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19463851New York 1946. 8" x 10.5". Printed on fine paper in black ink some toning and smudging minimal wear to edges very good. <br /> <br /> A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963 was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle that were then hand-colored and sent to friends and family. <br /> <br /> This is the first in the series from 1946 as they were married in January of that year. The couple's daughter Josephine was born in 1947 so this image would be the only one of just Madeleine Hugh and their dog Touché. A wonderfully warm and nostalgic piece not often seen. unknown
19699095Michigan 1969. 18.5cm x 13cm. Blue paper wrappers stamped in black staple bound signed and numbered on the inside rear cover near fine. Laid in is tri-folded letter paper with typed poem and inscription. <br /> <br /> Book of poetry by William "Bill" Miles printed for Christmas 1969. Laid in is a typed copy of one of the poems signed "Peace and Love: Bill Barbie and Amy".<br /> <br /> Bill Miles was a longtime librarian at Central Michigan University and the first librarian there to be promoted to full professor. He authored four books. unknown
19867696Kingston Ontario: Thee Hellbox Press 1986. Limited to 165 numbered copies this being 149. 9 x 5.5 in. Unpaginated. White paper wrappers with some smudging sewn binding color soft block illustrations near fine. Thee Hellbox Press unknown
186732581New York: James O'Kane 1867. "Fourth Edition" but actually the fourth printing of the first edition. With frontispiece and three other engraved plates by F. O. C. Darley. Small 8vo publisher's original plum cloth the upper cover and spine gilt lettered and decorated. 263pp. A beautifully preserved copy the text is fresh and clean a little uniform mellowing to the plates but no spotting at all the binding firm and strong with hinges in fine order the cloth in nice shape and unfaded but with a little expected rubbing and mellowing the gilt on the spine dulled. In all a very good and attractive copy. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK AND A VERY NICE COPY INDEED. Dodge would create an instant classic with HANS BRINKER. THE IRVINGTON STORIES were her first published works she would be the recognized leader in American juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century.<br> THE IRVINGTON STORIES were very successful and would lead to her later fame. The work is composed of eight short stories. The first of which "The Hermit of the Hills" is a Christmas tale. There is also a story of the Civil War and an Indian tale.<br> The earlier issues of IRVINGTON STORIES are very rare on the market. James O'Kane hardcover
19079640Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1907. First edition. 8vo. 143pp. Gray boards with red and green stamped decoration gilt titling and picture affixed to front cover top edge gilt clean and bright illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens pages toned near fine. In scarce jacket with loss to spine and other chipping and wear good/very good. Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown
19699081Ann Arbor Michigan: Westport House 1969. 10 bifolium cards measuring 14.5cm x 11.5cm. One book 15cm x 11cm cardstock wraps string bound. Some signed some with other notes laid in. <br /> <br /> Archive of materials from Westport House also sometimes credited as "La Presse Sous-Sol" The Basement Press of Wallace and Joyce Bonk in Ann Arbor Michigan.<br /> <br /> "Wally" was a professor at the University of Michigan for 25 years served as the chairman of the department of library sciences and was considered an expert in building library collections. Joyce was a librarian and served as the assistant curator of books at the UM Clements Library for over 35 years.<br /> <br /> <br /> The card dated October 25 has a handwritten note laid in that says "This is the first product of my newly-acquired press.I hope I will be able to improve the product." This card and one other Christmas card are unnumbered and presumed to be cards 1 and 2. The rest of the cards are given a general number and also grouped into categories such as Historical Series Literary Series and Christmas Series. This archive contains General Numbers 12 3 5-10 13. <br /> <br /> It also contains a copy of To Hades We Will Go Westport Book II by Jane Howlon Black - actually an anagram for the publisher Wallace John Bonk. Laid in is an announcement of the cancellation of the Westport card series in spring of 1962 to publish this book with an attached specimen page as well as an address correction card. . Westport House unknown
200940957Cologne: Taschen 2009. Folio. 383 1 pp. Over 450 colour and blk & wht illusts. photos. Red illust. boards slght bmpng hd & ft of spine w/ d.j. VG/F. First B&N edition of this lavish history of the American circus creating at the end of the 19th century the largest show-biz the world had ever seen. Included are iconic images from such famed photographers as Whitman Glasier Edward Kelty Mathew Brady Cornell Capa Wloker Evans Weegee Lisette Model Stanley Kubrick and more. Taschen, hardcover
1710London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1979. 4to pp. 216. Original white boards lettered in silver on spine. A little bumping to spine ends but a near fine copy in a near fine unclipped dustwrapper with one small mark to base of spine not affecting text and the very lightest of wear. Colour and b&w photographic illustrations throughout. First edition INSCRIBED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON PUBLICATION DAY TO BOB HOLNESS: 'Dear Bob with our thanks Coley Publication Day. Graham Sheridan'. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED IN FULL BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON TITLE PAGE. The authors were guests on Bob Holness's LBC radio show and signed this copy to the host after their appearance. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979 hardcover
1976301643New York Alfred A. Knopf 1976. 1976. First American edition so stated. 8vo. Illustrated. Bibliography. Dust jacket designed by Lidia Ferrara unclipped. Fine. 501 pages. Advance copy for review with publisher's slip laid in loose. Signed and inscribed by Cole Lesley to John Austin on the title page in black ink: "For John after a very happy interview. Cole Lesley. 30 Nov. 76." Austin interviewed Lesley on November 30 1976. Additional papers laid in loose which appear to have handwritten notes by Austin pertaining to his interviewing Lesley. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. hardcover
182956750N.p.: publisher not identified 1829. 8vo bifolium spine split halfway light soiling very good. With hymns composed for the occasion by Richard H. Dana and J. S. Christmas. The sermon was delivered by Lyman Beecher but not here printed. AAS and the Graduate Theological Union Library in Berkeley in OCLC. American Imprints 37880; BAL 4423. publisher not identified unknown
27703New York:: Hodder & Stoughton n.d. publisher's gilt-lettered buckram. Spine slightly tanned; an attractive copy. Thick 8vo. With tipped-in color plates by Noel Pocock. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
23564Long Acre Farm Lambourn Berks RG16 7UH. Two pages cr. 8vo fold marks good condition. Text: "Your enquiry about woodcuts and bookplates made by my sister Dora Carrington for Lytton Strachey and others: You will find in the book on her Letters & Diaries edited by David Garnett Cape 1970 and Paper Back OUP several reproductions of her work in that medium either for Hogarth Press or for book plates for friends. It was John Nash who taught her he himself being an experienced engraver. I have one of two original proofs but value them too highly to spare them. I also have a photo copy of several which I had made for reference which I could loan you if you are anxious though it is not any use for reproduction. I gave some account of this & other crafts she took up in my book on her art . Your P.S. about a bookplate by Halsey Ricardo is something I do not recall. Lytton's library was left to his brother James and to Roger Senhouse. But all his brothers & sisters died some time ago. I believe the widow of his nephew Dick Strachey may have inherited some of the library . I am afraid that is all the help I can give you." Long Acre Farm, Lambourn, Berks, RG16 7UH unknown
193132453AB1931. Second Impression. Edinburgh and London William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. 1931. Octavo. Frontispiece XII 271 pages. With seven photographic illustrations on four plates. Original Hardcover with the very rare original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and foxing to the edges and several pages. This book is very rare in its original dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk 1854-1941: "To Lady Adam Smith from the Earl of Southesk - Jan 1934". With a newspaper-clipping on an event of Inverness Central School loosely inserted and with a newspaper-clipping shopwing the elderly "Earl of Southesk and Mr. Donald Steuart-Fothringham going out to shoot over Petterden Moor Angus". A wonderful association copy ! Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk JP DL 20 March 1854 10 November 1941 was a Scottish nobleman. Carnegie was the son of the explorer and poet James Carnegie 9th Earl of Southesk and his first wife Catherine Hamilton Noel daughter of the Charles Noel 1st Earl of Gainsborough. He had three older sisters Lady Arabella Charlotte wife of Samuel Romilly Lady Constance Mary wife of Victor Bruce 9th Earl of Elgin and Lady Beatrice Diana Cecilia Diana Cecillia wife of the Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart. After his mother's death in 1855 at the age of twenty-six his father remarried to Lady Susan Catherine Mary Murray eldest daughter of the 6th Earl of Dunmore in 1860. From his father's second marriage he had seven younger half-siblings including: Sir Lancelot Douglas Carnegie Lady Dora Susan wife of Maj. Ernest de Rodakowski-Rivers Lady Elizabeth Erica Lady Helena Mariota Lady Katherine Agnes Blanche wife of Courtenay Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar Hon. Robert Francis who married Violet Fraser and Hon. David Wynford Carnegie. His paternal grandparents were Sir James Carnegie 5th Baronet de jure 8th Earl of Southesk and the former Charlotte Lysons a daughter of the Reverend Daniel Lysons. He was educated at Harrow and St Andrews University and would later receive an honorary degree from the university in October 1902. Amongst his various offices he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the part-time Forfar and Kincardine Artillery Militia in 1872 and steadily progressed through the officer ranks until he became the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant in 1894 with the honorary rank of Colonel. He retired from the command in 1906. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Angus Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire from 5 January 1900. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Aberdeenshire and for Angus. In 1905 he succeeded his father as the 10th Earl of Southesk who had restored the family titles with the original precedence by reversal of the 1715 Act of Attainder in 1855. He had the reputation of being the best game shot in Scotland. In 1921 Kinnaird Castle which was situated in one of the grandest Scottish glens and was the seat of the Earls of Southesk for more than 600 years burnt to the ground. "Only a small part of the servant's wing has escaped. A considerable part of the library was saved but many books impossible to replace as well as Raeburn's portrait of Lady Carnegie valued at £10000 were lost." Lord Southesk rebuilt the castle. A prominent art collector he owned "a large collection of paintings by old masters and antique gems." Source: Wikipedia hardcover
1924003706Calcutta 1924 Original postcard with India George V Stamp 1 1/2 a tied by 'British Empire Exhibition 1924' cancel. Additional Mount Everest Expedition 1924 stamp tied by red 'Mt. Everest Expedition / Rongbuk Glacier Base Camp 1924' cachet and postmarked Calcutta 16 Oct 1924. Capt. J.B.L. Noel's signature appears in facsimile on reverse with a view of the mountain from base camp. Noel reputedly mailed 40000 copies of this postcard from Everest Base Camp as advertising for his film of the expedition. They reflect a range of postmarks and routes away from base camp and are now rather uncommon. A near fine copy. unknown
08620N.p.: The Faulkner Concordance Advisory Board 1981 First edition in two volumes. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto tan boards pp. xvii 618 & 619-1274. Corners a little bumped else near fine. Oversize. <br/> <br/> (N.p).: The Faulkner Concordance Advisory Board, 1981 First edition, in two volumes. hardcover
08618N.p.: The Faulkner Concordance Advisory Board 1990. First edition. Quarto tan boards pp. xi 630. Corners a little bumped else a near fine copy. Oversize. (N.p).: The Faulkner Concordance Advisory Board, 1990. First edition. hardcover
18656502Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1865. Later printing. Fine. Bound in a 20th-century full straight grain red morocco with gilt crest on front panel gilt fluer-de-lis and decorative gilt foliate and blue inlaid borders on front and back boards with raised six-compartment spine with gilt fleur-de-lis and title. Red marble endpapers with decorative gilt inner dentelles with a floral and vine pattern. Binding by J. Ramage & co. with binding stamp on version of free endpaper. All edges of the text block gilt interior bright and clean with in-text illustrations headpieces and tailpieces throughout. A Fine copy overall.<br /> <br /> A delightful collection that mixes prose and poetry inspired by the 19th century interest in revival texts and Scottish history. Aytoun's Lays first published 1849 were modelled on the works of Macaulay and Scott ODNB. The Paton Edition is prized for its expressive illustrations which embrace a medieval-revival style to emphasize historic costume and create a sense of drama. <br /> <br /> The London-based bindery John Ramage and Company helped "restore the fine hand-craft of bookbinding in an era when that process was increasingly mechanized" Morgan Library. John Ramage 1836-1911 apprenticed with both English and French binders before buying his first binder business in Edinburgh 1860. He opened a London bindery three years later Gertz. "Though the range of their designs is broad Ramage bindings are celebrated for their remarkably delicate careful and elaborate gilt work" Gertz. Fine. William Blackwood and Sons unknown
19076241London and New York: Harper & Brothers 1907. Fine. Quarto 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches; 238 x 188 mm. xviii 409 1 blank pp. Colored frontispiece and nineteen photogravure plates with tissues printed in red & brown extra-illustrated by the insertion of twenty-five engraved plates of which six are hand-colored. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on front turn-in. Full dark blue crushed levant morocco over beveled boards covers with elaborate gilt frames spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt ruled board edges wide elaborate gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. Front doublure of red morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Set into the front doublure are two very fine oval miniature paintings set under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. The upper miniature is of Margaret de Valois Queen Margot of Navarre. The lower miniature is of her spouse Henry III of Navarre later Henry IV of France. Both miniatures measure 3 3/16 x 2 1/2 inches; 81 x 63 mm. The rear doublure is of red morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Blue watered silk end-leaves. A very fine example housed in its original felt-lined blue cloth clamshell case.<br /> <br /> Margaret of Valois 1553-1615 was a French Princess who became Queen of Navarre and France. Highly educated and a patroness of the arts Margaret would kind herself embroiled in political upheavals. Her marriage to Henry III of Navarre later Henry IV of France was organized to promote reconciliation between Catholics and Huguenots. However she would find herself at odds with her husband during continued religious tensions and unable to conceive an heir. Margaret also faced conflict with her brother Henry III. Eventually she would choose to side with the Catholic League survive prison annul her marriage and eventually live out her life in her an intellectual court pursuing her own scholarly devours. <br /> <br /> George Bayntun 1873-1940 was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery also based in Bath in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821 the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie 1849-1940. As the style grew in popularity other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Fine. Harper & Brothers unknown
67532London: Michael Joseph 1962. Literary Anthology FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo 23 x 16cm pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean edges slightly toned no inscriptions. The jacket is simply exceptional having been protected by a custom-made red cloth outer cover with gilt titles to black label. The jacket beneath is crisp and fresh with no fading whatsoever. A remarkably fine example of the first and rarer of the two 'Encore' year books. Only one other copy in jacket is currently available online also from Adrian Harrington. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert pencilled note within. A collection of outstanding articles contributed to the Sunday Times this is the FIRST EDITION in book-form. The Fleming article an insight into his gambling habits makes it's first appearance in a book and would later appear with a revised heading in 'Thrilling Cities'. There are also articles from close friends within the Fleming/Sunday Times circle including Cyril Connolly the poet and 'Bond' parody author Leonard Russell Fleming's editor Cecil Beaton family friend photographed Fleming Robert Harling noted typographer served under Fleming in 30 Assault Unit Noel Coward playwright spy colleague neighbour and only marriage witness Roald Dahl spy colleague air ace popular author and James Bond screenwriter and Henry Longhurst golfing colleague. Gilbert C40 pages 534-5. London: Michael Joseph, 1962 unknown
179821607Paris: C.-F. Patris 1798. First edition 12mo pp. vi 2 188; 2 copper-engraved plates; contemporary calf stamped in gilt red leather spine label lettered in gilt a.e.g. covers worn with a 1/2 inch chip at the foot of the spine glue stains to endpapers and first and last few leaves hinges starting still a good sound copy. "This anthology of priapic verses was edited and published by F.-J. Noel Inspector of Universities who was University counsellor and Inspector General of Studies during the government of Napoleon I c. 1833." Private Case 672. Brunet IV 869. C.-F. Patris unknown
1712ANT005Paris: SimonLanglois 1712. Full leather. 12mo. Worn full leather binding with raised bands and gilt decorations onspine gilt rubbed away in places. Marbledend papers. Tender hinges worn board corners. Foxing. Stains and damp-warping affect lower page edges mostly subtly. Wormingaffects last few pages no text lost and inner back board. 1 6 226 6; 40 pp. Paris: SimonLanglois hardcover
192561870London: Office of the New Leader 1925. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 31.5cm. Orange paper wrappers printed in black; 28pp; 15 loose plates black and white relief blocks in text. With a subscription slip laid in. Rubbed at edges spine half split edges of portfolio split mild foxing to text occasional foxing to plate edges: around Very Good.<br /> <br /> A collection of art prints and stories from the 1925 New Leader the weekly periodical of the Independent Labour Party it was originally and is currently known as the Labour Leader. From 1922-1926 under the editorship of prolific leftwing journalist Henry Noel Brailsford the paper "acquired an international reputation" by "balancing ideological exhortation with cultural enrichment. Without neglecting practical politics or industrial affairs it attracted leading artists and intellectuals to its roster" ODNB. This issue includes a contribution from George Bernard Shaw Gwen Raverat Winifred Holtby and Muirhead Bone as well as several copies from Russian paintings in Moscow. Uncommon with only 10 copies recorded in OCLC. #61870. Office of the New Leader unknown
184760420London:: Longman & Co. 1847. First edition. original lettered leather-backed relief boards simulating a gothic carved wooden binding incorporating "Scripture / Parables" on front and rear panels; a.e.g. There is some inoffensive marginal foxing to a few of the leaves some leaves starting as is nearly always the case; tiny losses to two of the corners; but otherwise an extremely attractive example of a landmark binding rarely found intact. 12mo. Chromolithographed title leaf and 32 chromolithographed pages. This copy has 3 additional chromolithographed prayers in similar style affixed to blank leaves at front. See: Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 231. Longman & Co., hardcover
1847990W39London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1847. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 5". Henry Noel Humphreys. Strikingly bound in decorative metal boards this is the richly decorated first edition of this illuminated Anglican work with chromolithographic leaves. An uncommon first edition in handsome in a heavily decorative relief binding.Consisting of thirty-two vibrant chromolithographic leaves. Collated complete.Filled with densely decorated gilt pages rendered by artist naturalist entomologist and numismatist Henry Noel Humphreys who produced a number of ornate works in these striking gothic relief covers throughout the 19th Century.All pages of the main text illustrated in rich swirling colour accompanying the gospel accounts of the parables of Jesus.Features a small index on each parable to the rear of the work.In a striking decorative metal binding with calf spine. In calf backed ornate metal boards. Externally in lovely condition. Slight cracks to relief binding to perimetrts. Internally firmly bound. Chromolithographs vibrant with significant handling marks to perimeters. Very Good Indeed Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
148136006Jakob Meydenbach. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1481. Leaf. B&W Illustrations; Aprox 8 1/2 x 12". Fine but for two nibbled corners about/4". Published June 23 1481 in Mainz . An illustrated reference work for herbs. Latin language. Fine but for two nibbled corners of about 1/4". This is one of the three earlier editions. . Jakob Meydenbach unknown
