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1844560207Philadelphia PA: Thomas Cowperthwait and Co. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1844. Hardcover. Small volume in faded brown cloth. Spine indicates volume 11 possibly Roman numeral 2 of Parley's Cabinet Library. Scattered light foxing throughout. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 320 pages . Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co hardcover
1856124615Geo. C. Rand & Avery 1856. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In brown cloth. Two-inch by one-inch area of lifting and lightening to brown to cloth on rear board. Else a very nice copy with light rubbing. Bookplate. Someone many years ago hand-colored- some partially- the plates. . Geo. C. Rand & Avery Hardcover
1844biblio2688<p>Boston: Thompson Brown & Company 1844. Profusely Illustrated. VeryGood Hardcover Blue cloth Gilt lettering no dj. Moderate edge wear. Some darkening of the spine . Clean Free of marks inscriptions etc. throughput. Strong original binding excellent hinges. 6.9"x5.0"x1.0". be10255</p> Thompson, Brown & Company hardcover
18992020181Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Company 1899 . Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. W.W. DENSLOW. Quarto 102 unnumbered pages pictorial boards rubbed edgeworn corners worn rebacked in brown leather with new endpapers. Ex libris Elsie Walch 1929. Note: it appears that young Elsie helpfully provided pencilled page numbers at the top of each page. <br/><br/>Verse by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow who of course also did THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ the next year. Hand-lettered by Ralph Fletcher Seymour his first big job after arriving in Chicago from Indiana. and before he began his Alderbrink Press. The final page is a drawing of Ralph Seymour by W. W. Denslow. Geo. M. Hill Company hardcover
19000005500Chicago: George M. Hill Company 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Good. W.W. DENSLOW. Quarto 84 pages pictorial boards rubbed edgeworn corners worn rebacked in brown leather with new endpapers. <br/><br/>Verse by L. Frank Baum. Music by Alberta N. Hall. There was only one printing of this edition. Bienvenue & Schmidt p. 171 report no known copies with a dust jacket. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow who of course also did THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. George M. Hill Company hardcover
1866000015011Saint Petersburg and Moscow: Published by the Bookseller and Printer M.O. Wolf 1866. Early printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. 5 6-106 pp. Turn of the twentieth-century striped multi-colored cloth with the title printed in red on a yellow paper label on the spine. Later endpapers and pastedowns. With 51 in-text black and white drawings by Ludviga Richtera. Date of 1866 on the title page a date of 1865 on the copyright page. Text and title page in Russian. A collection of Russian folk tales for children. Two bookplates on the front pastedown light foxing to the leaves. Published by the Bookseller and Printer M.O. Wolf hardcover
1886007348Asnières-sur-Seine: Boussod Valadon & Cie 1886. First Edition Thus. Full Decorated Morocco. Near Fine. Gorgeously bound with exquisite illustrations most of which are lushly hand-colored -- they could pass as fully rendered watercolors done directly onto pages. Folio 39 by 30 cm. Unpaginated with text and illustrations on rectos only with leaves of heavy card bound in with tabs. 33 illustrations aquarelles of Beaumont are replicated in the two stories. Some illustrations remain in black and white but most were hand-colored and to a high level. Crimson morocco decorated with gilt borders featuring various floreate decorations and lattice work Rococo in sensibility yet symmetrical. Silk pastedown endpapers. Note that the colophon in the back states the book was created or finished off in December 1886 but the spine gives the publication date as 1887. Both dates are surely accurate. Condition: A few small spots of soil on the morocco. Light scattered soiling and/or foxing -- overall the book still reads as clean. Small stamp in corner of front blank -- back of FFEP -- from Easton Neston Library. As this discreet stamp is the only sign of a library provenance the book has none of the negative associations people would make of ex-lib and we have priced the copy accordingly. Boussod Valadon & Cie unknown
186475329Paris Librairie de Madame Bachelin-Deflorenne, "Collection du Bibliophile" 1864 1 vol. Relié in-16, demi-maroquin marron, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, couvertures conservées, non rogné (Petit-Simier), 122 pp. Edition originale ornée en frontispice d'un beau portrait de la muse du poète gravé à l'eau-forte par G. Staal. Exemplaire sur vergé, parfaitement relié. Ex-libris gravé.
186475329Paris Librairie de Madame Bachelin-Deflorenne, "Collection du Bibliophile" 1864 1 vol. Relié in-16, demi-maroquin marron, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, couvertures conservées, non rogné (Petit-Simier), 122 pp. Edition originale ornée en frontispice d'un beau portrait de la muse du poète gravé à l'eau-forte par G. Staal. Exemplaire sur vergé, parfaitement relié. Ex-libris gravé.
186485841864 Paris , Librairie de Mme Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1864; in-16° broché, couverture gris-mauve imprimée e noir; (4), 123pp. Frontispice à l'eau-forte par G. Stall.
18861150734Danzig, Bertling, 1886. 10, 104 S., 5 Taf. OLwd (Gelenke innen verstärkt, stärker gebräunt).
1844rbr1wam039<p>Early Reprint 1893 Boston was 1st. printing. Original binding with cloth worn through on front board corner. 1/4" x 1/2" hole in lower edge of spine. Gilt is bright. Binding sound Internally unmarked. Blind stamped. </p> J. M. Allen hardcover
1836004859<p>Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart 1836 189 194 pages. Two volumes bound together in the 19th century in three-quarter brown leather and marbled boards. "81" written on the spine otherwise no other marks inside or outside. Front board partially loose but holding firm. The complete set is uncommon. Small 8vo. First Edition. 3/4 Leather Binding. Very Good.</p> E. L. Carey & A. Hart hardcover
1829027436New York: J. & J. Harper 1829. Two volume unmatched set first American edition of this novel about the civil wars in England. Both volumes have the same publisher and date and are bound in tan paper with pink cloth spines paper spine labels but volume I is about a quarter inch taller than volume II and the volumes are faded to different degrees. Volume I contains 212 pages preceded by an eight page publisher's catalog; volume II has 208 pages. Covers heavily worn with chipping to the spine labels and fraying to the cloth externally fair to poor but bindings sound name at top of vol. 1 title page and vol. II preliminary blank pages untrimmed with wide margins foxing throughout. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J. & J. Harper Hardcover
1885008866London: George Routledge & Sons 1885 8" x 9.5". 24 pgs. Paper wraps front cover printed in color edge wear closed tear near base of spine old bookseller sticker inside front cover. Published between 1886 and 1900 based on rear cover titles and size of book. This was Caldecott's last shilling picture book. The text a nonsense verse was written by Samuel Foote allegedly to test the actor Macklin who boasted that he could memorize anything with a single read-through Osborne pg 63. Illustrated with 6 color plates the balance in line. The best part is there is a bear wearing a dress!. Thwaite pg 197 Muir English Children's Books pg. 199 and British Book Illustrators 1860-1900 pg 36 C20. . Early Edition. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott. Small Oblong 4to. George Routledge & Sons unknown
1881132811881 un volume, reliure demi-chagrin rouge in-octavo Editeur (binding half shagreen in-octavo), dos 5 nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoré or (gilt decoration) filets or (gilt line) et à froid (blind-stamping decoration) fers spéciaux (caissons) (between the raised bands specials blocking stamps), reliure signée : Charles Magnier - titre frappé or (gilt title) - percale rouge sur les plats, cartonnage éditeur à plaques spéciales à froid monochromes (editor hard-back percale with specials covers editor for the cover), tête lisse (top edge smooth), toutes tranches lisses (all smooth edges) dorées (all edges gilt), orné de trés nobreuses illustrations in et hors-texte (in text and full page engraving) en noir par Léonce Petit, infimes rousseurs sur la page de titre mais parfait pour le reste (lightly redness marks), 305 pages, 1881 Paris PLON et Cie Imprimeurs Editeurs,
1893162993NY MCLOUGHLIN 1893 1893. GILT STAMPED NAVY BLUE CLOTH OVER GLAZED BLUE PICTORIAL BOARDS FRONT FREE ENDPAPER DETACHED. VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, MCLOUGHLIN, 1893 hardcover
1893162993NY MCLOUGHLIN 1893 1893. GILT STAMPED NAVY BLUE CLOTH OVER GLAZED BLUE PICTORIAL BOARDS FRONT FREE ENDPAPER DETACHED. VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NY, MCLOUGHLIN, 1893 hardcover books
18372401030010xbvkParis, Baudry's European Library, 1837. Titlepage, 354 pages. - Black-marbled stiff cardboard-binding with blank green spinelabel, grüner Sprenkelschnitt; 8vo.(ca. 21 x 14 x 2 cm).
1888009536London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1888 48 pgs. Grey-green cloth pictorially stamped in red ink cloth rubbed gift inscription thumbing to pages 2 pin holes through a number of pages. A facsimile of Doyle's 1842 manuscript which was sold at auction by Christie's and eventually published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1888. Each page contains hand-lettered text and color artwork reproduced from Doyle's manuscript. Scarce. Osborne pg 29. . Pictorial Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Richard Doyle. 4to. Eyre & Spottiswoode hardcover
1851008553New York: Elton & Co Publishers 18 Division Street 1851 Pictorial yellow paper wraps overall wear light soil and foxing uncolored. The familiar and sad verse about Jenny Wren with 8 engravings after Harrison Weir followed by 4 pages of the text of The Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go. This copy makes no mention of John McLoughlin and the publisher was located at 18 Division St in 1851 only. Scarce. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Weir . 16mo. Elton & Co, Publishers, 18 Division Street paperback
1886009502New York: McLoughlin Bros 1886 Covers printed in red green & black cover illustration signed W Momberger small loss to corner of cover base of spine with later stitching occasional soil but clean overall. A rather gruesome version of the Three Little Pigs illustrated with colored engravings printed on one side of paper only. AAS dates this version from around 1886. Pictorial Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Momberger and Other Engravings. Large 8vo. McLoughlin Bros unknown
189724<i>This book is over 122 years old. <br />"The Raven"</i> in particular—Poe investigates the loss of ideal beauty and the difficulty in regaining it. These pieces are usually narrated by a young man who laments the untimely death of his beloved. <i>"To Helen"</i> is a three stanza lyric that has been called one of the most beautiful love poems in the English language. The subject of the work is a woman who becomes in the eyes of the narrator a personification of the classical beauty of ancient Greece and Rome. <i>"Lenore"</i> presents ways in which the dead are best remembered either by mourning or celebrating life beyond earthly boundaries. In <i>"The Raven"</i> Poe successfully unites his philosophical and aesthetic ideals. In this psychological piece a young scholar is emotionally tormented by a raven's ominous repetition of "Nevermore" in answer to his question about the probability of an afterlife with his deceased lover. Charles Baudelaire noted in his introduction to the French edition of <i>"The Raven"</i>: "It is indeed the poem of the sleeplessness of despair; it lacks nothing: neither the fever of ideas nor the violence of colors nor sickly reasoning nor drivelling terror nor even the bizarre gaiety of suffering which makes it more terrible." Poe also wrote poems that were intended to be read aloud. Experimenting with combinations of sound and rhythm he employed such technical devices as repetition parallelism internal rhyme alliteration and assonance to produce works that are unique in American poetry for their haunting musical quality. In <i>"The Bells"</i> for example the repetition of the word "bells" in various structures accentuates the unique tonality of the different types of bells described in the poem.Poe's stature as a major figure in world literature is primarily based on his ingenious and profound short stories poems and critical theories which established a highly influential rationale for the short form in both poetry and fiction. Regarded in literary histories and handbooks as the architect of the modern short story Poe was also the principal forerunner of the "art for art's sake" movement in nineteenth-century European literature. Whereas earlier critics predominantly concerned themselves with moral or ideological generalities Poe focused his criticism on the specifics of style and construction that contributed to a work's effectiveness or failure. In his own work he demonstrated a brilliant command of language and technique as well as an inspired and original imagination. Poe's poetry and short stories greatly influenced the French Symbolists of the late nineteenth century who in turn altered the direction of modern literature. It is this philosophical and artistic transaction that accounts for much of Poe's importance in literary history.<br /><br />This book contains the first collection of Poems Poems and Tales. See Pictures Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1895389441895. EHON - FAIRY TALES BARBATOU P. CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. 2 volumes in 1. Tokio: MDCCCXCIV. Imprimerie de Tsoukidji-Tokio. Printer: Kimura Tokutarô; First Series printed September 20th published September 30th; Second Series printed October 10th published October 20th Meiji 27 1894. Large format plain paper book bound with the original covers into a contemporary Western style half leather binding. The first volume is 20 X 30 cm with 14 double page color woodcuts by Kano Tomonobu Kajita Hanko Kawanabe Kyôsui and Okakura Shôsô called for. The "deuxieme serie" is similarly bound 20 x 30 cm with 14 prints by the four previously listed artists along with Eda Sadashiko. This work with its French text and literary origins may be placed in the mainstream of an emerging international style in Japan. Yet it may be still be seen as squarely in the tradition of the Japanese illustrated book. It shares many of the characteristics of the revival of Japanese picture book printing in general at the end of the 19th century: an emerging Nihonga style which was an amalgam of theme and technique from East and West skilled printing increasingly restrained coloration etc. An interesting document of East-West cultural and artistic accommodation which gave rise to such hybrid vigor in world art. The bound-in covers and contents are perfect. However the leather binding is worn and was rebacked at some point. The two volumes complete and bound as one. unknown books
1895830091895. EHON - FAIRY TALES BARBATOU P. FABLES CHOISES DE FLORIAN. The first volume only. Paris: Librairie Marpon & Flammarion; Tokyo: Shueisha Meiji 28 1895. Fukuro toji cord-bound in printed paper covers. This first volume is 26.6 X 19.8 cm with 14 full page color woodcuts by Kano Tomonobu and Kajita Hanko. #167 of 200 from a deluxe edition on Japanese hosho paper. Covers soiled and a bit edgeworn one cvorner chipped. The contents are very good and the impressions and colors are quite lovely. This work despite its French text may be seen as squarely in the tradition of the Japanese ehon and it shares many characteristics of the revival of picture book printing in mid to late Meiji demonstrated by other works: an emerging Nihonga style skilled printed increasingly restrained coloration etc. In that context the large scale of its illustrations renders it particularly interesting. The first volume only of two. unknown books