Search Results: the casting away of mrs lecks by frank r stockton

New York: Appleton-Century. Very Good; Ex. Library With Markings. 1933. Hardback. 290 pages .

Century Company. Collectible - Acceptable. Reading copy. Covers soiled. Front hinge cracked, pages starting to detach. Rear hinge starting to crack. Inquire if you need further information.

D. Appleton - Century Company, New York, 1941-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good.

APPLETON-CENTURY, 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear. Ex-library with usual markings...filing tab on spine and card folder on inside back cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

The Century Co. (1886), 1886-01-01. Hardcover. Good. .

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Former owner's marks on flyleaf; exterior scuffs, soils, dark spine and some edge toning, with chips, scuffs and some exposure; inner hinge cracking and shaken spine; some edge toning on pages as well. A reading copy only. 150 pages..

This is an ex-library book, with no stray written marks inside. Dust jacket with clear cover. Frank Stockton was an American writer and humorist, famous author of the short story, "The Lady and the Tiger."

New York: Century, 1921. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Art by Frederic Dorr Steele. 100 shelf. Handsomely stamped pale blue cloth. Aged front endpapers. Attractive binding: old ceramic vase. No names, clean text. No dust jacket. Collectible condition. 239 pgs

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1933. Here are the thin, scrawny Mrs. Lecks and the plump, lovable Mrs. Aleshine, girded into their life preservers and blandly "sweeping" their way across the Pacific with the oars of the foundered rowboat. Book and jacket are both in good condition with owner's label, edgewear, rubbing, and soil. 290 pages, 8 x 5.5.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Richards, George.

New York: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1890s-1910s]. Hardcover. A reprint edition of this example of turn-of-the-20th-century popular fiction, with numerous black & white illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele (perhaps best known for his depictions of Sherlock Holmes). --- In full olive cloth-covered boards with illustrations in darker green to cover, titling in cream to cover & spine. --- With near total loss of spine titling, some loss of cover titling, and with beginnings of splits to binding, but overall a sound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 239 pages .

Nordiska Forlaget, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Previous owners stamp on first page. Green leather. Some light shelfwear.

New York: Century Co., 1923. Hardcover. Very good condition, spine darkened, name on endpaper . Frederic Dorr Steele. 239p., illus.

UsedGood. 1916 hardcover edition (239 pages). No dust jacket.\r\n\r\nNoticeable signs of wear/scuffs on front/back/inside cover & lower/upper bind but book is in good condition. Text is mostly clean & readable.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Richards, George. Charming story of two middle-aged widows who embark on a retirement cruise to Japan, & become castaways on a desert island. Also contains the sequel, "The Dusantes.'' In 290 pages, with decorative endpapers & illustrations throughout by George Richards. Orig. published in 1886 & in this format by D. Appleton in 1933, this is a 1936 printing. Hardcover with green cloth-covered boards & gilt design to front/lettering to spine. Condition is VG-: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white, lightly tanned around edges, but unmarked. Modest rubbing to extremities, bumped corners, slight spine fading, with a single small white spot to mid-spine. Our photos depict the Ex act book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific… Read More

New York: Century, 1905. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Frederic Dorr Steele. Gray-green cloth letetred and decorated in gilt and black. 239 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Frederic Dorr Steele. Later printing. A tight, near fine example. Two widows, after lives of hard work on thier farms, take a (supposedly) relaxing retirement cruise to Japan.

New York: Hawtorn Books Inc., 1933. Book is flawless. DJ has one flaw, a 1/16" tear to top of spine, else has no chips, no wear, but slight yellowing to spine.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by George M. Richards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York:: D. Appleton-Century, , 1938.. Hardcover -. Near fine in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, decoration on front cover, no dj (bookplate.). Later printing. The classic story of the fabulous voyagings, shipwreck, and remarkable adventures of two self-possessed and unflappable widows from the Midwest, who had been on their way to visit a son in Japan, when the steamship had a collision and had to be abandoned. An attractive edition with many black and white illustrations by George Richards, green and while illustrated endpapers, slightly larger than usual format. 290 pp.

New York: A. L. Burt Co, 1902. Hardcover. Good +. ix, [3], 239, [5] p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Green cloth with white spine and cover titles; dark green illustration on front cover. Publisher's catalog on 4 unpaginated pages following text. Copyright 1898 by the Century Co. A. L. Burt Co. published from 1902 to 1937 and generally did not include dates of publication on works first published by another company, as in this case. Crossed out inscription on front free endpaper indicating that this was given as a present in 1914. Printed bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Andrew Brisbin Foster and written ownership notation on front free endpaper of John H. Foster, 1928. In Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled; loss of white from spine title; ends of spine starting to fray; light finger soiling in a few margins; otherwise, clean and tight.

Appleton Century Co.. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. DJ occassionally edgeworn , chipped and torn .

Charles Scribner's Sons. 1900. Hard cover. Fine. Spectacular Condition. Includes illustrations. .