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The Vicar of Wakefield by [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Goldsmith, Oliver

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield
Author: [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Goldsmith, Oliver
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: John Van Voorst, 1843. First Mulready illustrated edition. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 1/2 in; 208 x 140 mm). xv, [1], 306 pp, with thirty-two black and white drawings as headpieces. Beautifully bound ca. 1930 by Rivière & Son, (stamp-signed) in full dark red crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. Upper board with wide gilt-tooled frame enclosing a central gilt-decorated oval with an original miniature portrait of Goldsmith in watercolor under glass. Rear board with gilt rolled borders and corner piece. Engraved (unidentified) armorial bookplate pasted onto front doublure. Bookplate of L.B. Rossbach to front free-endpaper verso. Gilt decorated turn-ins. Green moiré silk endleaves. All edges gilt. A lovely example housed in the original faux lizard, leather edged slipcase. One of the most popular books of the 18th century. This novel, both a work of sentimental fiction and a satire on the genre itself, follows the trials and eventual triumph of the Primrose family, led by the Rev'd Dr. Charles Primrose, the vicar. Goldsmith was a noted Irish wit, novelist, playwright, poet, and a member of Samuel Johnson's famed literary club, who Johnson praised as: "In genius, vivid, versatile, sublime. In style, clear, elevated, elegant." Contemporaries celebrated Goldsmith's ability to craft deceptively complex characters, most notably in the case of Charles Primrose, the vicar from The Vicar of Wakefield. The legend of the book's publication is that Goldsmith was about to be arrested by his landlady for debt, when Johnson was able to sell the manuscript of the novel to a publisher for sixty pounds, saving his friend in the nick of time. "I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." Kept busy by writing quickly and voluminously for Grub Street, the center of London's disreputable part of the literary world, Goldsmith nevertheless also found time to hone novels such as The Vicar of Wakefield, poems such as The Deserted Village, and plays such as She Stoops to Conquer. Goldsmith's facility among different genres brought him fame and friendship with many great eighteenth-century British authors. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" (Princeton). Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.".

Last Poems and Two Plays by YEATS, W. B.

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Title: Last Poems and Two Plays
Author: YEATS, W. B.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Glassine damaged, otherwise a very fine copy
Description: Dublin: Cuala Press, 1939. First edition. One of 500 copies printed. Wade 200. Last Poems includes "Under Ben Bulben", "Long-Legged Fly", "A Stick of Incense", "John Kinsella's Lament for Mrs. Mary Moore. Glassine damaged, otherwise a very fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed blue boards, printed spine label, glassine dust jacket. Glassine damaged, otherwise a very fine copy.

A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon ( Byrd Expedition Association Copy ) by Walden, Arthur Treadwell

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Title: A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon ( Byrd Expedition Association Copy )
Author: Walden, Arthur Treadwell
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE -SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on end page following half-title page - " To an old and tried friend Dana Coman. Arthur Walden Sept. 1/30". In 1927 Walden helped train sled dogs and drivers for Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition, and he led the dog-sled freighting of the supplies from the ships to Byrd's base camp "Little America". Walden later became the original breeder of the Chinook sled dog. In 1930 Walden, considered to be one of the most respected and heralded pioneers of the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes, was presented a photographic album by Admiral Byrd that contained over 500 images of the Antarctic expedition of 1928-30. Dana Coman (Dr Francis Dana Coman (1895-1952) ) was with Byrd's first and second expeditions to Antarctica and was a personal doctor of Admiral Byrd. He later had a mountain named after him by Finn Ronne of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947-48. Later Printing of this northland classic, no date title page, dated 1928 copyright page. Introduction by Walter Collins O'Kane. Illustrated with map end pages, 12 black and white photos, 9 attributed to noted Pacific Northwest photographer Asahel Curtis, brother of the renowned photographer Edward Curtis, 3 photos unattributed. Book is Very Good, two quarter-sized stains rear boards that bleed onto rear end pages but do not affect text, some underlining and marginal notations in ink by Dr. Coman. In the SCARCE dust jacket, Good only, 1/2" of jacket trimmed top and bottom and lacking the flaps. A great ASSOCIATION COPY..

The Jingle of a Jap by Thurston, Clara Bell

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

Title: The Jingle of a Jap
Author: Thurston, Clara Bell
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co, 1906. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated, with 23 chapters, each a page or two, with lovely color illustrations throughout. Beautiful silk fabric boards with minor soilage and then wear in lower corner. Missing the three dimensional doll that was attached to front board originally. Pages clean. Slight shake to hinge.

1905 Charles Wilkinson Print: 'Nottingham Castle' [England], after a photograph by Hudson by [Wilkinson, Charles]

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Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books

Title: 1905 Charles Wilkinson Print: 'Nottingham Castle' [England], after a photograph by Hudson
Creator: [Wilkinson, Charles]
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: S.N, 1905. Print. Near Fine. [Wilkinson, Charles]. Matted and reading for framing. Untrimmed. An exceptional example. 1905 Print. 10 x 7 1/2 sheet matted to 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 (mat measures 11 3/4 x 9). Color print from an original photograph of Nottingham Castle. An artistic rendering that also provides a good level of architectural detail. The print depicts the portion of the castle facing the River Trent. While this fortress dates back to the time of William the Conqueror, it went through numerous renovations, most notably reconstruction after being burned by rioters in 1831.

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