Errand by Fools, Used (9 results)

Condition: Good. Fords, Howard, & Hulbert New York 1880 brown cloth boards are soiled and stained. corners bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In red cloth with rubbing to cloth.

Early reprint (first published 1879 as dated on copyright page; 1880 at foot of title page). [1]-4, [2], [title leaf], [1-3], 4-361, [1], 4 pages. Hardcover: H 17.5cm x L 12.75cm. Light brown cloth with some soiling and staining with fraying at spine ends and board corners; black stamping to front board; gilt and black stamping to spine; rear board's non-colored stamping matches that of front. Toning and light staining to text block edges; past owner's black ink signature (in a relatively modern script) at top of front pastedown with small associated ink smudge at top of opposing front free endpaper recto. Lightly stained bindery ticket for "J. Fowler Trow, Jr. Bookbinder, 13 & 15 Vandewater St." at front pastedown's bottom left. Occasional small stains/soiling to interior pages which overall remain clean. Binding is firm. Five pages of publisher ads plus correspondence statement at front; four pages of ads at rear. {Antiq-Shelf#1}.

DECORATIVE BUCKRAM. Condition: Good. NON STATED. PRESUMED SECOND EDITION AS THE FIRST IN THIS PUBLISHER'S WAS 1879, SOLID & CLEAN. FRONT BOARD FOREEDGE A BIT DISCOLORED. 361 PAGES + LENGHTY PUBLISHER'S CATALOGUE. SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gorgeous copy in preferred bright red cloth, distinctive black design and front title, vivid gilt spine title, pages of ads front and rear, slight puckering to rear cloth cover, 1st edn, early KKK novel. Great gift for historian, Black studies major or collector of attractive books, nice representation of American printing.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 7" X 5." 361 pages. Brown boards with black designs and lettering. Spine ends and corners bumped and chipped. Spine faded. Some soiling. FFEP is torn near the hinge. Binding shaken. Bottom edge is worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Hardcover, no jacket, brown cloth with black-stamped title and decoration on front cover, gold-stamped spine-title, three pages of Press Notices followed by one page of "New Books," 361 pages + 4 pages of ads, great copy of this vintage treasure, the spine-ends of the cloth show mild wear as do the corners, the former owner's name with a date of Aug 14, 1888 is present on the blank front end-paper, pages 123-131 have a short corner-crease to the bottom along with just a few small spots of foxing on page 131, the binding is clean and tight as are the contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bright red cloth with black blind stamped design and titles to front and spine. Pages of reviews in the front and ads in the rear. Blind stamp clear title to rear. Corners bumped. Spine slightly sunned. Small prior bookstore tag tipped in on the ffep.

First Edition. Octavo (17.5cm); terracotta cloth-covered boards, with titling and illustrations stamped in gilt and brown on spine and front cover, and titling and illustrations blind stamped to rear cover; brown topstain; 361pp. Pencilled ownership to front endpaper. Modest shelf-wear and -soil, rubbing and tiny tears to cloth of spine ends and board edges, and crack to upper rear hinge; Good. Southern novel, prequel to Bricks Without Straw (1880). [88956].