Boston: Dana Estes & Company, [1882]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark blue cloth with white lettering and front board red and black pictorial stamping. 288pp. Frontispiece, iIlustrations. Very good. Spine lettering quite rubbed, else binding bright and nice, internally tight and near fine; front pastedown nonauthorial gift inscription. Attractive and tight..... More
Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, [1936]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Robert A. Graef. 24mo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 100pp, 1p ad). Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Very good. Mildly edgeworn, with text block lightly, typically age toned; front inner hunge cracked but strong; large pencilled front flyleaf ownership signature. Tight and..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 375pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 3 full-page plates floral endpapers. Near fine. Tight and most attractive later printing of this fiction first published by Roberts in 1876, a volume in this publisher's large "Louisa M...... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 365pp, (18pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, floral endpapers. Near fine. Handsome and tight later printing of this fiction first published by Roberts in 1886, a volume in this publisher's large "Louisa M. Alcott's Writings"..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 325pp, (6pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, floral endpapers. Very good. Very faintest of edgewear and few minor foxing spots to text, else quite tight and bright. Handsome later printing of this..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 291pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations, floral endpapers. Near fine. Exceptionally tight, quite attractive later printing of this fiction first published by Roberts in 1875, a volume in this publisher's large "Louisa M. Alcott's..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1937]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Henry E. Vallely. 32mo. Pictorial paper over boards. 425pp, (4pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Mild binding dulling and edgewear; text block slightly age toned and bowed per usual; pencilled ownership on front flyleaf. Tight and really quite nice first..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1939]. Hardcover. 32mo. Pictorial paper over boards. 425pp, (3pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Mildest of edgewear; text block slightly age toned per usual; pencilled ownership on front flyleaf. Tight and really quite nice first edition (#1485) of the popular and long-lived boys' series..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, [1942]. Hardcover. 32mo. Pictorial paper over boards. 425pp, (3pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Quite faint edgewear only; text block typically lightly age toned. Tight and nice first edition (#1424) of this whodunit featuring the soft-spoken Chinese-American Honolulu police detective, part of this publisher's..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1937]. Hardcover. 32mo. Pictorial paper over boards. 425pp, (3pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Quite faint edgewear only; text block typically lightly age toned. A tight and attractive first edition (#1407) of the sci-fi classic "Based on the Famous Adventure Strip", published by the..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1937]. Hardcover. 32mo. Pictorial paper over boards. 425pp, (3pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Mild edgewear; text block lightly age toned as usual, lower corner of pp. 293-414 slightly but not offensively edge chipped; pencilled ownership signature on front flyleaf. A tight and nice..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering, rules and decorations. 376pp, (2pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 3 full-page plates, floral endpapers. Near fine. Couple modest smudges to rear board (only), else quite nice. Exceptionally tight, quite attractive later printing of the 1871 sequel to..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1943]. Hardcover. 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards with blue plastic comb binding. (22pp). Numerous color illustrations (6 moveable). Very good. Boards a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with spine rather rough and chipped but no comb teeth lacking; internally clean and nice. Early printing..... More