ADAMS, BERNARD; SCOTT, FREDERICK GEORGE; MACK, LOUISE; FOX, HENRY L.

World War I Memoirs: First-Hand Recollections of the Battles, Dramas and Tragedies of 'The War to End All Wars'

London UK, Arcturus. 2021, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781398810655) Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book, 5 paperbacks ,In slip case, Authors ,Bernard Adams,(Nothing of Importance a Record of eight Months at the Front with A Welsh Battalion, Oct.1915 to June 1916" Frederick George Scott,(The Great War as I Saw it) Louise Mack; (A Woman's Experiences in the Great War) Henry L. Fox;(What the Boys Did Over There) & The Poetry of World War 1/. New.

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Book number: 1125558452

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9781398810655 1914-1918,Guerre Mondiale, 1914-1918 Poe?Sie,Guerre Mondiale, 1914-1918 Re?Cits Personnels,Personal Narratives,Poetry World War, 1914-1918 Personal Narratives,World War, 1914-1918 Poetry Poetry Military

(Harer, Frederick); Cournos, John; Craig, Gordon; Untermeyer, Louis; [Oliver, Margaret Scott]; and (Plank, George Wolfe, editor).

The Butterfly Quarterly. (Cover Title). Winter 1908-9. Number Five.

Philadelphia: The Butterfly Attic, 1909. 1909. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The overlapping edges of the covers are heavily chipped. [4], pages 1-14 & [1-4]. Illustrated with a 3-1/4 inch high by 3 inch wide tipped in bookplate for "Martha Thornton McAllister" by Plank engraved on tissue, 12 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank and 3 tipped-in illustrations after etchings by Frederick Harer. Internally near fine with the first and last signatures remaining unopened. Very good.

Number 264 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies.

The contents include: "Frederick Harer - Etcher An Appreciation" by John Cournos, "Isadora Duncan Dancing" by Louis Untermeyer, "On Applause in the Theatre" by Gordon Craig and "This Youth - Gentlemen! A Play in Two Scenes" by Margaret Scott Oliver writing pseudonymously - "Translated from the Hungarian of Etga Arrm by S. Thuner".

George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936. Very good .

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Book number: 98626

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: GEORGE WOLFE PLANK; LOUIS UNTERMEYER; FREDERICK HARER; JOHN COURNOS; ISADORA DUNCAN; GORDON CRAIG; MARGARET SCOTT OLIVER; ETGA ARRM; S. THUNER; BOOKPLATE; THE BUTTERFLY QUARTERLY; MARGARET H. SCOTT; ALICE SMITH; AMY SMITH; VOGUE MAGAZINE; POETRY; WOODCUTS