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By: Arnold, Sir Edward ; Gordon Browne (illustrator)
Price: $49.94
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribners: 1893
Edition: New Edition
Seller ID: 40607
Condition: Very Good
163 pages; Clean and secure in original red cloth binding with bevelled edges and elaborate decorative stamping in gilt to front cover with images of various wild animals and branches. Minor wear to cloth at spine ends. Fabulous cover design bears monogram HD or possibly HC (with C reversed). Several full page b&w illustrations by Gordon Browne. Frontispiece, 6 full page & 13 b&w text illustrations. Printed at Chiswick Press. View more info
By: Chaucer, Geoffrey ; Percy MacKaye ; Walter Appleton Clark (illustrator)
Price: $44.94
Publisher: New York, Fox, Duffield and Company: 1904
Edition: First Edition Thus
Seller ID: 39262
Condition: Very Good+
xiv, 236 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and a coulour illustration mounted to front board with a gilt border. OCLC: 1125960 Illustrated with six wonderful colour plates by Walter Appleton Clark. View more info
By: Crawford, Rebekah ; [SIGNED] ; Elizabeth Tousey
Price: $29.94
Publisher: New York, Donald W. Newton: 1910
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 40237
Condition: Very Good+
Autograph; Oblong quarto (10 3/4" by 12 1/4"). Inscribed and Signed by the author (Crawford) on the ffep - "To A. Edward Davis, Jr. / The life that is in time with the / melodies of Heaven cannot fail of / being happy. / Rebekah Crawford / Aug. 4th 1925." Otherwise clean and tight in original dark blue cloth binding with decorative stamping in red and green and gilt lettering on front cover. Beautifully illustrated book with full page plates on the left and poetic text about specific musicians on the right, each page in a wonderful decorative graphic border, many incorporating ... View more info
By: Edgeworth, Maria
Price: $24.94
Publisher: Philadelphia, Geo. S. Appleton: 1850
Seller ID: 38696
Condition: Very Good
62, 18 pages; Clean and tight in original red cloth binding with gilt titles at front cover and decorative stamping in blind to both boards. Two charming full page illustrated plates, hand-coloured. 18 pages of ads at rear with many wood engravings. Maria Edgeworth (1768 – 1849) was an Irish writer of adult and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. For her times, she held advanced views on estate management, politics and education, and she corresponded with some of the lea... View more info
By: Fosca, Francois
Price: $99.94
Publisher: Paris, Albin Michel, Editeur: 1929
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 39050
Condition: Very Good
Les Maitres Du Moyen Age Et De La Renaissance; 173 pp & 100 ff pages; Beautiful limited edition in Fine Leather Binding. A standard monograph on Tintoretto (text in French), with the original wrappers (including spine) neatly preserved in a handsome private binding of quarter brown morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine, top edges gilt, others trimmed rough. Copy number 768/1650 on papier Alfa. Minimal light rubbing to the spine. Freitag 9407. Text in French. Heavy oversize book - foreign shipping can be arranged. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating... View more info
By: Gilbert, W. S. and Arthur Sullivan
Price: $29.94
Publisher: London, Routledge & Sons: 1890
Seller ID: 38815
Condition: Very Good
268 pages; Clean and tight in original sand coloured cloth binding with gilt lettering & decorative stamping, teg. Cloth worn at spine ends. No date printed in the book, c1890. Delightful humourous drawings by Gilbert illustrate the lyrics and music of the 66 songs included. A very nice collection of music from their operas, with the scores by Sullivan. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. View more info
By: Multiple Authors
Price: $34.94
Publisher: New York, H. Dayton: c1850
Seller ID: 41223
Condition: Good
Parts 1 and 2 bound together; 218; 208 pages; Scattered foxing, otherwise unmarked and secure in original blue cloth binding, The extensive gilt decoration mostly rubbed away, cloth quite worn at spine ends and corners. Free endpapers lacking, contents complete, including three full page colour plates of flowers (Rhodedendrum, Calliopse, Poets Lily & Pink) and three b&w engravings (Ermena Gray, Ancient Athens, The Shadows of the Past) OCLC Number: 35897620 Contents include a poem titled Merry Christmas by Mrs. F. Burge Smith, a story titled Maggie Turner's Christmas Feast, two articles... View more info
By: Smith Jr, William ; Robert Anderson (illustrator)
Price: $34.94
Publisher: London, Adam and Charles Black: 1911
Seller ID: 40191
Condition: Near Fine
ix, 174 pages; Illustrated with Folding map, 20 colour plates after paintings by Robert Anderson. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in brown, white and gilt. Toning to endpapers, else a very nice copy of this beautiful book. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. View more info
By: Thompson, Ruth Plumly ; John R. Neill (illustrator)
Price: $99.94
Publisher: Chicago, The Reilly & Lee Co.: 1939
Seller ID: 39140
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
283 pages; Clean and tight in original orange cloth boards with wonderful bright colour illustration mounted on front board. John R. Neill's fabulous black and white illustrations throughout. Dustjacket has edgewear, chipping at spine ends, 1 1/2" closed tear at top edge of front panel near spine, original price intact ($1.75). ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. View more info
By: Thompson, Ruth Plumly ; L. Frank Baum & John R. Neill
Price: $39.94
Publisher: Chicago, Reilly & Lee: 1934
Seller ID: 41453
Condition: Very Good+
298 pages; Wonderful pictorial binding. Contents clean and tight in original green cloth binding with colour illustration mounted on front board depicting three characters floating about with colourful umbrellas. Black and white illustrations throughout. Date on copyright page is 1934. Speedy in Oz (1934) is the twenty-eighth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the fourteenth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill. This book features Umbrella Island, which floats in the sky, navigated via a huge umbrella. The king is not v... View more info
By: Weckerlin, J. B. ; Henri Pille
Price: $34.94
Publisher: Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres: 1880
Seller ID: 41224
Condition: Very Good
114 pages; Culs-de-lampe de Bourget graves par Lefman. A lovely book with charming engraved illustrations. Contents clean and tight in original tan cloth binding with decorative stamping in gilt and lettering in black on front cover. Some very minor flaking at front edge of a few leaves. No date printed in book, but paper, illustrations and binding style suggest 1880s. A small superficial spot to cloth at bottom edge of front board. Text in French. A delightful collection of songs and rounds for children with music and illustrated with four wonderful full-page chromolithographs and dozens ... View more info
