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pp. 13 unnumbered leaves of illuminated plates printed in brown and red. 12mo. 170mm. Publisher's tan vellum, red string bound binding with cover stamped in gilt. Slipcase box present and intact Cover is clean with slight rubbing to gilt on cover. Titled page printed in yellow and green. Hardbound. Good. Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, foreign minister, and clergyman. Restrained Art Nouveau style binding. NW59
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. 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. Original glassine dust jacket present with title and price printed in black ink. Corners sharp. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good+. Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, foreign minister, and clergyman. 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
Latin and French edition available, hardback. ISBN 9782503575636. Le volume offre une edition critique de la somme de la predication des croisades par le dominicain Humbert de Romans, redigee vers 1266-1268. Il s'agit d'un ?manuel? pour les predicateurs destine a accompagner la propagande des croisades en Palestine. Le texte semble avoir ete repandu a l'epoque. Nous en disposons de 23 manuscrits. Il n'est pas exclu qu?il ait ete utilise pendant les guerres saintes du quinzieme siecle contre les Turcs et les Hussites. Ce traite n'a jamais fait l?objet d'une edition critique. Les historiens des croisades l?ont toujours cite d'apres l'incunable de 1495. Ce texte nous renseigne sur la predication des croisades sur lesquelles nous avons peu de sources.. Valentin Portnykh a fait ses etudes aux Universites de Novossibirsk (Russie) et de Lumiere Lyon 2, ou il a obtenu le doctorat sous la direction du Professeur Nicole Beriou. Il enseigne actuellement a l?Universite de Novossibirsk. Ses recherches portent sur les croisades en Terre sainte, notamment sur leurs aspects ideologiques.
pp. 128. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's red cloth binding with cover stamped in Gilt and decorated with a floral design. Spine also stamped in gilt. Covers are clean and corners are sharp but gilt is slightly dulled. Gilt foil Dust Jacket present with rubbing on spine and covers. Binding tight and contents clean. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf 'Presented to Esther M. Neibley By Dr. H.B. Stock, Christmas 1932' Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
288p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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. 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. 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
128 pages. Features: Is the U.S. Losing Out in the Caribbean?; The Fourth of July - 1908; "Fair Play for America" Committee; The Fair Trae Racket; The Lost Colony of the Confederacy - A bizarre tale of a Colony of defeated Confederates who tried to start over again in South America; A Barber Speaks His Mind - things a customer should know in view of the rising price of haircuts; What Are You Reading These Days? - A critique that throws light on brainwashing techniques of the book and magazine publishers in America; Debatability of Fluoridation; Smith Street, U.S.A. - reprint of a 1939 article on the battle for democracy in the U.S.; Straight Talk; Nostalgia; Stage Fright - a common fear is explained; The Challenge of Underdevelloped Countries; Red Spies Plague America - an army of 300,000 spies steal military and atomic secrets; Underground "Noah's Ark" - man-made salt caverns in Kansas offer protection in the event of enemy attack; A "New" Task for the Church - the American home has become a real mission field; Old Warhorse Still in Harness - how Charlie Younts dealt with retirement; Exit the Aircraft Carrier; How to Prevent a Cold; Vi Murphy Keeps Her Word - courageous reporter goes to jail rather than betray news source; A Discovery That Changed the World - Paper; The Dalton Trumbo Trumpet - he was jailed in 1950 for contempt of Congress, has since written scripts for Exodus and Spartacus, and now receives adulation. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy bearing the address label of noted Madison, WI architect William Kaeser. Book
pp. 271. +Plus 6 color plates (including frontis). 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's textured pink cloth binding with cover stamped in Fuchsia and decorated with a color illustration of a woman holding a hat. Spine lettered in Fuchsia. Cover detail crisp and illustration is dinged slightly. Copy signed by Author with inscription reading 'It gives me much happiness to write my name in this book which belongs to my friend Miss Alice. York, PA, June 1917.' Some fading to the spine. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69
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
[ix], 298 +Plus 1 Color Frontispiece. 8vo. 200mm. Handsome publisher's light green full cloth binding with cover design stamped in gilt, green, and white, in a floral pattern. Spine also lettered in gold. Pages uncut and text within an ornate floral typographic frame in green. Corners slightly bumped. Some soiling on cover and spine. Hardbound. Good. NW68
[x], 321, +Plus 4 plates including frontis. 8vo. 200mm. Publisher's light green full cloth binding with cover stamped in dark green, white, and orange depicting flowers lining a path to the front door of an estate. Spine lettered in dark green. Cover slightly soiled. Authors inscription addressed to Mr. Charles Sessler (1854-1935), on inside flyleaf reading 'Mr. Charles Sessler, With most pleasant memories of falling previously into temptation- and yielding! And of pain beyond the beautiful books I have borne away. With sincere regards. Mariron Anne Taggart 1917.' Charles Sessler was a famous book seller of Phildelphia who specialized in works by Dickens. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69
355 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Traces the magazine industry from its boisterous pre-Confederation beginnings to the vibrant and influential medium that it is today. Will satisfy not only journalists, editors and publishers, but any reader of magazines who looks to them for the timely information that they provide. Book is unmarked but for remainder stamp upon bottom edge and shows only faint wear. Attractive price-clipped dust jacket shows very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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. 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
245p. Plus 4 plates. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in green. Cover stamped in black and silver gilt. Spine in black and gold and silver gilt. Clean and tight example. Hardbound. Very 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. 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. 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. viii, 213 +Plus marginal illustrations printed in black and red. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's beige cloth binding lettered in black and decorated with red hearts and a green crest. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover is clean and colors are bright. Spine soiled slightly. Corners bumped. Titled page printed in black and red. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very good. NW60