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ANTIQUE HB BOOK ''THE HEATH READERS Fourth READER'' D.C. HEATH & COMPANY 1903
Acceptable condition. All pages present, but have yellowing, foxing, and a few tears. Previous owner's (my grandmother) name is on inside cover. Also the number 678 and some penciled numbers on back page. See photos for details of condition.

Rare book. 1st edition. Hard back with dust jacket in excellent condition.

Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1910. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition in original cloth backed brown boards with small vignette of Theodore Roosevelt on the front cover. Frontispiece with tissue-guard. Size: 7 ½" X 5". 40 pages. Story of Theodore Roosevelt. Brown paper on boards; cloth backstrip. Front cover rubbed. Corners bumped. No DJ if issued. Interior clean and unmarked. Small previous owner's stamp and penciled 50. Small tear on bottom of page across from backboard.

Hardback with no dust jacket. Printed for and Presented by the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society.
Published by James Pott & Co, New York
Title of Book "Common Prayer" in Gold. Cross on Front.
Stamped on back.
Interior clean and unmarked. Fading on cover. Minimal bumping. Some loosening from binding,

Antique BookThe Child In The HouseAuthor: Walter PaterDodd, Mead, & Co. No Date Approximately 3 x 6 in. Leather type binding with gilt decoration and titles No date given.Published by Dodd, Mead, & Co. New York. No date given. Condition is good; corners a bit bumped and stain on front cover. See photos. The Interior is clean but a bit toned/foxed. Binding fairly tight. Again, see photos. I tried to include all of the blemishes in the photos

>Cortes
William Weber Johnson
Little, Brown, and Company, 1975
Boston and Torento
The Library of World Biography
ISBN 10: 0091284805ISBN 13: 9780091284800
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A very good HB of 238 pages with a very good & protected DJ. Spain alone in the 16th century could have produced a man such as Cortes: poor yet arrogant, chivalrous yet cruel, pious yet sinful, generous yet avaricious, a man of decisive action yet capable of patience and guile, his nature abounded with contradictions. The summer of 1519 witnessed one of the most remarkable of all invasions. With 500 fighting men, 100 sailors and 17 horses, Hernan Cortes attacked the Aztec empire in Mexico and secured for the Spanish crown what was to remain one of her most valuable possessions for over 300 years.

The Count at Harvard by Rupert Sargent HollandPublisher: L.C. Page Company; 1st edition 1st impression (1906).Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Merrill, Frank T. (illustrator). 320 pages not including advertisements in back of book. First edition, First Impression, March 1906. Illustration by Frank T. Merrill. An account of the adventures of a young gentleman of fashion at Harvard University. Very good red cloth book with decorative front of a couple. Title and author's name in gilt lettering on front of the book and spine. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name. Slight edge/shelf wear. The top of spine has 2" tear and both ends of spine are bumped. Fine book with very slight wear to the corners. 7¾" tall x 5.5" wide.

This volume showcases the extensive variety of architectural sun protections that come in all forms and sizes in a wide variety of materials - concrete, fabrics, fiberglass, wood or plants, featuring serial productions as well as individual designs from sun blinds to tents or roofs.
Excellent condition. Hardback with dust jacket. Minimal shelfwear. Interior clean and unmarked.

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Carlton's Illustrated Edition. G.W. Carleton & Co. New York
London: Chapman and Hall , c 1878. Hardcover. Good. Half bound in tan calf and red cloth boards with gilt rules. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and title labels. Some bumping and wear to board edges Marbled endpapers and page edges. 821 pages. Pages are age tanned with scattered foxing especially to prelims. Binding is loosening. Illustrations by H K Browne. Frontispiece tissue 1878

The Vanguard Press, 1931. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Very good clean copy. Some slight chipping and discoloration to rare pictorial DJ. Quarter bound in black cloth along spine over illustrated yellow paper covered boards, pasted-on label on spine- partial tear. Illustrated with b/w drawings, 115 pages. Later Printing. - 1931 printing on 1894 copyright.

Volume 1. 1843. Very good condition hardback with no DJ. Spine has title in red block with gilt lettering. "Vol. 1 Intellect" in black block with gilt lettering. Cover rubbed and faded. Binding intact. Edges bumped, edges rubbed and faded. Interior clean and unmarked, but pages have foxing. Inner boards show foxing.

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, a New Translation with over 200 illustrations, by Harrison Weir, V. Pederson, M.I. Stone, A.W. Bayes, and Others,
Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. No date, but very early date – see info below on "Alta Edition."
Includes detailed sixteen-page introductory biography: "Life of Andersen". Green cloth boards, black embossed cover and spine design with vine and leaves. Title in the black book on front cover and Alta Edition in an outlined box lower middle of cover. On the spine is the title, the word, "Illustrated" and publisher's name which is not as clear as the other two. Cover and spine are faded and rubbed with edge wear. The ends of spine are fraying. Small chip on the back cover. Binding intact, but loose. First three pages have detached from the hinge. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name on two of the fly pages. In addition to the owner's name there is a little stick figure. Several of the pages have small tears on the… Read More

English version. Hardback with breathtaking photos.
FLYING THE COLOURS OF BELGIUM. Preface by John L. Brown. Translated and adapted by Marnix Gijsen. Hardcover – January 1, 1964

Collectible. Signed by author, Charles E. Beveridge. Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing the American Landscape. Very good condition. Inner cover of book has price tag of $25.00. Soft cover. Published by Universe Publishing, 1998. Revised edition of book published in 1995. Little piece of the paper came off the back page – pages are thick so barely noticeable. Designed by David Larkin. 240 pages. Approximate: 8 X 6.5

Published by Nihon Kogyo Shimbun, 1983. Written in both English and Japanese. Collection of photos. Very good to almost new condition hardback with unclipped dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear. Interior clean and unmarked. Written by K. Thonsup.
11.4 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches

A God on Every Mountain Top by Byrd Baylor. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. 1st Edition. Signed with an inscription by illustrator Carol Brown. Author: Byrd Baylor. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Both are in very good condition. Condition: Good. Oversized beige boards -some fading. Light edge and corner wear. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor tears at the top front of dust jacket and one on the top back jacket. Edges slightly bumped. Two tiny stains on front cover of the dust jacket. Minor edge wear, small chip from dj on back. Some soiling. B&W illustrations by Carol Brown.

Grimm's Fairy Tales Hardcover – January 1, 1924
by Illustrator) The Brothers Grimm; (Frances Brundate (Author)
Collectible. The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1924. Hardcover in good condition. Pages unmarked and sunned. No DJ if issued. Beige cloth spine and color pictorial cloth cover with edgewear and bumped on edges. Spine has small tears on ends. Spine is pulled away from binding. Beige cloth spine and color pictorial cloth cover has heavy wear and soiled spine. Pages intact, but binding loosening.

Collectible. The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio TX, 1964. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 106 pp., 88 illustrations 8 in color. DJ is unclipped with minor edgewear and tiny bend on inner flap. Couple of small tears on back and front DJ covers. DJ sunned on edges and spine. Some fading and rubbing. Distributed by the University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. First Edition. Hardcover: 106 pages

A book about old maps which includes an introductory chapter which sketches the development of cartography in general, the actual processes of draving the features of different continents. The exploration and mapping of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Australia. Large book 16 x 11 with beautiful drawings and photographys

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. 1st. Doubleday. HARDCOVER. 1903. Doubleday Page & Co. Volume IV of Six in well-worn maroon cloth boards. While the binding is sound, show hinges starting, Text blocks clean. Pages yellowing. Couple of dog-eared pages.