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Henry Altemus Co 1899
Besides his famous works in collaboration with Sullivan, Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, a collection of light verse accompanied by his own comical drawings.
192 pages plus 30 page listings of Altemus publications.
4 1/4" X 6 3/8"
Cover is brown cloth with gold lettering and ornament and a color plate.
B & W illustrations and portrait frontis
Good condition: minor wear on cover corners. Original owner's initials and date inside front cover. small blemish inside front cover where a piece of pink tissue seems to be stuck.
Includes the following titles: 'The Yarn of The Nancy Bell', 'Captain Reece', 'The Bishop and the Busman', The Folly of Brown, The Three Kings of Chickeraboo, The Bishop of Rum-ti-Foo, To The Terrestrial Globe, General John, Sir Guy The Crusader, King Boria Bungalee Boo, The Troubadour, The Force of Argument, Only A Dancing Girl, The Sensation Captain, The Periwinkle Girl, Bob Polter, Gentle Alice Brown, Ben Allah Achmet, The Englishman, The Disagreeable Man, The Modern Major-General, The Heavy Dragoon, Only Roses, They'll None of 'em Be Missed, The Policeman's Lot, An Appeal, Eheu Fugaces-!, A Recipe, The First Lord's Song, When a Merry Maiden Marries, The Suicide's Grave, He and She, The Lord Chancellor's Song, Willow Waly, The Usher's Charge, King Goodheart, The Tangled Skein, Girl Graduates, The Ape and The Lady, Sans Souci, The British Tar, The Coming Bye and Bye, The Sorcerer's Song, Speculation, The Duke of Plaza-Toro, The Reward of Merit, When I First Put This Uniform On, Said I to Myself - Said I, The Family Fool, The Philosophic Pill, The Contemplative Sentry, Sorry Her Lot, The Judge's Song, True Diffidence, The Highly Respectable Gondolier, Don't Forget, The Darned Mounseer, The Humane Mikado, The House of Peers, The Aesthete, Proper Pride, The Baffled Grumbler, The Working Monarch, The Rover's Apology, Would You Know, The Magnet and the Churn, Braid The Raven Hair, Is Life a Boon?, A Mirage, A Merry Madrigal, The Love-Sick Boys
Derby & Jackson, New York, 1856
502 pages
5" X 7 1/2"
cloth hardcover is embossed with repeat pattern of crosses and stars
gilt on spine
Condition: fair to good condition - foxing - binding is still good, but showing some weak spots - cover cloth is fraying on edges and corners - other than 2 previousowners' names written inside, the book is clean. One page is discolored from one time having another piece of yellowing paper against it.
Description: Missing the cover and outer pages. A search online will show that this was indeed a wonderful colored illustration.
Still, the story: A Christmas Carol is complete and there are 28 illustrations by Charles Green R.I. - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in Prose: A Ghost Story.
Also included are an illustration of 3 young girl carolers for an ad for Eno's Fruit Salt, and ad for the Caligraph Typewriter; a full page ad for Cadbury's cocoa is an illustration of a chemist analyzing the purity of Cadbury's cocoa (signed JBB); a full page illustration advertising Pear's Soap (Two washer women discussing Pears Soap with a passing boy - possibly a chimney sweep?); Mazawattee tea; a stereoscopic camera; Humorous Bird's custard powder illustration (Custard without eggs) and more.
What's there is in fairly good condition, with some darkening of edges; a small tear and other damage on the bottom of the back page.
Includes pages 1 to 24 and pages vii to xii.
Size: 12" X 16"
With original illustrations by S. Eytinge Jr.
Ticknor and Fields 1867
Green cloth hardcover with Dickens' portrait embossed in gold on the front cover. Has a blind stamped version of the decorations on the front board appear on the back board as well.
"By a special arrangement made with me and my English Publishers, Messrs. Ticknor and Fields, of Boston, have become the only authorized representatives in America of the whole series of my books." Charles Dickens
523 pages
4 1/4" X 5 7/8"
Good clean condition - normal wear on edges of cover etc.
Not only is The House of Seven Gables one of my favorite books, but these illustrations really capture the moods of the book from austerity of the house to the street urchin entering the shop to buy a stale piece of gingerbread. The illustrations reflect styles of the time - sometimes reflecting art nouveau influences and other contemporary styles.
Condition: Ex- Library Copies - thus marked on front and back endpapers. Inside pages are clean, but the books do have some loose pages inside and the wear and tear on the covers. See pictures/
Size: 5 1/4" X 8"
Vol I 265 pages & Vol II 277 pages
Description:
Rackham began illustrating books in 1893 and this would be one of his earlier works. His 8th among 80+ titles. It predates the technology for colored prints that brought him to widespread acclaim with his illustrations of Rip Van Winkle in 1905. It lacks the fanciful creatures, but you can see the strength of his imagination and fluidity of line especially in the 2 prints in this book titled: "These Dauntless Men Worked Unceasingly" and "He Knew That She Was Dead".
Condition:
grey-blue cloth with gold lettering to the upper cover with a small embossed rose design to the centre, lettered in gold to the spine. A fair copy of this very scarce title. The spine is damaged and the hinging is weak and has a wobble. The front free endpaper is loose and has writing on it. The next page has a weird cut or tear out of the edge ( see pictures). The rest of the book is clean.
Size: 5 1/2" X 7 3/4"
342 pages + 2 pages publishers novels
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The Ivory Door - A Legend in a Prologue and Three ActsMilne, in his humorous preface, tries to assure his readers that the play is not at all like Winnie the Pooh, "Why should you read it? . . . For I think ( if an author may make these confessions) that it is the best play that I have written; even if it reminds me, not in the least of my favorite Pooh, but very much of an earlier play, not noticeably whimsical, The Truth About Blayds."
The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling: Plain Tales From The Hills (The Works of Rudyard Kipling Series, Vol 1)
Embossed elephant on front cover (see description below)
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1898 - Copyright 1897 By Rudyard Kipling
"Outward Bound" Edition
Illustrations: Rudyard Kipling (Frontispiece - photo); Lispeth; The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows; and Muhammad Din - " Note - The illustrations … have been modeled in clay by John Lockwood Kipling and photographed for these reproductions. The seal, with the lotus and svatstika (sic), on the title page (and cover) represents the elephant-headed Ganesha, the god of auspicious beginnings [with special relation to books]. The svatstika, the symbol of invocation of good luck, is found over most Hindoo (sic) doorways."
Faded reddish-brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration on the spine, gilt ruling to the front panel and circular gilt decoration at mid-cover (embossing of Ganesha). Deckled pages
Condition: fading of color of cover - hinges of cover beginning to separate - book interior is clean and tight.
Size: 5 5/8" X 8 1/2"
350 pages
Description:
Wonderfully illustrated version of the Rubaiyat, a collection of poems attributed to 11th century the Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam.
In its original slipcase.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac
De Luxe Edition
Garden City Publishing Co. Inc. Garden City New York
1937
Condition: The book is in very good condition with the following exception. Pages 163/164 & 165/166 have a tear midway up with some creasing. I tried to photograph this, but it doesn't show up too well. The slipcase shows wear and tear with cracking on the upper corners.
Size: 7" X 9 1/2"
197 pages
There are 3 books with the title "The House That Jill Built" but this one is hard to find. There are free online versions and print on demand, but this is the original.
Subtitle: "Detailing the Diversions of Dives and others on the Playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of drop-stitch History, picked up by a Newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian Nights' Entertainment."
The Mayhew Publishing Company Boston 1906
Deckled edges
First Edition Hardcover inscribed and signed by the author. "To my dear rector and friend Rev. I. Newton Phelps with the compliments of the author Lawrence Daniel Fogg"
That was signed in ink. Just below that in pencil is added the date September 1906. Unfortunately it looks like the pencil slipped when drawing the curlicue below the date and tore the endpaper.
Synopsis: The newspaperman goes to Hades interviews "Boss" Tweed, Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, Washington, Methuselah, Adam, Eve and Cain. Much of the contemporary history of the times colored this farce. Many of the references of the day may be lost to the contemporary reader, but punning never goes out of fashion. (Perhaps because it has never been in fashion.) One example; among other "interviews" - the newspaperman in Hades finds John Paul Jones and discusses Jones' wishes for the location of the re-internment of his body. It seems, that when Jones died in 1792, he was buried without much fanfare, but by 1905, several cities in the US were vying for the honor to re-bury this illustrious revolutionary war hero. This honor was given to Annapolis Maryland in 1906 - presumably after this book had gone to press.
Curiously among other discussions are how the engineers in Hades produce electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen to make water. "Up on earth, they need coal or its equivalent to furnish power to produce electricity. Down here we make it from the decomposition of water and permitting the oxygen and the hydrogen to re-unite." - note that this predates any scientific discussions on nuclear fusion. I am no scientist, but find it curious that Fogg was born the same year as Albert Einstein, who's works opened the field of fusion and that this reference comes out soon after Einstein's first major publication . . . hmmm?
Condition: Good condition - some foxing - pencil marks highlight reader's - cover corners are bent. - see pictures and description above.
Size: 5 1/2" X 7 3/4"
169 pages
I have made a kindle version available for this book HERE. Please contact us , if you're interested in getting a print on demand version and I will look into doing that as well.
Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft with a Preface, a Supplement.and a Bibliographical Note By W. Clark Durant
Constable, London, 1927
Marked: "This edition is limited to 700"
Includes prints of William Blakes' drawings for Mary Wollstonecraft's "Original Stories from Real Life"
Deckled pages
Condition: Former library book - fairly clean used copy with the exception of pages 118/119 where something was spilled on the book (coffee?). has minor foxing. Back cover is separating and green cloth cover is faded.
Size: 6" X 9"
352 pages
Publisher Redfield, New York, 1858
faded green cloth Hardcover
Fiction and Historical fiction in verse. Each story is preceded by a few pages giving context of the story.
Description:
The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Lida Keck Wiggins
- "Containing his complete poetical works, his best short stories, numerous anecdotes and a complete biography of the famous poet." - Illustrated
JL Nichols and Company listed as Publisher on Spine - The box for the publisher's name on the title page has been left blank. Copyright notices range from 1896 to 1907 listing 3 publishers: Dodd, Mead & Co; The Curtiss Publishing Company & The Century Company - probably indicated dates of publications of Paul Dunbar's writings.
Over 50 photographs and illustrations that correspond with his biography and his works.
Paul Dunbar was the first African American poet recognized and lauded on the national level. His work was recognized by 2 US presidents. His work has inspired other artists including Maya Angelou. He wrote poems in the southern dialect of the stereotypical southern black as well as writing in conventional English.
Condition: Title page has been cut - with Title removed. The Binding is loose. The color on the cover has been poorly touched up by a previous owner. Previous owner's name and address is embossed on the front free endpaper.
Size: 6 1/4" X 8 1/2"
430 pages
Description:The Deerslayer or the first war-path. With pictures by N.C. Wyeth.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons (1929)
Cover is illustrated along with endpapers and 9 illustrations inside.
No dust jacket
Condition: Good Condition. The rear free endpaper has a piece missing and has a tear. The cover is beginning to separate from the book and there is some darkening on the back end paper near the hinge. See the pictures.
Size: 7 1/8" X 9 3/8"
462 pages
The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate
Illustrated Edition
R Worthington, NY 1890
Condition: Fair to good condition. Binding is loose. Clean. Appears to be complete. Foxing on front pages. The link will show pictures I took of the illustrations with accompanying pages to get an idea of the condition.
Size:6" X 9 1/2"
456 pages
Description: The Adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, Nights at Mess and Other Tales
Published by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London 1849
Back endpaper has a label that says Bound by John Gray Edinburgh
Embossed brown cloth cover
Condition: Fair to good condition. Spine is half missing and apparently reglued upside down. Corners of boards are worn. Hinge has some play. Some pages have wrinkled near the hinge. See pictures.
Size: 4 1/2" X 7"
293 pages
A.K.A. "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders"
7 1/4" x 11 1/4"
© 1931 Hogarth Press New York
301 pp. Orange cloth (hardback) illustrated in gilt. Mostly good condition, though several pages have tears
Alexander King adds many wonderful illustrations to Defoe's classic morality story originally published in 1722
Fictional autobiography of Moll whose mother is sent to the plantations
in America. Moll remains in England with some gypsies. Many events conspire
to leave Moll married, widowed .... ruined ... further romantic hi-jinx
ensue when she ends up at a plantation in America. I won't spoil the surprise,
though maybe you've already seen this story given the Hollywood treatment.
Description: Latitude 19 Degrees: A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty (1898)
by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Being A Faithful Account And True, Of The Painful Adventures Of The Skipper, The Bo's'n, The Smith, The Mate, And Cynthia.
D Appleton and Co, NY, 1898.
Black and silver intertwined creature encircling an island on red cloth Decorative Cover.
Mary Bradford Crowninshield (1844 - 1913) married Lt. Cmdr. Arent Schuyler Crowninshield in 1870
These reviews (cropped for original publisher's advertising copy) from 1899: "A novel of incident of the open air, cf the sea, the shore, the mountain eyre and of breathing, living entities, who deal with Nature at first hand . . . The adventures described are peculiarly novel and interesting . . . Packed with incidnets, infused with humor and with, and faithful to the types introduced, this book will surely appeal to the large audience already won . . ." The New York Herald
"Adventurous and romantic enough to satisfy the most exacting reader . . . Abounds in situations which make the blood run cold, and yet, full of suprises, as it is, one is continually amazed at the plausibilty . . . Very entertaining with its dry humor." - Boston Herald
Condition: Good clean condition. The cover is a little faded and there's touch of white paint on the upper right corner. The hinge is still tight, but a bit flexible and the book sits slightly askew.
Size: 5 1/2" X 7 5/8"
418 pages + 6 pages publishers ads
Description: Published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York (1931)
Hardcover. No Dust Jacket.
Illustrations From the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
A Cosmopolitan Production
A novelization of Marion's own screenplay for the 1931 gangster film directed by George W. Hill featuring Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Ralph Bellamy.
9 Black and White Plates
Condition: Fair Condition - ex-library - staining and some pages are loose. There are sooty fingerprints from someone who was obviously so excited to read the book that they couldn't stop to wash their hands first. I've seen that this book should have 11 plates, in which case 2 plates are missing.
Size: 5" X 7 1/2"
199 pages
Description: Hardcover
Grove Press Inc 1964 (presumed 1st edition)
Condition: Fair to good condition. No dust jacket - a few stains on fore edge that do not seem to extend beyond 1/32" onto the pages. Cover is beginning to disconnect from the book. Hinging action is loose. but pages are snug and clean.
Size: 5 1/2" X 8 1/8"
159 pages
Description:
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night Volume II
Privately Printed by Burton, His statement is date 1885, but there is no indication of the publishing date. See the Wikipedia entry cited below for more precise date. Probably ca. 1905.
Numbered 725 of a limited edition of 1,000 - deckled pages - Gilt top edge.
" A Plain and Literal translation of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled (sic) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction and explanatory Notes on the Manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay Upon the History of the Nights. Vol II by Richard F. Burton"
Printed for the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only
With several illustrations and profusely annotated.
From the 35th Night of Scheherazade's tales (if not the 34th night) through the 124th night.
Covers the following Stories:
Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis
Tale of Ghanim bin Ayyub, the Distraught, the Thrall o' Love.
Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt.
Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur.
Tale of King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman and his sons Sharrkan and Zau Al-Makan, and what befel them of things seld-seen and Peregrine.
Tale of Taj al-Muluk and the Princess Dunya (The Lover and the Loved).
Tale of Aziz and Azizah.
Burton's translation was one of two unabridged and unexpurgated English translations done in the 1880s - For more about this version of the translation see the Wikipedia entry.
Condition: Good Condition - writing on free front endpaper.
Size: 6 5/8" X 9 3/4"
343 pages with index
Campbell's Poems
While the Preface of this " New Edition" is dated 1851, this book was published by Thomas Y Crowell & Co. NY. who began publishing in 1876.
Ex Library copy received by library in 1891
xliii page preface + 311 pages + 4 pages Crowell ads
5" X 7 3/8"
Edges are gilded. Cover is beginning to separate at inner hinges. Good clean condition inside except for foxing in front on title page and accompanying illustration. See pictures.
Description: The Works of William Shakespeare Edited by Charles Knight with Nearly Four Hundred Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, A.R.A.
Complete in One Volume
The John C. Winston Co. Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto (no publishing date)
Condition: Fair but usable. Clean. Front cover is detached as well as front free endpaper to title page. See pictures
Size: 7 1/4" X 9 5/8"
1120 pages (2 Vol. published as one volume and numbered 560 for each.)
Copyright 1914 by Claire Marie
Printed March, 1914
48 pages
5 5/8" x 9 1/2"
Very good condition. Deckled pages. Cover showing dirt. Original owner's name
inside front cover. Some foxing on the first few pages.
Wikipedia has a description of Allen Norton and his place in early 20th century poetry
Here's my favorite poem from the collection: (I'm no poetry critic, but it makes me think of a cross between Lewis Caroll and Bob Dylan.
There are no toilets in the Kings' corridors,
And so the dames made busy in the house,
Dusting the spider legs from mouse to mouse
And battling with the beetles on all fours.
"Oh, who would be a suffragette?" said one,
"Nay, who would be a riddle:" said a third;
The second answered nothing, but in fun
Was running ribbons in the humming bird.
We cannot feed each beggar in the land,
But when the Queen gave me her velvet hand
And whispered the gipsy in my ear,
I bought her thistle sandwiches and beer,
And then amid the dashing of the steeds
We danced the Turkey Trot like centipedes.
Description: Published by Gallimard, Paris, (1938) 294th edition
Reddish Brown half leather (Demi-cuir)
Gold lettering on binding
Marbled endpapers
Frontispiece portrait of Madame Curie in black and white
Eve Curie was the daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. After the death of her mother in 1934 , she wrote this biography.
Condition: Some chipping of the leather on the headband and on the left side of the top 2 raised bands. Inside is clean, though the edition used a pulp page inside which has uniformly aged.
Size: 6" X 8"
311 pages
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