STREET, JAMES

Velvet Doublet, the

Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, 1953. Hardcover. Tan hardcovers with brown titles to the spine. Tightly bound, an unmarked interior with spine end and corner bumping. Maps to the endpapers. Book of The Month club. The DJ is in Fair condition with heavy scuffing to the covers and pieces missing of off the top and bottom of the spine. "A novel of Columbus, the dreamer who built a bridge to the New world." ; 8.40 X 5.70 X 1 inches. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 14127

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: Fiction Classics

SWIFT JONATHAN

Gulliver's Travels Introduction by John F. Ross

New York: Holt, Rinehart And Winston, Inc, 1948. Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback, edgeware, overall light staining, creasing on upper right hand corner. Clean interior and tightly bound. ; Rinehart Editions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 2041

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: Classics Children Fashion

TAGORE, RABINDRANATH

Fireflies

Collier Books, 1975. Paperback. ISBN: 0020896409. A Very Good Paperback with a solid binding, bright, unmarked pages. Corner bumping and cover rubbing. "From the 1913 winner of the Nobel Prize in literature comes Fireflies, a collection of 200 proverbs, aphorisms, and maxims from India, China, and Japan. Collected by Rabindranath Tagore over many years, each epigrammatic firefly represents a brief yet luminous thought on life, beauty, or God. Tagore knew that the most profound subjects . Love, truth, compassion, birth, and death. Were his." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 272 pages. Very Good .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 27325

Catalogue: Poetry, India, Classics, Literature, Nobel Prize

Keywords: 0020896409 India > Literature Classics Nobel Prize Winner Poetry Poetry Classics Literature India

THACKERAY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

Garden City , New York: International Collectors Library. Hardcover. Fine / No Jacket. Protected by a clean plastic cover. Decorative leatherette binding with gilt spine and front board lettering and design. Top edge gilt. Silk bookribbon sewn in, insert from publisher about book, author, and design of book. "There are scenes of all sorts; some dreadful combats, some grand and lofty horse-riding, some scenes of high life, and some of very middling indeed; some love-making for the sentimental, and some light comic business; the whole accompanied by appropriate scenery, and brilliantly illuminated with the Author's own candles." Undated 1950s; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 670 pages. Fine with no dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 1592

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction

Keywords: Classics Fiction Fiction Historical Fiction Classics Collectibles Literature

TRAVEN B.

The Rebellion of the Hanged: No. 5 of the Jungle Novels

New York: Hill and Wang, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 080908046X. First Printing ( Numkber Line ) . Brown Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition, a tight binding with bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good+ condition. "The fifth of Traven's Jungle Novels, depicting a revolt by long-oppressed workers in the great mahogany plantations, and culminating in a treacherous march through the jungles at the height of the rainy season." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 26678

Catalogue: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics

Keywords: 080908046x Fiction Historical Fiction Classics

TZU, SUN & B. H. LIDDELL HART & SAMUEL B. GRIFFITH

Art of War the New Illustrated Edition

Blue Heron Books, 2007. Hardcover. ISBN: 1897035357. Bright red satiny Hardcovers, gilt/ black titles to the cover and spine. In As New condition, bright, unmarked pages and a sound binding. Small bubble to the back cover. "Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike." ; 6.3 X 0.86 X 9.37 inches; 272 pages. As New .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 27210

Catalogue: Classics, Philosophy, History, War, Politics, Military

Keywords: 1897035357 Classics > War History Politics Military Politics History Classics Military Philosophy

URIS, LEON

Trinity

Bantam Books, 1977. Mass_Market. ISBN: 0553239074. An oversize Mass Market with a tight binding and clean pages. There is heavy wear to the spine hinges and cover edges. Small tears to the spine hinge ends. "The 'terrible beauty' that is Ireland comes alive in this mighty epic that re-creates that Emerald's Isle's fierce struggle for independence. Trinity is a saga of glories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies, lived by a young Catholic rebel and the beautiful and valiant Protestant girl who defied her heritage to join him." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 815 pages. Very Good .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 27209

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Ireland, War, Classics

Keywords: 0553239074 Historical Fiction Ireland > War Classics

VERNE JULES

De la Terre à la Lune. Trajet Direct en 97 Heures 20 Minutes. Les Voyages Extraordinaires

Paris: J. Hertzel Et Cie, 1966. Paperback. French. Very Good+ Paperbacck with a solid binding, unmarked pages with age tanning. Moderate cover edgwear and rubbing. Illustrator: Henri de Mont gravures by Francois Pannemaker. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 364 pages. Very Good+ .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 26461

Catalogue: French, Science Fiction, Classics

Keywords: French Science Fiction Classics Science Fiction & Fantasy Classics French Books

VERNE, JULES

Tour Du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours

Le Livre De Poche, 2001. Mass_Market. ISBN: 2253012696. An As New Mass Market, tight, bright & unmarked. Black & white illustrations through the book. ; LE; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 320 pages. As New .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 27466

Catalogue: Fiction, Adventure, Classics, Science Fiction

Keywords: 2253012696 Fiction > Adventure Classics Science Fiction Travel Fiction Travel Science Fiction & Fantasy French Books Action & Adventure

WARD HUMPHREY

Mating of Lydia, the

Toronto, Ont: The Musson Company, 1913. Hardcover. Green hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine and cover. The spine is loosened front the book but there are no loose pages and the text is unmarked. Previous owner's name written on the front free end paper and on the back end paper. Frontispiece and illustrations (black & white) by Charles E. Brock, through the book. Wear to the cover extremities, corner and spine end bumping and wear. Cover scuffing. Overall in Good condition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 512 pages. Good with no dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 13578

Catalogue: Classics

Keywords: Fiction Classics Collectibles

WAUGH EVELYN

Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder.

Calgary, Alberta: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. Hardcover. Bright red Hardcovers, black titles to the cover and spine. Tightly bound with unmarked pages. There is a dent to the front cover top corner. Some puckering to the spine. A Book-Of-The-Month club book with the advertising pamphlet included. The DJ is in Good+ conditon, wear to the cover edges, browing to the back cover and along the top cover edges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 351 pages. Very Good .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 27396

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: Fiction Classics Fiction Classics

WELCH, JAMES

L' Hiver Dans le Sang

Albin Michel Littérature, 1992. Paperback. ISBN: 2226058575. French. A Fine+ Trade Papeprback with a solid binding, bright, unmarked pages. "During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel, Winter in the Blood, is one of his most enduring works. The narrator of this beautiful, often disquieting novel is a young Native American man living on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. Sensitive and self-destructive, he searches for something that will bind him to the lands of his ancestors but is haunted by personal tragedy, the dissolution of his once proud heritage, and Montana's vast emptiness." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages. Fine .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 26635

Catalogue: French, Fiction, Classics, Westerns

Keywords: 2226058575 Fiction > Westerns Classics French Books Fiction Classics French Books Westerns

WHITE E. B.

Stuart Little & the Trumpet of the Swan. 2 Volumes

Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover. Two volumes both in Very Good++ condition. Both copies have the previous owner's names on the front end paper and half titles pages. The binding is tight and all pages are bright & unmarked. Sturat Little pictures by Garth Williams, Trumpet of the Swan pictures by Edward Frascino. Light spine end bumping. The DJs are Very Good with some small tears to the top and bottom of The Trumpet's edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 26732

Catalogue: Classics, Children's Fiction, Animals, Fantasy

Keywords: Children's Fiction Classics Animals Fantasy Fiction Animals Classics

WILDE, OSCAR

Bedside Wilde: Classics for Pleasure

Chancellor Press, 1993. Hardcover. ISBN: 1851523596. Bright red borders with a cream colored insert with a black illustration and titles. In Fine condition, pages are tightly bound, unmarked with light age tanning to them. "Includes selected extracts from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest", and the complete and unabridged version of "The Happy Prince" and "The Ballad of Reading Gaol". ; 8.35 X 6.06 X 1.34 inches; 383 pages. Very Good .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 21482

Catalogue: Ficiton, Classics, Literary Collections

Keywords: 1851523596 Literary Collections

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE

In the Winter of Cities February, 1964]

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. A Very Good+ Paperback, this book is tightly bound, the pages are clean & unmarked. Light cover edgewear and rubbing. ; By: Tennessee Williams; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 129 pages. Very Good+ .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 26767

Catalogue: Classics, Poetry

Keywords: Poetry > Classics Poetry Classics