Blackthorn Book Gallery

Antiquarian "Xenophon's Cyropedia and Hellenics"1855

Item #: H2893
Description: Antiquarian "Xenophon's Cyropedia and Hellenics" 1855 by Rev. J.S. Watson, M.A. & Rev. Henry Dale
Comments: 7-1/2" high X 5" wide, 579 pages
Price: $69.00

"International Collector's Library" Book Collection (25 Volumes)

Item #: I.C.L.Books
Description: "International Collector's Library" Book Collection (25 Volumes)
Titles Include: "War and Peace", "Crime and Punishment", "Madame Bovary", "Hunchback of Notre Dame", "The Crusades", "Brothers Karamazov", "The Robe", "A Connecticut Yankee", "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Fountainhead", "Ben Hur", "House of the Seven Gables", "The Scarlet Letter", "Rabble in Arms", "The Moonstone", "Last Days of Pompeii", "Adam Bede", "The Old Curiosity Shop", "Lost Horizon", "Picture of Dorian Gray", "Ivanhoe", "Rebecca", "Green Mansions", "Dracula/Frankenstein", & "Of Human Bondage".
Sold as a Collection or Separately

Comments: All Time Classics in nice bindings.
Price: $10 & Up Each Volume

"The Light of the Nations" by Charles F. Deems 

Item #: H1063
Description:  "The Light of The Nations" by Charles F. Deems, Illustrated. Contents in 8 parts from "The Birth and Childhood of Jesus" to "The Resurrection of Jesus and Subsequent Events".  Deep green boards with embossed and gilt titles and decoration. Gilt page edges. Dozens of engraved illustrations and maps. 9-3/82" high X 6-3/8" wide 755 pages. Published by Gay Bros. Co., New York
Materials: Deep green boards with embossed and gilt titles and decoration.
Dimensions: Height: 9-3/8". Width: 6-3/8"".
Locality and Period: Gay Bros. Co, New York. 1884.
Comments: Published by Gay Bros. Co., New York.
Price: $49.00

"The Brownie of Bodsbeck and Other Tales" by James Hogg 

Item #: H1063
Description:  "The Brownie of Bodsbeck and Other Tales" by James Hogg (better known by the poetical name of Ettrick Shepherd) Illustrated. Deep blue boards with embossed black and gilt titles and decoration. 7-1/2" high X 5" wide 203 pages. Published by C.L. Wright, Glasgow
Materials: Deep blue boards with embossed black and gilt titles and decoration.
Dimensions: Height: 7-1/2". Width: 5".
Locality and Period: Glasgow, Scotland. 1890.
Comments: Published by C.L. Wright, Glasgow.
Price: $40.00

"Humbled Pride, A Story of the Mexican War" by John R. Musick

Item #: H1612
Description: . Story of the Mexican War. Illustrated by F.A. Carter. 462 pages. Nice clean, tight copy.
Materials: Brown cloth boards with dark brown and gilt decorative cover and spine titles.
Dimensions: Height: 7-1/2". Width: 5-5/8".
Locality and Period: New York. 1893.
Comments: Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Price: $50.00

"Art Out-Of-Doors" by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer c.1925

Item #: H1056
Description: "Hints On Good Taste In Gardening". 481 pages. Nice clean, tight copy.
Materials: Green cloth boards with decorative cover and spine titles.
Dimensions: Height: 7-1/4". Width: 5".
Locality and Period: New York. 1925.
Comments: Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Price: $50.00

"In Memoriam, The Lover's Tale" by Alfred Lord Tennyson c.1890

Item #: H2276
Description: In Memoriam, The Lover's Tale and Other Poems bound in decorative gift boards. 281 pages. Top page edge gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Tennyson. Nice clean, tight copy.
Materials: Decorative cloth boards with decorative silver embossed spine and title.
Dimensions: Height: 6". Width: 4-3/8".
Locality and Period: Chicago. c.1890.
Comments: Published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co..
Price: $25.00

"Snow-Bound" by John Greenleaf Whittier c.1907

Item #: H1977
Description: Sepia page decorations. 48 pages. Nice clean, tight copy.
Materials: Green cloth boards with gilt decorative cover. Top page edge gilt.
Dimensions: Height: 7". Width: 5-1/2".
Locality and Period: New York and Boston. 1907.
Comments: Published by H.M. Caldwell Co.
Price: $20.00

"Poetical Works of Thomas Moore" (With The Life of the Author) 1879

Item #: H2088
Description: Black tooled and embossed leather boards with embossed and gilt front cover and spine. Tooled and embossed back cover. Three edge gilt pages. 552 pages with numerous illustrations.
Materials: Tooled and embossed leather boards. Gilt cover decoration and spine. Gilt page edges.
Dimensions: Height: 10-1/2". Width: 7-1/2".
Locality and Period: New York. 1879.
Comments: Published by P.F. Collier. Beautifully bound volume in excellent condition.
Price: $75.00

Milton's "Paradise Lost" Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Item #:
F0445
Description: Beautifully illustrated volume of Milton's "Paradise Lost" with dozens of hauntingly dramatic illustrations by Gustave Dore (French 1832-1883).
Dimensions: Height: 12". Width: 9-5/8".
Locality and Period: Cassell Publishing Company, New York. c.1880.
Comments: 311 pages,
Price: $200.00


12 Volume "Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia" Set
Item #:
H2035
Description: 12 volume set including 2 volume dictionary and 10 volume encyclopedia. Leather spines and corners. Encyclopedia volume X includes dozens of full color maps.
Materials: Leather and cloth bindings.
Dimensions: Height: 12". Width: 9-1/2".
Locality and Period: The Century Co. New York. c.1895-1910.
Comments: Complete, beautiful large set that will grace your library shelves.
Price: $295.00


Item#: H1157
Title: Pilgims of the Plains, A Romance of the Santa Fe Trail
Author: Kate A. Aplington
Publisher: F.G. Browne & Co.
Date: 1913
Comments: First edition. Green cloth boards with gilt title. 400 pages. 5-1/2" X 7-1/2".
Price: $40.00


Item#: H1797 
Title:
Family Altar
Author:
Rev. Edward Rutledge
Publisher:
A.H. Maltby, New-Haven.
Date:
1828
Comments:
Prayers for family worship, for the sick and the mourner; with practical reflections on the New Testament. Leather bound. 300 pages. 7-1/4 X 4-3/4".
Price:
$49.00


Item#: F0280 
Title: German Single-Leaf Woodcut 1550-1600
Author: Walter L. Strauss
Publisher: Abaris Books, Inc.
Date: 1975
Comments: Three volume set. A pictoral catalogue. Beige cloth boards with black decoration and lettering. 1,429 total pages. 12-1/4" X 9-1/2" 
Price: $200.00


Item#: H1647
Title: Ethics Of The Dust
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Henry Altemus
Date: 1895.
Comments: Burnt Orange cloth boards with multi-colored and silver decorated cover. Silver embossed title on spine. 249 pages. 6" X 4-1/4".
Price: $89.00


Item#: H1558
Title: City Legends
Author: Will Carleton
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square
Date: 1890
Comments: Beveled red cloth boards with black, mauve and gilt decoration. Gilt title on spine. Illustrated. 170 pages. 9" X 7".
Price: $35.00


Item#: H1557
Title: City Ballads
Author: Will Carleton
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square
Date: 1885
Comments: Beveled light blue/grey boards with black and gilt decoration. Gilt title on spine.Illustrated. 180 pages. 9" X 7".
Price: $35.00