H. G. Wells

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Along the way, Wells considers such diverse subjects as the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, the discovery of America and the Industrial Revolution. Breathtaking in its scope and passionate in its intensity, this history remains one of the most readable of its kind.

A Short History of the World

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104 year old copy, has sun damage to the cover and spine (pictured). The pages are intact. It comes with the original JC Penney Co receipt which is cool. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

1920 Edition 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 

This is a 122 year old copy so I consider it pretty decent condition. There is some cover damage (pictured) but I have no idea what caused (possibly water? But I don’t think so). 

1902 Edition

Madame Bovary 

Got this one second hand, but there’s no wear and tear visible

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Dracula 

Wonderful 1950s issue of light in August by William Faulkner from the modern library. Corners have a small amount of wear and the last page of the book is loose. There are small pencil notations on approximately 20 pages, please see photos.

Washington

Vintage

Light in August 1950

Vintage 1971 paperback book in good condition 

One Hundred Years of Solitude - 1971 Avon

Charles. Dickens

Margorie H. Dobkin

Books in great shape back cover edge see picture has a bit of wear



Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H. K. Browne ('Phiz'). Richard Maxwell's introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy. Book jacket.

A Tale of Two Cities

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Excellent condition VINTAGE BOX SET!! 4 books in total: Irish Red, Big Red, Outlaw Red & Stormy. The box is kinda scratchy but the books are wonderful.

The publisher is Bantam Skylark (1982).

ISBNs
Box Set: 0553188380
Big Red: 0553151061
Irish Red: 0553150081
Outlaw Red: 0553150189
Stormy: 0553150642

Other resale apps are asking for ALOT more $$ than I am.  :)

I just want it SOLD quickly...so i can buy more books ofcourse.

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

New York

Box Set (4 Books Total): Irish Red, Big Red, Outlaw Red & Stormy

Big Red And Other Great Dog Stories

Nevada

Shakespeare Set of 5

Virginia

Grimm’s Fairy Tales 

Bram Stoker

Never used. Don’t need anymore. Still in wrapping 

Florida

Count Dracula has inspired countless movies, books, and plays. But few, if any, have been fully faithful to Bram Stoker's original, best-selling novel of mystery and horror, love and death, sin and redemption. Dracula chronicles the vampire's journey from Transylvania to the nighttime streets of London. There, he searches for the blood of strong men and beautiful women while his enemies plot to rid the world of his frightful power. Today's critics see Dracula as a virtual textbook on Victorian repression of the erotic and fear of female sexuality. In it, Stoker created a new word for terror, a new myth to feed our nightmares, and a character who will outlive us all. This book includes three novels: Dracula, The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm. It also includes a short fiction collection called Dracula's Guest and Other Stories: Dracula's Guest; The Judge's House; The Squaw; The Secret of Growing Gold; The Gipsy Prophecy; The Coming of Abel Behenna; The Burial of the Rats; A Dream of Red Hands; Crooken Sands; The Crystal Cup; The Chain of Destiny and The Dualitists.

Dracula and Other Horror Classics (Barnes and Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition)

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Texas

Merrick

Rosalind Ormiston

A Full Exploration of the Artist, His Life and Context, with 500 Images and a Gallery of His Greatest Works

A fascinating biography of the Renaissance artist and inventor, and gallery of paintings and drawings.

The Life and Works of Leonardo Da Vinci

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1912 Edition, The Macmillan Company, New York; Everychild’s Series; Translated from Original German sources;   Includes Children of Kings, Haensel and Gretel, The Master Singers, Lohengrin the Knight of the Swan, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser the Minstrel Knight; Pages appear clear of writing; Wear and Tear to Cover as well as fading.  Top of spine needs repair.  

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Illinois

Great Opera Stories

1919 Lake English Classics Edition; Noticeable wear and staining on cover and binding; stamped letters on first page, underlining and notations in pencil throughout; writing on inside back page and cover.  

Silas Marner

Selling as a Set of 2 antique books: 
The Sketch Book, a Macmillan Classics, 1924, 389 pgs; and 
Selection From Irving’s Sketch Book, the Student’s Series of English Classics, circa 1900, 228 pgs;
These two books were very much used in school and have the wear and tear to show it.  The Sketch Book  has student notations throughout, while the Selections from the Sketch Book does not appear to have as many. 

The Sketchbook & Selections from Irving’s Sketchbook

Leather-bound; antique Globe Edition, 1911; inscription on inside front page; 1,420 pages includes indexes, notes, and glossary; very old pages appear clean with no writing, a few small tears/folds; obvious flaws and tears to cover; some portions of the text seems to be tearing from the binding, but are not separated. 

Complete Works of Shakespeare 

Hodder & Stoughton, London, Publisher; 1936; Contains four complete novels: The Scarlet Pimpernel, I Will Repay, Eldorado, Sir Percy Hits Back, all written by Baroness Orczy; 1,279 pages; no writing; pages mostly all clean with minor discoloration; cloth-like cover spine torn, stained on front/back, wear/stain to edges; discoloration on inside covers; last page separating from binding; bookstore sticker affixed to back inside cover.  

Four Complete Novels

The Scarlet Pimpernel 

Massachusetts

The Reivers (Franklin Library)

Pennsylvania

Letters From the Earth 

Leo Tolstoy

Richard Pevear

Larissa Volokhonsky

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust and sometimes shocking qualities of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club™ selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition also features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Anna Karenina

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This is a collectible book club publication of the classic novel Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. This was published by the Macmillan Company apparently in 1964. This is a true gem and is fantastic for any collection! 

Gone With The Wind

Washington. Irving

Former library copy with library stamps, stickers, and plastic cover, but otherwise the book is in very good condition.

Georgia

This second Library of America volume of Washington Irving brings together for the first time three collections of his stories and sketches. Written at the peak of his popularity, these three works reveal Irving’s remarkable diversity, his skill at adapting European legends to his own style, and the talent for entertainment that made him America’s first literary celebrity. Bracebridge Hall (1822) was published, like The Sketch Book, under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, and centers on an English manor, its inhabitants, and the tales they tell. Interspersed with witty, evocative sketches of country life among the English nobility is the well-known tale “The Stout Gentleman” and stories based on English, French, and Spanish folklore, vividly recounted with Irving’s inimitable blend of elegance and colloquial dash. Tales of a Traveller (1824), written after a year-long stay in Germany, is a pivotal work in Irving’s career, marking his last experiment with fiction before he turned to the writing of history, biography, and adaptation of folktales. Irving felt his new stories to be “some of the best things I have ever written. They may not be as highly finished as some of my former writings, but they are touched off with a freer spirit, and are more true to life.” The Alhambra (1832) was inspired by Irving’s stay during the spring and summer of 1829 at the ancient Moorish palace in Granada, which he called “one of the most remarkable, romantic, and delicious spots in the world.” This rich compendium of tales, deftly interwoven with historical accounts and picturesque sketches, was assembled from Spanish and Moorish folklore, history, guidebooks, and anecdotes of Irving’s experiences among the local residents. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Washington Irving: Bracebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, the Alhambra (LOA #52

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Patricia B. Wallace

Oregon

Read by more than 2.5 million students over 30 years, The Norton Anthology of American Literature sets the standard and remains an unmatched value.

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Washington Irving: Bracebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, the Alhambra (LOA #52

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