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1928224752Boston/New York Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. 1928. First edition so stated. 8vo. Illustrated with 12 woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. Original 1/2 gilt stamped vellum over parchment-backed boards. Very good fresh. Original publisher's black board slipcase with large pictorial paper label some rubbing. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 140 of 220 copies signed by Esther Forbes on the limitation page of which only 200 were for sale. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. Boston/New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. hardcover books
192526069New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. n.d. 1925. First Harcourt edition preceded only by the uncommon MacNeil edition Seattle 1924 and preceding the edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent; 8vo pp. xii 244; pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine dust-jacket a little worn around the edges and the whole slightly cocked else near fine throughout. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace & Co., n.d. hardcover books
1942314938Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1942. First edition. Illus. 8vo. Bound in full blue polished calf leather title labels a.e.g. by Bayntun fine. First edition. Illus. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
193138684Paris: Domino Press 1931. Folio 36.5 cm 14.4". 16 pp.; col. illus. <br><br>Historic adventures of an American hunter among the Indians": The first trade edition of the first book from Esther Averill and Lila Stanley's ex-patriate Domino Press and the first English-language children's book illustrated by Caldecott Medalwinning Russian-born artist Feodor Rojanovsky Domino published a French-language version in the same year. The text was printed by Robert Coulouma of Argenteuil and => the brightly colored lithographic illustrations are five-color direct from the stones by Mourlot Frères of Paris.<br>Â Â Â Â The limited edition of this work was of 25 copies on velin d'arches issued unbound in wrappers. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Allen & Allen Feodor Rojankovsky: The Children's Books and Other Illustration Art DP1.a. Publisher's color-printed papercovered boards with blue cloth shelfback; corners and spine extremities rubbed spine gently sunned cream paper very slightly darkened with a few faint spots. Pages fresh and clean. => A very nice copy of a landmark work of children's illustration. Domino Press hardcover books
19556054401955. not signed on a 3/4 length choice seated portrait of Esther Williams attired in a brocade evening gown and wearing a elaborate jeweled necklace and earrings. Photograph is by Gabi Rona and is signed by Rona on the verso. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 11" x 14" and is on photographer's stiff board mount soft creases to upper left corner. Very good. ca. 1955. Not signed by Williams. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
29126SINGLETON Esther. THE FURNITURE OF OUR FOREFATHERS. Eight volumes complete. New York: Doubleday Page 1900 4to. Publisher's wrappers. First edition. A book in parts with their original printed wrappers. The text is a well-illustrated history of early American furniture. The author quotes many inventories letters and documents of the period which make this early study American collectors most valuable. A few spine extremities chipped still a handsome set nicely printed by The Gilliss Press. Scarce thus. unknown books
1934265760Paris: Domino Press 1934. Limited. paperback. fine. Rojankovsky Fedor. Illustrated with colored lithographs by Fedor Rojankovsky beautifully printed by Mourlot Freres. Tall slim 8vo colored pictorial wrappers and glassine covering. Paris: Domino Press 1934. First Edition. A fine copy with un-opened pages. Scarce.<br/><br/> Number 126 of a small issue numbered and signed by the artist.<br/><br/> Domino Press unknown books
195053587Mobile AL: Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1950. First edition. 8vo. 68 pp. Not in Nevins or Broadfoot. OCLC locates seven copies Auburn Samford Spring Hill College Eden/Webster Public Regis LSU Loyola-LA. Later burgundy buckram gilt title on spine original printed wrappers bound in. Fine. <br/><br/> Historic Mobile Preservation Society hardcover books
1924295610New York: Harcourt 1924. First. hardcover. fine. Black & white illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 8vo handsomely rebound in 1/2 yellow morocco marbled boards black spine label. New York: Harcourt Brace 1924. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Harcourt unknown books
1955138052Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1955. Original title sequence artwork by Charles K. Hagedon for the 1955 film the credit for director George Sidney carved into a wall with two Romans standing by to the right leading to a stormy sky. Archivally framed mounted and matted with a description of the film in a die cut window in the matte just below the artwork. Unexamined out of frame. <br/><br/>Based on Robert Sherwood's 1927 anti-war comedy play "The Road to Rome" this was the 11th and final "aquamusical" picture made featuring Williams as a bathing beauty. Set is ancient Rome Williams plays Amytis who must successfully swim the Tiber before the closing credits. <br/><br/>Gouache artwork 24.5 x 4.5 inches. Frame 34.5 x 14.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Hirschhorn p. 346. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
187174060Philadelphia: W.S. Turner 1871. Rare first <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">edition</span> of the first Jewish cookbook published in America with extensive instructions on keeping a kosher household in addition to recipes.<i> </i>Octavo original cloth. In very good condition rebacked. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are exceptionally scarce of this milestone in American Jewish history. The introductory sections provide an overview of kosher dining household economy and table-setting. Later sections include household tips "to cement broken china" "to revive the color of black silk" lists of seasonable foods by month and a two-page summary of the Jewish calendar. A longer section titled "Hints for Housekeepers" suggests a weekly routine in detail. For Sunday dinner Levy points out that "this is the day the husbands are at home then something good must be prepared in honor of the lords of the household." Most of the book consists of recipes as expected including some classics from Jewish cuisine. Macaroons matzo cleis soup German kouglauff kugel grimslechs chremslachs and "potato souffle for Passover." Some recipes have apparently been adapted from American neighbors such as macaroni hominy fritters and "ochre soup or gumbo" which is reported to be "much used in the South." Throughout Levy's recipes are more impressionistic than scientific pepper pot soup: "in a pint and a half of water put such vegetables as you wish . . . cut them very small and stew them with a couple of pounds of mutton and a piece of nice beef" and the requirements of kashrut are strongly emphasized. "This book offers us a vivid look into the daily lives of the American Jewish community just before the period of its most rapid growth. In the recipes you can see the dynamic between the requirements of keeping kosher the cultural traditions brought over from Europe and the American ingredients at hand but it's also rich in detail on the day-to-day management of a 19th-century Jewish household. It's an interesting and important cultural document" Rick Stattler The New York Jewish Week. Only one copy listed in OCLC. W.S. Turner hardcover books