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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. 86. +Plus 4 leaves of plates including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Tan full cloth binding with cover design stamped in white, gray and brown. Spine lettered in brown. Manuscript ownership of 'Emily M. Rook, Allentown PA. December 25th, 1921.' Hardbound. Good. NW68
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
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and a bit of curl to cover. Peeling laminate on cover. 8 3/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 222 pages.
4to. First Edition with numerous reproductions and facsimiles in the text; printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued a fine copy.
79 S. Gr. 8°. Dek. HLn. Vorderdeckel oben wasserrandig. Umschlagillustration.
pp. 341. Over 100 humor illustrations by Walter A. Sinclair. 8vo. 220 mm. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding in green, cream, black and gilt. Gilt slightly dulled with light wear along the spine and corners. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
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
240p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Nice copy. An important history of printing and printers in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. It includes: the background of German printing in Lehigh county 1807-1900; a check list of imprints 1807-1900 (including German newspapers, periodicals, taufscheine, and broadsides); and biographies of the publishers. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAG Box 017
240p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Box 017
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. viii, 127 +Plus 4 plates of B/W illustrations and text framed in green floral and arboreal motifs. Pages with other devices as well. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's green cloth binding with cover stamped with white and gilt. Cover illustration depicts a torch with wings and a ring of flowers. Spine lettered and decorated similarly with gilt. Gilt bright and boards clean. Spine faded gently. Corners sharp. Hardbound. Very Good. NW60
pp. iii, 421 +Plus 3 plates of B/W illustrations. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's maroon cloth binding with cover stamped with white, gilt, black and blue. Cover illustration depicts the bust of a woman draped in white set inside of a gilt crescent moon with a blue floral motif with the head of an elephant. Cover designed by Amy Richards with her monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Colors on boards bright. Front board clean, rear board rubbed with moderate soiling. Spine rubbed and damp stained. Corners sharp. Front and rear hinges cracked but contents tight. Hardbound. Very Good. NW60
pp. iv, 225. +Plus 3 full color prints including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in cream, green and gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Slight soiling on back and front covers. Corners slightly bumped. Small faded spot on spine from where a label was removed. Pages uncut. Text set in light green thematic marginal illustrations. Some illustrations colored in crudely with crayon. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
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
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.
296p. +Plus 7 plates. 8vo. 200mm. Dust Jacket Fragile but intact. Original publisher's full dark blue cloth pictorial binding. The cover (rendered in cream, black, and light blue) shows two couples golfing. Spine lettered in bright gold gilt. A clean and tight example. Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
pp. [ix], 213 +plus 9 leaves of color plates. 8vo. 220mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in blue-green. Cover stamped in dark blue and gilt. Spine also stamped in gilt. Two gift inscriptions one from Christmas 1906 the other from 1963. Color illustrations likely autochromes. First edition. A clean, tight binding. Hardbound. Very Good. NW67
pp. 91 +Plus 7 plates of illustrations including color frontis. 8vo. 190mm. Original publisher's full light blue cloth pictorial binding Lettered in gilt and decorated with a color illustration and gilt frame. Illustration depicts Cinderella ironing at a table. Spine Lettered in bright gilt. Cover slightly soiled. Spine faded, and gilt rubbed. Illustrated end papers. Section of text loose from binding. Corners scuffed. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women' and its sequels 'Little Men' and 'Jo's Boys.' Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. NW61
pp. 368. 8vo. 180 mm. Original Publisher's marbled board and pictorial binding in gilt and brown. Corner gilt detail. Good. Slight chipping on font board edge. This edition is the Harper's portrait collection of short stories containing: A Pair of Patient Lovers; The Pursuit of the Piano; A Difficult Case; The Magic of a Voice; and A Circle in the Water. Mary Bell Baker book label on the front pastedown. Gift Manuscript on inside leaf 'Mary Belle Baker, From Aunt Genia, March 18th 1903. Complete with Frontis. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
pp. 16 +Plus 7 color lithographs. thin 16mo. 180mm. Original publisher's vellum covered color lithograph boards lettered in gilt. Cover depicts Longfellow set in a locket surrounded by a blue ribbon and pink flowers. Blank spine cracked and fragile. Cover mildly soiled. Binding fragile. Corners slightly bumped. tearing. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER8vo. , First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
