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195108Vanity Fair 1883. 1st edn. 21 issues bound as 1. Folio 15½ x 11 ins. Original gilt lettered green cloth poor - heavily worn at spine with partial loss at tail and corners of boards. Pp. 298 lacks pp. 17-18 illus with 19 full page chromolithograph plates by Spy 14 and T 5 hinges cracked with some pages and plates loose and worn at edges; armorial bookplate of Robert Fowler on front paste-down; no inscriptions. Vanity Fair, 1883 unknown
19349441New York: Blue Ribbon Press 1934. Illustrated pop-up edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Illustrated pop-up edition. Original Wraps. Classic story of Puss in Boots illustrated by Harold Lentz in pop-up form and black and white text with illustrations. Harold Lentz was an advertising and children's pop-up book illustrator also the paper engineer for other books as "Pinocchio" "Jack the Giant Killer" and "Little Red Riding Hood." Bound in original illustrated boards with pop-up end pages 1 volume unpaged 8 vo some edge wear little soiling else tight bright and unmarred. All paper engineering in excellent condition. Inscription on title page. No dust jacket as issued. Blue Ribbon Press unknown
19921003919New York: Philomel Books 1992. First edition review copy of Nancy White Carlstrom's Alaskan bedtime story richly illustrated with Native American imagery by Leo and Diane Dillon accompanied by the publisher's signed promotional poster. A sleepy young narrator bids goodnight to the Earth each feature of the snow-covered landscape imagined as part of the family: "Goodnight Papa Star / Goodnight Mama Moon / Bending your silver arms / down through the darkness." Leo and Diane Dillon won numerous awards over the course of their long career including back-to-back Caldecott Medals in 1976 and 1977 for Ashanti to Zulu and Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears the only consecutive medals given to date. They would win the 1992 Society Of Illustrators Gold Medal for the vibrant airbrush and watercolor images in Northern Lullaby. The publisher's poster reproduces their two-page spread of the tree spirits Auntie Willow and Auntie Birch "standing in long flannel gowns in the silence." A near-fine inscribed copy of a stunning book accompanied by a signed poster. Single volume measuring 11 x 10 inches: 26. Original black cloth spine lettered in silver purple pictorial boards stamped in blind original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket color pictorial endpapers. Color illustrations on every page. Inscribed "For Daniel" signed and dated 1993 by Dillons on title page. Publisher's review slip laid in. Poster measuring 18.5 x 21.5 inches signed at lower right. Lightest shelfwear to book horizontal and vertical creases to poster from folding. Philomel Books unknown
202238286Philadelphia: Beehive Books 2022. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. This beautiful book from Beehive Books is an elegant production of Fitzgerald's masterpiece The Great Gatsby. It is one of 2500 copies from the standard edition. The Italian illustrators Anna and Elena Balbusso known as the Balbusso Twins take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby bringing out the rich satire and sorrow that suffuses this saga of wealth and love. Featuring more than fifty stunning full-color illustrations that combine jazz age decadence with a sleek modern sensibility this stunning edition brings us into Gatsby's world and Gatsby into ours from the publisher's website. The illustrators Anna and Elena Babusso are sisters also known as the Balbusso Twins. They are an international recognised award-winning Italian artist duo living in Milan. Their work has been published by major international publishers and companies through out the world on various media. They've illustrated more than 50 illustrated books including the luxury limited edition of The Great Gatsby for Beehive Books the deluxe Folio Society editions of The Handmaid's Tale Pride and Prejudice and Atlas Shrugged. The book features an introduction by literary scholar William Cain. Cain is a professor of English at Wellsley collegel. He is an expert in nineteenth and early twentieth century American literature; Shakespeare; and modernism in the arts. His scholarly interests include nineteenth and early twentieth century American literature African American literature; and literary theory and criticism.<br /> <br /> This is a hardcover volume bound with elaborately illustrated covers in shades of green goldand black with titling to spine. The book is accompanied by a loose copy of a print used at the end of the volume. It is a dazzling illustration of Gatsby walking down a staircase to join a dance floor filled with dancers. The image is decorated with a sparkling array of stars. The interior is printed on creamy acid-free heavy-weight 140gsm uncoated paper. The text is set in Ten Oldstyle Art Deco and Baskerville types. The book is housed in an elaborately embossed and debossed gold die-cut slipcase silk-screened and foil-stamped with artwork. The slipcased book is in turn held in a black and white box with the title and bibliographic informationon the cover and a black and gray illustration of a woman's face on the back. In fine condition. The book measures 12 x 9 inches. 168 pages. LIT/011426. Beehive Books hardcover
1908FLAHIVE-645W.B. Saunders & Company Philadelphia 1908 A good copy of a scarce title. Many b&w illustrations all in fine condition. Considerable foxing to edges front matter and back matter. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. W.B. Saunders & Company, Philadelphia hardcover
1979310052NY: ABRAMS. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Poster. Promotional POSTER. 21" X 49" Close to fine on single printed sheet. Horizontal fold at middle. A few tiny hints of foxing at white margins. Long full-color illustration of a giant with "The Giants Are Coming!" printed at the base. Nicely suited for framing. MG . ABRAMS. unknown
1915002601Berlin: Hermann Hillger Verlag 1915. First Edition. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated with 25 leaves a color plate on each of them not counting title leaf. The color plate is on the recto and the facing verso contains accompanying verse. The artwork bears the style of a darkish late impressionism as it moved towards an Expressionist sensibility. As not everything was by the same hand there is some diversity of style coloring literalism of course. Included is an original subscription or order form for the book. It would appear that the book was sold in part or perhaps entirely through direct sales spearheaded by the Crown Princess and conducted by aristocratic women at least in some measure. Light soiling to the cover pastedown. Scattered light soiling within. One gathering is partly loose. <br/><br/> Hermann Hillger Verlag hardcover books
1915002601Berlin: Hermann Hillger Verlag 1915. First Edition. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated with 25 leaves a color plate on each of them not counting title leaf. The color plate is on the recto and the facing verso contains accompanying verse. The artwork bears the style of a darkish late impressionism as it moved towards an Expressionist sensibility. As not everything was by the same hand there is some diversity of style coloring literalism of course. Included is an original subscription or order form for the book. It would appear that the book was sold in part or perhaps entirely through direct sales spearheaded by the Crown Princess and conducted by aristocratic women at least in some measure. Light soiling to the cover pastedown. Scattered light soiling within. One gathering is partly loose. Hermann Hillger Verlag unknown
185079133New York NY USA: Elton & CO and John McLoughlin Circa 1850s. Hardcover. Good. The Charmed Fawn: Pleasure Books for Children Elton & Co John McLoughlin Collection of 4 Titles: Peter the 'Goatherd and Battle of Blenheim' 'Ugly Little Duck or The Beautiful Swan' 'The Story of the Charmed Fawn' and 'The Story of Hans In Luck or the Five Bad Bargains' Rebound Copy Circa 1850's. Cover board depicts 'The Charmed Fawn' states John McLoughlin Successor to ELTON & CO Publisher but the books themselves collected and rebound together only state Elton & CO as publishers. Spine and back board are a maroon wrapping with tanned endpapers. All four books are in tact and complete within the book but have foxing and wear due to age/use. There is a curve to the boards as well. Still very nice rebound collection of Rare Children's story pamphlets circa 1850's. G Elton & CO and John McLoughlin hardcover
201453486Oni Press: Portland OR 2014. First edition & 1st printing. Oversize hardcover. Four hardcover volumes reprinting 52 issues of the b/w post-apocalyptic comic book series which ran for 60 issues total between 2006-2015. Written by Antony Johnston and illustrated by Christopher Mitten vol 1-3 Justin Greenwood vol 3 Remington Vetet vol 3 and Russel Roehling vol 4: iIntroductions by Jeff VanderMeer to volume 1 Warren Ellis to volume 2 Greg Rucka to volume 3 and Kieron Gillen to volume 4. Over 1500 pages. Fine copiesin pictorial boards as issued without dustjacket. Oni Press: Portland, OR unknown
19791341339Ohio: Self Published 1979. FIrst Edition. Other. Staple-bound comic; VG. Minor creasing to cover. Corners very slightly rounded. Cover white pages cream. Several pages have small cuts at lower margins from flaws in paper. Mild creasing/wrinkling of some pages ~1" in from spine. Staples original and centered but somewhat rusted. RH Consignment; Shelved case 8 1/4. 1341339. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Self Published unknown books
185498280London UK: Henry G.Bohn 1854. 5th Edition. Leather Bound. Fine. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. Henry G.Bohn London UK 1854. 5th Edition. 500 pages. 9 full-page engravings on steel by J. Hinchliff including a frontispiece portrait of Tasso. 22 in text engravings on wood by S. Williams. Deluxe binding 5-ribbed Green leather spine and board tips gold decorations on spine green cloth boards with gold rule borders pastel marbled endpapers top page ends gold gilt. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. hinges excellent. No foxing. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Jerusalem Delivered La Gerusalemme liberata is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso first published in 1581 which tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Catholic knights led by Godfrey of Bouillon battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem. The poem is composed of eight line stanzas grouped into 20 cantos of varying length. The poem was immensely successful throughout Europe and over the next two centuries various sections were frequently adapted as individual storylines for madrigals operas plays ballets and masquerades; scenes from the poem were also depicted in paintings and frescoes. Contents: Dedication in verse to Georgiana Duchess of Bedford; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition; facsimile of Tasso's writing; Life of Tasso; List of English Crusaders; Postscript to the Life of Tasso by John Devey controversy of causes of Tasso's imprisonment and his love affair with Leonora; Canto Summaries; Jerusalem Delivered; L'Envoi 2 page poem. Poetry::Before 1900 History::Medieval History::Middle East Military History::Medieval RBR17 RBR17 Henry G.Bohn hardcover
0851478948.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
190721179131907. London A. & C. Black 1907 but 1915. Large 8vo. Original navy blue decorated cloth with dust-wrappers unknown to the bibliographer; pp. x 2 205 2 publisher's catalogue; with decorated title-page in black and green and a total of 67 coloured plates protected by captioned tissue-guards and a large folding map of the region printed in sepia tipped in to rear; cloth very well preserved; wrappers with a few small marginal flaws very light offsetting from endpapers otherwise very good.Reprint the variant in the less elaboarate binding. This is a fine monograph on the Clyde not only detailing the ship-building industry but the picturesque aspects of the landscape and history as well in a binding designed by Albert Angus Turbayne one of the leading book designers and follower of William Morris of American-Scottish extraction. Inman 14. hardcover
1806WRCLIT68049London: Vernor Hood and Sharpe et al 1806. 55pp. plus portrait and fourteen plates. Small quarto. Original boards paper label untrimmed rebacked and recornered in later binder's cloth. Some foxing and offsetting but a good copy. First edition. Another edition appeared the same year priority not evident. The memoir is by E.W. Brayley. NCBEL III:367. Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe [et al] hardcover books
1840401753Paris: Aubert 1840. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. 12mo 140 x 89 mm. Numerous illustrations in text by Daumier and Janet-Lange. Original printed wrappers. Tear to spine. FIRST EDITION. Vicaire VI:621. <br/><br/> Aubert unknown books
191127058London: James Clarke and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Joints worn with loss of paper along joints. 25mm chip to paper at lower corner of front cover. Binding shaken some leaves coming loose. School prize label dated 1918 partly removed from front endpaper.; Scarce. No date 1911 Spectator review. Pages unnumbered. 60 pages. Papered card covers. Colour illustration on front cover looks like it is by Harry B. Neilson. Page dimensions: 235 x 192mm. Numerous black-and-white illustrations some full page. With 11 illustrations by Louis Wain. The Louis Wain illustrations are of cats 2; dogs 2; cats and dogs 2; owls 2; fox 1; toad 1; elephant and monkeys 1. . James Clarke and Co. hardcover
DADAX0942604091Brand: Robert Silver Assoc 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Robert Silver Assoc hardcover
4to., Second Edition, with coloured plates and over 400 illustrations in monochrome; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Greatly augmented version of the original edition of 1958. A standard reference
55376London: Longmans Green and Co. 1893. Childrens illustrated FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.xvi; 337; 1 blank; 1 advertisement; 1 blank. With numerous engraved illustrations by Ford Speed and others. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board coated black endpapers all edges gilt. Some spotting within bookplate to pastedown some overall handling to cloth. Very good. Stirring tales of Culloden Rourke's Drift Pirates Red Indians Kidnaps and Escapes. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893 unknown
72873Sydney NSW: Ure Smith Pty. Limited 1947. Botany SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large quarto 34 x 26cm pp.30. With a total of 10 illustrated plates by Feint and Jones. Number 270 of 550 copies thus SIGNED by the author and both artists to the limitation page. Publisher's green cloth with darker green titles to spine and a device stamped to upper. With the dust-jacket priced at 50s. Internally crisp and clean. Jacket shows light wear with a closed tear to top right of the front panel. Near fine. Sydney, NSW: Ure Smith Pty. Limited, 1947 unknown
REG5099MMarrimpouey Jeune 1976 -, Pau. 1 volume. In-8 180 pp. Sous étui beige. Sous chemise textile bleu cartonnée avec titre doré sur le dos et le premier plat. Intérieur très frais. Avec des illustrations en couleurs de Gisèle FERRANDIER.
195085256New York: Little Golden Book Simon and Schuster 1950. FIRST EDITION NAP. Very Good Minus. First Edition with the "A" on final page. A little shelf-wear especially on the golden paper strip over the spine which is where the Little Golden Books tend to go first. SIGNED by Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob Smith. Smith -- aka Robert Emil Schmidt 1917-19980 was a radio and television personality from yes! Buffalo who through a series of events found himself at the helm of an enormously popular children's television show which unlike other kids' shows was not designed as a teaching device but only to please the children. "Hey Kids What Time Is It It's Howdy Doody Time! and the song the words and music of which constitutes the last page of this book would be sung in unison -- LOUD! Story of Howdy Doody the Cowboy rodeo star back home after a busy season with the whole summer stretched out before him. He and his friends decide to start their own circus so they take off on a plane for Africa and recruit all the happy animals including the Octopus which Howdy scoops up in a net while hanging from the plane. Little Golden Book (Simon and Schuster) unknown
1896022553Berlin: Paul Kittel successor Peter Stanik 1896. Oblong Quarto. No pagination. A beautiful near fine copy depicting the life of the Prussian Queen Luise through color lithographs.Beautifully bound in light purple cloth pictorial pastedown of the Queern lettered andf decorated in black white and gilt decorative endpapers no names or bookplates small bump to foot of spine. Very nice. Paul Kittel successor Peter Stanik unknown books
1896022553Berlin: Paul Kittel successor Peter Stanik 1896. Oblong Quarto. No pagination. A beautiful near fine copy depicting the life of the Prussian Queen Luise through color lithographs. Beautifully bound in light purple cloth pictorial pastedown of the Queen lettered and decorated in black white and gilt decorative endpapers no names or bookplates small bump to foot of spine. Very nice. Paul Kittel successor Peter Stanik unknown
