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UNDER THE HILL; or the story of Venus and Tannhauser.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Grove Press, (1959) dj. Hardcover first edition - The title page continues with "in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, goddess & meretrix, under the famous Horselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhuser in that place, his journeying to Rome, and return to the loving mountain, now completed by John Glassco." Left uncompleted at Beardsley's death, this edition is based on Glassco's careful collating of three earlier texts by and it includes all of the original Beardsley illustrations. Originally published in France, this first US edition has a slightly modified introduction which includes a paragraph about Edmund Wilson's appreciation of Beardsley. A Black Circle Book GP-407. 140 pp plus a final drawing.
Condition: Fine in gray cloth with silver lettering in a near fine dust jacket (dj is slightly bumped on the front fold and at the side of the spine)
Book ID: 81681More details Price: $30.00 -
IOLE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Appleton, 1905. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel by the writer perhaps best known for his early supernatural fiction "The King in Yellow." Lovecraft described Chambers as "equipped with the right brains and education but wholly out of the habit of using them" but these later novels did give him one of the most successful literary careers of the period. A handsomely produced book with four full page color illustrations, two each by J.C. Leyendecker and Karl Anderson and numerous art noveau textural illustrations by Arthur C. Becker. xii, 142 pp. Publisher's green patterened cloth with color illustration on front cover. A very nice copy of a very handsome book. 142 p
Condition: Very good in light green ribbed cloth with a pasted on illustration on the front cover, lettering in gilt (cocked spine, bookplate.)
Book ID: 57597More details Price: $25.00 -
POEMS OF CABIN AND FIELD.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1899. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poems in dialect, illustrated throughout with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Alice Morris. Bound in olive green cloth binding with art nouveau decoration by Morris, top edge gilt. 125 pp.
Condition: Very good plus: slight sunning to spine and edges of front cover, hint of spine slant. but overall a bright and attractive copy, with a tight binding.
Book ID: 70971More details Price: $150.00 -
OTHER MAIN-TRAVELLED ROADS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1910). Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories, written between 1887-1889, a companion to 'Main-Travelled Roads', inspired by Garland's return to the West of his youth - Iowa, Dakota, & Wisconsin. Bound in tan cloth with gilt titling a gilt Art Nouveau corn motif decoration. viii, 350 pp.
Condition: Very near fine - a lovely copy.
Book ID: 75103More details Price: $35.00 -
THE COLONIAL CAVALIER or Southern Life Before the Revolution.
Edition: First thus -
Boston: Little Brown, 1895. Hardcover - First Little Brown edition, originally published in New York by Lovell, Coryell, in 1984. A social history of seventeenth century Virginians, with chapters on dress, news, trade and travel, amusements, man and maid-servants, church, education, laws and punishments, sickness and death, and other subjects. Illustrated with many drawings, some full page, by Harry Edwards. Notes, bibliography. 316 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in light green cloth with gilt lettering and art nouveau decorations on front cover (spine darkened, slight spine slant)
Book ID: 76025More details Price: $18.00 -
SOPHY OF KRAVONIA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Hardcover first edition - Novel of adventure and intrigue by prolific English novelist and playwright, now best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda. "The heroine, a high spirited, penniless English girl, goes to Kravonia to seek her fortune. She has the good luck to save the life of the Prince, who falls in love with her. The story of her career becomes a galloping romance, in which adventures, court intrigues, and hair breadth escapes follow one another in quick succession." Basis for a 1920 silent film. Tinted frontispiece with tissue guard. 332 pp.
Condition: Near fine in sage green cloth with a lovely art nouveau decorative binding of a thistle flower and leaves in copper and white.
Book ID: 75277More details Price: $35.00 -
SOPHY OF KRAVONIA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Hardcover first edition - Novel of adventure and intrigue by prolific English novelist and playwright, now best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda. "The heroine, a high spirited, penniless English girl, goes to Kravonia to seek her fortune. She has the good luck to save the life of the Prince, who falls in love with her. The story of her career becomes a galloping romance, in which adventures, court intrigues, and hair breadth escapes follow one another in quick succession." Basis for a 1920 silent film. Tinted frontispiece. 332 pp.
Condition: Very good in sage green cloth with a lovely art nouveau decorative binding of a thistle flower and leaves in copper and white. (frontispiece detached but still present, previous owner's name dated Bermuda 1906)
Book ID: 76044More details Price: $25.00 -
MASTER OF THE VINEYARD.
Edition: 2nd printing (same month as the first)
New York: Putnam, 1910. Hardcover - A novel by this prolific writer, bound in lavender cloth in a beautiful example of Margaret Armstrong's Art Nouveau style with gilt lettering and a gilt and purple grapevine, with her monogram on the front board. Color frontispiece portrait by Blendon Campbell with a printed tissue guard. Each page has the text inside black ruled borders with red running heads. 372 pp.
Condition: Very good overall (front hinge cracked, gift inscription dated 1910).
Book ID: 75079More details Price: $20.00 -
PAI-LXI: RARE POSTERS, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 (Poster Auctions International Catalogue LXI)
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback.
New York: Poster Auctions International, 2013. First edition - The complete catalogue illustrating all 559 lots, annotated and in full color, Featured subjects include bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, British Railways and more. Among the artists are Paul Berthon, Leonetto Cappiello, A. M. Cassandre, Paul Colin, Alphonse Mucha and others. Estimated prices shown. Selected index, bibliography. Large format, printed on heavy glossy stock. ISBN: 9781929530489.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new)
Book ID: 76870More details Price: $35.00 -
PAI-LXIV: RARE POSTERS, SUMMER SALE, SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 (Poster Auctions International Catalogue LXIV)
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback.
New York: Poster Auctions International, 2014. First edition - The complete catalogue illustrating all 563 lots, annotated and in full color, Featured subjects and artists include bicycles, early film and more. Among the artists are A. M. Cassandre, Fenneker, Alphonse Mucha, Savignac, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Estimated prices shown. Selected index, bibliography. Large format, printed on heavy glossy stock. ISBN: 9781929530489.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new)
Book ID: 76871More details Price: $40.00