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1 Old Time Ballads
New York/London Dutton/Ernest Nister Hard Cover Very Good Minus 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall John Eyre 
Lovely pictorial cover. Light soiling and wear to extremities with small tear to title page at gutter. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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2 The New Popular Educator: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary and Advanded Education (Special Edition) Volume 1
London Cassell & Company Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Very good minus with cracked hinge and owners stamp on ffep. Wear at extremities. Gold and black decoration on brown cloth. Three fold-out maps plus six plates. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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3 The New Popular Educator: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary and Advanded Education (Special Edition) Volume 3
London Cassell & Company Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Very good minus with owners stamp on ffep. Wear at extremities. Gold and black decoration on brown cloth. Three fold-out maps and seven plates. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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4 (By the Author of the Martyrdom of an Empress) The Tribulations of a Princess
New York Harper & Brothers 1901 First Edition Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Very good minus with wear to extremities and some browning of paper. Silver decorated blue cloth. 
Price: 9.00 USD
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5 Atherton, Gertrude The Conqueror Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton
New York The Macmillan Company 1902 Reprint Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Very good minus with wear to extremities, small tears at tail of spine, and bookplate. Still an attractive copy. Described by the author as a dramatized biography. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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6 Bennett, Mrs. [Mary] Jane Shore; or the Goldsmith's Wife. "A Thrilling Story of The Reign of King Edward IV.
London Milner and Company Hard Cover 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 
No date, late 19th century. Near very good with some wear to extremities and upper corners bumped. Bound in green clothe it decorated with silver flowers and black decorations with title in gilt. Silver in a bit worn. 
Price: 18.00 USD
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7 Briggs, Alice Gerald's Adventure or Only a Drummer Boy
London Robert Culley 1901 Hard Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Near very good with some wear to extremities, minor slant and edges darkened. Gift inscriptions on endpapers. Pictorial green cloth with multi-colored decorations. Frontis piece and a few decorations. 128pp. and 13pp of ads. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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8 Crothers, Samuel McChord Among Friends
Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1910 Hard Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Cracked at gutter of half title page and stickr residue on half title, otherwise very good. A lovely cover of gilt decorated green cloth. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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9 Dickens, Charles The Personal History of David Copperfield
Boston Estes and Lauriat 1883 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Minus 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Owner's stamp on endpaper, heavy wear to extremities at times completely through cloth. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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10 Hield, Mary Living Pages from Many Ages
New York Cassell Hard Cover VG- (See Description) 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
No date but has gift inscription in pencil dated 1898. Wear to extremities with slight fraying at one corned and browning at edges of pages. 54 brief historical tales, each illustrated with an engraving. 
Price: 26.00 USD
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11 Hubbard, Elbert Little Journeys to the Homes of American Authors
New York Putnam 1901 Reprint Hard Cover Near Fine (See description) 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Near fine with neatly penned owner's name of first blank and very minor wear to extremities. Top edge gilt and others deckled. Gilt decorations to boards. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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12 Hubbard, Elbert Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
New York Putnam 1900 Reprint Hard Cover Near Fine (See description) 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Near fine with neatly penned owner's name of ffep and very minor wear to extremities. Top edge gilt and others deckled. Gilt decorations to boards. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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13 King, Cartmel Una Montgomery
London Walter Scott Hard Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
No date, probably late 1800s. Cloth worn through at corners and darkened at edges and spine. Endpapers browned. Otherwise very good. All edges gilt. Black and gilt decoration on red cloth. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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14 Kipling, Rudyard Great Heart (Kipling's Verses Miniature Series)
Garden City, NY Doubleday, Page & Company 1921 Flexible Leather Covers Good (see Description) 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall 
Fading to the decorated red leather around edges. Text block is detached from covers 
Price: 20.00 USD
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15 Lacey, William J. The Better Way: A Tale
London T. Nelson and Sons 1984 Hard Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Very good minus with wear at extremities and some small stains to rear cover. Decorated endpapers are browned and there are some early markings inked in. Still an attractive book with decorated boards. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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16 Martin, George Madden The House of Fulfilment
New York McClure, Phillips, & Co. 1904 First Edition George Alfred Williams 
Near very good hardcover with wear to extremities, ligth foxing to a few pages, and few small spots on edges and triangular tear to last page. An attractive books with embossed brown cloth and gilt lettering. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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17 Moncrieff, A. R. Hope Famous Historical Scenes from Three Centuries
London William P. Nimmo 1875 Hard Cover Very Good Minus 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
There is some wear to extremities and minor darkening of spine as well as spots of what appears to be glue on the endpapers. Award inscription dated 1877. This is really a lovely copy. All edges gilt with gilt and black decorations on cover. Selections from the Works of Standard Authors depicting celebrated events from the reformation to the end of the French Revolution. 600pp. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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18 Paine, Albert Bigelow The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper
New York The Century Co. 1900 Hard Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Very good minus with wear at extremities. Decorated green cloth with paste down lables on front and back covers. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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19 Read, Opie The Harkriders
Chicago Laird & Lee 1903 Presumed First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Minus 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Crease on ffep, pencil mark on lower edge and light wear at extremities. Attractive pictorial cover. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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20 Schmucker, Samuel M. Memoirs of the Court and Reign of Catherine the Second, Empress of Russia with a Brief Survey of the Romanoff Dynasty
Porter & Coates, no date. 
The Alta Edition. Beautifully decorated mustard cloth. Bookmark ribbon. Light rubbing at extremities, owner's name dated 1890, and paper browning at edges. There is slight cracking of paper of the title page in the gutter. It is really an attractive copy. 
Price: 18.00 USD
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