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pp. x, 380 +Plus 6 leaves of plates (Lacking 1). 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full blue cloth binding Lettered and decorated with full page color illustration. Illustration depicts a group of characters on the balcony of a presumed theater. Spine lettered in white. Cover colors are bright but printed gilt is dulled. Spine faded. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Dust jacket present but lacking sections along spine. DJ Depicts same color illustration as on front board. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Cincinnati born Henry Thew Stephenson (1870-1957) was a teacher and writer. He attended Woodward High School before gaining degrees from Ohio State University, Harvard University and Indiana University. He studied for a year doing research at the British Museum. He was an Associate Professor of English in Indiana University in 1919. Stephenson published a number of fiction and non-fiction books whilst teaching English. Charles Mark Relyea (1863-1932) was an American illustrator whose work appeared in magazines and popular novels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. NW62
pp. 412. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding in green, red and black. All plates and frontis present. Spine slightly faded. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
pp. vi. 281. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in beige. Corners sharp and covers are clean. Hardbound. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW70
pp. 414. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial Binding in red and black and gilt. TITLE CONTINUES: With upwards of six hundred illustrations. From the Library of Natural History Romance. First Edition. Hardbound. Near Fine. NW65
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
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
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Around 80 pages. Many b&w photos. Oral history. Photography by Robert Keziere
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
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
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. 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. xiii, 252 +Plus Nine full page plates. 8vo. Nearly 40 illustration in the text. Slight stain in the top corner of a few leaves. Nicely decorated full cloth binding with some wear but still attractive. Manuscript ownership of Carrie E. Meyers, 1897. 230mm. Hardbound. Very Good. NW67
pp. 130. +Plus numerous illustrations throughout. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding. Cover decorated in blue, white, black and orange. Spine lettered in white. Covers slighty dirtied. Spine slighty faded. Contents clean and binding tight. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. iv, 317 +Plus engraved frontispiece. 16mo. 150mm. Original publisher's full beige cloth binding decorated in blind. Spine lettered simply in gilt. Boards rubbed and slightly faded around edges. Spine gilt is bright. Spine faded with some wear to head and base. Boards dented around edges. Corners frayed. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field is an epic poem by Walter Scott about the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. Bookplate of 'H.P. Belknap' on inside pastedown. Horace Preston Belknap (1856-1936) was an American pioneer doctor, businessman, and a state legislator from Oregon. Belknap was one of the first physicians to establish a medical practice in Central Oregon. He also served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican legislator, representing a large and rural district in central and southern Oregon. Also a manuscript ownership of 'C.W. Thomson' on flyleaf. Presumably this was Charles West Thomson (1798-1879), poet, author, reformer, and Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Philadelphia PA. NW51
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
Paris, Club français du Livre, Récits vol 9,1953. In-8, 222 pp. Pleine reliure de l'éditeur à la Bradel, gardes illustrées. (maquetes de Robert Korn). Bel exemplaire en tirage limité et numéroté.
365 pages. Reprint of the 1902 first edition. Black and white illustrations. Above-average wear and soiling with numerous defects and school markings. Not pretty but a worthy reading copy of this old-time favorite. Book
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. 248 +Plus numerous B/W illustrations throughout. Small 8vo. 170mm. Original publisher's pictorial red, colored-paper boards decorated in black, yellow, gray and gilt. Cover depicts a strong looking and heroic man holding a cross bow and horn, peering with his hand over his eyes. Design by unidentified 'HS' with monogram. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Cover colors are aged and paper on boards is brittle. Gilt on cover soiled. Spine lacking a bit of the paper and faded and soiled. Corners bumped. Back cover has binder's mark of Michael Schwarz. Inside pastedown with Booksellers label in upper left corner originating from 'Jos. Ofttgen, Schreibwaren, Koln, am Hof. 1' Pastedown also has Exlib stamps from the Gettysburg Theological Seminary with usual markings and a plate 'donated by Rev. Jerimiah Zimmerman.' Contents clean but the leaves are brittle. Hardbound. Very Good. Wilhelm Ruland (1869-1927) was a German writer who was born in Bonn and died in Munich. He studied literary history and newer languages; He completed his studies in 1896 at the University of Rostock with a doctorate in philosophy. He then worked as a tutor, at times also as a Prinzenerzieher, in Bavaria, Austria and Italy. From 1898 to 1902 he was editor and publisher director in Leipzig. He made extensive trips to the Middle East and finally settled in Munich. There he belonged to the editors of the Munich Neue Nachrichten, and lived there as a freelance writer. NW62
pp. (x), 338. +Plus full color Dust jacket with colorful art-deco design in brown, gray, and green. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's brown wood-grained paper board cloth binding with cover stamped in brown stylized font. Beautifully decorated inside paste down and flyleaf with detailed map of 'Boone's Trace to Kentuck.' Spine lettered in brown. Dust Jacket is crisp and slightly faded with slight wear at top and bottom of spine and small tear on the rear edge. Binding tight and contents clean. Ownership label of 'Carl J. Campbell, 2117 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, PA.' 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 March 1930 selection. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69
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. 190. +Plus 75 leaves of plates including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated with light blue, black and gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Some soiling on cover. Corners slightly frayed. Spine gilt rubbed. Bound upside-down in error. Manuscript ownership of 'Samuel Robertson'. Ownership labels on H.P. Belknap and S.M. Keeny on inside paste-down. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
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
