CA. 1911 IDYLLS OF THE KING BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON ~ ILLUSTRATED BY ELEANOR FORTESCUE BRICKDALE

CA. 1911

IDYLLS OF THE KING
BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
ILLUSTRATED BY ELEANOR FORTESCUE BRICKDALE

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ TIPPED-IN COLOR PLATES ~ CLASSIC POETRY ~ ARTHURIAN LEGEND ***

Edinburgh: Hodder and Stoughton, no date, circa 1911.
Printed by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh.

• measures about 8'' x 6''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding designed by Frank Hazenplug - signed with designer's initials FH
• embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• patterned endpapers
• vignette title page
• tipped-in color frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard
• illustrated with 11 additional full-page tipped-in color plates, each with captioned tissue-guard

CA. 1900 THE LADY OF THE LAKE BY SIR WALTER SCOTT ~ ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING

CA. 1900

THE LADY OF THE LAKE
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***
Publisher:
New York: A. L. Burt, Publisher, no date, circa 1900.

Features:
• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt stamping
• textblock top edge gilt
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with one additional full-page plate

CA. 1885 POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS ~ ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS

CA. 1885

THE POETICAL WORKS
OF ROBERT BURNS

ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***
Publisher:
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date, circa 1885.

Features:
• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt and stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• brown coated endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with full-page engravings

1899 RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM ~ ILLUSTRATED ~ STUNNING FINE BINDING

1899

RUBAIYAT
OF OMAR KHAYYAM

RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY EDWARD FITZGERALD

THIS STANDARD EDITION OF THE FIVE VERSIONS INCLUDES THE FULL TEXT OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 1859, THE FULL SECOND EDITION OF 1868, AND FULL FIFTH EDITION OF 1889, TOGETHER WITH NOTES INDICATING THE MINOR VARIANTS FOUND IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS

ILLUSTRATED WITH 12 PHOTO-ETCHINGS FROM DRAWINGS BY GILBERT JAMES AND EDMUND H. GARRETT AND WITH A PORTRAIT OF EDWARD FITZGERALD

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ STUNNING ORNATE FINE BINDING ~ FULL-PAGE PLATES ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***

Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1899.
Composition and electrotype plates by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston.
Presswork by C. H. Simonds & Co., The Colonial Press, Boston.

• Possible First Thus - only 1898 copyright stated on copyright page, no additional printings listed
• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt stamping
• textblock top edge gilt
• extra vignette title page
• frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard
• illustrated with 12 full-page photo-etchings, each with captioned tissue-guard

1931 FIRST EDITION - FIVE BY TEMPLE FIELD [RAOUL WHITFIELD] - RARE DUST JACKET - CLASSIC HARD BOILED-CRIME/MYSTERY/WWI AIR FORCE PULP FICTION

1931 FIRST EDITION

FIVE
BY TEMPLE FIELD

*** RARE 1ST IN DUST JACKET ~ CLASSIC HARD-BOILED CRIME/MYSTERY/WWI AIR FORCE PULP FICTION ***

Temple Field is the pseudonym of Raoul Whitfield.

New York: Farrar Rinehart, 1931.

• First Edition - copyright page has publisher's emblem - no additional printings
• measures about 7.75" x 5.5"
• original publisher's yellow cloth with red lettering
• textblock top edge red
• original unclipped dust jacket

CA. 1885 PURGATORY AND PARADISE BY DANTE ALIGHIERI ~ ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE ~ RARE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1885

PURGATORY AND PARADISE
BY DANTE ALIGHIERI

ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ MASSIVE FOLIO ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ***
Purgatory and Paradise. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. from the Original of Dante Alighieri and Illustrated with the Designs of M. Gustave Doré. New Edition. With Critical and Explanatory Notes.

New York, London, and Paris: Cassell & Company, no date, circa 1885.

• measures about 13.25'' x 10.25''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• beveled edges to boards
• ornate embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• green patterned endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• profusely illustrated with full-page engravings by Gustave Doré

1943 FIRST EDITION - THE FRENZIED PRINCE BY PADRAIC COLUM - ILLUSTRATED BY WILLY POGANY

1943 FIRST EDITION

THE FRENZIED PRINCE,
BEING HEROIC STORIES OF ANCIENT IRELAND
TOLD BY PADRAIC COLUM

ILLUSTRATED BY WILLY POGANY

*** RARE VINTAGE FIRST EDITION ~ COLOR PLATES ~ IRISH TALES ~ ORIGINAL DUST JACKET ***

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1943.

• First Edition stated on copyright page, no additional printings listed
• measures about 9.5'' x 7.5''
• publisher's green cloth binding with blue lettering
• original dust jacket
• pictorial map endpapers
• illustrated with full-page color plates and monochrome drawings throughout by Pogany

1900 A DUET WITH AN OCCASIONAL CHORUS BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE - RARE ANTIQUE FINE BINDING

1900

A DUET
WITH AN OCCASIONAL CHORUS
BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ HANDSOME FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC ***

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1900.

• has only six Doyle books on back of half-title as would the first printing of the First American edition but "1900" on title page - has only 1899 copyright and no additional printings listed on copyright page
• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful decorative cloth fine binding
• embossed silver and gold gilt stamping - signed-binding designed by unknown "JF" (not John Feely)
• brown coated endpapers

CA. 1879 POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ~ ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1879

THE POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

ILLUSTRATED

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***

London & New York: Ward, Lock and Co., no date, circa 1879.
Printed by S. Cowan & Co., Strathmore Printing Works, Perth.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• beveled edges to boards
• embossed gold gilt, black, and white stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• patterned endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with full-page engraved plates
• red-line border to text pages

1876 COOKERY AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY FOR YOUNG HOUSEWIVES - ANTIQUE VICTORIAN COOK BOOK

1876

COOKERY
AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY
FOR YOUNG HOUSEWIVES

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC COOKBOOK ***

London and Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1876.
Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh.

• revised edition with 1876 Preface addendum and additional recipes
• measures about 6.75'' x 5''
• publisher's cloth binding
• embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• frontispiece
• illustrated with two additional full-page plates and occasional small engravings

1883 GLIMPSES OF SOUTH AMERICA BY MARY HIELD - ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

1883

GLIMPSES OF SOUTH AMERICA;
OR, THE LAND OF THE PAMPAS
BY MARY HELD

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ SLAVE TRADE ~ SLAVERY ~ PLANTATIONS ~ RAIN FORESTS ~ HUNTING ~ FISHING ~ NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS ~ PERU ~ CHILE ~ BOLIVIA ~ BRAZIL ~ GUIANA ~ VENEZUELA ~ COLOMBIA ~ URUGUAY ~ LA PLATA ~ PATAGONIA ~ SILVER MINES ~ WILD ANIMALS ~ CLASSIC TRAVEL ***

London, Paris, & New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883.
Printed by the Belle Sauvage Works, London.

• measures about 7.25'' x 5''
• beautiful decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• embossed gold gilt and red and green stamping
• patterned endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with many engravings

CA. 1890 NARRATIVES AND ADVENTURES OF TRAVELLERS IN AFRICA BY CHARLES WILLIAMS - ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1890

NARRATIVES AND ADVENTURES
OF TRAVELLERS IN AFRICA

BY CHARLES WILLIAMS

ILLUSTRATED

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ NATIVE TRIBES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ~ BIG GAME HUNTING: ANTELOPE, ELAND, GIRAFFE, GNU, QUAGGA, ZEBRA, HYENA, CIVET, LION, TIGER, LEOPARD, SERPENT, RHINOCEROS, CROCODILE, HIPPOPOTAMUS ~ NATURE: BIRDS, INSECTS, MONKEYS, PLANTS ~ CLASSIC TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION ***

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, no date, circa 1890.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• publisher's decorative bright blue cloth Victorian fine binding
• embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• light brown coated endpapers
• frontispiece and vignette title page
• illustrated with numerous full-page engravings