Old Books
CDesley
Old books for sale. I'll pay shipping by least expensive route (US).
DJ = dust jacket
G = good cond. (binding intact & not damaged, no pages loose or missing,
no serious defects)
Edition given if known
Known defects described
I'm still completing my listing of about 500 old books and will post
updates periodically.
Chris Desley
Vacaville, Calif.
E-mail cde...@aol.com
----- T.E. Lawrence Books -----
Gardner, Brian
Allenby Of Arabia, Lawrence's General
Coward-McCann, Inc.
1965 1st Amer. edition G DJ $10
Garnett, D. (ed)
The Letters Of T.E. Lawrence
Jonathon Cape, Ltd.
1938 1st edition G DJ $15
Hart, Liddell
Col. Lawrence - The Man Behind The Legend.
Dodd, Mead & Co.
1934 3rd printing G $10
Lawrence, A.W. (ed)
T.E. Lawrence By His Friends
Jonathon Cape, Ltd.
1939 1st edition G DJ $15
Lawrence, T.E.
The Mint
Doubleday
1957 G DJ $10
Mousa, Suleiman
T.E. Lawrence - An Arab View
Oxford Univ. Press
1966 G DJ $10
Nutting, Anthony
Lawrence Of Arabia - The Men & The Motive
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
1961 G DJ $10
Thomas, Lowell
With Lawrence In Arabia
The Century Co.
1924 G $10
With Lawrence In Arabia
The Century Co.
1924 shaken $8
----- National Geographic Books -----
Nomads Of The World
1971 G DJ $12
Powers Of Nature
1978 G DJ $12
Stirling, Matthew
Indians Of The Americas
1955 binding slightly loose, minor scratches on cover $10
----- Natural History & Science -----
Adamson, Joy
The Spotted Sphinx
1969 1st Amer. edition G $10
Burgess, Thornton W.
The Burgess Animal Book For Children
32 color, 16 b&w illust.
1950 withdrawn library book G DJ $10
Burroughs, John
Light Of Day (The Writings Of John Burroughs Vol. XI)
1904 G $8
Far & Near (The Writings Of John Burroughs Vol. XIII)
1904 G $8
Carson, Rachel
The Sea Around Us
1951 G DJ $10
Clarence M. Weed
Butterflies (The Nature Library)
1926 G blue cover $10
Butterflies (The Nature Library)
1926 G green cover $10
Coombes, R.A.H.
Mountain Birds
16 color plates
1952 G DJ $6
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
The Living Sea
1963 1st edition G DJ $15
Demerec, M. & Kaufmann, B.P.
Drosophila Guide
1972 45 page pamphlet with illustrations 8th edition G $2
Ditmars, Raymond
The Reptile Book
1907 G $70
Signed by author as follows:
"To Wm. Edward Coffin, Esq.
With the compliments of the author,
Raymond L. Ditmars,
New York Zoological Park
October 17, 1907."
Dorst, Jean
The Migrations Of Birds
English translation from French
1963 1st Amer. edition G DJ $15
Ellis, Havelock
The Dance Of Life
1924 10th impression G $12
Emerson, Arthur I. & Weed, Clarence M.
Our Trees - How To Know Them
1918 G $15
Hodges, R.H.W.
Common British Birds & How To Identify Them
1921 Illus. 4th edition G DJ $5
Knight, Charles
Animals Of The World For Young People
many nice color illustrations
1908 G $20
National Audubon Society
The Ivory Billed Woodpecker (Research Report No. 1, Oct. 1942)
The Roseate Spoonbill (Research Report No. 2, Dec. 1942)
bound into one volume G $60
Pearson, T. Gilbert
Stories Of Bird Life
1901 binding loose, school library discard $6
Ramsbottom, John
Edible Fungi
24 color plates on 12 pages (these could be nicely framed, measure 5x7
inches)
1948 revised edition, binding broken, appears to be complete $5
Rogers, Julia E.
Trees (The Nature Library)
1926 G green cover $10
Seton, Ernest T.
Animals (The Nature Library)
1926 G green cover $10
Stack, Frederick Wm
Wild Flowers Every Child Should Know
1909 Illustr, binding worn & cracked $8
Thompson, Jean M.
Water Wonders Every Child Should Know
1907 Illustr. G $15
Wright, Anna & Albert
Handbook Of Frogs & Toads.
1933 G $10
----- Novels -----
Allen, James Lane
The Mettle Of The Pasture
1903 G $10
Arabian Nights
Illus. by Harry G. Thecker
no date G
Arnold, Oren
Savage Son
1951 G
autographed by author "Best wishes - Oren Arnold"
Bates, H.E.
The Golden Oriole
1962 1st edition G DJ $10
Blackmore, R.D.
Lorna Doone
Illus. by Mead Schaeffer
1930 G $10
Lorna Doone
Illus. by Roland Wheelwright & Wm. Sewel
no date, binding slightly loose $10
Lorna Doone (2 volumes)
no date loose page in vol. 1 $10
Slain By The Doones
1895 G $15
Burnett, Francis Hodgson
A Lady Of Quality
1909 (C. Scribners) binding slightly loose $10
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Illus. by Reginald Birch
1923 library discard, binding slightly loose $10
The Lost Prince
1915 (AL Burt) G $10
The Head Of The House Of Coombe
1922 (AL Burt) G $8
The Head Of The House Of Coombe
1922 (F. Stokes) G except 1/2 inch spot of white paint on cover $8
In The Closed Room
1904 (Grosset & Dunlap) 1st edition, 2nd impression G $30
Little Saint Elizabeth & Other Stories
1890 G $25
Robin
1922 (F. Stokes Co.) G
has "Scrantom's Reading Club" bookplate $8
The Shuttle
1907 (Grosset & Dunlap) G $15
Two Little Pilgrim's Progress
1897 (C. Scribners) G $10
Sara Crewe, Little Saint Elizabeth & Other Stories
1899 (C. Scribners) G $10
Vagabond
1892 (C. Scribners) binding slightly loose $10
The White People
1917 G $10
Carter, Forrest
The Education Of Little Tree
1986 paperbound edition G $5
Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
Illus. by Norman Rockwell
1936 G $10
Eve's Diary
1906 (Harper & Brothers) G $40
Collins, Wilkie
Poor Miss Finch
1872 Harper & Bros., binding cracked $20
Cook, Robin
Coma
1977 1st edition $10
Custer, Elizabeth B.
Boots & Saddles (Or Life In Dakota With Gen. Custer)
1885 G $20
Dickens, Charles
Our Mutual Friend
1865 Harper & Bros. G $100
Du Maurier, Daphne
Rebecca
1938 G $15
Jamaica Inn
1936 1st edition G
Faulkner, Wm
As I Lay Dying
1957 (Random House) G $10
Sanctuary
1958 G
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Tender Is The Night
1951 G $10
Ford, Paul L.
Wanted A Chaperon
1902 1st edition $10
Love Finds The Way
1904 (Dodd Mead) G
Forester, C. S.
Commodore Hornblower
1945 1st edition G $20
Fox, John
Christmas Eve On Lonesome
1904 G ex-library book $8
Erskine Dale Pioneer
1920 G DJ (DJ in one piece but has tears) $10
The Heart Of The Hills
1913 binding slightly loose $8
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1903 binding slightly loose $8
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
1908 G DJ (slight stain on binding & DJ, DJ in one piece but has tears)
$8
Hall, Radclyffe
The Well Of Loneliness
1929 fair condition 9th printing $10
Harland, Marion
Moss Side
1906 G $10
Judith
1893 binding comming loose $8
Hemingway, Ernest
For Whom The Bell Tolls
1940 1st edition shaken $10
A Farewell To Arms
1949 (C. Scribners) G
Hudson, W.H.
Green Mansions
Illustr. by Miguel Covarrubias
1936 G $15
Keith, Agnes Newton
Bare Feet In The Palace
1955 1st edition G DJ $15
Three Came Home
1947 G DJ $20
Macardle, Dorothy
The Uninvited
1942 G $10
Marshall, Catherine
Christy
1967 1st edition G, 2 stains on binding $8
Meredith, Owen
Lucille
1892 G $10
Mitchell, Margaret
Gone With The Wind
1936 1st edition, 2nd printing, shaken, scratches on cover $15
Gone With The Wind
1940 movie edition pictures G $15
Prouty, Olive Higgins
Home Port
1947 G $10
Stella Dallas
1923 binding slightly loose $8
Rand, Ayn
The Fountainhead
1943 1st edition binding torn & stained $8
The Fountainhead
1943 binding stained $8
Rawlings, Marjorie
Cross Creek
1942 G $10
Rich, Louise Dickinson
Happy The Land
1946 1st edition G $10
We Took To The Woods
1942 G DJ $10
Richardson, Samuel
Pamela
1906 G $10
Rolvaag, O.E.
Giants In The Earth
Translated from Norwegian
1927 1st edition binding slightly loose $15
Ryan, Marah Ellis
For The Soul Of Raphael
1906 G $10
Smedley, Agnes
Battle Hymn Of China
G DJ 1st edition $15
Shakespear, Wm
The Sonnets Of Wm Shakespear
1938 Peter Pauper Press G $6
Steinbeck, John
The Moon Is Down
1942 G DJ $20
Of Mice & Men
1938 9th printing G $10
Stuart, Jesse
Taps For Private Tussie
Illust. by Thomas Benton
1943 G $15
Swan, Annie
Sheila
no date very good condition $10
Thomas, Edward
A Literary Pilgrim In England
1928 G $8
Thompson, Ellery
Draggerman's Haul
1950 G $10
von Tempski, Armine
Born In Paradise
1940 G $10
Wharton, Edith
Ethan Frome
1922 G (has water a water stain on cover) $8
Wright, Harold Bell
The Re-Creation Of Brian Kent
1919 Book Supply Co. G $10
The Winning Of Barbara Worth
1911 Book Supply Co. G $10
The Call Of Dan Matthews
1909 Book Supply Co. G $10
Their Yesterdays
1912 Book Supply Co. G $10
The Eyes Of The World
1914 Book Supply Co., binding slightly loose $8
The Mine With The Iron Door
1923 D. Appleton G $10
The Mine With The Iron Door
1923 A.L. Burt, binding slightly loose $8
God & The Groceryman
1927 D. Appleton, binding slightly loose $8
When A Man's A Man
1916 A.L. Burt, binding slightly loose $8
The Shepherd Of The Hills
1907 A.L. Burt G $10
The Shepherd Of The Hills
1907 Book Supply Co. edge of back cover slightly frayed $8
Helen Of The Old House
1921 D. Appleton G $10
----- Children's & Readers -----
Dopp, Katherine E.
The Early Sea People 1930
The Early Herdsmen 1929
The Early Cave-Men 1930 $15 for 3 volume set
Brandeis, Madeline
Shaun O'Day Of Ireland 1929
The Little Indian Weaver 1928
Little Anne Of Canada 1931
The Little Dutch Tulip Girl 1929
The Wee Scotch Piper 1929
Mitz & Fritz Of Germany 1933
Little Jeanne Of France 1929
Little Erik Of Sweden 1938
The Little Mexican Donkey Boy 1931
Little John Of New England 1936
Little Rose Of The Mesa 1935
The Little Spanish Dancer 1936
all of the above volumes are in G condition $50 for the set
Eastman, Charles A. & Eastman, Elaine G.
Smoky Days & Wigwam Nights - Indian Stories Retold
1926 fair condition grade school library discard $6
Burgess, Thornton
Billy Mink
Illustr. by Harrison Cady
1924 G $8
Leaf, Monro
Lucky You
1955 1st edition G $10
----- Travel & Geography -----
Bermuda - An Island Paradise
with description & map
no date (? 1940's), 18 color plates, G $10
Faris, John T.
Seeing The Eastern States (1922)
Seeing The Western States (1920)
G condition $20 for the set of 2 books
Ford, Antoinette E.
My Minnesota
1929 G $10
----- Biography -----
Gordon, Anna
The Beautiful Life Of Frances E. Willard - A Memorial Volume
Womans Temperance Publ. Assoc.
1898 G (missing most of endpiece, but no text is missing) $30
Johnson, Thomas H.
Emily Dickinson - An Interpretive Biography
1972 paperbound edition G $5
Redpath, James
The Public Life Of Capt. John Brown
1860 407p. G $20
Schneider, Manfred
Goya - A Portrait Of The Artist As A Man
1938 G $10
----- Misc -----
Came, Richard
Silver
1961 G slipcase (waterstain on slipcase but not on book) $10
Buck, J.H.
Old Plate - Ecclesiastical, Decorative & Domestic, It's Makers & Marks
1888 excellent condition 268 pages, 82 illustrations
printed by Gorham Mfg Co. $30
Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Address List
Oct 1957 cover slightly loose $5
----- History -----
Bain, Robert
The Clans & Tartans Of Scotland
32 color plates
1960 4th edition G DJ $10
Frank, Benis
Okinawa - Touchstone To Victory
Ballantine's Illust. History of WWII, Battle Book #12
1970 2nd printing G $6
Nations Of The World set
Hawthorne's United States, Vol. 1 & 2 (missing Vol. 3) 1898
Hawthorne's Spanish America 1899
Scott's Scotland, Vol. 1 & 2 1899
Prescott's Mexico, Vol. 1 & 2 1898
Green's England, Vol. 2 - 4 1898
all in G condition but set is incomplete $50 for set
----- Anthropology -----
Elkin, A.P.
The Australian Aborigines - How To Understand Them
1961 G DJ $10
Old New Zealand
by A Pakaha Maori
History of war in the north against Chief Heke
in the year 1845 told by an old chief of the Ngapuhi tribe
1930 G $15
Turnbull, Colin
The Mountain People
1972 1st printing G DJ $10
----- Poetry -----
Browning, Elizabeth & Robert
Love Poems of
1946 G $8
Hemans, Felicia
Memoirs & Poems
M.A. Donohue & Co. no date VG top edge gilded $10