The current fair, he said, attracts roughly 2, to 2, patrons and usually sells out, attracting dealers both national and international. Collins said in the ABAA interview. But he found a silver lining: a vast increase in the number of customers wanting secondhand books. A gold rush. Those who knew Mr. Outside of his work, Mr. Wells, from W. Jacobs in ink on the front free endpaper. Decorated Cloth. Owen, Will illustrator. Gilt decorated green cloth. Cloth bright and fresh. With 12 illustrations by Will Owen.
Publisher's cloth. Jacobs, W. First Edition, 8vo. Good Copy. Jacobs, in ink on the dedication page from Jacobs. Octavo, pp. This collection of Jacob's seaport fiction includes a single supernatural story, "Jerry Bundler. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. Not in Bleiler ; Endpapers darkened, Good copy. Published by C. Cooke, C. Cooke, Book Condition: VG. Matched set of 4 volumes. Full page engravings text is exceptionally clean, bindings are tight, all joints are sound with no previous repairs, minor chip to head of Vol I.
First edition, first state, BAL's "A" printing. With a fine portrait frontispiece in each volume and with holograph E. An especially fine and handsome set, very clean and quite fresh. A beautifully preserved example. Always, when the time came for him to go on with the dictation, he chose as his subject whatever was most interesting to him at the moment, regardless of chronological order.
Very Good. Previous owner's inscription on the front free end paper, bound in pictorial red cloth with cave man scratching on a rock, with 2 monkeys watching. First edition, apparent later printing without MCMIV date at foot of title page though it says "Published April, " on verso, with no later printings indicated ; frontispiece of similar image as cover, in black on white; condition Very Good, very mild fading to the spine almost not noticeable, some loss of lettering on the spine as per normal were the ivory color lettering falls out internally clean tight a sharp clean bright copy.
Mark Twain Samuel L. Very good in bright red cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine. Slight browning of free end papers. With slight tanning to the spine. The paper label is very slightly tanned Small chip affecting part of the last letter of the publisher. Without a dust jacket. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, Tenth edition, limited with this numbered of five hundred and fifty copies. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title.
Thirteen etchings by Wm. Illustrated by Coll. Joseph Clement; 'Maple White' illustrator. First US Edition. Original beige cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. The first Professor Challenger adventure. Published by Philip Lee Warner, A beautiful, numbered limited edition of Irving's most popular works, printed on handmade paper at the Riccardi Press. Number of Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, they were part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon and are among the earliest examples of American fiction still read today.
Condition: In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with slight shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean throughout.
Very nice small leather book plate on front paste-down, with slight offsetting on ffep. Endpapers, covers and numerous colour plates by Barnett Freedman - the illustrations are colour auto lithographs drawn on the stone by the artist and printed at the Curwen Press. Translated by Constance Garnett. Text edited and revised by Bernard Guildert Guerney. Introduced by Lionel Trilling. Top edges gilt. Together with Freedman's War and Peace, a highspot of twentieth century illustrative art.
Inspired by Goethe's West-oestlicher Divan, the poem is 'important as a fairly direct statement of Browning's mature religious beliefs He did not pretend that Ferishtah was more than a transparent disguise for himself. Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. London, With portrait, 2 fold plates; offsetting on title, etc. Otherwise internally clean and tidy. Published by D. With Eighteen Engravings, from Original Designs.
Author: uncredited author Publisher: D. John, T. Hervey, Mrs. Rowand, and others. There are raised bands to the spine. The attractive exterior shows light to moderate rubbing, concentrated at the edges and corners. The binding is solid. The text block is adorned with gilt edges and marbled end papers. The pages show mild to moderate age toning and scattered light foxing, heaviest in the margins. This work is profusely illustrated with many tissue-guarded engraved plates.
Churchill Published by Cassell and Company Ltd. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Good - Original. The Books - to All books are first editions and first printings. Original red cloth, titles to spines in gilt, red top stain.
All the books have their original first issue dustjackets. Red top-stain variably faded but in a nice overall condition. They are internally clean and bright, a very good set. All volumes illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. Churchill's history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations the British Empire and the United States was begun during his "Wilderness Years" in the early s, but not completed until after his retirement from the political stage in the late s.
The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "Special Relationship", "For the second time in the present century the British Empire and the United States have stood together facing the perils of war on the largest scale known among men, and since the cannons ceased to fire and the bombs to burst we have become more conscious of our common duty to the human race.
Fore-Edge Paintings With notes selected and arranged by Rt Rev Richard Mant. MANT, Richard, London: With Psalter - as they are to be sung or said in Churches, and 39 Articles. A nice copy with the famous Notes by Mant. Full brown hard grain Morocco-leather elaborate blind decoration to spine and boards.
Spine gilt lettered. Boards also have elaborately blind tooled panels. All edges gilt. Gilt ruled dentelles.
Original yellow end-papers. Internally crisp and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only; binding complete with no loss. Tight and bright copy. Extensive page Index to Mant's Notes. Being a large volume the print is good and clear; Common Prayer text is large print.
Tennyson, Alfred. Bound together, each with an individual title page. A New Edition, small 8vo. Marble end papers bound full blue hard grain Morocco with decorative orange inlaid leather design, centre of front board.
Fore Edge Painting A good example of a pictorial farm scene, with the farmer tending his stock and the farm and or stately home in the background.
Cadell; E. Moxon, London, Some engravings on Venice several , Florence, Cf. Hind, A. Short History of Engraving and Etching p. Bland 'History of Book Illustration'. Italy and the Italian Renaissance inspired these poems and drawings. In the extensive Notes, on manners, customs and local superstitions. Expert repair to front joint. A very good copy. It is a famous church of Venice and an example of beautiful Byzantine architecture. There are ceilings adorned with mosaics, statues made of bronze and columns made of gorgeous marbles.
It is a must-see attraction in Venice. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. Originally it was the chapel of the Doge, and has only been the city's cathedral since , when it became the seat of the Patriarch of Venice,[2] archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, formerly at San Pietro di Castello.
Cadell and E. Turner, J. One engraved plate and 32 vignettes after Turner, 35 vignettes after Stothard, and 4 other vignettes, all in proof state. Engravings by Turner and Stothard in Proof State. Original full black hard grain Morocco, blind stamped 4-line panel with gilt Roman Urn centered on front and rear boards, raised bands with blind lines in spine compartment and title and author in gilt.
The ForeEdge painting is a great representation of the feeling of ore when you walk into the grounds and see the palace for the first time.
Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest masters of British watercolour landscape painting.
Thomas Stothard, , was an English painter and engraver. In he became a student of the Royal Academy, of which he was elected associate in and full academician in In he was appointed librarian, having served as assistant for two years. Travel and Exploration Riley, New York I. Riley, New York, In Two Parts. In , he lived and hunted with Wawatam of the Ojibwa, who had adopted him as a brother.
The book is considered an adventure classic and one of the best descriptions of Native Indian life at this time. An "easy and dignified" raconteur, in Henry was invited to give an account of his journeys at the Royal Society in London and at Versailles to Queen Marie Antoinette. In the s, Henry introduced John Jacob Astor into the Canadian fur trade; subsequently Astor would stay as Henry's guest during his annual visits to Montreal. This is a scarce first edition of this work. The antique volume is bound in period tree sheep, the spine has gilt lines and centre tooling with a red lettering piece.
Joints have been expertly restored, and prelims gently cleaned to remove acidity of the paper. The frontispiece portrait depicts Henry. Recently rebacked into tree calf boards with full gilt spine to period. Interior text has light scattered foxing throughout. Some areas with underlining and marginalia. Rabelais Inc.
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