Clean rust red cloth boards with clean unchipped paste-on label on cover and spine. Hint of wear to corner tips, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. 265 pgs. Very small previous owner label (very small return address label) on front fixed endpaper. Nice clean, solid copy. 8 vo.. Essays. ... more information

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First Edition, First Printing. Very clean green cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean olive green endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 273 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, has one tiny chip (smaller than a match head) at top rear panel edge, very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Short stories and essays by E. M. Forster written b... more information

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First Edition (stated) with full number line on copyright page, in clean unclipped jacket. Blue cloth boards with black spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; hint of fading. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean blue endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 298 pp. Edited by Donald Gallup; Foreword by Isabel Wilder. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with a few tiny closed edge tears. Author's photo on rear pan... more information

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Clean unfaded maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 227 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. Org... more information

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First Edition. Clean green cloth boards with darker green illustration on cover, red lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers, with no names, writing or bookplates. 251 pgs. with drawings by C. W. Jefferys. A beautiful series of essays about country life in rural Ontario, Canada. 8vo. Country Living. ... more information

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First Edition, Second Printing. Very clean white boards with clean white cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 261 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight wear and very short closed edge tears at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The enticing places, the memorable (sometimes mysterious) encounters that have lig... more information

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Very clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Hint of light surface wear to bottom spine corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean bright illustrated endpapers. Small previous owner name and date neatly penned at top corner of half-title page; no other marks. 202 pgs. Foreword by Brian Vesey Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Michael Hansom. Clean dustjacket has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edge, a few short closed e... more information

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New York: Dodge Publishing, 1900. unknown. softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pocket size book with original red ribbon binding tie in excellent condition. Clean paper boards with vellum-like decorated jacket (candlabra and pile of books, elaborate decoration extending from the "C" of "Character." 48 pages. All pages clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Frontis portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Book measures approx. 3" x 6". Antiquarian - publication date unknown... more information

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Stated First Edition. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates, small paper remnant near top edge of rear free endpaper. 307 pgs. ... more information

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First Edition, SIGNED by author. Clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Hint of slight fading at extreme upper edge of front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed in Spanish and signed, dated on front free endpaper by author. Previous owner name and date below. 137 pgs. Dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with small spot on front panel near fold edge (smaller than a dime); one 1/16" closed edge... more information

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Blue-black cloth boards with original orange dustjacket. No bumping or fraying; binding is tight & square, no cracking. Previous owner name and date on front fixed endpaper. 323 pp. Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. Dustjacket has two tiny edge chips, two short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A nice compact book in original jacket containing essays such as "Crabbed Age and Youth," "Walking Tours," The Manse," "A Gossip o... more information

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Stated First Edition. Black cloth boards with gold title box on spine. No bumping or wear. Faintest hint of light soiling. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 303 pgs. Unchipped dustjacket is not price clipped, with just a hint of slightest edge wear and very slight soiling, one 1/4" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize winning author, on some answers to t... more information

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Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Slight manufacturer's wrinkle to cloth on rear board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Neatly penned previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. 388 pgs. Beautifully illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. 8vo. Nature. ... more information

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Later printing of the First Edition, inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. Clean unfaded dark blue cloth boards with blind-stamped diamond and star decoration on cover and spine, bright gold anchor, quill and telescope decoration on cover, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (a few tiny water spots to top page edges). Inscribed by the author: "For Clarence L. Sibley with the Very Best Wishes of ... more information

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Second Printing" stated on copyright page. Clean unfaded burgundy cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. Slightest hint of darkening to spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slight yellowing). Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Frontispiece photo of author. 324 pp. Selected and translated by Ernest Hatch Wilkins. A collection of essays on literature and great writers. Subjects include Leonardo... more information

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New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1900. unknown. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Small pocket sized "Little Masterpieces" edition in original dustjacket. Measures 6" x 3-1/4". Clean white cloth textured boards with gold lettering and line border. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 56 pages. Dustjacket has a few tiny edge chips and tiny closed edge tears, very light soiling. No date, estimated ... more information

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New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Lovely decorated binding - black cloth boards with two elaborate gold candlesticks with smoldering candles on cover, white lettering; red line border. White lettering and small candle decoration on spine. Fading to lettering of author's name and publisher on spine (title still bright and legible). Cover lettering and decoration bright and unchipped. Tiny spot of wear at lower fron... more information

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Very clean, unfaded green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 315 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), has very tiny edge chips at top and bottom spine edge (1/16"), a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Christopher Morley's essays, a microcosm of the times, re... more information

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First American Edition in clean unchipped, unclipped jacket. Clean burgundy cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 44 pp. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (10.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. ... more information

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Later printing of first edition in scarce dustjacket. Very clean unfaded green boards with blind-stamped decoration, bright gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Previous owner name and date neatly penned on front free endpaper. 371 pp. Jacket has one small edge stain at base of front panel (size of a bean), small chips at top and bottom spine edge, small chip at top right corner o... more information

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