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1990164118London: Sotheby's/Philip Wilson Publishers 1990. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black boards with gilt design in the center and gilt lettering on spine. Black dust jacket with color illustration and white lettering. 552 pp. Color and BW illustrations. A catalogue of 128 paintings produced during this period in which the art of portraiture was transformed religious imagery dynamized and new genres such as flower painting were established. The art of Holland's Golden Age is perennially popular with collectors and gallery visitors alike and this book provides a new insight into this unique private collection. Sotheby's/Philip Wilson Publishers hardcover books
196588917London: Hodder and Stoughton 1965. Octavo boards. First edition. Second Cija novel part of the popular Atlan series. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 4A-115. Cawthorn and Moorcock Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 81. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I pp. 66-8. Very light bruising to three corner tips else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. #88917 Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
1958104456London: Hutchinson 1958. Octavo printed brown wrappers. Advance copy uncorrected proof of the first edition. Gaskell's second novel a fantasy set on the legendary continent of Mu during a period of earth's pre-history when there was no moon. Reginald 05832. Light stain to spine panel wrappers just a bit dusty a very good copy. Scarce. #104456 Hutchinson unknown books
1907112429London: Smith 1907. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-357 358 359-360: publisher's ads. original gray cloth front and spine panels stamped in reddish brown fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. Thirteen short stories set in the western part of Yorkshire the dialogue written in dialect style. A clean tight very good copy. #112429 Smith unknown books
1978139280New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1978. Octavo boards. First edition U.S. issue. Collects six tales and a poem "The Scholar's Story" by William Gaskell a Breton ballad translated from the French of the Vicomte de la Villemarque selected and introduced by Michael Ashley. "Gaskell's supernatural fiction ranks among the best of the Victorian period . Together with Dickens' work Gaskell's ghost fiction helped consolidate the association of the supernatural tale with the Victorian Christmas . Her ghost stories are scattered throughout various periodicals and books and no single collected existed until 1978 when Michael Ashley produced MRS GASKELL'S TALES OF MYSTERY AND HORROR." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 226. Barron ed Horror Literature 2-29. Tymn ed Horror Literature 2-38. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with tiny stain to inner surface at lower spine end which does not show through. #139280 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1978137349New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1978. Octavo boards. First edition U.S. issue. Collects six tales and a poem "The Scholar's Story" by William Gaskell a Breton ballad translated from the French of the Vicomte de la Villemarque selected and introduced by Michael Ashley. "Gaskell's supernatural fiction ranks among the best of the Victorian period . Together with Dickens' work Gaskell's ghost fiction helped consolidate the association of the supernatural tale with the Victorian Christmas . Her ghost stories are scattered throughout various periodicals and books and no single collected existed until 1978 when Michael Ashley produced MRS GASKELL'S TALES OF MYSTERY AND HORROR." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 226. Barron ed Horror Literature 2-29. Tymn ed Horror Literature 2-38. Remainder stripe to bottom edge of sheets else a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some scuffs and scratches. #137349 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
19735271Chicheley: Paul P.G. Minet 1973. cloth dust jacket. Baskerville John. 4to. cloth dust jacket. xxxii 72 pages and 17 plates and a facsimile of a type specimen in a pocket at the back. Reprinted with additions and corrections to the 1959 edition. The definitive work to-date. Jacket faded along top of back cover. Paul P.G. Minet unknown books
195765557London: Hutchinson 1957. Octavo boards. First edition. The author's first book. A fantasy set in a mysterious fourth-dimensional fairyland where the inhabitants are engaged in a fierce ideological war. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 675. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 pp. 265-66. Reginald 05835. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #65557 Hutchinson unknown books
19127834New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1912. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1912 1st edition in the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG in its lavishly gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light foxing to the endapers tender but still perfectly sturdy inner hinges. In a bright VG dustjacket with light chipping to the spine ends and the tips and light wear along the flap folds. Still though a very presentable copy. Thick 12mo 646 pgs. nicely illustrated in color and black-and-white by M.V. Wheelhouse. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover books
1904022578New York: E.P. Dutton 1904. Octavo. 255pp. illustrated with 25 color illustrations by C.E. Brock. The author was an English novelist biographer and short story writer. Cranford was serialized in Household Words by Dickens. Besides known for her books Cranford and North and South she also wrote the biography of her friend Charlotte Bronte along with several other works. A very nice copy bound by E.P. Dutton in 3/4 blue crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards raised bands gilt compartments decorated in red floral gilt onlays top edge gilt original gilt decorated cloth covers bound in at rear just a bit of fading to spine. Very nice. E.P. Dutton unknown books
19071074London: Macmillan 1907. Later Printing. Full Leather. Fine. Minor shelf wear small dated owner inscription else tight bright and unmarred. Full blue morocco leather 5 raised bands burgundy label gilt lettering and intricate decorative elements and dentelles text block edges in near reflective gilt marbled endpages. 12mo. 297pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>Exquisitely bound by W. T. Morrell London. Wonderful illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A stunning volume in hand. Macmillan hardcover books
1907004264London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1907. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Beautiful Kelliegram full morocco inlay binding with gilt detailing both front and rear cover. 8vo. 18 by 12 cm. xxx 297 1 pp. The front depicts Mr. Jenkyns strolling down a lane the rear a sedan chair. Kelliegram bindings such as this one were produced by the English bookbinding company Kelly & Sons at the turn of the twentieth century. The gilt stamp of the bindery can be found on the inside lower edge of the rear board. Light sunning of the spine. Otherwise fine condition. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
