Search Results: Authors starting with H from Priscilla Juvelis

Boston: Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, Hartford: H. & F. J. Huntington, 1831. First Edition thus. 8vo; 72pp; rebound in ¼ tan leather with black gilt-stamped label on spine and marbled paper over boards; words and music throughout; text age-toned, large dampstain on first 6 pages, first blank with early scribbling in ink, second blank with owner's name in pencil in a childish hand, "Lizzie Jenkins", about very good. Housed in a brown cloth folding box with gilt-stamped black leather label. This is the first appearance of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" set to music (p. 61). The Juvenile Lyre was edited by Lowell Mason and E. Ives, Jr. (musical educators and hymn-writers). Although the music to "Mary's Lamb" is not the tune familiar to us today, Sarah Josepha Hale's poem is exceedingly familiar. These famous lines first appeared in the periodical The Juvenile Miscellany, Sept.-Oct., 1830; the first edition in a book was in Hale's own collection POEMS FOR OUR CHILDREN, 1830. Johnson, You Know These Lines, pp.… Read More

Paris: H. Darago, 190l. Bound by Survand: 3/4 chestnut morocco with gilt fillets and marbled boards, spine smooth, gilt decorated title gilt, top edge gilt. Original covers bound in: pictorial yellow glace wrappers with letterpress repeating layout of titlepage and with faint image of scattered books on upper cover, publisher's advertisement on lower cover. Illustrated with etched frontispiece of "La Seine et les Quais" by Albert Robida (1848-1926) showing statue of Voltaire and view along the Left Bank. Printed on the presses of L. Barneoud & Cie in Laval for H. Daragon.

Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1934. First Edition, one of 895 copies, signed by the author, the thirteenth publication of the press, third issue with page 51/52 a cancel. Printed in 12pt Baskerville italic by Haddon Craftsmen, Camden, New Jersey, this was the second book of one of America's leading new authors, spine sunned, else fine in very good publisher's case.

Chicago: Chicago Kindergarten Training School, 1891. First Edition. 8vo; 207pp; original blue gilt-stamped cloth, teg, ownership inscription in ink on ffe (Helen M.A. Smell / Medina N.Y. March 1891), some soiling to front cover, minor wear to tips and spine ends, endpapers with dark smudges, very good. Elizabeth Harrison (1849-1927) was one of the key figures in the kindergarten movement in this country. Greatly influenced by Froebel, as were most who became active in this movement; she studied with Susan Blow, a prominent American Froebelian. In 1883, she and Alice Harvey Whiting Putnam founded the Chicago Kindergarten Club, devoted to promoting their cause of improving education for the young. In 1887, she founded the Chicago Kindergarten Training School which eventually became the National College of Education in 1930. She was in great demand as a lecturer and in 1891 (incorrectly cited in DAB and NAW as 1890) published these lectures. This book has been reprinted more than 50 times and has been… Read More

Paris: L'Estampe Moderne, 1944. One of 15 copies on Auvergne du Moulin Richard de Bas with an original drawing by the artist, from a total edition of 375. Small folio. Handsomely bound in 3/4 bright red morocco and paste-paper boards, spine paneled, gilt decorated, title gilt, top edge gilt, oiginal covers bound in, fine. Illustrated with 23 etchings hors-texte (two in color) by Robert Sterkers, printed in brown ink to illustrate the text about the old churches of Paris.

Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et cie, 1926. One of 1000 copies on Rives from a total issue of 1025. Illlustrated with wood engravings in-texte by Robert Lanz and a frontispiece etching by Paul Baudier who also cut the blocks. 8vo; handsomely bound in 1/2 green morocco, marble pastepaper boards, five raised bands on spine, author and title gilt, top edge gilt, original wrapper bound in, near fine.

Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927. One of 600 on Lafuma, from a total issue of 790. Illustrated with 6 chapter headings after watercolor drawings by Hemard plus 95 cartoons in texte. This is the second of a tri-partitle series of divertissements dealing with male fantasies of the opposite sex. L'ARITHMETIQUE involves the measurement of the female nude and related computations. 8vo; handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco, marble boards, spine panelled, title gilt, top edge gilt, original covers bound in, very good.

Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1928. One of 600 copies on Lafuma, from a total issue of 790. Illustrated with 5 chapter headings in a rather idealized "image populare" style after color drawings by Hemard plus 106 vignettes in texte. One quickly grasps from Hemard's broad cartoon style with the caption within the graphic picture, that the geography lessons for "pupils from 20 to 60 years of age" are principally female anatomy lessons. 8vo; handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco spine faded to brown, marbled boards, spine panelled, title gilt, top edge gilt, original covers bound in, fine.

Boston: The Heron Press, 1988. First Edition, one of 115 copies each signed by the author / artist, Bruce Chandler, and Anthony Lewis. Page size: 15-1/2 inches x 11-1/4 inches . Illustrated with eight etchings, most of them drypoints, some with aquatint and lift ground, one double page, by Chandler, who also editioned them. The text, set in Monotype Janson, was printed by Dan Keleher. Woodtype of the period was used for the title page. Bound by Harcourt Bindery: 1/4 blue morocco and blue linen over boards, in tan linen clamshell box; the deluxe copy loose in 1/2 morocco clamshell box, fine. The Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy, called by John Quincy Adams "the first American Martyr to the Freedom of the Press & the Freedom of the Slave," was a native of Maine and graduate of Colby College. He settled in St. Louis, MO in 1827 where he founded a school modeled on the New England classical school. He then bought an interest in the St. Louis Times, becoming Editor and Publisher. In 1832 after undergoing a… Read More

New York: Didier, 1942. First Ediiton, one of 1000 copies. Handsomely bound in 1/2 red morocco and marbled boards, spine paneled, title gilt, top edge gilt., original covers bound in. A stirring message of hope in the first dark years of World War II, addressed to the free countries of Europe, many of which were already overrun by the Third Reich.

Paris: a l'enseigne du pot casse, 1928. One of 300 on Rives from a total issue of 2,825. Illustrated by Honore Broutelle with chapter headings and tailpieces in the traditional Greek motif. 12mo; handsomely bound in 3/4 red morocco, spine paneled, author and title in gilt, top edge gilt, original wrapper bound in, text with some foxing.

[Paris]: Editions Mornay, 1923. Limited edition, inscribed by the author on the front blank in pen and bound in 3/4 brown morocco and pastepaper boards, spine paneled, title gilt, top edge gilt, original covers bound in, fine. Illustrated with frontispiece woodcut in black and green by Gus Bofa (1885-1968) plus 12 woodcuts hors-texte and 34 in-texte. Printed on the presses of l'Imprimerie de Vaugirard, Paris. Riquet a la houppe was a character in one of the fairy tales of Charles Perrault.

[Europe], 1902. Page size: 8 x 6"; 25 leaves (of which 7 are blank) printed on card stock; containing 8 original photographs of women pasted in, 5 small ink sketches, 1 full-page pencil drawing, 1 half-page watercolor, and 3 full page finished watercolor pictures; original red morocco with gold initials R. C. H. at top left on front, gilt edges; moderate rubbing to corners and extremities of spine; very good. The text comprises about a dozen original poems written to Holmes by various women, such as "A Heaving Bosom," "La Nicotina," "A Traveling English Maid," and "A Traveling Girl.". Most of the sketches illustrate the verses. Several of the watercolors are highly accomplished, including the head of a dog, and a lovely Asian woman fishing off a pier with colorful fish in the water below. Rachel Holmes was a young American woman traveling in Europe and probably studying in France. The poems are all signed by her women friends and acquaintances; some are dated 1902. Miss Holmes evidently had literary… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857. First Edition of the author's third published book (but probably second written), a play. 12mo; 141pp; plus 12pp. ads for Ticknor and Fields publications, original blue cloth, blind stamping on covers, gilt-stamping on spine with author, title, and publisher (Ticknor & Co.). Covers a bit scraped along foredge showing white dots, also white spotting on covers and spine tips and joints; stain to top of back cover about 1" x 2", yellow coated endpapers, two contemporary ownership signatures, last page carelessly opened, else very good. Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," started writing poetry and plays at an early age. Her first book, a volume of poetry was published three years prior to this play. Her second book, another volume of poetry was published in the same year as this play. The play, however, was produced in New York at Wallack's Theatre in 1855. BAL notes two editions (no priority); this is Edition A. BAL 9412.

[NP], 1904. Card size: 4-3/8 x 4-5/8". The quote reads "Julia Ward Howe / Pres' New England Women's / Club / Ex-pres' of the Association for / the Advancement of Women. / Mine eyes have seen the glory" and is all in Howe's hand. On the verso is the autograph of "Charles W. Eliot / Harvard University / 1904". Julia Ward Howe has summed up her life's work citing contributions to women's rights first. Housed in custom-made blue linen clamshell box, lined with blue velvet, indent for quotation housed in plastic sleeve that can be flipped to view either side without removing, although plastic is open at top edge for removal as well, red morocco label on spine stamped in gold gilt, fine. Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) was catapulted to instant fame in February 1862 when the Atlantic Monthly published the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Mrs. Howe's activities increased after 1868 in the burgeoning postwar woman's movement. She served as President of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, the New England… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1919. First Edition, Inscribed by Laura Richards to Daisy Chanler on the ffe, "For my beloved Daisy. / with much love from / her devoted / LER / Christmas. 1919" . 8vo; original green gilt-stamped cloth; light blue dust jacket printed in dark blue; book with a bit of light rubbing to corners and spine ends, gilt on spine a bit dimmed, with small (1/4" stain to the left of the first two words of title on spine, two small white dots on back hinge; jacket a bit soiled, rubbed, and chipped at extremities, about very good. A nice association copy of a scarce Howe title. This volume was published for the centenary of the birth of Julia Ward Howe and the editor has noted that although her mother's journals were not intended for publication, she has decided to publish them as they "may conceivably help and comfort other seekers of the Way...". Much of the poetry included herein is previously unpublished as is an essay on immortality, "Beyond the Veil." Julia Ward Howe… Read More

Paris: Librairie Honore Champion, 1926. One of 50 on velin d'Arches; 4to; handsomely bound by L. Pouillet in three-quarters navy blue morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers bound in, occasional very light foxing, else fine. Frontispiece reproduced after an original drawing by Ch[arles] Jouas.

Paris: Flammarion, 1926. Bound by Toumariantz: full bottle-green morocco in Jansenist style, grey watered silk doublures, pastepaper guards, top edge gilt, otheres untrimmed, original wrappers bound in, signed on lower front turn-in: Toumariantz. A very handsome set in fine condition except for ink stains on first three pages of volume 2.

[Paris]: J. Hetzel, 1853. Folio, bound in 3/4 maroon morocco and pastepaper boards, gilt fillets, spine panelled, title gilt, top edge gilt. Eighty pages of this two-column popular edition of one of Hugo's early series of poems near fine. Hetzel, the publisher, was a constant companion of Hugo during their joint exile in Brussels. While the poet refused amnesty and remained a voice of conscience, Hetzel was repatriated to Paris and resumed his publishing. He was the first to bring out these cheap editions of Hugo's work starting in 1853. Jean-Adolphe Beauce (1818-1875), painter of battle scenes, was one of the early illustrators of these editions, whose drawings were translated onto woodblocks. This edition includes 19 wood-engraved vignettes after Beauce in-texte. It is probably excerpted from a four-volume octavo edition, Oeuvres Illustrees de Victor Hugo, Edition J. Hetzel, 1853-1855. With text in two columsn, it includes illustrations after Gavarni, Celestin Nanteuil, Gerard Seguin, Beauce, et… Read More

Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1889. One of 350 numbered copies on velin du Marais numbered and paraphed in pen by publisher, L. Conquet.from a total edition of 500. Page size: 10 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches. Bound by Antonio Flaiban: 3/4 tan morocco and marbled boards; spine paneled, gilt decorated, title gilt, top edge gilt (gilt-stamped on front blank: Flaiban Enc.), original covers bound in, matching slipcase, some light foxing throughout. Inscribed by the binder on the half-title, "Al distinguido Senor don Marcelino Dumais / Recuerdo de so affect.... / Antonio Flaiban / S. / C. Larrea 389 Sgostgo 28 / 1902." Illustrated with 16 etchings (10 vignettes and 6 full page) by Champollion (1848-1901).