SKETCHES BY BOZ: ILLUSTRATIVE OF EVERY-DAY LIFE, AND EVERY-DAY PEOPLE. THE SECOND SERIES. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
by [Charles Dickens] | George Cruikshank (Illustrator)
London: John Macrone, 1837. Second Series. Quarter Leather. Good binding. First Edition, Second Issue of Charles Dickens' first published book. Lacking the half title, 'Contents' leaf, and publisher's advertisement at the rear. With frontispiece; additional title page, engraved; and eight additional plates. Foxing to the plates and opposite pages. Rubbing to the boards; loss to the top edge... Read More
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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] SUNDAY IN LONDON. ILLUSTRATED IN SIXTEEN CUTS, BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, AND A FEW WORDS BY A FRIEND OF HIS; WITH A COPY OF SIR ANDREW AGNEW'S BILL
by George Cruikshank [Illustrator]
London: Effingham Wilson, 1833. Half Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in half-crimson morocco over marbled boards, with raised bands and title lettered in gilt to the spine; there is 1" x 2" place of surface loss to the marbled paper at the center of the upper board; illustrated in fourteen cuts, eleven of which are. Very Good binding.... Read More
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SEA AND SUSSEX, FROM RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE
by Rudyard Kipling | Donald Maxwell (Illustrator)
Garden City | New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1926. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. The Sea and Sussex, with illustrations by Donald Maxwell, and verses by Rudyard Kipling, complete with 24 plates. Verse and illustration on opposite pages. No marks of any kind. Three quarters polished navy calf over blue cloth; gilt lettering and decoration on... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [RELIGION] THE BOOK OF JOB
by Robert T Rose [Illustrator]
Edinburgh: The Abbey Press, 1902. Limited Edition. Good binding. Large 8vo; bound in vellum; with decorations and titling on upper board and spine in gilt; 97 pages; the vellum has stains particularly to the spine; lacking the silk ties to the upper board; the boards are a bit bowed. Limited to 750 copies printed on handmade paper of... Read More
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[CHILDREN] THE BEAR KING
by James Greenwood | Ernest Griset [Illustrator]
Edinburgh: Griffith & Farran, 1868. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. 8vo; handsomely rebound in full calf, triple ruled in gilt with stops on the boards; 5 raised bands double ruled in gilt and a burgundy morocco label with gilt tilting and decoration; there is a burgundy paste-down under turn-ins elaborately decorated in gilt; 98 pages with... Read More
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[CHILDREN] STORIES OF KING ARTHUR’S KNIGHTS. TOLD TO THE CHILDREN
by Mary Macgregor | Katharine Cameron [Illustrator]
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo; in green paper covered boards with titling in black, and a pictorial pastedown; 115 pages, followed by a page of publisher’s ads for the “Told to the Children” series; there is a previous owner gift inscription on the front endpaper, dated Dec. 31st, 1906; the endpapers... Read More
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[ILLUSTRATED] THE BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
by Walter Jerrold (Editor) | Charles Robinson (Illustrator)
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co, nd. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Thick quarto; in the publisher's red cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial spine and upper board; all edges gilt; trace of wear at the spine; with illustrations by Charles Robinsons with 15 color plates (the frontispiece in full color and 14 additional plates in... Read More
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THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS (70 PARTS IN 38 VOLUMES) | THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB; THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY; DOMBEY AND SON; THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP; THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD; THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT; LITTLE DORRIT; BLEAK HOUSE; THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST; BARNABY RUDGE; A TALE OF TWO CITIES
by Charles Dickens | Thomas Nast; C. S. Reinhart; W. L. Sheppard; Thomas Worth; J. Barnard; J. Mahoney (Illustrator)
New York: New York Book Concern, 1875. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Thomas Nast; C. S. Reinhart; W. L. Sheppard; Thoma. The Harper & Brothers editions of most of the major works of Charles Dickens, from the Pickwick Papers to A Tale of Two Cities. Issued with 70 parts in 38 fascicles by the New York Book Concern.... Read More
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![[LITERATURE] [FRENCH] [SAUCY ILLUSTRATIONS] MONSIEUR NICOLAS OU LE COEUR HUMAIN DEVOILE. MEMOIRES INTIMES DE RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. [COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/178/047/1428047178.0.m.jpg)
[LITERATURE] [FRENCH] [SAUCY ILLUSTRATIONS] MONSIEUR NICOLAS OU LE COEUR HUMAIN DEVOILE. MEMOIRES INTIMES DE RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE. [COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES]
by Restif de la Bretonne | Sylvain Sauvage (Illustrator)
Paris: Chez Henri Jonquieres & Cie, 1924. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Four large 8vo. volumes; in the publisher's quarter burgundy morocco over marbled boards, with green leather tips; with raised bands and lettering in gilt; marbled endpapers; [9], 10-385 pages; [7], 8-441; [7], 8-414; [7], 8-620 pages, including Index; followed by [621] Table for the four volumes;... Read More
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[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] GODS AND GENERALS
by Jeff Shaara | Mort Kunstler [Illustrator
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000. Full Leather. Fine binding. Signed. Large 8vo; in midnight blue leather with titling and elaborate decorations in gold; all edges gilt; silk ribbon marker; silk moire endpapers; with the Easton Press Notes certificate and the Certificate of Authenticity signed by both Jeff Shaara and Mort Kunstler.~~Please note that this copy is essentially... Read More
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[BOOKS ON BOOKS] THE FIRST EDITOR: ALDUS PIUS MANUTIUS
by Theodore Low De Vinne | Antonio Frasconi [Illustrations]
New York: Targ Editions, 1983. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Quarto; in terra-cotta paper-colored boards, emobrssed with the Aldus imprint; in cream colored linen with vertical titling in gold; the linen is foxed; 39 pages; with 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates, and other illustrations, some in color.; the book is housed in a matching... Read More
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NOBODY'S DOLL
by Adele de Leeuw | Anne Vaughan (Illustrator)
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Full page illustrations, some in color. Short tear to the front endpaper. Chipping and tears to the dustjacket, and section of loss to the rear cover of the dustjacket. Clay colored cloth with blue lettering, and a Fair dustjacket. Very Good binding /... Read More
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![[STUDENT MEMORY BOOK] [VIRGINIA] [NORTH CAROLINA] MY SCHOOL DAYS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/944/703/1467703944.0.m.jpg)
[STUDENT MEMORY BOOK] [VIRGINIA] [NORTH CAROLINA] MY SCHOOL DAYS
by Faye Savage [Student] | Florence White Williams [Illustrator]
Akron, Ohil: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1920. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo,; in pink cloth binding with decoration and titling in gilt; pages printed in pink and grey; truly chock full of information and charm -- over 60 pages have writing on them, or letters or invitations attached.~~The owner was Faye Savage who graduated from high school... Read More
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[SIGNED] [POETRY] UNTUNE THE SKY. POEMS OF MUSIC AND DANCE
by Helen Plotz | Clare Leighton [Illustrator]
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in tan boards, with dustjacket; xv, [xxvii], [2], 3-162 pages, including the Index of First Lines; this copy is signed with an inscription by Helen Plotz on the front endpaper, and is signed on the title page as well; it is... Read More
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[FINE BINDINGS] THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN (IN TEN VOLUMES)
by Jane Austen | C. E. Brock (Illustrator)
London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1908. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. Ten 16mo. volumes; in three quarter blue morocco double ruled at the edges, over marbled paper boards with matching endpaper; top edges gilt; the spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt with ornaments in the Egyptian style; some edgewear; foxing and fading to the marbled... Read More
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[SIGNED] THE A.E.F. OF A CONSCIENTIOUS SUBALTERN
by Hanford MacNider | C. LeRoy Baldridge [Illustrator]
Mason City, Iowa: Klipto, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Small quarto, in pictorial boards; [6], 7-62 pages; this copy with a nice personal inscription by the author: “To Colonel Bob Barton. Who could probably tell better tales. Harold MacNider. March 30, 1956.”~~Hanford MacNider saw action on both World Wars I and II. Near Fine binding.... Read More
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POEMS [With Prospectus]
by Christina Rossetti | Floerence Harrison (Illustrator)
London: Blackie & Son, Ltd, 1910. De Luxe Limited Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Number 160 in the De Luxe Edition, limited to 350 copies. Signed by Florence Harrison, the illustrator. With 36 tipped in color plates on grey mounts, and 34 black and white plates on white mounts; as well, there are splendid drawings... Read More
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[SIGNED] [YOUNG ADULT] DEAR MR. HENSHAW
by Beverly Cleary | Paul O. Zelinsky [Illustrator]
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1983. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo,; in the publisher's white cloth over blue paper-covered boards with dustjacket; there is some spotting to the front endpaper; this copy of the Newbery Medal-winning young adult novel is signed by Beverly Cleary "For Sarah, Beverly Cleary" on... Read More
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[PRESENTATION COPY] [SPECIAL PRESS] PANNYCHIS
by Eleanor Farjeon | Clare Leighton [Illustrator]
Shaftesbury: High House Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo.; in marbled paper boards backed in parchment, lettered in black to the spine; with the publisher's somewhat torn and darkened glassine wrapper present; 14 pages on hand-made paper, followed by the colophon; the edition limited to 225 copies of which this is number 93;... Read More
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FRITIOFS SAGA
by Esaias Tegner | Knut Ekwall (Illustrator)
[Sweden]: Allhems Forlag, 1959. Full Leather. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Fritiof's Saga in Swedish, with 12 illustrations in black and white by Knut Ekwall, and translated by Esaias Tegner. The Tegner translation, and the accompanying Ekwall illustrations, is a prominent Swedish translation, first published in partial form in 1820 and complete in 1825. Full blue calf with lettering... Read More
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[CHILDREN] STORIES OF WILLIAM TELL AND HIS FRIENDS.. TOLD TO THE CHILDREN
by H. E. Marshall; L. L. Gloag [Illustrator]
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo; in grey paper covered boards with titling in black, and a pictorial pastedown; 112 pages, followed by a page of publisher’s ads for the “Told to the Children” series; there is a previous owner gift inscription on the front endpaper, dated Dec. 31st, 1906; the endpapers... Read More
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[CHILDREN] [WOMEN] THE KEWPIE PRIMER
by Elisabeth V. Quinn [Text and Music] | Rose O’Neill [Illustrations]
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1916. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in publisher’s grey pictorial boards with decoration and titling in purple; viii, [2], 118 pages, with illustrations in color and with music; there is a previous owner name in childish handwriting on the front endpaper, which has a couple of light creases.~~The creator... Read More
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[CHILDREN] MISS MINERVA GOIN' PLACES
by Emma Speed Sampson | William Donahey (Illustrator)
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. (7 1/2" x 5"); in the publisher's burgundy cloth with pictorial stamping in black; [10], 11-327 pages; in a bright dustjacket with modest shelfwear; there is a previous owner children's bookplate on the pastedown; a bit of toning to the endpapers; no... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [ILLUSTRATED] THE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. DUPLICATE SET OF PLATES
by Geoffrey Chaucer | W. Russell Flint [Illustrator]
[London]: Riccardi Press, 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; gray cloth portfolio with titling in gilt to the cover, with silk tie; with 36 mounted color plate by W. Russell Flint, all with captioned tissue guards; the plates are a duplicate set produced for the original limited edition.~~With two bookplates for Willis Vickery, an Ohio jurist and... Read More
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BELGIUM, THE RHINE, ITALY, GREECE, AND THE SHORES AND ISLANDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED ENGRAVINGS. VOL. I & II. (TWO VOLUMES IN ONE)
by G. N. Wright; L. F. A. Buckingham | Thomas Allom; Cockburn; Irton; Grenville T. Temple; Allen; Bartlett; Leitch; Wolfensberger (Illustrator)
London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co. | The Caxton Press, 1850. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Wright and Buckingham's historical descriptions of various places in Belgium, the Rhine, Italy, Greece, and the Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, with engraved illustrations by various artists. Complete with two volumes bound in one. Vol. I is complete with... Read More
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