The Wyoming Cottage Poems. A Collection of Religious Pieces

Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. 97p. Facsimile reprint. A small softcover booklet in very good condition. Some foxing on the foredges and a few light yellow stains inside. Text clean and binding secure. An undated facsimile of the 1861 edition, ca. 1960s, from an unidentified modern publisher. Measures approx. 5.8" x 3.75.

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Book number: 174799

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George Abbott and Bob Merrill

New Girl in Town

New York, Random House, 1958. Hardcover. 146p. A yellow cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned and page edges dampstained, but otherwise clean and tight. The text of the musical, illustrated with a few black and white photographs of a performance by the original cast. Very Good .

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Book number: 186075

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M.H. Abrams, ed

The Norton Anthology of British Literature: Fifth Edition, Volume 2

New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1986. Fifth Edition. Paperback. 2578p. A softcover book in very good condition. Laminated cover. Former owner's private library stamps inside covers and on title pages. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Volume 2 only. .

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Book number: 165849

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Alison Adams

Jean Jacques Boissard's Emblematum Liber. Emblemes Latins

Turnhout, Brepols, 2005. Hardcover. 75p plus 42 plates. Ex-library copy of a gilt navy blue cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition. Library sticker on back cover; a few additional markings inside. Scant remains of sticker on spine. However, the main body text is clean, and the binding is tight. The first half contains a section of black and white images of the original EMBLEMATUM LIBER by Boissard, a Neo-Latin poet. The rest is Adams' commentary. Imago Figurata Editions Vol. 5. From the title page: "Metz: A. Faber, 1588. A facsimile editionusing Glasgow University Library SM Add 415 with a critical introduction and notes. .

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Book number: 145614

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[Joseph Addison and Richard Steele]

The Spectator, Volumes I-VI and the Guardian, Volumes I-II

London, J. Walker and Co.; W. Baynes and Son; R. Baynes, et al. 1822. London Stereotype Edition. Leather. 8 vols. A set of eight small hardcover books bound in full golden-brown leather with gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers, and marbled foredges. Very good condition overall. Spines and edges lightly chafed, minimally affecting the gilt detailing. Some age-spotting on the boards. A previous owner's name sticker is inside each volume's front cover. Some pencil notes on volume I's blank endpapers have been erased, but are still faintly visible. Many pages foxed, but otherwise, the text is unmarked. The binding is secure across the set. The very thin ribbon page markers are brittle but still present. Addison and Steele's THE SPECTATOR (in six volumes) and THE GUARDIAN (in two volumes). Each volume measures approx. 6.7" x 4.3.

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Book number: 176982

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Renata Adler

Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1999. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 252p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. An account of THE NEW YORKER during the years under William Shawn's direction. Fine .

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Book number: 181417

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W. Harrison Ainsworth

The Legend of the Devil's Dyke

Mossant, Vallon & Co. Paperback. A thread-bound softcover booklet. FAIR condition. The cover is detached, tanned, and worn along the edges, especially the spine. The pages remain tightly bound in themselves. Owner's name stamp on first blank page; otherwise unmarked. Undated printing by Mossant, Vallon & Co. ca. 1920s. Fair .

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Book number: 187848

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William Harrison Ainsworth

The Tower of London. A Historical Romance

London, Richard Bentley, 1840. 1st Edition. Leather. 439p. FINE BINDING BY WOOD OF LONDON. A hardcover book attractively bound in full golden-brown calf with gilt decorations on the spine, which has five raised bands. Features gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, and a gilt top foredge. The exterior is in excellent shape, with only the barest signs of shelf wear (the top front corner is slightly bumped). The leather is smooth and clean. Previous owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A tiny closed tear on page 219 has been delicately repaired. Foxing on the plates and surrounding pages, plus some mild age-related blemishes and smudges here and there. Otherwise, text unmarked and binding quite secure. The first edition, first issue, illustrated with 40 etchings and 58 woodcuts by George Cruikshank. Cohn 14. .

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Book number: 176977

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Dunai Akos, ed

Beszelgetes Onmagunkkal: A Katolikus Magyarok Vasarnapja 1983-As Evkonyve

Youngstown, OH, 1982. Paperback. 253p. A grey softcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned and creased. Former owner;s private library stamps inside covers and on title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Text in Hungarian. A collection of Hungarian Catholic essays. .

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Book number: 163196

Catalogue: Catholic Literature

Don Pedro Antonio de Alarcon

The Three-Cornered Hat: The True History of an Affair Current in Certain Tales and Ballads and Here Written Down As and How It Befel

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 129p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's signature on front free endpaper. One tipped-in plate is missing. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket, originally designed with jagged, teeth-like edges, has some small pieces chipped off, and the spine is tanned. Small hole in spine as well. Otherwise intact. A Spanish classic translated into English by Martin Armstrong. Illustrated by Norman Tealby. Ill.: Norman Tealby.

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Book number: 166113

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Keywords: Norman Tealby

D. Pedro Antonio de Alarcon

Ultimos Escritos

Madrid, M. Tello, 1891. Leather. 331p. Ex-library. A small hardcover book with a black leather spine and marbled boards. Good reading condition. Edges and spine rubbed. Old library markings and card pocket inside, and sticker on spine. Pages tanned, but text unmarked and binding tight. A work by Spanish novelist Pedro Antonio de Alarcon (1833-1891). Text in Spanish. Measures approx. 7" x 4.5.

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Book number: 179724

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Celeste Albaret with Georges Belmont

Monsieur Proust

New York, New York Review Books, 2003. 8th printing. Paperback. 387p. A softcover book in fine condition. As New .

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Book number: 181536

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Celeste Albaret

Monsieur Proust: Souvenir Recueillis Par Georges Belmont

Paris, Editions Robert Laffont, 1973. Paperback. 455p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine creased; otherwise clean and tight. Memoirs of Marcel Proust's housekeeper. Text in French. Very Good .

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Book number: 181592

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Sr. Mariana Alcoforado

Letters from a Portuguese Nun to an Officer in the French Army

New York, Brentano's, 1904. First American Edition. Hardcover. A 1/4 brown cloth hardcover book with blue boards. Corners heavily rubbed. Title page uncut. Otherwise clean and tight. A possibly fictional work attributed to Sr. Mariana Alcoforado (1640-1723), but many scholars think the actual author was the Comte de Guilleragues (1628-1684). Stated on title page as a reproduction of the 1817 edition. Measures approx. 6.6" x 4.25.

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Book number: 148823

Catalogue: Catholic Literature

Louisa M. Alcott

Under the Lilacs

New York, Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. 284p. Copyright date is 1928, but this edition appears to be from the 1940s based on the cheaper, tanned paper common in wartime books. Edges worn; several stains on front cover. Front free endpaper has been torn out; the first page is the title page. Text clean and binding tight. Good condition overall. A children's novel by the author of Little Women. Good .

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Book number: 205879

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