Milne, A. A., illustrated with decorations by E. H. Shepard, Music by H. Fraser-Simson

Teddy Bear and Other Songs; & Fourteen Songs from When We Were Very Young; &  Songs from Now We Are Six;  the Three Volumes

London, Methuen & Co, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes; Quartos; pp; 43; 34; 33; original quarter tan cloth and brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label at center cover, with decorations by Shepard of Pooh and Christopher Robin; "Fourteen Songs" is a seventh edition, the others are first editions; printed music throughout with decorations by Shepard interspersed; edge wear, corners bumped, else very good. Verses from the Pooh books set to music. Very good .

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Book number: 15343

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Milne; Music; Winnie the Pooh; Pooh;

Montgomery, James

The Poetical Works of James Montgomery with Prefatory Memoir and Explanatory Notes

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1885. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xxx, (ii), (2), 3-604; Steel engraved frontispiece portrait and One hundred original illustrations by John Gilbert and Birket Foster; full decoarted black morocco, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, yellow end papers; Moderate edge wear, corners bumped. Very good .

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Book number: 12842

Catalogue: Literature

Mr. Yorick, (Sterne, Laurence)

A Sentimental Journey Through France & Italy

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1905. This edition, designed by Bruce Rogers, utilizing Brimmer type, and limited to 335 numbered copies, this is copy #97. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (iv), 231, (i), colophon; three quarter blue crushed morocco and marbled paper covered boards and marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, else deckled edges, spine lettered in gilt, a signed binding, "Adams Bindery", (Ralph Randolph Adams, New York). Rogers' designs are always arresting, pleasant to simply hold, beautiful to simply scan, and delightful to read. Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was.."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived". Sterne's "Journey" is a landmark book bridging a divide between travel and introspective fiction. This copy has an interesting provenance, a signed binding and great printing! This copy bears the tasteful bookplate of noted architect, Philip Lippincott Goodwin, co-designer of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Some rubbing to the edges and corners, else a very good solid binding on a beautifully designed edition.

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Book number: 18676

Catalogue: Literature

Northcote, James, Bewick, Thomas, And Others

Fables Selected from the Works of Northcote, Bewick and Others

New York, Alexander V. Blake, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo; pp; vi, (vii), 8-251; "embellished with numerous engravings on wood"; black cloth boards decorated in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. One hundred fourteen brief fables, each with an application, Quite entertaining. Some intermittent toning, a damp stain lightly affects the last few leaves else a very good copy of a lovely 19th century book of fables .

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Book number: 18517

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Illustrated

Shaw, George Bernard

Back to Methuselah (a Metabiological Pentateuch); with a Preface by Mr. Shaw and with Wood Engravings by John Farleigh

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1939. a limited edition of 1500 copies, each numbered and signed by the artist, this is copy #1162. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; lvi, (ii), 260, (i), colophon; Illustrated by John Farleigh with a frontispiece and numerouse wood engravings throughout the text; green linen with a green leather title tile to upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, spine label faded from green to brown. Spine faded else very good in a worn slipcase .

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Book number: 17600

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Performing Arts

Smith, Albert

The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole; with 26 Etchings by John Leech and a Biographical Sketch of the Author

London, Downey & Co. Ltd. 1897. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. Ovtavo; pp; xxiii, (i), 599, (i), colophon; Illustrated with twenty-six etchings by John Leech; blue cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; A very bright, clean, tight copy. Ill.: John Leech. Very good .

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Book number: 15072

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Illustrated; John Leech; English Literature; John Leech

Stein, Gertrude

Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Carl Van Vechten

New York, Random House, 1946. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xv, (i), 622; frontispiece portrait; cream cloth with a blue spine title tile lettered in gilt in a dust jacket, top edge stained blue; Jacket has a bit of edgewear, previous owner's name on front free fly leaf. Very good/good.

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Book number: 19247

Catalogue: Literature

Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Hardcover. Twenty-six volumes, complete; octavo; illustrated with frontispieces; gilt ruled red cloth, top edge gilt, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, fore edges untrimmed; An unusually bright set. The volumes are as follows; Contents: I. New Arabian nights. --II. Treaure Island. --III. More new Arabian nights: The dynamiter, written in collaboration with Mrs. Stevenson. The story of a lie. --IV. Prince Otto. Island Nghts' Entertainments. Father Damien. --V. Kidnapped. --VI. David Balfour: a Sequel to Kidnapped. --VII. The Merry Men and other tales and fables. The Srange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. --VIII. The Black Arrow. The misadventures of John Nicholson. The body-snatcher. --IX. The Master of Ballantrae. --X. The Wrecker, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XI. The Wrong Box, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. The Ebb Tide, written in collaboration with L. Osbourne. --XII. An Inland Voyage. Travels with a Donkey. Edinburgh, picturesque notes. --XIII. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers. Memories and Portraits. --XIV. Familiar studies of men and books. Miscellaneous papers. --XV. The Amateur Emigrant. Across the plains. The Silverado Squatters. --XVI. A Child's Garden of Verses. Underwoods. Ballads. --XVII. Vailima Letters: correspondence addressed to Sidney Colvin. --XVIII. Memoir of Fleming Jenkin. Records of a family of engineers. --XIX. In the South Seas. A foot-note to history. --XX. Wier of Hermiston. The plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson. Fables. XXI. St. Ives: being the adventures of a French prisoner in England. --XXII. Sketches. Criticisms, etc. --XXIII & XXIV Letters to his families and friends. --XXV & XXVI. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson / by Graham Balfour. Near fine .

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Book number: 16281

Catalogue: Literature

The Authors, (Smith, Horace and James Smith)

Rejected Addresses or the New Theatrum Poetarum

London, John Murray, 1833. Eighteenth edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp; xxxi, 170; Illustrated, Cruikshank illustrations, six wood engravings in the text, and frontispiece portrait after Harlowe; three quarter red morocco and marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Cohn 759. "..carefully revised, with an original preface and Notes by the Authors." Parodies of Byron, Wordsworth, Scott, Southey, Crabbe, and others. Scarce edition. Ill.: George Cruikshank. Front board detached. Internally very good .

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Book number: 17115

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; Illustrated; George Cruikshank George Cruikshank Poetry Illustrated

Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Pleasantville, Reader' Digest Association, Inc, 1986. Cloth. (1986). Octavo (6" x 9.25"), half black faux leather and olive green cloth. Gilt titles and cover illustration. "Marbled" endpapers. 304pp. Illustrated in the text by E. W. Kemble. Ribbon marker. Very good or better. With the 4p. "Reader's Digest World's Best Reading" insert, modeled after the heritage press "Sandglass. Very good + .

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Book number: 19330

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; Mark Twain; Samuel Clemens; Huckleberry Finn; Huck Finn: E.W. Kemble; Children's Illustrated Illustrated Children's Books

Twain, Mark, Harriet Elinor Smith, Editor

Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 1; a Publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library

Berkeley, University Of California Press, 2010. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xviii, (ii), 736, (iii), index, colphon; photographs; black cloth and cream boards in a dust jacket. Twain's "Uncensored Autobiography in its entirety"!. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 14674

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; Samuel Clemens; T

Twain, Mark

Mississippi Writings: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Life on the Mississippi; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Pudd'Nhead Wilson

New York, Library of America, 1982. Seventh printing thus. Cloth. (New York:1982). Octavo (5" x 8"), navy cloth, gilt, in cream colored slipcase, also gilt. Decorated endpapers. 1082, (iii)pp with colophon. Very nice copy with ribbon marker. The colophon page is a little wrinkled at bottom corner. Slipcase is cery good with a few scuffs and tiny indentations on tthe front which can be seen in the picture. Four of the most beloved of Twain's tales in this lovely volume. Printed on acid-free paper and bound by Donnelley & Sons. Designed by Bruce Campbell. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 19331

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Library of America; Mark Twain; Samuel Clemens; the Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Life on the Mississippi; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Pudd'Nhead Wilson; American Literature Fiction American Literature

Whittier, John Greenleaf

Poems

Philadelphia, Joseph Healy; Boston: Weeks, Jordan; New York: John S. Taylor, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo, pp. 180; original publisher's brown cloth with a tight floral pattern, with a gilt lettered title within an ornamental box at center of the front board; edges worn, moderate wear, foxing throughout, A collection of over 50 poems, more than half are strongly anti-slavery in theme. BAL 21710, binding A; American Imprints 53638. Anunsophisticated copy of an important collection. Good .

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Book number: 15276

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Abolitionism; Anti-Slavery; Whittier; Poetry; American Literature;

Wright, W. Aldis, ed

Bacon's Essays

London, MacM and Co. Limited, 1920. Later printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo (4" x 6.25"), Three-quarter red morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. 388pp. with appendix and glossary. Very good with a little rubbing on the top of the back joint. A very nice dated binding. Very good .

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Book number: 14123

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Francis Bacon; Binding; Leatherbound Fine Binding Fine Bindings