Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1849. Hardcover. 12mo, gilt-decorated cloth hardbound in slipcase, clean unmarked text, illustrated, 144 pp. Very Good copy in Very Good slipcase, foxing/soil throughout the book, owner's old signature to front flyleaf, covers with light soil/discoloration, some rubbing/wear to the covers (especially at tips and edges) with.....
New York: American Tract Society, 1860s. Hardcover. Copyright 1852, this is likely a later printing from the early 1860s. 8vo, pebbled blue embossed cloth, gilt spine, 288 pp, illustrated with engraved vignettes throughout. VG, light wear to spine ends. Nice songster with verses but no music.
New York: Lane & Tippett, ND, ca. 1847. Paperback. 12mo (4.4 inches high), gray-green wraps with woodcut illustration on cover, 24 pp, light wear, very good. RARE, only one copy in OCLC at the AAS, dated 1847 by them. Apparently in the collection of the Windham Union Sunday School from...
Philadelphia: Fisher and Brother, 1834. Hardcover. 1834. Hardcover, 24mo. measures 2 by 2 inches, in red cloth. 192pp. illustrated with woodcuts. Very good. Spine ends worn, penciling to front endpapers. Rear hinge cracked but holding. Contents unmarked.
Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1868. Hardcover. Early edition, 1868. Purple cloth 8vo, 176pp. Embossed boards with gilt stamped spine title and decoration. In very good condition with sunning to the spine, gentle shelfwear. Previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf; else clean and unmarked.
NY: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. 1863 publication, 12mo, lavender pebbled cloth, frontispiece, 99 pp., ads. Good copy with some fading and discoloration to binding, mild occasional light pencil underlining.
London: T. Nelson, 1877. Hardcover. Published 1877, 12mo, bright green cloth with color oval pictorial onlay, 120 pp, illustrated, with color frontispiece and color chromo title page (along with letter press title). Very good bright copy.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1897. Hardcover. 1897 Brick red cloth 8vo, 221pp. Later illustrated edition in handsome gilt and black embossed covers. About very good with some spotting to boards. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf, else clean and unmarked.
Paris: Hachette, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1931. Hardcover. Cloth spine, illustrated cover. 4to. 31pp. Text in French. Illus. Good. Soiling to boards and spine, coners worn, heavy age toning to contents.
New York: Walker and Company, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed, signed, and dated by Chester Aaron on the titlepage. First edition, 1991. Hardcover, 156 pp., clean unmarked text, Good ex- middle school library copy with typical treatments (stamps, pocket, notaion on the spine of the book), some soiling to the...
New York: Harper Collins, 1850. Hardcover. Two volumes. 1850. Hardcover, 8vo. in red cloth, with gilt title. 202, 203pp. with engraved frontis and title page in each, illustrated, plus 6p publisher list in Mary Erskine. Good+. Chipping and some loss to spine ends. Mottling and soil to boards. Ownership inscription...
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845. Hardcover. Later edition, 1845; first printed 1843. Small 8vo, cloth backed patterned paper-covered boards, 144 pp., a number of woodcut plates. Good copy, general wear and rubbing to binding, corners a bit rounded, some scuffing and abrasions to cloth spine, spine label lacking, contents good...
Boston: W.J. Reynolds, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. 1854. First edition. Hardcover, 12mo. in tan buckram with gilt spine title. 197pp. with engraved frontis and title page, illustrations, plus several pages of publisher ads. Good+. Loss to spine ends. Lean to spine. Ownership plate and markings to front endpapers. Light foxing...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1924. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, illustrated cover. 12mo. 281pp. Illus. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Mild shelfwear, mild soil to edges of text block. Age toning to dustjacket, light soil, light edgewear, foot of spine chipped. In shelfworn original...
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates. Hardcover. No date. ca.1875. Hardcover. Cloth. 16mo. Illus. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, rubbing to edges, mild wear to spine-ends, hinges cracked, former owner's signature on endpaper and flyleaf, light loss to endpaper due to insect damage.
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1979. Early Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Adoff on the titlepage. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket, a bit of rubbing or wear to the edges of the book's covers, light age-toning...
Philadelphia: C. G. Henderson and Co., 1854. Second printing. Hardcover. 1854, second American printing of this edition of Aesop, done into rhyme by Marmaduke Park. Hardcover, short 8vo., original cloth, gilt title and design. 288 pp., plus ads. Each story with a woodcut vignette. Good. Cloth rubbed and faded; light...
Philadelphia: Simon Probasco, 1828. Hardcover. Published 1828, small 8vo, flame calf, good only with old cloth covering the spine, 335 pp, frontispiece crudely colored, woodcuts throughout, text very good, p. 156 with short tear to fore-edge.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author. First edition, 1988. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, front flap of the dust jacket is price-clipped, rubbing and creasing to the...
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. Third printing. Paperback. Inscribed on the title by Jon Agee. 1990. Third printing. Paperback, 8vo. Unpaginated, illustrated. Fine. Internally unmarked.
Hyperion, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Agee on the front flyleaf with a small drawing by him above his signature. First edition, 2007. Quarto, hardcover in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing or wear to the...
Michael di Capua Books / Hyperion, 2006. Third printing. Hardcover. Signed by Agee on the front flyleaf with a small drawing by him above his signature. First edition, 2006. Small quarto, pictorial hardcover in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust...
New York: The Delacorte Press, 1981. First American edition. Hardcover. Signed and dedicated by Aiken on the half-title page. First American edition, 1981. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 291 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, a bit of age-toning or discoloration to the dust...
London and New York: Abelard-Schuman, C. 1960. Hardcover. First edition, later issue in beige cloth with red lettering, in dust jacket, inscribed by Conrad Aiken: 'For the Grandson who said we needn't be afraid of clay [?], and his Grandfather, Richard Hoffmann, with continuing gratitude from Conrad Aiken, 1963.' Book...
London: Ward, Lock and Co., no date (ca. 1879). Hardcover. Hardcover with decorative green cloth boards, no date (ca. 1879), octavo, 455pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good+ with soil and rubbing to boards and spine, edgewear to spine ends and corners, toning to spine, binding tender, previous owner's stamp and...