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1874rif. 133018London: George Routledge and Sons 1874. First English edition of the rarest of Mark Twain's works: the only novel he wrote with a collaborator and the book that gave the era its name in history. Octavo three volumes original publishers green cloth gilt titles to the spine illustrated. The only multi-volume work Clemens produced except for the two-volume Tramp Abroad London 1880 the first English edition of The Gilded Age is the rarest of Mark Twain's major works and the most difficult to obtain. Its rarity is due largely to its format three volume sets were quite expensive and were produced almost solely for circulating libraries during the Reconstruction era and so the books were vigorously read by many readers generally rebound and most were pulped in paper drives during the Second World War. In 1873 Samuel Clemens had written only four other major books - The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography and Roughing It. A relatively unknown American author in London at the time the English edition would have necessarily been small no more than a few hundred. From the library of noted collector Frederic R. Kirkland. Kirkland formed a well-known collection of Americana and American and British literature much of which was sold in 1962. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco folding chemise slipcase. Exceptionally rare with one other copy traced in auction records and only the Yale set listed in the Bibliography of American Literature. The first major American novel to satirize the political milieu of Washington D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name. Twain and good friend and neighbor Charles Warner borrowed the term from William Shakespeare's King John 1595: "To gild refined gold to paint the lily. is wasteful and ridiculous excess." Another interpretation of the title of course is the contrast between an ideal "Golden Age" and a less worthy "Gilded Age" as gilding is only a thin layer of gold over baser metal so the title now takes on a pejorative meaning as to the novel's time events and people. Although more than a century has passed since its publication the novel's satirical observations of political and social life in Washington D.C. are still pertinent and the work has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication. BAL 3359. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1914rif. ABE-1790936838455An irreplaceable primary source document for institutional special collections Sinologists and Asian art historians this monumental archival discovery represents Langdon Warner's personal presentation master copy of his 1914 report to the Smithsonian Institution proposing a permanent American archaeological institute in Peking following a 15-month survey across Europe and Republican China. Bound carbon-copy typescripts 28.321.6 cm in original quarter calf boards binder: 28.922 cm leaves punched and secured by string featuring very occasional annotations and corrections in both manuscript and typewriter. The volume collation comprises 227 leaves total typed to rectos only: i title/cover sheet with Warner's autograph MS title 137 pp. Main Report i Part II Suggestions and Recommendations 51 pp. 55 including 4 extra bis leaves for pp. 17–20 6 pp. Itinerary 1 blank flyleaf and 26 heavy watermarked interleaved sheets with 48 tipped-in original silver prints with typed captions. While the quarter calf boards show natural age-toning and shelfwear the internal contents remain remarkably crisp and firm with bright photographic prints. Distinct from the machine-typed institutional copy at the Smithsonian Institution Archives SIRI: 283452 this primary master volume features Warner's handwritten title and signature in dark ink on the title page—"Proposed American School of Archaeology in Peking. Report of Langdon Warner." verified against contemporary holographs at the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. The 48 tipped-in silver prints capture crucial East Asian heritage sites prior to mid-20th-century destruction and looting notably documenting the Kung Hsien Cave Temples with its cliff Buddhas in pristine state the Kaifengfu Iron Pagoda Hei Hsih Kwan Ming Tombs Changtefu Temple and Angkor Wat. Excellent unbroken provenance is established by the original blue inkstamp to the title page verso dated January 5 1942: "Gift Mrs. Mitchell Carroll" wife of the General Secretary of the Archaeological Society of Washington. The text foundational to Republican-era Sinological record chronicles Warner's high-level consultations with European Sinologists including Aurel Stein Paul Pelliot Edouard Chavannes and R. L. Hobson as well as diplomatic engagements in China with figures such as President Yuan Shikai laying out the strategic blueprint for American archaeological and ethnographic expansion in Asia. More photos available upon request. Executive Committee of the Proposed American School of Archaeology in Peking, Smithsonian Institution, 1914 hardcover
1882rif. 182650London: B. S. Williams at the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries 1882-97. Orchidelirium First edition of this magnificent work one of the great orchid books of the 19th century. The Orchid Album was published at the height of the "orchidelirium" that had been building in Britain for some decades until it seized the imaginations of late Victorian horticulturists in the same way that the tulip craze inflamed the minds of collectors in Golden Age Holland. The British horticultural writer Anna Pavord notes: "some of the grander Victorian growers such as the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth in Derbyshire and the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House in Middlesex employed their own collectors but orchid fanciers like John Day acquired their best treasures at auction. Nurserymen such as James Veitch Conrad Loddiges and Benjamin Samuel Williams of the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries in Upper Holloway regularly sent consignments of orchids to be auctioned by Messrs Stevens of King St Covent Garden. It was in their sale room that after an epic battle with a fellow enthusiast Sir Trevor Lawrence a contemporary of Day's acquired the one single plant of Aerides lawrenciae imported by Frederick Sander from the Philippines". The stunning plates are the work of John Nugent Fitch 1840-1927 the nephew of Walter Hood Fitch. His "work was more flamboyant than that of such predecessors as Ehret Redouté or the Bauer brothers combining botanical accuracy with a flair for page design. In Britain and Europe he had little competition being rivalled only by the Frenchman Alfred Riocreux" ODNB. Bibliographies call for 528 plates but overlook the fact that the only folding plate which appears in Volume I is double-numbered as 9-10. This is a complete set and includes the four-page obituary for Benjamin Samuel Williams in Volume IX. 11 vols 315 x 240 mm. With 527 fine hand-coloured lithograph or chromolithograph plates by John Nugent Fitch one double-numbered folding plate in Vol. I some with tinted backgrounds. Contemporary half dark green morocco spines with raised bands gilt-lettered direct in two compartments gilt floral device in others boards ruled in gilt marbled boards and endpapers marbled endpaper vols. I-IV grey; V-VI dark green VII-IX light blue top edges gilt. Bookplates and shelf marks of Reeves Library Westminster College Missouri gifted by Carl F. Setz. Bindings refurbished small nick to fore edge of vol. V endpapers of vol. VII with minor abrasions with free endpaper detaching but holding and a few minor text repairs starting before title of vol. XI occasional foxing or faint marginal damp staining: a very good copy. Nissen 2107; not in Plesch or Pritzel. Anna Pavord review of "A Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day" in The Independent 29 May 2004. hardcover
1874rif. 7227London: George Routledge and Sons 1874. First UK edition. Fine. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown morocco with double gilt rules on the boards and spine compartments. Top edges gilt marbled end papers. A Fine copy complete with all half-titles. Clean and fresh throughout. A few leaves in volume 3 a little bent at the lower margin. Otherwise an exceptional copy inside and out. "The Gilded Age a period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption in US history during the 1870s gave rise to important novels of social and political criticism. The period takes its name from the earliest of these The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. The novel gives a vivid and accurate description of Washington DC and is peopled with caricatures of many leading figures of the day including greedy industrialists and corrupt politicians" Britannica. Among these notable "robber barons" were recognizably John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Cornelius Vanderbilt and J.P. Morgan. Fine. George Routledge and Sons unknown
1954rif. 55808New York: Simon and Schuster 1954. First edition. Very good. Lavishly inscribed association copy with multiple drawings from the surrealist master - signed to movie studio mogul Jack Warner and his wife. Jack Warner 1892-1978 was the legendary co-founder and CEO of Warner Bros. Studios which produced such classic films as THE JAZZ SINGER 1927 the first feature-length "talkie" LITTLE CAESAR and PUBLIC ENEMY 1931 THE MALTESE FALCON 1941 CASABLANCA 1943 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951 THE SEARCHERS 1956 MY FAIR LADY 1964 and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF 1966 as well as innumerable other iconic films. By the time Dalí inscribed this copy in 1954 the two had already known each other for at least a decade. In 1944 Dalí had come to Hollywood to work on the Hitchcock film SPELLBOUND for which the artist contributed a pioneering dream sequence. By 1945 Warner had commissioned Dalí to paint portraits of both Warner and his wife Ann with Dalí actually living with the couple while he completed the works Sperling and Millner 269. This unconventional arrangement in fact led to a now-famous meeting between Dalí and Walt Disney an encounter that resulted in "a lifelong friendship between the man behind the mouse and the painter of melted clocks" Jukareddy. At a dinner party hosted by Warner Dalí and Disney were introduced and hit it off so well they began a collaboration that would eventually result in the production of "Destino" a six-and-a-half-minute surrealist animated film: "Dalí and Disney immediately connected and an overjoyed Dalí accepted Disney's proposal to collaborate on a surrealist animated short. Over the next eight months they created more than 200 storyboard sketches" ibid. A work of myth-making and fame-enhancement as much as anything Dalí's whimsical MUSTACHE finds him and his mustache answering questions "Your mustache looks so rigid - how does it react to the winds of public opinion" with playful responses "She bends" all accompanied by surrealist photographs and photo collages. A close and important association between these two titans with among the most elaborate and exuberant Dalí inscriptions we've seen. Original black-and-white pictorial boards. No jacket as issued. 126 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos of Dalí by Philippe Halsman. Preface by Dalí with a "Postface" by Halsman plus publisher's notes "on how some of the photographs were made." Inscribed in year of publication by Dalí to Jack Warner and his wife Ann across the front pastedown and endpaper: "Pur sic a pun / Prince des Gouts Felines / Jack / ei / Anunshka / L'amour de sur tout / Dalí / Gala / 1954. Roughly: "Purr for the Prince of Feline Tastes Jack and Ann Love above all." Dali has added numerous figures including a crown a shooting star a drawing of two figures dancing in a desert plus three scurrying ants and a moon playing a trumpet overhead. Chipping to head of spine with top centimeter or so of spine beginning to separate but holding. Some toning to endpapers and some starting at gutter before title-page. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Simon and Schuster unknown
rif. WALTER-FILM002150No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Vintage original 41 x 81"" 103 x 203 cm. three sheet poster USA. Steve McQueen Robert Vaughn Jacqueline Bisset Don Gordon Robert Duvall dir: Peter Yates; Warner Brothers. The classic 1960s action-crime thriller with an iconic performance by Steve McQueen playing the San Francisco cop who becomes obsessed with finding the underground leader responsible for the deaths of witnesses in his protection. Here is one of the finest and most rare posters for this classic title. This example does not appear to have ever been used. Prior to expert linen backing it showed only very minor shelf wear and shows just minor shelf wear such as three minor fold juncture separations a bit of creasing at the very edges and a few minor spots of soiling in the white background. What makes this poster particularly desirable is the fact that the colors match correctly although this poster does not turn up much -- when it occasionally does very often the bottom section has colors which are misaligned with the rest and that most often requires restoration with paint. This copy is unrestored with great nicely matched colors and all the very minor original issues have been attended to in conservation. The poster is now just about as clean and bright an example as possible FINE. 10000.00 unknown books
2001rif. CBS-9781861521613Sp Cengage Learning 2001. New. Sp Cengage Learning unknown
2001rif. CBS-9781861521613Sp Cengage Learning 2001. New. Sp Cengage Learning unknown
rif. 5239Madison Wisconsin: J. J. Stoner Publisher; Chas. Shober & Co Prop's Chicago Litho'g Co. 1876. Tinted lithograph 34.125 x 21.875" plus margins. A large and quite impressive bird's eye view of Portland Maine as it appeared after a decade of rebuilding following the great fire of 1866. This fine richly detailed view of Portland depicts the city-viewed from an elevated eastern vantage point-as a lively prosperous place with a busy harbor an active waterfront crowded with wharves and ships numerous factories with smoke spilling out of their smokestacks trains coming and going and many fine commercial public and private buildings. A key in the title margin identifies some 118 buildings and wharves many of them along the waterfront including the Eagle Sugar Refining Company Portland Star Match Co. Works the Grand Trunk Rail Road Depot Portland Co.'s Machine Shops and others. The Portland & Ogdensburg Rail Road and the Maine Central Rail Road serve the western end of the waterfront while the Grand Trunk Rail Road and the Portland & Rochester Rail Road serve the eastern end. Beyond the city proper the Back Cove and other more sparsely developed areas can be seen against a distant mountainous backdrop. The railroads stretch across this landscape disappearing into the distance. Bird's eye view publisher Joseph John Stoner 1829-1917 a native of Highspire Pennsylvania was apprenticed to a chair-ornamenter in Harrisburg before migrating to Cincinnati where he worked as a map and book agent in the 1860's. By 1865 Stoner had resettled in Madison Wisconsin eventually becoming a sales agent for city view artist Albert Ruger with whom he formed a partnership Ruger & Stoner in 1869. Stoner worked both in partnership with Ruger and independently into the 1890s publishing at least 314 views with his imprint on them and likely a good many lacking his imprint as well making him one of the most prolific town and city view publishers of the 19th century. Charles Shober ca 1920-1906 was born in Germany immigrated to America and is known to have been working as a lithographer with Charles Reen in Philadelphia by 1856. The two moved to Chicago in 1857 and established the firm of Reen & Shober but soon thereafter Shober entered into partnership with August Roth. The company operating as Charles Shober and later Charles Shober & Co. produced some of the finest lithography in Chicago specializing in advertising posters and sheet-music covers until their building was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Afterwards Shober and Edward Carqueville assumed management of the rebuilt Chicago Lithographic Company operating as Chicago Lithographing Company Shober & Company Proprietors until 1877 when the firm became known as Shober & Carqueville. Specializing in advertising posters and trade cards the company also became one of the leading producers of circus and theatrical posters in the country and was the largest lithographic firm in Chicago for the last quarter of the nineteenth century. A splendid view of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "City by the Sea." CONDITION: Very good. REFERENCES: Reps 1238; Podmaniczky Christine B. and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Through a Bird's Eye: Nineteenth Century Views of Maine Rockland ME 1981 p. 41. Madison, Wisconsin: J. J. Stoner, Publisher; Chas. Shober & Co Prop's Chicago Litho'g Co., 1876 unknown
2002rif. Manohar-9781861521613Thomson 2002. Hardcover. New. Thomson hardcover
2002rif. Manohar-9781861521613Thomson 2002. Hardcover. New. Thomson hardcover
1965rif. 3117228New York: Praeger. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. First edition in English. SIGNED by Mies Van der Rohe on half-title . 228pp. 10" X 10 1/4" Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Short edge tear at bottom edge of text affecting only a few pages. Shallow damp spots at top & bottom tips of dust jacket. No effect on white cloth beneath. Books signed or inscribed by Mies Van der Rohe are rare in the market. ; 10" x 10 1/4"; 228 pages . Praeger hardcover
1886rif. 005152London: B. S. Williams 1886. First Edition . Leather. Very Good. Folio. John Nugent Fitch. Volumes 5 and 6 bound as one. Original half dark blue morocco leather over blue pebbled cloth boards four double raised bands gilt titles marbled endpapers and edges 12.5 x 10.75 inches. First Editions: vol. 5- 1886 vol.6- 1887. Unpaginated; each volume illustrated with 48 96 total plates tissue-protected chromolithographs by John Nugent Fitch 1836-1895. One of the great orchid books of the nineteenth century published at the height of the 'Orchidelirium' mania. Exterior showing some wear and rubbing heaviest at extremities spine sunned to brown as expected light typical foxing and toning to text pages all plates clean and bright. Provenance: Bookplate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library deaccessioned with "Cancelled" stamp on bookplate no other library markings in book. The Lindley Library in London is the largest horticultural library in the world. B. S. Williams hardcover
1851rif. 139641New York: George P. Putnam 1851. Only "surpassed by Uncle Tom's Cabin in sales and popularity" First edition of Susan Bogert Warner's first novel written under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Wetherell in bright condition. Warner 1819-1885 began writing The Wide Wide World in 1848. It was to become one of the most popular American novels of its time however initially had difficulty finding a publisher. "Even when George P. Putnam accepted the novel for publication in 1850 largely because his mother was enthusiastic about the manuscript he initially printed only 750 copies; two years later the novel was reprinted for the fourteenth time and for decades to come only Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin surpassed Warner's first novel in sales and popularity" ANB. Henry James wrote admiringly of the work in the Nation in 1860 praising Warner's realistic depiction of rural life. This copy is in the third state listed in BAL without the printer's imprint on the copyright page and the final signature of vol. II being 154; the order of priority given as "probable". Blanck notes in his juvenilia bibliography Peter Parley to Penrod that as in the present copy "in first printed copies the folio at p. 157 vol. I and the folio at p. 34 vol. II are misplaced and appear at the inner portion of the page rather than at the fore-edge" Blanck p. 4. 2 vols octavo. Original green morocco-grain cloth titles and decorative motifs to spine in bronze covers stamped in blind within double-rule frames yellow coated endpapers BAL binding b no priority. Spines gently cocked and a little sunned faint spotting to joints touch of wear to tips occasional foxing; a very good copy indeed. BAL 21253; Jacob Blanck Peter Parley to Penrod: a bibliographical description of the best-loved American juvenile books 1938. hardcover
rif. WALTER-FILM000776No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 14 x 36"" 35 x 90 cm. insert poster USA. Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Angie Dickinson Richard Conte Cesar Romero dir: Lewis Milestone; Warner Brothers. OCEAN'S 11 has in time become a mythic film with its portrayal of mid-century Las Vegas and its cast of all the varied members of the famous Rat Pack. Here they are walking down the Las Vegas strip in this delightful poster. Poster was folded but the fold creases are very light there is minor corner wear some creasing along the top right edge side a bit of soil near bottom right corner ABOUT FINE. -movieposter -oceans11 -ratpack -lasvegas unknown books
2012rif. SBBIH-S7JNYSJ3HEIVBloomsbury Professional 2012. hardcover. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Bloomsbury Professional hardcover
rif. 109155Oxford Basil Blackwell 1936. . First edition first impression inscribed by the author; 8vo; colour frontispiece 8 plates in black and white previous ownership inscription to front pastedown; publisher's burgundy cloth gilt lettering to spine with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket closed tear to front panel loss to corners and foot of spine slight spotting and soiling else very good. First edition of Rex Warner's first novel lengthily inscribed by him in blue ink to the front pastedown: 'Poor old / RCBM 1934 in another hand / was compelled by financial difficulties to sell this lone book written in 16 days. It was since acquired by Mr C.L. Greenwood when flushed by illusory triumphs at imperfectly understood games is dedicated to him by a grateful but athletically inferior author. / Rex Warner'. This volume is number eight in the scarce Basil Blackwell series Tales of Action by Men of Letters in which the publisher made the bold experiment of commissioning swashbuckling adventure stories for young adults from scholarly types like the classicist Warner. Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1936. hardcover
2000rif. 290134Chinese People s University Press; 1 August 1. 20 2000-01-01. hardcover. Used - Good. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Hardcover. Pages Number: 6120 Language: Chinese. Publisher: China Renmin University Press; 1 August 1. 2008. International Encyclopedia of Business Administration to cover all the management of modern management constitutes an important issue as the goal. 750 entries by centralized authority. and dynamically reflects the development of modern management theory and practice course. Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. Chinese People s University Press; 1 (August 1. 20 hardcover
1962rif. 94020Gallery. New. 1962. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 65 pages; illustrated mostly in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery hardcover
1962rif. 94021Gallery. New. 1962. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 65 pages; illustrated mostly in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Gallery paperback
rif. WALTER-FILM000493No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 81 x 41"" 203 x 103 cm. three sheet poster USA. Clint Eastwood Andrew Robinson John Vernon Reni Santoni Harry Guardino dir: Don Siegel; Warner Brothers. The now classic crime thriller about San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan who has little regard for rules but who gets results. In this tale he is tracking down serial killer Scorpio who snipes his victims at random. Clint Eastwood in his iconic role of the paradoxical Dirty Harry basically an outlaw but deeply moral at the same time only won the role because originally-cast Frank Sinatra injured his hand. One of the best poster images for this great film and one of the hardest to find with its life-size image of Harry holding up a gun. On linen. There has been a little touch-up along fold lines and to relieve a couple of marginal stains VERY GOOD-FINE. unknown books
rif. 37484Oxford: Privately Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club 1910. Folio 374 x 275 mm lx2 56 2 iv 2pp. with coloured frontispiece and 238 pages of collotype facsimile half red morocco by Bayntun of Bath spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt direct t.e.g. uncut a very nice copy. "The Benedictional is one of the most magnificent of the tenth-century English manuscripts; it had been one of the most important and most discussed exhibits at the Society of Antiquaries Exhibition in 1896 and its reproduction and the introductions by Warner and Henry Wilson were a major event in the study of palaeography and liturgiology."Barker. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Phythian-Adams. Barker 156. Oxford: Privately Printed for Presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, 1910 hardcover
1918rif. 374343New York: Warner M. Van Norden 1918. First Edition. Illustrated. 148pp. Small handbill by Norden tipped to the rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in red staining wear at board edges. Staining. First Edition. Illustrated. 148pp. Small handbill by Norden tipped to the rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. A very rare early twentieth-century illustrated directory of Chinese businessmen in New York with detailed biographical information. Preceding the directory is a section on Chinese farmers in America; the final section of the book comprises "Glimpses of China" as photographed by the author Warner M. Van Norden. Warner M. Van Norden unknown
1882rif. 005151London: B. S. Williams 1882. First Edition . Leather. Very Good. Folio. John Nugent Fitch. Volume one. Original full green morocco leather raised bands gilt titles and decorative compartments and boards inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt 12.5 x 10 inches. First Edition. Unpaginated; illustrated with 47 chromolithographed plates including 1 folding by John Nugent Fitch 1836-1895. One of the great orchid books of the nineteenth century published at the height of the 'Orchidelirium' mania. Exterior showing some light wear and rubbing heaviest at extremities light typical foxing to text pages all plates clean and bright. Provenance: Bookplate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library deaccessioned with "Cancelled" stamp on bookplate no other library markings in book. The Lindley Library in London is the largest horticultural library in the world. B. S. Williams hardcover
1904rif. 32471Hartford: American Publishing Company 1904. 15 volumes. The Autograph edition one of 612 copies signed by Lounsbury and on behalf of the publisher. Included are a manuscript page from "In The Levant" a second manuscript page with numbering in Warner's hand and an autograph letter signed "C. D. Warner" to Lounsbury dated March 6 1883. This copy also the most desirable with plates in two states. With a hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece hand-coloured vignette title page and other photogravures plates 2 signed by artists Frank T. Merrill and E.H. Garret. This copy with the initial portrait in two states both hand-coloured and uncoloured. 8vo bound in three-quarter dark green morocco over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands gilt tooled gilt decorated and tooled in two compartments gilt lettered in two compartments with the remaining large compartment elaborately decorated with gilt borders enclosing a pair of gilt floral decorations top edges gilt. A fine and handsome set with some very light mellowing as is typical the text-blocks and illustrations all in essentially pristine condition. FIRST OF THE EDITION WITH MANUSCRIPT LEAVES AND A MANUSCRIPT LETTER. A sumptuous publication of the great American novelist essayist and close friend of Mark Twain with whom he wrote THE GILDED AGE. His works are popular for their abounding and refined humor their mellow personal charm their wholesome love of outdoor things their suggestive comment on life and affairs and their delicately finished style. Interestingly Warner is known for making the famous remark "Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it". This was quoted by Mark Twain in a lecture and is frequently misattributed to him. The volumes contain the following writings and are illustrated in all volumes: Volume I “My Summer in a Garden” “Backlog Studies” “Baddeck” Volume II “Saunterings” Volume III “My Winter on the Nile” Volume IV “In the Levant” Volume V “A Roundabout Journey” Volume VI “In the Wilderness” “Captain John Smith” Volume VII “Being a Boy on Horseback” Volume VIII “Studies in the South and West with Comments on Canada” Volume IX “Washington Irving” “The Work of Washinton Irivng” Our Italy” Volume X “Their Pilgrimage” Volume XI “A Little Journey in the World” Volume XII “The Golden House” Volume XIII “That Fortune” Volume XIV “As We Were Saying” “As We Go” “Fashions in Literature” Volume XV “Relation of Literature to Life” People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote” American Publishing Company hardcover
