Archive for February, 2009

When the Journey’s Over

Damage to back board.

These Wonders to Behold


The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson


The Poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Usual age toning to boards. Previous owner’s name on fep. Binding slightly shaken with some foxing to pages.

The Anatomy of the Human Bones; with an Account of Muscular Motion and the Circulation of the Blood: Also of Digestion and Nutrition: With a Description of the Four Senses. A Short and Easy Method of Discovering the Virtues of Plants In Curing Diseases…

Ink inscription on prelim: To Provost Cruickshank [first person listed in dedication]. Ink numeral on upper edge of title page.Original binding has been repaired and is in excellent condition All fifteen engravings present, whole and unmarked.Marbled endpapers,gilt page edges and a new lable to the spine.

Tavern of the Seas


South African Beachcomber

Ink inscription and date (1962) on fep with foxing to pages.

Something Rich and Strange

Previous owner’s name on fep.

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, Inclusive Edition 1885-1926

Previous owners’ names on paste down fep and fep. Binding slightly shaken with browning to fep.

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse

Ink inscription with date (1949) on paste down fep. Binding slightly shaken with foxing to front and back fep’s.

On the Wings of Fire


I Heard the Old Man Say


I Heard the Old Man Say


Grow Lovely, Growing Old

Ink inscription and signed by the author.

Chasing the Wind

Author’s signature on title page. DW has bad scratch on front panel and chipping to top and bottom of spine.