CA. 1911 ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS - RARE ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FAIRY COVER

CA. 1911

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
AND
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
BY LEWIS CARROLL

ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN TENNIEL

New York: Hurst & Company, no date, circa 1911.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau binding with fairies (split fountain technique used in the green oval)
• color stamping with embossed black stamping and lettering
• illustrated throughout by Tenniel

1923 ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY OUTLAWS BY J. WALKER MCSPADDEN - ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY ALLAN STEWART

1923

ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY OUTLAWS
BY J. WALKER MCSPADDEN

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY ALLAN STEWART

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1923.

• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth pictorial fine binding - designed by Decorative Designers firm
• embossed gold gilt and color stamping
• illustrated with frontispiece and full-page color plates by Allan Stewart (1865-1951, Edinburgh, Scotland)

1909 THE OPEN ROAD - A LITTLE BOOK FOR WAYFARERS - COMPILED BY E. V. LUCAS - FINE BINDING DESIGNED BY BERTHA STUART

1909

THE OPEN ROAD
A LITTLE BOOK FOR WAYFARERS
COMPILED BY E. V. LUCAS

FINE BINDING DESIGNED BY BERTHA STUART [BS]

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1909.

• measures about 7'' x 5.5''
• beautiful flexible red cloth Arts & Crafts period signed-binding by Bertha Stuart
• ornate embossed gilt stamping to front, back, and spine
• textblock all edges gilt
• pictorial endpapers by William Hyde

CA. 1890 ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS BY LEWIS CARROLL - Illustrated Fine Binding

CA. 1890

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
AND
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

BY LEWIS CARROLL

WITH 10 FULL-PAGE COLOR PLATES AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, n.d., circa 1890.

• measures about 7.75'' x 5.5''
• beautiful red-orange cloth poster style fine binding
• detailed pictorial color stamping and embossed gilt lettering
• illustrated with 10 vivid full-page chromolithograph color plates including frontispiece
• also illustrated with b&w plates and smaller pictures by John Tenniel

CA. 1911 FLOWER FABLES BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT - ILLUSTRATED - FAIRY TALES - ART NOUVEAU BINDING

CA. 1911

FLOWER FABLES
BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

ILLUSTRATED

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, no date, circa 1911.

measures about 6.5'' x 5.25''
beautiful decorative cloth Art Nouveau binding
detailed pictorial color stamping
frontispiece and vignette title page
profusely illustrated with full-page plates, as well as smaller illustrations, decorations, borders and fancy initials

CA. 1890 FILE NO. 113 BY ÉMILE GABORIAU - VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1890

FILE NO. 113
BY ÉMILE GABORIAU

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC DETECTIVE FICTION, CRIME NOVEL ~ LE DOSSIER N° 113 ***

New York: John W. Lovell Company, no date, circa 1890.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• beautiful decorative publisher's burgundy cloth fine binding
• ornate embossed stamping in gold gilt and black
• 365 pages + book ads

Included in the Definitive Library of Mystery Fiction by Howard Haycraft and Ellery Queen.

1878 POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE - ILLUSTRATED BY SIR JOHN GILBERT - VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

1878

THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE

ILLUSTRATED BY SIR JOHN GILBERT

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

London: George Routledge and Sons, no date, circa 1878.
There are ads for Little Wide Awake 1878 in the catalog at end.

• measures about 7.75'' x 5.25''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
• beveled edges to boards
• embossed gold gilt, black, and color stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• coated brown endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with full-page engraved plates
• red-line border to all text pages

1890 FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE BY ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY - ILLUSTRATED - VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

1890

THE FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE
BY ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY

ILLUSTRATED

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ CLASSIC FAIRY-THEME SCIENCE BOOK ~ BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ FAIRIES ~ GEOLOGY ~ EARTH SCIENCE***

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''
• stunning publisher's cloth Victorian fine binding
• detailed embossed gilt and black pictorial stamping including multiple golden fairies
• tan coated endpapers
• frontispiece
• illustrated throughout with full-page plates and part-page engravings

CA. 1878 POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT - ILLUSTRATED BY 100 ENGRAVINGS - VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1878

THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY THE AUTHOR

ILLUSTRATED BY 100 ENGRAVINGS
FROM DRAWINGS BY BIRKET FOSTER, HARRY FENN, ALFRED FREDERICKS

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


New York: D. Appleton and Company, no date, circa 1878.

measures about 8'' x 6''
beautiful original publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding
beveled edges to boards
ornate embossed gold gilt and brown stamping
textblock all edges gilt
coated brown endpapers
frontispiece with tissue-guard
illustrated with 100 engravings
501 pages

1880 HORSEMAN'S GUIDE AND FARRIER: A NEW AND IMPROVED SYSTEM OF HANDLING AND EDUCATING THE HORSE

1880

THE HORSEMAN'S GUIDE AND FARRIER:
A NEW AND IMPROVED SYSTEM OF HANDLING AND EDUCATING THE HORSE,
TOGETHER WITH DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT

BY S. V. R. YORK

ALSO, A TREATISE ON SHOEING; EDUCATING CATTLE AND DOGS:
WITH HINTS ON STABLE MANAGEMENT

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ STUNNING VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED ~ CLASSIC ~ SECTIONS ON HORSE TRAINING ~ VETERINARY HOME MEDICINE RECIPES ~ HORSE BREEDS ~ BETTING AND GAMBLING RULES ~ GROOMING ~ BRIDLES, HARNESSES, SADDLES, HORSESHOES ~ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN TROTTING TURF RULES AND REGULATIONS ***

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1880.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.5''
• beautiful decorative red pebbled cloth Victorian fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt stamping including two different full-cover landscape-oriented vignettes
• brown coated endpapers
• illustrated with numerous full-page plates of engravings - plates are out of numerical order, as issued, and some numbers are not accounted for - it does not appear that any plates were removed
• 294 pages

1904 FRIENDSHIP OF ART BY BLISS CARMAN - ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING

1904 FIRST EDITION

THE FRIENDSHIP OF ART
BY BLISS CARMAN

*** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ FINE ARTS ~ PHILOSOPHY ~ INSTINCT ~ TRAINING ~ SPIRIT ~ SOUL ~ CRITICISM ~ REALISM ~ SANITY ~ TRADITION ~ SIMPLICITY ~ CIVILIZATION ~ BEAUTY ~ CLASSIC ***

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1904.
Colonial Press, Boston, MA.

• First Edition - title page and copyright page dates match - August, 1904 - no additional printings listed
• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• ornate embossed stamping in gold gilt, green, and white
• textblock top edge gilt - deckle edges otherwise
• vignette title page
• frontispiece with tissue-guard

1899 EVANGELINE, A TALE OF ACADIE BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW - ILLUSTRATED

1899

EVANGELINE, A TALE OF ACADIE

BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

ILLUSTRATED

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1899.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5''

• stunning publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding

• elaborate ornate embossed gold gilt stamping

• textblock top edge gilt - deckle edges otherwise

• frontispiece with caption-printed tissue-guard

• extra vignette title page designed by Theodore B. Hapgood - his monogram appears bottom right

• illustrated with full-page color plates, each with caption-printed tissue-guard

1899 PTLA: "The Copley Series. The volumes in this new series deserve the attention of all book-lovers. The colored illustrations, printed by a new process, are a special feature, while the deckle-edge paper, wide margins, printed tissues, silk bookmarks, and artistic cover designs combine to make these volumes unique specimens of book-making. 12mo., cloth, gilt top."

1883 RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE - ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE

1883

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
IN SEVEN PARTS
BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORÉ
WITH OCCASIONAL PLATES BY BIRKET FOSTER AND OTHERS

New York and Boston: H. M. Caldwell, 1883.

• measures about 8.75'' x 7''
• beautiful decorative blue cloth Victorian fine binding
• embossed gilt stamping and lithographed pictorial paper over boards
• frontispiece
• illustrated with 26 exquisite engravings

1896 JUNGLE BOOK BY RUDYARD KIPLING - EARLY PRINTING - ILLUSTRATED

1896

THE JUNGLE BOOK
BY RUDYARD KIPLING

ILLUSTRATED

New York: The Century Co., 1896.

• measures about 7.75'' x 5.5''
• beautiful publisher's decorative cloth fine binding
• embossed gold gilt and blind-stamping to front, rear, and spine
• frontispiece
• illustrated with full-page plates