1899
THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
ILLUSTRATED
HANDSOME GILT STAMPED FINE BINDING
DESIGNED BY SARAH WYMAN WHITMAN
Publisher:
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899.
Features:
• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth fine binding
• embossed gold gilt stamping
• slate blue endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with numerous full-page engraved plates
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
CA. 1926 ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND BY LEWIS CARROLL ADAPTED FOR LITTLE FOLKS
CA. 1926
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
ADAPTED FOR VERY LITTLE FOLKS
FROM THE ORIGINAL STORY
BY LEWIS CARROLL
WITH THIRTY-ONE COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY JOHN TENNIEL
*** RARE EDITION ~ COLOR PLATES ~ ORIGINAL DUST JACKET ~ CLASSIC ***
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, no date, circa 1926.
Features:
• rare hardcover in original paper dust jacket
• measures about 5.5'' x 4.25''
• beautiful and charming binding
• red cloth spine with black lettering, gray paper over boards printed in dark blue, color plate mounted to front
• pictorial endpapers
• frontispiece and 30 more full-page color plates
• 126 pages
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
ADAPTED FOR VERY LITTLE FOLKS
FROM THE ORIGINAL STORY
BY LEWIS CARROLL
WITH THIRTY-ONE COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS BY JOHN TENNIEL
*** RARE EDITION ~ COLOR PLATES ~ ORIGINAL DUST JACKET ~ CLASSIC ***
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, no date, circa 1926.
Features:
• rare hardcover in original paper dust jacket
• measures about 5.5'' x 4.25''
• beautiful and charming binding
• red cloth spine with black lettering, gray paper over boards printed in dark blue, color plate mounted to front
• pictorial endpapers
• frontispiece and 30 more full-page color plates
• 126 pages
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
1878 AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND BY GEORGE MACDONALD
1878
AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
BY GEORGE MACDONALD
ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR HUGHES
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1878.
Strahan & Co binding. Printed by Virtue & Co., Limited.
• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• ornate embossed black and gold gilt stamping
• pale pink coated endpapers
• ad for MacDonald's "Dealings with the Fairies" book tipped in on front endpaper
• illustrated with part-page engravings by Arthur Hughes
AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
BY GEORGE MACDONALD
ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR HUGHES
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1878.
Strahan & Co binding. Printed by Virtue & Co., Limited.
• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• ornate embossed black and gold gilt stamping
• pale pink coated endpapers
• ad for MacDonald's "Dealings with the Fairies" book tipped in on front endpaper
• illustrated with part-page engravings by Arthur Hughes