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1918rif. 16025London: T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd 1918. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Descend into the depths of enchantment on a spiral staircase of stories by the Brothers Grimm Hans Christian Andersen Nathaniel Hawthorne Maria Edgeworth Ouida the women's suffragist animal rights activist and socialist Mary de Morgan and more! In this circa 1918 collection bound in cloth the color of pumpkin spice and bearing a witch whisking away a slumbering child on its cover you'll encounter a girl who marries a skull magic candles that summon fairies good or bad based on one's intentions enchanted streams guarded by fearsome dragons and a princess who escapes the unbearable politeness of the court when a witch places an automaton in her stead as well as timeless tales from Celtic Norse Italian West African Russian Japanese Greek and Arthurian folklore. This "staircase of stories" is arranged by ascending complexity for growing readers from ages 4 to 14 and beyond bountifully illustrated in a color frontispiece by Minnie Dibdin Spooner 30 colored plates and 41 black and white plates 4 of which have been colored in rather well by a previous reader by such artists as Cecile Walton Katharine Cameron Olive Allen Evelyn Beale Cecil Aldin and the great Walter Crane. 9 1/4" X 6 3/4". viii iv 521pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in deep orange cloth over boards with color pictorial plate of M. D. Spooner's rendering of the witch and princess from Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" to upper board lettered in black to upper board and spine with small vignettes of owls and staircase stamped in black. Moderate wear to binding with rubbing bumping and small tears to corners and head and tail of spine as well as faint scattered scratching and soiling to cloth. Substantial foxing to edges of text block and preliminaries with scattered foxing to pages throughout and small neat tear to margin of pages 25-26. Bookseller's ticket of J. J. Banks & Son of Imperial Library Cheltenham to front pastedown. Toning to endpapers. Binding is sound. Fully illustrated throughout in 31 color plates and 41 black and white plates with black and white plates facing pages 235 286 509 and 514 colored in rather well by a previous owner. Christmas card signed Maude and drawing of sailboats laid in. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd hardcover books
1896rif. 00559STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS Scribners 1896 first edition 10 volumes a vg set. These 10 volumes subtitled London England Scotland Ireland France Africa The Sea Germany Italy & The Orient contain short stories by: Hardy Collins 2 Hope Reade Ouida 2 Stevenson 3 Barrie 2 Antsey Morrison Zangwill "Q" Correlli Kipling Trollope Russell Allen Haggard Doyle his first publication -THE MYSTERY OF SASASSA VALLEY et.al. Each volume also bears a wonderful printed photograph acting as frontispiece of one of the authors within specifically: Doyle Payn Russell Harraden Maclaren Kipling Barrie Weyman Hope & Lover. Scribners / Scribner's unknown books
1962rif. 366154Garden City: Doubleday 1962. Unbound. Very Good. Autograph Signatures "Basil Rathbone" and "Mrs. Basil Rathbone" in ink on an irregular scrap of paper that is roughly 2.75" x 3.5" on the verso is mimeographed printing. The signatures intersect a little but otherwise very good or better. Mrs. Rathbone was the American-born screenwriter Ouida Bergère. Signed in New York City by the great actor best-known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Doubleday unknown books
1906rif. 4724East Aurora: Roycroft Press 1906. First edition thus. First edition thus. Bound in three-quarter crushed maroon morocco with gilt lettering and florets on spine marbled boards and endpapers with inserted and folded newspaper article on "Fido" the dog that "never made it into the White House." Near fine with some wear to corners. Roycroft Press unknown books
1923rif. 164284Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1923 silent film showing director actress Pola Negri and George Fitzmaurice between takes together consulting a copy of Robert Hichens' source novel. Mimeo snipe provenance stamp and Famous Players-Lasky stamp on the verso. Based on Paramount's 1915 film of the same name which was based in turn on Hichens' 1909 novel about the titular seductress and the men who fall into her love trap. Early noir antecedent. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a two-inch flaw in the finish affecting the bottom left corner. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1923rif. 166685Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1923. Vintage publicity photograph of Pola Negri in profile taken to promote her appearance in the 1923 film. Paramount stamps and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. Based on Paramount's 1915 film of the same name which was based in turn on Hichens' 1909 novel about the titular seductress and the men who fall into her love trap. Early noir antecedent. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus moderately age toned. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1885rif. 00315DOYLE'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN BOOK FORMAT TALES FROM MANY SOURCES Dodd Mead 1885 first edition 4 volumes some light wear and rubbing to some extremities some unobtrusive moisture staining to the rear covers of 2 volumes else a tight vg set. A collection of 28 stories some criminous some fantasy and most if not all seeming to come from British sources and thereby introducing such literature to the American public. Among the contributors are Thomas Hardy Wilkie Collins Ouida Charles Reade Alphonse Daudet Walter Besant F. Antsey Robert Louis Stevenson and others. But perhaps most notable is the story BONES which is Arthur Conan Doyle's first appearance in book form. An obvious must for the serious Doyle collector. Quite scarce. Dodd Mead unknown books
