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![Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/375/422/1603422375.0.m.jpg)
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Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe
por Eliot, George
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First American Edition.
- Published
- 1861
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 283,80
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1861. This is a Very Good copy of a later printing of the First Edition [no date match on copyright page]. Brown cloth binding with heavy decorative blindstamping on the covers; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 265 pages, with a 22-page publisher catalog in the rear. Interestingly, there is no author… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 283,80
![The Warden](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/441/308/1598308441.0.m.jpg)
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The Warden
por Trollope, Anthony
- Condição
- Usado - Fine
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1859
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 118,25
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Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1859. First published in 1855, this is the first volume of Trollopes "Chronicles of Bartshire." This is a Fine copy of the First Edition Thus, the "Copyright Edition." (Starting in 1840, and continuing for one hundred years the Tauchnitz editions protected author's rights on the European continent.) Maroon leather binding with titling and decorations in gilt on… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 118,25
![Nenhuma imagem disponível](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. Adapted By Richard F. Burton, F.R.G.S. &c.
por Burton, Richard F. [Translator]
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First Edition
- Published
- 1870
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 425,70
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870. These Sanskrit tales of the vetala - a huge Bat, Vampire, or Evil Spirit appearing as a jinn - date from the eleventh century. The explorer-adventurer Richard Francis Burton,was a talented linguist, and may have spoken upwards of forty languages; he had a fascination for Eastern folk tales and eroticism. His translation… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 425,70
![Sylvie and Bruno](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/412/515/1594515412.0.m.jpg)
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Sylvie and Bruno
por Carroll, Lewis
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good (Minus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1890
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 47,30
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London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1890. Carroll's fairy tale was first published in 1889; this is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a Later Printing from a year later. Bound in variant blue cloth with decorative stamping in black and gilt on spine and front cover. Titling in gilt. Clean text; xxi, 400 pages; with two pages of… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 47,30
![A Chance Acquaintance](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/488/366/1588366488.0.m.jpg)
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A Chance Acquaintance
por Howells, William D.
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1898
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 118,25
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1898. First published in 1873; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing. Red cloth binding, blindstamped "Cambridge Classics" on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 271 pages; top-edge is gilt. Frontis and six other full-page illustrations by William L. Sheppard; many… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 118,25
![[Volume One only]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/562/174/1587174562.0.m.jpg)
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[Volume One only]
por Edgeworth, Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First American Edition.
- Published
- 1801
- Encadernação
- Paperback
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 94,60
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New York: Printed By George F. Hopkins for Self, and Brown & Stansbury, 1801. The first of the collaborations between the popular Irish novelist and her father, considered to be a foundational work in the field of modern education. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition [stated]. A scarce early American imprint - with some issues.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 94,60
![Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/386/102/1586102386.0.m.jpg)
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Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
por Kipling, Rudyard
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First American Edition.
- Published
- 1890
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 283,80
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New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company, 1890. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First American Edition, containing some of Kipling's most famous poems. Maroon cloth binding with titling and decorations in gilt on the spine and front cover; bevelled edges. The first state printing, with "Lovell" on the spine. Clean text;… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 283,80
![King Soloman's Mines.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/495/319/1572319495.0.m.jpg)
King Soloman's Mines.
por Haggard, H. Rider
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good (Minus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 1887
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 94,60
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New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, 1887. One of Haggard's most popular and famed novels. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a reprinted edition, probably an early pirate. There is no publication date, but there is a gift inscription on the first free endpaper that is dated 1887, two years after the original publication. Brown cloth decorative binding… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 94,60
![Nada the Lily](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/149/027/1572027149.0.m.jpg)
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Nada the Lily
por Haggard, H. Rider
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First American Edition.
- Published
- 1892
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 118,25
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New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Red cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover, which has the Longmans device and ruling in silver. Clean text; 295 pages, with an eight-page catalog in the rear. Profusely illustrated [23]. Vintage bookplate on the front paste-down.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 118,25
![The Caxtons. A Family Picture](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/243/909/1564909243.0.m.jpg)
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The Caxtons. A Family Picture
por Lytton, The Right Hon. Lord
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1854
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 61,49
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London & New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1854. One of Bulwer-Lytton's most popular novels, and still well-regarded critically. It was first serialized in Blackwood's and then issued in three volumes in 1849. This is a Very Good copy presented in a fine binding by W.H. Smith & Son. Marbled paper covered boards with green leather spine and tips; ruling… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 61,49
![Smoke. A Russian Novel](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/235/909/1564909235.0.m.jpg)
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Smoke. A Russian Novel
por Turgenieff, Ivan
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good (Minus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Early Printing
- Published
- 1872
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 141,90
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Company Publishers, 1872. First published in America by Holt & Williams in 1872; this is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a printing from the same year by a different publisher. [there was no copyright protection at this time.] A scarce title. Green ribbed cloth binding with titling in gilt on the… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 141,90
![Taras Bulba. A Historical Novel of Russia and Poland](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/232/909/1564909232.0.m.jpg)
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Taras Bulba. A Historical Novel of Russia and Poland
por Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevitch
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1889
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 189,20
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Troy, New York: Nims & Knight, 1889. Gogol wrote this historical romnce in the 1830s; itwas first published in America by Crowell in 1886; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing from three years later. Dark blue cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; frontis engraving of Gogol; ;xxv,… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 189,20
![The Phantom Army. Being the Story of a Man and a Mystery](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/959/922/1563922959.0.m.jpg)
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The Phantom Army. Being the Story of a Man and a Mystery
por Pemberton, Max
- Condição
- Usado - Near Fine
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First American Edition.
- Published
- 1898
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 236,50
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. A military romance about "a victim of the Napoleonic idea." A scarce title. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. Bright yellow cloth binding with decorations and titling on the cover and spine in maroon and gilt. Clean text; 340 pages, with a two-page catalog… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 236,50
![The Phantom Army. Being the Story of a Man and a Mystery](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/955/922/1563922955.0.m.jpg)
The Phantom Army. Being the Story of a Man and a Mystery
por Pemberton, Max
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First English Edition
- Published
- 1898
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 94,60
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London: C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1898. An alternative military history about "a man who is a victim of the Napoleonic idea." This is a Very Good copy of the First English Edition. Dark blue cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 357 pages, with a one-page advert in the rear. The paper … Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 94,60
![Mr. Meeson's Will](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/952/922/1563922952.0.m.jpg)
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Mr. Meeson's Will
por Haggard, H. Rider
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First American Edition.
- Published
- 1888
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 141,90
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. One of Haggard's early novels, appearing after his blockbuster "King Solomon's Mines," that features a greedy publisher who is marooned with the female protagonist. Partly an adventure story that evolves into a legal thriller, This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Marbled paper-covered boards with maroon leather tips and spine.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 141,90
![Musarum Anglicarum Analecta ["An Assembly of English Muses", Volume Two Only]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/947/922/1563922947.0.m.jpg)
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Musarum Anglicarum Analecta ["An Assembly of English Muses", Volume Two Only]
por [Addison, Joseph, Editor]
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Early Printing
- Published
- 1721
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 283,80
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London: J. Tonson & J. Watts, 1721. Joseph Addison (1672-1719] is probably most known today for his collaborations with Richard Steele, but he was famed in his own time for his translations from of the Roman poets, as well as his own efforts in Latin. While a fellow at Oxford he published this anthology [1699] and made his reputation for… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 283,80
![An Outcast of the Islands](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/941/922/1563922941.0.m.jpg)
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An Outcast of the Islands
por Conrad, Joseph
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Fifth Edition
- Published
- 1896
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 189,20
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Conrad's second book, perhaps under-rated due to its appearance just prior to his three greatest works; still, a worthy read. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Green cloth binding with decorations and titling in black, red, and gilt. The front cover features the logo for Appleton's "Town and… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 189,20
![The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/551/516/1557516551.0.m.jpg)
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The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard
por Hubbard, Elbert
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Limited
- Published
- 1916
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 141,90
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[East Aurora, New York]: The Roycrofters, 1916. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was inspired by William Morris to found the Roycrofters [in 1895] as an American branch of the Arts & Crafts movement; the shop survived until 1938. Here are nineteen essays, detailing his thoughts on a variety of subjects. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, which was… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 141,90
![Voluntaries for an East London Hospital](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/548/516/1557516548.0.m.jpg)
Voluntaries for an East London Hospital
por Stevenson, Robert Louis [and Nineteen Others]
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- First Edition
- Published
- 1887
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 94,60
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London: David Stott, 1887. A collection of twenty pieces that was published as a fund-raising effort. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Not a common book. Turquoise cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover; six of the authors are listed; beveled edges. Clean text; 203 pages, all nicely bright. There… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 94,60
![The Poeical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Barone. Vol. IV. Sir Tristrem: A Metrical Romance of the Thirteenth Century. By Thomas of Erceldoune, Called The Rhymer. Edited from the Auchinleck Ms.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/530/516/1557516530.0.m.jpg)
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The Poeical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Barone. Vol. IV. Sir Tristrem: A Metrical Romance of the Thirteenth Century. By Thomas of Erceldoune, Called The Rhymer. Edited from the Auchinleck Ms.
por Scott, Sir Walter
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Jacket
- Edição
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1821
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, USA
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€ 141,90
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Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable and Co. & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; J. Murray; and Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1821. Walter Scott was the first editor of "Sir Tristrem." There is academic argument that ithe original is actually not in a Scottish dialect, as Scott believed. His version was first published in 1804. Here is Volume III only… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 141,90