This set displays beautifully. This set would make an excellent gift and/or addition to any fine library. In addition to their shelf presence, antiquarian books make an excellent investment. We always pack very securely to help ensure safe handling during transit. All books are individually wrapped and are always professionally padded. We offer a full refund guarantee, per our terms described on our site, with notification of such intent requested. Please contact us with any inquiries.