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288p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Club des Editeurs, 1957 - In-8 relié toile verte illustrée d'une vignette d'un dessin de Cocteau . 8 pages non numérotées de reproductions de dessins de Cocteau - 171 - 38 pages . Tirage à 8 000 exemplaires . Bon exemplaire.
Not Paginated. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original silver pictorial binding. PA PAMPH 20_17 BX7
pp. 477 +7 leaves of B/W plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in cream, gilt and blind. Decoration is an hour glass motif designed by Margaret Armstrong with her monogram. Spine also lettered and decorated in cream. Cover color rubbed. Spine faded. Corners bumped and frayed. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. Inside hinge cracked. Lacks one plate, and another detached. Alice French (1850-1934), better known as Octave Thanet, was an American novelist and short fiction writer. Illustrator Lucius Hitchcock (1868-1942) painted in the academic tradition of the Jean Paul Laurens and Colarossi School of Paris, where he studied with Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin Constant. His pictures were extremely well painted, and he was especially effective in presenting the social elite. His work appeared in most of the major magazines, including Scribners, Harpers Monthly, and Woman's Home Companion. NW62
pp. 302. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in black and lettered in purple. Spine lettered in purple. Spine slightly faded. Manuscript Ownership of 'Grace L. McMichael from Erma Kelly 1924.' Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. x, 355, +frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portrait, maps. 8vo. 190mm. Publisher's blue full cloth binding with cover stamped in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine slightly soiled and faded. Lacking Maps. Hardbound. Good. NW69
pp. 309. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's full maroon cloth binding. Cover stamped and lettered in silver. Spine lettered in silver. Corners sharp and covers clean. Dust jacket intact with small tear with loss on spine. Small abrasion on spine text. Dust Jacket art depicts passionate scene of a man and woman. Ownership stamp of 'D.I. Gross, 227 S. Hartley St. York, PA.' Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. 300. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's full blue cloth binding. Cover stamped in black. Spine lettered in black. Corners slightly bumped. Covers clean. Dust jacket intact with small tear with at top corner. Chipped on spine. Dust Jacket art depicts a striking young woman with green eyes and red hair. Ownership stamp of 'D.I. Gross, 227 S. Hartley St. York PA.' Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. 374. 8vo. 200mm. Green full cloth binding with cover design stamped in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Manuscript ownership of 'Allen L. Sutton. Xmas 1917' Corners slightly bumped. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
pp. iii, 383 +Plus 6 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in yellow and decorated in dark green, yellow and gilt. Cover has floral and vine decoration designed by Rome K. Richardson with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board is scuffed. Spine rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners sharp. Slight Fading to rear board near spine. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. Horace Thompson Carpenter (1857-1947), was an illustrator, artist and art writer of the late 19th and early 20th century U.S. 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. x, 265 +Plus 6 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full maroon cloth binding lettered Stamped with Publisher's insignia in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt is bright on cover but boards soiled and damp stained. Spine faded and slightly soiled. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge cracked. Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century. 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. Manuscript ownership of 'Gay W. Good' on inside flyleaf. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW62
pp. 338 +Plus 10 leaves of plates. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's pictorial full grayish-green cloth binding decorated with a color illustration and lettered in blue. Illustration is of a severe looking man wearing work clothes and standing with his arms crossed. Cover colors are bright and illustration is crisp. Spine color bright. Corners sharp. Dust jacket present and is decorated similarly to the binding with the same illustration of the severe man. DJ mildly soiled with some loss at base and head or spine. Contents clean. Second printing of first edition. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'J.A. Munson' Hardbound. Very Good. Thomas Cooper De Leon (1839-1914) was an American journalist, author, and playwright. NW62
377 p. Plus frontis. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in green. Cover stamped in gilt with color illustration, gilt on spine. Slight fading of spine. A clean and tight example. 8vo. 200mm. Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
pp. vi, 369. +Plus 11 plates of prints including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full turquoise colored cloth boards decorated in white, gray, and orange. Cover designed by The Decorative Designers with monogram. Cover very slighty soiled. Spine lettered in white. Spine color sharp. Manuscript ownership of 'Bertha E. Adams. December 9th 1903, Phila.' Contents clean and bindings tight. Hardbound. Good. NW58
pp. 193 +Plus 9 pages of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full blue cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated with color illustration of a women looking solemnly down at girl working with fabric. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Cover color is bright and boards are clean. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW61
pp. vi, 329. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green paper covered cloth boards. Boards illustrating a brick house with green shutters depicted in green and yellow. Cover designed by William James Jordan with his monogram. Front and back cover with same illustration. Spine lettered in gilt. Binding slightly soiled and paper lightly worn. Contents clean. Inside paste down with an obituary of the author, George Douglas. Manuscript ownership of 'Francis (Saebury?), May 1902.' Hardbound. Good. NW60
[iii], 356 +Plus 3 Plates of prints including frontis. 8vo. 200mm. Handsome publisher's grayish full cloth binding with cover design stamped in black, green, and white. Lettering on cover still crisp and bright. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine slightly faded. Front hinge cracked but contents tight. Corners slightly bumped. Some pages dog-eared. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
pp. (ix), 292. +Plus full color Dust jacket with colorful art-deco design in black, silver, and gray. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's black cloth binding with cover stamped and decorated in silver gilt and red. Spine lettered in silver gilt. Dust Jacket is crisp and clean with slight wear at top of spine and small tear at bottom of front. 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 May 1931 selection. Stated First Edition. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69
pp. xxxiv, 305. +Plus Frontis and numerous illustrations throughout the text. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's padded binding in coarse silk. Binding airbrushed with leaf decoration and stamped with gilt lettering. Spine also lettered in gilt. Edges gilt. Light fading to the front cover and spine and bottom edge of boards moderately soiled. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. 283 +Plus 1 frontis and head/tailpiece decorations. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in cream and decorated in brown, black, and peach. Cover has floral decorations framing an older woman sitting working on a piece of fabric. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board lightly faded. Spine faded. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Slight Fading to rear board near top edge. Manuscript ownership of 'W.T. Llehuff, Glen Rock PA' on inside pastedown. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Eliza Caroline 'Lida' Obenchain, (1856-1935) was an American author, women's rights advocate, and suffragist from Bowling Green, Kentucky. Lida Obenchain, writing under the pen name Eliza Calvert Hall, was widely known early in the twentieth century for her short stories featuring an elderly widowed woman, 'Aunt Jane', who plainly spoke her mind about the people she knew and her experiences in the rural south. Beulah Strong (1866-1951) was an artist and illustrator. She Studied at the Academie Julien France from 1887-1892 where she was the classmate of Cincinnati artist Elizabeth Nourseand. She taught art at Potter College in Bowling Green Ky, from 1892-1901 and Smith College as an associate professor of art from 1907-1923. She lived in Italy after she retired, until WWII broke out. She is known for her work on Hall's novels, 'Aunt Jane of Kentucky' and 'Land of Long Ago.' NW62
pp. Xvi, 329. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with cover stamped and decorated in green and red. Spine lettered in green and red. Cover detail crisp and corners are slightly bumped. Manuscript ownership of 'Carol.' Some rubbing and faded to the spine. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69
pp. x, 321. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding lettered in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Cover gilt is bright and boards are clean. Corners sharp. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. NW61
pp. xi, 439. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's pictorial full orange-red cloth binding decorated and lettered in blue and gilt. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover color and gilt is bright. Spine color bright. Corners sharp. Dust jacket present and is decorated similarly to the binding. Some loss along spine and at base and head. Extensively foxed. Second printing of first edition. Hardbound. Very Good. Laurence Housman (1865-1959) was an important English playwright, writer and illustrator. NW62