[19th C. FICTION; BINDING] Saratoga 1901 by Eli PERKINS - 1872: A Sardonic Future View of 1870's NY Society

Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1922. First Thus . Cloth. Very Good+++/No Dust Jacket. 9 3/8" Tall. 351 Clean And Unmarked Pages. First Printing Thus. Cover Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Still Unworn And Brilliantly Colored. Laid In Loosely In The Book Is A Fine Four-Page Brochure Printed In Black And Yellow, For A Ballad "Lorna Doone" Published By Witmark, With Actress Madge Bellamy On The Cover, In The Same Pose As On The Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Cover. Bellamy's Breakout Role Was As The Title Character In The 1922 Film Adaptation Of The 1869 Novel Lorna Doone She Thereafter Became Known As "The Exquisite Madge" (Artist Penrhyn Stanlaws Later Called Her "The Most Beautiful Girl In America"),[Wikipedia]. This Copy With The Standard Printed Inscription, Plus A Handwritten Personal Inscription By Madge Bellamy To Motion Picture Editor/Writer Le Roy Stone, And With His Small Library Stamp On One Of The Interior Rear… Read More

London: W. Simpkin And R. Marshall, 1836. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Complete In Four Volumes. Ornate Vellum Gilt Bindings, Spines With Black Morocco Labels And Entirely Tooled, Volume Number On Morocco Label At Bottom With"Lond. 1836" On Another Brown Morocco Label, Gilt Floral Border On All Covers. Matching Marbled Endpapers And Marbled Ends Of Page Blocks. Armorial Bookplate Of Robert Washington Oates, No Other Names Or Marks Or Damage.

Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston, MA , 1902; First Edition; 8vo, 337 pages plus 4-page publisher’s catalog at the back. Illustrated with four color plates and elaborate page margin decorations by George Wright. Charming Victorian novel of gardening and gardeners, centering upon one Patrick Monahan, "the kindliest Old Irishman alive." Beautifully bound in embossed boards of floral design in green, peach, and gold. Page edges untrimmed. Signed by the author on f.f.e.p. Fine condition. A treasure of a book.

Paris: Six Rozemans, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unpaginated. Brown cloth library binding, gilt lettering. Rebound in library binding, original wrappers intact, pages unopened, rough cut edges, library stamps and label removal on binding's endpapers only, not affecting bound-in book, small hole in library free endpaper, slight darkening to some page edges. A very well-preserved book.

This set of four books was privately printed for members of London's Casanova Society in 1923. The Casanova Society's brief existence lasted from 1922 - 1926, and this was their second publication.This is a Limited Edition. Sets numbered 1 to 750 were of sixteen volumes, and sets numbered 751 to 2250 were of four volumes. The set being offered for sale here is Set #844, complete in four volumes. The set is in good condition with some rubbing at the edges, corners and hinges, and occasional spotting. Each volume is numbered - 844 - which shows a complete original set. Each of the volumes is signed on the title page by Ellsworth Fleming of the Casanova Society, and each is also signed by Fleming again on the following page which describes the publication of the volumes. This set will provide many long evenings of enjoyable reading, and will make a fine addition to your library of classic literature. Due to the size of this item, shipping prices will be individually quoted.

Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1922. First Thus . Cloth. Very Good+++/No Dust Jacket. 9 3/8" Tall. 351 Clean And Unmarked Pages. First Printing Thus. Cover Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Still Unworn And Brilliantly Colored. Laid In Loosely In The Book Is A Fine Four-Page Brochure Printed In Black And Yellow, For A Ballad "Lorna Doone" Published By Witmark, With Actress Madge Bellamy On The Cover, In The Same Pose As On The Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Cover. Bellamy's Breakout Role Was As The Title Character In The 1922 Film Adaptation Of The 1869 Novel Lorna Doone She Thereafter Became Known As "The Exquisite Madge" (Artist Penrhyn Stanlaws Later Called Her "The Most Beautiful Girl In America"),[Wikipedia]. This Copy With The Standard Printed Inscription, Plus A Handwritten Personal Inscription By Madge Bellamy To Motion Picture Editor/Writer Le Roy Stone, And With His Small Library Stamp On One Of The Interior Rear… Read More

London: W. Simpkin And R. Marshall, 1836. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Complete In Four Volumes. Ornate Vellum Gilt Bindings, Spines With Black Morocco Labels And Entirely Tooled, Volume Number On Morocco Label At Bottom With"Lond. 1836" On Another Brown Morocco Label, Gilt Floral Border On All Covers. Matching Marbled Endpapers And Marbled Ends Of Page Blocks. Armorial Bookplate Of Robert Washington Oates, No Other Names Or Marks Or Damage.

Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston, MA , 1902; First Edition; 8vo, 337 pages plus 4-page publisher’s catalog at the back. Illustrated with four color plates and elaborate page margin decorations by George Wright. Charming Victorian novel of gardening and gardeners, centering upon one Patrick Monahan, "the kindliest Old Irishman alive." Beautifully bound in embossed boards of floral design in green, peach, and gold. Page edges untrimmed. Signed by the author on f.f.e.p. Fine condition. A treasure of a book.

Paris: Six Rozemans, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unpaginated. Brown cloth library binding, gilt lettering. Rebound in library binding, original wrappers intact, pages unopened, rough cut edges, library stamps and label removal on binding's endpapers only, not affecting bound-in book, small hole in library free endpaper, slight darkening to some page edges. A very well-preserved book.

This set of four books was privately printed for members of London's Casanova Society in 1923. The Casanova Society's brief existence lasted from 1922 - 1926, and this was their second publication.This is a Limited Edition. Sets numbered 1 to 750 were of sixteen volumes, and sets numbered 751 to 2250 were of four volumes. The set being offered for sale here is Set #844, complete in four volumes. The set is in good condition with some rubbing at the edges, corners and hinges, and occasional spotting. Each volume is numbered - 844 - which shows a complete original set. Each of the volumes is signed on the title page by Ellsworth Fleming of the Casanova Society, and each is also signed by Fleming again on the following page which describes the publication of the volumes. This set will provide many long evenings of enjoyable reading, and will make a fine addition to your library of classic literature. Due to the size of this item, shipping prices will be individually quoted.