Various Authors

Saturday Review of Literature, September 29, 1945

New York, Saturday Review Associates, Inc. 1945. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 34pp. Stapled wrappers. Light wear and some pages age-toned, small chip to lower front cover. A review of Wallace Stegner's "One Nation" plus other reviews. Stegner is pictured on cover. Very Good.

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Book number: 002938

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Periodical

Keywords: Criticism Magazine

Bailey, James M.

LIfe in Danbury: Being a Brief but Comprhensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People...

Boston , Lee and Shepard, 1873. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonderful collection of sketches and anecdotes. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004767

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: Danbury Connecticut Anecdotes Humor "Short Stories"

Balzac, Honoré de

La Cousine Bette

Paris, Societé D'éditions Littéraire et, 1926. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Georges Cain. 613pp. Couverture souple. Condition très bon. Non coupé. Intérieur acceptable, un peu jauni. Contents mildly age-toned, uncut. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004317

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction

Keywords: Français French 6t

de Balzac, Honoré

Eugénie Grandet

Paris, Societé D'éditions Littéraires et Artistiques, 1926. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Daniel Hernandez. 266pp. Printed wraps. Text in French. Très bon état. Very good, pages unopened, light wear to edges, glassine jacket over wraps, light foxing mainly to margins. Illustrate by Daniel Hernandez. Very Good.

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Book number: 004371

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction

Keywords: Novel

Baumhoff, Frederick W. (Managing Director)

The National Home Journal ( Vol. III, No. IV) April 1908

St. Louis, Missouri, The National Home Journal Company, 1908. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. 24pp. Color pictorial cover. Some dampstaining and slight color bleed to several pages, horizontal fold crease, light cover soil, original mailing label on frotn cover, and magazine is still in very readable condition. Articles on the "American Hen", an Easter service at the Vatican, some short stories and period ads. Good.

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Book number: 003020

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Periodical

Keywords: "Quack Remedies" Cures

Bellamy, Daniel The Elder

Ethic Amusements

London, D. Bellamy, 1770. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Shana Valeska . Green calf, gilt borders, 5 raised bands, gilt bordered spine panels and gilt lettering, al edges gilt, gilt tooling to interior edges, numerous vignette engraviings throughout. Front board is detached but present, wear to edges and spine, contents lightly age-toned, some light spotting to a few margins, slight waviness to some pages. Text block is tight, and interior is attractive and in basically sound condition; just needs front board to be re-attached. Fair.

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Book number: 004213

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Poetry

Keywords: Tales Fables

Literary Committee Connecticut Board

Selections From the Writings of Connecticut Women

Norwalk, Literary Committee Connecticut Board, 1893. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 282pp. Red and white cloth,gilt lettering and decoration. Covers heavily stained, soiled, moderately worn, inner hinges cracked, contents are age-toned otherwise clean, ownership information on verso of frontispiece. Poor/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002805

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction

Keywords: Essays Anthology Feminist "Women's Issues"

De Brunhoff, Jean

The Story of Babar the Little Elephant (With Dust Jacket)

New York, Random House, 1933. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Jean Lébédeff. 48pp. Pictorial orange cloth, linen backed. Cover very lightly worn, text block reinforced with binding tape, text is clean and unmarked, dust jacket is soiled and chipped along edges and missing several pieces along spine. The fanciful adventures of an adorable elephant, with charming illustrations by the author. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 004708

Catalogue: Children's, Literature and Fiction

Keywords: Fantasy Adventure Elephant "Arthur and Celeste"

Bunyan, John

The Pilgrim's Progress

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 327pp. The Royal Library Chef D'Oeuvre Series. Original stiff wrapper, red lettering. fine rag paper, untrimmed edges, title page in red and black. Backstrip partly missing, dampstaining to some page margins, including title page. Page edges are slightly darkened, but text is mostly free of other marks and blemishes. Despite these shortcomings, the text is quite sound, and appears to be unread. Fair.

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Book number: 002057

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Religion

Keywords: Allegory Christian

Carpenter, G.R. (Editor-in-Chief)

The Harvard Monthly - June 1886

Cambridge, Harvard College, 1886. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 127-168p, plus ads. Printed wraps. Large stain to right margin of front cover, other light soiling, surprisingly, the contents are clean and pages are unopened. Contributions by C.P. Parker, A.B. Houghton, George Santayana, and H.G. Bruce. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003567

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Short Stories

Keywords: "Harvard University"

Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Children's Classics)

Children's Classics, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 0517659611. Bessie Pease Gutmann. 249pp. Interior and exterior are unworn, and in like-new condition. Illustrated by John Tenniel and Bessie Pease Gutmann. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004086

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: "Mad Hatter" "March Hare" 0517659611

Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

London, Bell & Hyman Limited, The Leisure Circle, 1985. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Half-Leather. Alice B. Woodward and Sue Shields. 127pp. Yellow pictorial cover. Book and dust jacket are in clean and unworn condition, contents are unmarked and the binding is tight. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004089

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: "White Rabbit" "Mad Hatter"

Carroll, Lewis

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1951. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall. Hardcover. Janice Holland. Unpaginated. Pictorial cover and endpapers. Covers are clean and very lightly worn, contents mildly age-toned, unmarked, and book is in overall sound condition. From Rand McNally's series of Book-Elf Books. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004099

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy Gryphon "March Hare" "Mad Hatter"

Carroll, Lewis

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Cleveland, The World Syndicate Publishing Co. 1920. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 241pp. Green cloth, stamped design to cover, gilt spine lettering. Cover has almost no wear, binding is tight, text is clean, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket is chipped and separated into 4 pieces, held together by mylar cover. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 004119

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy

Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures Under Ground; Being a Facsimile of the Original Ms. Book Afterwards Developed Into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1932. First Edition Thus, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Lewis Carroll. 91pp. Red cloth. Spine slightly darkened, minor rubbing to spine ends, contents mildly age-toned. Content consists of a facsimile printing of Carroll's original handwritten text. with the author's drawings This reprint was published in honor of the Lewis Carroll centenary in 1932. Laid-in is and old newspaper clipping describing another earlier facsimile edition of the book. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004120

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy Handwritten