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1928133223N.p.: N.p. 1928. Two vintage oversize photographs from the first stage production of "The Front Page" in 1928 showing two different trio shots of the reporters who grace the majority of the play. The first photo a double weight 8 x 10 by Florence Vandamm with her blindstamped name on the recto shows Lee Tracy later played by Rosalind Russell onscreen Osgood Perkins and Frances Fuller. The second a oversize 11 x 14 uncredited but by White Studios in New York City shows the star Walter Baldwin later played by Cary Grant onscreen Osgood Perkins and Lee Tracy. Both photographs with numerous annotations and stamps on the verso. <br /> <br /> Excessively rare photographs from the first staging of the play that made Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur famous. The play would be published the same year in book form by Covici-Friede and was the basis for three films: The Front Page" in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien "The Front Page" in 1974 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and most famously the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. N.p. unknown
013719NY: Knoll Associates Inc. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 catalog of the Knoll International Collection with over 100 photographs supplemented with detailed drawings and specifications for Knoll furniture for residences and offices. Over 150 pages excluding tab sheets. Many of the pages have multiple images so there are likely 600 images of different items. Vinyl covered multi-clasp silver ring binder measures approx 12x10x2". Catalog is organized into 8 categories: 1 Low seating 2 Chairs 3 Bedroom Furniture 4 Cabinets 5 Benches and Tables 6 Desks 7 Accessories 8 Textiles. Also included is a collection of 12 leather samples mounted on stiff paper with specs on verso each approx 3' square. Solid copy tabs are worn evidence of use by a practicing architect. Catalog features the work of famous designers including Florence Knoll Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Isami Noguchi and Eero Saarinen furniture and Anni Albers textiles. The graphics for the catalog are by Herbert Matter and photography by Robert Damora Scott Hyde Yuichi Idaka and Herbert Matter. Also includes later sheets for furniture in the later 50-57 Series which includes a chair designed by Marcel Breuer. Knoll Associates, Inc hardcover
19514205811951. Softcover. Near Fine. Quarto measuring 10" x 11". Spiral bound green leatherette album with "photographs" stamped in white on the front cover. Contains 149 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 10" x 16" with captions. Detached but present front cover thus very good with near fine photographs.<br /> <br /> A photo album kept by a Wisconsin nurse Florence Jacksi beginning in 1949. Early pages show Florence on a trip to Washington D.C. for a Safety Patrol trip where she was the nurse on duty. One photo is captioned "100 men and a girl." Newspaper clippings from before the trip show her examining boys to see if they were healthy enough for the trip. A large portion of the middle of the album is from a road trip Florence and her friend Suzy went on in September of 1949. These photos are well captioned with long journal style entries written about each stop on their trip. It begins "Suzy and I off to the great Northwoods - for vacation - relaxation - and no routine and to view the beautiful vistas this time of the year - and not least - to see my relatives." Florence discusses the women's travels in detail including car conversations and various stops along the way. Many of the entries are humorous and talk about her terrible directional skills getting lost and "needing new glasses." After struggling with her luggage at a hotel she writes "we are surely 2 women who were not designed by nature for a suitcase existence." They spent their travels visiting the Great Lakes region forests and fishing areas of the North Woods. The trip portion of the album ends with a section of expenses which reads "expenses -hardly" and lists travel budgets for the journey. The album ends with a collection of family photographs from the late 1940s and early 1950s which include Christmas cards portraits and candids. Florence is seen working in the hospital at parties and on trips with friends. <br /> <br /> A nice collection of photographs detailing a woman's life and career in Wisconsin in the late 1940s with detailed captions. unknown
18966353San Francisco: William Doxey 1896. 18 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. Magnificent and large graphic poster by Florence Lundborg 1871-1949 who was an American illustrator poster artist and painter known for her book illustrations and wartime paintings. She was a member with Gelett Burgess of the San Francisco group “Les Jeunes who published The Lark in the 1890’s and Lundborg designed some of the covers. This large-format three-color woodcut poster by Florence Lundborg 1871-1949 advertising the noted Turn-of-the- Century Bay area literary journal features Robin Hood blowing a hunting horn over a field of green. Right vertical margin trimmed close old folds thumbtack holes mounted on linen and matted. Very good. Very scarce. [William Doxey] unknown
187730067London: William H. Harrison 1877. Very Good. London: William H. Harrison 1877. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's purple pictorial cloth designed by Florence Claxton elaborately embossed in gilt and black all edges gilt black glazed endpapers; iv5-156pp. Cloth a bit scuffed and worn along extremities with brief exposure at corners and spine ends spine cloth faded brief split to rear joint rear hinge cracked but holding textblock slightly shaken in binding else a Very Good bright example. <br /> Inscribed on front flyleaf to the American medium "Mrs. Hollis Billing With the kind regards of The Author / November 1879. London."<br /> <br /> Scarce collection of humorous poems and vignettes by the British author and editor of The Spiritualist. Running in the London Spiritualist circles Harrison would presumably have made the acquaintance of the inscribee American medium Mary Hollis Billing and her husband who served on the 1877 Committee of the Theosophical Society in London. <br /> <br /> Contents only glancingly Spiritualist though true to form the imprint provides the publication date based on different calendars: A.D. 1877 Popular Chronology; A.M. 5877 Torquemada; A.M. 50800077 Huxley. Like many Spiritualists of the day Harrison was especially interested in photography and several pieces in this volume relate to the art and science of the form. Notably "The Lay of the Photographer" describes in nineteen stanzas the chemical transformations of pyroxylin iodine and silver to develop photographs. Needless to say the poem is not very good.<br /> <br /> Advertisements for the present work attribute the cover design to British illustrator cartoonist and fringe Pre-Raphaelite Florence Claxton 1838-1920. One contemporary reviewer aptly describes the book as "handsomely-bound and griffin-guarded" Liverpool Daily Courier. William H. Harrison unknown
189729161London: George Routledge & Sons Limited 1897. Very good plus. First edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of simply rhyming verses about the everyday life of little children at the turn of the century - quite scarce in this condition. 9.25'' x 8''. Original cloth spine paper pictorial boards. Illustrated throughout cw: depiction of golliwog doll. 62 2 pages. A bit of rubbing and light soil to boards hinges starting to crack but still firm. George Routledge & Sons, Limited unknown
1915188802London: William Rider & Son. Ltd. 1915. First edition. An appealing collection exploring beliefs regarding human transformation into animals from "the point of view of folklore and occultism" - tales of "wer-wolves" and "wer-foxes" witches and their familiars animal dances human serpents phantom cats and cocks. The author was herself a suitably studious if somewhat quirky character. A wartime production uncommon in such sharp condition. For its date a typically well-produced Rider publication a serious and well-researched enquiry into the uncanny. Florence Hamel 1870-1957 began her career as an author of popular biographies in the main of prominent French women Émilie du Châtelet Agnès Sorel Dauphines of France Fair Women at Fontainebleau but also of La Fontaine and Lady Hester Stanhope. She later diversified writing a number of novels including the supernaturally themed Tiger-Wolves The Luminous Pearl and Trust to Boyd. In 1912 she founded Grafton & Co. which became the leading publishers of bibliographical and librarianship textbooks and of the trade journal Library World which she edited until her death; in 1919 an antiquarian department was added under the notable if slightly disreputable bibliographer R. A. Peddie. Bookseller Robin Waterfield offers colourful reminiscence of the place "I applied and got the job and absolutely loved the work. The proprietor was a South African called Fanny Hamel who wore a red wig. Somehow Fanny had entered into a liaison with Mr R. A. Peddie who was my boss at Grafton's. Peddie was a most distinguished bibliographer but had been dismissed from his post as librarian of St Bride's Printing Library for irregularity of attendance and drunkenness. There was always a large bottle of whisky under the counter to 'encourage' librarians" Markham. Octavo. Original greyish yellow pictorial cloth lettered in black to spine and to the front cover with image of a werewolf in black against a brilliant blue mountain range. Spine a touch tanned light rubbing of the cover design; free endpapers slightly browned light foxing front back and fore-edge pale toning to the text; overall solid square and clean a very good copy. Andrew Block A Short History of the Principal London Antiquarian Booksellers and Book-Auctioneers 1933; Frank Hamel obituary The Library World 58 4 April 1957; Sarah Markham In Conversation on-line. hardcover
120230Waterloo Potteries England: T & R Boote. . 1897. 1st Production. Ephemera. Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Wonderful and Very RARE Advertising ware for the Florence K. Upton series of 'Golliwogg' books which began with " The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls " which was published for Christmas 1895 with the title updated to The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a "Golliwogg" in the second printing. also1895. From 1894 to 1909 Florence and her mother created a total of thirteen titles following the adventures of the happy-go-lucky Golly until changing tastes made 'Golliwogg in the African Jungle' the last in the series. To raise money for the Red Cross she donated her dolls and much of her artwork for auction in 1917 and they subsequently spent many years at Chequers before ending up at the V&A Museum of Childhood. "The Golliwogg's Bicycle Club" was the Second Book published in 1896 and though there is NO Date on the INKWELL T & R Boote's 'Ship' logo on the base of the inkwell quite smudged but recognisable was a style used by the firm between c.1890 - 1906. So it is likely contemporary with the book. Length is around 26 cm 10. 25 inches and depth is c. 16 cm 6. 25 inches . Florence K. Upton Golliwogg china wares are pretty rare and to have a COMPLETE Unrepaired Inkwell with the original pots and bright colouring is even Rarer. A Delightful piece of Golliwogg Ephemera. See Images .; Chinaware / Ephemera; Oblong 10" - 10.5" . T & R Boote. unknown
438340Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Hardcover. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. The Condition of the Working Class in England is an 1845 study by Friedrich Engels that examines the dire socioeconomic impact of the Industrial Revolution on workers in Victorian England. Written during Engels' 1842–1844 stay in Manchester and Salford the work is based on firsthand observations and contemporary reports. Engels used statistics and evidence to document the "social murder" committed by the ruling class highlighting that industrial workers lived in more unhealthy environments than their pre-industrial peers. He vividly detailed overcrowded slums poor sanitation child labor and hazardous factory environments where 12-hour shifts were common. Engels noted that city workers were four times more likely to die from infectious diseases like smallpox or cholera than rural workers. A hardback with pout a dust jacket in good condition. The red cloth boards show significant wear with corner bumping and faded spine. The spine Swan Sonnenschein & Co. hardcover
1907002788London: Blackie & Sons Ltd. 1907 Green cloth pictorially stamped in green black red and gilt slight cover soil book plate and gift inscription dated 1907. An extremely scarce and marvelous book by Florence Harrison about whom very little is known. A collection of charming rhymes by Harrison illustrated with 22 beautiful tipped in color plates a few ripples and small edge tears as is common with this book as well as full page line drawings printed on green paper. This by far one of the nicest copies of the book we've had. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Florence Harrison. Oblong 4to. Blackie & Sons Ltd. hardcover
18605434London: Harrison Bookseller to The Queen 1860. FIRST EDITION early issue 8vo pp. 79 1. Original dark brown limp pebbled cloth boards boards bordered with triple blind rules front board lettered direct in gilt. Spine rather nibbled front joint correspondingly weakened boards somewhat mottled. An early printing of Nightingale’s enormously influential nursing book first published in 1860 and reprinted frequently over the following decades. This copy has ‘the right of translation is reserved’ on the title-page ads to the endpapers dated 1860 and 5 of the 6 issue points identified by Bishop & Goldie as denoting an earlier printing. The sixth issue point the corrected heading on p.73 is noted as potentially later being found in both states in copies with all other corrections made. But in this copy that ‘later’ correction is accompanied by the other five in the earlier uncorrected state - perhaps disproving the assumed priority. Bishop & Goldie 4. Harrison, Bookseller to The Queen hardcover
23591London: G. Bell and Sons. 1928. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles the the spine in dustwrapper. Containing "Cassandra" a previously unpublished essay on the position of women in society by Florence Nightingale Appendix. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates of paintings drawings and photographs.�An excellent near fine copy the binding square and firm the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents with very light spotting to the prelims are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is toned to the spine and panel edges and with a clean closed score without loss to the bottom edge of the lower panel. An attractive example in original dustwrapper of Ray Strachey's "best-known and most successful book" ODNB uncommon thus. An in-depth history of the women's movement collected and written by a woman who was instrumental in much of the movement itself. Strachey came from a liberal artistic family which had close ties with the Bloomsbury group. She campaigned and wrote extensively on women's suffrage and later stood as an independent for Brentford and Chiswick for three general elections before becoming the parliamentary secretary for the UK's first female MP Nancy Astor and then the head of the Women's Employment Federation. Her papers are held at The Women's Library at the London School of Economics. "While acknowledging in a limited way the importance of the militants the book established a version of the suffrage movement that endorsed the views and celebrated the role of Millicent Fawcett and the NUWSS" ODNB. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: G. Bell and Sons. 1928 hardcover
190838770London: Longmans Green & Co 1908. First printing. Very good plus. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Edwardian fantasy of an "unsophisticated little boy" who sets out to rescue a Princess on orders from a fairy. 9.75'' x 10''. Original red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout with full-page chromolithographs and additional line drawings in-text. Unpaginated. Some rubbing and wear to boards. Light soil to interior. Longmans, Green & Co unknown
190558WXEB0002YVFunk & Wagnalls 1905. hardcover. Collectible-Good. 0x0x0. 1905 Autograph Edition. Funk & Wagnalls hardcover
19621801150016Paris: Pathe; Pilote Publicite; Affiches Gaillard 1962. First Edition. Framed Poster. Very Good. Lithograph poster framed under plexiglass. Halftone color. Extremely large; 167 x 126 cm 63 x 47 inches. Minor discoloration along bottom margin. Please contact us about shipping rates prior to ordering. This is a very large poster that will require additional shipping charges. <br> Bresson's film received the Special Jury prize at Cannes Festival 1962. "A minimal and austere telling of the story of Joan of Arc's trial and execution. Bresson's shortest feature film is a wonderful example of his evolution towards a stripped-down essentialist aesthetic style. As in all of his films here Bresson attempts to go beyond the surface to the soul of his subject and in The Trial of Joan of Arc he achieves this goal with a film that reveals a great deal about human nature and particularly the resilience of the human spirit. Pathe; Pilote Publicite; Affiches Gaillard unknown
1960133256N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1962 film by photographer Andre Marinie. A candid on-the-set photograph of the film's reclusive director Robert Bresson behind the camera typically pensive and with cigarette in hand. Marinie's stamp and stamp from the film's production companies Agnes Delahaie Productions and Consortium Pathe on the verso. <br /> <br /> Linda Rasmussen at AllMovie notes: "Characteristically breaking with tradition director Robert Bresson presents a realistic unique view of the life and death of Joan of Arc. Using a script based on the actual transcript notes taken during her trial Bresson focuses on the psychological and physical torture that Joan had to endure showing how these techniques were used to break her resolve and cause her to eventually recant her faith. <br /> <br /> "With impeccable historical accuracy Bresson re-creates the story of the peasant girl who after leading an unsuccessful revolt against the government was brought to trial convicted of heresy and burned as a witch. However Bresson shows Joan Florence Carrez as a woman more sophisticated and calculating and less naive than she has normally been represented. His Joan while more real is no less heroic than the traditional Joan."<br /> <br /> In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
19141312024Blackie and Son Limited London 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in a good dust jacket. The Jacket is very rare. The spine of the dj is separated from the front and back covers and there are a few tears; good condition; dj missing front and back flap. Book in very good condition. 20cm-26cm with 194 pp. 16 richly colored tipped-in plates by Florence Harrison. The book is further enhanced by many more of her decorations/illustrations. Blackie and Son Limited, London hardcover
18184414Florence: presso Niccolò Carli 1818. 8vo 193 x 125 mm. 45 3 bl.; 37 1 bl. pp. Letterpress tables. The second part is an Appendix separately paginated with half-title and approbation at end dated 1818. A few small spots to title and last few pages. Modern half linen and marbled boards original rear wrapper bound in.<br /> <br /> Only Edition of the rules for the main Florentine workhouse for the destitute mainly children established by Napoleon in 1812 to honor the birth of his son the King of Rome on the site of two former monasteries in the Florentine suburb of Montedomini. The architect Giuseppe del Rosso combined the two monastic edifices creating one main building in a neoclassical style and a complex of six smaller buildings for workshops etc. <br /> <br /> The Pia Casa di Montedomini as it came to be known was not only a poorhouse but was a center for poor relief generally. The various categories of candidates for aid are set forth in the introduction: children or adults who were taken in by Montedomini or by other “pious establishments†in the city as permanent residents known as Reclusi; those who were given work during the day and who returned to their families at the end of the day; those who were given work to carry out at home; and those few who were granted financial help. The Reclusi were divided by age: children under 3 went to the Spedale degli Innocenti those aged 3 to 10 and 10 to 15 to two different orphanages and those who were disabled or too old to work to another hospice Spedale di Bonifazio. Thus families were broken up: this is acknowledged in the text. Blank sample forms are provided for the admission of each category.<br /> <br /> Most of the rules are devoted to the main Reclusi aged 15 and up. The first chapter outlines admissions procedures; chapters 2 and 3 describe their general living conditions and daily routines and the following chapters address details of work food clothing and bedding all paid for through the inhabitants’ labor. Not surprisingly given the Napoleonic inspiration the Reclusi were organized in quasi-military “brigades†divided by sex and type of work. The brigades were led by the most compliant and hard-working individuals male “Caporali†and female “Maestre†who wore differently colored uniforms from the others. Every moment of the day was strictly regimented and other than eating and sleeping there was no time for anything other than work except for two hours of recreation on the occasional special feast day when only selected individuals were allowed to leave the Casa in strictly controlled groups.<br /> <br /> The daily life of these children and young adults who were imprisoned “for their own good†is hard to fathom for a modern reader: they rose at 6 or 6:30 prayed worked until noon finally were allowed to eat and then went back to work until 11 or 11:30 pm. Most of the work seems to have involved sewing or needlework; some worked for tailors or other textile workers. Dinner was followed by prayers and bedtime silence was imposed at 1 am. Meals were spartan: the rations of each ingredient are prescribed down to the ounce. Lunch was 2 ounces of soup 10 ounces of bread and 6 ounces of meat or a comparable quantity of vegetables. Dinner was bread and vegetables. One suspects that many barely survived in these conditions. <br /> <br /> Other chapters and the Appendix are devoted to the administration of the Casa accounting and record-keeping work assignments and payment and relations with extra-institutional employers.<br /> <br /> I locate no copies in American libraries. R. Uccelli Contributo alla Bibliografia della ToscanaC 1922 2575. presso Niccolò Carli unknown
18843298<p>Seventeen-year-old Florence Nightingale Soden began this diary to mark her society debut and to document the expanded social and travel engagements available to her. The first entry on Sept 3 1883 marks her seventeenth birthday and details Soden's extensive journey around Italy and France far away from her home in Clapham England.</p><p>Soden clearly reflects upon some of her entries after they are written and edits herself. She cut out three pages another four have been completely removed from the diary and one page is painted over black. Botanical specimens are tipped in as momentos. Her student days are remembered with a Class I exam paper on the history of Rome laid in at the back. It may be that a Class I mark was the parental prerequisite for the reward of her travel abroad.</p><p>Born in 1866 and named after the illustrious nurse Florence visited her namesake city several times in her journeys. Soden documents everyday vexations and unusual events including singing lessons from Dr Emil Behnke and her experience viewing a tonsillectomy operated by Dr Lennox Manuscript Diary of Florence Nightingale Soden of Larkbere Thornton Road Clapham Park.</p><p>Half bound morocco remains of 3 wax seals on covers. 240pp. 20 x 17cm. Label on cover "F.N.S. 1883. 1884".</p> hardcover
1963000005NY: Clayton Press 1963 Book. Good. Cloth. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. THE EYE OF ISHTAR By F.E.SCHISLER Rare/SIGND/1ST Author: Florence E. Schisler Publisher/Copyright: Clayton Press NY 1963 Edition: First Edition Condition: all defects if any are formulated into pricing The jacket has a chip to the top of the spine see photo. Small sweat like stain in the top gutter that does not effect the pages. There are some penciled writings on the front endpaper stating that the book is a first edition and signed by the author in a nice pen signature. Book is without any other marks or writings pages are clean book is tight and sturdy. A good copy. Size: 5 ½ x 8 approximately Pages: 237 pages Binding/Cove: Hardback with dust jacket Refunds: All items are 100% refundable up to 10 days after item received Background/Description: Signed First Edition. Clayton Press NY 1963. Good/Good- condition. Overall a good signed edition. The blazing jewel - torn from the image of the goddess Ishtar - casts its ancient spell over the destinies of three beautiful women separated by the centuries yet linked by the heritage of the goddess. In a hauntingly moving tale the reader is carried in turn to the brutality of the Middle Ages the electric tension of the times of revolutionary America and to the present. This is a super rare book with no other copies by this author found for sale on the Internet. There are only 2 other copies found with this title on the Internet and they are reprints with prices of $173 & $250. Good price! No Reserve! Inv: s67 . Clayton Press hardcover
19348310New York: Macmillan 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Wertham Florence. Extremely rare volume featuring a detailed scientific study of the human brain; 538pp. plus 166 plates drawn by the author's wife. Near-fine with ownership signature on front pastedown otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket with a bit of darkening to spine and some loss at the extremities. Wertham was a well-respected progressive psychiatrist who treated poor black patients at his Harlem-based Lafargue Clinic when mental health services for people of color were uncommon. However he remains best known for his concerns about the effects of violent imagery in mass media and the effects of comic books on the development of children. In 1954 he published "Seduction of the Innocent" which asserted that comic books caused youth to become delinquents. Wertham also wrote articles and testified before government inquiries into comic books most notably as part of a U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry. Wertham's work--along with the 1954 comic book hearing--led to creation of the Comics Code although later scholars cast doubt on his observations. Wertham's views on mass media were subsequently overshadowed by his broader concerns with violence and protecting children from psychological harm and his writings about the effects of racial segregation were used as evidence in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. <br/> <br/> Macmillan hardcover
60723London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins 1960. Crime Mystery FIRST EDITION PRESENTED WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell 23 x 18cm with original notes in ink and pencil to backing board. Presented in a custom-made fleece-lined navy quarter morocco clamshell box with gilt titles to spine and navy cloth over sides. Total dimensions 27 x 21cm. Lightly toned to edges with a small chip to cloth and jacket of spine head and some slight toning to jacket spine. Artwork in lovely bright condition with some wear due to its original use. Near fine. A unique presentation of this classic crime mystery set on a remote island. London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1960 unknown
190717839London & New York: Blackie & Caldwell 1907. Near fine. First edition American issue printed on dark green paper that contrasts vividly with the tipped-in color plates in Harrison's distinctive style. Given the clear Pre-Raphaelite characteristics in her work it is unsurprising to note that she was the first woman to be a commercial illustrator for the work of Christina Rossetti - indeed it was in part due to the success of RHYME OF A RUN that the Glaswegian publisher Blackie asked her to take on a major project. One of Harrison's particular touches is the heavy black outlines around characters giving her Art Nouveau-influenced illustrations an effect not unlike stained glass. It is thanks to the work of book collector Mary Rosalind Jacobs that Florence Harrison was identified only in the 21st century as the Australian-born Florence Susan Harrison not the English artist Emma Florence Harrison. A beautiful copy of Harrison's second book scarce in the American issue and in this condition. 9'' x 11.25''. Original green pictorial cloth gilt. Green patterned endpapers. Printed on heavy dark green paper. Illustrated by Harrison with elaborately ornamented title page lettered in red 21 tipped-in color plates 10 full-page black-and-white designs and many black-and-white vignettes. A bit of the creasing to some plates as in virtually all copies due to a finishing fault with the publisher. Faint spotting to rear board and very minor rubbing to extremities. Blackie & Caldwell unknown
1905463919New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated "Autograph Edition". Octavo. 394pp. Blue cloth gilt. Collotype frontispiece portrait of the author. Old archival stamp on front fly one corner bumped light dampstains on the boards a bright about very good copy. Signed by the author in ink beneath her portrait.<br /> <br /> Florence Elizabeth Chandler the Alabama-born American wife of the socially prominent English cotton merchant James Maybrick was accused of poisoning him in 1889 after a tumultuous marriage and convicted at the end of a sensational trial on dubious evidence and despite highly irregular judicial proceedings. Mrs. Maybrick's admitted adultery was allowed to create enormous prejudice against her. She was sentenced to death but was eventually reprieved after much public outcry. She served 15 years in prison and upon her release spent the rest of her years penniless in America. Her case inspired many books and several novels including Strong Poison by Dorothy B. Sayers. The first copy of the autograph edition that we've seen. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover
1942173093New York City: E. Weyhe 1942. Number 201 of 250. Hardcover. VG-/VG- light foxing to text blocks moderate edge wear to glassine jacket. Red boards with gilt stamped lettering in a glassine jacket. 164 pages 76 pages of plates. Illustrations. Numbered 201 of 250. Includes bibliographical references pages 139-146 and index. E. Weyhe hardcover
