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1897002858New York: R. H. Russell for Will Bradley 1897 New York: R.H. Russell for Will Bradley 1897. Fitzgerald Edward Translator Designed/Illustrated by Will Bradley. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer Poet of Persia. New York: R. H. Russell 1897. 12mo. 61 pages. Printed by Will Bradley at the Wayside Press Springfield MA August 1897. SIGNED and dated: "Will Bradley Nov. 24 '97" and signed by owner:"Given me by Mr. Bradley Nov. 24th 1897 Mary Dwight Shurtliff." Very good condition except paste-on label gone from spine. Printed on rough-cut Strathemore paper with red decorations by Bradley. Thick paper-covered boards have green arabesque design a small soil spot on front board. The book is tight and bright. Will Bradley 1868-1962was a leading book designer in the forefront of the American Arts and Crafts movement. His posters advertisements book designs and magazine covers are both striking and utilitarian. Spine label missing part of underlying paper missing about .5" on bottom. Solidly constructed with signatures as indicated and exquisite decorations. Overall very good condition. Rare signature. R. H. Russell for Will Bradley hardcover
1888172266New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1888. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Faint rubbing along panel corners and spine crown/heel. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
18991226088vo. New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1899. 8vo 96 pp. Gray paper. Original pictorial gray boards. Slight darkening to backstrip fine. § First edition of this classic of 1890s book design and illustration printed by Will Bradley hard to find in such good condition. The Turn of the Century #137: “this beautifully designed book unlike most of Bradley’s work has more than a tinge of the exotic as if admitting to a certain pictorial decadence parallel to the sophisticated disillusion of Crane’s verses.â€. BAL 4083. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover books
1861WRCAM53599Hampton Roads Va 1861. Pencil and wash sketch approximately 6 3/4 x 9 inches. Encapsulated. Upper left corner torn away obscuring manuscript ink annotation. Contemporary pencil annotation on verso. Light dust soiling and an occasional fox mark. About very good. A pencil sketch with watercolor shading depicting part of Fort Monroe Virginia drawn for potential publication in HARPER'S WEEKLY in October 1861 by Bradley S. Osbon freelance reporter and self-described "sailor of fortune" with his name signed on the lower left and on the verso. Osbon made several written and illustrated contributions to HARPER's WEEKLY including reporting on the construction of the ironclad Monitor also from Fort Monroe. The fort at the southern tip of the Virginia peninsula remained under Union control throughout the war and was used as prison for captured Confederate soldiers and as a refuge for fugitive slaves. unknown books
1885123991Philadelphia: Wm. M. Bradley & Bros 1885. Hardcover. Good. 10 p. plates. 50 cm. 74 mainly double-page maps with light colour. Rebound in half burgundy leather with original red cloth and gold lettering. Gilt page edges. Some soiling to cloth. Repairs to rear and front endpapers title page preface. Thumbing. Some chips to bottom corners of first pages. Tears in map 31 North America 39 New York state and Illinois index page. <br/><br/>Detailed double-page railroad map of the US with steamship lines shown along the seaboard 35. Includes each American state as of 1885 plus Indian Territory 69. Separate map of Long Island. Central America map shows proposed route of the Panama Canal. Each country or section has its own index a time-saving innovation that makes it unnecessary to constantly flip to the rear. Wm. M. Bradley & Bros hardcover
1890156421London: George Bell and Sons 1890. The real woman of magical nature must remain undiscovered and triumphant First edition first impression trade issue in the scarce glassine jacket. The play published under the pseudonym "Michael Field" by Edith Emma Cooper and her aunt and sometime lover Katharine Harris Bradley tells of the reign and fall of Mary Queen of Scots. There was also a limited issue of 60 copies bound in vellum. Selwyn Image 1849-1930 designed the binding for this title and his regal blooming thistles are an entirely appropriate example of his fin-de-siècle decorative art. The borders incorporate Mary's motto "En ma fin est mon commencement" "In my end is my beginning". An artist designer and poet Image was published in The Savoy and was the seventh Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford from 1910-16. Oscar Wilde considered The Tragic Mary one of the two most beautiful books of the nineteenth century "in appearance" quoted in Hadjiafxendi p. 243 the other being Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Poems 1870. Cooper and Bradley acknowledge in their Preface both the necessity and futility of dramatizing Mary's life; "the Queen herself lies sculptured in Westminster Abbey waiting with the serenity of patience a judgement other than that of men. Yet we are not permitted to withhold our human verdicts if she is to live as a presence in our midst. our beliefs are but conjectures and the real woman of magical nature must remain undiscovered and triumphant" Preface. Octavo. Original brown paper-covered boards spine and covers lettered in black covers illustrated in black with blossoming thistles and crown motifs designed by Selwyn Image edges uncut. With original glassine dust jacket and later handmade paper dust jacket. Two previous booksellers' notes loosely inserted. Small mark to spine a little foxing and offsetting to endpapers. A near-fine copy unopened in sharp glassine spine panel a little toned trivial chips to head of spine panel and corners a few marks to panels flaps a touch creased. Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi & Patricia Zakreski Crafting the Woman Professional in the Long Nineteenth Century 2016. hardcover
1862AQ23659London: Edward Stanford 1862. vii 1 40pp 2. With a geological map a reference plate and ten plates of veins all except the map hand-coloured. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked spine sunned. Title page browned occasional spotting. Inked ownership inscription of L. R. Wager to recto of FFEP. The sole edition of a monograph examining the distribution of lead ores in the strata of the mines of Swaledale Yorkshire. In addition to succinct explanations of the deposition of limestone chert grit and plate throughout the Swaledale landscape Bradley provides an examination of returns from the veins of each mine in the region. Lawrence Rickard Wager 1904-1965 Yorkshire-born geologist explorer and mountaineer primarily remembered for his work on the Skaergaard intrusion in Greenland and for his attempt on Mount Everest in 1933. OCLC records copies at eight locations in the British Isles BGS BL Cambridge Glasgow Liverpool NLS Oxford and York and a further 13 worldwide. COPAC adds two further copies Hull and Science Museum. . First edition. Quarto. Edward Stanford hardcover
1895WRCLIT64105Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company 1895. Large octavo. Linen and printed pictorial boards t.e.g. others untrimmed. Endsheets and margins foxed spine extremities darkened otherwise a very good copy. First edition thus. One of 600 numbered copies printed on handmade paper. Copiously illustrated and decorated with plates initials and decorative borders by Bradley. An ambitious and important Bradley production described by his bibliographer as "a masterly synthesis of Beardsley Ricketts and William Morris ideals" BAMBACE A9 The Burrows Brothers Company hardcover books
1891026388New York circa 1891: Mcloughlin Brothers 1891. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 10 3/4" Tall. 12 Pp. Three Color Plates One Two-Page Sepia Illustration Twelve Smaller Sepia Illustrations. Undated Later Issue Originally Issued 1880'S With Illustrations By Will Satterlee But This With Cover Signed "W.B.". This Could Be An Early Will Bradley Effort And Was Included In An Extensive Will Bradley Collection Including Material Sold By Mrs. Bradley But It Is Not Included In Any Will Bradley Reference That We Have Seen So Is Undocumented And Highly Questionable As A Bradley Effort. Very Scarce No Copy Seen Except The 1880'S Issue With The Very Different Will Satterlee Cover. Very Light Wear No Chips Or Tears. Pencil Note "Christmas 1891" In Top Margin Of Front Cover No Other Names Or Marks. <br/> <br/> Mcloughlin Brothers paperback
185321764n.p. 1853. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 12 inches; attractively gilt-framed with lettered French mat 17-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches overall. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 12 inches; attractively gilt-framed with lettered French mat 17-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches overall. Original Drawing of Mr. Verdant Green at Cricket. A popular Victorian literary character was Mr. Verdant Green an Oxford Freshman hero of several books written and illustrated by a Midland vicar Rev. Edward Bradley 1827-1889 under the pen-name of Cuthbert Bede. Bradley had learned wood-engraving from no less than George Cruikshank but as Houfe notes "remained very much the amateur illustrating his own books.and others in a jolly and careless style." He also drew for Punch and "was one of the first illustrators to satirise photography."<br/><br/>This drawing jolly and careless shows two sketches of the hapless freshman unsuccessfully defending a wicket--the drawings appear in more finished wood-engraved form on pages 100-101 of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green-- and a more formal portrait done in the year in which The Adventures first appeared thus making it an Oxford literary and cricket item all in one. Houfe British Book Illustrators p. 230 unknown books
18964955Springfield: The Wayside Press 1896. First edition. First edition. Original printed prospectus 10 1/4 x 5 inches one uncut folded folio sheet making four pages. Lavishly illustrated/decorated front cover by Bradley with lettering in red printed in red and black with decorations and examples of the upcoming Volume One Number One. April 1896. Very fine with no signs of wear. An extremely scarce important record of the greatest short-running decorative American printings by one of the top American book illustrator and designers at the Turn of the Century. P. 202 Bambace. The Wayside Press unknown books
18964955Springfield: The Wayside Press 1896. First edition. First edition. Original printed prospectus 10 1/4 x 5 inches one uncut folded folio sheet making four pages. Lavishly illustrated/decorated front cover by Bradley with lettering in red printed in red and black with decorations and examples of the upcoming Volume One Number One. April 1896. Very fine with no signs of wear. An extremely scarce important record of the greatest short-running decorative American printings by one of the top American book illustrator and designers at the Turn of the Century. P. 202 Bambace. The Wayside Press unknown
185937179London: Printed for Private Circulation by Taylor and Greening 1859. 1st edition NCBEL III 830 & 1083. PRESENTATION copy from the author INSCRIBED at the top of the t.p. 'Edward Bradley / from the author". Late 19th C. 3/4 blue morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. Elaborate gilt decorated spine. TEG. Modest binding wear at extremities. Bookplate. A handsome VG copy. 15 1 blank pp. Binder's blanks at rear of volume. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>The notorious quarrel between two of England's most popular authors began with Yates' critical review in Town Talk of Thackeray's English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century. Thackeray as might be expected was a bit affronted at what he viewed as a slanderous insult by this fellow member of the Garrick Club; believing much of Yates' information came from club meetings he took his grievance to the club committee. The committee sided with Thackeray and instructed Yates to apologize; Yates refused & was forcibly barred from club premises subsequently bringing charges against the club Secretary. Dickens absent from London as this brouhaha was brewing returned to find all in full force. He offered to mediate though primarily siding with Yates which Thackeray viewed as treachery. The ill feelings between the two did not abate for years until shortly before Thackeray's death in 1863. Herein Yates recounts the history & evidence of the disagreement with not unexpectedly a bias to his own case. This copy presented to Edward Bradley presumed to be the Victorian novelist who wrote under the pen name Cuthbert M. Bede. Known in Wise facsimiles cf Todd 425c the first edition as here just twice at auction in the last 30 years the last being 1977. A rare piece of Dickensiana; the first time we've ever been able to offer the item. Printed for Private Circulation [by Taylor and Greening] hardcover books
189980126New York:: Frederick A. Stokes 1899. First edition. publishers illustrated boards with printed paper label designed by Will Bradley. Preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and felt-lined chemise. A very attractive fine copy minimal use to the timeless binding. There is a minuscule chip to one corner of the printed paper spine label affecting only the double-ruling. 8vo. Drawings by Will Bradley. Frederick A. Stokes, hardcover
188416813Piccadilly W. London: Messrs Fores. Very Good. 1884-1911. First Edition. Hardcover. This magazine was published from 1884-1912. This is the first 28 of 29 volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher's half red morocco over blue cloth covered boards. Spines have raised bands gilt lettering to two compartments and gilt decorations to remaining four compartments: crossed whips with a fox's brush and riding hat; duck; horse's head and a horse shoe. With marbled endpapers top edges gilt. 896 plates 32/vol after Finch Mason R. M. Alexander Cuthbert Bradley and others the majority tinted duotone lithographs. Glossy b/w 'Fores's Illustrated Catalogue' from 6 to 22 pp bound into the rear of each volume followed by ads for other Fores's publications. Slight unevenness to color of spines as usual minor scuffing to some edges & corners. Condition of covers ranges from VG to VG. Four volumes have a few flecks of foxing on the front &/or rear endpapers. Top corner of p.136 vol XVIII missing a 1/2" piece. Otherwise the interiors of texts including plates are in near fine condition. . A very handsome set. Inside the front cover of each volume is the armorial bookplate of WILLIAM DUGALD STUART Esquire J. P. For co. Beds. Lieut. Colonel Late Bedford Regiment formerly King's Royal Rifle Corp born Oct. 18 1860 with the motto: "Avito viret honore." Sports Sports Stories Bicycling Billiards Boxing Cricket Curling Equestrian Fox Hunting Golf Horse Racing Sailing etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 8402 pages . Messrs, Fores hardcover
18967290Vol 1 comprising issues 1-4. Showcasing collection of works by the American Art Nouveau artist Will Bradley. Gilt-ruled half morocco over marbled boards; four raised bands. Stab-in sticthing. Top edge gilt. Occasional foxing. Each volume circa 5 x 10 inches. Wayside Press hardcover
189661698E-105: The Wayside Press. Good. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. The Wayside Press Springfield Mass 1896. Volume 1 Number 1-4. Edges deckled. Bound in red cloth with black titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards spine faded and darkened light soile present. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board small binders label Akron Commercial Binding present to the reverse of the front board. Fore-edge chipped. Endpapers chipped. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A compilation of stories and poetry richly illustrated throughout with reproductions of the work of Beardsley Morris Burne-Jones Parrish Toulouse-Lautrec and others by a master of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Enormously important and graphically printed in full colors comprising various advertisement illustrations designed exclusively by Will Bradley. The first number in a sequence of issues that was only to be short-lived only seven numbers over a year's time yet its impact on American printing and design is arguably among the top of the heap in fin-de-siecle Art Nouveau in America. The first issue is without a doubt the most impressive and this copy is in fine condition. E-105; 4to 11" - 13" tall . The Wayside Press hardcover
18945046Chicago: The Dial Press 1894. First edition. First edition. Original publisher's polished light brown buckram. Presentation Copy from the Author Harry Smith to H. I. Kimball cofounder of the famed Stone and Kimball Press in Chicago: "To H. I. Kimball Jr. with the compliments of Harry B. Smith October 1894. Together with three separate Autograph Letters Signed by Will Bradley to F. F. Browne American editor poet and literary critic who founded the literary journal The Dial. Over the years he had become close friends with John Muir John Burroughs Walt Whitman and other notable figures. All three ALS on ruled thin paper: 1 "Mr. F. F. Browne. Chicago. Dear Sir: Your postal received this morning. will send or bring sketches so you will get them tomorrow A.M. Hope circumstances will permit of Mr. Smith waiting to see them. Yours resp. Will H. Bradley Geurva Apr. 6 '94." 2 "Dear Mr. Brown Enclosed are two rough sketches. This work has been a blank with me as I have spoiled everything I have undertaken. I let your work go until to-day hoping my luck would change but it hasn't will come n and see you next week. Yours resp. Will H. Bradley Geurva Apr 7 '94." 3 "Mr F. F. Browne: "The Dial" Chicago. Dear Sir: Please consign to the waste basket the sketches I sent Saturday. have had better luck since sending them. and will call with finished drawing at about 10 to-morrow A.M. Yours resp. Will H. Bradley Geurva Apr. 9 '94." A fascinating story here as the book is listed in Bambace's "Will H. Bradley His Work" Item C1 but not declaratively done by Bradley. Herewith we provide these three letters verifying indeed Will Bradley supplied the drawing for the design to the title page in the book bearing a decidedly Will Bradley flair. A wonderful grouping marrying author artist and publisher. Book is near fine with brown stamped cover design most likely by Bradley full-page design on title page by Bradley top edges gilt others all uncut 149pp. The Dial Press unknown books
18945046Chicago: The Dial Press 1894. First edition. First edition. Offered here are two original drawings as possible designs for the title-page of this book together with the original and inscribed first edition book for which the final Bradley illustrative designs were used. The book in original publisher’s polished light brown buckram. Presentation Copy from the Author Harry Smith to H. I. Kimball cofounder of the famed Stone and Kimball Press in Chicago: “To H. I. Kimball Jr. with the compliments of Harry B. Smith October 1894. Together with two drawings by Will Bradley who designed the final art for the title-page printed in red and black. The putative drawings by Bradley are: 1 a finely executed title-page with a wonderful interpretive design of a butterfly with two long appendages extending downward lettering of title in red design work blossoms surrounding press and date at bottom all in black ink on folded 12mo sheet laid paper. The second is a smaller pencil rendering of the design in more cursory representation. Book is near fine with brown stamped cover design most likely by Bradley as well. Extremely scarce and desirable Will Bradley conceptual design for a title-page. The Dial Press unknown
189717944Springfield MAss: The Wayside Press 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Volume I number 1 through Volume II number 3. Volume I is tall thin 8vo. containing the four numbers of Volume I. Volume II is 4to. containing the three complete numbers of Volume II all published but for a fragmentary No. 4 not present here. Contemporary half morocco marbled paper boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with cloth inner hinges. A compilation of stories and poetry richly illustrated throughout with reproductions of the work of Beardsley Morris Burne-Jones Parrish Toulouse-Lautrec and others by a master of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Unfortunately in 1897 Bradley's health suffered; he had to sell the Wayside Press and was unable to complete the final number of volume II. Spines are significantly sunned and the leather and marbled paper are rubbed in places. A fine copy of the bound seven numbers; the leather of the binding is sunned on the spines and rear board of Volume II and the leather and paper are rubbed. Overall a nice copy in a very good binding. Scarce. The Wayside Press hardcover books
189717944Springfield MAss: The Wayside Press 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Volume I number 1 through Volume II number 3. Volume I is tall thin 8vo. containing the four numbers of Volume I. Volume II is 4to. containing the three complete numbers of Volume II all published but for a fragmentary No. 4 not present here. Contemporary half morocco marbled paper boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with cloth inner hinges. <br /> <p><br /> A compilation of stories and poetry richly illustrated throughout with reproductions of the work of Beardsley Morris Burne-Jones Parrish Toulouse-Lautrec and others by a master of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Unfortunately in 1897 Bradley's health suffered; he had to sell the Wayside Press and was unable to complete the final number of volume II. <br /> <P><br /> Spines are sunned and the bindings are rubbed in places. Overall a nice copy of Bradley's book in a very good binding. Scarce.<br /> <p>. The Wayside Press hardcover
1874148987London: James Parker and Co. 1874. Lent to A. J. Ayer Scarce first edition of Bradley's first book with an autograph letter signed on New College Oxford headed paper from the philosopher A. J. Ayer 9 February 1962 thanking a "Dear John" for the loan of the book - "it is strange stuff even more 'literary' than his later work. But as nearly always he is troubled by genuine problems". This literary quality that Ayer identifies explains Bradley's appeal to authors such as T. S. Eliot whose doctoral dissertation was on "Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley". Octavo. Stab-stitched in original printed wrappers front wrapper lettered in black. Ownership signature of John Willes dated 1978 to inside front wrapper and his acquisition note at the head of the letter. Spine ends chipped short split to rear joint wrappers a little soiled; a very good copy. unknown
1853878P39DLondon: Nathaniel Cooke; H. Ingram & Co; Geo. Routledge & Co; Ward and Lock; James Blackwood; Charles H. Clarke; Richard Bentley; Saunders Otley & Co; Simpkin Marshall & Co 1853-86. First edition. Leather. Fine. 7.5" by 5"; 6" by 5". Cuthbert Bede; Edward Bradley; W. M'Connell; Alfred Crowquill. A beautiful fine set of the collected first editions works of Cuthbert Bede pen name of Edward Bradley a set of his scarce novels uniformly bound by Bickers. A very smart first edition set of of the works of 'Cuthbert Bede' the pseudonym of Edward Bradley.In a full tan calf binding by Bickers.Edward Bradley was a prolific but now largely forgotten novelist who wrote under the pen name 'Cuthbert Bede' a name taken from his time at Durham University. He is best known for his character 'Verdant Green'.This set includes;'Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green' published in 1853. With in-text illustrations by the author throughout. Six pages of adverts to the rear. 'Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green' published in 1854. Original wraps are bound in. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by the author. Four pages of adverts to the rear.'The Diverting Pathetic and Humorous Adventures of Mr. Sydenham Greenfinch Gentleman and of His Friends in London' published in 1854. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text illustrations throughout by W. M'Connell. Eight pages of adverts to the rear.'Love's Provocations' published in 1855. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in with adverts to the reverse of each wrap and to the recto of the front endpaper and verso of the rear endpaper. Illustrated with a frontispiece three plates and in-text engravings by the author. 'Motley' published in 1855. A scarce work. Half-title is present. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title and in-text engravings by the author. 'Book of Beauty' published in 1856. A very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title and in-text engravings throughout. 'Tales of College Life' published in 1856 also bound with 'Medley' and 'Motley'. 'Medley' illustrated with an engraved title and in-text engravings bound without the title page. 'Motley' with half-title illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title and in-text engravings throughout. 'Medley' undated dated 1856 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in. Bound without engraved title. Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout. Four pages of adverts to the rear. 'Nearer and Dearer' published in 1857. An uncommon work. Half title present. Illustrated with a frontispiece nine plates and in-text engravings. 'Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For' published in 1857. An uncommon work. Original wraps bound in. Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout. Twelve pages of adverts to the rear.'Fairy Fables' undated dated 1858 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. Illustrated with in-text engravings by Alfred Crowquill. 'Happy Hours; at Wynford Grange' published in 1859. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece three hand-coloured plates and in-text engravings throughout'Our New Rector' published in 1861. A very scarce work. Half-title is present. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear.'The Curate of Cranston; With Other Prose and Verse' published in 1862. A very scarce work. Half-title is present. 'A Tour in Tartan-Land' published in 1863. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear.'The White Wife; With Other Stories Supernatural Romantic and Legendary' published in 1865. A scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. Half-title is present. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text engravings throughout by the author. 'The Rook's Garden' published in 1865. A very scarce work. Half-title is present. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear. 'Mattins & Muttons' Volumes I and II published in 1856. A very scarce work. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear of each volume. 'Little Mr. Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green' undated dated 1873 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Half-title is present. With in-text engravings throughout by the author.'Figaro at Hastings St. Leonards' undated dated 1877 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. A very scarce work. Original wraps are bound in with adverts to the reverse of the wraps to the verso of the rear endpaper and to the recto and verso of both the front endpaper and front free. With in-text engravings throughout by the author. 'Fotheringhay and Mary Queen of Scots' published in 1886. A scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece being an original contemporary portrait of Mary now first published. Further illustrated with nine plates most by the author. Publisher's original cloth bound in to the rear.Bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to the front paste downs. In a full calf binding by Bickers. Externally smart with only a few small marks and patches of rubbing. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only the occasional scattered spot. Prior owner has coloured the hair of the figure to the vignette to the final page of text of 'Mr Verdant Green is Married and Done For'. Some spots to the last pages of some volumes due to the original cloth being bound in. Fine Nathaniel Cooke; H. Ingram & Co; Geo. Routledge & Co; Ward and Lock; James Blackwood; Charles H. Clarke; Richard Bentley; Saunde hardcover
1895260460Chicago 1895. Original pencil watercolor-and-gouache poster design on card signed "Will H. Bradley" at lower left. 8 x 5-1/2 in. Tipped to board gilt matted and framed entire piece measures 13 x 16 in. Original pencil watercolor-and-gouache poster design on card signed "Will H. Bradley" at lower left. 8 x 5-1/2 in. A stunning original poster design by William H. Bradley 1868-1962 the foremost American Art Nouveau designer of his time known for his advertising posters and book and magazine illustrations. "The Echo" a "humorous and artistic fortnightly" was advertised as "Chicago's new paper - in which will appear a series of colored frontispieces by Will H. Bradley." It began publication on May 1 1895 and ceased with vol. 4 no. 3 July 1897. "Bradley was well acquainted with the stylistic innovations of his European counterparts. Like many French artists he borrowed stylistic elements from Japanese prints working in flat broad color planes and cropped forms. He appropriated the whiplash curves of the Art Nouveau movement so dominant in Europe at the turn of the century and was influenced by the work of the English illustrator Aubrey Beardsley" willbradley.com. Literature: Bambage p. 158 unknown
