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New York & London: Crown Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Softcover. 0517287471 . Large oversize book, softcover, 105 pages in near fine condition, light rubbing to covers. Personal inscription to previous owner's signed by the author. A brief biography of 50 of the greatest illustrators from the turn of the century, with a full page of the finest examples of their work as well as accompaning smaller examples. Gibson, Pyle, Parrish, Remington, Rockwell to name a few. A true treasure for the scholar or collector of advertising art.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Signed by Author .

London: Hodder & Soughton. Very Good. 1916. Hardcover. The free endpapers to the table of contents have separated from the binding , are still attached to each other in a group. Faint soiling and wear to covers. Inside pages are in fine condition. ; Signed by the author with a personal inscriptionon the endpaper dated 1920. Numerous stunning black and white photos. Color frontis of a jaguar and illustration of a jaguar on cover. Inside pages clean. ; Black and white photos and colored drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Small hardcover, 300 pages in very good condition, light rubbing to jacket and spine edges. Gold page tops, deckle edge pages side and bottom. Gold lettering on cover and spine. Inside pages in fine condition. The authors musings on family, aging and relationships. 1st edition. By the author of "The Simple Life".; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

New York: The Poets Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Light blue hardcover, with silver lettering, 138 pages in very good condition. Some fading to covers, and some tiny white spots on cover. Signed by the author with personal gift inscription. 1st freeendpaer is tanned from newspaper article with photo about the author being laid in the book. Contains state photographs from the Connecticut State Library. Other photography by Wykoff Mills. Photographic illustrations by the author. Historical photos and illustrations with poetry.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

V. Gollancz in association with P. Crawley. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0575035048 . Hardcover, 288 pages in fine condition with fine dustjacket, jacket has faint rubbing. 1st edition. Personal inscription signed by the author on free endpaper. These recipes have been selected from the best in English country house cooking and are shown under seasons so you will be enjoying meat, vegetables and fruits at their freshest and cheapest. A year of culinary excitement. Former winner of the Best Cook of Britain award.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear on cover edges, some fading on spine ; Illustrated green hardcover . 1st Edition, 1895. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 366 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear to covers. Dust jacket has light wear on edges. ; 1st edition, 1st printing with dust jacket. Nice clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .

New York: Hastings House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, 1st edition, 3rd printing June 8, 1945, this is a limited reprint edition. No dustjacket. In very good condition, some wear to cover edges, some fading to covers. Outstanding photography of hstoric homes, buildings ,and ships from all over New England. A great resource for studying the buildings as they were in 1945.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1917. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very slight tilt to spine, spine is sun faded, light wear to cover edges. ; 1st edition, 1st printing. Red hardcovers with gold lettering. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 381 pages .

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, 297 pages in near fine condition, faint wear to cover edges. 1st edition. Historical novel taking place in Louisville Kentucky.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Hartford, Connecicut: A. O. Worthington & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Beautifull decorated hardcover, covers completely covered in gilt design of spray of flowers with ivy borders and tassles. Gilt lettering. Spine also completely decorated in gilt with flowers, ferns and lettering. Gold page edges all around. Covers have wear on edges and bumped corners. Crack in cover covering at hinge where it joins the spine about 2 inches up from bottom of spine. Embossed border design on back cover as well as a embossed emblem for "possum et sursum" Beautifully designed pretittle page with engraving of flowers and bordered by gold. Quote in the illustration is " I have here only made nosegay of culled flowers and have brought nothing of my own but the string that ties them" From the Harvest-Fields of Literature. A melange of excerpta, collated by C. C. Bombaugh. with stell-plate portrait. Author's unabridged edition ( first series).… Read More

New York: Good Housekeeping. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. Hardcover, 254 pages in good condition, covers have rubbing and wear. Inside very good, lightly tanned. 2nd edition, 1st printing March 1934. 100s of classic recipes. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

New Haven, Ct.: Yale University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set, both volumes present, hardcover in fine condition, gilt lettering on spines, faint wear to cover edges. inside pages no flaws, looks almost unread. 1st edition. Illustrated. Published under the auspices of the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecicut for the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. Information, maps and photos.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Boston: Little Brown and Company. Poor with no dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 9997402693 . Tan hardcover, burgandy trim on spine, 432 pages in very good condition, tanning on endpapers. faint rubbing and wear to covers, slightly bumoed corners. Stated 1st edition, after the printing of 950 copies for presentation, published Feb, 1941.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Great Britain: R. S. Surtees Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0950769738 . Bright red cloth with bright pictorial gilt illustration and lettering in near fine condition, light rubbing to back cover. 550 plus list of subscribers, ads for other books and index, inside pages in like-new condition. Illustrated with a hand-colored frontispiece, 16 hand-colored steel engravings, and numerous woodcut illustrations by John Leech. Orginal owner's name written in book. Introduction written by Raymond Carr. Published by the R. S. Surtees Society in 1983. This is a facsimile of the 1854 edition published by Bradbury and Evans, London.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Cedar Rapids , Iowa: The Torch Press. Near Fine. 1933. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Outer slipcase has light rubbing and soil, and is starting to pull apart at a seam, inner slipcase is fine, book cover has tiny slight bumped corner. ; 1st edition , 1st printing of the revised 1933 edition. Brown boards with paste down spine label. Deckle edge pages, side and bottom, top page edges gold-tipped. Personal gift inscription written on endpaper as he was making a gift of the book to a personal friend stating this was the favorite book of all he had written that he enjoyed writing the most. Also in an envelope there is a personal letter written to the same person he gifted the book, in the letter he describes his very serious illness close escape from his demise. This letter was written on a piece of his wife's stationary but is clearly written and signed by Henry Howard Harper. The book also has neatly attached below the gift inscription a copy of his newspaper obituary. The… Read More

Norwalk Ct.: Easton Press. As New with no dust jacket. Full-Leather. Beautiful leather hardcover, gold design and lettering. Gold tipped page edges all around. Moire endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Brand new, unread, still sealed in its protective wrappings. Published by Easton Press, would make a wonderful gift.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Black hardcover, gold lettering, 316 pages in very good condition, darkening on endpapers. No dustjacket, 1st edition., no other printings mentioned, has publisher's logo on copyright page.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Red hardcover, gilt lettering, 1st edition, 1946. Illustrated by the author. Light wear to cover edges, thin line of discoloration at binding on last few pages, from binders glue that has aged. Rest of pages clean. A delightful book, from a Harwinton Ct. author.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

New York: Moffat, Yard & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Wine colored hardcover, 243 pages in very good condition, decorated with color paste-down illustration on cover of a beautiful woman in a large fashionable brim hat. Some light wear on cover edges. Each page has a decorative border. Gold lettering on cover and spine. Beautiful color full page illustrations by Ch. Weber-Ditzler, Frontispiece, and 2 more inside, illustration on page 150 is missing, all others present. !st edition. Pages clean and tight.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .