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1879005242New York: Cassell Petter Galpin & Co 1879. Very Good boards rubbed end pages foxed period gift inscription dated 1886 front end page. Charmingly illustrated by Kate Greenaway M.E. Edwards Walter Goodman and others. 18 stories 228 pages. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, Hardcover books
1833WRCLIT17653Boston 1833. Original cloth neatly rebacked original spine label preserved. Tiny flaw in free endsheet otherwise a very nice copy. A curious anthology without publisher's imprint or copyright notice. The contents are comprised of literary sketches as well as a goodly number of ghost stories and well known tales such as "The Man with the Iron Mask" "The Grey Ghost of the Maelstrom" "Nautical Ghost Story" etc. The whole concludes with a few temperance and anti- snuff anecdotes. An interesting little anthology though most of the contents were in all likelihood lifted from British sources. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 20508 4 copies located. hardcover books
1889008589Boston: D. Lothrop Company 1889. SCARCE Publisher's Promotional Copy for D. Lothrop Company's "Wide Awake Magazine" complete with order form bound in as front end page. "Wide Awake" published several popular authors of the period including Margaret Sidney Edward Everett Hale and Sarah Orne Jewett. Numerous illustrations approx 110 pp of text does not contain the complete text of the first edition unpaginated. Very Good Plus light wear at edges and corners toning to end pages text pages evenly browning. . First Thus. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Lothrop Company Hardcover books
1890007837Philadelphia: Sunshine Publishing Co. 1890. Very Good in original publisher's cloth stamped in gilt and with blue green and white floral decorations all edges gilt green patterned floral end pages cloth rubbed at spine ends and corners two pages at center of book free from binding front hinge starting at top edge. An attractive clean copy with all engravings present and quite lovely. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Sunshine Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1887002646New York: The Century Co. 1887. Very Good in the wonderful pictorial glazed boards. Rubbed at the tips with slight paper loss at the spine tips. A few pages with light marginal soiling. Prior owner gift inscription in pencil on presentation page. Still overall a Very Good and pleasing copy of this 1st title in the classic Brownies series and with Cox's charming illustrations on every page. First Edition Second State with the De Vinne seal near the bottom of the copyright page. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cox Palmer. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Century Co. Hardcover books
1887L0271xii144 pages Illustrated throughout. Quarto 10 3/4" x 8 1/2" bound in original pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket in a custom slipcase. First edition first state with the De Vinne Press seal immediately below the copyright notice.<br /><br /><i>The Brownies</i> is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children <i>The Brownies</i> was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Not unlike fairies and goblins Brownies are imaginary little sprites who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. Never allowing themselves to be seen by mortal eyes they are male drawn to represent many professions and nationalities all mischievous members of the fairy world whose principal attribute is helping with chores while a family sleeps. The Brownie characters became famous in their day and at the peak of their popularity were a pioneering name brand within merchandising. The first appearances of Brownie characters in a print publication took place in 1879 but not until the February 1881 issue of <i>Wide Awake</i> magazine were the creatures printed in their final form. The first proper story The Brownies' Ride appeared in the February 1883 issue of the children's periodical <i>St. Nicholas Magazine</i>. Published in 1899 <i>The Brownies Abroad</i> is considered the first Brownie comic strip though it didn't utilize speech balloons until the publication <i>The Brownie Clown of Brownie Town</i> of 1908. From 1903 <i>The Brownies</i> appeared as a newspaper Sunday strip for several years. The first compilation <i>The Brownies Their Book</i> was published in 1887 followed by 16 books in the series until the last in 1918.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Rubbing to boards and spine extremities; marginal damp-staining through majority of leaves ownership inscription. Dust jacket damp-stained some wrinkling and creasing few small chips a better than good copy in scarce like jacket. The Century Company hardcover books
1870008770Boston: Roberts Brothers 1870. 341 pages with 10 pages publisher's ads price for the 2 volume Little Women set at terminal page $3.00. Title page states "with iIllustrations" and dated 1870 copyright page dated 1868. In terra cotta cloth with gilt vignette front cover and spine. dark brown end papers. Frontispiece illustration and 3 illustrations in text. Good cloth torn at rear hinge cloth worn at corners and edges end papers chipped at cotners and small edge tears scattered toning throughout faint prior owner name in pencil front brown end page dated 1871. Nonetheless a complete early printing of part I of this enduring and endearing classic. . Later Printing. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Roberts Brothers Hardcover books
1899007161France: Eragny Press 1899. Published in an edition of 224 copies 200 of which were for sale. In original pale blue decorative paper boards gilt lettering front cover 2 gilt decorations at spine with lovely wood engravings and decorative initials designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro printed on handmade paper. Very Good spine a bit darkened endpages with usual toning small bookseller's stickers bottom edge front and rear paste downs. A quite charming edition of these classic fairy tales. . Limited Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Eragny Press Hardcover books
