Speare, Jean E.MareMagnum
The Days of Augusta
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Around 80 pages. Many b&w photos. Oral history. Photography by Robert Keziere
Bookshop Pistil Books Online · Seattle, US32,45 €
352 résultats
pp. (xiv), 275. +Plus full color Dust jacket with colorful art-deco design in purple, pink, yellow, and fuschia. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's purple cloth binding with cover brilliant gilt banderole with coat of arms laid on diagonally across front cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Dust Jacket is slightly soiled on the spine with small hole on front cover. Binding tight and contents clean. Literary Guild of America was a mail order book club that sold lower cost, but well produced editions, of popular and current books to its members. Books were selected by an editorial board, whose chairman was Carl Van Doren (1885-1950) a famed and respected American critic, historian, and biographer. The special editions were published on the same date as the first trade editions. This was the July, 1933 selection. Stated first edition. Hardbound. Very Good. Less one. NW69
pp. x, 252 +Plus 16 leaves of B/W plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full gray cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated in brown and silver gilt. Cover depicts a boy holding a rifle staining above a dead bison. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover gilt bright but board is soiled. Spine faded and soiled. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners frayed. Slight soiling to rear board. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Noah Brooks (1830-1903) was a journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Newark, and New York, and authored a major biography of Abraham Lincoln based on close personal observation. Born in Castine, Maine, he moved to Dixon, Illinois in 1856, where he became involved in the first Republican campaign for President (John Fremont). During the campaign, he became friends with Lincoln. Brooks moved to Kansas in 1857 as a "free state" settler, but returned to Illinois about a year later, then moved to California in 1859. After the death of his wife in 1862, Brooks moved to Washington, D.C. to cover the Lincoln administration for the Sacramento Daily Union. He was accepted into the Lincoln household as an old friend. Unlike most people, Brooks was able to maintain a close friendship with both the President and Mrs. Lincoln. When Brooks was detailed to cover the 1864 Democratic Convention in Chicago, President Lincoln asked Brooks to also report back in detail by private letter. In 1901, Brooks published The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition based largely on the Nicholas Biddle history of the Expedition. Brooks was assisted by the notes written in the margins of his manuscript by Dr. Elliott Coues, who had edited the 1894 edition of Biddle, and who had wide experience as an explorer of the American West. William Allen Rogers (1854-1931) was an American political cartoonist born in Springfield, Ohio. He studied at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Wittenberg College, but never graduated. Rogers taught himself to draw and began submitting political cartoons to Midwestern newspapers in his teens. At the age of fourteen, his first cartoons appeared in a Dayton, Ohio-based newspaper, to which Rogers' mother had earlier submitted a selection of his sketches. NW63
pp. 260. 8vo. A clean and tight original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in red. Cover stamped in black and white with spine blank. Back cover has publisher's insignia in black. Slight rubbing of spine. Promotional coupon still intact. First regular (8vo) edition. 200mm.Hardbound. Very good NW66
pp. (viii), 307. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full brown cloth binding decorated in gilt. Spine decorated in gilt. Cover gilt bright. Spine slightly dirtied. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
xii, 296, 8 [Advertisement for other works by the same author], +Plus 1 color frontis. 8vo. 210mm. Publisher's blue full cloth binding with cover design stamped in gilt and color illustration depicting two saintly women figures. Spine lettered in gilt. Front cover with slight wear. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
pp. 34 +Plus 13 color lithographs and marginal decorations in gilt. 8vo. 180mm. Original publisher's padded velum covered board lettered in brown and decorated with a floral color illustration. Spine blank. Cover rubbed and mildly soiled. Corners sharp. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very good. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. NW61
pp. 225. +Plus color frontis. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's full gray cloth binding decorated in blue, light blue and gilt. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Covers clean. Spine slighty soiled. Contents clean and binding tight. Hardbound. Very Good. Frances Little was the pseudonym of American author Fannie Caldwell (1863-1941). Caldwell and her husband, businessman J.D. Macaulay, made their home in Louisville, Kentucky. She had great success with 'The Lady of the Decoration' (Listed as our no. 117BIND2). NW59
pp. viii, 408 +Plus 1 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full blue-green cloth binding lettered in black and decorated in black and red. Cover has a ribbon and heart decoration designed by Rome K. Richardson with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover bright. Spine lightly rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Manuscript ownership of 'G.N. Byerly From Nelle' on inside flyleaf. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Francis Lynde (1856-1930) wrote a number of books in the early 1900s, some of which were made into Hollywood films. His novels include: Branded Empire Builders, A Fool for Love, The Grafters, The Honorable Senator, The King of Arcadia, The Master of Appleby, The Price and The Quickening. Arthur Ignatius Keller (1867-1924) was a U.S. painter and illustrator from New York City. Rome K. Richardson was on the staff of the Decorative Designers from 1896 through 1901. In 1902, he left the firm to design book covers under his own name. NW62
pp. viii, 127 +Plus 4 plates of B/W illustrations and text framed in green floral and arboreal motifs. Pages with other devices as well. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's green cloth binding with cover stamped with white and gilt. Cover illustration depicts a torch with wings and a ring of flowers. Spine lettered and decorated similarly with gilt. Gilt bright and boards clean. Spine faded gently. Corners sharp. Hardbound. Very Good. NW60
pp. 32. 8vo. 180mm. Original publisher's white textured vellum covered boards lettered in gilt and decorated with a blue fleur de lis pattern. Spine blank. Cover soiled around the edges. Corners bumped. Binding fragile. Contents clean. Hardbound. good. NW61
pp. 192 +Plus 38 leaves of plates. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full dark green pictorial cloth binding lettered and decorated in silver gilt. Spine decorated and lettered similarly. Gilt bright on cover and slightly rubbed on spine. Boards and spine clean with slight abrasions. Head and base of spine worn. Patterned end papers. Ownership stamp of 'Barralow Bros, Railroad News Agents, Portland, OGN.' Revised edition, Edited by Rev. J.B. McClure. Manuscript ownership on title page. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very good. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899), also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with the Holiness Movement. He founded the Moody Church, Northfield School, Mount Hermon School, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers. NW61
pp. iv, 400 +Plus color frontis and illustrations throughout. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full blue-green cloth binding decorated in white, gray, black green, and blue and lettered in white. Decoration depicts seven dapper men behind a wall all headed in same direction set against a blue sky with a white cloud. Spine lettered in white. Cover color bright. Spine faded and rubbed. Corners bumped and frayed. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Indiana born Meredith Nicholson (1866-1947) was a best-selling author, politician, and diplomat. Clarence Coles Phillips (1880-1927) was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips. He is known for his stylish images of women and a signature use of negative space in the paintings he created for advertisements and the covers of popular magazines. Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856-1943) was an English-American artist and illustrator. He was best known for his depiction of the titular hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 novel 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' which started a craze in juvenile fashion. While his illustrated corpus has eclipsed his other work, he was also an accomplished painter of portraits and landscapes. NW62
266 p. +Plus 16 leaves of plates. 8vo. Slightly browned original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in beige. Cover stamped in black, white, and green and gray. Spine in black and green. Corners bumped, lightly browned endpapers. Some loss of color on cover. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'Pea Jazzaui.' 200mm. Hardbound. Good. NW66
pp. xii, 197 +Plus 12 plates of illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in black, red, and white. Spine lettered in white. Back cover slightly soiled. Spine gently rubbed. Contents clean and binding tight. Hardbound. Very Good. Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan (1870-1942) was an American novelist. Her first and most famous work is 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'. The book was a best seller in 1902 and is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived. She was a niece of Frances Little. NW59
pp. 58 unnumbered pages +Plus 19 pages of color plates and marginal decorations in pink. 12mo. 230mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated in light green, red, and color illustration of a woman. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated similarly. Cover is clean and color is rubbed and faded. Spine rubbed. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the 'Hoosier Poet' and 'Children's Poet' for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include 'Little Orphan Annie' and 'The Raggedy Man'. 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. NW60
pp. 188. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's brilliant blue cloth binding with cover stamped in bright white and decorated in blind. Spine also stamped in white. Covers are clean and corners sharp. Spine slightly faded. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Around 80 pages. Many b&w photos. Oral history. Photography by Robert Keziere
pp. 34 +Plus 13 color lithographs and marginal decorations in gilt. 8vo. 180mm. Original publisher's padded vellum covered boards lettered in brown and decorated with a floral color illustration. Spine blank. Cover rubbed and mildly soiled. Corners tearing. Gift inscription on inside flyleaf 'To Mrs. J.H. Bittinger, from Mrs. L.E. Little.' Binding fragile. Contents clean. Hardbound. good. NW61
pp. 16 +Plus 6 color lithographs. 8vo. 180mm. Original publisher's vellum covered color lithograph boards lettered in gilt. Cover illustration cover front and back boards and depicts a gilt star hanging on a holly branch with a woman's face on it. Spine blank. Gilt rubbed and cover mildly soiled. Binding fragile. Corners tearing. Title page printed in black, gilt, and red. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
4to. First Edition with numerous reproductions and facsimiles in the text; printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued a fine copy.
pp. 91 +Plus 7 plates of illustrations including color frontis. 8vo. 190mm. Original publisher's full light blue cloth pictorial binding Lettered in gilt and decorated with a color illustration and gilt frame. Illustration depicts Cinderella ironing at a table. Spine Lettered in bright gilt. Cover slightly soiled. Spine faded, and gilt rubbed. Illustrated end papers. Section of text loose from binding. Corners scuffed. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women' and its sequels 'Little Men' and 'Jo's Boys.' Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. NW61
pp.[ii] 112. 8vo. 200mm. Green full cloth binding with cover design stamped in striking gold gilt. Spine also lettered in gilt. Dust Jacket intact and slightly brittle. Lacking small section at top of spine. Manuscript ownership 'Edwin R. Daurer' Corners slightly bumped. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
pp. 410. +Plus frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full blue cloth binding decorated in white and green. Spine lettered in gilt and white. Cover decoration slightly rubbed. Corners crisp. Spine faded. Contents clean. Hardbound. The cover was designed by Amy Sacker, a Boston artist, teacher and cover designer. Very Good. NW58
pp. ii, 108. +Plus 4 leaves of 4 tone illustrations including illustrations. 12mo. 160mm. Original publisher's binding backed in green cloth with pictorial paper covered boards in black cream and rust. Paper boards moderately browned. Corners slightly torn. Text in orange illustrated typographic frame. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp.[iii] 518. +Plus 8 leaves of plates including frontis. 8vo. 200mm. Rusty brown full cloth binding with cover design stamped in gilt. Designed by Bertha Stuart with her Monogram. Spine in gilt and very lightly faded. Printed with some marginal illustrations throughout. Corners bumped. Small tear at bottom corner of spine. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68