Author: (Pyle, Howard). Holmes, Oliver Wendell.
Title: The One-Hoss Shay. With Its Companion Poems.
Description: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. 1905. - Octavo, 8-1/8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Green cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the front cover and the spine with a repeat pattern vignette of a horse-drawn carriage stamped in blind on the covers. The top edge is gilt. The corners and head & tail of the spine are bumped. 78 & [2] pages, each printed on one-side only, with a color title page device, and 61 color illustrations and decorations by Howard Pyle. Two previous owners' names, with their addresses, are penned on the front endpaper. A few page corners are slightly creased. Very good.
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Title: The One-Hoss Shay. With Its Companion Poems.
Description: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. 1905. - Octavo, 8-1/8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Green cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the front cover and the spine with a repeat pattern vignette of a horse-drawn carriage stamped in blind on the covers. The top edge is gilt. The corners and head & tail of the spine are bumped. 78 & [2] pages, each printed on one-side only, with a color title page device, and 61 color illustrations and decorations by Howard Pyle. Two previous owners' names, with their addresses, are penned on the front endpaper. A few page corners are slightly creased. Very good.
A new edition with the illustrations now in color.
"For this new edition Mr. Pyle has practically redrawn in color his own original illustrations." - [Publisher's Note page 3]. Very good .
Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES; THE ONE HOSS SHAY; COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS; HOWARD PYLE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; PLATES; VIGNETTES.
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 95812
- Book number: 95812
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