19th Century Literature from Mary Riversong Books

Kipling, Rudyard. Collected Verse, 1907 Doubleday & Company, Inc., NY FIRST EDITION. VG CONDITION /VG DUST JACKET. BLACK BOARDS WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLING ON SPINE, ORIGINAL BLUE UNCLIPPED $3.50 DUST JACKET WITH PHOTO OF AUTHOR ON BACK PANEL. QUITE RARE THUS. USED. 372 pages, Indexed. 5 ¾ x 8 ½. Photos will be added soon.

854WigginChickens Kate Douglas Wiggin Mother Carey's Chickens. Summary "The book tells the story of a poor-but-happy family of four children who, in spite of being fatherless, make the lives of others better. Their home life becomes complicated when Julia, a snobbish cousin, comes to live with them. The Carey children suffer many disappointments (Gilbert must forgo college, for example), but… Read more about this item

Michael Cunningham. The Hours. Biography of Virginia Woolf. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE. Stated First Edition, 1998, FSG, NY. VG/VG Unclipped dust jacket. ISBN0374172897. 229 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ½.

Mary Fidelis Todd The Juggler of Notre Dame. Copyright 1954, Whittlesey House, A division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. NY. Retold and Illustrated by Mary Fidelis Todd. From the original story ">Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, a story by French writer Anatole France; published in 1892 ." EXLIB. Very Good condition/ No DJ Included. 38 pages. 6 1/8 X… Read more about this item

Twain, mark. The Innocents Abroad Or The New Pilgrims' Progress. Copyright 1911. Undated. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition, Circa 1932. Published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers. Red faux ostrich boards with Sphinx cartouche at center front. Red topstain. USED. VG Condition/ No DJ included. 472 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. Summary: "The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims'… Read more about this item

794HaggardBeatrice H. Rider Haggard. Beatrice. Longmans, Green, And. Co., London. States New Edition, 1896 on the title page. A romance set in Wales. USED. Very Good Condition/ No DJ included. 312 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 3/8. Brown boards, silver titling. Titling is still bright.

Wilde, Oscar. The Selfish Giant. 1984 First Edition, 4th Impression Thus. Neugebaur Press Publishing, London. ISBN0907234305. Fine/VG DJ. Written by Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. Gold emblem on the front cover states "Lisbeth Zwerger Lifetime Achievement Award." Printed in Italy.Large Format. 8 1/2 X 11 1/2. Unpaginate Summary: The message of the story is co-existence and spreading love. It… Read more about this item

Tolstoy, Leo. What Men Live By. Peter Pauper Press, Incorporated ,1982. ISBN 0880885343. A carefully produced exact reproduction of the 1923 First Edition. Culturally significant item. Illustrated by Jeff Hill. Used. VG/VG. RELIGION. RUSSIA. . A small, slim volume.4 5/8 X 7 5/8. 58 pages.

Sutton, Margaret. The Invisible Chimes,(Judy Bolton Mystery #3). . 1932, Grosset & Dunlap. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Green Boards with brown titling and ornamentation. Summary: "When Judy Bolton meets a strange girl who cannot seem to remember her own name, Judy is determined to find out her identity. At first, she wants to help the girl she has… Read more about this item

Frank Norris. Blix, Copyright 1899, Doubleday & McClure Co. Published 1901 by International Association of Newspapers and Authors. McTeague, another title by this author, is misspelled as McTague on the title page. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Blue boards with red heart wallpaper design. Former owner signature on front free endpaper. Plot summary: A romantic… Read more about this item

Pasternak, Boris. The Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers. 1961, The Citadel Press. Softcover. 87 pages. 4 7/8 X 7 3/8. Please see our stock photo. "An enthralling novelette by the author of Dr. Zhivago. How a thirteen-year old girl ceases to be a child and becomes a woman in Russia just before the Communist Revolution." USED. Good Condition.

Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Author of the Sherlock Holmes Series. First American Edition. D. Appleton & Co. Copyright 1894.A collection of medical and detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes detective series. VG condition/ no DJ included if originally issued. A square, solid… Read more about this item

Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an… Read more about this item

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. UNCLE BERNAC: A MEMORY OF THE EMPIRE. 1897 Smith, Elder & Co. First Edition. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ included if originally issued. Red boards with gilt titling and ornamentation. Gilting remains in good shape. Front hinge separation. Deckle edge. 300 pages + adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 7/8. Summary: "Looking for a replacement to Sherlock… Read more about this item

Ruskin, John: The King Of The Golden River. (Grosset & Dunlap Reprint W/DJ Illustrated by J. Watson Davis. Colour frontis plate by Anne Merriman Peck. Fairy Tale. No copyright info. Ca 1945 Grossett & Dunlap Reprint. Used. Good Condition/ Good price-clipped Original DJ! Summary: "THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER tells the story of a very old and strange man… Read more about this item

Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma. Translated from the French by The Lady Mary Loyd. Published by D. Appleton & Co., NY. 1901 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. States 1 on the last page. Black cloth boards. Paper title label is present on spine but has darkened over time. Used. Good condition/ No DJ is included. A clean, solid copy. Green… Read more about this item

Thurber, James: Many Moons. Harcourt, Brace, World 1943 First Edition, later printing thus. Library Bound. Blue Boards. Copyright page states Impression K.2.65 Thus. Caldecott Medal winner 1944. No Caldecott sticker on the DJ. Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. EXLIB. Good/ Good unclipped DJ. Original price $3.50. A clean, solid copy.

Munroe, Kirk: The Copper Princess, A Story Of Lake Superior Mines. Illustrated by W.A. Rogers. Harper & Brothers First Edition, 1898, Impression C-Z Thus. Used. Good-/No dust jacket included.

H. RIDER HAGGARD: Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus. Longmans, Green and Co., Copyright 1918. States 1920 on the title page. March 1920 Third Printing Thus. 1920 Used. Good- condition/ no DJ. States 1920 on title page. Blindstamped red cloth boards. Titling still visible on spine. Colour frontispiece of Merapi at a chariot. Gutter separation at back… Read more about this item

THE FROZEN DEEP BY WILKIE COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly bright. Tight binding, bright pages. There is a liquid spill on a couple of pages… Read more about this item