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192919847New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. Very Good in Fair dj. 1929. 2nd printing. Hardcover. book is lightly worn with a touch of dust-soiling and faint spotting on the top edge of the text block; the jacket alas is badly compromised due to a large chunk having been torn away from the top left corner of the front panel taking with it about half of the title. "Body horror" novel about the psychological havoc wrought upon a famous pianist when his hands mangled in an accident are surgically replaced by those of a recently-executed murderer. Originally published in France in 1920 the novel was first filmed as a 1924 silent in Austria directed by Robert Wiene of "Caligari" fame; subsequent movie versions acknowledging the source novel were MAD LOVE 1935 starring Colin Clive and Peter Lorre and THE HANDS OF ORLAC 1960 with Mel Ferrer and Christopher Lee. It was also unofficially remade without source attribution as HANDS OF A STRANGER 1962 and is often acknowledged as an inspiration for the 1946 thriller THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS. Rare in the dust jacket this example of which apart from the noted large missing piece is virtually unworn and is a great candidate for professional restoration. Alternatively one could take the much less expensive approach of obtaining a beautiful facsimile of the original jacket from the well-known purveyor of such things; details upon request. . E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover books
1903196426New York.: R.F. Fenno & Company. circa 1903. red hard back. very good book with no dust jacket; bumped corners shelf wear spine faded. 8vo. R.F. Fenno & Company. hardcover books
190212976London and New York: Longmans Green and Co 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. A tight well-preserved copy of the 1st edition of this early entry in the legendary turn-of-the-century "Golliwoggs" series c. 1902. Solid and VG in its wonderful pictorial boards with light soiling to the panels. Lavishly illustrated in color by Florence K. Upton the verses supplied by her mother Bertha Upton. Oblong octavo the rich illustrations uniformly bright and clean. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
190518743London: Longmans Green & Co 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Florence K. Upton. Oblong 4to. 66pp. Brown cloth spine pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 32 full page color plates including the title page and numerous illustrations on the text. Boards somewhat rubbed some fingerling smudges on the pages but a very good copy. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
190619013London: Longmans Green & Co 1906. Hardcover. Very good. Florence K. Upton. Oblong 4to. 66pp. Cloth spine pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 32 full page color plates including the title page numerous illustrations in text. Boards somewhat rubbed soiled and edgeworn; some fingerling smudges on the pages else a very good copy. No date on title page. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
190212974London: Longmans Green & Co 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. The 1st edition of this early installment in the legendary "Golliwogg" series c. 1902. Wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Florence K. Upton verses by her mother Bertha Upton. An oblong quarto solid and VG in its pictorial boards with light soiling to the panels. The binding is very firm the color illustrations are uniformly clean and bright. A handsome very presentable copy. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
190319008London: Longmans Green & Co 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Florence K. Upton. Oblong 4to. 66pp. Cloth spine pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 32 full page color plates including the title page numerous illustrations in text. Boards somewhat rubbed soiled and edgeworn; some fingerling smudges on the pages else a very good copy. The page facing the title page lists the previous seven Golliwogg books as well as the Vege-Men's Revenge. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
1896RUPTGOL00EFLongmans Green & Company 1896. Very Good. Upton Florence K. illustrator. The Golliwogg's Bicycle Club. Upton Bertha. London: Longmans Green & Company 1896. 62pp. Illustrated. Oblong 4to. 1/4 blue cloth and illustrated boards. Book condition: Very good with lightly soiled boards and rubbed edges. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown and gift inscription to contemporary owner on front free endsheet. Title page is faintly yellowed and spotted. Pages have a few small faint stains in margins but content is crisp and clean. Fantastically illustrated. A scarce copy in remarkable condition. Consignment. Longmans, Green, & Company hardcover books
1896001150London New York and Bombay: Longmans Green & Co. 1896. Hardcover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Oblong 11 By 9 Inches. 63 pp. Full color plate illustrations not quite every other page with text illustrations interspersed in margins of comic verse. One of the best of the politically dubious relics of late nineteenth century children's literature. It is hard to say whether the infectious humor of the illustrations or of the fluent inspired doggerel almost certainly emulated by the likes of Roald Dahl is the bigger draw. Probably the rarest of the highly desirable Golliwogg series this one taking our characters to Paris Japan and Africa. This copy has considerable soilage on the boards which are illustrated paper pasted onto the boards. Shelfwear along edges and corners. Original spine band survives with some wear by tips and rubbing along gutters. Interior tight. Some scattered soilage to pages but text and especially the illustrations remain attractive. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover books
190112975New York London and Bombay: Longmans Green & Co 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Florence K. Upton. A solid presentable copy of the 1901 1st edition. Tight and VG small chip at the front endpaper rear endpaper torn and re-taped in its pictorial boards with light soiling to the panels and very light staining along the rear panel's upper tip. Oblong octavo wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Florence K. Upton the verses supplied by her mother Bertha Upton. The 6th title in this legendary early 20th century children's series. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
190519010London: Longmans Green & Co n.d. 19051. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Florence K. Upton. Oblong 4to. 66pp. Green cloth spine pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 32 full page color plates including the title page and numerous illustrations on the text. Boards somewhat rubbed upper inner hinge neatly repaired some fingerling smudges on the pages but a very good copy. Page opposite title shows previous five Golliwogg books and the Vege-Men's Revenge. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
1898277609New York.: Longmans Green & Co. no date circa 1898. red cloth binding with paper covered boards. fair with no dust jacket: damp stains faded and frayed spine shelf wear and very worn edges on cover with some of the paper torn off the cardboard owner’s inscription on ffep soil on pages-As Is. oblong4to. Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover books
1898277607New York.: Longmans Green & Co. no date circa 1898. green cloth binding with paper covered boards. fair with no dust jacket: damp stains faded and frayed spine shelf wear and very worn edges on cover with some of the paper torn off the cardboard owner’s inscription on ffep soil on pages-As Is. oblong4to. Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover books
1946RPIEGOL00MELFlorence Pierce 1946. Very Good. Pierce Florence. The Golden Plates. NP: Florence Pierce 1946. First edition. 195pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Covers faintly scratched. One-inch crack in bottom of front joint. Rare in good condition. Florence Pierce unknown books
198661785bdDayton Ohio: Morningside Bookshop Reissued in One Volume in 1986. Octavo blue cloth hardcover gilt letters fold-out maps map illus. endpaper 1103 pp. Fine. Morningside Bookshop, Reissued in One Volume in 1986. hardcover books
1892315100New York: George Routledge & Sons 1892. First American edition. Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece illustrations of marked cards and other cheats. xi i 195 1 4 ads pp. 8vo. Publisher's lime cloth stamped in gold white and black t.e.g. A beautiful copy. First American edition. Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece illustrations of marked cards and other cheats. xi i 195 1 4 ads pp. 8vo. The rules and play of poker with a chapter on poker sharps describing marked cards and other cheats. Jessel 511 George Routledge & Sons unknown books
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 books
191117202New York: Putnam 1911. 1st edition. Not in Smith. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering surrounded by a floral design stamped in blind. White dust jacket echoing the binding design. NF/VG chip at top corner of rear panel. A nice copy in the uncommon dust jacket. 426 pp 6 pp publisher catalogue at rear. Color frontis by F. H. Townsend. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Putnam hardcover books
1908WB17336London: Adam and Charles Black 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Boards weak around edges. Previous owner inscription in ink. <br/><br/> Adam and Charles Black hardcover books
19435466Florence Alabama: The Church 1943. Octavo 23 x 15.5 cm. 171 v pages. Advertisements. Errata list page 1. Cover title. Table of contents. Third edition. A generous helping of more than nine hundred recipes clearly an act of perseverance to review and produce during wartime. Southern favorites stand in relief: Cracklin Bread Hush Puppies Ambrosia Daube Glacé Cabbage Au Gratin Creole Peas Fried Bananas Black Bottom Pie Pecan Cake. But this is a substantial revision of the second edition and the Women of Trinity Guild were noting with interest recipes from beyond their immediate sphere as much as was the case anywhere else. Three early instances of Italian-American spaghetti exemplify the cuisine's transition from "peasant" food to household staple. Florence is a well-known constituent municipality of The Shoals in Alabama's northwestern corner the birthplace of W. C. Handy and by extension it is often said the birthplace of the Blues. The seat of Lauderdale County the city and the surrounding region had become prosperous through its abundant access to water power early in the nineteenth century. Though not the first Episcopalian congregation established in Alabama - Anglicans had already settled in Mobile and Tuscaloosa - Trinity Church founded in 1836 and still an active community lays claim to the title of oldest parish in the Tennessee Valley. Several handwritten corrections in pencil otherwise clean and bright internally. In stapled black-lettered red wrappers worn at the corners and with some good sized chips to the spine. Front panel of wrapper is illustrated with a photograph of Wesleyan Hall University of North Alabama. Good only. Scarce. OCLC locates three copies of the present revised edition and one copy of the first edition 1929; a copy of the second edition 1931 is also known; none of these editions is included in Brown Cagle or Cather. [The Church] unknown books
19315467Florence Ala: The Church 1931. Octavo 22.5 x 14.5 cm. x 151 xxix pages. Advertisements. Table of contents. Stated second edition likely a corrected printing of the first edition. An evidently well-received collection of nine hundred recipes following closely upon the first edition of only two years previous with the same 151 pages. Southern favorites stand in relief: Southern Egg Bread Okra Gumbo Bishop Whipple Pudding Ambrosia Owendaw Asparagus Loaf Blackeye Peas Elder Blossom Wine Creole Pralines. But it would be misleading to truncate the story there for the Women of Trinity Guild could venture out as eagerly as their counterparts elsewhere from Almond Bisque and Lobster Canapes to Queen of Trifles and Banberry sic Tarts. Marginalia on page 110 comments on the Sponge Cake fine ".grand but a lot of work". For more local color an advertisement on the rear of wrappers is for "Dowdy's Pit Bar-B-Q Fish-Chili Lee Highway." ~ Florence is a well-known constituent municipality of The Shoals in Alabama's northwestern corner the birthplace of W. C. Handy and by extension it is often said the birthplace of the Blues. The seat of Lauderdale County the city and the surrounding region had become prosperous through its abundant access to water power early in the nineteenth century. Though not the first Episcopalian congregation established in Alabama - Anglicans had already settled in Mobile and Tuscaloosa - Trinity Church founded in 1836 and still an active community lays claim to the title of oldest parish in the Tennessee Valley. ~ Several pages splash-stained but text unobscured throughout. Stapled in blue wrappers titled in black; stained and faded but nonetheless intact. Good. A lengthy gift presentation handwritten in ink on page ix addressed to "a bride" as per page 48 with corresponding recommendations marking several recipes. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies of this second edition though one copy of the first edition and three copies of the revised third edition of 1943 are reported; none of these editions in Brown Cagle or Cather. [The Church] unknown books
1913265451Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1913. Hardcover. 352p. first edition color frontispiece three plates in black & white very good condition. Story of Brand an architect with dual personalities at war. Kelly a feminist and suffrage activist worked as a journalist and long-time book reviewer for the New York Times. The John C. Winston Company hardcover books
192422841New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket moderate shelfwear spine slightly turned two small tears in cloth at top of spine front hinge a little weak small bits of white paper residue on rear cover possibly from dust jacket having once been stuck to book; vintage Hollywood bookseller's label on front pastedown Unity Pegues 6417 Hollywood Blvd. Novel of a young woman on the prowl during the "Jazz Age" so-called. An ad in the back of the book characterizes it thusly: "Woman the eternal huntress in her search for the father of those children which shall be her gift to posterity is the theme of this striking first novel by a young American. It would be difficult to name another novel of recent years that treats of the sex problems of the younger generation as frankly and as withal as cleanly and vividly." One contemporary reviewer called it "one of the most unconsciously funny books which these weary eyes have ever contemplated." . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
187749092London: Longmans Green and Co 1877. Sixth Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED by Nightingale all in pencil on the half-title page. Modern binding of full brown calf stamped in blind. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG tideline visible to top edge. xxxi 1 blank 517 3 pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Nightingale presents the book to "Nurse Webb" adding "delivered from ship wreck by our almighty Father's care & entering on a new post of usefulness at Lincoln Hospital". Followed by her full signature and dated "Nov. 1878" <br /> <br />We know of this incident for on August 16 1878 Florence Nightingale wrote to her local church pastor at Crich Reverend Acraman recounting the ordeal: <br /> <br />"Dear Sir Four of our trained Nurses have been wrecked on their way home from Canada where they had been nursing for us at the Montreal General Hospital & were returning for further Nursing employment under us. The steamer was wrecked upon a reef two days out from Canada on July 2. All night she was beaten about & in danger of going to pieces. At day break the Captain lowered the passengers into a life boat but she drifted out to sea & again they were with difficulty saved. For a whole week till the 28th they were on an island whence an officer made his way to the nearest light house swimming two rivers which the crew would not cross or battened down in the hold of a small fish schooner without food or air in a terrific storm. On July 28 they were rescued by the Erl King Capt. Ed. Scott whose kindness we can never forget bound for Glasgow where they landed safe on Aug 9. <br /> <br />Would you allow me to return thanks for them our four Nurses in your church next Sunday <br /> <br />Their names are: <br />Nurse Styring <br />Nurse Wilson <br />“ Cross <br />“ Webb" <br /> <br />Might I say in any terms you would be good enough to use: <br /> <br />Florence Nightingale desires to return the most humble & hearty thanks to Almighty God for four trained Nurses returning home on duty from Canada who were wrecked on July 21 were saved three times from a watery grave & after severe sufferings for a week from exposure & hardship were rescued on the 28th by a vessel bound for Glasgow & safely landed on August 9 thro’ a merciful Providence. <br /> <br />Pray believe me Sir <br />ever your faithful servt <br />Florence Nightingale" <br /> <br />Cf. "Parish life with a troubled Vicar: Crich 1875-1900". Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
191690509NY:: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1916. Hardcover. B07GY4QG8S . With an introduction by J. W. Mackail. First edition thus. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner in 1916. Very good in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. . Charles Scribner's Sons, hardcover books
