Alexander & Alexander Antiquarian Books

    The Entailed Hat
    By George Alfred Townsend
    Tidewater Publishers  1969 edition High-end collector's reprint of book written in 1884;
    An historic novel set in and around Princess Anne,  Maryland
    Townsend was a highly-regarded Civil War correspondent  
    Blue with gold embossed picture of man in entailed hat on spine and cover  
    Very good condition  $45.










    When a Man's a Man
    Harold Bell Wright
    Novel of the Old west by noted author
    The Book Supply Co publishers 1916 edition
    Red binding and gold gilding with original illustrated paper jacket  
    Good condition. $15.00


Sentimental Tommy: The Story of his Boyhood
    By J.M. Barrie  (author of Peter Pan)
    Illustrated by Wiliam Hatherell     dedication: To My Wife
    Charles Scribner and Sons NY   1897 edition
    Brown binding with green and gold embossed flowers on cover
    Very Good condition   $30.















       Woodstock,  or The Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
    Part of the Waverly Novels  on the English Civil War 1640-60
    DeWolfe Fiske and Co Boston 1879 edition  
    Rich embossed cover and spine with brilliant illustrations Good condition $30.


   Tarzan and the Lost Empire by Edgar Rice Burroughs
         Frontispiece illustration by AW Perry
           Grossett and Dunlap 1939 edition
           Red with large black text on cover  Very Good Condition $35.












    The Works of Shakespeare
    From the text of Clark and Wright
    "with a copious glossary"
    American Edition T Y Crowell NY  about 1880
    "Electrotyped by CJ Peters Boston"
    Green with black embossed writing and florals Good condition $45.

    Huntsman, What Quarry?
    Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay
    Harper and Bros Ny and London 1939 edition
    First Edition D-O  Blue with paper label on spine Very Good $13.00

    The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie and Collins
    Grig Elliot and Co 1849 edition
    Illustrated red binding with gold embossed harp on cover  "stereotyped"
    Lower part of spine missing   Fair condition  $8.

    The Blue Flower by Henry Van Dyke
    Charles Scribner and Sons  1911 edition
    Exotic stories of fantasy and adventure including Arthurian legend, along with biblical stories
    Beautiful dark blue leather bound with embossed gold, blue and green floral on cover
    in the Arts and Crafts Holcroft design style
    Extraordinary color illustrations by various artists very good condition $36.















    When Knighthood was in Flower:
    The Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor in the reign of Henry VIII
    by Sir Edwin Caskoden
     "rewritten and rendered into modern English from Sir Edwin's memoir, by Charles Major"
    Bowens Merrill Co Indianapolis Indiana  1899 edition
    Blue binding with gold black and gray embossed cover illustration of a castle
    Very Good condition  $14.00










    Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
    F. Hopkins Smith
    Charles Scribners 1908 edition
    4 glossy b and w illustrations
    Delightfully illustrated comic novel in the vein of  PG Wodhouse
    Dark Green  cover with gold embossing  Very Good condition  $12.

    Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
    Illustrated by Margaret Ayer, including an historic map of Bankok
    John Day and Co NY  1944 edition
    Very Good condition  $4.00












    Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
    Aventine Press  1931 edition
    Stamped inside cover "Cornell University 1940"
    Plus a Sticker "from the library of Robert J. Shaw"
    Fair condition, tears on spine  $3.

    The Luck of Roaring Camp and other sketches by Bret Harte,
    the renowned Western author
    Grossett and Dunlap NY 1899 edition
    Light blue with black embossed cover illustration  Very Good condition $8.
       
 The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming
           Viking Press NY 1962 Book Club Edition
           Photo and Bio of  Fleming on back of paper jacket  fair condition $4.

 Ivanhoe A Romance by Sir Walter Scott
    Alta Edition "from last revised edition containing author's notes and final corrections"
    Stamp on front blank page: Sunday School of  St. Mark's Church  Mauch Chunk PA From the Christmas
    Tree and written alongside in pencil "Dec 24 1888"
    Signed Hugh Witermeyer on next page
    Porter and Coates Philadelphia no pub. Date Appears by style to be 1880's to 1890's
    Floral embossed leather cover and spine
    Delightful list of standard and popular books of the era in the back of book Very Good $20.

    Dante Rossetti's Collected Works Vol. II
    Ellis and Elvey London 1888 edition
    Hand cut pages floral gold embossing on dark blue leather
    Part one Dante and his Circle includes many poets preceding him along with his contemporaries.
    Very Good condition $60.

       Washington Irving
    By Henry Pochman Professor of English Mississippi State
    American Book Company  1934  Good  cond.  $15.

       Castle Dor by Arthur Quillen Couch; completed by Daphne Du Maurier
    (post mortem of author) Novel of 19th Century Cornwall
    Doubleday and Co NY Book Club Edition 1962
    Good cond. With illustrated paper jacket  $5.

       Now Voyager by Olive Higgins Prouty
    The novel that became the classic film starring Bette Davis
    Triangle Books NY 1943  Good cond.   $13.

       Hester Lilly and Twelve Short Stories
    By Elizabeth Taylor (not the actress)
    English writer ahead of her time in her portrayal of women's issues
    1954    Edition Good  Cond.  Rare find. $24.

       Before Adam and The Game
    Jack London
    Collier NY  1907 Edition
    Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull
    Embossed ship and captain's wheel on cover good cond.  $12.

       The King's General by Daphne Du Maurier (Browning)
    Early historic novel by the writer who also created the strange occult mystery genre
    which may have inspired Stephen King and Rod Serling   
    Doubleday   1946 edition  Very Good  cond. $5.

       Young Bess by Margaret Irwin
    Biography of Queen Elizabeth I
    "A Wartime Book" Harcourt and Brace 1945 Edition
    Very Good cond  of book; paper jacket has some tears. $5.


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    Audio 4 CD and book set: Voices of the Shoah Remembrances of the Holocaust:
    As told by Survivors and Witnesses. Narrated by actor Elliot Gould. featuring nearly 4 hours of
    powerful, inspiring true stories. Plus a 100-page hardbound book with complete transcriptions, historic photos,
    time line, essays, glossary and more  Brand new in shrink wrapped package.   $30. plus $4. S & H.

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