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1907ST20299London: The Doves Press 1907. ONE OF 300 COPIES printed on paper and 15 on vellum. 235 x 165 mm. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2". 341 1 pp. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO IN THE STYLE OF THE DOVES BINDERY counterfeit signature stamped and dated 1907 to the rear turn-in covers simply framed by two plain gilt rules raised bands spine compartments with rose window designs formed by six open ovals accented with dots encircled by two gilt rules with low platforms and dots above and below gilt titling turn-ins gilt-ruled and with cornerpieces of open ovals dots and gouge work all edges gilt and gauffered with two rows of tiny dots. Initials designed by Edward Johnston. Printed in red and black. Pastedown with the bookplate of Helen and Michael Oppenheimer. Tidcombe DP-13. For the binding: Tidcombe p. 464. Spine a little sunned just a trace of soiling to leather the usual offsetting from the facing turn-ins on the front and rear free endpaper a hint of yellowing to quire b but still fine the text otherwise pristine and the binding unworn and lustrous.<br/> <br/> This is one of the 26 intriguing and obviously uncommon examples Tidcombe has identified as forged or imitation Doves bindings a group of handsomely executed volumes that continue to be mysterious. Tidcombe differentiates between forgeries those books that are stamp-signed with "C - S" and a date as here on the one hand and unsigned "copies of Doves bindings or bindings in the Doves style" on the other. But she treats them as one group "because they have several features in common." For example signed or unsigned all of the suspect bindings cover Doves Press books all are bound in dark blue morocco and all have a signature pallet with the letters "E" and "S" close together. Although Tidcombe suggests that the person responsible for the forged Doves bindings could possibly have been the former Doves Bindery finisher Charles McLeish she does not settle on him or any other likely candidate. Whoever was behind them the volumes in this puzzling group of bindings--like other forgeries and imitations of historically important cultural artifacts--are actively collected for their value as counterfeits. And as with other counterfeits the present binding is a kind of implicit homage in this case to the outstanding work done by Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery--our spurious binding would not have been worth undertaking were the objects it mirrored not so universally recognized as worthy of imitation. The text here is an uncategorizable work reminiscent of satires by Swift and Sterne in its fictitious biography of Teufelsdroeckh i.e. "devil's dung" Professor of Things in General at the University of Weissnichtwo "Know-not-where". Day calls it "an intellectual and spiritual autobiography and a diatribe against current conditions in England" that advocates a reorganization of society and its institutions so that "Brotherhood and the duty to work usefully will grip mankind's true leaders and assure a theocracy a reborn humanity ruled by the divine spirit within." Our volume was formerly in the collection of fine private press books owned by the distinguished scholars Sir Michael Oppenheimer 1924-2020 and his wife Lady Helen Oppenheimer 1926-2022; he was an Oxford lecturer in politics and history she an Anglican theologian whose groundbreaking work on ethics helped reform the church's position on remarriage of divorced persons. The Doves Press unknown
197517995<p>Laguna Beach California: Laguna Verde Imprenta 1975 One of about forty copies. "Printed on an 1853 Albion hand press by Ward Ritchie in his first experiment with nature printing." . Green printed wrappers stitched at spine with leaf print and title to front wrapper which exhibits slight creasing at edges. . Octavo. Illustrated with black and white leaf prints super-imposed over variously colored block backgrounds. Laguna Verde Imprenta colophon. Light toning to wrappers' edges. Presentation copy inscribed to Jake Zeitlin from Ward Ritchie in the month of publication. A very good copy. From Ritchie's introduction: "Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre was a lyric poet. He was a brilliant man. Words were his life. Whether he was talking or writing they came forth clear incisive and picturesque. He loved his stage on which he always managed to be the principal character. As a professor of English Literature at Occidental College UCLA and Berkeley he influenced several generations of students…I recently found these poems of MacIntyre's buried in correspondence four decades now past to be here printed many years after his death." MacIntyre d. 1967 is primarily remembered for his translations of Baudelaire Verlaine George Goethe and Rilke.</p> Laguna Verde Imprenta,
1965223343New Jersey: Princeton U. Press 1965. First edition first printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket with some chipping to spine tail in mylar cover. Princeton U. Press hardcover
192729063n.p.: n.p. 1927. About fine. Large fairy watercolor ink and tempera image used as the wrap-around cover image of TWINKIE TOWN TALES Book No. 2. Henderson adds a rainbow aplomb to this series of fairy-like creatures by author Carlyle Emery. Depicted is a grand feast of the Twinkies: 19 of the cherubic elves are sitting at a table feasting on cake and a cherry larger than their heads. The vibrant image is carefully laid out to consider the final format with the visible interest concentrated on the right-hand side which would become the front cover. The image appears greatly reduced on the book published in a small format 8.5'' tall by St. Louis by Hamilton Brown in 1927. 18'' x 26'' image; 27'' x 36'' frame. Original painting professionally matted and framed not examined outside frame. Title lettering in the upper right corner reading "Twinkie Town Tales BOOK 2." A couple minor scratches to frame; art beautiful. Accompanied by a first edition copy of the book. n.p. unknown
1930163690np: Norman Macgeorge 1930. 1st edition. Very Good. large quarto. card covers 60pp. colour & b/w plates text ills. Effarbees Series. States present population 6488707; Sydney 1253560; Melbourne 1032500. Six tipped-in colour plates 25 x 21 cms. Spotting throughout especially first page. Scarce Norman Macgeorge unknown
19307192Pasadena: Harry Ward Ritchie 1930 Octavo. Fine. One of 200 copies printed by Ward Ritchie. This is an early Ritchie publication produced from Pasadena near where he grew up and printed at the press of the Abbey of San Encino. Note that Ritchie uses his full name "Harry Ward Ritchie." The "Harry" was dropped from his professional name shortly afterwards. Harry Ward Ritchie,
19409683London: Jonathan Cape 1940. Inscribed by Sydney Cockerell in black ink to the front free endpaper: "To Brian S. Cron / from Sydney Cockerell". Two-sided manuscript letter in black ink addressed to Cockerell from the palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward 1864-1944 on British Museum Natural History Department headed notepaper dated May 4th 1885 discussing an upcoming exhibition of fossils at the museum to which Cockerell has donated some specimens. The text of the work is annotated in pencil possibly in Cockerell's hand but more likely Cron's with numerous marginal lines scattered throughout and a series of pencil numbers in the margins of the section comprising the letters of the artist and bookbinder Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. In addition there is a list of three addresses on the rear endpaper the first being a residence of Cockerell's the second apparently pertaining to Philip Webb as well as an ink annotation clearly in the hand of Cockerell correcting a spelling error to a preliminary page charting the key dates in his life. A compendium of letters written to Sydney Cockerell 1867-1962 the museum curator and collector director of the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge 1908-1937 and secretary to William Morris's Kelmscott Press from his wide circle of artistic and literary friends including John Ruskin Octavia Hill William Jane and May Morris Leo Tolstoy Philip Webb Lady Burne-Jones Emery Walker Thomas Hardy and many others. First edition. Inscribed by Sydney Cockerell. Publisher's original light-blue cloth with titles in brown to the spine. Bottom edge untrimmed. Illustrated with 16 black and white photographic portrait plates. A very good copy the binding square and firm with some scattered spotting to the boards and spine minor wear to the spine ends and a little bumping to the corners. The contents with a couple of small areas of abrasion to the title page causing slight loss to the wording of the subtitle/editor's name and with three small dots of related paper adhesion to the frontispiece as well as the occasional spot of light foxing to page edges are otherwise in very good order throughout. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1940 Jonathan Cape hardcover
19309423Pasadena: Harry Ward Ritchie 1930. First edition of 200 copies. 9x5.5" 6 32 1pp. Title page in two colors. Stitched in pale green wrappers with red lettering on front cover. Few faint smudges and some toning to edges of wraps else a near fine copy. Harry Ward Ritchie unknown
197319495<p>new hc</p> Oxford University Press hardcover
1910856M20London: T. N. Foulis 1910. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. A new edition of this autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle illustrated with numerous portraits. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Loosely inserted are two newspaper articles; one concerning the publisher the other concerning Alexander Carlyle whose nickname was Jupiter Carlyle due to his ruddy complexion. Alexander Carlyle 1722-1805 was a Scottish church leader who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland between 1770 and 1771. This autobiography edited by John Hill Burton provides an interesting insight into the social and ecclesiastical history of Scotland in the 18th century though it does not extend beyond the year 1770. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with very light shelf wear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed T. N. Foulis hardcover
1982001221Brandon FL: Advantage 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Very Good. AS-NEW/VERY GOOD- First Edition 1st printing scarce. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper with a hand-written personalized message. DJ has light shelf-wear several short closed tears. This poet has won several top awards for distinguished achievement in poetry. She was a member of the American Poet Fellowship Society and the Stella Woodall Poetry Society. <br/> <br/> Advantage hardcover
1903mon0000954858John Lane The Bodley Head 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Two volumes cloth bound. Pages clean with some minor foxing throughout. Bindings firm Some rubbing to corners and spine. All plates present. spotting to fore edges. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover
1930DW046GB: Wright & Brown 1930. This is ONLY the dustwrapper/dustjacket for a 1930s book. The wrapper is UNFOLDED and has never been fitted to a book. It is about 190 mm high and bears a 2/6 price. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. NONE. NO BOOK/VG DW. Wright & Brown Paperback
19621204459PN. New. 1962. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
1901058703London: George Bell And Sons 1898 1901. Second Edition Revised First Printing 1st Printing. Maroon Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 411 Pp One Page Of Reviews Of 1898 First Edition Extensive Bohn's Catalog At End. Revised 1901 Edition First Printing. Lightly Used Frayed Along Top And Bottom Of Spine But All Gilt Bright Covers Clean And Evenly Colored No Fading Hinges Tight. Three Pages Of Pencil Outlines Of The Text On Last Three Blank Endpapers. <br/> <br/> George Bell And Sons [1898] hardcover
1914165225London : C. W. Daniel 1914. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggesion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 106 pages; Physical desc. : 106 p. ; 19 cm. Subject: Anarchism --Liberty --Political science --General London : C. W. Daniel hardcover
190836536Sherman French & Company. 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair some water tanning on the last 50 pages with waved pages - not heavy and fully legible solid text binding except the front hinge is cracked-webbing exposed end page and page edge toning large end paper pencil name. No dust jacket. Top page edges gilt. This is an original edition not a recent reprint. This is a scarce book. Historical fiction. ; 575 pages . Sherman, French & Company hardcover
1924589923Cincinnati: The John Church Company 1924. Softcover. Very Good. Presumably the first edition. Quarto. 24pp. Threaded wrappers. Rubbing and edgewear to the wrappers particularly along the spine where they are separating a bit at the bottom light scattered soiling to the wrappers still a very good copy. For voice and piano with pedal marks. Plate number 18739. The four songs included are "Morning at Asolo" "Ottima's Regret" "The King's Dancer" and "Heart's Ease." OCLC locates only six holdings and it appears to be equally uncommon in the trade. The John Church Company unknown
1951106347Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press 1951. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xvi632 pages; x686 pages. 2 volumes. History of settlement of the American 'Old Northwest' including formation of states. Black and white illustrations and maps. Bibliographical essay and index. Frontispiece. Minor fading of spine. Indiana University Press unknown
1959183536NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts 1959. Hardcover. Cover slightly discolored else VG text clean and tight condition. 262pp. 7.75" X 10.5". Appleton-Century-Crofts hardcover
1962rbr1wam269632 pages Vol. 1; 686 pages Vol. 2. 27 illustrations and 8 maps listed for Vol. 1; 20 illustrations and 5 pages of maps listed for Vol. 2. Near Fine. Indiana University Press hardcover
1951blb04871Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Two Volumes of the 2 volume set - Condition the same for both volumes unless noted: Scarlet red cloth on boards with gilt titling to spines mildly faded. Large books are tight square sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out other than aforementioned fading to spines. Frontispieces in both volumes in Near Fine condition. Books include maps illustrations footnotes a bibliographical essay and an Index. The Old Northwest is the classic Pulitzer Prize winning account of the pioneer period the problems of settlers and the westward movement of the American people. It covers Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Roscoe Carlyle Buley 1893-1968 was an American historian and educator. During World War I Buley served for a year in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1925-1964 Buley was a professor of history at Indiana University serving as emeritus professor from 1964 until his death. Buley authored numerous articles reviews and books including this his most famous. This is the First Edition Second Printing as stated on copyright page. Vol 1 632 pp Vol. II 686 pp. Indiana University Press hardcover
1983065665Indiana University Press 1983. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 1950 Set of two volumes. Volume I: Larger sturdy book quality brown cloth covers very bright gilt lettering and borders with red background very fine at spine top 632 pages including a glossy photo section and a two-page glossy map. DJs glossy beneath mylar light yellow with purple color at center front spine center and center back with an illustration of a town. DJ has a micro-nick at spine top edge and top back near spine. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Volume II: Originally published 1950 this 1978. Large thicker sturdy book quality brown cloth very bright gilt lettering and border to spine 686 pages. DJ the same as the DJ for Volume I. DJ has a micro-nick at spine top left edge tiny tear with very slight wear at top back edge a micro-nick at bottom back edge. Near Fine DJ/Very fine book. <br/> <br/> Indiana University Press hardcover
1951048556Indiana University Press. 1St Edition 2D Printing. Inside Is Clean Tight And Square. No Markings However You Can See Where There Has Been Just Enough Moisture To Transfer A Bit Of The Red To About 1/8" On The Bottom Inside Corner Of The 1St Volume. On The Second Volume There Is A Faint Moisture Stain To The Bottom Outside Corner Of The Page Block Edges But Not All Of Them It Effects None Of The Text. Covers On The 1St Volume Are Bright Red But Litte Moister Stain On The Front Bottom And Bottom Of The Spine Faint Sunning To The Spine. Volumea2 Has Bright Boards And Faint Sunning To The Spine. Both Now In Protective Cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Second printing. 1951. Indiana University Press hardcover
195182781Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1951. Second printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 2 v. xiii 3 632 vol. I; viii 2 686 pages Vol. II. Illustrations. Footnotes. Maps. Bibliographical Essay. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Roscoe Carlyle Buley July 8 1893 in Georgetown Indiana – April 25 1968 in Indianapolis Indiana was a historian and educator. He received his B.A. from Indiana University in 1914 and his M.A. from the same institution in 1916. During World War I Buley served for a year in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin– Madison in 1925. In 1925–1964 Buley was a professor of history at Indiana University serving as emeritus professor from 1964 until his death. Buley authored numerous articles reviews and books winning the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for History for his 2-volume work The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1815–1840. He won the Elizur Wright Award for The American Life Convention 1906-1952: Study in the History of Life Insurance 2 vols. In 1962 Indiana University's Sigma Delta Chi journalism society presented him the Brown Derby Award for being the most popular professor on campus. The Old Northwest is an unparalleled account of the pioneer period the problems of settlers and the westward movement of the American people. No historian professional or otherwise who is interested in the history of the region comprising Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota can afford to be without this book. Based on nearly twenty-five years of research it is that rare classic which appeals to specialist and general reader alike. Volume I includes for example the following chapters: New Homes in the West / Two New States: Indiana and Illinois / The Settler and the Land / Pioneer Life – The Material Side / The Old Northwest / Ills Cures and Doctors / Pioneer Life – Social and Cultural backgrounds / Trade Travel and Transportation / Money Banking and State Finance. Volume II includes for example the following chapters: Personal Politics and Republican Solidarity / The North Settles 1825-1840 – Michigan and Wisconsin Territory / Political History / Economic History / Schools Teachers and Education / Religion / Literature – Science – Reform. Indiana University Press hardcover
