White, Stewart Edward.MareMagnum
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1904pp. 413 +Plus 4 leaves of prints. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full greenish-brown cloth binding decorated with red, black and green. Decoration depicts a a quit and dark forest scene with man trees silhouetted in black. Spine lettered in red. Cover color bright. Spine slightly rubbed around the head and base. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Stewart Edward White (1873-1946) was an American writer, novelist, and spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White. Illustrator Thomas Fogarty (1873-1938) is known for nostalgic pen and ink illustrations depicting an earlier era, especially simple homespun subjects. He worked in many mediums, but was especially noted for pen and ink and crayon, as exemplified by his interpretive pictures for the David Grayson books, and illustrations for 'Sailing Alone Around the World' by Joshua Slocum. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf belonging to Anna Halsey Smith Christmas 1904.' NW62
1904pp. iv, 379 +Plus 7 leaves of prints. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full brown cloth binding decorated in gilt and blind. Decoration depicts windows with ivy growing around them designed by William James Jordan with his monogram. Spine lettered in gilt. Cover gilt bright. Spine slightly rubbed around the head and base. Corners bumped. Stated second impression. Hardbound. Very Good. George Madden Martin was the pen name of Mrs. Attwood R. Martin (1866-1946) who was an early 20th century American fiction writer. This example seems to only have the frontis print. Contents clean. NW62
1910pp. iv, 400 +Plus color frontis and illustrations throughout. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full blue-green cloth binding decorated in white, gray, black green, and blue and lettered in white. Decoration depicts seven dapper men behind a wall all headed in same direction set against a blue sky with a white cloud. Spine lettered in white. Cover color bright. Spine faded and rubbed. Corners bumped and frayed. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Indiana born Meredith Nicholson (1866-1947) was a best-selling author, politician, and diplomat. Clarence Coles Phillips (1880-1927) was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works C. Coles Phillips, but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips. He is known for his stylish images of women and a signature use of negative space in the paintings he created for advertisements and the covers of popular magazines. Reginald Bathurst Birch (1856-1943) was an English-American artist and illustrator. He was best known for his depiction of the titular hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 novel 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' which started a craze in juvenile fashion. While his illustrated corpus has eclipsed his other work, he was also an accomplished painter of portraits and landscapes. NW62
1906pp. 248 +Plus numerous B/W illustrations throughout. Small 8vo. 170mm. Original publisher's pictorial red, colored-paper boards decorated in black, yellow, gray and gilt. Cover depicts a strong looking and heroic man holding a cross bow and horn, peering with his hand over his eyes. Design by unidentified 'HS' with monogram. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Cover colors are aged and paper on boards is brittle. Gilt on cover soiled. Spine lacking a bit of the paper and faded and soiled. Corners bumped. Back cover has binder's mark of Michael Schwarz. Inside pastedown with Booksellers label in upper left corner originating from 'Jos. Ofttgen, Schreibwaren, Koln, am Hof. 1' Pastedown also has Exlib stamps from the Gettysburg Theological Seminary with usual markings and a plate 'donated by Rev. Jerimiah Zimmerman.' Contents clean but the leaves are brittle. Hardbound. Very Good. Wilhelm Ruland (1869-1927) was a German writer who was born in Bonn and died in Munich. He studied literary history and newer languages; He completed his studies in 1896 at the University of Rostock with a doctorate in philosophy. He then worked as a tutor, at times also as a Prinzenerzieher, in Bavaria, Austria and Italy. From 1898 to 1902 he was editor and publisher director in Leipzig. He made extensive trips to the Middle East and finally settled in Munich. There he belonged to the editors of the Munich Neue Nachrichten, and lived there as a freelance writer. NW62
1906pp. 288, (vi publisher's advertisements). 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full red cloth binding decorated in black, white and color illustration. Cover illustration depicts a very done-up sly-looking woman wearing a hat. Spine lettered in white and decorated plainly. Cover color bright and illustration is crisp. Spine color is bright. Corners sharp. Dust jacket present and is decorated with a photo of a woman, presumably the author, and decorated on the spine with a floral pattern. Some loss at base and head of spine. This example is like new. Hardbound. Mary Cecil Hay (1839-1886) was a novelist who grew up in Shropshire, England and spent the final years of her life in a small village on the Sussex coast called East Preston. Her work was often serialized and appeared in periodicals and weeklies in the UK, America and Australia. NW62
1904pp. xi, 439. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's pictorial full orange-red cloth binding decorated and lettered in blue and gilt. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover color and gilt is bright. Spine color bright. Corners sharp. Dust jacket present and is decorated similarly to the binding. Some loss along spine and at base and head. Extensively foxed. Second printing of first edition. Hardbound. Very Good. Laurence Housman (1865-1959) was an important English playwright, writer and illustrator. NW62
1910pp. 338 +Plus 10 leaves of plates. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's pictorial full grayish-green cloth binding decorated with a color illustration and lettered in blue. Illustration is of a severe looking man wearing work clothes and standing with his arms crossed. Cover colors are bright and illustration is crisp. Spine color bright. Corners sharp. Dust jacket present and is decorated similarly to the binding with the same illustration of the severe man. DJ mildly soiled with some loss at base and head or spine. Contents clean. Second printing of first edition. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'J.A. Munson' Hardbound. Very Good. Thomas Cooper De Leon (1839-1914) was an American journalist, author, and playwright. NW62
1903pp. 328 +Plus 8 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full red cloth binding lettered in white and decorated with a white and black illustration of an Indian pipe. Front cover brilliant. Spine ruled in black lettered in blind. Corners mildly bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Charles King (1844-1933) was an American soldier and a distinguished writer. Born in Albany, NY King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, who was one the signers of the United States Constitution. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm and head during the Battle of Sunset Pass forcing his retirement from the regular army as a captain in 1879. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silent films. He also served in the Wisconsin National Guard from 1882 until 1897, becoming Adjutant General in 1895. Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the American Old West, specifically concentrating on scenes from the last quarter of the 19th century, and featuring images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U.S. Cavalry. Edwin Willard Deming (1860-1942) was a painter and a sculptor. His active career of painting and illustrating took him repeatedly to the lands of the Blackfoot, Crow, and Sioux, as well as to Arizona and New Mexico. After the turn of the century, Deming devoted more time to sculpture but also began work on a series of romantic murals of Indian life, which were subsequently installed in the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of the American Indian in New York. First edition. NW62
1906pp. iii, 237 +Plus 4 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full dark green cloth binding lettered in cream and decorated in black, red, and cream. Cover depicts a group of boys joy-riding in a red car down a mountain road. Spine lettered and decorated in cream. Cover colors are bright but worn. Spine rubbed and faded. Corners bumped. Edges of boards rubbed and worn. Contents clean. Binding loose. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'Lloyd L White' Hardbound. Good. 'Clarence Young' was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for series of books for boys, the most well-known being the "Motor Boys" series. Charles Nuttall (1872-1934) was an Australian artist noted for his illustrations. NW62
1905pp. iii, 383 +Plus 6 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in yellow and decorated in dark green, yellow and gilt. Cover has floral and vine decoration designed by Rome K. Richardson with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board is scuffed. Spine rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners sharp. Slight Fading to rear board near spine. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. Horace Thompson Carpenter (1857-1947), was an illustrator, artist and art writer of the late 19th and early 20th century U.S. Rome K. Richardson was on the staff of the Decorative Designers from 1896 through 1901. In 1902, he left the firm to design book covers under his own name. NW62
1902pp. 391 +Plus 1 illustrated plate (this copy lacks). 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in light green and decorated with white, light green, and yellow. Cover depicts a sprawling estate with steps and plants framing the castle. Spine lettered in light green. Cover colors rubbed. Spine faded. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Lacks plate. George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films. Manuscript ownership of 'Maggie P. Snovel, 629 Moss St., Reading, Pa.' on inside flyleaf. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW62
1904pp. x, 265 +Plus 6 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full maroon cloth binding lettered Stamped with Publisher's insignia in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt is bright on cover but boards soiled and damp stained. Spine faded and slightly soiled. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge cracked. Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century. 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. Manuscript ownership of 'Gay W. Good' on inside flyleaf. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW62
1907pp. viii, 408 +Plus 1 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full blue-green cloth binding lettered in black and decorated in black and red. Cover has a ribbon and heart decoration designed by Rome K. Richardson with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover bright. Spine lightly rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Manuscript ownership of 'G.N. Byerly From Nelle' on inside flyleaf. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Francis Lynde (1856-1930) wrote a number of books in the early 1900s, some of which were made into Hollywood films. His novels include: Branded Empire Builders, A Fool for Love, The Grafters, The Honorable Senator, The King of Arcadia, The Master of Appleby, The Price and The Quickening. Arthur Ignatius Keller (1867-1924) was a U.S. painter and illustrator from New York City. Rome K. Richardson was on the staff of the Decorative Designers from 1896 through 1901. In 1902, he left the firm to design book covers under his own name. NW62
1910pp. xv, 333 +Plus frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full magenta cloth binding lettered in cream and decorated in dark gray and cream. Cover has floral decoration designed by Frank Hazenplug with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board faded around edges. Spine faded and rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Slight Fading to rear board near spine. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) was an American artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters. Frank Hazenplug (1874-1931) designed books for the Chicago firm of Stone & Kimball, and remained with its successor, Herbert S. Stone, until 1906. Other publishers for whom Hazenplug created covers including hundreds for Fleming Revell (1900-1911), as well as many for George Doran, A.C. McClurg, Reilly and Britton, Rand McNally, and John Lane (1913-1920). NW62
1907pp. 283 +Plus 1 frontis and head/tailpiece decorations. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in cream and decorated in brown, black, and peach. Cover has floral decorations framing an older woman sitting working on a piece of fabric. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board lightly faded. Spine faded. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Slight Fading to rear board near top edge. Manuscript ownership of 'W.T. Llehuff, Glen Rock PA' on inside pastedown. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Eliza Caroline 'Lida' Obenchain, (1856-1935) was an American author, women's rights advocate, and suffragist from Bowling Green, Kentucky. Lida Obenchain, writing under the pen name Eliza Calvert Hall, was widely known early in the twentieth century for her short stories featuring an elderly widowed woman, 'Aunt Jane', who plainly spoke her mind about the people she knew and her experiences in the rural south. Beulah Strong (1866-1951) was an artist and illustrator. She Studied at the Academie Julien France from 1887-1892 where she was the classmate of Cincinnati artist Elizabeth Nourseand. She taught art at Potter College in Bowling Green Ky, from 1892-1901 and Smith College as an associate professor of art from 1907-1923. She lived in Italy after she retired, until WWII broke out. She is known for her work on Hall's novels, 'Aunt Jane of Kentucky' and 'Land of Long Ago.' NW62
1900pp. 308 +Plus 4 leaves of B/W plates. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's pictorial full yellow cloth binding lettered in red and decorated in red and black. Spine ruled in black and lettered in red. Cover colors are bright but board is soiled. Spine soiled with fading. Some Wear to base and head of spine and edges of boards. Corners sharp. Some pages mildly damp-stained. Hardbound. Very Good. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author. American News Company was a magazine, newspaper, book, and comic book distribution company founded in 1864 by Sinclair Tousey, which dominated the distribution market in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The company's abrupt 1957 demise caused a huge shakeup in the publishing industry, forcing many magazine, comic book, and paperback publishers out of business. NW62
1901pp. x, 380 +Plus 6 leaves of plates (Lacking 1). 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full blue cloth binding Lettered and decorated with full page color illustration. Illustration depicts a group of characters on the balcony of a presumed theater. Spine lettered in white. Cover colors are bright but printed gilt is dulled. Spine faded. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Dust jacket present but lacking sections along spine. DJ Depicts same color illustration as on front board. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Cincinnati born Henry Thew Stephenson (1870-1957) was a teacher and writer. He attended Woodward High School before gaining degrees from Ohio State University, Harvard University and Indiana University. He studied for a year doing research at the British Museum. He was an Associate Professor of English in Indiana University in 1919. Stephenson published a number of fiction and non-fiction books whilst teaching English. Charles Mark Relyea (1863-1932) was an American illustrator whose work appeared in magazines and popular novels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. NW62
1900pp. 18 unnumbered leaves of vivid illuminated chromo-lithographs with colors and gilt. 12mo. 150mm. Original publisher's pictorial paper covered boards lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and color illustration. Cover depicts a man with a gourd on a stick, seemingly nomadic, looking upward toward the heavens. Spine blank. Cover colors are bright. Spine worn. Some wear to head of spine. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Corners sharp. Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) was an English religious poet and hymn writer. 'Take My Life and Let it Be' and 'Thy Life for Me' (also known as I Gave My Life for Thee) are two of her best known hymns. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts, and works for children. NW63
1911pp. 15 unnumbered leaves of vivid illuminated chromo-lithographs with colors and gilt. 12mo. 150mm. Original publisher's pictorial paper covered boards lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and color illustration. Spine blank. Cover colors are bright. Spine worn. Some wear to head of spine. Corners sharp. Contents clean but coming away from the binding. Hardbound. Very Good. The Beatitudes are eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. Each is a proverb-like proclamation, without narrative. Four of the blessings also appear in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, followed by four woes which mirror the blessings. NW63
1907pp. 68. 12mo. 150mm. Original publisher's pictorial paper covered boards lettered in red and decorated with a holly design. Cover designed by Edward Stratton Holloway with his monogram. Spine blank. Cover gilt. Spine worn. Some wear to bottom edge of cover board. Original glassine dust jacket present but torn with some loss. Title page printed in green and red. Corners worn. Contents clean but coming away from the binding. Hardbound. Very Good. Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846-1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. NW63
1896Vol.2, pp. 287 +Plus 9 leaves of color watercolor plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full cream cloth binding lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board is scuffed. Spine rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners sharp. This is only Vol 2. Bookplate belonging to 'WM. Elwood Speakman, Woodbury N.J.' on inside pastedown. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed 'The Dean of American Letters'. He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story 'Christmas Every Day' and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. NW63
1896pp. 38 +Plus frontis portrait. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's pictorial full pebbled cream cloth binding lettered and decorated in gilt. Cover designs of torches strung together with ribbon. Spine blank. Cover is slightly. Spine rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners worn. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Richard Olney (1835-1917) was an American statesman. He served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State under President Grover Cleveland, and in the latter position, briefly, under Cleveland's successor, William McKinley. As attorney general, Olney used injunctions against striking workers in the Pullman strike, setting a precedent, and advised the use of federal troops, when legal means failed to control the strikers. As secretary of state, he raised the status of America in the world by elevating U.S. diplomatic posts to the status of embassy. This book is a transcription of 'An address Delivered before the Alumni of Brown University.' NW63
1896pp. vi, 372 +Plus small pictorial pastedown on cover of Brooks. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated with gilt, dark green, and a small photo-gravure of Rev. Brooks. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover gilt is bright and image is crisp. Top edge gilt. Spine clean. Very mild wear to base and head of spine. Corners sharp. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23. NW63
1891pp. x, 252 +Plus 16 leaves of B/W plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full gray cloth binding lettered in gilt and decorated in brown and silver gilt. Cover depicts a boy holding a rifle staining above a dead bison. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover gilt bright but board is soiled. Spine faded and soiled. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners frayed. Slight soiling to rear board. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Noah Brooks (1830-1903) was a journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Newark, and New York, and authored a major biography of Abraham Lincoln based on close personal observation. Born in Castine, Maine, he moved to Dixon, Illinois in 1856, where he became involved in the first Republican campaign for President (John Fremont). During the campaign, he became friends with Lincoln. Brooks moved to Kansas in 1857 as a "free state" settler, but returned to Illinois about a year later, then moved to California in 1859. After the death of his wife in 1862, Brooks moved to Washington, D.C. to cover the Lincoln administration for the Sacramento Daily Union. He was accepted into the Lincoln household as an old friend. Unlike most people, Brooks was able to maintain a close friendship with both the President and Mrs. Lincoln. When Brooks was detailed to cover the 1864 Democratic Convention in Chicago, President Lincoln asked Brooks to also report back in detail by private letter. In 1901, Brooks published The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition based largely on the Nicholas Biddle history of the Expedition. Brooks was assisted by the notes written in the margins of his manuscript by Dr. Elliott Coues, who had edited the 1894 edition of Biddle, and who had wide experience as an explorer of the American West. William Allen Rogers (1854-1931) was an American political cartoonist born in Springfield, Ohio. He studied at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Wittenberg College, but never graduated. Rogers taught himself to draw and began submitting political cartoons to Midwestern newspapers in his teens. At the age of fourteen, his first cartoons appeared in a Dayton, Ohio-based newspaper, to which Rogers' mother had earlier submitted a selection of his sketches. NW63
1898pp. 275. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full yellow cloth binding lettered and decorated in dark green. Cover decorated with a child surrounded by floral motifs with a halo around his head. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board is faded around the edges. Spine darkened with small abrasion. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was a Scottish writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon. Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A.A. Milne's Toad of Toad Hall was the first. The Disney films, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad and The Reluctant Dragon, have become the best known adaptations. A true first edition from 1898. NW63