The Flying Islands Of The Night
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1892. Cloth. First Edition. A just about fine first edition, Binding variant B, S cloth, bicolor, maroon at top, brown at bottom, top edges gilt. Printing..... (Book #26776) More
Early Dust-Jackets
Prior to the 1820s, most books were issued as unbound sheets or with disposable board covers. Customers would buy the text-blocks and commission bindings themselves--often to match the other titles in their library.
During the 1820s, publishers began encasing annuals and gift books in a sort of wrapping paper, printed with just enough text to identify the volume. It is difficult to ascertain when, exactly, paper wrappers were employed first by publishers, since they were intended to be discarded. In fact, the wrappers were frequently destroyed in the process of opening them. If only for this reason, early dust jackets are exceptionally rare and valuable for collectors.
American Trout Stream Insects; A Guide To Angling Flies And Other Aquatic Insects Alluring To Trout - 1st Edition
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1916]. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. A fine first edition in the original green pictorial cloth, stamped in dark green and gold. Tinted frontispiece..... (Book #26717) More
Jeanne D'Arc
Paris: Plon-Nourrit & Cie, [1896]. Cloth. First Edition. An attractive first edition in linen cloth binding, stamped in green & gilt, blue endpapers, edges stained orange, in the publisher's printed..... (Book #26650) More
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Romola [Two Volume Set]
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1890. Cloth. Two volumes, cream cloth-backed red-cloth boards, beautifully decorated with gilt on both boards, titles and decoration on spines, t.e.g., satin book markers, in the..... (Book #27086) More
Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia, being a Concordance of Choice Tributes to the Great Genoese, His Grand Discovery, and His Greatness of Mind and Purpose
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally, 1892. Cloth. First Edition. White paper-covered boards, pictorial inset on upper board, titles stamped in red on upper board and spine, boards beveled, t.e.g...... (Book #27081) More
The Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Illustrated by the Paint and Clay Club
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin at the Riverside Press, 1882. Cloth. Plain card-stock wrappers in the publisher's japanese -vellum dust-wrapper; pp. ix, [9]-228, [25], illustrated throughout with plates, plus frontis portrait. Book..... (Book #27072) More
The Seven Seas - 1st Edition
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1896. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first (American) edition, published October 30, 1896, the same day as the English edition. Only predeced..... (Book #24946) More
Soldier Tales - 1st Edition
Illustrated by Archibald Standish Hartrick. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1896. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. First edition, published on 30 October 1896, at 6s; 5,000 copies were printed. Deep..... (Book #24945) More
Pomona's Travel - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Illustrated by A. B. Frost. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1894. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. A Very Good+ first printing (of three) of the first edition, BAL 18917, in..... (Book #24941) More
John Bull, Junior; Or French As She Is Traduced - 1st Edition
New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, c1888. Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. A Near Fine first edition in lightly sunned illustrated wrappers. In the rare, lightly chipped dust-jacket. "I have..... (Book #24940) More
The Little New Neighbor - 1st Edition
Illustrated by A. G. Plympton. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1891. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. A Very Good- first edition in lightly soiled, original boards. Front flyleaf..... (Book #24937) More
Hassan: A Fellah; A Romance Of Palestine - 1st Edition
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. An attractive first edition in original cloth in Very Good+ condition, top edges gilt. In the scarce, lightly chipped..... (Book #24935) More
Zig-Zag Journeys In The British Isles; Or, Vacation Rambles In Historic Lands
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good condition, bright boards with minor shelf-wear, profusely illustrated. Edgewear to chipped dust-jacket, separation of front panel, rather complete though. The 11th..... (Book #24931) More
The Growth Of Love
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, c1896. Hardcover. First Edition. An attractive, Very Good, limited edition of 400 copies, this being number 179. Book plate to front paste down, ghosting of..... (Book #24911) More
Eric's Good News
New York, Toronto, Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Company, c1896. Hardcover. First Edition. An attractive, Near Fine first edition in the original light blue cloth with striking floral design in the..... (Book #24910) More
If I Were King
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca.1920s. Cloth. Reprint. An attractive Grosset & Dunlap edition, early 20th century, originally published in 1901 by Robert Howard Russel, in chipped dust-jacket, primarily to..... (Book #24904) More
Bob Son Of Battle
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1898. Hardcover. Reprint. A charming Grosset & Dunlap illustrated edition, mid 20th century, originally published in 1898, board edges lightly sunned in chipped and rubbed..... (Book #24903) More
The Time Of Roses; A Story For Girls
New York: Hurst & Company, early 1900s. Hardcover. A charming publication by Hurst & Company, board edges yellowed, little foxing to page edges in lightly chipped and soiled dust-jacket. By..... (Book #24902) More
Eric Or Little By Little; A Tale Of Roslyn School
London: The National Sunday School Union, early 1910s. Hardcover. A charming publication by the National Sunday School Union, front fly-leaf perished, else Very Good+, bright covers in still Very Good..... (Book #24901) More
The Profligate; A Novel
Illustrated by Charles Grunwald. New York: G. W. Dillingham Company, 1908. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good first edition, little rubbed with area of abrasion to front end paper. 1909..... (Book #24889) More
The Seven Ages Of Washington
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1907. Cloth. An attractive Grosset & Dunlap edition in Near Fine, slightly rubbed condition in a Good+, little tattered dust-jacket, early owner's name to verso..... (Book #24887) More
Wordsworth And His Circle
London: Methuen & Co., 1907. Cloth. First Edition; First Printing. A Very Good+ first edition, limited foxing to first and last pages in Good+ dust-wrapper, separation to folds, supportive restoration..... (Book #24883) More
Riley Farm-Rhymes
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1905. Cloth. An attractive Grosset & Dunlap reprint, following the 1901 edition by Bowen Merrill. Very Good condition, foxing to endpapers in lightly chipped and..... (Book #24882) More
The Blue Bird; A Fairy Play In Six Acts
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912. Cloth. Reprint. An attractive Reprint of the first American edition, published by Dodd, Mead, and Company in 1909. In the original cloth in..... (Book #24875) More
