Underbrush by James Fields, Used (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair+ hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1878 EDITION. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is unmarked. Pages tanned. Covers show edge wear with rubbing and light soiling. Bumped corners. Back strip edge fraying. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. First edition. Terra cotton cloth. Ends of backstrip frayed; corners slightly bumped; clipped paper adhered to rear pastedown endpaper; inked number on spine; otherwise very good condition. BAL 5969. . 303p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New and Enlarged Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding. 4 1/2" x 6." 410 pages, complete. Impressed decorations on covers and spine. Gilt lettering on front cover. Gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Pages are very clean; binding is tight. James T. Fields (1817-1881) was a prominent publisher, editor, and poet. Fields was known for his shrewd and ethical approach to book promoting and publishing. In Underbrush, the author offers his beliefs and advice on various subjects, such as "bothersome people," the Castellini jewelry shop in Italy, and advice he would tell himself if he were a boy again.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, embossed decorations on back front and spine. Red page ends all around. Small discoloration on front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Brown Cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, embossed decorations on back front and spine. Red page ends all around. Book has two interesting features, A typed copy of of Impromptu Verses by Fields read at the booksellers dinner given by Mrs GP Putnam at the Astor house and a letter dated Dec 14 1853, signed by Fields. Title page indicates fifth Edition, Revised and enlarged.

[LITERARY WORK]. Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co. First edition. 16mo (6" x 4 ½"); 303pp; green cloth over board, double, black-stamped fillet with corner ornaments, vignette of twigs on front, gilt-stamped title on cover; gilt-stamped label with lettering and twigs on spine; all edges stained red; title page in red and black, tear on upper edge; decorative chapter head piece; scuffed corners, near fine. (BAL 5969).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Two line poem written by Fields on an 7 1/2" X 9 1/2" page dated 1879 folded & pasted to FEP. "Courage! Nothing can withstand Earnest heart and willing hand. James T. Fields" FEP loose. Original owners bookplate on inside front cover. Some cover loss at top & bottom of spine. Red page edges. First edition per BAL 5969. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).