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1854ref. 005699London: Edward Moxon 1854. Full Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. 17 by 11 cm. 310 pp. With both the first and second series. Leather scuffed rubbed. Armorial bookplate of a Charles Harwood. Edward Moxon unknown books
1867ref. 002987London: George Routledge and Sons 1867. First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. With handwritten letter from Griset to Edward Whymper the renowned mountaineer dated November 22 1881 mounted onto preliminary leaf. Whymper besides being the first to scale the Matterhorn was a wood engraver and illustrator. In this letter Griset thanks Whymper for a cheque and speaks of a desire to make the acquaintance of Whymper soon afterward. As to the book: 4to. 6151 5 pp. With publisher's cloth front cover and spine bound in. The hundred Griset drawings are all hand-colored in this copy. The full calf binding has considerable wear chips and scuffing around the edges and joints. Rebacked with original spine labels laid on. Foxing in prelim pages but overall clean and tight. George Routledge and Sons unknown books
1867ref. 002675London: George Routledge and Sons 1867. First Edition. Decorated and Blindstamped Cloth. Very Good. A quintessential work by the absurdist illustrator Ernest Griset and a copy heightened by hand-coloring. 4to. 6 151 5 pp. With 100 or so hand-colored illustrations including frontis. Note that most copies of this lack the coloring of the images. Clean and tight within with newer endpapers. Wear to spine tips and along the edges with cloth rubbed in corners. Spine tear repaired with trace of it still visible. Soil marks on the boards. The centerpiece of a gilt diaper and raised figures may have the faintest of fading but nonetheless remains bright and and eye pop. George Routledge and Sons unknown books
1984ref. 60960Owensboro: Owensboro Museum of Fine Art 1984. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 155pp. Spine sunned wraps lightly rubbed else very good. Owensboro Museum of Fine Art paperback books
1984ref. 55572Athens: University of Georgia Press 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Signed by Hood on the title page. University of Georgia Press hardcover books
2006ref. 50598Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 95pp index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Gilcrease Museum hardcover books
1957ref. 003991Paris: Editions Bias 1957 1965 Pictorial boards award bookplate on endpaper. A retelling of Robin Hood with energetic color artwork appearing as dual-page full page and partial page. . Later Printing. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Roger Brard. 4to. Editions Bias hardcover books
1947ref. 1381106New Directions 1947. First U.S. Edition Later Dust Jacket State. Hardcover. Octavo 120 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine black with brown lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "$2.50." Tearing and heavy chipping to dust jacket primarily at head of spine. Dust jacket split at rear hinge. Age toning and staining to rear cover and inner flaps. Sunning to book spine. Mild general shelf wear to head and tail of spine edges and corners of boards. Staining to front and rear free endpaper. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Staining to verso of half title page and to title page. Age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in Case 6. 1381106. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. New Directions hardcover books
1983ref. 29586Glasgow: Collins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0004356756 . Color photographs throughout by Douglas Corrance et al. First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Collins hardcover books
1948ref. 15380London: Grey Walls Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Part of the Crown Classics series. Selected and introduced by Clifford Dyment. First edition thus. Fine in a near fine age toning along spine price clipped dust jacket. . Grey Walls Press hardcover books
1986ref. 1274NY: Ticknor & Fields. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0899194311 . The author's second book a collection of short stories. First printing. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. . Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
1887ref. 002720Estes and Lauriat 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. Ochre cloth elaborately decorated and illustrated in black and gilt 8-1/4" x 6-1/2" unnumbered pages illustrated with engravings by W. St. John Harper and W. F. Freer floral endpapers all edges gilt. Mild wear at extremities faded spots on front board gilt is bright and fresh. Estes and Lauriat hardcover books
1939ref. 009907Springfield MA: McLoughlin Bros 1939 Pictorial boards with cloth spine light shelf wear occasional finger soil. Tales from Robin Hood followed by the fairy tale The White Cat. Illustrated in b&w by Georgina A. Davis. . Pictorial Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by G A Davis Uncredited. 4to. McLoughlin Bros unknown books
1906ref. 3370Henry Frowde London Edinburgh 1906. An octavo 773 pages beautifully bound in three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. Ornamental spine in the Art Nouveau style with gilt twining stem and flowers accompanying smooth calf title and publisher labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves matching the paper used on the binding. Portrait frontispiece. An exquisite example of what has become a scarce series of Art Nouveau period bindings of English Literature with the poems of Thomas Hood being more elusive than other authors. Edited with notes by Walter Jerrold. Henry Frowde hardcover books
ref. B07341-7New York/Washington Praeger 1971. 255 1pp. 286 illus. 4to. Cloth. D.j. New York/Washington (Praeger), 1971. hardcover books
ref. B253863-2Hanover 1988. 112pp. 67 plates partly color 8 text figs. Lrg. oblong 4to. Wraps. Hanover, 1988. paperback books
ref. B50577-3Hanover 1981. 97pp. 33 plates reference figs. Sq. 4to. Wraps. Hanover, 1981. paperback books
ref. B253929-2Charlottesville The University Press of Virginia 1978. xvi 125pp. 76 illus. 4to. Dec. boards. Ex-library. Charlottesville (The University Press of Virginia), 1978. hardcover books
ref. B126587-3Hanover 2002. 48pp. 16 plates. 4to. Wraps. Hanover, 2002. paperback books
ref. B50577-5Hanover 1981. 97pp. 33 plates reference figs. Sm. sq. 4to. Wraps. Hanover, 1981. paperback books
2006ref. 98032Mystic:: Mystic Seaport Museum. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0939511142 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Mystic Seaport Museum, hardcover books
1852ref. 269080London: Partridge and Oakey 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Second Edition. Very good front hinge cracked spine ends lightly chipped closed tears on top of gutters binding slightly cocked page edges browned stamp on front pastedown light tears on foredge of a few pages. Partridge and Oakey hardcover books
1872ref. 5210London. E. Moxon Son and Company. 1872. Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated buckram.a.e.g. Thick 4to. Illustrated with full page plate engravings after drawings by Birket Foster. A sumptuous gilt decorated High Victorian binding encases as collection of Foster's wonderfully subdued engravings. Nostalgic and beautiful. A prime example of mid 18th century book design. Some mild darkening to covers some scattered light foxing else Very good. A sensational jewel. E. Moxon, Son and Company. hardcover books
1900ref. 5170n.p. n.p. ca. 1900. 1900. Thin 4to. B/w illustrations and decorations by Harold Nelson; title page printed in red and black. Original gilt stamped tan cloth over tan boards rubbing to extremities. Very good. 40 pages. Cover title reads: "Early English Prose Romances II. Robin Hood.". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [n.p., n.p., ca. 1900]. hardcover books
1870ref. 2298231870. Titled "Mount Hood From Tysch Prairie." 11" x 8". Very good a few spots in margin; ca. 1870. Mount Hood is the highest peak in Oregon at 11245 feet. General Report Plate IX from the famous Survey of the 47th & 49th parallels. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books