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1916pp. [12]. +Plus color illustrations and ornamentation throughout. 12mo. 160mm. Publisher's beige binding with cover decorated and stamped in pink, black, white, blue and gilt title insignia. Corners are sharp and cover illustration is bright and crisp. A very clean book. Designer boxed edition with slight chipping on box cover. An early edition. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
1901pp. viii, 111 +Plus 5 pages of color plates. Text set in green and black floral and thematically designed frame. 12mo. 230mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated in dark green, light green, red and white. Attractive holly leaf design on cover by Margaret Armstrong with her monogram. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated similarly. Cover is clean and color is mildly rubbed. Spine rubbed. Corners bumped. Hardbound. Very Good. Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn. Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952) was an American artist and illustrator, famous for the 'Christy Girl' -a colorful and illustrious successor to the 'Gibson Girl' -who became the most popular portrait painter of the Jazz Age era. 4 out of 5 of the plates are detached but present and intact. Manuscript ownership of "Harriet H. Crunch. Friday December 12, 1902.' Contents clean. NW60
1897pp. 86. 8vo. 190mm. Original publisher's textured cream colored vellum covered color illustrated boards lettered in gilt. Gilt title set in a blue floral frame. Spine blank. Dust jacket present and intact but slightly torn. Gilt bright. Cover mildly soiled. Binding separating at base of spine. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
1908pp. (iv), 198 +Plus 2 plates + frontis portrait. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding decorated with humorous design in black, red, and gilt. Spine lettered in red. Cover color is good but slightly soiled with loss of cloth at the bottom of the boards. Loss of cloth at head and base of spine also. Damp-staining to some pages. Corners bumped. Hardbound. Good. Annie Riley Hale (1859-1944) wrote numerous magazine and newspaper articles, lectured on the 'negro problem' and economics, and was a popular speaker on the 'Bull Moose Circuit.' NW59
1900pp. vi, 403, +Plus 8 plates of illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated with dark green, red, and gilt. Cover illustration is sharp and depicts a red flower and green leaves. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated with green. Cover clean with good color. Spine rubbed and faded. Corners frayed. Front flyleaf torn out. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Mary Johnston (1870-1936) a novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. 'To Have and to Hold' is the story of an English soldier, Ralph Percy, turned Virginian explorer in colonial Jamestown. Ralph buys a wife for himself - a girl named Jocelyn Leigh - little knowing that she is the escaping ward of King James I, fleeing a forced marriage to Lord Carnal. Jocelyn hardly loves Ralph - indeed, she seems to abhor him. Carnal, Jocelyn's husband-to-be, eventually comes to Jamestown, unaware that Ralph Percy and Jocelyn Leigh are man and wife. A complex series of exciting and romantic adventures in pioneer Virginia follow. Howard Pyle (1853-1911) was a very popular and influential illustrator. NW59
1922pp. (iv), 354. 12mo. 200mm. +Plus 4 illustrations including frontis. Publisher's full cloth binding in yellow stamped in red and black. Spine lettered in same. Color is bright and illustration is rubbed. Back cover soiled slightly. Ownership label of Emilie Hill. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
1928pp. (iv), 192. 12mo. 200mm. +Plus 11illustrations including frontis. Publisher's full cloth binding in beige with illustration in orange depicting Charles Lindbergh. Spine lettered in black. Color is bright and illustration is rubbed. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
1900pp. 16 +Plus 7 color lithographs. thin 16mo. 180mm. Original publisher's vellum covered color lithograph boards lettered in gilt. Cover depicts Longfellow set in a locket surrounded by a blue ribbon and pink flowers. Blank spine cracked and fragile. Cover mildly soiled. Binding fragile. Corners slightly bumped. tearing. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
1900pp. 16 +Plus 6 color lithographs. 8vo. 170mm. Original publisher's vellum covered color lithograph boards lettered in gilt. Cover depicts a blacksmith set in a circular frame surrounded by pink flowers. Spine blank. Gilt rubbed and cover mildly soiled. Binding fragile. Corners tearing. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
1906113p. + Plus frontis. 8vo. 210mm. Clean original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in green. Cover stamped in gilt, cream, dark green and a color illustration. Cream and dark green on spine and gilt on top edge. A clean and tight example. Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
1918pp. 256. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding decorated with dark green, red and color illustration. Illustration by T.E. Christy depicts two women looking serenely at a ring on one lady's finger. Cover colors are crisp. Spine lettered and decorated in dark green and red with rose design. Corners bumped. Paper browned and brittle. Gift inscription 'A Merry Christmas to Melvina from Lena Dec. 25, 1918' Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
1903pp. 229. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth boards decorated in black and gilt. Cover depicts a ominous tree design and creepy font. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated in black as well. Colors and gilt are bright and sharp on cover. Spine faded and gilt rubbed. Corners sharp and covers clean. Bookplate on inside paste-down belonging to 'Howard Shreve Fisher'. Contents clean. Front hinge cracking. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
1908pp. 120 +Plus 4 plates of color illustrations and marginal illustrations in blue-green. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full yellow cloth binding with black lettering and green, white, and gilt candle decoration. Spine lettered in black. Cover color is good. Gilt is bright. Spine mildly faded. Corners slightly bumped. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'Alexander Hamilton'(?) Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was an American physician and author who excelled in novels of psychology and historical romance. NW60
1911pp. 244 +Plus 6 illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in blue lettered in cream. Spine lettered in cream. Corners are slightly bumped and spine slightly faded. Slight chip on front edge. Binding tight and contents clean. Dust Jacket present but tattered. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
1905pp. 388 +Plus 6 color illustrations. 12mo. 220mm. Original publisher's full beige cloth binding lettered and decorated and lettered in orange black and white. Cover depicts a lovely woman with black hair blowing in the wind. Spine lettered in orange and black. Cover is soiled. Colors are bright, especially the white. corners frayed. Manuscript ownership on inside fly leaf of Iva Ives. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author of dime novels. 'When Wilderness Was King' was his first longer work. NW60
1902pp. 360. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding strikingly decorated with a cowboy stamped in black and white and embossed trees set in gilt. Spine decorated with a western design in black white and gilt. Cover and Spine color is crisp. Corners sharp but slightly frayed. First edition. Hardbound. Contents clean. Very Good+. NW59
1930pp. (vii), 332. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's black cloth binding with cover stamped and decorated in white. Spine also lettered in white. Cover is clean but back cover is slightly dented and chipped. Spine is faded slightly. Binding tight and contents slightly damp-stained. Hardbound. Stated first printing. Very Good. NW70
1910pp. iv, 170. 8vo. 200mm. A cream full cloth binding. Cover stamped white and gilt designed by Margaret Armstrong with her Monogram. Spine also stamped in gold gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine very lightly faded. Pages uncut and text within a typographic frame. Heads and notes in red. A tight binding. Front hinge cracked but contents tight. Manuscript ownership of Henrietta Myers of the Meyers family of Hanover and the Hanover Shoe Farm. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
1905pp. 382. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding in red, brown, black, white green and gilt. The English Edition. All plates present. Some pages missing chucks from margin. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
1910pp. 279. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's red cloth binding decorated with in gilt. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners sharp. Covers clean and gilt bright. Spine title reads 'Waverley Novels, Anne of Geierstein, [Published by] Winston.' Manuscript ownership of 'Maggie P. Snovel, 629 Moss St. Reading, Pa. Feb-24-1915.' One volume from the set of Waverley novels. Stands alone. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
1910pp. 272. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's red cloth binding decorated with gilt. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners sharp. Covers clean and gilt bright. Spine title reads 'Waverley Novels, Quentin Durward, [Published by] Winston.' Manuscript ownership of 'Maggie P. Snovel, 629 Moss St. Reading, Pa. Feb-24-1915.' One volume from the set of Waverley novels. Stands alone. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
1912373 p. Plus frontis and three halftone plates. 8vo. 210mm. Original publisher's full gray cloth pictorial binding. The front cover shows a young woman in a long white school sweater skating. Ownerships of Barbara Brooks. All of the illustrations have be some water color added carefully by some previous owner. Binding is soiled, but still nice. Hardbound. Good. NW66
1905pp. 298. +Plus black and white fontis. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's red binding with cover stamped in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt is bright on cover. Spine slightly faded. Original glassine dust jacket present with price printed in green ink. Corners sharp. Title page printed in red and black. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good+. Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) was an American author, anthologist, and librarian. This murder mystery was an exciting read in 1905. NW59
1902pp. ix, 256, +Plus frontis portrait and marginal illustrations. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's maroon cloth binding with cover lettered and decorated with gilt leaf design. Cover designed by Theodore Brown Hapgood with monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover gilt is bright and spine gilt rubbed. Spine faded and rubbed. Corners sharp but frayed lightly. Bookplate on inside pastedown 'The Homestead Elizabeth Caivield Selden. Love Well The Hour And Let It Go.' Hardbound. Very Good+. Virginibus Puerisque (1881) was the first collection of Stevenson's essays. They are personal essays in the tradition of Lamb and Hazlitt, which were previously published in the prestigious Cornhill Magazine. NW59
1934pp. (vi), 383. +Plus full color Dust jacket with colorful art-deco design in black, orange, maroon, and beige. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's brown cloth binding with cover stamped and decorated in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Dust Jacket is crisp and clean with slight wear at the top of the spine. Binding tight and contents clean. Literary Guild of America was a mail order book club that sold lower cost, but well produced editions, of popular and current books to its members. Books were selected by an editorial board, whose chairman was Carl Van Doren (1885-1950) a famed and respected American critic, historian, and biographer. The special editions were published on the same date as the first trade editions. This was one of the 1934 selections. Stated First Edition. Hardbound. Very Good. NW69