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1874133018London: George Routledge and Sons 1874. First English edition of the rarest of Mark Twain's works: the only novel he wrote with a collaborator and the book that gave the era its name in history. Octavo three volumes original publishers green cloth gilt titles to the spine illustrated. The only multi-volume work Clemens produced except for the two-volume Tramp Abroad London 1880 the first English edition of The Gilded Age is the rarest of Mark Twain's major works and the most difficult to obtain. Its rarity is due largely to its format three volume sets were quite expensive and were produced almost solely for circulating libraries during the Reconstruction era and so the books were vigorously read by many readers generally rebound and most were pulped in paper drives during the Second World War. In 1873 Samuel Clemens had written only four other major books - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography and Roughing It. A relatively unknown American author in London at the time the English edition would have necessarily been small no more than a few hundred. From the library of noted collector Frederic R. Kirkland. Kirkland formed a well-known collection of Americana and American and British literature much of which was sold in 1962. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco folding chemise slipcase. Exceptionally rare with one other copy traced in auction records and only the Yale set listed in the Bibliography of American Literature. The first major American novel to satirize the political milieu of Washington D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name. Twain and good friend and neighbor Charles Warner borrowed the term from William Shakespeare's King John 1595: "To gild refined gold to paint the lily. is wasteful and ridiculous excess." Another interpretation of the title of course is the contrast between an ideal "Golden Age" and a less worthy "Gilded Age" as gilding is only a thin layer of gold over baser metal so the title now takes on a pejorative meaning as to the novel's time events and people. Although more than a century has passed since its publication the novel's satirical observations of political and social life in Washington D.C. are still pertinent and the work has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication. BAL 3359. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1882182650London: B. S. Williams at the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries 1882-97. Orchidelirium First edition of this magnificent work one of the great orchid books of the 19th century. The Orchid Album was published at the height of the "orchidelirium" that had been building in Britain for some decades until it seized the imaginations of late Victorian horticulturists in the same way that the tulip craze inflamed the minds of collectors in Golden Age Holland. The British horticultural writer Anna Pavord notes: "some of the grander Victorian growers such as the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth in Derbyshire and the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House in Middlesex employed their own collectors but orchid fanciers like John Day acquired their best treasures at auction. Nurserymen such as James Veitch Conrad Loddiges and Benjamin Samuel Williams of the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries in Upper Holloway regularly sent consignments of orchids to be auctioned by Messrs Stevens of King St Covent Garden. It was in their sale room that after an epic battle with a fellow enthusiast Sir Trevor Lawrence a contemporary of Day's acquired the one single plant of Aerides lawrenciae imported by Frederick Sander from the Philippines". The stunning plates are the work of John Nugent Fitch 1840-1927 the nephew of Walter Hood Fitch. His "work was more flamboyant than that of such predecessors as Ehret Redouté or the Bauer brothers combining botanical accuracy with a flair for page design. In Britain and Europe he had little competition being rivalled only by the Frenchman Alfred Riocreux" ODNB. Bibliographies call for 528 plates but overlook the fact that the only folding plate which appears in Volume I is double-numbered as 9-10. This is a complete set and includes the four-page obituary for Benjamin Samuel Williams in Volume IX. 11 vols 315 x 240 mm. With 527 fine hand-coloured lithograph or chromolithograph plates by John Nugent Fitch one double-numbered folding plate in Vol. I some with tinted backgrounds. Contemporary half dark green morocco spines with raised bands gilt-lettered direct in two compartments gilt floral device in others boards ruled in gilt marbled boards and endpapers marbled endpaper vols. I-IV grey; V-VI dark green VII-IX light blue top edges gilt. Bookplates and shelf marks of Reeves Library Westminster College Missouri gifted by Carl F. Setz. Bindings refurbished small nick to fore edge of vol. V endpapers of vol. VII with minor abrasions with free endpaper detaching but holding and a few minor text repairs starting before title of vol. XI occasional foxing or faint marginal damp staining: a very good copy. Nissen 2107; not in Plesch or Pritzel. Anna Pavord review of "A Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day" in The Independent 29 May 2004. hardcover
18747227London: George Routledge and Sons 1874. First UK edition. Fine. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown morocco with double gilt rules on the boards and spine compartments. Top edges gilt marbled end papers. A Fine copy complete with all half-titles. Clean and fresh throughout. A few leaves in volume 3 a little bent at the lower margin. Otherwise an exceptional copy inside and out. <br /> <br /> "The Gilded Age a period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption in US history during the 1870s gave rise to important novels of social and political criticism. The period takes its name from the earliest of these The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. The novel gives a vivid and accurate description of Washington DC and is peopled with caricatures of many leading figures of the day including greedy industrialists and corrupt politicians" Britannica. Among these notable "robber barons" were recognizably John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Cornelius Vanderbilt and J.P. Morgan. Fine. George Routledge and Sons unknown
WALTER-FILM002150No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 81"" 103 x 203 cm. three sheet poster USA. Steve McQueen Robert Vaughn Jacqueline Bisset Don Gordon Robert Duvall dir: Peter Yates; Warner Brothers. The classic 1960s action-crime thriller with an iconic performance by Steve McQueen playing the San Francisco cop who becomes obsessed with finding the underground leader responsible for the deaths of witnesses in his protection. Here is one of the finest and most rare posters for this classic title. This example does not appear to have ever been used. Prior to expert linen backing it showed only very minor shelf wear and shows just minor shelf wear such as three minor fold juncture separations a bit of creasing at the very edges and a few minor spots of soiling in the white background. What makes this poster particularly desirable is the fact that the colors match correctly although this poster does not turn up much -- when it occasionally does very often the bottom section has colors which are misaligned with the rest and that most often requires restoration with paint. This copy is unrestored with great nicely matched colors and all the very minor original issues have been attended to in conservation. The poster is now just about as clean and bright an example as possible FINE. 10000.00 unknown books
5239Madison Wisconsin: J. J. Stoner Publisher; Chas. Shober & Co Prop's Chicago Litho'g Co. 1876. Tinted lithograph 34.125 x 21.875" plus margins. <p>A large and quite impressive bird's eye view of Portland Maine as it appeared after a decade of rebuilding following the great fire of 1866.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>This fine richly detailed view of Portland depicts the city-viewed from an elevated eastern vantage point-as a lively prosperous place with a busy harbor an active waterfront crowded with wharves and ships numerous factories with smoke spilling out of their smokestacks trains coming and going and many fine commercial public and private buildings. A key in the title margin identifies some 118 buildings and wharves many of them along the waterfront including the Eagle Sugar Refining Company Portland Star Match Co. Works the Grand Trunk Rail Road Depot Portland Co.'s Machine Shops and others. The Portland & Ogdensburg Rail Road and the Maine Central Rail Road serve the western end of the waterfront while the Grand Trunk Rail Road and the Portland & Rochester Rail Road serve the eastern end. Beyond the city proper the Back Cove and other more sparsely developed areas can be seen against a distant mountainous backdrop. The railroads stretch across this landscape disappearing into the distance.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Bird's eye view publisher Joseph John Stoner 1829-1917 a native of Highspire Pennsylvania was apprenticed to a chair-ornamenter in Harrisburg before migrating to Cincinnati where he worked as a map and book agent in the 1860's. By 1865 Stoner had resettled in Madison Wisconsin eventually becoming a sales agent for city view artist Albert Ruger with whom he formed a partnership Ruger & Stoner in 1869. Stoner worked both in partnership with Ruger and independently into the 1890s publishing at least 314 views with his imprint on them and likely a good many lacking his imprint as well making him one of the most prolific town and city view publishers of the 19th century.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Charles Shober ca 1920-1906 was born in Germany immigrated to America and is known to have been working as a lithographer with Charles Reen in Philadelphia by 1856. The two moved to Chicago in 1857 and established the firm of Reen & Shober but soon thereafter Shober entered into partnership with August Roth. The company operating as Charles Shober and later Charles Shober & Co. produced some of the finest lithography in Chicago specializing in advertising posters and sheet-music covers until their building was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Afterwards Shober and Edward Carqueville assumed management of the rebuilt Chicago Lithographic Company operating as Chicago Lithographing Company Shober & Company Proprietors until 1877 when the firm became known as Shober & Carqueville. Specializing in advertising posters and trade cards the company also became one of the leading producers of circus and theatrical posters in the country and was the largest lithographic firm in Chicago for the last quarter of the nineteenth century.<br /> <br /> <p>A splendid view of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "City by the Sea."</p> <br /> <br /> <p>CONDITION: Very good.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>REFERENCES: Reps 1238; Podmaniczky Christine B. and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Through a Bird's Eye: Nineteenth Century Views of Maine Rockland ME 1981 p. 41.</p> Madison, Wisconsin: J. J. Stoner, Publisher; Chas. Shober & Co Prop's Chicago Litho'g Co., 1876 unknown
2002Manohar-9781861521613Thomson 2002. Hardcover. New. Thomson hardcover
2002Manohar-9781861521613Thomson 2002. Hardcover. New. Thomson hardcover
2001CBS-9781861521613Sp Cengage Learning 2001. New. Sp Cengage Learning unknown
2001CBS-9781861521613Sp Cengage Learning 2001. New. Sp Cengage Learning unknown
19653117228New York: Praeger. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. First edition in English. SIGNED by Mies Van der Rohe on half-title . 228pp. 10" X 10 1/4" Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Short edge tear at bottom edge of text affecting only a few pages. Shallow damp spots at top & bottom tips of dust jacket. No effect on white cloth beneath. Books signed or inscribed by Mies Van der Rohe are rare in the market. ; 10" x 10 1/4"; 228 pages . Praeger hardcover
1886005152London: B. S. Williams 1886. First Edition . Leather. Very Good. Folio. John Nugent Fitch. Volumes 5 and 6 bound as one. Original half dark blue morocco leather over blue pebbled cloth boards four double raised bands gilt titles marbled endpapers and edges 12.5 x 10.75 inches. First Editions: vol. 5- 1886 vol.6- 1887. Unpaginated; each volume illustrated with 48 96 total plates tissue-protected chromolithographs by John Nugent Fitch 1836-1895. One of the great orchid books of the nineteenth century published at the height of the 'Orchidelirium' mania. Exterior showing some wear and rubbing heaviest at extremities spine sunned to brown as expected light typical foxing and toning to text pages all plates clean and bright. Provenance: Bookplate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library deaccessioned with "Cancelled" stamp on bookplate no other library markings in book. The Lindley Library in London is the largest horticultural library in the world. <br/> <br/> B. S. Williams hardcover
1851139641New York: George P. Putnam 1851. Only "surpassed by Uncle Tom's Cabin in sales and popularity" First edition of Susan Bogert Warner's first novel written under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Wetherell in bright condition. Warner 1819-1885 began writing The Wide Wide World in 1848. It was to become one of the most popular American novels of its time however initially had difficulty finding a publisher. "Even when George P. Putnam accepted the novel for publication in 1850 largely because his mother was enthusiastic about the manuscript he initially printed only 750 copies; two years later the novel was reprinted for the fourteenth time and for decades to come only Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin surpassed Warner's first novel in sales and popularity" ANB. Henry James wrote admiringly of the work in the Nation in 1860 praising Warner's realistic depiction of rural life. This copy is in the third state listed in BAL without the printer's imprint on the copyright page and the final signature of vol. II being 154; the order of priority given as "probable". Blanck notes in his juvenilia bibliography Peter Parley to Penrod that as in the present copy "in first printed copies the folio at p. 157 vol. I and the folio at p. 34 vol. II are misplaced and appear at the inner portion of the page rather than at the fore-edge" Blanck p. 4. 2 vols octavo. Original green morocco-grain cloth titles and decorative motifs to spine in bronze covers stamped in blind within double-rule frames yellow coated endpapers BAL binding b no priority. Spines gently cocked and a little sunned faint spotting to joints touch of wear to tips occasional foxing; a very good copy indeed. BAL 21253; Jacob Blanck Peter Parley to Penrod: a bibliographical description of the best-loved American juvenile books 1938. hardcover
WALTER-FILM000776No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 14 x 36"" 35 x 90 cm. insert poster USA. Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Angie Dickinson Richard Conte Cesar Romero dir: Lewis Milestone; Warner Brothers. OCEAN'S 11 has in time become a mythic film with its portrayal of mid-century Las Vegas and its cast of all the varied members of the famous Rat Pack. Here they are walking down the Las Vegas strip in this delightful poster. Poster was folded but the fold creases are very light there is minor corner wear some creasing along the top right edge side a bit of soil near bottom right corner ABOUT FINE. -movieposter -oceans11 -ratpack -lasvegas unknown books
62377London: Constable and Co. 1936. Crime Mystery INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.6 314. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper top edge blue in typographic dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. With author's ink inscription to flyleaf; Neil and Alice / With love from / E.C.B. Extremities and spine a little toned some minor edgewear shallow chips to spine ends. Near fine. The long-awaited sequel to 'Trent's Last Case' 1913 being a mystery with a golfing theme. London: Constable and Co., 1936 unknown
109155Oxford Basil Blackwell 1936. . First edition first impression inscribed by the author; 8vo; colour frontispiece 8 plates in black and white previous ownership inscription to front pastedown; publisher's burgundy cloth gilt lettering to spine with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket closed tear to front panel loss to corners and foot of spine slight spotting and soiling else very good.<br /> First edition of Rex Warner's first novel lengthily inscribed by him in blue ink to the front pastedown: 'Poor old / RCBM 1934 in another hand / was compelled by financial difficulties to sell this lone book written in 16 days. It was since acquired by Mr C.L. Greenwood when flushed by illusory triumphs at imperfectly understood games is dedicated to him by a grateful but athletically inferior author. / Rex Warner'.<br /><br />This volume is number eight in the scarce Basil Blackwell series Tales of Action by Men of Letters in which the publisher made the bold experiment of commissioning swashbuckling adventure stories for young adults from scholarly types like the classicist Warner.<br /> Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1936. hardcover
20021-0743234510Meadowbrook Pr 2002. Paperback. New. original edition. 256 pages. 7.25x5.25x0.50 inches. Meadowbrook Pr paperback
WALTER-FILM000493No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 81 x 41"" 203 x 103 cm. three sheet poster USA. Clint Eastwood Andrew Robinson John Vernon Reni Santoni Harry Guardino dir: Don Siegel; Warner Brothers. The now classic crime thriller about San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan who has little regard for rules but who gets results. In this tale he is tracking down serial killer Scorpio who snipes his victims at random. Clint Eastwood in his iconic role of the paradoxical Dirty Harry basically an outlaw but deeply moral at the same time only won the role because originally-cast Frank Sinatra injured his hand. One of the best poster images for this great film and one of the hardest to find with its life-size image of Harry holding up a gun. On linen. There has been a little touch-up along fold lines and to relieve a couple of marginal stains VERY GOOD-FINE. unknown books
196294020Gallery. New. 1962. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 65 pages; illustrated mostly in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery hardcover
196294021Gallery. New. 1962. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 65 pages; illustrated mostly in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery paperback
37484Oxford: Privately Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club 1910. Folio 374 x 275 mm lx2 56 2 iv 2pp. with coloured frontispiece and 238 pages of collotype facsimile half red morocco by Bayntun of Bath spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt direct t.e.g. uncut a very nice copy. "The Benedictional is one of the most magnificent of the tenth-century English manuscripts; it had been one of the most important and most discussed exhibits at the Society of Antiquaries Exhibition in 1896 and its reproduction and the introductions by Warner and Henry Wilson were a major event in the study of palaeography and liturgiology."Barker. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Phythian-Adams. Barker 156. Oxford: Privately Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, 1910 hardcover
1918374343New York: Warner M. Van Norden 1918. First Edition. Illustrated. 148pp. Small handbill by Norden tipped to the rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in red staining wear at board edges. Staining. First Edition. Illustrated. 148pp. Small handbill by Norden tipped to the rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. A very rare early twentieth-century illustrated directory of Chinese businessmen in New York with detailed biographical information. Preceding the directory is a section on Chinese farmers in America; the final section of the book comprises "Glimpses of China" as photographed by the author Warner M. Van Norden. Warner M. Van Norden unknown
WALTER-FILM000350No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 27"" 103 x 68 cm. one sheet poster USA. Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Agnes Moorehead Bruce Bennett Tom d'Andrea; dir.: Delmer Daves; Warner Bros. A much darker journey into the film noir realm for Bogart and Bacall than their early wildly successful BIG SLEEP this time from a lurid David Goodis novel of a man Bogart wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife rescued by a concerned courtroom spectator Bacall and who must change his notorious face through back-door plastic surgery in order to find the real killer. One of the truly great films of this now-revered genre as well as one of the best period films set in and depicting San Francisco. Bogart hid is face from camera for more than half of the film something which did not please WB head Jack Warner! The film fell off at the box office as it was released right at the time that the Bogart's received negative press because of their support for the Committee for the First Amendment during the heated House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. Beautiful rich color rare on this poster which has been mounted on linen. There has been just minimal fold and corner touch-up minor crease at bottom left corner and a few scuffs in white background addressed NEAR FINE. unknown books
1936149211Los Angeles: Hollywood Studio 1936. Final Shooting script for the 1936 film here under the working title "Murder in the Opera." Copy belonging to director H. Bruce Humberstone with his name in holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>Based on the detective novel series created in 1925 by author Earl Derr Biggers. The 13th film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series to feature actor Warner Oland as the eponymous Honolulu detective. Widely considered to be the strongest entry in the series due to the casting of Boris Karloff as an amnesiac opera star involuntarily committed to a mental institution.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated August 31 1936 with credits for screenwriters Scott Darling and Chas. S. Belden story credits to Bess Meredyth and novel credits to Earl Derr Biggers. Title page integral with the first page of text as issued. 104 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with one blue revision page dated 9/3/36. Pages Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Hollywood Studio unknown books
1882005151London: B. S. Williams 1882. First Edition . Leather. Very Good. Folio. John Nugent Fitch. Volume one. Original full green morocco leather raised bands gilt titles and decorative compartments and boards inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt 12.5 x 10 inches. First Edition. Unpaginated; illustrated with 47 chromolithographed plates including 1 folding by John Nugent Fitch 1836-1895. One of the great orchid books of the nineteenth century published at the height of the 'Orchidelirium' mania. Exterior showing some light wear and rubbing heaviest at extremities light typical foxing to text pages all plates clean and bright. Provenance: Bookplate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library deaccessioned with "Cancelled" stamp on bookplate no other library markings in book. The Lindley Library in London is the largest horticultural library in the world. <br/> <br/> B. S. Williams hardcover
190432471Hartford: American Publishing Company 1904. 15 volumes. The Autograph edition one of 612 copies signed by Lounsbury and on behalf of the publisher. Included are a manuscript page from "In The Levant" a second manuscript page with numbering in Warner's hand and an autograph letter signed "C. D. Warner" to Lounsbury dated March 6 1883. This copy also the most desirable with plates in two states. With a hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece hand-coloured vignette title page and other photogravures plates 2 signed by artists Frank T. Merrill and E.H. Garret. This copy with the initial portrait in two states both hand-coloured and uncoloured. 8vo bound in three-quarter dark green morocco over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands gilt tooled gilt decorated and tooled in two compartments gilt lettered in two compartments with the remaining large compartment elaborately decorated with gilt borders enclosing a pair of gilt floral decorations top edges gilt. A fine and handsome set with some very light mellowing as is typical the text-blocks and illustrations all in essentially pristine condition. FIRST OF THE EDITION WITH MANUSCRIPT LEAVES AND A MANUSCRIPT LETTER. A sumptuous publication of the great American novelist essayist and close friend of Mark Twain with whom he wrote THE GILDED AGE. His works are popular for their abounding and refined humor their mellow personal charm their wholesome love of outdoor things their suggestive comment on life and affairs and their delicately finished style. Interestingly Warner is known for making the famous remark "Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it". This was quoted by Mark Twain in a lecture and is frequently misattributed to him.<br> The volumes contain the following writings and are illustrated in all volumes:<br>Volume I “My Summer in a Garden†“Backlog Studies†“Baddeckâ€<br>Volume II “Saunteringsâ€<br>Volume III “My Winter on the Nileâ€<br>Volume IV “In the Levantâ€<br>Volume V “A Roundabout Journeyâ€<br>Volume VI “In the Wilderness†“Captain John Smithâ€<br>Volume VII “Being a Boy on Horsebackâ€<br>Volume VIII “Studies in the South and West with Comments on Canadaâ€<br>Volume IX “Washington Irving†“The Work of Washinton Irivng†Our Italyâ€<br>Volume X “Their Pilgrimageâ€<br>Volume XI “A Little Journey in the Worldâ€<br>Volume XII “The Golden Houseâ€<br>Volume XIII “That Fortuneâ€<br>Volume XIV “As We Were Saying†“As We Go†“Fashions in Literatureâ€<br>Volume XV “Relation of Literature to Life†People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote†American Publishing Company hardcover
