Celtic Myth & Legend Poetry & Romance, With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome after Paintings by J.H. F. Bacon ARA & other Artists
by SQUIRE, Charles
London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 345 Southampton St., Strand, 1910. [LITERARY WORK] [HISTORY]. J.H.F. BACON, E. WALCOUSINS, H.R. MILLAR, G.F. WATTS, Ford Madox BROWN, illustrators. First edition. 8vo; xiv, 446pp; olive cloth over board, gilt stamped lettering on front and spine, Art Deco style tree on front board with 3 ships stamped in green and gold signed "E.W.", decorated spine; top edge gilt; 24 glazed inserted half-tone illustrated plates, 4 in color; dark olive eps; ownership bookplate stamp... Read More
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The Miser's Dream and Other Poems
by STACY, Arthur Merrill
Augusta, Maine: Charles E. Nash, 1883. Cloth. Near fine. 12mo; vii, [i], 258pp; blue cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and author to front, black-stamped border with ornaments, blind-stamped rear panel; red-stained edges; ownership stamped to ffep; bookbinder's stamp to rfe: 'Smith & Reid, Bookbinders, Augusta, Me.'; light shelf scuff to spine head & tail else fine. Williamson 9941. Located in 5 OCLC libraries. Poems and essays penned by Maine author, Arthur Stace, and published posthumously by his family.... Read More
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My Brownie Art Book, Art Appreciation Textbooks--Part One
by STAFFORD, Cora Elder and Pearl RUCKER
Chicago: Laidlaw Brothers, Publishers, 1930. Stiff wraps. Near fine. 4to; 32pp; pictorial grey wrapper in black and red; three staple binding; color illustrated; b&w and color illlustrations throughout with text; light age-toning of paper; near fine. Part one of an elementary school instructional series teaching children how to draw. Easy text instruction with illustrations.
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Stanfield's Coast Scenery, a Series of Picturesque Views in the British Channel and on the Coast of France from Original Drawings Taken Expressly for the Work
by STANFIELD, Clarkson
New York: J.W. Bouton, 1879. Cloth over board. Very good +. [TRAVEL] [BOOKPLATE]. 8vo; 93pp; gilt-stamped blue cloth over beveled board, title to front cover and spine, pictorial stamped cover with boats at sea and cliffs; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; bookplate of Francis Whiting Halsey on front pastedown; 39 engraved illustrations with tissue guards including frontispiece and vignette; light shelf wear to boards, front hinge cracked but holding tight; very good plus. Delightful travel book with detailed... Read More
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Eastern Maine and the Rebellion: Being and Account of the Principal Local Events in Eastern Maine during the War and Brief Histories of Eastern Maine Regiments; Accounts of Mobs, Riots, Destruction of Newspapers, War Meetings, Drafts, Confederate Raids, Peace Meetings, Celebrations, Soldiers' Letters, and Scenes and Incidents at the Front, Never Before in Print
by STANLEY, R.H. and Geo. O. HALL
Bangor, Maine: R.H. Stanley & Company, 1887. Cloth. Very good. [OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE] [CIVIL WAR]. Press of Ford & Rich, Portland, ME. OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE of Hannibal E. Hamlin (1858-1938), a Maine state politician and son of Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin from Maine, the first Vice-President under President Abraham Lincoln. 8vo; 392pp; blue cloth over board, blind stamped borders, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; dated ownership signature "H.E. Hamlin 1918" on front pastedown; engraved portrait of "The War Vice-President,... Read More
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Eastern Maine and The Rebellion: Being an Account of the Principal Local Events in Eastern Maine during the War. And Brief Histories of Eastern Maine Regiments
by STANLEY, R.H. and Geo. O. HALL
Bangor, Maine: R.H. Stanley & Company, 1887. Three-quarter leather bound. Very good +. Contains Accounts of Mobs, Riots, Destruction of Newspapers, Wart Meetings, Drafts, Confederate Raids, Peace Meetings, Celebrations, Soldiers' Letters, And Scenes and Incidents at the Front, Never Before in Print. [CIVIL WAR] [NON-FICTION] [HISTORY]. 8vo; 392pp; three quarter bound in calf with marbled boards, gilt ruled spine with onlaid label; small eagle vignette on title page; 20 engraved plates including fp; light wear to edges... Read More
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Picture of Edinburgh: Containing a Description of the City and Its Environs, With a New Plan of the City and Forty-Six Views of the Principal Buildings, Third Edition, Improved
by STARK, J.
Edinburgh: Printed for John Fairbairn, 13, Waterloo Place, 1823. Three-quarter leather bound. Very good +. [ILLUSTRATED]. Edinburgh: Printed for ; Manners and Miller, High Street; John Anderson, Jun. 55, North Bridge Street; and Hurts, Robinson, and Co., London. Spine title: Stark's Picture of Edinburgh Map: Plan of Edinburgh and Its Environs from a Survey by James Knox, 1823. R. Scott, Engraver, Edinburgh: John Fairbairn, 13 Waterloo Place; Marmers & Miller High Street and John Anderson Jrnr. 55... Read More
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Persistent Faces
by STEIG, William
No place listed [New York]: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. William STEIG. First edition. 12mo; [184pp]; brown glazed buckram over board with printed in orange on front cover and spine; cartooning characters printed on recto only; unclipped dust jacket; light shelf wear to head and tail of spine; some paper residue to cover at bottom from damp staining of dj; dj has ½" chip to head of spine and chipping to bottom edge,... Read More
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The Red Pony
by STEINBECK, John
The Viking Press, 1945. First Illustrated Edition. Fine. Wesley DENNIS. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo; 131pp + followed by a listing of other Steinbeck works; green stamped border on tan linen, front cover has color illustrated pony onlay; color illustrated endpapers of running horses; color illustrated title page; verso title page states "This edition is produced in full compliance with all War Production Board Conservation orders."; color illustrations; tan paper slipcase with color illustrated title onlay; fine in very... Read More
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Report of the State Superintendent of Public Schools of the State of Maine for the School Year Ending June 1, 1897
by [STETSON, W.W., State Superintendent of Public Schools]
Augusta, [Maine]: Kennebec Journal Print, 1897. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; 84pp stamped decorative black borders to dark blue cloth over board, gilt-stamped title to spine; book binder stamp to ffep; 11 b&w photographic illustrated glazed plates; b&w line illustrations of school desk styles, school buildings and floor plans; light scuffing to boards, light damp-staining to upper edge, no odors; very good. The education of children in the state of Maine was already of concern in 1895 when the... Read More
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Helen SMITHSON. Helen SMITHSON, illustrator. Michael ROSEN, introduction. 8vo; 104, [1]pp; color pictorial cloth over board; pale blue endpapers; color pictorial double title page; illustrations in both b&w and color; publisher's maroon slipcase; unread; fine in near fine case. Beautiful illustrations for Stevenson's beloved childhood poems.
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Kidnapped, Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
[London]: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. [LITERARY WORK] [FICTION]. Fold-out map: Sketch of the Cruise of the Brig Covenant and the Possible Course of David Balfour's Wanderings. First edition, later printing uncorrected text ("business" on pg. 40; "nine-o-clock" page 64; "Lond Islands" page 101) but with 9pp ads at rear, 5G-7.86 on ad. 12mo; viii, [1], 2-311pp + [9]pp publisher's ads; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; untrimmed fore-edge and bottom; black eps, owners bookplate on front... Read More
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
New York: Platt and Munk Co., Inc, 1929. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS]. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. EULALIE, [Eulalie Minfred BANKS], illustrator. First edition thus. Small 4to (10 1/2" x 8"); 85, [1]pp +[2]pp glossary of words; blue cloth over board, gilt stamped lettering on front and spine; color pictorial laid on front board; color pictorial eps, gift inscription on front paste-down; 11 full page color illustrations including fp; small b&w line illustrations in text; 1" closed tear to bottom... Read More
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A Child's Garden of Verse, The Complete Edition, With a Biographical Sketch of the Author and an Index of First Lines
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
New York: Platt & Munk, 1961. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS]. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [ILLUSTRATED]. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS], illustrator. 12mo (7 5/8" x 6 1/8"); 84pp; mint green buckram over board, dard green stamped lettering on front and spine; bright yellow eps, ownership on front pastedown; color printed title page with a vignette of a parade; 10 full-page color illustrations and smaller line drawings; color pictorial dust jacket, bottom front flap clipped, top front flap price $1.50, soiling and sunning,... Read More
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
Chicago: M.A. Dononhue & Co, 1916. Myrtle SHELDON. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Myrtle SHELDON, illustrator. 12mo (7 ½" x 6 1/8"); 96pp; mustard colored cloth over board, front stamped with Art Deco stylized hollyhock flowers in black and orange, lettering in black on front and spine; pictorial title page; b&w illustrations throughout; lightly age-toned paper; very good plus. Robert Louis Stevenson's beloved rhyming verse for children illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon (1893-1939). Sheldon was a Black woman illustrator of... Read More
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
New York: Platt and Munk Co., Inc, 1929. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS]. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Eulalie, [Eulalie Minfred BANKS], illustrator. First edition thus, later printing, dust jacket lists books first published in the 1930s. Small 4to (10 1/2" x 8"); 85, [1]pp +[2]pp glossary of words; blue cloth over board, yellow stamped lettering on front and spine; color pictorial laid on front board; color pictorial eps; 11 full page color illustrations including fp; small b&w line illustrations in... Read More
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The Master of Ballantrae
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
Mt. Vernon, New York: Printed for Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1965. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Lynd WARD, illustrator. G.B. STERN, introduction. SIGNED Limited Edition: 773/1500. 4to; xix, 303 [1]; black watch tartan cloth with gilt bordered spine label; 16 full-page two-color lithographic plates; signed by the illustrator with colophon on the rear fly leaf; navy paper over board slipcase; light scuffing to slipcase; fine in near fine slipcase. Lynn Ward was an American illustrator and... Read More
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The Shepherd's Manual, A Practical Treatise on The Sheep. Designed Especially for American Shepherds, New Edition. Revised and Enlarged
by STEWART, Henry
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1907. Cloth. Good +. 12mo; 276 + 12pp ads; maroon cloth over board with gilt stamped title, author and publisher to spine; illustrated and tables; rear cover, bottom pp208-276 and the ads have damp staining to corner with staining from the maroon cover, acidic offset burn to pp 32-3 from paper inserted; good plus. Extensive chapter coverage of sheep as an industrial product, management of a flock, ewes and lambs, breeding, structure and... Read More
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Busy Bunnies; W917
by STOCKTON, H.
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, 1930. wrap. Very good. Grace PHILLIPS. 4to; [22pp]; color illustrated wrappers with three staple binding, title on cover; color illustrations every page; ½" split to head and 1 ½" split to tail of spine, neither affecting the stapled binding, bumping to wrapper corners and scuffing to spine area, light brown stain to first leaf, a few finger smudges to page edges; very good minus. Story in verse about the different occupations by the... Read More
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Town and Country, and the Voices in the Shells, with Illustrations
by STODDARD, Richard Henry
New York: Dix, Edwards & Co, 1857. [JUVENILE]. A. BOBBETT, engraver. 12mo; 71pp; red glazed cloth over board, blind-stamped fillets with corner ornaments, gilt-stamped title on front and spine; pale blue endpapers; gift inscription from a teacher to a pupil on the ffep; 9 small engraved illustrations; light hand soiling to boards, scrape on the front board; near fine. A sweet dedication from the author to his "blue-eyed boy of two summers" informs him that he is the hero... Read More
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To Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh. Like An Angel You Flew Into Everyone's Heart (Lindbergh)
by STONE, Harry A. and John McLAUGHLIN
148-150 W. 46th St., New York: Jack Mills Inc, 1927. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. Jimmy McHUGH and Irving MILLS, music.. 12 1/4" x 9 1/8"; 5 [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Jack Mills, Inc., Jack Mills B'ld'g. 148-150 W. 46th St. New York on rear wrapper; very good plus.
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Books: Old, Rare & Unusual for the Collector & Librarian, Catalogue 448
by [ARGOSY BOOK STORE]
New York: Argosy Book Stores, Inc., 116 E. 59th Street, New York 22, N.Y., No date [mid-20th century]. Wraps. Good. [BOOKS ON BOOKS]. 8vo; 75pp; pictorial vignette to front wrap; damp-staining, scuffing and small hole to front wrap, rear wrap has mailing address in Maine; good. Only 2 listed in OCLC. Date of publication unknown, but based on the address and lack of a zip code, most likely pre-1964. Interesting look at books and their prices in the... Read More
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Boston Store, Xmas Toy Store, Entire 11th Floor, State, Madison & Dearborn Sts." Uncut Paper Toy Shop
by [BOSTON STORE]
New York: The Artin Lithographing Co, 1924. [EPHEMERA] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [PAPER DOLLS] [HOLIDAYS] [CHRISTMAS] [JUVENILE]. 13 5/16" x 9"; 13 5/16" x 26 ¾" with the 3 panels unfolded; stiff, glazed, color half-tone tri-fold paper toy with images to cut-out, glue, and form into a toy shop; printed recto and verso; gift inscription in pencil "Mery Xmas Ruth-From Esther" on rear panel; light soiling and rubbing of edges; very good. Not recorded. An engaging advertising premium paper toy from... Read More
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Ancient Reliques; or Delineations of Monastic, Castellated, & Domestic Architecture, and Other Interesting Subjects; with HIstorical and Descriptive Sketches; Volume I & II
by [STORER, James]
London: W. Clarke, 1812. Leather bound. Very good. Coe, London, printer. 1812, bound with Volume II, 1813; 8vo; unpaginated; brown leather blind stamped diaper boards, 5 banded spine; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles, rust colored endpapers; ownership bookplate to front pastedown; two volumes bound into one; engraved plates, some with acid burn to opposite page; scuffing to boards, head and tail of spine with some loss, front joint cracked but holding, some foxing; very good minus. Descriptions and... Read More
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Little Pussy Willow, with Illustrations
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1870. Later printing. Cloth. Very good. Later printing. 12mo; 123pp; dark red cloth over board with gilt stamped paper onlay to front cover illustrated with ferns and butterfly, title to cover, title author and date gilt stamped to spine; illustrated endpapers and illustrated flyleaf; inscription on printer's blank dated April 1871; lightly scuffed cover, slightly cocked; very good.
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