About this title: PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION I SHALL say but few words in regard to this first child of my imagination. About one year ago our hearts were in deepest sym- pathy with our fellow-citizens of Chicago, and it occurred to me that their losses, sufferings, and fortitude might teach lessons after the echoes of the appalling event had died away in the press and that even the lurid and destructive flames might reveal with greater vividness the need and value of Christian faith. I spent some days among the smouldering ruins, and then began the following simple story, which has grown into larger ...
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Binding: Cloth
Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son, New York
Date Published: 1902
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. J1-Book cover has wear, wrinkling on the spine, and top corners of some inside pages, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise good. The Works of E. P. Roe-Volume Five. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co, New York
Date Published: 1885
Description: With no dust jacket. 8vo-8" to 9" tall; 472 pages; Emerald decorated cloth, edge wear to spine ends and corners. Underboards showing at corners. Text clean. Weakened at inner front hinge. Text complete. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, NY
Date Published: 1892
Description: Good- 8vo. HC: spine cover is missing, rubbed, scuffed, soiled, corners & spine are bumped & worn, front & back board are loose. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, New York
Date Published: 1885
Description: Very Good. This antique hardcover novel has a green cloth cover with decorative etched floral designs and lettering on a black and brown ground. Spine has gilt-relief letters and repeated floral designs. Some edgewear; inner pages very clean and unmarked. 472 pages, plus about 40 pages of other Dodd, Mead titles; approx. 5"x7". read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son, New York, edition of 1900
Date Published: 1900
Description: Good. Normal usage and wear both inside and out for a book its age. Volume 5 in the Works of E.P. Roe series. Printing date unknown. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd Mead & Company, New York
Date Published: 1898
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Book in excellent condition interior is clean with the exception of previous owner's name on ffep. Green cover with gold lettering and white line border. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 472 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 1872
Description: Fair with no dust jacket. 435 pages; 1872-1st Ed. Book intact but back cover pulls away from binding on top half. Pages readable; have tanning, rippled corners; faint stain on corner of 1st several; writing on front end page; couple edge tears on preface pg. Cover (faded green with red lettering) has shelf, edge and corner wear with fading, soiling, several stains and rounded corners. Collectible because of age and 1st Ed. Quick shipping w/delivery confirmation; bubble mailers. read more
Binding: Original Cloth
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Date Published: 1900
Description: Very Good. A small volume in colorfully decorated green cloth, red floral design surrounding title. Hinges are wholly intact with just a touch of being shook. A name is on the fly page dated December 25, 1905. An occassional page with light soil, otherwise this book is quite clean and still somewhat crisp. All of our books are hand selected and are as described. Mylar protective sleeves are available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: A.D. Porter Co.
Description: Hard Cover. Very Good-Good. Phoenix Edition. In tan decorated covers with a circular wreath and ribbons on front cover, previous owners name with the date 1906, front hinge starting to crack. read more
Binding: Binding-Hard
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co, London
Date Published: 1921
Description: Good. No Jacket. * Good. No Jacket Duodecimo-190mm(71/2"). Hardback with a circular paste-on picture of a couple in front of a painting easel. A solid copy, spine is a little sunned. Remnants of an award plate on paste-on. No d/j. A prompt response to requests for more information on this book's condition or for digital images is guaranteed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P.F. Collier & Son, New York
Date Published: 1900
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 456pp; Copyright date 1900, print date unknown; Book is in excellent condition, but has collected dust along the top due to many years of storage; Pages and binding are all very tight; Navy blue boards with an embossed "R" on the front that have some spotted discoloration, especially along the spine; Pages are browning and have some light foxing; Shipped Weight: 1-2 pounds. Category: Fiction Classic & Modern Inventory No: 100049. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co, London
Description: Good. Good Duodecimo(12mo), approx.7? No date given, c. 1890s Original green cloth with embossed leaf decoration with gilt and two pictures, one of a lake shore, the other of ruins of a castle. Similar motives repeated on spine. B&w frontispiece, protected. Covers are worn on extremities and discoloured in some places, top of spine has an inch wide semicircular chunks taken off. Lightly foxed on edges but internally quite bright. Available on request and promptly supplied is full report on ... read more
Edition: New and Revised Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, and Company
Date Published: 1892
Description: Used; Good. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Author's first novel. Set in Chicago at the time of the great fire; 472 pp.; generally less than average wear for its age, but the binding is visible between pages in several spots. Dark green-blue boards with gold-backed titles on spine, red backed titles on front; nice design in even darker blue on the front and spine. We have four E.P. Roe titles in this edition: "Driven Back to Eden", "Near to Nature's Heart", "Barriers Burned Away", and "Opening a ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company
Description: Very Good. B000KBEFM8 1900 Dodd pub. This copy has a beautiful psate down on the cover of a young lady with a far off look and the wind blowing through her long dark hair, text is clean, binding is good. Very nice collectible copy. read more
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