Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe.MareMagnum
352 résultats
pp. 72. +Plus 1 leaf of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full white cloth binding decorated in pink green and black depicting a woman holding a bouquet of flowers. Spine lettered in black. Cover decoration colorful but slightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 229. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in pink and green and red and white and black. It shows a large motor car with a winged sprite trying to climb on board. Charming. Lacks frontis and one plate is loose. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
pp. x, 168 +Plus 4 plates of illustrations including frontis portrait and line-drawn illustrations throughout the text. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full red cloth boards decorated with gilt. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine faded with slight ding to the head of spine. Corners slightly bumped. Cover slightly dirtied with some rubbing to gilt. Manuscript ownership of 'Wilson from Bessie & Ralph' Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 301 +Plus portrait frontispiece. 12mo. 210mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding decorated with dark green, white, orange and gilt. Cover colors are crisp. Spine lettered in orange, dark green, and gilt. Corners are sharp. Manuscript ownership of 'Margaret Elizabeth Shreiner, Christmas 1902' Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 370 +Plus 3 plates of illustrations including frontis portrait. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full blue cloth boards decorated with dark blue and gilt. Spine lettered and decorated in dark blue. Spine slighty faded. Corners sharp. Cover clean and gilt and color is bright. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 62. +Plus 4 illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's maroon cloth binding with cover decorated and stamped in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt on top edge. Corners are sharp and cover illustration in intact. Gilt on spine faded. Gift inscription to Irving Warner Xmas 1915. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. (iv), 370. +Plus 4 leaves of plates including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in white and gilt. Spine lettered in same. Cover decoration crisp. Corners bumped. Spine dirtied. Back cover slightly worn and front cover crinkled. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. (iv), 370. +Plus 4 leaves of plates including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in white and gilt. Spine lettered in same. Cover decoration crisp. Corners sharp. Spine clean. Back cover rubbed in places. Contents clean. Binding tight. Hardbound. Very Good. Baltimore born Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was an author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty. The story was made into a silent film (1920) - now lost. NW59
373 p. Plus frontis and three halftone plates. Preliminaries foxed. 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 Anna H. Miller. Binding is soiled, but still nice. Hardbound. Good. NW66
pp. (viii), 287. +Plus 6 illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in light green, white, black and gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Cover decoration crisp and gilt bright. Spine rubbed. Corners bumped. Cover slightly faded. Chapter page illustrations. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. v, 340. +Plus 5 prints including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full blue cloth binding decorated in dark blue, light blue and gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Covers and corners slightly rubbed. Back cover soiled slightly. Spine slightly faded. Manuscript ownership of 'Leonard Mill 1905.' Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. xii, 325. +Plus 12 pages of color plates. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's blue binding with cover stamped in gilt, light green and peach. Pictorial cover with floral design by Margaret Armstrong without monogram. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated similarly. Gilt is bright on cover with color bright. Top edge gilt. Spine gilt bright. Corners sharp. Title page printed in red and black. Bookplate on inside pastedown belonging to Fenner A. Chace. Gift inscription from 'Mary' on inside flyleaf also. 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. 340 +Plus 6 plates of illustrations including frontis portrait. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full red cloth boards decorated in blind and white. Cover designed by Will Bradley with monogram. Spine lettered and decorated in white. Spine color partially rubbed off. Corners bumped. Covers clean. Contents clean and binding tight. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 257 +Plus 16 plates of illustrations. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding lettered and decorated simply in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Cover slightly soiled and faded but gilt bright. Spine faded and rubbed. Corners bumped. Hardbound. Contents clean. Very Good. This novel first appeared in the 'Ladies Home Journal.' NW59
pp. vi, 365. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full red colored cloth boards decorated in white and blind. Cover color bright. Spine lettered in white. Spine slighty faded and color rubbed. Contents clean and bindings tight. Hardbound. Good. NW58
pp. 167 +Plus 12 leaves of plates and marginal decoration. 8vo. 210mm. Original publisher's full dark green pictorial cloth binding lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Spine decorated similarly in gilt. Corners bumped. Edge of boards slightly dented. 4 out of 5 of the plates are detached but present and intact. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very good. Brand Whitlock (1869-1934) was an American journalist, attorney, politician, four-time mayor of Toledo, OH elected on the Independent ticket; ambassador to Belgium, and author of numerous articles and books, both novels and non-fiction. 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.NW61
pp. vi, 308 +Plus 4 plates of illustrations. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding lettered in white and decorated with dark green and a black and white illustration of a man dying dramatically with a gun in his hand. Spine lettered and decorated in white and green. Cover color is clean and illustration is worn. Spine colors faded. Corners frayed. Frontis illustration detached. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author. NW59
pp. x, 362. +Plus 16 prints including color frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full red cloth binding decorated in black. Illustration of two 'Gibson' girls next to each other, each framed in a heart. Spine lettered in gilt. Covers and corners slightly rubbed. Back cover soiled slightly. Spine faded. Map on paste down. Manuscript ownership of 'C.M. Hill- Paris- April 28 1909' Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. x, 362. +Plus 16 prints including color frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full red cloth binding decorated in black. Spine lettered in gilt. Covers clean. Spine gilt rubbed. Map on paste down. Manuscript ownership of 'Katherine R. Wells. Amsterdam, September 1907' Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
371 p. + Plus 4 illustrations. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in green. Cover in yellow, dark green and white with title on spine in same. Spine slightly faded and slight scuffing on cover. Corners bumped. Front hinge cracking but contents are clean and tight. Hardbound. Good. NW66
pp. (iv), 331. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in green stamped in yellow. Spine lettered in same. Color is bright and spine is slightly faded. Dust Jacket is present with loss and chipped around the top of the spine. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
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
Not Paginated. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original silver pictorial binding. PA PAMPH 20_17 BX7