Select Circulating Library Containing Best by Waldie Adam (8 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, Sept. 2 (holiday SALE item)* (New Series) Volumes 1 and 2 (January 15, 1833 through January 7, 1834) only, masthead title, Waldie's Select Circulating Library ; quarto, together in one later quarter leather binding, [iv] (general title leaf and a contents leaf), 416 pp. [iv] (general title leaf and a contents leaf), 416 pp, library book label and makings, binding very rubbed at sides, general age toning and some leaves margin tattered but no loss and paper not fragile. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

First Edition. Good copy in a contemporary binding of leather-backed, marbled boards. Gilt titles tooled directly to spine. Spine bands worn. Wear also to panel edges as with age. General surface rubbing and wear. Marginal foxing and tanning to text. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages; Description: 416p. 28cm. Subjects: Literature - Periodicals. American periodicals - 19th century. Text in triple columns. 2 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in a contemporary binding of leather-backed, marbled boards. Gilt titles tooled directly to spine. Spine bands worn. Wear also to panel edges as with age. General surface rubbing and wear. Marginal foxing and tanning to text. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages; Description: 416p. 28cm. Subjects: Literature - Periodicals. American periodicals - 19th century. Text in triple columns. 2 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Waldie, Adam: The Select Circulating Library. Containing the Best Popular Literature, including Memoirs, Biography, Novels, Tales, Travels, Voyages, &c. Part II. 1836, Philadelphia, 1836, 416 pages, light foxing, light inscriptions on freefly, half leather and marbled boards, tearing on the front board, spine is loose, binding intact. Otherwise, Very Good.

416 pp. Text triple column. Dickens' work, pp. 136 - 138. 4to. 11-3/8" x 9-1/8" Herein we find Dickens' second essay reprinted from London's Monthly Magazine, which, for a time, was billed as his first US appearance in print, however, we now know this Dickens' second appearance with a US publisher, preceded only by appearance(s) in the Albion. A scarce item. Usual foxing. A few proud gatherings. Professionally repaired tear on title leaf. Withal, a VG copy. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper boards (professionally rebacked, with new eps) 1st appearance thus (Edgar & Vail, p. 15; Gimbel E162).

[4], 416 pp. Text triple column. Flint piece, pp. 284 - 288. 'Belles Lettres' - 4pp / issue [usually]. Steel engraved plate of Frederick Marryat, drawn by Behnes, engraved by Lawson, precedes text. 4to. 11-3/8" x 9-1/8" Flint's long letter (11 columns, in small type) is dated Alexandria, La., April 21, 1835, and apparently not known to Kirkpatrick who made no reference to it in his biography of Flint [per Graff]. The cited references make mention of a separate 12mo edition of this work, and of which we find an occasional record, the last being in 1973. Rare. Marryat is represented with The NAVAL ANNUAL, in addition to the engraving. In 'Belles Lettres' is found, JAPHET In SEARCH Of A FATHER. Miss Baillie [no doubt, unknowingly] contributes a number of dramatic pieces, all but two asserted to be original publications, and which, by appearing herein, constitute their first US appearance. "Belles Lettres" also publishes, for the first time, journal entries from an officer of the U. S. S. PEACOCK, which was serving, at the time, in the Far East. The editor introduces his correspondent by saying he begins by "giving the details of the awful disaster which befell the Peacock, from which she escaped almost by a miracle." Joints starting [boards held solidly by cords], with a largish chip to leather at spine crown. Usual bit of foxing. Period pos to top margin of t.p. An About VG copy. Period brown half-calf over brown marbled paper boards. Volume now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper 1st edition thus (Howes F-202; cf. Graff 1357, Rader 1419 for the separate printing). Not in Sabin.