Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 124: July-December 1878

William Blackwood, 1878. Leather. 782p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Very good condition. Edges and spine rubbed; spine text remains easily legible. Pages toned and slightly brittle with age. Otherwise clean and tight. Volume 124 of BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, a British digest of literature and miscellany, with all monthly issues from July through December 1878. Contains excerpts from JOHN CALDIGATE by Anthony Trollope, and an interesting essay on the personality of Otto von Bismarck. Very Good .

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Book number: 193269

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A Century of Lesbian Erotica

New York, Masquerade Books, Inc, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 471p. A black hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Owner's stamps inside; otherwise clean and tight. A collection of erotic lesbian short fiction. Very Good .

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Book number: 183568

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The Gift of Friendship, a Token of Remembrance, for 1855

Philadelphia, Henry F. Anners, 1854. Leather. 252p. A small hardcover book bound in gilt-decorated red leather. POOR CONDITION. The bottom half of the spine has chipped off, and the edges of the boards are heavily scuffed. Earl;y owner's gift inscription on first blank page, dated 1882. Pages foxed, most heavily on the plates, but otherwise, text unmarked. Binding is tight, despite the damaged cover. OFFERED AS-IS. The 1855 edition of THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP, an annually published literary anthology from the mid-19th century, originally designed to be given as a present. Illustrated with occasional black and white plates. Measures approx. 6.75" x 4.6. Fair .

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Book number: 190075

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume L (December 1874 - May 1875)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1875. Leather. 928p. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards. FAIR condition. Edges heavily scuffed, and edges of spine starting to split (boards are still attached). Page edges dampstained. Closed tears in page 247. Pages 359-362 are detached and badly worn, but present. Some age-spotting and light musty smell inside, but otherwise, text unmarked. Volume 50 of Harper's literary magazine, with all issues spanning December 1874 through May 1875. Contains the complete text of THE ANCIENT CITY, a nonfiction piece by the poet Constance Fenimore Woolson. Numerous black and white engravings throughout. Fair .

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Book number: 188951

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The New Englander, Volume X: New Series - Volume IV, 1852

New Haven, F.W. Northrup, 1852. Paperback. Pages numbered 493-668. A softcover book in very good condition, considering its age. The spine is creased and has some chipping at the top. Spotty stains along the top of the front cover and spine. Foxing inside, but otherwise clean and tight. Volume 10 (New Series no. 4) of THE NEW ENGLANDER from November 1852. Originally founded in 1919 as THE CHRISTIAN SPECTATOR, this literary journal eventually became THE YALE REVIEW, and is still published today. This issue contains an anti-Catholic article called "Vicarious Religion," an essay on German historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr, an essay on the life and work of John Wycliffe, and an article about slavery literature, focusing on UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Very Good .

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Book number: 195005

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The New Englander, Volume X -- Number III. August 1852

New Haven, F.W. Northrup, 1852. Paperback. Pages numbered 333-492. A softcover book in acceptable condition. Back cover is detaching and spine is chipped. Spotty stains on cover; bottom corners of most pages are stained. Foxing throughout, but text otherwise unmarked, and binding still tight despite external damage. Volume 10, no. 3 of THE NEW ENGLANDER from August 1852. Originally founded in 1919 as THE CHRISTIAN SPECTATOR, this literary journal eventually became THE YALE REVIEW, and is still published today. This issue contains articles on Francis Bacon, early Ohio pioneers, and the ethnic breakdown of the U.S. population, as well as literary notices on numerous Biblical studies. Fair .

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Book number: 195038

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The Paris Review: Winter 1984

New York, The Paris Review, Inc, 1984. Paperback. 203p, plus ads. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover lightly rubbed and spine creased; otherwise clean and tight. Winter 1984 issue of THE PARIS REVIEW, a prominent quarterly literary magazine. Contains an interview with classical translator and poet Robert Fitzgerald and a feature on photographic portraits by Andy Warhol. Very Good .

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Book number: 186840

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Peter Ackroyd

Dickens: Public Life and Private Passion

London, BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2002. Hardcover. 160p. A hardcover book and dustjacket both in fine condition. Very faint crinkling to jacket edges, otherwise glossy and like new, with text clean and binding tight. A biography of the famous author. Full of photos and other illustrations. As New .

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Book number: 205912

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William Rounseville Alger

The Sword, the Pen, and the Pulpit: With a Trubute to the Christian Genius and Memory of Charles Dickens. A Discourse Delivered in Boston Music Hall, on Sunday, June 19, 1870

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1870. First Edition, First Printing. Pamphlet. 42p. A thread-bound pamphlet in good condition. Spine and corners chipped; pages are toned and a bit fragile with age. However, text is clean and all pages fully attached. A Unitarian minister's eulogy for Charles Dickens delivered shortly after the latter's death. Good .

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Book number: 195034

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Paul M. Angle and Earl Schenck Miers, comp

American Culture: Some Beginnings

Kingsport, TN, The Kingsport Press, Inc, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 90p. A clothbound hardcover book in fine condition with slipcase. Essays on American education and the arts, with selections by Anthony Trollope, Abraham Lincoln, William Fox, and others. Limited edition; one of 1,250 copies. Comes with a special printed slip from the Kingsport Press. As New .

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Book number: 191187

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William Archer

God and Mr. Wells: A Critical Examination of "God the Invisible King

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1917. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 136p. A lime-green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Cloth is lightly soiled and chafed; a few tiny worn spots in the middle of the spine. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. A response to GOD THE INVISIBLE KING, a nondenominational, anti-dogmatic religious manifesto by H.G. Wells. The author, William Archer (1856-1924) was a Scottish theatre critic. Very Good .

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Book number: 188265

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Jerome W. Archer and Joseph Schwartz, eds

A Reader for Writers: A Critical Anthology of Prose Readings

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1966. Second Edition. Hardcover. 643p. A brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Faint, speckly stains on foredge. Thin drip stain of white paint down the back edge of the spine. Top corners of first two leaves have been torn off. Otherwise clean and tight. Contains selections by John Updike ("Three Boys"), John Henry Newman ("Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning"), Anthony Trollope ("The Englishman and the American"), Robert Benchley ("Throwing Back the European Offensive"), Aldous Huxley ("Who Are You?"), and many more. Good .

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Book number: 188946

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Louis Auchincloss

Life, Law and Letters: Essays and Sketches

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 175p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped, but otherwise intact. Very Good .

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Book number: 191859

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Kenneth William Baxendale

Charles Dickens' London 1812-1870

Kent, Alteridem, 1986. Hardcover. 50p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Six circular indentations in the back board and back panel of dustjacket. Otherwise, text clean, binding tight, and jacket fully intact. Illustrated tour of London as it was during the lifetime of Charles Dickens. Measures approx. 12" x 8.5. Very Good .

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Book number: 188497

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Robert Benchley

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or David Copperfield

Garden City, Blue Ribbon Books, 1946. Hardcover. 233p. A red cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition without a dustjacket. Very faint, almost imperceptible foxing on the cloth. Otherwise clean and tight. A collection of Benchley's humorous writings, illustrated by Gluyas Williams. Very Good .

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Book number: 193294

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