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Charles Scribner. Green boards rubbed and bumped, gold lettering and design is rubbed but still clear, frayed at the t/b of the spine, hinges strong, pages are clean, sporadic foxing on the pages. Still an excellent reading copy. . Good. Hardcover. 1851.

Charles Scribner, 1851-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. ***please read*** name inside cover with light pencil - no marks on text - some chipping on top and bottom of the spine - foxing - my shelf location 19-B-33*

NY: Charles Scribner, 1851. First edition, thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth, blind stamped with bright gilt stamp wheat sheaf design on front and rear covers, repeated on spine with title, lightly dulled, wear to extremities, clean, tightly bound, pages lightly aged toned with foxing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1V, 336 Pp. Dark Green Cloth, Gilt Spine, Blindstamped Covers (Same Design As Usual Binding Of Purple Cloth). First Edition. Covers Clean, Gilt Bright, Wear To Cloth With Fraying At Corners And Lower Edge, Hinges Tight. No Marks. Light Foxing Throughout

New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. 336 pp. Original blue cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine, and small gilt decoration on front and rear covers. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners bumped. Spine sunned. Neat pencil inscription on front blank endpaper. Edges of leaves a bit age toned, otherwise, contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, 336 pages. Foxing to endpapers. Faded cloth covers and spine feature gilt decoration. Text clean and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate, signature inside front cover. Record # 608847

New York: Harper Brothers, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1847, First Edition. 336 pp. Hardcover, bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt title. Half-title and title pages printed in black and red. Good copy. Leather worn through at corners; light scuffing to spine leather; boards rubbed. Pencil doodling to front fly leaf and half-title; owner's signatures on copyright page; lacks rear endpapers. Contents foxed, but readable. Popular author's first book, here in a sound, attractive 3/4 leather binding.

Charles Scribner, New York, 1851. 1st edition.. Hardback. Blind stamped cloth, G. x+336pp, foxed, cloth mottled & a little rubbed at the edges. A series of essays on Europe as seen by an American traveller, starting off in Devon, England. Donald Grant Mitchell [ 1822 - 1908 ] American essayist and novelist best known for sentimental essays contained in the volumes titled 'Reveries of a Bachelor'.

Charles Scribner, New York, ., 1861 pp. [vii], 336. 12mo. 19cm. Handsome half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Very good. Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908) was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name I.K. Marvel. Throughout his life he showed a particular interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. He served as U.S. consul at Venice, Italy, from 1853 to 1854, and in 1855 he settled at his estate, called Edgewood, near New Haven, CT. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., called him "one of the pleasantest of our American writers." Sets SW3 Rt. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1847. First Edition. Softcover. Original wrapper, spine ends and edges chipped; internally near very good. ; Bal 13922, 1st edition, part 2 only, in original wrapper. .

New York: Charles Scribner. Very Good. 1851. Hardcover. Boards a bit faded. Bookplate ; Blindstamped brown buckram boards with small gilt decoration ; 8vo; vii, 336 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner, 1907. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Signed by the author on the frontis. Number 201 of 204 copies. 1907. Hardcover, parchment backed boards. Near Fine. Top edges uncut. Minor shelfwear. Published as Volume 1 of the Works of Donald Mitchell.

New York:: Charles Scribner,, 1851.. publisher's cloth.. 19th c. bookplate on pastedown; same owner's signature at head of title page; spine very slightly faded; light foxing to flyleaves.. 8vo,.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Early reprint. Decorative purple cloth blind and gilt-stamped. Spine and edges faded, else a very good or better copy.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt wheat emblem. vii, 336pp. Good plus. Mild overall shelfwear and mild foxing (mainly to preliminary and closing leaves), but tight and fairly attractive; long title page tear expertly, archivally mended, thus discreet. First one-volume edition of Donald G. Mitchell's first title (first published in a 2-volume edition in 1847 by Harper & Bros.). An interesting European travelogue.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 336 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled w/ wear to extremities. Covers slightly cocked. Faint dampstains and light foxing throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair to Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

FRESH GLEANINGS; OR, A NEW SHEAF FROM THE OLD FIELDS OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE, Harpers, 1847, first edition., cloth worn through at corner tips and extremities, wear to spine ends, else a tight vg copy. A record of the authors travels to Europe. The authors first book.

Charles Scribner, 1851. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes ; Acceptable or Better hardcover, wear to covers and spine, fading to spine, staining inside covers, foxing in text, sm8vo, 336 pp

Harper & Brothers, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition. Pages have foxing throughout and previous owner's name on title page. Binding has separated in several places and hinges have cracked. All pages still intact. Boards covered in mylar. Rubbing around edges, especially bottom. Top of spine is chipped and fraying.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Boards clean and tight, gilt spine lettering fresh, light to moderate foxing throughout text, contemporary pencil notations on the front pastedown, two preliminary blanks apparently torn (one preliminary blank and both half-title and title pages are present), overall a very good copy of the popular sentimental author's first book.