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A LOG OF THE SPANISH MAIN

By: Mora, Jo

Price: $40.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Jo Mora, Jr.: 1934

Seller ID: 182

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good +

8vo (6" x 8¾”). Yellow cloth boards with titles and illustration of a pirate stamped in black, red and green on front cover. Illustrated paste-downs. Brass rivet binding. A pre-printed diary provided by W. R. Grace and Company to young passengers of its Grace Line cruisers headed for the Caribbean coast and Gulf of Mexico (the Spanish Main). The book provides a young sailer with diary space and information about life aboard ship and what to expect at their ports of call. This particular copy was owned by one Mikey Robinson from Sewickley, Pa. traveling to South America during the perio...
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THE SONG OF HIAWATHA

By: [Fisher, Harrison; Crawford, E. Stetson]; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Price: $48.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill: (1906)

Seller ID: 47

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near fine

M8vo (9 ¾" x 7"). pp. [189]. Unsigned publisher’s binding likely by E. Stetson Crawford in smooth green cloth with titles in gold surrounded by Native American themed decoration in blind and in B/W. Color frontis. with tissue guard and over 60 additional color and B/W illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Intricately decorated end papers, half-title, title page and text pages by E. Stetson Crawford using Native American themes in green. A near fine copy with light bumping to head/tail of spine and a neat gift inscription to the recto of the front flyleaf . A lovely copy of this tour de ...
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RIP VAN WINKLE

By: [Wyeth, N. C.]; Irving, Washington

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay Company: (1921)

Seller ID: 45

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

C4to (10 x 7 ½). pp. [xiv], 86. Dark brown embossed cloth boards with titled illustrated paper onlay by N. C. Wyeth and titles stamped in gold on spine. Color Frontis. With tissue guard, 7 full page color plates, color illustrated end papers and numerous B/W vignette drawings and decorations in the Arts & Crafts style by N. C. Wyeth. t.e.g. Very Good+ condition with unopened pages and some light rubbing to the background of the cover paper onlay and the top of the spine titles. A beautiful, bright and clean copy. Newell Convers (N. C.) Wyeth (1882-1945) was a student of Howard Pyle, and a ...
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Category: Adventure

A LOG OF THE SPANISH MAIN

THE SONG OF HIAWATHA

RIP VAN WINKLE