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By: N/A
Price: $175.00
Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1911
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1523
Condition: Fine
8vo (5¼” x 8½”). pp. 374. IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET AND SLIPCASE. Unsigned binding design on periwinkle cloth by Margaret Armstrong. t.e.g. A young girl is unlucky in love and loses her boyfriend to another girl. She isolates herself at home and finds the perfect lover in her dreams. The book was made into a silent film of the same name in 1918. A fine copy. The very good - dust jacket that has large chips at the top corner of the rear panel, at the head of the spine panel, and at the bottom of the spine panel. The very good - slipcase with splits to the seams of ... View more info
By: FITZGERALD, EDWARD; VEDDER, ELIHU (binding design, endpaper design and illustrations)
Price: $800.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company: 1894
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2546
Condition: Very good +
First Thus. 8vo (6 1/2” x 8 1/2”). Holiday Edition; Third printing. 58 unpaginated French fold illustrated leaves + 61 pp. text. IN EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Signed binding by Elihu Vedder; t.e.g. Includes black and brown illustrated endpapers and 59 full page illustrations by Elihu Vedder. The original paper dust jacket repeats the cover and spine designs in black on brown paper. Vedder's masterwork and the first fully illustrated version of the Rubaiyat incorporating both Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist sensibilities. A very good + copy w... View more info
By: Pennell, Elizabeth and Joseph
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company: 1921
Seller ID: 194
Condition: Very good
(6¼" x 8¼"). pp.5. Prospectus and order form for The Whistler Journal, a book of the Pennell's notes taken during their research of the Life of Whistler, and contains revelations regarding Whistlers's life and friends as well as notes of his witty but often serious table-talk. Includes table of contents, A reproduction of a Whistler self-portrait, a specimen of the text as well as an order form for the book. Single horizontal crease that affects all folds of the pamphlet, light soiling, and some wear to the folds, otherwise VG. View more info
Price: $200.00
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1895
Seller ID: 1014
Condition: Very good +
8vo (5¼" x 8"). pp.373 + 4pp. publisher's advts. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Signed Margaret Armstrong binding design of a flowering topiary with a banner winding around its stem inside a decorated border in pale green and silver on brown linen weave cloth. Includes 152 black and white illustrations (52 new illustrations over the previous edition) by Marion Satterlee. A description of more than 450 varieties of wild flowers, classified by color. The second of two bindings Miss Armstrong created for the editions of this book; this binding being a structured but simultaneously flui... View more info
Price: $375.00
Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company: 1897
Edition: First
Seller ID: 1326
Condition: Very good +
Thick 8vo (5 1/8" x 8 3/8"). pp. 832. Signed binding design by Will Bradley of a repeated pattern of lilies and English roses in two colors of textured gold on periwinkle cloth, with the primary decorative motif repeated in gold on the spine. Unsigned title page design also by Will Bradley. Includes twelve facsimiles of water colors by Madeleine Lemaire and 100 black and white drawings by C. McCormick Rogers. t.e.g. A romantic narrative poem whose heroine, Lucile, is beloved by an English Lord and a French Duke who are bitter rivals. She loves the English Lord, but a misunderstandin... View more info
By: [Browne, Hablot K. (PHIZ)]; Dickens, Charles
Price: $19.50
Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company: 1904
Seller ID: 76
Condition: Very good
8vo (8¼” x 6”). pp.[xiv]; 400. An unsigned publisher’s binding in red woven cloth with intricate gold Art Nouveau floral decorations in ruled frames separated by framed titles with St. George’s cross and a sailing ship surmounted by fleur-de-lys. Spine gold stamped with titles and a repeat of the floral decorations from the cover. Frontis. of Marie Antoinette with tissue guard, a portrait of Dickens on the title page, and reproductions of the 16 full page illustrations by Phiz from the first edition. Includes a story synopsis by J. Walker McSpadden. A Very Good copy with slight fading... View more info
Price: $100.00
Publisher: London, J. M. Dent & Co.: 1904 (1907)
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 1870
Condition: Very good +
8vo (5.4” x 8”). pp. 255. Signed Lauriat binding in medium brown three-quarters morocco with gold rule borders over marbled paper in brown, tan, cream, navy blue, maroon and tan. Spine with five decorated raised bands with each compartment containing a central fleuron bordered by double rule borders. Marbled endpapers in pale blue, yellow, green and pink; t.e.g. Includes illustrated title page, frontis. and 23 full page color illustrations in color by C. E. Brock. Part of Dent’s “Series of English Idylls”. A collection of satirical sketches, originally published in installments bet... View more info
Price: $300.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1892
Edition: First
Seller ID: 1869
Condition: near fine
C8vo (7 ¼“x 5 ¼”). pp.[298]. Third printing. Signed Lauriat binding of tree calf with gold filigree borders. Spine with five raised bands with a red and a dark brown morocco spine labels; compartments decorated in gold with a central fleuron with filigree corners and triple rule borders; gold decorated edges and turn-ins. marbled endpapers in green, pale blue, gold and white; a.e.g. The original Hugh Thomson binding bound in at the rear. Includes frontis. with tissue guard and over 100 b/w line block illustrations by Hugh Thomson, including headpieces, tailpieces, historiated initials a... View more info
By: [E. B. (binding design)]; Thoma, Ludwig
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Munich, Ulbert Langen: 1908
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1165
Condition: Very good +
12mo (5¼" x 7½"). pp.195 + 12pp. publisher's advts. Signed binding design by an artist with the monogram "E. B." of stylized feathers and architectual elements in a geometric style, possibly influenced by the work of Richard Riemerschmid of the Jugendstil. A bright copy with toned patterened end papers, some folding to the edges of a few of the pages and a the word "Prague" in red pencil on the title page. Scarce. View more info
By: [Fisher, Harrison; Crawford, E. Stetson]; Lord Tennyson, Alfred and Others
Price: $37.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1907
Seller ID: 72
Condition: Very good
R8vo. (9.75” x 7.25”). Unpaginated gift book. Light brown boards with paper onlay having titles in gold and illustration of a young woman by Harrison Fisher. Spine stamped with titles in dark brown. Color frontis. with tissue guard and 21 additional pictures in color by Harrison Fisher; delicate Art nouveau floral borders and decorations in pink on every page by E. Stetson Crawford. A Very Good copy with light rubbing to the extremities, a small (0.125”) chip and faint soiling to paper onlay and a delicate gift stamp to the half-title. View more info
By: [Hapgood, Theodore B.]; Farnol, Jeffery; Ditzler, Charlotte Weber
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1907
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 113
Condition: Very good
C8vo (5¼" x 8¾"). pp. [x]; 289. Signed publisher's binding in teal embossed cloth by Thodore B. Hapgood with titles and central illustrated paper onlay by Chrlotte Wber Ditzler surrounded by stylized architectural decorations in gold; spine with titles and an abbreviated architectural motif in gold. Includes Color frontis and 4 additional illustrations in color by Charlotte Webb Ditzler in the style of Howard Chandler Christy; architecturally influenced endpapers, headpieces, tail pieces and 4 different page borders by Theodore B. Hapgood throughout. Faint rubbing to corners, head a... View more info
By: [Hapgood, Theodore Brown (binding design)]; Carman, Bliss
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Boston, Lamson Wolffe & Company: 1897
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1207
Condition: Very good +
12mo (4½" x 6¾"). pp. 117. Signed Art Nouveau spine design by Theodore Brown Hapgood of a repeating bird climbing a trellis of stems and leaves in gold on green ribbed cloth. A series of poems that glory in the wide expanses of the sea. A lovely unopened copy of this charming Hapgood design with a faint moisture stain on the first six pages. BAL 2635. Scarce. View more info
By: [Hazenplug, Frank? (binding design)]; Gorden, Julien; pseudonym of (Cruger, Von Rensselaer, Mrs.)
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Co.: 1898
Edition: Later printing
Seller ID: 1209
Condition: Near fine
12mo (4½" x 6¾"). pp. 319. Unsigned binding design in gold on maroon cloth with floral spandrels in each corner of front and rear boards; double rule border with pointillé work; t.e.g. A farmer's wife finds employment on a Long Island estate and finds herself jealous of the rich city people that live there. A lovely and bright copy of a charming unsigned binding design possibly by Frank Hazenplug. Scarce. KRAMER 133; WRIGHT III:1316. View more info
By: [Hugh Thomson, illustrator]; Barrie, Sir James M.
Price: $475.00
Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton: N.D. [1914]
Edition: First Thus
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 153
Condition: Very good
R4to (10¼" x 12¼"). pp. [vii]; [235]. Edition de Luxe. Number 5 of 500 signed by Hugh Thomson on the limitation page. Unsigned full vellum publisher's binding by Hugh Thomson with elaborate Art Nouveau gilt decoration and lettering on both the front board and spine; top edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom edges. Includes 20 tipped in full color plates with captioned tissue guards, numerous b/w textual illustrations, and a Leicester Galleries announcement for the sale of the original water color drawings for the book laid in. Light wear to the extremities, light foxing to the eps, with... View more info
By: [Keller, Arthur]; Harte, Brete
Price: $41.00
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin & Company: 1905
Edition: First Illustrated Edition
Seller ID: 27
Condition: Very good
Medium 8vo (9” x 6.5”). pp. [100]. An attractive green cloth Art Nouveau signed binding by Arthur I. Keller (conjoined AIK) with titles on pictorial paper onlay surrounded by stamped floral accents in black. Spine with titles and floral accents in black. t.e.g. Color frontis., 9 full page illustrations in color, 30 full page sketches in sepia, many head and tail pieces as well as end papers and other decorations in gold and black by Arthur Keller. Printed by the Riverside Press. Very Good with a clean and tight unmarked interior, light soiling to pictorial paper on cover; light rubbing ... View more info
By: [Kipling, John Lockwood]; Steele, Flora Annie
Price: $150.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited: 1917
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 57
Condition: very good
Second printing. C8vo (7 ¼“x 5 ¼”). pp. xvi; 395. Beautiful Art Nouveau unsigned publisher’s binding by J. Lockwood Kipling in smooth dark green cloth with olive tree, jackal and pea-hen stamped in gold; spine with titles, a native, a cobra and an alligator stamped in gold; Cream end papers. b/w line block Frontis., full page illustrations, historiated initials, headpieces, tail pieces and textual vignettes by J. Lockwood Kipling. With notes by R. C. Temple. Cover design is a replication of Kipling's illustration on page 197. A pleasing copy of this difficult to find title with neat ... View more info
By: [Ottman, William (illustrations)]; McMurdy, Robert
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Chicago, F. J. Schulte: 1912
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1252
Condition: Near fine
8vo (5½" x 7¾"). pp. 324. Unsigned binding design by Fred T. Hancke of an Upas tree in the foreground of a windswept plowed field in white and gold on dark green cloth. Includes black and white frontis. and 3 additional black and white full page illustrations by William Ottman. Written by a then prominent member of the Chicago Bar, is a detective story and romance about a young lawyer wrongfully charged with the murder of his client and sentenced to hang. It includes unusual questions of law, and ethical dilemmas interwoven with a detailed legal disquisition against the death penalty. A lov... View more info
By: [Robinson, W. Heath]; De La Mare, Walter
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1924
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 22
Condition: Very good+
8vo. (8.25” x 6.25”). pp. x; 179. First American Edition, later printing (“November, 1924”). Dark green buckram cloth decorative publisher’s binding with titles and peacock illustration from title page gilt stamped onto cover; titles gilt stamped onto spine. Color Frontis. with tissue guard and 95 full page and vignette line illustrations throughout the book by W. Heath Robinson. A Very Good + copy with light rubbing to the extremities and a small (0.25”) chip to a lightly faded spine. Walter De La Mare (1873 – 1956 ) was an early 20th C. poet, novelist and short story writer. ... View more info
By: [Thomson, Hugh (binding design and illustrations)]; Reade, Charles; Dobson, Austin (introduction)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: London, George Allen: 1899
Edition: First
Seller ID: 431
Condition: Very good
First Thus. C8vo (7¼“ x 5¼ ”). pp. li; [298]. Introduction by Austin Dobson. Unsigned binding design by Hugh Thomson of the titles surrounded by cherubs, butterflies and surmounted by a small portrait of Peg Woffington in gold on green cloth. Frontis. and over 70 b/w line block illustrations by Hugh Thomson, including headpieces, tailpieces, historiated initials and textual vignettes. a.e.g. This novel is based on Charles Reade’s 1852 play “Masks and Faces, which has Margaret “Peg” Woffington as the central character. Mrs. Woffington was a well-known Irish actress in 18th C. Lo... View more info
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Amsterdam, van Holkema & Warendorf: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 609
Condition: very good
M8vo (6½" x 9"). pp. 280. Unsigned binding design in blue, green, yellow and black on smooth white cloth copied directly from the famous peacock poster advertising Macmillan's Illustrated Standard Novels designed by Albert Angus Turbayne. With repeating floral and crucifix patterned endpapers. A striking copy with some scratching to the design and foxing to the edges. Extremely scarce. View more info
