Reed, Myrtle.MareMagnum
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pp. iv, 170. 8vo. 200mm. A cream full cloth binding. Cover stamped white and gilt designed by Margaret Armstrong with her Monogram. Spine also stamped in gold gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine very lightly faded. Pages uncut and text within a typographic frame. Heads and notes in red. A tight binding. Front hinge cracked but contents tight. Manuscript ownership of Henrietta Myers of the Meyers family of Hanover and the Hanover Shoe Farm. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
pp. 382. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding in red, brown, black, white green and gilt. The English Edition. All plates present. Some pages missing chucks from margin. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
pp. 279. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's red cloth binding decorated with in gilt. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners sharp. Covers clean and gilt bright. Spine title reads 'Waverley Novels, Anne of Geierstein, [Published by] Winston.' Manuscript ownership of 'Maggie P. Snovel, 629 Moss St. Reading, Pa. Feb-24-1915.' One volume from the set of Waverley novels. Stands alone. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 272. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's red cloth binding decorated with gilt. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners sharp. Covers clean and gilt bright. Spine title reads 'Waverley Novels, Quentin Durward, [Published by] Winston.' Manuscript ownership of 'Maggie P. Snovel, 629 Moss St. Reading, Pa. Feb-24-1915.' One volume from the set of Waverley novels. Stands alone. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
373 p. Plus frontis and three halftone plates. 8vo. 210mm. Original publisher's full gray cloth pictorial binding. The front cover shows a young woman in a long white school sweater skating. Ownerships of Barbara Brooks. All of the illustrations have be some water color added carefully by some previous owner. Binding is soiled, but still nice. Hardbound. Good. NW66
pp. 298. +Plus black and white fontis. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's red binding with cover stamped in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt is bright on cover. Spine slightly faded. Original glassine dust jacket present with price printed in green ink. Corners sharp. Title page printed in red and black. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good+. Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) was an American author, anthologist, and librarian. This murder mystery was an exciting read in 1905. NW59
pp. ix, 256, +Plus frontis portrait and marginal illustrations. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's maroon cloth binding with cover lettered and decorated with gilt leaf design. Cover designed by Theodore Brown Hapgood with monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover gilt is bright and spine gilt rubbed. Spine faded and rubbed. Corners sharp but frayed lightly. Bookplate on inside pastedown 'The Homestead Elizabeth Caivield Selden. Love Well The Hour And Let It Go.' Hardbound. Very Good+. Virginibus Puerisque (1881) was the first collection of Stevenson's essays. They are personal essays in the tradition of Lamb and Hazlitt, which were previously published in the prestigious Cornhill Magazine. NW59
pp. (vi), 383. +Plus full color Dust jacket with colorful art-deco design in black, orange, maroon, and beige. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's brown cloth binding with cover stamped and decorated in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Dust Jacket is crisp and clean with slight wear at the top of the spine. 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 one of the 1934 selections. Stated First Edition. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69
pp. 44. +Plus black and white fontis and illustrations throughout. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's green binding with cover stamped in gilt, blind and color illustration of man by a lake. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt is slightly faded on spine and illustration slightly soiled. Corners bumped. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. 413 +Plus 4 leaves of prints. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full greenish-brown cloth binding decorated with red, black and green. Decoration depicts a a quit and dark forest scene with man trees silhouetted in black. Spine lettered in red. Cover color bright. Spine slightly rubbed around the head and base. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Stewart Edward White (1873-1946) was an American writer, novelist, and spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White. Illustrator Thomas Fogarty (1873-1938) is known for nostalgic pen and ink illustrations depicting an earlier era, especially simple homespun subjects. He worked in many mediums, but was especially noted for pen and ink and crayon, as exemplified by his interpretive pictures for the David Grayson books, and illustrations for 'Sailing Alone Around the World' by Joshua Slocum. Bookplate on inside paste down belonging to 'Allen Brooks Parker' and depiction a tranquil estate nestled among trees. Flyleaf gift inscription 'Mary L. Parker with love from (??) September 1902' NW62
pp. 413 +Plus 4 leaves of prints. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full greenish-brown cloth binding decorated with red, black and green. Decoration depicts a a quit and dark forest scene with man trees silhouetted in black. Spine lettered in red. Cover color bright. Spine slightly rubbed around the head and base. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Stewart Edward White (1873-1946) was an American writer, novelist, and spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White. Illustrator Thomas Fogarty (1873-1938) is known for nostalgic pen and ink illustrations depicting an earlier era, especially simple homespun subjects. He worked in many mediums, but was especially noted for pen and ink and crayon, as exemplified by his interpretive pictures for the David Grayson books, and illustrations for 'Sailing Alone Around the World' by Joshua Slocum. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf belonging to Anna Halsey Smith Christmas 1904.' NW62
pp. vi, 384+ Plus 16 illustrations (including frontis) and 12 maps. 8vo. 200mm. Publisher's gray full cloth binding with cover stamped in green, white and orange and decorated with a scene of a car pulling up to a house. Spine lettered and decorated in white and green. White on Cover and spine faded and rubbed. Inside hinge cracked but contents tight. Inside and rear paste down and flyleaf decorated with striking scene of mountains and a map with a car underneath it. Manuscript ownership of 'Neergard;; on inside paste down. Hardbound. Good. NW69
pp. iii, 122 +Plus 4 pages of Color Plates. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's red cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated with a color illustration of an alluring woman. Spine Lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Cover is clean and gilt and color illustration are bright. Spine faded and gilt slightly dulled. Corners sharp. Text set in floral designed typographic frame. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW60
pp. 339. 12mo. 180mm. Publisher's green cloth binding with cover stamped in white and black decorated with a woman standing in front a table with the items spilling off of it. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Color bright on cover. Spine color rubbed some. Corners bumped. Hardbound. Very Good. Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. NW59
pp. ii, 60 +Plus frontispiece. Slight damp stain. 12mo. 180mm. Publisher's full green cloth binding stamped in black and yellow. Cover decorated with pretty dandelions in the upper corners of the cover and an elderly man, looking solemn but content, holding a fishing rod . Spine lettered in yellow. Front cover slightly rubbed and soiled. Mild abrasions on edges of boards. Color in bright but with some rubbing. Spine rubbed and faded. Back cover damp stain. Addison Irving Bacheller (1859-1950) was an American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. Inside flyleaf with manuscript ownership of Paul Neer. Hardbound. Good. NW59
pp. 256. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's quarter cloth binding in beige cloth over black paper boards. Printed label on spine. Corners are sharp and cover is clean. Dust jacket is intact, but torn without loss on bottom edge. DJ brittle but in good shape. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
390p. +Plus 8 plates. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in red. Cover stamped in gilt, black with color illustration. Spine in faded gilt. Some fading and slight loss of color of spine. Cloth torn at base of spine, but still a decent example. Hardbound. Good. NW66
pp. vii, 262. +Plus 4 plates of prints and marginal illustrations throughout. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full blue colored cloth boards ornately decorated in red, gilt, and white. Cover designed by the Decorative Designers with their monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Spine and boards moderately soiled. Rear hinge cracked. Contents clean and bindings tight. Hardbound. Good. NW58
pp. x, 384+ Plus 21 pages of plates (including frontispiece) included in the text. 8vo. 200mm. Publisher's tan full cloth binding with cover stamped in white, blind and decorated with the head of a woman. Spine lettered in white and decorated in blind. Cover detail crisp and corners sharp. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69
pp. 91 +Plus 6 plates of illustrations. 12mo. 170mm. Publisher's orange-beige cloth binding with cover stamped in white and black decorated with a man standing in front a suitcase smoking a cigar. Spine lettered in black. Color crisp on cover. Spine faded. Corners bumped. Hardbound. Very Good. NW59
pp. xi, 112 +Plus 5 pages of B/W plates. 12mo. 230mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated in light green, dark green, and cream. Attractive floral design on cover by George Wharton Edwards with his monogram. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated similarly. Cover is clean and color is bright. Spine slightly faded. Corners sharp. Manuscript ownership of 'Marion A. Nearer' on inside flyleaf. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950) was an American painter, illustrator, and author. NW60
pp. 323. 8vo. 190 mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding decorated in yellow, red, black and white. Binding with the monogram of the artist/designer George H. Wood on cover. Hardbound. Very good. The binding is extremely well-preserved and bright. NW65
pp. 338 +Plus 5 leaves of color plates including frontispiece. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated with dark green and gilt. Cover colors are crisp. Spine lettered in gilt. Corners sharp but worn. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 18 unnumbered leaves of vivid illuminated chromo-lithographs with colors and gilt. 12mo. 150mm. Original publisher's pictorial paper covered boards lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and color illustration. Cover depicts a man with a gourd on a stick, seemingly nomadic, looking upward toward the heavens. Spine blank. Cover colors are bright. Spine worn. Some wear to head of spine. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Corners sharp. Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) was an English religious poet and hymn writer. 'Take My Life and Let it Be' and 'Thy Life for Me' (also known as I Gave My Life for Thee) are two of her best known hymns. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts, and works for children. NW63
pp. 337. +Plus full color Dust jacket depicting a man and a woman with a city scene in the background. 8vo. 200mm. Publisher's red cloth binding with cover stamped and lettered in black. Spine lettered in black. Dust Jacket is crisp and vivid with small loss on the back edge. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Scarce in DJ. NW69