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To Storyland with Louis Wain [Title on front board: "In Storyland with Louis Wain"]

To Storyland with Louis Wain [Title on front board: "In Storyland with Louis Wain"] by Wain, Louis

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Seller: Swan's Fine Books
Title
To Storyland with Louis Wain [Title on front board: "In Storyland with Louis Wain"]
Author
Wain, Louis
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Good +
Description
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, 1912. Hardcover. Good +. Folio size, [28] pp. English artist Louis Wain (1860-1939) is known for his trademark anthropomorphic cats, who live in a rich, vibrant world and display playful personalities amidst their alphabetised actions. According to H. G. Wells, "[Wain] has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" (n. b., quote from Wikipedia). A large, folio-size book meant for young children (the publisher even printed "Untearable" on the front board) the pages are of stiff textured cardstock, each page with the title of the story or games the animals are playing at the top and a single sentence at the bottom. With twenty-four full-page, full-colour illustrations, plus four illustrations (the title page and three others) in red and black, plus colour illustrations on both boards. Included are: "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "Setting the Fashion", "Pussies' Playtime", "Bluebeard", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Anxious Moments", "A Dog of the Age", "Hit", "A Catastrophe", "Sindbad the Sailor", "The Babes in the Wood", "On the Links", "Bowled Out", "Robin Hood", "Beauty and the Beast", "The Shower Bath", "My turn Now", "Jack the Giant Killer", "Claws and Paws", "The Forty Thieves", "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp", the final colour illustration untitled, showing a mother cat with her three kittens decorating the Christmas tree. Uncommon in the online marketplace, as of this writing we see only one other copy online. ___DESCRIPTION: Paper-covered boards with full-colour illustrations by Wain with a red cloth shelfback, patterned endpapers, bound by use of large staples, the first and final leaf with the four red-and-black illustrations (the first being the title page), the twelve full-colour leaves bound between; folio size (13 3/8" by 9 7/8"), [28] pp. ___CONDITION: Better than good, the boards mostly clean with a few light, stray spots, the stapled binding strong with all pages firmly attached, the interior mostly clean (a few scattered smudges) and the colour illustrations bright, with all twenty-four colour illustrations present as called for (not counting the two on the boards); the red cloth shelfback sunned and showing wear including several pin-head size holes, the corners mildly bumped and beginning to rub, the rear hinge solid and the front hinge starting (approx. 2.5" tear at the top), the front board shaken but still attached, a vintage gift inscription (in pencil) on the verso of the front free endpaper, with the recipient's name written several times (again in pencil) on the front free endpaper, and what appears to be a short closed tear to the top margin of "Bowled Out" (visible on one side of the leaf only); even with its faults, still a solid, readable copy, complete, of a Wain title uncommon in the marketplace. ___CITATION: Dale, p. 139, which lists the title as "In Story Land with Louis Wain". ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
The Management of Bees. With a description of the "Ladies Safety Hive", with forty illustrative wood engravings. Second edition

The Management of Bees. With a description of the "Ladies Safety Hive", with forty illustrative wood engravings. Second edition by Bagster, Samuel

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Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
Title
The Management of Bees. With a description of the "Ladies Safety Hive", with forty illustrative wood engravings. Second edition
Author
Bagster, Samuel
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. Small octavo (17.7 x 11 cm.), xvi, 240, [4] pages. Illustrated with a color engraving frontispiece, woodcut title page, and forty wood engravings in the text. Publisher's advertisements at end. Second Edition, originally issued by the author in 1834. Samuel Bagster Jr. (1800-1835) was the son of a publisher of Bibles and other religious works. The Management of Bees was Bagster's first work, and remained in print until 1865. His second work on bees, Spiritual Honey from Natural Hives, was issued by Pickering in 1834. The author discuss the natural history of bees, and swarming, but is most interesting as a survey of historical methods of hive management, including the cottage system, storifying system, collateral bee-boxes, the hives of Mr. Huish, on ventilation, and finally the "Ladies' Safety Hive". Internally clean and sound; new endpapers. In publisher's gilt-titled and -decorated green cloth, somewhat faded, but with little wear. Near fine. [OCLC locates thirteen copies; British Bee Books 222; Walker Catalogue of Bee Books, page 4].
Our Navy - ABC.

Our Navy - ABC. by Father Tuck

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Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co.
Title
Our Navy - ABC.
Author
Father Tuck
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
Father Tuck takes us from
Description
(London): Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1904. Father Tuck takes us from "A is for Admiral" to Z - "Zealously doing his duty." Slightly cheating in my book, but compensated for by the 3 color lithograph full pages. The front cover identifies this as one of Father Tuck's Wide Awake series. The book is in good condition only, with chipping along the spine and corners, but the text is clean, and the color pages are fresh and bright. Scalloped outer edge, presumably a nautical "wave" motif. Scarce, with only one copy for sale online, and 4 libraries holding copies on Worldcat.. 37 cm. Unpaginated. 6 leaves. Color and sepia-toned illustrations, color lithographed cover.
西藏硏究 / Xizang yan jiu [= Tibetan studies]

西藏硏究 / Xizang yan jiu [= Tibetan studies]

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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books
Title
西藏硏究 / Xizang yan jiu [= Tibetan studies]
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Taipei: Zhongguo bian jiang li shi yu wen xue hui, 1960. 8 x 5.75 in., pp. [4], 2, 195, [2]; text in traditional Chinese; printed paper wrappers; owner's signature on upper wrapper, annotations on title page; wrappers toned, very good. Chapters focus on national boundaries and relations between Tibet and China.
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Tales of the Civil War Era by Harvey, Stella Mowbray

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Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB
Title
Tales of the Civil War Era
Author
Harvey, Stella Mowbray
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Brookhart, 1977. Very Good. Harvey, Stella Mowbray. Tales of the Civil War Era. Crossville, TN: Brookhart, 1977. 51pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light bumping.

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