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‎Villon Francois.‎

‎BALLADS DONE INTO ENGLISH FROM THE FRENCH OF FRANCOIS VILLON.‎

‎pp. viii, 43, (1)[Notes]. Mosher's anchor and dolphin device printed in red on title and limitation pages. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Uncut. Small 8vo. Original full paper binding, front hinge cracked. Original spine and front cover paper labels. Hardbound. Third edition. Limited Edition of only 950 copies. Nice copy. Ballads translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne and John Payne. PRESS/W39‎

‎Wilde, Oscar.‎

‎THE PORTRAIT OF MR W. H.‎

‎75p. Title page printed in red and black. Printed on Japan vellum. Partially unopened. Small 24mo. Original stiff printed Japan vellum wraps with large red initial on front cover. Slightly soiled. Limited Edition of only 425 copies. Third Edition. Nice example." The story is about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr W.H., the enigmatic dedicatee of Shakespeare's Sonnets. It is based on a theory, originated by Thomas Tyrwhitt, that the Sonnets were addressed to one Willie Hughes, portrayed in the story as a boy actor who specialized in playing women in Shakespeare's company. This theory depends on the assumption that the dedicatee is also the Fair Youth who is the subject of most of the poems. The only evidence for this theory is a number of sonnets (such as Sonnet 20) that make puns on the words 'Will' and 'Hues." - Wiki. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. - Wiki. PRESS/W39. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎Aristophanes.‎

‎THE BIRDS. With an Introduction by Dudley Fitts and Illustrations by Marian Parry. Bound With: THE FROGS. Translated From The Greek By William James Hickie. With An Introduction By Gilbert Seldes and Wood-Engravings By John Austen. Collector's Edition.‎

‎pp. xii, 52; xviii, 62. Illustrated with text drawings and wood engravings. Green silk moire endpapers. All edges gold gilt. Original green page ribbon. 4to. 390 mm. Original full green leather binding gold decorated in an over-all design of birds in flight. Spine with same gold design and raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, left blank. This Collector's Edition is published in advance for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W75 # 300PR.‎

‎Fielding, Henry.‎

‎THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES. A Foundling. Mores hominum multorum vidit. Illustrations by T. M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather.‎

‎pp. xvii, 780 + Plus color frontis. Full page color illustrations by T. M. Kronenberger. Pale orange silk moire endpapers. All edges gold. Original pale orange page ribbon. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, not filled in. 4to. Original full maroon deep morocco grain leather binding with gold Gothic like designs through out. Gilt decorated and lettered spine with raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". PRESS/W75.‎

‎Fielding, Henry.‎

‎THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ANDREWS and his Friend Mr Abraham Adams. Wood-Engravings by Derrick Harris.‎

‎pp. xviii, 304. Wood engravings by Derrick Harris. Title page ornately ruled in black. Endpapers beginning to brown. 8vo. Original full patterned cloth binding. Spine darkened and worn. Original leather spine label chipped. Hardbound. PRESS/W74‎

‎Plato.‎

‎LYSIS, OR FRIENDSHIP. THE SYMPOSIUM PHAEDRUS. Translated from the Greek, with Introductory Analyses, by Benjamin Jowett. With a Preface by Whitney J. Oates and Illustrations by Eugene Karlan. Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather.‎

‎pp. xv, 208 + Plus color frontis and full page drawings by Eugene Karlin. Maroon silk moire endpapers. All edges gold. Original maroon page ribbon. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, not filled in. 4to. Original full maroon leather binding gold decorated over-all with gold borders, arabesque panels and center sun burst designs. Spine with gold arabesque design and raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W75‎

‎Thackeray, William Makepeace.‎

‎VANITY FAIR. A Novel without a Hero. ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO HUNDRED DRAWINGS MADE BY THE AUTHOR FOR THE FIRST EDITION. With an introduction by John T. Winterich. Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather.‎

‎pp. xxii, 759 + Plus color frontis. Illustrated with over Two Hundred drawings by the author from the First Edition. Pale blue silk moire endpapers. All edges gold. Original pale blue page ribbon. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, not filled in. 4to. Original full blue leather binding with gold borders and lily-of-th-valley gold designs on both boards. Gilt decorated and lettered spine with raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". PRESS/W75‎

‎Sassoon, Siegfried.‎

‎SHERSTON'S PROGRESS. Drawings by John Lawrence.‎

‎171p. Line drawings by John Lawrence. 8vo. Original full pictorial cloth binding. Slipcase. Hardbound. Crisp copy. PRESS/W74‎

‎Surtess, R. E.‎

‎MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. With Colour Plates by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne.‎

‎430p. + Plus color frontis and full page color illustrations by John Leech. The collotype base of the plates has been printed by Chiswick Press and the hand coloring carried out by M. Johnson. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, 11-20-52. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine labels. Spine very slightly faded. Hardbound. Nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W74‎

‎Taylor, Philip Meadows.‎

‎CONFESSIONS OF A THUG. Edited with an Introduction by Brian Rawson. Drawings by Clarke Hutton.‎

‎372p. Full page text drawings by Clarke Hutton. Map endpapers. Top edge green. 8vo. Original full buckram binding, embossed in green and gold. Hardbound. Original slipcase, cracked at top edge. Though slipcase is cracked, this is a very nice copy. PRESS/W74‎

‎Stevenson, Robert Louis.‎

‎THE BEACH OF FALESA. Introduction by J.C. Furnas. Illustrated with paintings by Millard Sheets.‎

‎pp. (xvii), 113 (1). Small folio. Designed, printed, and bound by Ward Ritchie. Set in Intertype Waverly; on Linweave Paper, deckle edged. Bound in paper boards decorated by the artist, backed in brown cloth. Slipcase covered in rice paper, slightly soiled. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A fine example. From Wiki: The story is told in the first person by John Wiltshire, a British copra trader on the fictional South Sea island of Falesá. Upon arriving on the island, he meets a rival trader named Case, who (in an apparently friendly gesture) arranges for him to be "married" to a local girl named Uma in a ceremony designed to impress the natives but to be completely non-binding in the view of Europeans. Wiltshire soon discovers that Uma has a taboo attached to her which causes all the other natives to refuse to do business with him, to Case's profit. He also hears rumors of Case having been involved in the suspicious deaths of his previous competitors. Although realising that he has been tricked, Wiltshire has genuinely fallen in love with Uma, and has their marriage legalised by a passing missionary. Wiltshire gradually learns that Case's influence over the villagers stems from their belief that he has demonic powers, as a result of his simple conjuring tricks as well as strange noises and visions they have experienced at a "temple" he has built in the forest. Upon investigating, Wiltshire finds that these experiences are also tricks produced by imported technologies such as luminous paint and Aeolian harps. Wiltshire sets out that night to destroy the temple with gunpowder. Case confronts him and the two men fight, resulting in Case's death. The story concludes with Wiltshire several years later living on another island, still happily married to Uma, worrying about what will happen to his mixed-race children. Stevenson saw "The Beach of Falesá" as the ground-breaking work in his turn away from romanticism to realism. Stevenson wrote to his friend Sidney Colvin: 'It is the first realistic South Seas story; I mean with real South Sea character and details of life. Everybody else that has tried, that I have seen, got carried away by the romance, and ended in a kind of sugar candy sham epic, and the whole effect was lost - there was not etching, no human grin, consequently no conviction. Now I have got the smell and look of the thing a good deal. You will know more about the South Seas after you have read my little tale than if you had read a library.' In an unusual change for Stevenson, but in-line with realism, the plot of the story is less important, rather the realistic portrayal of the manners of various social classes in island society is foregrounded; it is essentially a novel of manners. As Stevenson says to Colvin in a letter, "The Beach of Falesá" is "well fed with facts" and "true to the manners' of the society it depicts." Other than the island itself which is fictional, it contains the names of real people, real ships and real buildings which Stevenson was familiar with from his personal travels in the South Seas. W42 L‎

‎Boswell, James.‎

‎THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. EDITED BY CLEMENT SHORTER. TEN VOLUMES.‎

‎Ten Volumes. Full page engraved illustrations. Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Uncut and unopened. Top edges gold. XLib stamp on title pages. Large 8vo. Original Japan vellum backed paper boards. Original paper spine labels. XLib shelf number stamped on spine. Hardbound. Temple Bar Limited Edition. Number 694 of only 786 copies of which 35 are not for sale. Though XLib a very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W53‎

‎Aeschylus.‎

‎THE ORESTEIA. Agamemnon / The Libation-Bearers / The Furies. Translated from the Greek by E.D.A. Morshead. With an Introduction by Rex Warner. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton.‎

‎pp. (19), 177 + Plates after oil paintings by Michael Ayrton. Designed by Adrian Wilson; printed by A. Colish; set in LEC Special Janson and American Unical; Curtis Antique paper. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in brown natural finish cloth, backed in crimson cowhide leather, gold. Folio. Slipcase shows the slightest wear. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A very fine copy of these great classic dramas. It would make a wonderful gift. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W38‎

‎Davis, Richard Harding.‎

‎ABOUT PARIS.‎

‎pp. x, 219 + frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page drawings. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gold. Bookplate of Charles P. Stahr, a prominent Lancaster County, PA physician in the 1920's. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding with gold decorated and lettered spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was a famous American author and journalist. In 1890 he became managing editor of Harper's Weekly and began making trips in its behalf to various parts of the world. As a foreign correspondent he covered all the wars of his day and published several books recording his experiences. His war dispatches were colorful and dramatic. His other writings include some of the best tales to come out of the Edwardian era. This lovely copy would make a fine gift. W53‎

‎British Theatre.‎

‎THE BRITISH THEATRE; OR, A COLLECTION OF PLAYS, WHICH ARE ACTED AT THE THEATRES ROYAL, DRURY LANE, COVENT GARDEN, HAYMARKET, AND LYCEUM. PRINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MANAGERS, FROM THE PROMPT BOOKS. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL REMARKS BY MRS. INC‎

‎Twelve Volumes. Engraved illustrations. All edges marbled. Slightly age stained. 12mo. Original full cloth bindings, decorated in blind. Gilt lettered spines. Slight loss at head and tail of spines. Hardbound. A large collection of English plays. Each work bound with an individual title page, and sometimes an engraved frontispiece. Pagination not continuous. Fascinating collection of early nineteenth century plays. A very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W56‎

‎Burroughs, John.‎

‎THE BREATH OF LIFE.‎

‎pp. x, 295 + Frontis. Uncut. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered. Hardbound. Very nice copy. SET/W47‎

‎Davis, Richard Harding.‎

‎THREE GRINGOS IN VENEZUELA AND CENTRAL AMERICA.‎

‎pp. xi, 282 + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page drawings, photographs and a map. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gold. Bookplate of Charles P. Stahr. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding with gold decorated and lettered spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was a famous American author and journalist. In 1890 he became managing editor of Harper's Weekly and began making trips in its behalf to various parts of the world. As a foreign correspondent he covered all the wars of his day and published several books recording his experiences. His war dispatches were colorful and dramatic. His other writings include some of the best tales to come out of the Edwardian era. This lovely copy would make a fine gift. W53‎

‎Burroughs, John.‎

‎FRESH FIELDS.‎

‎284 + Photo frontis. Uncut. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered. Hardbound. Very nice copy. SET/W47‎

‎Disraeli, Isaac.‎

‎CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. WITH A VIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE AUTHOR. BY HIS SON, THE RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI. FOUR VOLUMES IN THREE. FROM THE FOURTEENTH CORRECTED LONDON EDITION.‎

‎Four volumes in three. Portrait frontis in volume one. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings, embossed in blind. Gilt lettered spines. Hardbound. Nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W55‎

‎Davis, Richard Harding.‎

‎OUR ENGLISH COUSINS.‎

‎pp. x, 228 + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page drawings. Uncut. Top edge gold. Bookplate of Charles P. Stahr. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding with gold decorated and lettered spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was a famous American author and journalist. In 1890 he became managing editor of Harper's Weekly and began making trips in its behalf to various parts of the world. As a foreign correspondent he covered all the wars of his day and published several books recording his experiences. His war dispatches were colorful and dramatic. His other writings include some of the best tales to come out of the Edwardian era. This lovely copy would make a fine gift. W53‎

‎Burroughs, John.‎

‎SIGNS AND SEASONS.‎

‎271p. + Photo frontis. Uncut. Top edge gold. Inked poem of Henry van Dyke on verso of contents page. A few leaves stained with old newspaper clippings. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered. Hardbound. Nice copy. SET/W47‎

‎Burroughs, John.‎

‎WAKE-ROBIN.‎

‎pp. vi, 233 + Photo frontis. Uncut. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of Marion Fox Dippell. Front endpapers stained by old newspaper clipping. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered. Hardbound. Nice copy. SET/W47‎

‎Gibbon, Edward.‎

‎THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. With Notes, By The Rev. H. H. Milman. A New Edition to Which is Added a Complete Index of the Whole Work. In Six Volumes.‎

‎Six Volumes. Portrait frontis in Volume One. Bookseller's label in Volume Three. All volumes age stained. Inked ownership of Joseph V. Diehl all volumes. Large 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth bindings, embossed in blind and lettered in gold. Volumes worn with loss at head of spines. Hardbound. Though some wear, this is a nice set of Gibbon's Decline and Fall. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W46‎

‎Davis, Richard Harding.‎

‎THE WEST FROM A CAR-WINDOW.‎

‎243p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page plates. Uncut. Top edge gold. Bookplate of Charles P. Stahr, a prominent Lancaster County, PA physician in the 1920's. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding with gold decorated and lettered spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was a famous American author and journalist. In 1890 he became managing editor of Harper's Weekly and began making trips in its behalf to various parts of the world. As a foreign correspondent he covered all the wars of his day and published several books recording his experiences. His war dispatches were colorful and dramatic. His other writings include some of the best tales to come out of the Edwardian era. This lovely copy would make a fine gift. W53‎

‎Thompson, Francis.‎

‎THE WORKS OF FRANCIS THOMPSON. THREE VOLUMES.‎

‎Three Volumes. Portrait frontis. Foxed. Uncut. Top edges gold. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings, lettered and decorated in gold. Hardbound. Worn set. Francis Thompson (1859-1907) was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, became addicted to opium, and was a street vagrant for years. A married couple read his poetry and rescued him, publishing his first book Poems in 1893. Thompson lived as an unbalanced invalid in Wales and at Storrington, but wrote three books of poetry, with other works and essays, before dying of tuberculosis in 1907. SET/W50‎