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New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1887. Bound in pictorial decorated, gilt titled green cloth. 12mo. The First Edition. Includes an ALS by the author to "Mr. W.M. Burnettlaid-on to the front free end sheet. Written in a bold hand in ink upon a single sheet (4.25" x 7") bearing the imprint "Jekyll Island Club, Brunswick, Georgia". Letter reads, "My dear Mr. Burnett: I not only comply with your request with pleasure, but thank you for a great favor you have done me. Your pleasant words the other day made a green spot in what was a dry and tedious journey and I have born them in kindly rememberance ever since. Yours very sincerely Thomas Nelson Page. Slight lean to volume. Covers very mildly worn. Corners gently bumped. Bookplate to flyleaf. Some very occasional and incidental internal soiling. Letter presents evidence of offset due to insufficient blotting at time of composition. A Very Good copy of the authors first book, with a Very Good crisp and most legible… Read More

London. James Burns. 1843. Full, gilt ruled morocco with gilt decorated and titled spine panels. Marbled edges. 16mo. Light wear to hinges, bookplates, else Near Fine.

New York. Macmillan Co. 1929. Pictorial gilt decorated crimson cloth. Tall 4to. First Edition. Illustrated with delightful full page colour plates and numerous monochrome drawings en texte by the author. This copy inscribed by the author. Also, an inscribed original drawing by the author laid down on flyleaf. Offset from laid-in newspaper clipping to small monochrome illustration on prelim, else a Fine crisp copy of this charming tale.

New York. Bonanza books. 1962. 4to. 1st Edition Profusely illustrated with monochrome photographs. A Very Good copy.

4to Near fine/Very Good

London. W.& R. Chambers,Limited. ca.1910 Bound in half-cloth and pictorial decorated paper over boards. Oblong Folio (9.25"x13.25"). The First Edition. Illustrated with a coloured Title Page, 14 vibrant, full page colour chromolithographs, various duotone vignettes, motifs and page decorations throughout. Decorated endsheets. A charming story in verse concerning the Slim family of foxes and their scheme to establish a seaside Lodging House for the purpose of keeping themselves forever well fed. Brilliantly executed and printed chromolithography. Various usual chipping and wear to edge extremities. Cloth a bit faded.Short professional repair to front endsheet at gutter.Occassional mild offset from several Chromolithographs to opposite pages. A tight, bright Very Good copy.

Phildelphia. J.B. Lippincott. n.d. (1928). Bound in gilt titled rough-hewn brown cloth. t.e.g. Tall 4to. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with superb tissue guarded full page colour plates and further monochrome plates. A Fine crisp copy.

Boston. Little Brown and Co. 1892. Luxuriously bound by Riviere in full double gilt ruled calf skin. Gilt titles to spine. Morocco spine labels. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt tooled spine compartments. Elaborate gilt motifs to spine compartments. Elaborate gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo. Several tiny darkened innocuous spots to spine. A Very Fine copy in a splendid Riviere binding

Indianapolis. E. C. Seale and Company, Inc. 1963. Printed in sepia. 8vo. 1963 reprint. Illustrated by photographs. Factual saga of that small group of American Flyers who flew for France during World War 1, before the US entered the war. Very good in good only dustwrapper.

San Francisco. H.S. Crocker Co. 1914. Gilt lettered pictorial cloth. 12mo. Numerous full page black and white plates by Margaret Warriner Buck. Some rubbing & light soiling, else Very Good.

London. Philip Lee Warner. 1913. Half cloth and paper covered boards. 8vo. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this is #443. Very fine in fine dustwrappers.

London. Macmillan and Co. 1925. Sumptuously bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 3/4 gilt ruled burgundy straight grain morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with ornate gilt tooled geometric motif. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. Tall 8vo (5.5" x 8.75"). A Very Fine, pristine set.

New York. Essential Books. 1944. 8vo. 1st Edition. Profusely Illustrated from photographs Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper.

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1927. Green cloth with gilt titled spines. 8vos. 1st Edition. With numerous full page illustrations. Some pencil annotations, spines lightly soiled, else Near Fine in Very Good slipcase.

New York. Fleming H. Revell Co. 1917. Bound in pictorial titled cloth with colour cover plate. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with brilliant full page colour and monochrome plates depicting fairies, etc. Pictorial decorated endsheets. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown. Top corner of front free endsheet torn with childs ink signature to blank verso. Further bookplate to blank recto of frontis. Numbers in crayon to blank rear free endsheets. A lovely, bright, Fine copy.

New York. Charles Scribner's sons. 1907. Pictorial decorated cloth. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated with tipped-in colour plates by the author. Light soiling to covers, else Near Fine.

New York. The Trustees of the Hispanic Society of America. 1938. Bound in titled tan cloth. Thick 12mo. First edition. Illustrated with a frontis. With appendices: 1. Fifteenth-Sixteenth century books not included in List of Books Printed Before 1601 (New York, 1929). 2. Check list of printing sites and printers of Hispanic books 1468?-1700. Very minor soiling to covers. Head and tail pieces and corners very gently rubbed. Hinges have been strengthened with lack of continuity to endsheets. A Very Good copy of this scarce reference.

New York. Dodd, Mead and Company. n.d. circa 1890. Sumptuously bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled boards. Spine compartments with gilt tooled rosettes. Raised bands. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 12mo. 4.5" x 7". Illustrated with plates (some folding) throughout. Several spines slightly rubbed at tailpieces. A Fine, very attractive set.

Berlin. Berlag von Ullstein & Co. 1909. Pictorial gilt decorated cloth with gilt titled spines. Thick 4tos. Profusely illustrated with plates in colour and black & white, many fold-out. Very light soiling to covers, else Near Fine.

London. Samuel Bagster. 1803. Handsomely bound in full period Tree Calf. Gilt ruled spine compartments. Red morocco,gilt title label. 8vo. 5.25"x8.5 The First Edition.Two Volumes in One. Complete as issued. Illustrated with a copperplate engraved Frontis of a chessboard and pieces. Rare First Edition of this early collection of writings on Chess and according to Hooper and Whyld (318) its chief merit is that it contains the whole of Philidor.The book also includes Sir William James's poem 'Caissa' while the introductory portion is from Peter Pratt's Theory of Chess. François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795), was regarded as the best chess player of his age; his book Analyse du jeu des Échecs was a standard chess manual for at least a century,and is regarded as the most influential book on the modern game. A well-known opening and checkmate method are both named after him. Small repaired chip to headpiece. Some very sporadic offset, else a remarkably crisp and bright Fine copy of the exquisitely… Read More