Books:English Literature:Classics from ZH BOOKS

New York: Hurst & Co., 1890. Hardcover. Uniform edition, n.d. (ca 1890); 5 x 7 1/2; pp. [5], 6-562, [2]; brown cloth over boards; lavish gilt and black decorations; few small rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners, else wonderfully preserved; illustrated with portrait frontis and plates; all edges gilt; pages ruled in red; very good or better.A… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. Hardcover. First American edition, first issue with the Franklin imprint on the copyright page and uncorrected text on pp. 124, 263, 362 ('estate' not 'state,'do not' instead of 'do,' 'reigned' not 'reined' respectively); 7 x 9; pp. [10], 11-411, [3]; half morocco and marbled boards; marbled endpapers and page edges; five raised… Read more about this item

London: Charles Carrington, 1901. Softcover. First English edition (limited to 500 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper); 5 3/4" x 9"; pp. [3], vi-x, [5], 4-304; original publisher's plain wraps with affixed paper label to spine with clear protective cover; age-toning along margins; paper on head and tail of spine brittle with a closed cut to tail; label with… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Early edition; 5" x 7 3/4"; pp. [16], 1-541, (1-10) publisher's list, [8]; original embossed red boards; gilt title; minor wear to covers; spine slightly faded; small closed cut to tail of spine; engraved portrait frontis; illustrations from paintings and photographs; very good. The famous tale of love between… Read more about this item

Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Stated second edition of the translation. A handsome copy of Goethe's "greatest long poem of modern European literature." Condition: Good - marbled boards and 3/4 leather; 4 raised bands to spine and gilt title; marbled page edges; beautiful engraved frontis; pages clean and bright; front gutter cracked at upper part; some… Read more about this item

Ram, 1933. Soft cover. Good. 2 volumes. An unusual Spanish oversize-paperback edition - First Ed. in this format. Original pictorial wraps; text in two columns. Condition: Good - pages and covers slightly darkened with age, spine worn, head and tail chipped, pages and binding tight; vol. II has a small chip off edge of front cover. Overall in… Read more about this item

Moskva: Russkii Raritet, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus; 3" x 4"; pp. [4], 5-239, [1]; original blue leather boards with pictorial DJ; gilt title to front cover; gift inscription to previous owner on first free page; very minor wear to edges of DJ, else fine. Limited to 5000 copies. A beautiful mini- edition of Persian philosopher and… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Subtitled: "With Colonel Chabert, The Atheist's Mass, La Grande Breteche, The Purse, and La Grenadiere." Early American edition; 8vo; pp. [8], 1-338, [6] publisher's advertisements; original red boards; gilt title to spine; several small spots and scratches to boards; spine slightly faded with minor wear to head and tail of spine;… Read more about this item

72057593498894288: J. W. Bradley, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Subtitled: "From This World to That Which is to Come; Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. To Which is Added a Life of Bunyan, By Himself: or Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners." Beautiful engravings, including two full-page frontis; pp. 531; Condition: Good/Acceptable - original publisher's maroon blind stamped… Read more about this item

M. Carey & Son, Philadelphia, 1820. Hardcover. Good. First US Edition, published the same year as the first Edinburgh edition. Vol. I of 2. Condition: Good - full leather with gilt decorations to spine and black & gold title to spine; corners rubbed; leather on spine worn; pages clean, but uniformly darkened with age; two faded signatures to… Read more about this item