Boston: L. C. Page Company, 1911. Fifteenth Impression. Very Good/no dust jacket . Fifteenth impression of the first edition. Decorated American trade binding. Midnight blue cloth boards with light blue, white and black decoration on cover (girl with her arms around her dog), unchipped white stamped lettering on cover and spine. Small spots of wear-through to two corner tips. Light surface wear to spine ends, no fraying. Light soiling to rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Eight illustrations by Clifford Ca... View More...
New York: Century Company, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - "S" monogram on front cover design). Very clean blue cloth boards with gold and dark blue decoration on cover and spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, fold-out map in excellent condition. 462 pages. Dust jacket is clean, no tears, slightest hint... View More...
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1927. First Edition . Very Good+/no dust jacket. First Edition, decorated American trade binding (signed binding - "S" monogram on cover). Clean orange cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Tiny closed tear at top edge of spine cloth; no other fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated by W. F. Stecher. 284 pages. Scarce book in clean solid condition. View More...
New York: A. L. Burt, n.d. Very Good+/no dust jacket. Clean decorated American trade binding. Beige cloth boards with rust red, black and white illustration of girl wearing dress and hat on horseback on cover, red and black line border. Silver and black lettering on spine, small decoration on spine. No fraying or wear, corner tips slightly bumped. Tiny 1/16" dent to rear board (as from a finger nail) no broken cloth. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Neatly penned previous owner inscription on front free endpaper dated 1906. 325 pages. View More...
London / New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899. Second Edition. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Decorated (British) binding. Printed by Ballantyne, Hansen & Co., Edinburgh and London. Dark green cloth boards with haunting portrait of woman in brown cape against red, black and blue landscape, white line border and red lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. A few tiny spots of wear at base of spine. Binding is tight, no cracking. Previous owner name and date neatly penned at top corner edge of front free endpaper. Stated "Second Edition" on copyright page, 1899 on title page. 413 pages + 1... View More...
Decorated American trade binding. Brown cloth boards with yellow city scene on cover with yellow lettering and line border, gold lettering on spine. Paper label on spine from University Club of St. Paul, Minnesota. Light soiling to cloth, moderate fraying to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Lovely old University Club custom bookplate on front pastedown. Pages and text block edges are clean and unmarked. 374 pages with Index. A collection that is substantially a reprint of extracts from "Silk and Stuff" in the Pall Mall Gazette (1893-1909). View More...
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/no dust jacket. First Edition. Decorated American trade binding (design by Bertha Stuart). Clean green cloth boards with black and yellow decoration, gold lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. Slight surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Frontis illustration with tissue guard, one additional full page illustration. 45 pages. View More...
Chicago - New York : Rand McNally & Co., 1902. Popular Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. E. Mars, Illustrator. Very clean decorated American trade binding in original dust jacket. Clean unworn beige cloth boards with darkgreen decoration and gold lettering on cover, green lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Brief previous owner Christmas inscription neatly penned on front free endpaper. Beautifully illustrated in color and black & white and page decorations by E. Mars. 94 pages. Dust jacket has numerous small edge chips, 1" pi... View More...
Very pretty decorated American Trade Binding. Clean green cloth boards with darker green, gold, white andred decoration on cover, gold lettering. Light surface wear to spine ends, no fraying. Text block edges are clean - no markings - but there is a small oval Library stamp that appears on several pages, rear endpaper; rear endpaper has a check-out slip lightly tipped in. All text pages are clean, bright, unmarked; all pages have a decorative border. Four full page illustrations by Blendon Campbell. 55pages. View More...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1902. Reprint. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming, Illustrators. Grosset & Dunlap edition, a decorated American trade binding with illustrations by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming. Black ribbed cloth boards with red and green peace pipe decoration and green stamped lettering on cover, green stamped lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through, a few small areas of very light surface wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with small previous owner inscription neat... View More...
Stated First Impression. Clean decorated American trade binding. Beige cloth boards with red double wheat-ear design with dark green lettering and decoration on cover, decorative red line border; gold lettering and red and green decoration on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Brief previous owner inscription and date (1914) on front free endpaper. Full color frontispiece portrait of Jesus Christ with clean tissue guard. Pages and edges are clean. 142 pages. View More...
Clean blue cloth boards with light browning to edges. Stamped gold lettering and decoration on cover, stamped gold lettering on spine. Spots of fraying to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Very neatly penned previous owner inscription dated 1910 on front free endpaper. Selected and Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan With a Postscript by the Artist. 40 lovely black & white full-page illustrations by Sullivan with clean printed tissue guards. 200 pages. View More...
Attractive Decorated American trade binding. Blue cloth boards with green iris decoration, gold coat of arms , gold lettering on cover, gold lettering and small gold trident on spine. Light soiling and wear, with very small spot of wear-through to one lower corner tip, light surface wear to edges. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner inscription dated August 1, 1905 is penned on front free endpaper. Wonderful frontispiece illustration with clean printed tissue guard; four additional full-page illustrations with printed tissue guards, plus many smaller illus... View More...
New York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition. Clean unfaded red ribbed cloth boards with decorated cover and spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking, no fraying. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 189 pp. Illustrated with scenes from the play. (8 black and white plates, including frontispiece). View More...
Indianapolis and Kansas City: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1897. First Edition. Good/No Dustjacket. Louis Braunhold, Illustrator. Signed decorated binding (monogram is backwards "E" M - Enrico Monetti). Clean red decorated cloth boards with illustrated cover, gilt decoration and lettering. Gilt top page edges. Illustrations throughout. Binding tight and square, no cracking. Spine is darkened, some wear at top spine edge. Previous owner custom bookplate on front fixed endpaper. With illustrations by Louis Braunhold. 272 pgs. View More...
Boston: Dana Estes, 1910. First Edition . Near Fine/Good+. Margaret Fitzhugh Browne, Illustrator. Lovely decorated and illustrated binding in original dustjacket. Clean cream colored ribbed cloth boards with green vine border decoration, stamped gold lettering, clean unworn color illustration on cover; gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean green decorated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Lovely frontispiece illustration in color by Margaret Fitzhugh Brown with clean tissue guard. Total of sixteen full... View More...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. F. C. Yohn, Illustrator. Decorated signed binding ("H"). Clean brown cloth boards with gold lettering and stamped dark brown decoration on cover and spine. Hint of light surface wear at spine corners, very light scuff to front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Color frontis illustration with clean tissue guard; 3 additional color plates -- all by F. C. Yohn. 606 pages + advertising. 8-page small illustrated publisher... View More...
Later printing (1897) clean decorated American trade binding. Green cloth boards with red, black and green decoration on cover, gold lettering and decorative border on cover. Gold lettering and small boat decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. With 24 illustrations by Peter Newell. 171 pages. View More...
John C. Winston, 1906. First Edition . Very Good+/no dust jacket . Edwin J. Prittie, Illustrator. Decorated American trade binding - blue cloth boards with green, blue, brown and black illustration on cover and spine, black stamped lettering on cover, gold stamped lettering on spine. Slightest hint of soiling. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean color illustrated endpapers. 362 pages + six pages of publisher's advertising at rear of book. View More...
New York: F. M. Lupton, 1900. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Frederick W. Hayes, Illustrator. First Edition. Decorated clean pale green cloth boards with decorated cover (coat of arms with rearing white horse, gold and black border), gilt stamped lettering and decoration on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Sixteen full page illustrations by the author. 527 pp. View More...
