Color & B&W; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing along with some very beginning fraying. The covers have some ground-in dirt and several spots. The square pictorial pastedown has some light rubbing and wear around the edges. The text pages are clean and bright. Most pages are decorated around the lower edge. The reverse of the frontispiece has a previous owner's gift notation dated 1911. Illustrated throughout with full colo... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The spine of the book has some spots of fading. All ten color illustrations are included, and have the accompanying tissue guards. The text pages are clean and bright. "The stories depicted the "Auld Lichts", a strict religious sect to which his grandfather had once belonged. Modern literary criticism of these early works has been unfavourable, tending to disparage them... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; C1935 edition. This book has been nicely rebound in red cloth with gilt decoration and spine lettering. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate (LeRoy V. Brandt) on the front pastedown page. Included are 10 full page, full color illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. "Boyd served overseas with the Army Ambulance Service in World War I. After World War I, he experienced ill health, and retired to Weymouth, a house hi... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a two volume set, bound in morocco with embossed leather and gilt . A. E. G. (all edges gilt). This set is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front and rear hinges have cracking and have apparently been professionally repaired at some point in the past. The salmon colored endpapers have noticeable foxing and there are notations from previous owners on both volumes. The text pages are clean and bright. "The volumes display both steel and wood engravings based on the paintings of some of the best American landscape painters of the nineteenth ce... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good + condition. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has completely split at the front spine joint and has large chunks of the spine lacking. There are several edge tears and other chips missing. "The whole of Troilus and Criseyde has never before been presented to English readers in a modernized version. The story was extremely popular in the time of Shakespeare, and a number of other plays on... View More...
SIGNED EDITION. Limited Trade edition. (NOT the deluxe edition numbered and signed by several of the artists. ) Folio sized book. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription, by the editor Allen Cohen. The book is in Near Fine condition and is still in it's original cardboard shipping holder. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are several promotional fliers and mailers. "The initial impetus for the paper came from Allen Cohen and head shop owners Ron and Jay Thelin, who offered to put up the seed money to found an und... View More...
This is a folio sized hardcover. This is copy 109 of an edition limited to 350 copies - A Facsimile of the 1884 New York edition. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a heavy cardstock chemise cover. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are crisp and clean. The chemise is in Very Good condition, with several spots of discoloration and ground-in dirt. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The book cover does have some lightish wear and rubbing to the spine ends, corners and edges along with some beginning fraying. There is one spot of discoloration to the bottom rear book cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Illustrated throughout with wonderful black and white illustrations by Willy Pogany. "In America, Colum took up children's writing and published a num... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and is missing the accompanying dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. This copy has a full sized rectangular pictorial pastedown illustration which is in very clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are ten full color, full sized plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. "Jessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 ? May 3, 1935) was one of the most prominent female illustrators in the United States during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was a prolific contributor to respecte... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have bumping, rubbing and wear, along with paper loss, mostly to the corners and edges. The front cover has splotches of rubbing as well. The front paper label is in clean, bright condition. The spine paper label has edge wear, and several spots of rubbing and chipping. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is one spot of discoloration to the bottom edge of the half title page. All... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has the scarce dust jacket in Good condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing, bumping and fading to the very edges of the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the half title page. This copy includes 8 full page, full color illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small chips missing, especially to the front spine joint and top edge. The Book cover has a fu... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. Black cloth boards have gilt lettering and illustrations on both front and spine. There is some light bumping, rubbing and light fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers along with a light cracking to the cloth at the bottom front spine joint. The cloth has some light rubbing and several spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers are fully illustrated and there are 12 full page black and white illustrations, along with head a... View More...
Color Illustrations; Limited to 500 unnumbered copies (printed at Cambridge University Press with colour plates printed at the Curwen Press, London). The Book Club of California Volume # 160. Typographical design by John Dreyfus. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a small, inked previous owner's name on the rear pastedown page. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes the plain, unprinted original dust jacket, which has been marked with the title and date on the spine by a helpfu... View More...
B&W Illustrations; 1st US Illustrated Edition with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing, bumping and beginning edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is noticeable toning / darkening to the spine, spine joints and foredge of the book covers. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a tear to the illustration page. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. " (Kenneth Grahame)...... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition. This is an early US printing, from approximately 1920. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. This copy has a green cloth spine with illustrated paper covers to the front panel and a plain paper rear panel. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date (1923) on the front pastedown page. "Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (17 March 1846 ? 6 November 1901) was an English children's book illustrator and writer... Her first book, Under the Window (1879) ... View More...
Monochrome and Black and white illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine acetate dust jacket along with a slipcase in Near Fine condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with full page black and white illustrations and a red ink line drawing of the letter A on each page. The slipcase is clean and bright with the exception of some ground-in dirt to the rear panel. "The Scarlet Letter, first published in 1850 and the author's first work of any length, established Hawthorne's reputation.... View More...
B&W Illustrations; First Illustrated Edition / First combined edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. Suede leather covers have Art Nouveau lettering and decorations to the front cover and spine. There is noticeable rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The lettering on the spine is a bit dulled and in some places rubbed away. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Howard Pyle. The front endpaper has some beginning color loss to the top edge and the front inner sp... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. This book is difficult to find with the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with 8 full page, full-color plates. Each text page includes illustrated decorations by Edwin I. Prittie. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips missing (including a rather largish chip from the top rear edge) and hsa some generalized rubbing and ground-in dirt. "There is no country like unto this beautiful bourn of our children. Here ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but there is some light generalized toning to the endpapers and edges of the text block. The dust jacket has edge wear and nicking along with rubbing and tears to the spine ends and flaps. There is one chip missing from the middle spine of the dust jacket. Trade copies of this book with the dust jacket are actually quite scarce in comparison to the limnited edition. This copy has ... View More...
Color Illustrations; Rebound edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This copy has been professionally rebound. This is a later printing, with a color frontispiece and 7 full color illustrations throughout. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate (LeRoy V. Brandt) on the front pastedown page. The front dust jacket panel has been pasted onto the front endpaper. "Sidney Clopton Lanier (February 3, 1842 ? September 7, 1881) was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked... View More...
Color Illustration; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom rear corner of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Charles Robinson (1870?1937) was a prolific British book illustrator. Born in Islington in October 1870, London, he was the son of illustrator Thomas Robinson, and his brothers Thomas Heath Robinson and William Heath Robinson also became illustrators. He served an apprenticeship as a printer and ... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardboard covers and a dust jacket. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket and glassine over dust jacket. There is a thin cardboard slipcase which is in Good condition. This book is entirely in FRENCH. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning rubbing and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners, and the same for the glassine overlay. The slipcase has a large tear to the bo... View More...
Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine - condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some toning to the inner hinges of the book at the endpages. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge nicks and chips and some tidemarking / foxing to the spine and flap joints. "With his knowledge of Eastern life and manners, he wrote several entertaining novels. The most popular of these was The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824) and its sequel The Adventures of Hajji Baba o... View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the plain paper wrapper (dust jacket). Limited to 455 unnumbered copies, printed for the The Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press. Tipped in is an original page of The Spectator from Friday Dec. 21. 1711 (Num CCLIV) which starts off with a humorous letter to a happily married woman about how she should comport herself in the society of TOWN life. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name to both front and rear pastedown pages. The text pages are clean and bright. "But Addi... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition This is an early trade edition of a Scribner's Illustrated edition that came in an edition limited to 770 copies. The trade edition came with a paper box and a full size pictorial pastedown on the front cover. This copy is in Very Good++ condition and was apparently issued without a dust jacket. There is one small nick to the bottom spine end, otherwise the covers are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are crisp and clean. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. Included are 12 full color, full ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and spine joints of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There are several spots of foxing throughout. There is a previous owner's inked gifnt notation on the front endpaper. "Howard Chandler Christy (January 10, 1872 ? March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator, famous for the "Christy Girl" ? a colorful and illustrious successor to the "Gibso... View More...
B&W Illustrations; Ths is an early printing of the expanded version of the poem -- this published under the Bobbs-Merrill company statement, not Bowen-Merrill Co. The book is in Very Good condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition with green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front cover and green and orange decorations to both the spine and front cover. There is an oval pictorial pastedown illustration on the front cover which has some beginning rubbing and edge wear. There are several very small spots with beginning fraying to the edges of the book... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends, corners and edges. "After moving to Paris in 1961, he worked more on reportage for Life and Holiday and less on cartoons. He also continued to work in a broad range of media and created books (including his well-known cat books) , animated films and sculpture for commemorative medals, both for the French Mint and the Br... View More...
Color Illustrations; Based on the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There are two small bumps to the bottom edges of the book cover. The endpapers have some light, generalized toning. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some generalized toning to the white portions and some beginning edge wear to the spine ends and corners. Based on " the full-length animated film Dick Deadeye, written and produced by Leo Rost and Robin Miller." "The Ul... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The bottom spine end of the book covers has a chip missing. There is also a one inch spot of fraying to the front spine joint. The taupe colored cloth has spots of ground-in dirt and discolorations to both front and rear covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's gift notation on thefirst free page. The book is illustrated by various artists, including: F. S. Church, Wm. St. John Harper, Thomas Hovenden, ... View More...
