Street, Julian; Finney, Frank.MareMagnum
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pp. ii, 30 +Plus 8 leaves of colored illustrations. 12mo. 160mm. Publisher's gray paper binding with cover stamped in cream. Cover design depicts large flowers. Top edge gilt. Spine blank. Cover is clean with slight fading and some loss along edges. Spine is cracked and very brittle. Titled page printed in yellow and black. A very fragile binding with clean contents. Hardbound. Good. Julian Leonard Street (1879-1947) was an American author, born in Chicago. He was a reporter in New York. NW59
pp. v, 388, +Plus 8 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's red cloth binding with cover lettered and decorated in gilt. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover gilt is bright. Spine rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Gift inscription of 'Haltir L. B. Fiske from Mrs. Julius Baier Christmas 1905.' Hardbound. Very Good+. Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. NW59
pp. viii, 351, +Plus 7 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's green cloth binding with cover lettered in gilt and stamped with white. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Color on cover is slightly rubbed in places. Gilt is bright. Spine rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Manuscript ownership of 'Geo. J. Schmidt, York PA, October 1902'. Hardbound. Very Good. Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. NW59
pp. x, 421, +Plus 6 leaves of plates and frontispiece. 12mo. 210mm. Original publisher's full brown cloth binding decorated with green, red and gilt. Cover designed by The Decorative Designers with monogram. Cover illustration is sharp and color is bright. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine slighty soiled and some denting on back cover. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. ix, 298. +Plus 8 pages of color plates. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's blue binding with cover stamped in gilt, blue and green. Pictorial cover with floral design by Margaret Armstrong with monogram. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated similarly. Gilt is bright on cover with color crisp. Top edge gilt. Spine rubbed. Corners sharp. Title page printed in red and black. Gift inscription on inside flyleaf ' With Christmas Greetings and love to May. From Aunt Nancy 1904.' Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good+. Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, foreign minister, and clergyman. The binding designer - Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867-1944) was a 20th-century American designer, illustrator, and author. She is best known for her book covers in the Art Nouveau style. NW59
pp. 26. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's green cloth binding with cover stamped in gilt with unusual almost embroidered pattern. Floral gilt cover design. Gilt is on cover. Top edge gilt. Spine faded, worn, and fraying. Corners worn. Printed in red and black. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, foreign minister, and clergyman. The binding was probably designed by - Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867-1944) a 20th-century American designer, illustrator, and author. She is best known for her book covers in the Art Nouveau style. NW59
pp. xiv, 295. +Plus 8 pages of color plates. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's blue binding with cover stamped in gilt and green. Pictorial cover with floral design by Margaret Armstrong without monogram. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated similarly. Gilt is bright on cover with color rubbed. Top edge gilt. Spine gilt rubbed. Corners sharp. Title page printed in red and black. Gift inscription on inside flyleaf 'To Mama from Fenner Dec 25. 1901' Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good+. Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, foreign minister, and clergyman. The binding designer - Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867-1944) was a 20th-century American designer, illustrator, and author. She is best known for her book covers in the Art Nouveau style. NW59
pp. 379, +Plus 7 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's green cloth binding with cover stamped with black and a color illustration of a Gibson girl sneakily holding a brass bowl. Spine lettered in black and gilt. Color on cover is soiled. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Bookplate of 'Richard Mumford Coit' on inside pastedown. Hardbound. Very Good. NW59
pp. 83 +Plus 8 pages of plates and other marginal decorations. 8vo. 150mm. Original publisher's vellum colored illustrated boards lettered in gilt. Color illustration on cover depicts a pious looking woman. Spine blank. Cover and spine rubbed and slightly soiled. Corners sharp. Frontis detached but present. Booksellers label on inside pastedown from L.B. Herr Bookseller, Lancaster, PA. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
pp. 560. 12mo. 210mm. Original publisher's full blue-green cloth binding decorated with dark blue, white, and gilt. Cover illustration is sharp and has a floral pattern in a diamond pattern. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated with similar pattern. Cover clean with good color. Spine rubbed and faded. Corners sharp. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. General Lew Wallace (1827-1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called 'the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century.' NW59
pp. iii, 220 +Plus 6 pages of prints including frontis. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's full beige cloth binding stamped in red and black. Cover decorated with a red car parked in front of a lovely inn. Cover designed by Adrian Iorio with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover illustration is crisp. Boards slightly soiled. Small loss at head of spine. Spine rubbed. Early 'Murray' ownership. Hardbound. Good. NW59
376 p. +Plus 8 leaves of plates. 8vo. 200mm. Clean original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in green. Cover stamped in gilt. Spine in gilt. Corners bumped, lightly browned on endpapers, inner joint papers lightly cracking (but joints tight). Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
pp. xiii, 406 including 13 unnumbered leaves of plates and frontispiece. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated with black and gilt. Cover illustration is sharp and color is bright. Spine lettered in gilt and black. Spine slighty rubbed. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. iii, 237 +Plus 4 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full dark green cloth binding lettered in cream and decorated in black, red, and cream. Cover depicts a group of boys joy-riding in a red car down a mountain road. Spine lettered and decorated in cream. Cover colors are bright but worn. Spine rubbed and faded. Corners bumped. Edges of boards rubbed and worn. Contents clean. Binding loose. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'Lloyd L White' Hardbound. Good. 'Clarence Young' was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for series of books for boys, the most well-known being the "Motor Boys" series. Charles Nuttall (1872-1934) was an Australian artist noted for his illustrations. NW62
pp. 330 +Plus 4 leaves of plates including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in white, dark green and gilt. Spine lettered a decorated similarly. Color on cover is slightly rubbed. Spine soiled. Corners frayed and bumped slightly. Contents clean and binding tight. Hardbound. Very Good. Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831-1919) was a British born novelist and teacher, who moved to the U.S. shortly after her marriage in 1850. NW59
pp. xv, 333 +Plus frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full magenta cloth binding lettered in cream and decorated in dark gray and cream. Cover has floral decoration designed by Frank Hazenplug with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board faded around edges. Spine faded and rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Slight Fading to rear board near spine. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) was an American artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters. Frank Hazenplug (1874-1931) designed books for the Chicago firm of Stone & Kimball, and remained with its successor, Herbert S. Stone, until 1906. Other publishers for whom Hazenplug created covers including hundreds for Fleming Revell (1900-1911), as well as many for George Doran, A.C. McClurg, Reilly and Britton, Rand McNally, and John Lane (1913-1920). NW62
pp. 148. +Plus 4 leaves of plates including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Tan full cloth binding with cover design stamped in cream, gray and brown. Spine lettered in cream. Ownership of 'W.H. Wotring, Ph.D.,D.D.,L.L.D. Instructor. Nazareth PA.' Hardbound. Good. NW68
pp. [12]. +Plus color illustrations and ornamentation throughout. 12mo. 160mm. Publisher's beige binding with cover decorated and stamped in pink, black, white, blue and gilt title insignia. Corners are sharp and cover illustration is bright and crisp. A very clean book. Designer boxed edition with slight chipping on box cover. An early edition. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. viii, 111 +Plus 5 pages of color plates. Text set in green and black floral and thematically designed frame. 12mo. 230mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated in dark green, light green, red and white. Attractive holly leaf design on cover by Margaret Armstrong with her monogram. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated similarly. Cover is clean and color is mildly rubbed. Spine rubbed. Corners bumped. Hardbound. Very Good. Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn. Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) was an American artist and illustrator, famous for the 'Christy Girl' -a colorful and illustrious successor to the 'Gibson Girl' -who became the most popular portrait painter of the Jazz Age era. 4 out of 5 of the plates are detached but present and intact. Manuscript ownership of "Harriet H. Crunch. Friday December 12, 1902.' Contents clean. NW60
pp. 86. 8vo. 190mm. Original publisher's textured cream colored vellum covered color illustrated boards lettered in gilt. Gilt title set in a blue floral frame. Spine blank. Dust jacket present and intact but slightly torn. Gilt bright. Cover mildly soiled. Binding separating at base of spine. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
pp. (iv), 198 +Plus 2 plates + frontis portrait. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding decorated with humorous design in black, red, and gilt. Spine lettered in red. Cover color is good but slightly soiled with loss of cloth at the bottom of the boards. Loss of cloth at head and base of spine also. Damp-staining to some pages. Corners bumped. Hardbound. Good. Annie Riley Hale (1859-1944) wrote numerous magazine and newspaper articles, lectured on the 'negro problem' and economics, and was a popular speaker on the 'Bull Moose Circuit.' NW59
pp. vi, 403, +Plus 8 plates of illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated with dark green, red, and gilt. Cover illustration is sharp and depicts a red flower and green leaves. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated with green. Cover clean with good color. Spine rubbed and faded. Corners frayed. Front flyleaf torn out. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Mary Johnston (1870-1936) a novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. 'To Have and to Hold' is the story of an English soldier, Ralph Percy, turned Virginian explorer in colonial Jamestown. Ralph buys a wife for himself - a girl named Jocelyn Leigh - little knowing that she is the escaping ward of King James I, fleeing a forced marriage to Lord Carnal. Jocelyn hardly loves Ralph - indeed, she seems to abhor him. Carnal, Jocelyn's husband-to-be, eventually comes to Jamestown, unaware that Ralph Percy and Jocelyn Leigh are man and wife. A complex series of exciting and romantic adventures in pioneer Virginia follow. Howard Pyle (1853-1911) was a very popular and influential illustrator. NW59
pp. (iv), 354. 12mo. 200mm. +Plus 4 illustrations including frontis. Publisher's full cloth binding in yellow stamped in red and black. Spine lettered in same. Color is bright and illustration is rubbed. Back cover soiled slightly. Ownership label of Emilie Hill. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. (iv), 192. 12mo. 200mm. +Plus 11illustrations including frontis. Publisher's full cloth binding in beige with illustration in orange depicting Charles Lindbergh. Spine lettered in black. Color is bright and illustration is rubbed. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. 16 +Plus 7 color lithographs. thin 16mo. 180mm. Original publisher's vellum covered color lithograph boards lettered in gilt. Cover depicts Longfellow set in a locket surrounded by a blue ribbon and pink flowers. Blank spine cracked and fragile. Cover mildly soiled. Binding fragile. Corners slightly bumped. tearing. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61