Monday, June 30, 2014

1905 JUNGLE TRAILS AND JUNGLE PEOPLE BY CASPAR WHITNEY ~ SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY BERTHA STUART

1905 FIRST EDITION

JUNGLE TRAILS AND JUNGLE PEOPLE
TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND OBSERVATION IN THE FAR EAST
BY CASPAR WHITNEY

SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY BERTHA STUART

*** RARE ANTIQUE 1ST EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS ~ CLASSIC TRAVEL ~ SIAM ~ MALAYSIA ~ SUMATRA ~ KARENS ~ SAKAI ~ HUMAN TREE-DWELLERS ~ GAMBLING ~ COCOA ~ BIG GAME HUNTING ~ RHINOCEROS ~ ELEPHANT ~ TIGER ~ DEER ~ WILD BOAR ~ WILD CATTLE ~ PANTHER ***

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.

• First Edition - title page and copyright dates match - only first printing listed on copyright page
• measures about 8.75'' x 6''
• handsome decorative cloth fine binding designed by Bertha Stuart, bearing her "BS" cipher on spine
• embossed gold gilt and white stamping
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with many full-page antique photos and illustrations





Sunday, June 29, 2014

1907 CASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF OLD NAVARRE AND THE BASQUE PROVINCES BY FRANCIS MILTOUN ILLUSTRATED BY BLANCHE MCMANUS - FINE BINDING

1907 FIRST EDITION

CASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF OLD NAVARRE
AND THE BASQUE PROVINCES
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN

WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PAINTINGS MADE ON THE SPOT
BY BLANCHE MCMANUS

*** RARE ANTIQUE 1ST EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL FINE BINDING ~ COLOR PLATES ~ CLASSIC TRAVEL ~ BASQUE COUNTRY ~ SPAIN ~ FEUDAL FRANCE ~ THE PYRENEES ***

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1907.

• First Edition - title page and copyright dates match - only first impression listed on copyright page
• measures about 8'' x 5.75''
• beautiful decorative cloth fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt, blue and white stamping
• top edge gilt, otherwise deckle edges
• pictorial endpapers printed in red and gray
• illustrated with eight colored plates by Blanche McManus including frontispiece
• frontispiece and color plates have captioned tissue-guards printed in red
• also illustrated with numerous full-page glossy monochrome plates, plus decorations on text pages





Saturday, June 28, 2014

1904 JAPANESE ART BY SADAKICHI HARTMANN ~ ILLUSTRATED ~ SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY AMY RICHARDS

1904

JAPANESE ART
BY SADAKICHI HARTMANN

ILLUSTRATED

SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY AMY RICHARDS

*** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ EXQUISITE GILT DECORATED FINE BINDING ~ PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PLATES ~ CLASSIC FINE ART ***

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1904.
Printed by the Colonial Press.

• First Edition - "1904" on title page, though copyright page shows "September, 1903" with no additional printings listed - also there is a December, 1903 gift inscription on front endpaper
• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• ornate decorative cloth fine binding - designed by Amy Richards and marked with her "AR" cipher
• embossed gold gilt, green, and light blue stamping
• textblock top edge gilt
• illustrated with 30 beautiful full-page plates, including six in color, and frontispiece with tissue-guard





Friday, June 27, 2014

CA. 1888 POETICAL WORKS OF ALFRED TENNYSON - Illustrated Victorian Publisher's Decorative Cloth Fine Binding

CA. 1888

THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALFRED TENNYSON;
POET LAUREATE

COMPLETE EDITION

ILLUSTRATED

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ EMBOSSED VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ EXQUISITE ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC ***

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., no date, circa 1888.

• measures about 8'' x 6''
• beautiful decorative brown cloth Victorian fine binding
• beveled edges to boards
• embossed gold gilt, red, and black stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• patterned endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with numerous full-page engraved plates, each with tissue-guard