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Published by The Rodgers Company, Philadelphia, n.d.
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Fair. 324 p., not ex-lib., no former owner's name, no markings other than faint splatter along front gutter, which is cracked; 16mo; clean green-patterned end pages and clean within though age-toned; frontis. engraving of author with tissue guard; marbled boards in rose and gilt; half leather bound in maroon but most of leather stripped from spine,and leather corners bumped. Dedicated to Washington Irving by an author very much appreciated in his own day. Deserves skillful repair.
Published by Baker and Scribner, NY, 1850
Seller: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. First edition. Original green cloth binding, blind embossments to both covers, just light wear to extremities, spine stamping still bright. Former library book with neatly removed spine label o/w very clean binding. One signature pulled about 1/16 - 1/8 inch but still firmly attached, and otherwise, well bound, covers firmly attached. Book plate and name label (crossed out) on the front paste-down page, ink number on lower edge of rear paste-down page, no other institutional markings, never had due slip/pocket. Light foxing to text (some pages with more, some minor) on otherwise still bright paper. viii, 289pp. Further details and questions are always welcome. Scans can be made upon request. Comments, terminal text page states "End of Reign of Blouse" with publisher's notice laid in below, stating the sequel to "Battle Summer" was to be published in the spring (no year stated but the book begins with "Dedicatory Letter" by the author and is dated November 1849), entitled "Reign of Bourgeois.".
Published by Stringer & Townsend, New York, 1852
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good-VG. First Thus. Brown textured cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Corners rubbed with mild exposure, chipping/loss to spine extremities. Firm binding, all gilt stamping complete and intact. Exposed corners. Lacking flyleaves, hinges showing hints of repair but firm. Scattered internal foxing, mostly light. Consisting of twelve issues, published May 10 - October 9, 1850, numbered 1-12, here gathered in book form. Labeled as "Volume II - Sixth Edition" on title page. x,298 pp. + 6 pp. opinions of the press at rear, illus. w/ 6 engraved plates and engraved masthead for each issue. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Charles Scribner & Co, 1867
Seller: Albert & Rosie's Books, WEBSTER, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex library, 1867 (Boston library assoc) version of a classic, Green Cloth with gold decorations and gold letters on spine. Spine has 1863 date, book cover page 1867. Small wrinkle on rear cover and some wear to top and bottom of spine. Light foxing.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 287.
Published by Charles Scribner, New York, ., 1861
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp. [vii], 336. 12mo. 19cm. Handsome half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Very good. Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908) was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name I.K. Marvel. Throughout his life he showed a particular interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. He served as U.S. consul at Venice, Italy, from 1853 to 1854, and in 1855 he settled at his estate, called Edgewood, near New Haven, CT. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., called him "one of the pleasantest of our American writers." Sets SW3 Rt.
Published by Charles Scribner, New York, ., 1861
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp. [xi], 298. 12mo. 19cm. Handsome half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Very good. Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908) was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name I.K. Marvel. Throughout his life he showed an interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. He served as U.S. consul at Venice, Italy, from 1853-1854, and in 1855 he settled at his estate, called Edgewood, near New Haven, CT. Reveries of a Bachelor examines the dream-like lives Americans were living at the time. It was one of the top best sellers of its era but has received little attention from literary critics. In this text he theorizes on boyhood, country life style, marriage, travel , and dreams Reveries of a Bachelor was one of poet Emily Dickinson's favorite books. Sets SW3 Rt.
Published by R. F. Fenno & Company, NY, 1906
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. W. E. B. Starkweather (illustrator). 1st thus printing; author's first book; Colorplate illustrations, including frontispiece plate, complete with tissue-guard.; red c w/pictorial inset on front, gilt titles; owner's insc clean, unmarked pages Size: 8 vo.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1890
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (As Issued). Percy Moran (illustrator). 4th Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1890. Second (2nd) Printing of Fourth (4th) Edition. Originally published in 1851, it went through subsequent editions in 1863 and 1883 before the 1889 edition, of which this is the second printing. This volume contains a New Preface written for the 1883 edition as well as the Preface to the 1863 edition (which includes the Dedicatory Letter to Washington Irving found in the 1851 edition). Fine- condition. No Dust Jacket (as issued). The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with gilt top-edge, deckled fore-edges, frontispiece by Percy Moran with protective tissue in place, and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full dark green cloth with bright gilt border to front board, bright gilt oval surrounding a white, raised head of a Roman figure in center of front board, worn gilt title, etc., to spine, and some wear at corners and spine ends. See photos. 258 pages. 4" x 6 5/8". Pedro Calderon de la Barca wrote in 1636 a play entitled La Vida es sueño ("Life is a Dream"). Perhaps, that inspired Marvel/Mitchell, for the last paragraph of the book reads, "The old man does not stir: his eyes do not move: they seem fixed above. The child cries as his lips touch the cold cheek. - It is a tender SPRING flower upon the bosom of the dying WINTER.".
Published by Charles Scribner, New York, 1853
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Octavo (19cm). Purple cloth, gilt arms to front and back, titled in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; [iv], viii, [2], 289pp; illustrated title page and frontispiece. Ex-library with bookplate to front pastedown, charge slip to rear endpapers, and call number to spine. A straight, tight copy, rubbed, spine sunned: Very Good.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
No. 116 of 250 copies of the limited large-paper reissue, with a new Preface by the author. Tall octavo (25.5cm). Printed parchment-backed paper-covered boards; 282pp; etched frontispiece by Smillie. Old repair to a tear at lower third of spine; rubbing to spine ends and corners; a solid, straight, Very Good copy. Gilded-Age reissue of a work originally published in 1851. The prolific Mitchell produced dozens of volumes of the sort of miscellaneous prose that earned him the damnedest of faint praise from his compatriot Oliver Wendell Holmes - who deemed him ".one of the pleasantest of our American writers." BAL 13962.
Published by Charles Scribner, 14th printing 1852, 1852
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk 298pp 14th printing 2 illustrations before the title page with light foxing in the gutter, embossed brown cloth covers, with gilt oak and acorn emblem at front and back covers with gilt and decorated spine some tiny losses top and tail of spine (now in custom acetate jacket) foxing to the gutter of 2nd and 3rd front endpaper prev ownerÕs inscr on 1st front endpaper (Boston politician Benjamin F. Cutter with the date 1852) and another prev ownerÕs faint stamp on front pastedown otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked copy.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241433445ISBN 13: 9781241433444
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Book
Leather. Condition: Very Good. Early Edition. black half calf leather binding with green cloth covered boards; five raised bands; lettering in gilt on spine; t.e.g.; 286 pp; hinges tight; spine is square; no foxing; no browning; no previous owners' signatures, inscriptions or other internal markings; minor shelf rubbing at extremities; spine has faded (sunned) slightly to a dark gray; frontispiece tissue guard in fine condition; Mitchell, who wrote under the pseudonym of IK Marvel theorizes on boyhood, country life style, marriage, travel, and dreaming.
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1905
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated Edition. Duodecimo (6.5 x 4 inches), pp. xxii, (1-3), 4-260, original etching frontispiece by Percy Moran. Fine binding signed E. P. Dutton Co, N.Y. on the front endpaper of full teal blue oasis levant morocco, back in six gilt paneled compartments, gilt lettered in the second and third, gilt date at foot, gilt roll tooled inner dentelles, top edges gilt. floral patterned endpapers. Fine clean bright copy. Frontispiece and sheets, clean, unmarked, complete. Small printed name plate 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches on front paste down endpaper. No owner names or inscriptions. H10786 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Published by Baker and Scribner 1850, c1849, New York, 1850
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: fair to good. 20 cm, 289 pages. Illus., footntoes, boards somewhat worn, edge tears, and some soiling, ink name and pencil erasure on endpages, some foxing. Handwritten letter from Donald G. Mitchell, dated 1897, laid in. Marvel was Mitchell's pseudonym. Envelope in Mitchell's handwriting (but not for this letter) also laid in.