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ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS; HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC ... WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS ... THE BORDERS AND ORNAMENTAL VIGNETTES BY ... by Jones, Owen [decorations], and Lockhart, J.G - 1842

by Jones, Owen [decorations], and Lockhart, J.G

ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS; HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC ... WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS ... THE BORDERS AND ORNAMENTAL VIGNETTES BY ... by Jones, Owen [decorations], and Lockhart, J.G - 1842

ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS; HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC ... WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS ... THE BORDERS AND ORNAMENTAL VIGNETTES BY ...

by Jones, Owen [decorations], and Lockhart, J.G

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London: John Murray, 1842. Quarto. Contemporary three quarter morocco and marbled boards, unsigned. Decorated color frontis, title, borders and sectional titles. Engraved plates and illustrations in text. Binding extremities quite rubbed, 1852 and 1932 familial inscriptions on front decorative endsheet, a few minor marginal finger smudges; a very good copy. Revised edition of one of Jones's first undertakings as a book decorator, first published in 1841. It includes a chromolithographed title, a chromolithographed frontispiece, chromolithographed sectional titles, all with a Moorish flavor, heightened in gold, plus coloured borders, ornaments and initials by Jones, as well as many wood engravings after drawings by Henry Warren, David Roberts, C.E. Aubrey, and William Harvey. Ray, ILLUSTRATOR & THE BOOK (ENGLAND), p.226.
[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [JOCHANAAN]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["JOCHANAAN"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.6 x 25.5 cm), with image size 17.1 x 12.6 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen Marcus." Although untitled here, it is referred to as "Jochanaan" in the secondary literature.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [NARRABOTH]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["NARRABOTH"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.7 x 26.7 cm), with image size 17.4 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M. B." Although untitled here, the image depicts Narraboth, in right profile, leaning on a pedestal or sword.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [CANDLE & MOON]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["CANDLE & MOON"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.9 x 26.5 cm), with image size 17.4 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here, the image depicts a lit candle with a heavily stylized plume of smoke partially obscuring a black moon.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [THE PAGE OF HERODIAS]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["THE PAGE OF HERODIAS"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.7 x 26.5 cm), with image size 17 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here, it is referred to as "The Page of Herodias" in the secondary literature, and kneeling figure in black before a burning censer, with a barren tree and a full moon dominating the foreground and background.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [SALOME]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["SALOME"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.7 x 26.7 cm), with image size 17.5 x 12.7 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here, the image depicts Salome in left profile, standing, with a leashed bird attached to her left arm.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [JOCHANAAN]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["JOCHANAAN"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.6 x 25.5 cm), with image size 17.1 x 12.6 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen Marcus." Although untitled here, it is referred to as "Jochanaan" in the secondary literature.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [NARRABOTH]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["NARRABOTH"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.7 x 26.7 cm), with image size 17.4 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M. B." Although untitled here, the image depicts Narraboth, in right profile, leaning on a pedestal or sword.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [CANDLE & MOON]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["CANDLE & MOON"]

by [Wilde, Oscar]: Behmer, Marcus

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.9 x 26.5 cm), with image size 17.4 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here, the image depicts a lit candle with a heavily stylized plume of smoke partially obscuring a black moon.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [THE PAGE OF HERODIAS]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["THE PAGE OF HERODIAS"]

by [Wilde, Oscar]: Behmer, Marcus

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.7 x 26.5 cm), with image size 17 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here, it is referred to as "The Page of Herodias" in the secondary literature, and kneeling figure in black before a burning censer, with a barren tree and a full moon dominating the foreground and background.
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[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] [SALOME]

[Proof On Japan Vellum of Illustration For SALOME:] ["SALOME"]

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[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.7 x 26.7 cm), with image size 17.5 x 12.7 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here, the image depicts Salome in left profile, standing, with a leashed bird attached to her left arm.
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Escape On Venus Tarzana
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Escape On Venus Tarzana

by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Stated First edition Burroughs hardcover, copyright 1946, as shown in scans. Published by Tarzana. Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. Dedicated to Brigadier General Kendall J. Fielder. Frontispiece and 4 other illustrations plus all pages without writing or marks. Good binding. Pebbled blue front board has rubbing and wear. Back inside cover has light foxing. Second interior page has a label remnant from original owner. Not ex- library. Please see scans.
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How

by Eric Sloane

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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp

Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp

by William R. Gillis

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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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The Professional Cosmetologist
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The Professional Cosmetologist

by John W. Dalton

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West Pub. Co, 1981. 2nd. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. John W. Dalton's near definitive textbook of cosmetology. Professional level instruction covering all significant topics for students of cosmetology. Valuable resource for replicating ca. 1970's hairstyles, makeup, etc. A standard in its field. Expanded and revised second edition. 463 pp. 10" x 7 3/8". Tight copy with light rubbing to cover and scattered yellow highlighting. Small corner loss to front blank endpaper. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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The Magyars; The Birth of a European Nation

The Magyars; The Birth of a European Nation

by Gyorgy Balazs

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Budapest: Corvina, 1989. Gray Buckram Binding w/black and red lettering on spine, Crest on cover. Pictorial Endpapers,w/91 pages of full color photo illustrations from Hungarian National Gallery, National Szechenyl Library and private collections. Includes 2 page Genealogy of the House of Arpad. Book is in As New Condition w/Fine wrap around DJ. Also contains (2)Brochures osThe Danube Bend, Hungary, found in book. **Oversized-extra shipping charges may apply Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Karoly Szelenyi (photos).
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Punky Dunk and The Gold Fish
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Punky Dunk and The Gold Fish

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Chicago: P. F. Volland & Co, 1912. Hardcover. Twentyfourmo [16 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards with a string binding. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed and soiled. There are a couple of barely perceptible stains on the rear board. The spine ends are gently bumped, and there are a couple of small indentations in the top edges of the covers. The spine is very subtly rolled. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The rear endsheet has several small light stains. "His cunning head bent and his little nose went Right down, while his tongue flashed red- When, O, what a sight! The fish in their fright Splashed water all over his head.
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RIP VAN WINKLE
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RIP VAN WINKLE

by Washington Irving

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Philadelphia: DAVID MCKAY, 1921. Probable 1st edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Poor. Philadelphia: DAVID MCKAY, 1921. Probable 1st edition. Poor. N.C. Wyeth. Front cover has a badly bumped corner, spine is faded and soiled as is the rear cover. Front hinge is torn but cover is still attached, binding is loose. FFEP has some child's writing but otherwise contents are clean and the Wyeth illustrations are clean and bright .
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

by Dickens, Charles

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THE PICKWICK PAPERS. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. By Charles Dickens. Dodd, Mead 1935. 637 pages. Illustrated edition. Dark green boards, Gilt decorated spine. Titling still fairy. bright. . Illustrated by C.E. Brock. All colour plates including frontispiece are affixed to binding and are in nice condition. 16 colour plates in all. Used. Good Condition/ No Dj if issued. 637 pages 5 3/4 X 8 1/2. A nice copy. Will ship from Oregon. We consider offers.
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The Book of Edward A. Wilson A Survey of His Work 1916-1948
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The Book of Edward A. Wilson A Survey of His Work 1916-1948

by Kent, Norman - Editor; Forward by Thomas Kraven

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New York: The Heritage Press, 1948. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Edward A. Wilson. Near fine in a Very good dust jacket. Mounted frontis-portrait of Wilson. Numerous black and white and color illustrations from books illustrated by Wilson. . Edward Wilson (1886-1970) was known, not only for his illustrations, as well as his wood-cuts. He illustrated over seventy books, many of them classics and stories about the sea, including limited editions of Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island and Around the World in 80 Days.
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