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1915ref. 67866New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1915. First edition. publisher's cloth-backed boards with applied color illustration on front panel in dust jacket illustrated with the same color plate. Faint reddish stain near the red cloth backstrip along short sections of the joint area; very slight wear to binding; clean tight and sound in a slightly dampstained dust jacket which is missing the bottom four inches of the backstrip. . Folio. With tipped-in color plates and text illustrations in black and white by E. Yarrow Jones and R. B. Brook-Greaves. Frederick A. Stokes Company, hardcover
1934ref. 861New York: Blue Ribbon Press. Very Good. 1934. Hardcover. 23.5 x 20 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. Light corner and edge wear. Minor soiling and a bit of foxing to covers. A couple of small scratch marks on the back cover. Small bookseller's label on front pastedown endpaper. All three pop-ups working and unrepaired. Soil or fingering marks to margins of a few of the pages but generally still bright and clean. Could not have passed through too many children's hands. Three colour pop-ups and black and white in-text illustrations. . Blue Ribbon Press hardcover
1981ref. BOOKS343628New York NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. Good/Good. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Inscribed by author and illustrators see photo . Sm 4to. 44pp. . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. hardcover
1916ref. 293181New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1916. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Fair dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher's blue green cloth still with publisher's glassine wrapper and housed in the original publisher's box; xi 150 pages 1; with 16 leaves of plates some colored; and decorations throughout. While a bright copy there is some staining to the front board from the glassine. The very uncommon box is printed green paper-covered with a color pastedown. There are no ownership or other marks in the book. There are a few spots of foxing.~~Period story of life in the old South full of "dialect". Penned by Sallie Dooley who with her husband James left Maymont House to the City of Richmond -- one of our treasures. Dem Good Ole Times "offers glimpses of Sallie Dooley's perceptions of African Americans . ~capitalizing on the current popularity of dialect literature by such writers as Joel Chandler Harris Paul Laurence Dunbar and Virginia-born Thomas Nelson Page" O'Leary; From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in Maymont House and the Gilded Age 2003 p. 54. Near Fine binding / Fair dust jacket. Doubleday Page & Co unknown books
ref. 1418773Paris: Lecrivain et Toubon Libraires 185-. Hardcover. Quarto Two volumes. In Fair plus condition. Spines are blue or red with gold print. Boards with black or red leather to spines and cloth or paper to boards; wear to spine caps hinges and corners rubbing to paper shelf wear. Text blocks have marbled endpapers; various grades of paper used with some pages toning slight occasional foxing first volume has cracked hinges and damp stain to fore edge of final pages. Illustrated: b&w drawings. CONTENTS: Les Trois Mousquetaires Two parts separately published and bound together without date 166 157 pages - Les Mousquetaires : Vingt ans Après Three parts separately published and bound together: Première Partie Marescq et Cie Éditeurs Librairie Centrale des Publications Illustrées : Paris 1859 169 pages ; Deuxième Partie Marescq et Cie Éditeurs : Paris 1856 157 pages ; Troisième Partie Lecrivain et Toubon Libraires : Paris without date 137 pages. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area . 1418773. FP New Rockville Stock. Lecrivain et Toubon, Libraires hardcover
1914ref. mon0000950371Hodder & Stoughton 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Hodder & Stoughton 1914. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright no markings. Fine illustrations. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1857ref. 57314Alexander Ireland & Co 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son 186 Strand 1857. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth G. viii3004pp 2 chromolithographic frontis b/w plan 32 fulll page b/w engraved illustrations & 120 b/w illustrations in the text index all edges gilt pastedown gutter cracked cloth grubby & worn at the edges some slight marking & staining to the contents occasional offsetting but generally a nice copy of an unaccountably scarce item. A bound copy of a weekly souvenier publication which was produced to mark the 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition which was held in Manchester. It remains the largest art exhibition ever to be held in the UK if not the World with over 16000 exhibits. It attracted over 1.3 million visitors in the 142 days it was open. The two chromolithographs show the building - a temporary iron-and-glass structure similar to the Crystal Palace in London 656 feet long and 200 feet wide with one central barrel vault 56 feet wide. Its selection and display of artworks had a formative influence on the public art collections that were then being established in the UK such as the National Gallery National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Alexander Ireland & Co, 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son, 186 Strand hardcover
2002ref. BN206474HarperCollins Design International 2002. 2002. Hardcover. Illustrators 43 - The Society of Illustrators 43th Annual of American Illustration Illustrators 43 - The Society of Illustrators 43th Annual of American Illustration The Society of Illustrators Author; Jill Bossert Editor; James Bennett; Anita Kunz; Mark Ryden; Tom O'Brian; Roberto Parada; John Thompson; Victor Gadino; David Uhl; Raymond Olivere u. a. Illustratoren HarperCollins Design International hardcover
1882ref. LITT3195M1882, A. Quantin, Paris. In-8, broché, couverture et dos illustrés, 138 pages. Dessins de Paul Avril encadrant le texte. Édition originale sur vergé, tirage non justifié.
1949ref. 445952New York: The Limited Editions Club 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Three volume set in red paper-covered slipcase with printed paper spine label. Limited edition. Copy no. 1359 of 2500. Small folios. Each volume with color illustrations. All three are fine in fine clear acetate jackets. The box is near fine with a few small nicks and tears at the corners. Edited by Jean Hersholt this set is Signed by Hersholt and two illustrators: Edward Ardizzone and Everett Gee Jackson. The set consists of the following three separate works: The Tale of Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves. Translated from the Arabic into French by J.C. Mardrus; and then into modern English by E. Powys Mathers. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Signed by Ardizzone; The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Dutch by Jean Hersholt. Illustrated by Everett Gee Jackson. Signed by Everett Gee Jackson and Inscribed by Jean Hersholt; The Sleeping Beauty In The Wood By Charles Perrault. Translated from the French by P.H. Muir. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. A handsome set in fine condition. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1924ref. 39243Paris: Editions Pellet 1924. Louis Legrand. A quirky illustrated book about the mythical Breton town of Ys and its destruction illustrated throughout with drawings and with TWO MORBIDLY EROTIC ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE DRYPOINTS BY LOUIS LEGRAND AND TWO EROTIC ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS BY FELICIEN ROPS actually two impressions of the same lithograph one in color and one in bistre. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies all printed on fine Arches wove paper. 4to. Bound in contemporary three-quarters cloth and marbled boards. Original wrappers and backtrip preserved. A little bit of minor foxing snd binding a tiny bit worn at extremities but still a very good copy of this most unusual collaboration. Editions Pellet hardcover
1893ref. 1499London: Cassell & Co. Ltd 1893. First Edition. Very good. Gordon Browne and William Hatherell. 8vo 8 x 5 1/2 inches 223 x 140 mm; pp. xi 277 16 publisher's' listing. 28 illustrations including frontispiece and one color map preceding the first story. Bound in blue-green leatherette cloth with gilt title and illustration on front cover gilt title; floral endpapers top edge stained green; edges moderately worn spine and cover edges darkened chips at head and tail of spine; pages toned especially on edges; binding solid. A collection of the last completed works by the author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 - 1894 was a Scottish novelist essayist poet and travel writer who travel broadly and settled in Samoa in 1889 where he was prodigiously productive and where he became involved with local politics and culture gathering native stories and infusing some of his writing with these newfound themes. This first edition of the three short stories is accompanied by a set of engaging illustrations by Gordon Browne 1858 - 1932 and William Hatherell 1855-1928 both prolific illustrators who worked with publishers and magazines. Cassell & Co. Ltd unknown
1885ref. D2538Paris: A. Quantin 1885. Paperback. Very Good. Plain paper wraps with full-color illustrated jacket in glassine. Illustrated throughout with vignettes and tissue-guarded full-color plates. Includes a nice band of placeholder ribbons. Some light browning along edges of text block; glassine just a little chipped at spine tips and corners; first four pages starting. Nice. A. Quantin paperback
1900ref. 274959Edinburgh: Blackwood 1900. hardcover. very good. Historical descriptions by John Hill Burton. Illustrated with 240 fine steel engravings with tissue guards and many text illustrations in woodcut. 4 volumes tall 4to blue cloth. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd n.d. ca. 1900 Very good. Blackwood unknown books
1975ref. 40729Eerie / Warren Publishing Softcovers New York 1975
1875ref. 15560New York: McLoughlin Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Edgewear with rubbed corners and rear spine edge gutter weakness light tone Christmas 1876 inscription otherwise light wear. Still solid oversize hardcover. ; Notable for containing Thomas Nast's only political juvenile illustrations the uncommon first edition of this delightful chromolith illustrated collection also offers Nast illustrations for Rip Van Winkle and his cover paste-on illustration. Rip Van Winkle and Yankee Doodle are in verse. "Aunt Louisa's child's delight. $1.50 contains four standard stories--Rip Van Winkle Yankee Doodle Pocahontas and Putnam--with twenty-four full-paged illustrations in colors. 4to. Cloth beveled edges embossed in black and gold with fine chromatic illustration mounted on cover."--McLoughlin Bros. New York. Catalogue of toy books games &c. for 1875-'76. ; 54 24 pl pages . McLoughlin Brothers hardcover
1900ref. 274959Edinburgh: Blackwood 1900. hardcover. very good. Historical descriptions by John Hill Burton. Illustrated with 240 fine steel engravings with tissue guards and many text illustrations in woodcut. 4 volumes tall 4to blue cloth. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd n.d. ca. 1900 Very good. Blackwood unknown
1880ref. H5089Tours: Camp du Ruchard 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Information taken from the spine title published ca. 1880 quarto 12.5 inches 31 cm tall quarter calf and mottled boards 13 double-page color lithographs showing the stocks mechanics and actions of various rifles including Remington Winchester Mauser Spencer Berdan Wetterli Beaumont Albini etc. Very good light rubbing to binding. Very rare we could not find any copies of this book or its text volume in OCLC nor by using the meta-search of vialibri. Camp du Ruchard hardcover
1937ref. 46496New York:: Snellgrove Publications 1937. First edition. publisher's cloth illustrated in color. Cloth rubbed at extremities with tiny chips at the extremities of the spine. Folio. Illustrated by Willy Pogany and Natalie Harlan Davis including a color flower diagram with printed overlay. Snellgrove Publications, hardcover
ref. 5311First edition second issue. Lacking binding therefore loose signatures. 36 hand-colored hors textes plates. Includes fold-out sheet music. xvi 376 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. hardcover
1982ref. 11627Salisbury; Wiltshire UK: Michael Russell 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on tp "To Oliver Happy Birthday!" Association copy. First edition in book-form of the author s autobiographical essay "As Old as the Century" previously published in a Sunday newspaper. This copy numbered 106. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear tear to wrappers else tight bright and unmarred. Original green cloth spine lettered in gilt sepia-toned pictorial plate mounted to upper cover. 12mo. 48pp. Illus. b/w engravings. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and Theroux. Michael Russell hardcover
2000ref. james97Knopf New York 2000 Knopf New York 2000. First edition. First printing with full number line. Hardbound. A new copy in a new jacket. A pristine unread copy. Price $14.95 intact on front flap. SIGNED BY BRADBURY on title page as pictured. Smoke-free no defects. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Ferry-Art. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Knopf, New York hardcover
1909ref. 656820G.P. Putnam's Sons 1909. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8 volumes complete. A good set in period 3/4 navy blue morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands and two gilt-ruled compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt filet top edges gilt marbled endpapers spine faded to brown with rubbing; some rubbing to boards; some nicking to spine tips. Illustrated with photogravures after Coburn and Dore. G.P. Putnam's Sons paperback
ref. 16-2555Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN 1895. Original wraps with graphics by Ubbelohde Otto & Otto Gampert. Reproduced is A POSTER BY MAbel Dearmer.Söhn HDO: 52605- 1 2 Edited by Richard Graul and Caesar Flaischlen.PAN the important German 21 volume art nouveau periodical 1895-1900 is a deluxe fin de siècle periodical with plates illustrations color initials vignettes and tail-pieces representing a multitude of processes of modern picture reproduction including original lithographs etchings and woodcuts. Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN, 1895 paperback
1901ref. 21877London : Otto Limited 1901-1907 . First Editions . VG . 4TO . Bound in publisher's red-brick cloth. Extensively illustrated in black and white and colour with every kind of illustration. A treasure trove of period material. Copies bright and generally unworn. Hinges loose in some cases Not all covers or indices are present A very handsome set. Very heavy books special shipping considerations will apply. Otto Limited hardcover