Language: English
Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York / Toronto, 1936
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gordon Grant, illustrator (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition with buckram cloth binding (light beige with gold sextant on cover, red title box with gold lettering on cover and spine. Light browning to cover; no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with rose red top-stained upper page edges. Slight browning to endpapers only. All pages are clean, bright and unmarked, with wonderful illustrations by Gordon Grant. 214 pages.
Language: English
Published by Little Brown, Boston, 1933
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gordon Grant, illustrator (illustrator). 1st Edition. Clean first edition in very good original dust jacket. Clean buckram cloth boards with dark blue lettering and small illustration on cover, blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean unmarked endpapers. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. 316 pages. Dust jacket is quite clean, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has some edge wear and a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A moving narrative of a boy's first two years at sea and one of the few autobiographies of a seaman's life on a steamship.
Published by G. W. Dillingham, New York, 1902
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Gordon Grant, illustrator (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Decorated American Trade Binding (signed binding - monogram GEB appears on rear cover design - George Edward Barton). Light soiling to beige cloth boards. Black and white wrap-around design with man in formal suit and top hat looking at woman in fancy dress with dog on leash. Small spot of wear to cloth at base of spine rear corner. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no names or bookplates. Very faint water mark to upper margin edge of frontispiece. Six full page illustrations by Gordon H. Grant. 121 pages + publisher's advertising at rear of book.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Garden City, NY, 1931
Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black and White Illustrations and Color Plates (illustrator). Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1931. . Hardcover. Sm 4to., 590 p.p., Shelf wear; shelf lean; cracked inner hinge; corners of cover bumped; spine faded; head and tail of spine bumped; previous owner's inscription on other side of frontispiece page; ink smudged on some pages otherwise pages clean and unmarked. .
Language: English
Published by The New York Book Company, New York, 1914
Seller: Beautiful Tomes, Moscow, ID, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gordon Grant (illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial brown cover with light and dark orange design and black printing; spine is faded and edges are rubbed. Pages are clean, browning. The first volume in Finlay's "Wonder Island Boys": Thrilling adventures by sea and land of two boys and an aged Professor who are cast away on an island with absolutely nothing but their clothing. B/w illustrations.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday Page, 1929
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Some rubbing of cover colors; ownership signature on ffep; else very Good. Signature removed on request. Tight, clean copy - still attractive.
Language: English
Published by Reader's Digest Association Limited, London UK, 1993
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++/Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Grant, Gordon (Illustrator) (illustrator). 255 pages. Attractive green binding, brown spine & hinges, bright gilt titles to both. Slight/minimal wear to spine-ends & boards' corners, colour illustrated title-pages, attractive b/w plates. Text is spotless. Little used. Very nice condition. TWO COPIES AVAILABLE. (Another copy in very good ++ condition, has accompying leaflet for £6.00).
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Grodon Grant (illustrator). reprint edition. 236 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Published by G. W. Dillingham Co., New York, 1903
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Gordon H. Grant, Illustrator (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. First Edition, published August, 1903. Decorated American Trade Binding (signed binding - monogram B for Thomas Watson Ball on front cover. Clean, crisp unrubbed black and white decoration on cover (man in top hat holding a ticker tape). Cloth is unworn and clean (very slight soiling to rear board). Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Initials and small four-digit number on front free endpaper; otherwise all pages are clean. Illustrations by Gordon H. Grant. 107 pages + 20 pp. of publisher's advertising at rear of book. Size approx. 7" x 4-1/3".
HARDCOVER. Gordon Grant (illustrator). 1st edition. 490pp, octavo. mild cover wear, some rubbing to edges, solid binding, clean throughout, Good +.
Language: English
Published by Murray Hill, New York, 1944
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fine/Very Good- in Mylar cover (tiny dust jacket spine head chips). Price clipped. Scarce and out of print. Binding is cloth boards.
Language: English
Published by Murray Hill Books, New York, 1944
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. In Mylar cover. Out of print. Binding is cloth boards.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday Page, 1914
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Second state, with page viii unnumbered. In all other respects, identical with the first state. One of the classics of American Children literature (See the noted bibliography Peter Parley to Penrod). Slight fading to spine title, else a near fine copy, tight and clean, with front cover title and pastedown unchipped and bright.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday Page, 1914
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Edges slightly rubbed and owner's inscription front free endpaper. In custom-cut Mylar jacket. Scarce. Out of print. Binding is cloth.
Published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York, 1919
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Quarto, unpaged. In Fair condition. Spine is green without print. Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and illustrated paper to boards. Wear to spine caps, corners worn and bare, wear to edges, creasing on rear, warping. Text block has cracked hinges, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w and color drawings. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in the Back Area, Oversized Folios. 1377790. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, 1936
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. First edition; Limited edition 210/501. Quarto, xiv, 320 pages. In Good condition with a Fair minus slipcase. Slipcase in blue paper, stains, edge wear, with tears to rear and top edges. Spine is cream with gold print on blue banner. Boards in cream cloth with gilt compass on blue banner. Light smudging/shelf wear. Text block has has gilt top edge, deckle edges. Tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: color frontispieces, b&w drawings and color plates. Signed in ink by the author on the limited edition page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. 1379958. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Doubleday Page & Co., Garden City, 1914
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Gordon Grant, Illustrator (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co., 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Gordon Grant, Illustrator. First Edition (not the first state; this book has "sense" spelled correctly on pg. 19). 1914 on title page and on copyright page. Blue ribbed cloth boards are clean (very small faint spot to rear board, smaller than a pea). Lettering and illustration is unchipped. Tiny spots of wear-through to lower spine corners, two very tiny tears at top spine cloth edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slightly yellowed). Previous owner name/address neatly penned on rear fixed endpaper. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. 345 pp.
Published by McLoughlin Bros., 1936
Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good very tall hardcover, no jacket. Purple boards, slight fading top edges, minor bowing, no writing. 19 color plates plus many black and white sketches. The story of several ships. This edition includes a drawing of the Hindenburg with its specifications before it crashed, 61 pages. M04974.
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by author on limitation page. No. 488 of 501 copies. 6 preliminary leaves, vii-xiv pages 2 leaves, 3-320 pages including illustrations, color plates color frontispiece 29 x 22 cm. Hardcover. TEG. Good binding and cover. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Signed.
Published by New York: William Morrow & Co.,, 1942
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, first printing. About near fine, with the expected age-toning to the pages, light use; in tangerine cloth with black illustrative devices and lettering; in an age-toned, spine-faded, nicked and worn very good only dust jacket, with horizontal closed tear to spine panel. A Story of the Merchant Marine at War. With a Title Page and Twelve Full-Page Drawings by Gordon Grant. Front endsheet dated in the year of publication and SIGNED by the illustrator, Gordon Grant, with the salutation, "Hoping some ships come to.
Paperback. Condition: New. Gordon, Duane (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Language: English
Published by Doubleday Page, 1914
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Out of print and scarce. First binding: measures 1.25" across covers. Binding is cloth.
Published by G.W. Dillingham Co., 1902
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by MC LOUGHLIN BROTHERS INC, NEW YORK, 1919
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: TATTERED DJ. DJ TORN AND TATTERED AROUND THE EDGES SPINE LOTS OF SMALL TEARS FRONT DJ MISSING ABOUT THREE INCHES RUBBED AROUND EDGES PAGES TIGHT CLEAN COLORED AND BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS BOOKPLATE ON FEP.Will Require Additional Postage. DATE PUBLISHED: 1919 EDITION:
Published by Henry Holt And Company, New York, 1912
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No jacket. First Edition. Vintage Hardcover, First Edition, Signed by the Author, 1928, Henry Holt And Company, New York, 313 pages. Very Good+, No DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to Rust cloth boards with black titles - corners sharp. Warm half-page inscription to the previous owner and signed by the author on the FFEP. Special Note: I have 10 books by this author and each inscription is a little different (and personal) but to the same family. I wish I knew more about them but the name is hard to decipher. Aurora, Illinois is written underneath the Authors signature on each book. All other pages are clean and unmarked. Charles Pierce Burton (1862?1949) was a newspaper columnist and author of the "Bob's Hill" young adult books. Burton was born in Anderson, IN, in Madison County. As a child, Burton moved to Adams, MA, where he hiked around a ridge called Bob's Hill on the eastern slope of Mt. Greylock in Berkshire County. This ridge and the town of Adams would be the setting of the "Bob's Hill Series books. After the death of his mother, Burton and his father moved to Aurora, IL. Burton attended East Aurora High School, where he graduated in 1880. This is the fourth novel in the Bob's Hill Series. (Frontispiece and three others) by Gordon Grant on coated paper. Mattson #08800. Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962) was an American artist, well-known for his maritime watercolors, and his work with the American Boy Scouts. His best known work is likely his watercolor of the USS Constitution. He also produced war time posters during WW I, and illustrations for books such as Penrod, and magazine covers for periodicals such as Saturday Evening Post and illustrations for Boys' Life. He was the cover designer for the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in 1911. He was born in San Francisco in 1875, and died in 1962. Mattson #08800. Scarce, especially Signed. A very handsome Signed First Edition minus the DJ with wonderful illustrations by Gordon Grant. LOC SSS-10. Signed.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No jacket. First Edition. Vintage Hardcover, First Edition, Signed by the Author, 1919, Henry Holt And Company, New York, 277 pages. Very Good+, No DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to Rust cloth boards with black titles - corners sharp. Warm half-page inscription to the previous owner and signed by the author on the FFEP. Special Note: I have 10 books by this author and each inscription is a little different (and personal) but to the same family. I wish I knew more about them but the name is hard to decipher. Aurora, Illinois is written underneath the Authors signature on each book. All other pages are clean and unmarked. Charles Pierce Burton (1862?1949) was a newspaper columnist and author of the "Bob's Hill" young adult books. Burton was born in Anderson, IN, in Madison County. As a child, Burton moved to Adams, MA, where he hiked around a ridge called Bob's Hill on the eastern slope of Mt. Greylock in Berkshire County. This ridge and the town of Adams would be the setting of the "Bob's Hill Series books. After the death of his mother, Burton and his father moved to Aurora, IL. Burton attended East Aurora High School, where he graduated in 1880. This novel is not a part of the Bob's Hill Series. (Two boys spend a summer with a railroad construction gang and have many adventures while encountering a German spy) Also with 4 illustrations (Frontispiece and three others) by Gordon Grant on coated paper. Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962) was an American artist, well-known for his maritime watercolors, and his work with the American Boy Scouts. His best known work is likely his watercolor of the USS Constitution. He also produced war time posters during WW I, and illustrations for books such as Penrod, and magazine covers for periodicals such as Saturday Evening Post and illustrations for Boys' Life. He was the cover designer for the first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in 1911. He was born in San Francisco in 1875, and died in 1962. Scarce, especially Signed. A very handsome Signed First Edition minus the DJ with wonderful illustrations by Gordon Grant. LOC SSS-10. Signed.
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York, 1918
Seller: Lok Man Rare Books. ABA/ILAB, Central, Hong Kong
First Edition
1st Edition. First American Edition. -- Condition: Fine with the exception of some faint spotting to front endpapers and first few pages. -- Details: Fine example of this collection of short stories featuring Detective Hamilton Cleek, known as the man of forty faces for his masterful ability to disguise himself. Formerly the villainous 'Vanishing Cracksman' but now reformed chief riddle solver for Scotland Yard. Published in 1910 in England as 'The Man of Forty Faces' by Cassell. -- References: Reilly, 'Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers' (1980), 728. Hubin, Crime Fiction, 192. -- Octavo (book size 19.4x13.3cm), pp. [8] 343 [1]. In publisher's red cloth, lettered and illustrated in black and yellow to spine and upper boards, all edges trimmed. --.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1915
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First edition. 181, [1], [4 ads] pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth stamped in red and yellowish-orange with gilt spine lettering. Light tidemark along fore edge of prelims, else Fine with beautiful, bright stamping. Slight wear to tips. A lovely copy of the post-apocalyptic novel about a deadly pandemic some have compared to Covid 19.
Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1914. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 462, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 462 462.