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An Outcast of the Islands

An Outcast of the Islands by [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Conrad, Joseph

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Title
An Outcast of the Islands
Author
[Fine Binding - Cosway style] Conrad, Joseph
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. First edition. Fine. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 197 x 124 mm.). [ii, ads], [vi], 391, [1] pp. First issue, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, line 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, line 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, line 26. Title-page in red and black. Bound ca, 1940 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in. A Fine copy, bound in full dark blue crushed levant morocco over beveled boards, covers elaborately bordered in gilt with decorative anchor corner-pieces, front cover with a sailing ship in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt-ruled board-edges and turn-ins, blue watered silk endleaves. Inside front cover with a large rectangular panel of green morocco with a superb and exquisite oval portrait miniature of Joseph Conrad (3 x 2 3/8 inches) under glass and surrounded by a gilt metal frame. Original green cloth covers and spine bound in at end. Housed in the original fleece-lined blue cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. Front hinge of clamshell case neatly repaired, rear hinge starting. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-British writer whose reputation as one of the greatest English-language novelists holds true today. Conrad's prose is infused with a unique sensibility blurring the boundaries between modernism and realism; he was never afraid to depict the darkness of the humanity. In much of his fiction Conrad drew from his experiences as a sailor, such as in his second novel An Outcast of the Islands (1896), which recounts the downfall of Peter Willems. As in his more famous Heart of Darkness, Conrad relishes in this jungle setting. The story of the Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindery reads like something out of a novel-when two of Douglas Cockrell's talented apprentices, Frances Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, were laid off during an economic downturn they began working out of an attic. Eventually their bindery would be famous for its intricate multicolored leather inlays and elaborate gold and jeweled bindings. 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.". Fine.
The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham by [Fore-Edge Painting] Young, Lyman (artist); Robert Southey

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Title
The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham
Author
[Fore-Edge Painting] Young, Lyman (artist); Robert Southey
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. Seventh edition. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 214 x 133 mm.). [i]-viii, [1]-376; [i]-viii, [1]-316 pp. Volume one with an engraved portrait frontispiece and additional vignette title; Volume two with an engraved view of the islet which he had often forded when the river was not knee-deep. Some offsetting from plates to title-pages. With a fine fore-edge painting (ca. 1935) by Lyman Young depicting a typical English county fox-hunting scene with hounds and riders. The fore-edge is signed by Lyman Young on the final free-endpaper. Full contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with four shallow raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, gilt decorated turn-ins, red paper endleaves. Minor repairs to the outer joints, near the crown. Housed in a later red cloth slipcase. Lyman Young (1893-1984) was an American cartoonist, trained at the Chicago Art Institute and based on California, famous for his comic strip "Tim Tyler's Luck." According to Weber, "Young knew Col. Don L. Wells who commissioned him to make fore-edge paintings, possibly during the mid-1930s in Los Angeles, CA. Young apparently did not supply title-labels, but he did sign the books, typically on the rear free endleaf, facing the fore-edge. In 1940 he demonstrated painting on a fore-edge as part of the "Art in Action" project at the Golden Gate International Exposition, Palace of Fine Arts..." (Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting). There are eight examples of Lyman Young's Fore-Edge Painting in Weber's Annotated Dictionary including the present, which is pictured in color and described thusly "... the artist offered a scene of fox hunting with the hounds and riders. Young wrote his name as per his usual style, on the back inside leaf along the recto's edge, using red colored paint: his name in capital letters..." (Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting). A rare example of Lyman Young's work.
1896 – An archive of letters from an Edison Company executive to his daughter who was touring France and Italy to learn French and Italian and receive treatment for her chronic rheumatism

1896 – An archive of letters from an Edison Company executive to his daughter who was touring France and Italy to learn French and Italian and receive treatment for her chronic rheumatism by John I. Begg

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Title
1896 – An archive of letters from an Edison Company executive to his daughter who was touring France and Italy to learn French and Italian and receive treatment for her chronic rheumatism
Author
John I. Begg
Seller
Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and New York, 1896. Envelope or Cover. Very good. Twenty letters sent by John I. Beggs, an Edison Pioneer and an executive within the Edison Company, to his daughter, Mary Grace, between June and December 1896 while she was touring Europe to master French and Italian while receiving treatment for her chronic rheumatism, i.e., rheumatoid arthritis. Each letter is enclosed in its original mailing envelope. Two are written on illustrated letterhead featuring portraits of Thomas A. Edison. The letters were sent from Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and New York. They are addressed to his “beloved daughter” during her stays at Tours, Blois, Plombieres, Dijon, Milan, and Florence. All are properly franked and show a variety of postal markings. In nice shape. In these heart-felt letters Beggs continuously encourages Mary Grace to study language and culture, read historical fiction related to her location, and seek treatment for her chronic rheumatism. He also expresses his very strong opinions about the presidential election of 1896. A few excerpts from the letters include: 25 Jun – It saddens and worries me very greatly to know that you were suffering with the rheumatism. I earnestly hope you will persevere in seeking some climate, springs, baths or treatment that will give you permanent relief. Get and try the Lithia tables or Lithia water. . .. 6 Jul –I don’t think I have any favorite among those most prominently before the Chicago Convention the outcome of which would seem to be a free-silver platform and a free-silver candidate, neither of which I favor. The Republicans adopted a Gold platform and then nominated McKinley whose previous record has been in favor of Silver, so you see politics are rather mixed. . .. 12 Jul – Well the Democratic Convention has laboured (disgracefully). . .. I have never felt so incensed and humiliated as a democrat in my life, the rabble gathered at Chicago . . . have pandered to the most dangerous elements in the country, Populists, Anarchists and Socialists, elements which would . . . pull down all established order and legitimate form of government. [They] would repudiate all debts – the mass of them being debtors – and legislate the property of others for themselves. [But since] I cannot vote for McKinley so shall probably “take to the woods” and not vote at all. . .. I am leaving for Milwaukee. . .. We have had several serious breakdowns of machinery and accidents to our men. . .. 16 & 24 Jul – I am glad to hear that you appear to be improving and sincerely hope that the $4 per bottle medicine will thoroughly and forever eradicate the rheumatism from your system. . ..Am sorry the table at your pension has not been to your taste or liking. . .. The majority of pension keepers consider foreign guests, “birds of passage” whom it is their duty to “Pluck” as thoroughly as possible in the briefest space of time. . .. How is your French progressing? 27 & 31 Aug – I cannot express how much it grieves and saddens me to [hear of your] suffering. [I hope] that the beneficial effects of the baths and other treatment may be . . . permanently evident. . .. I am rejoiced and thankful to [learn] you are so much better . . . good spirits and will power are great healers, and very often more beneficial than doctors. . .. 7 & 14 Sep – It would seem to me desirable for you to read . . . historical romances of the countries through which you are passing in the language which you are studying, [perhaps] the life of Napoleon which [contains] much of French history, character, and customs. . .. Take advantage however of every opportunity to speak . . . as much as possible with the ‘natives’ becoming familiar and fluent. . .. 8 Oct – When you have thoroughly acquired French, Italian, Spanish and German I may be able to let you take a trip around the WorLd with a party. . .. This will reach you in the land of blue skyes and the organ grinding “Dago,” be careful that one of them don’t appropriate my little “Monks”. Don’t fail to see the lace manufactory at Venice. . .. 6 Nov – [I] was called back on account of the receipt here of the resignation of our Manager at Milwaukee. . .. McKinely has been elected, which many people think will be beneficial . . . no doubt it will be temporarily but I don’t think it will be permanently, however we will hope for the best. . .. 16 Nov – [I] will mail you a “cheap copy of Dumas Man in the Iron Mask” as I know you will be interested and instructed by reading it. Am glad you are reading “Remola” as these historical romances are instructive as well as interesting particularly when you are visiting the scenes in which they are laid. . .. 19 & 24 Nov – I hope you succeeded in finding a “good” teacher and that you will “learn the language well” acquiring the idiom and accent fairly well – I would like to see you an accomplished linguist. . .. The thieves in Italy must be a bold lot, I read your account of the attempted pocket book snatching with much interest – moral – keep tight hold of your valuables or keep them out of sight of thieves. . .. 29 Nov – McKinley is elected but I haven’t heard of many gold nuggets being found laying around loose in the streets and my impression is that there is going to be great disappointment as to the expected rival of business. . .. I did not vote at all. . Beggs became the President of the St. Louis Electric Light and Gas Companies and the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company. After he additionally gained controlling interest in the St. Louis Car Company, he resigned from his Milwaukee positions. (For more information, see online Beggs family genealogical records as well as “John I. Beggs” and “Edison Pioneers” at Wikipedia.) There is no doubt, Mary Grace treasured these love and advice filled letters as she saved them for her entire life. .
The Charming Woman Personal Analysis Guide

The Charming Woman Personal Analysis Guide by [Women]. [Beauty]

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Title
The Charming Woman Personal Analysis Guide
Author
[Women]. [Beauty]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
New York, 1952. Very good.. Eleven volumes. 32,320pp. Folio. Original printed pictorial wrappers. First volume with two sets of contents, loose. Light wear else. A ten part course -- plus the personal analysis guide -- on how to be a charming woman. The course contains daily lessons on beauty, charm, etiquette, hair care, diet, exercise, makeup, etc., including a color chart to best complement for your hair and skin type. The editor, Helen Fraser, also published a work on fashion modeling. We locate several iterations, though the present set most closely resembles an exemplar held by the University of Rochester.
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Portugal old and new by CRAWFURD, Oswald

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Title
Portugal old and new
Author
CRAWFURD, Oswald
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1880. FIRST EDITION. Complete with half-title, frontispiece, illustrations in text, and folding colored map of Portugal. Recently rebound in half-cloth with marbled boards and end-papers; text block is clean with only minor browning, a few pages slightly chipped. The folding map is in excellent condition. Stamp on title: “Sold from the collections of the Long Island Historical Society.”. First edition, though portions were previously published in the Fortnightly Review, the New Quarterly Magazine, and Cornhill Magazine. Includes chapters on Portuguese history, literature, and people. As the author states in the preface: “My book is so far nondescript that it is neither a book of history, nor of criticism, nor of pure description; nor an antiquarian work, nor a social or statistical one, nor a book of travel; but it is a medley of all these things.” This work is one of three that Crawfurd wrote about Portugal; the Oxford DNB describes the works collectively as “sympathetic but sketchy studies of Portuguese life which are of interest for their accounts of the Portuguese peasantry and rural customs.” Crawfurd (1834-1909) was the British consul at Oporto, Portugal, from 1867 until 1891.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE LATE ...; from the year 1771 to 1821 by WOODS, Margaret

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Title
EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE LATE ...; from the year 1771 to 1821
Author
WOODS, Margaret
Seller
Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description
London: Arch, 1830. Second edn. 8vo, pp. xii, 495 + adv. Name and date stamp on the end paper, bound in contemporary rubbed leather backed marble boards, a good tight copy. See Smith: II, 957. Margaret Woods was a member of the Society of Friends. Margaret Woods was the eldest daughter of Samuel and Grizell Hoare and lived at Stoke Newington, near London. She was married to Joseph Woods in the spring of 1769 and died in 1821, a little more than a week after writing the last entry in this journal. Most of the journal entries are devotional pieces, prayers, and remarks on some of her readings.
Investigations at Lachish: The Sanctuary and the Residency.
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Investigations at Lachish: The Sanctuary and the Residency. by AHARONI, Yohanan, et al.

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Title
Investigations at Lachish: The Sanctuary and the Residency.
Author
AHARONI, Yohanan, et al.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780914594024
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description
Tel Aviv:: Gateway Publishers,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0914594028 . Black and white photographs and line drawings, including fold-out plates. First edition. Very good in a very good (a bit faded along the spine, moderate rubbing) dust jacket. .
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Kierkegaard's Authorship: A Guide to the Writings of Kierkegaard by Arbaugh, George E., and George B. Arbaugh

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Title
Kierkegaard's Authorship: A Guide to the Writings of Kierkegaard
Author
Arbaugh, George E., and George B. Arbaugh
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana College Library, 1967 First edition. Boards. Octavo. Former owner's embossed stamp on free endpapers. Very good in very good dust jacket. One small brown spot on back cover of d.j.
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HANS BELLMER. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Walter Weidner. (Die siebente Seite des Würfels. Vol. 3.) by Alexandrian, Sarane.

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HANS BELLMER. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Walter Weidner. (Die siebente Seite des Würfels. Vol. 3.)
Author
Alexandrian, Sarane.
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
Berlin (Rembrandt Verlag), 1972.. 88pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Boards. D.j.
Madrid en sus diarios II, 1845-1859

Madrid en sus diarios II, 1845-1859 by Agulló y Cobo, Mercedes, ed

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Title
Madrid en sus diarios II, 1845-1859
Author
Agulló y Cobo, Mercedes, ed
Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very good, wrappers worn along edges and spine, contents fine.
Description
Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Madrileños, 1965. First edition. Paper wrappers. Very good, wrappers worn along edges and spine, contents fine.. 454 pp. Sm. 4to. Por el Seminario de Bibliografía Hispánica de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de Madrid.

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