GARDENING FOR THE MILLION
by Pink, Alfred
T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1904 An octavo of 267 pages bound in the original pictorial cloth of a gardener in a white shirt and hat tending a garden bed with his rake. The spine features a large bay standard with twisted twin trunks set in a large pot. This exceptional publisher's trade binding is executed in white, olive and chartreuse green set against navy blue. Colored frontispiece of sweet peas. Written by the author of Recipe For The Million, it... Read More
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LA MODE FEMININE 1490-1795
by (Hand Colored Fashion Plates)
A small portfolio of women's fashion designs broken into four folders of loose plates, 20 plates per folder for a total of 80 plates. This copy missing plate 20 from the third series (1720-1775). Beautifully hand colored pochoir plates illustrating the fashions of the time, each card measuring 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches, the year shown at the bottom of each card. Each wrapper also illustrated with a color illustration. Charming original folding case with patterned papers and... Read More
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LA MODE FEMININE 1795-1900
by (Hand Colored Fashion Plates)
A small portfolio of women's fashion designs broken into four folders of loose plates, 20 plates per folder for a total of 80 plates. This copy missing two plates from the second series (1820-1845). Beautifully hand colored pochoir plates illustrating the fashions of the time, each card measuring 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. The year shown at the bottom of each card. Each wrapper also illustrated with a color illustration. Charming original folding case with patterned papers and... Read More
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LA MODE FEMININE 1900-1920
by (POCHOIR FASHION PLATES)
A small portfolio of women's fashion designs broken into four folders of loose plates, 20 plates per folder for a total of 80 plates. This copy missing one plate from the second series (1905-1910). Beautifully hand colored pochoir plates illustrating the fashions of the time, each card measuring 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. The year shown at the bottom of each card. Each wrapper also illustrated with a color plate. Charming original folding case with patterned papers and... Read More
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MERRIE GAMES IN RHYME FROM YE OLDEN TIME
by Plunket, Hon. Emmeline M
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1886). First edition Square octavo of decorated gray cloth with yellow and red cover lettering and black pictorial decorations. 64 pages profusely illustrated and each page decorated in red and black border design in the style of the Aesthetic movement. Light brown coated endpapers with faded inscription dated "X-mas 1885". The binding is near fine with a scant bit of cover soil, extremities ever so lightly rubbed. A beautiful copy of an interesting, scarce... Read More
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SANTA CLAUS IN STORYLAND
by (Pop-Up )
Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Doehla Greeting Cards, Inc., 1950. Octavo. Spiral-bound pictorial wrappers. Five moveable illustrations and two folding pop-up illustrations make this a holiday delight! This is the Santa Baby Boomers remember, fat and jolly surrounded by a world of primary colors and friendly children! There is a quarter size hole in the back page of the book, caused by the removal of a lollipop. It appears the lollipop was included with the book but alas is gone along with... Read More
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PETER RABBIT AND JIMMY CHIPMUNK
by (Potter, Beatrix) (Peter Rabbit Piracy)
Chicago, Akron and New York: Saalfield Publishing Company, (1918). A slim octavo bound in stiff tanpaper over boards with color illustration on both covers of Peter and Jimmy. Pictorial endleaves. Unpaginated. Aside from a trace of edgewear, this is a pristine copy of a fragile book..as clean and bright as the day it was published. The contents are fine as well, with no marks, tears or other faults. The book retains its original dust wrapper that repeats the cover... Read More
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PETER RABBIT AT THE CIRCUS
by (Potter, Beatrix ) Hudson, Alma
New York: Cupples and Leon, ( 1921. Bound in orginal sage green cloth with color pictorial pastedown on the front cover. This charming 16mo of 48 pages is a fine example of the outrageous number of Peter Rabbit books that traded on Beatrix Potter's work and name. Alma Hudson "borrowed" Miss Potter's beloved character and Richard Hudson followed suit with wonderful illustrations "inspired" by Miss Potter's art. This particular title is scarce in this exceptional condition, retaining the original pictorial... Read More
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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
by Potter, Beatrix
(London): Frederick Warne & Co., (1993). Bound in blue cloth and housed in a pictorial slipcase, this is a pristine copy of the facsimile of the first edition, published in 1902. A charming gift book.
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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
by Potter, Beatrix
(London): Frederick Warne & Co., (ca. 1960). A fine copy in pictorial dust wrapper.
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PETER RABBIT AND THE FAIRIES
by (Potter, Beatrix ) Hudson, Alma
New York: Cupples and Leon, ( 1921). Bound in original orange cloth with color pictorial pastedown on the front cover. This charming 16mo of 48 pages is a fine example of the outrageous number of Peter Rabbit books that traded on Beatrix Potter's work and name. Alma Hudson "borrowed" Miss Potter's beloved character and Richard Hudson followed suit with wonderful illustrations "inspired" by Miss Potter's art. This particular title is scarce in this exceptional condition, retaining the original pictorial dust... Read More
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GLAZE, FORM & EXECUTION
by (Arts and Crafts Pottery)
Cincinnati, Ohio: Treadway Gallery, Inc, 2000. A fine copy of the catalog of an important auction of Art Pottery held at the John Toomey Gallery in Oak Park, Illinois, May 7th, 2000. Harbound edition, celedon cloth, 105 pp. Fully illustrated with color photographs of this grouping of 289 exceptional examples of very desirable Art Pottery. A valuable reference for both the scholar and collector.
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THE HIAWATHA PAINTING BOOK
by (Prang)
New York: The Nourse Company, 1913. First edition Bound in original stiff tan paper with pictorial cover design in dark brown and terra cotta. The corner of the front cover is chipped and the corners of the first few pages creased. A couple of closed tears along the edges. Aside from these relatively minor faults, this is an exceptional copy of a Prang water color book, internally fine and unmarked. The back cover gives suggestions on the use of water... Read More
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THE GARDENER'S JOURNAL AND RECORD BOOK
by E. Annie Proulx
Rodale Press, Emmaus , PA 1983 A pristine copy, with cover design and illustrations by Jeanne Stock. Scarce Proulx title, particularly in this exceptional condition.
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SIENA
by Prunai, G. B. (VELLUM BINDING)
F. Lumachi, publisher. 1902. Florence. Full vellum, limp with leather ties. This is a nice example of one of the Florence gift bindings done around the turn of the century. The front cover is hand painted, titling and decoration in a fine hand. A slight bit of discoloration to the vellum otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. Yapp edges, all ties present.
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CALIFORNIA
by (Union Pacific Railroad)
Omaha, Nebraska: Union Pacific System, (1924). A fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. One of the pamphlets issued by the Union Pacific Railroad to promote travel destinations serviced by their trains. Illustrated in both black and white photographic images and full page color plates reproducing artistic renditions of the Golden State's beauty when it was still a wide open paradise filled with promise.
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THE JESTING ARMY
by Raymond, Ernest (Art Deco Dustwrapper)
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1931. First edition Original blue cloth octavo in a beautiful Art Deco dustwrapper. Very slight fading to spine on cloth otherwise a fine copy. The wrapper is a series of red intersecting triangles with a black background and blocks of white for the title and author. Large pencil signature and date (1942) on title page otherwise a clean unblemished copy in a bright unworn wrapper.
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ORIENTAL RUGS
by Roberts, Edna H
New York Dry Goods Economist 1928 First printing Ex library with embossed stamp on title page and date stamps on first page. Check out paste down (blank) and ink accession marks on rear paste down. No external library markings. Original maroon cloth with gilt letter. Cover has wear with several scratches and wear to extremities. Text is clean and bright. An old but still useful text for Oriental rugs. Well illustrated with... Read More
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THE SENSITIVE PLANT
by (Robinson, Charles) Shelley, Percy Bysshe
London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J. B Lippincott Co., (1911). A quarto bound in original full limp morocco with elaborate design on the upper cover and spine in gilt. Top edge gilt. Eighteen tipped-in color plates by Charles Robinson as well as many vignettes in halftone. A most unusual format for this title, seemingly a publisher's deluxe binding. Dark leather is prone to fading and this copy has had some professional color restoration and the head of the spine... Read More
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MARGARET'S BOOK
by (Robinson, Charles) Fielding-Hall, H.
Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1916 An octavo bound in original red cloth, top edges gilt, gilt pictorial cover illustration. Twelve tipped-in illustrations in color by Charles Robinson, with captioned tissue guards. (Lacking tissue guard at page 66 and marginal closed tears on the tissue guard at page 80) Many textual illustrations and pictorial endpapers, all by Robinson. Aside from the fault with two of the tissue guards and a bit of wear at the corners, this is a near... Read More
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WOMEN OF SHAKESPEARE'S FAMILY
by Rose, Mary
London an New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1905. Lovely little 16mo. bound in scarlet cloth with gilt titles on upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Sixty-three pages, plus eight pages of publisher's ads. A fine bright copy of a scarce title in the body of Shakespearian studies. Six women are profiled: the writer's mother, Mary Arden; sister, Joan; two daughters, Judith and Susannah and his granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall. Illustrated with eight relating photographic images. Difficult to... Read More
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EARLY POEMS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
London: Grant Richards Ltd, (1906). A charming, diminutive volume of Rossetti's early poems, before they were altered by the author as he achieved more skill and sophistication. 24 mo. Original scarlet cloth, 83 pp., with Art Nouveau floral motifs in blind on the upper cover. Frontispiece, "The Blessed Damozel" after the painting by Rossetti. Originally published in December,1906, this is the second edition. Red cloth bindings are notorious for fading, particularly the spine. This copy of a scarce little volume... Read More
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
London: Ellis and Elvey, 1895. Beautifully bound in 3/4 leather over cloth. An octavo of 380 pages with a preface writtend by the author's brother, William Michael Rossetti. The binding, signed by Hatchards of Piccadilly, has a very strong Arts and Crafts influence in both the font and placement of the gilt spine title as well as broad flat bands separating the spine panels. Top edge gilt. The leather has uniformly faded from an olive... Read More
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A SHADOW OF DANTE
by Rossetti, M. F.
Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1889. Original blue cloth binding decorated in black with gilt titling. 294 pages. The book is fine with just a trace of rubbing to a few places in the cloth at the extremities. The author is Maria Francesca Rossetti, sister to the Pre-Raphaelite poet D. G. Rossetti. This is an early American edition, the first edition was published in London in 1872. Scarce.
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J. E. GILLELAND, RUGS CARPETS LINOLEUMS SPRING AND SUMMER CATALOG 1912
by (Rugs, Carpets, Linoleum) (Trade Catalog)
J.E. Gilleland, New Cambria, MIssouri 1912 This is an original 18 page catalog issued for Spring and Summer of 1912 covering rugs, carpets, linoleums, curtains, draperies, shades, mattings, etc. It is shown as catalog "B" on the cover. The catalog is oblong, about 6in x 9in and is profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Great period photos and samples of patterns in use in the early 20th century. Staples rusted with a few... Read More
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