Arthur Housman (32 results)
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Murnau, F. W. & Janet Gaynor & J. Farrell MacDonald & George O'Brien & Margaret Livingston & Bodil Rosing & Arthur Housman & Jane Winton & Ralph Sipperly & Sidney Bracey & Eddie Boland & Herman Bing & Gino Corrado & Sally Eilers & Bob Kortman & Gibson Gow
Published by MR. FAT-W VIDEO, 2017
Seller: Orphaned Artifacts LLC, Arnold, MO, U.S.A.Orphaned Artifacts LLC
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Published by Boosey & Co, London, 1904
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Presumed first separate edition. Quarto. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Some separation at the bottom of the folds of both bifolia, some separation at the top of the fold of the outer bifolium, soiling and rubbing to the exterior, and light edgewear including bumping to the corners, still… a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint, "H. 4525." The copyright date reads "1904," but it's very odd for a piece of sheet music from this era to be this size, typically it was a bit larger, so it may be a post-1918 reprint (around 1918 is when sheet music began to be sold in the quarto size to fit the smaller piano benches that were becoming popular). *OCLC* locates eight holdings of this separate edition.
Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: dC&A Books, Crockett, CA, U.S.A.dC&A Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 615pp. BLUE CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD EMBOSSED/STAMPED TITLE/DESIGN ON SPINE COVER AND FRONT BOARD. DIMENSIONS: 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/4". CONDITION: VERY GOOD; OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION/DATE ON INSIDE BOARD PAGE, LIGHT SPOTTING ON UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF FRONT BOARD, LIGHT-MODERATELY BUMPED… SPINE CROWN/HEEL, SPINE COVER DARKENED A BIT, SPINE COVER TITLE GENTLY RUBBED, CORNERS GENTLY RUBBED/BUMPED, TEXT CLEAN, BOARD PAGES YELLOWED, INTERIOR PAGES BRIGHT. VERY NICE BOOK.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd, 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth, this collection of the work of pre-Raphaelite Arthur Boyd Houghton, is sunned around the edges and on the spine, dent bottom edge front, corners worn, spine has tears head/tail. Interior is tanned, bookplate and pen name front endpapers. Five engraved prints up… at the front and 89 woodcuts illustrate this collection, they have foxing. Rear endpapers have some Houghton ephemera glued in. British painter/illustrator Houghton played a leading role in the renaissance of wood-engraved illustration during the golden decade of English book illustration (c. 1860?75). All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.
More imagesPublished by Paul, London, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. 32 pgs. Illustrations. With an introduction essay by Laurence Housman. Good Cover has general wear, discoloration, darkening. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning.
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., London, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Labor of Leaves, Beckley, WV, U.S.A.Labor of Leaves
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Add to basketHardcover Cloth. Condition: Very Good-. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co., 1896. Hardcover, dark green cloth spine and boards with gilt titling to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. 32-page introductory essay, followed by 89 pages of images from Houghton, including five original images after the introduction. Volum…e overall in very good- condition. Some rubbing to fron cover, general wear around edges. The spine has crinkling at the head and foot and a slight lean. Pages are lightly age-toned throughout but free of markings. Tissue guards in place over images. Arthur Boyd Houghton (illustrator).
Published by Boosey & Co, London, 1904
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. [2], 41pp, [1] ads. Wrappers. External tape repairs at the top and bottom of the spine, music shop stamp on the front wrapper, soiling to the wrappers, and bumping to the corners, still a very good copy with the music clean and bright. For voice and piano. Plate imprint, "H… 4525." Includes ten songs, "Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Now," "When I was One-and-Twenty," "There Pass the Careless People," "In Summertime on Bredon," "The Street Sounds to the Soldiers' Tread," "On the Idle Hill of Summer," "White in the Moon the Long Road Lies," "Think No More, Lad: Laugh, Be Jolly," "Into My Heart an Air That Kills," and "The Lads in Their Hundreds.".
More imagesAn Anthology of 'Nineties' Verse
A.J. A. Symons (Ed.) / Aubrey Beardsley, Olive Custance, John Davidson, Lord Alfred Douglas, Evelyn Douglas (John Barlas), Ernest Dowson, Michael Field, John Gray, Laurence Housman, Lionel Johnson, Richard le Gallienne, Eugene Lee-Hamilton, Vincent O'Sullivan, Victor Plarr, J.A. Symonds, Arthur Symons, Francis Thompson, Oscar Wilde, Theodore Wratislaw, W.B. Yeats
Language: English
Published by Elkin Mathews and Marrot Ltd., London, 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United KingdomTarrington Books
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Add to basketHardback. Printed pages: 176. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. *** PLEASE NOTE *** The bookshop is currently closed for holidays. Items can still be ordered, but will not be dispatched until we reopen on Friday 21st August. Many thanks for your patience. *** Dust jacket: Loss to ends of spine, wear… to edges. Browning to spine. Light browning and soiling, a few marks to front cover. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Quarter yellow buckram with illustrated paper covered boards. Page edges untrimmed. Browning and foxing to page edges. Good solid binding. Very clean text with just a few spots of foxing. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (14.5 x 19.5 cm).
More imagesPublished by Paul, London, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. 32 pgs. Illustrations. With an introduction essay by Laurence Housman. Good Cover has general wear, some water damage to cover, darkening. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning.
Published by Peace News, London, 1944
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United KingdomZetetic Books
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Add to basketPaper Covers. Condition: Good. First Edition. 8pp. Original paper covers, with upper design by Arthur Wragg. Lower cover very lightly soiled, otherwise quite bright and clean. Briefly mentioned in Brook, 'Arthur Wragg', page 107 Size: 8vo. Wragg, Arthur (illustrator). Pamphlet.
Published by S.S. McClure Company, New York, 1905
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.Clayton Fine Books
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Add to basketSift Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with two short tears on the right edge and wear at the foot of the spine. Complete issue. This interview is illustrated with five uncommonly reproduced photographs of Theodore Roosevelt and his family by Arthur Hewitt and Vivian Burnett (illustrator)….
Published by Heinemann, London, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United KingdomDreadnought Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: Oblong 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 20 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Covers marked. Corners slightly bump…ed. Unpaginated illustrations at rear. Illustrator: Arthur Wragg. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; Modern; Religion & Theology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51246. Arthur Wragg (illustrator).
Published by Kegan Paul Trench, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, United KingdomGREENSLEEVES BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: good. . 1896, some toning to boards & spine, contenst clean, endpapers toned, feint toning to pages, no markings, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1932
- Hardcover
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Dunaway Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Photoplay edition. Very slight spine lean, moderate shelf wear and rubbing to the binding. The dustjacket is rubbed at the corners and gutters, shallow chipping at the spine ends affecting 'F' in the title, a few other creases and short closed tears. Pretty stunning dustjacket art.
More imagesPublished by William Heinemann Limited, London and Toronto, 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United KingdomTombland Bookshop
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. oblong 4to. 20 pp, 7 pls, small ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, some light browning and foxing on foredges and endpapers, light uniform browning internally and some minor markings, good plus internally, bound in original coarse grained cream cloth, extremities rubbed, some darkenng…to extremities, light foxing spine, good, please see photos. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Laurance Housman (illustrator).
Published by London: Kegan Paul, Trench &, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United KingdomStephen White Books
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library REFERENCE book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Some fading and staining of cover. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF NINETIES VERSE.
Edited with an Introduction by: SYMONS, A.J.A. Contributors: BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; CUSTANCE, Olive; DAVIDSON, John; DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred; DOUGLAS, Evelyn (John Barlas); DOWSON, Ernest; FIELD, Michael; GRAY, John; HOUSMAN, Laurence; JOHNSON, Lionel; LE GALLIENNE, Richard; LEE-HAMILTON, Eugene; O'SULLIVAN, Vincent; PLARR, Victor; SYMONDS, Arthur; THOMPSON, Francis; WILDE, Oscar; WRATISLAW, YEATS, W.B.
Published by London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, Ltd., 1928., 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United KingdomMinster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970)
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition, 8vo., pp.176, uncut, pictorial yellow paper-covered boards backed in yellow cloth, design and lettering in black, b/w pictorial title; foxing to edges and margins of boards, occasional foxing within, splash-mark to top-edges, slight splash-marking to spine, a very good copy.
More imagesPublished by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this profusely illustrated work by Laurence Housman on the artwork of Arthur Boyd Houghton. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and eighty-eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete.In the publisher's original cloth.This artistic study on…Arthur Boyd Houghton was written by Laurence Housman and discusses his work as a painter and illustrator, and his life. Houghton was prominent during the nineteenth century and was strongly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was one of the leaders of the renaissance of wood engravings during the golden age of English book illustration. This work is dedicated to Houghton's daughter, Mrs. E. C. Davis. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine and slight bumping to the extremities. Light spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and occasional spotting. Very Good. Arthur Boyd Houghton (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by William Heinemann, London, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United KingdomZetetic Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. [6], 9-20pp, plates. Bound in half morocco and cloth, title in gilt to spine. Boards slightly warped from damp, with some light staining to covers. Some minor colour bleed from the cloth onto the edges of the endpapers, but the text and plates are generally quite bright and clean. Presen…tation copy from Wragg, with inscription to ffep, 'For Martin from Raggy (Christmas, Polperro 1944)'. A non-standard binding, presumably by the publishers for the author to give away. The pictures illustrate Jesus's cries from the cross, and "show a new departure in Wragg's art away from the realistic and towards the surreal" (Brook, 'Arthur Wragg', page 89) Size: 4to (Oblong). Wragg, Arthur (illustrator). Presentation Copy from Author.
More imagesPublished by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Limited, London, 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A lovely first edition volume looking at the art of Arthur Boyd Houghton, an extensively illustrated work with almost one-hundred plates. The first edition.An artistic study on Arthur Boyd Houghton, looking into his beautiful work as a painter and illustrator, and his life.Hough…ton was prominent during the nineteenth century and was strongly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was one of the leaders of the renaissance of wood engraving during the golden age of English book illustration.This work is dedicated to Houghton' daughter, Mrs. E. C. Davis.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight nine pates.Collated, complete.By Laurence Housman. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little faded to the spine and extremities of the boards. A few minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. Arthur Boyd Houghton (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by William Heinemann, London, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United KingdomZetetic Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. [6], 9-20pp, plates. Bound in full vellum, with title in gilt to spine. A couple of patches of staining to upper cover, with spots of similar discolouring to lower cover, boards slightly splayed. Internally a couple of small light dust marks to margins of a couple of plates, endpapers v…ery lightly foxed, but generally quite bright and clean. Presumably bound by the publishers as some sort of 'special'. With seven pictures by Wragg, each with a half title. The pictures illustrate Jesus's cries from the cross, and "show a new departure in Wragg's art away from the realistic and towards the surreal" (Brook, 'Arthur Wragg', page 89) Size: 4to (Oblong). Wragg, Arthur (illustrator).
More imagesTanglewood Tales; Stories from The Arabian Nights; The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne; Laurence Housman; Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1938
- Hardcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. A delightful selection of children's fairy tales, folk tales and myths, all of which are adorned with colour plates by Edmund Dulac. This set offers three beautifully illustrated children's anthologies, comprising retellings of classic fairy tales and fables by prominent literary figures.All are illustrat…ed with lovely colour plates by French-British illustrator and stamp designer, Edmund Dulac, who is best remembered for his WWI relief books, magazine illustrations and the banknotes and postage stamps of the WWII period.In the publisher's original cloth binding.'Tanglewood Tales' by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Includes 'The Minotaur', 'Circe's Palace' and 'The Golden Fleece', among others. With twelve colour plates.'Stories from The Arabian Nights' in the words of Laurence Housman - Includes 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'The Story of the Magic Horse', 'Sindbad the Sailor' and 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'. With twelve colour plates.'The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales' retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - Includes 'Cinderella', 'Blue Beard' and 'Beauty and the Beast', among others. With sixteen colour plates.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, with spots and discolouration to the cloth, most notable to the spine of 'Sleeping Beauty', which is darkened. With other additional marks to the boards. Hinges to 'Sleeping Beauty' tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots concentrated to the first and last few leaves. Good. Edmund Dulac (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by William Heinemann, London, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United KingdomZetetic Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. [6], 9-20pp, plates. Original cloth in DJ. DJ very lightly soiled, a couple of small nicks and tears, but generally fairly clean. Internally quite bright and clean. With seven pictures by Wragg, each with a half title. The pictures illustrate Jesus's cr…ies from the cross, and "show a new departure in Wragg's art away from the realistic and towards the surreal" (Brook, 'Arthur Wragg', page 89). Uncommon in the DJ Size: 4to (Oblong). Wragg, Arthur (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by William Heinemann, London, 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zetetic Books, Berkhamsted, United KingdomZetetic Books
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Add to basketUnbound. Condition: Good. First Edition. [6], 9-16pp, plates. Small amounts of staining from a rusty paper clip to text and sample plates titles, otherwise fairly bright. The unbound and untrimmed sheets, a proof copy with annotations by Wragg and others, and two sets of the plates, but without the half title, pages 17-20, and t…itles of plates one, two, and three; probably as sent, with a note explaining that "title pages to plates I, II, and III not available at the moment: but am sending this to avoid delay in correcting the rest of text". With a few corrections and additions, including the addition of the dedication to Dick Sheppard, presumably in Wragg's hand. The pictures illustrate Jesus's cries from the cross, and "show a new departure in Wragg's art away from the realistic and towards the surreal" (Brook, 'Arthur Wragg', page 89) Size: 4to (Oblong). Wragg, Arthur (illustrator).
More imagesThe Butterfly [Two Volumes]
H. G. Wells; Baron Corvo; Max Beerbohm; S. H. Slime; Arthur Morrison; Laurence Housman
Published by Grant Richards [1899], London, 1899
- Hardcover
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United KingdomFoster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA
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Add to basketGilt Decorated Cloth. Condition: Good. 2 volumes. iv, 278; ii, 294 pp., Bound in cream, gilt decorated and lettered cloth; decorative endpapers, top edges gilt. Marks to the boards and darkening to the spines with slight wear to spine ends and a split to rear joint of the first volume, repaired with cello tape. Minor lean to bin…dings. Fresh and bright internally. Contains all 12 issues published of 'The Butterfly', a literary magazine edited by L. Raven-Hill and Arnold Golsworthy. A collection of poems, essays and other texts by writers such as Baron Corvo and H. G. Wells and with black and white illustrated plates throughout by artists such as Max Beerbohm and S. H. Slime. 8vo. Illustrated.
More imagesThe Yellow Book; An Illustrated Quarterly
[Artists: Aubrey Beardsley, Joseph Pennell, Walter Sickert, Laurence Housman, John Singer Sargent, Patten Wilson, Ethel Reed, etc.]; [Authors: Henry James, Max Beerbohm, Arthur Symons, Edmund Gosse, H.G. Wells, W. B. Yates, Walter Crane, etc.]
Published by Elkin Mathews & John Lane (Vol's I and II), John Lane The Bodley Head (Vol's III - XIII), London, 1897
- Hardcover
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near fine. Thirteen volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 4150 pp. Called "the gay nineties" in America and "the naughty nineties" in Britain, the decade of the 1890s was, in many respects, one in which the Victorian morals and societal codes were loosening with many who, on both sides of the pond, "embr…aced more freedom, fun, and social permissiveness" (n.b., quote from Wiki). Within the worlds of literature and art, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) were extremely influential, both with a talent for bringing eroticism into their art and making it - almost - socially acceptable. In addition to their joint collaboration on "Salome" (first published in 1892), they launched this periodical, "The Yellow Book", with its first issue being April, 1894. Beardsley was the first art editor, and while Wilde was not a contributor, his influence can be felt. Ultimately it lasted for only thirteen issues, its demise coming about for almost the same reasons as its success. The public initially saw "The Yellow Book" as "something queer and rather alarming.and thus it almost immediately regarded it as symbolic of new movements." However, after the trial and conviction of Oscar Wilde the publishers, who were from the outset less inclined towards these new ideals than the artists, combined with a reaction, now negative, from the public ("the [publisher's] premises were set upon by a mob who vandalised the building") its final issue was April, 1897 (n.b., quotes from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: All volumes bound in full bright yellow cloth, black illustrations and lettering on the fronts, black lettering and decorations on the spines, the table of contents reproduced on the back covers except the final issue which duplicated the design of the front, replete with reproductions of artwork (all in black and white, with a single exception); bindings octavo size (8 1/8" by 6 1/2"), pagination varies between 256 and 406; note that this set does not have the advertisements bound in at the rear. ___CONDITION: Overall near fine, the boards mostly clean (a few volumes with light spots), the corners mostly straight (a few slightly bumped), most without rubbing and a few with minimal rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges (we noted a few gutters just beginning to crack), the interiors clean and bright, and the set entirely free of prior owner markings; some light rubbing to the black ink on the bindings on most volumes, light toning to some of the endpapers, a few volumes with the boards very slightly bowed, and some of the spines lightly sunned (note that the spine of Vol. VI is significantly lighter in colour). ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set will require additional postage, please inquire for details. International customers, please also note that any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___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.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 7.95x4.96x0.63 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
Published by Pascal Covici, 1924
- First Edition
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. ET CETERA -A COLLECTORS SCRAP-BOOK, Pascal Covici, 1924, first edition, fine in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Previous uncollected works by such luminaries as: Richard Aldington, W.C. Bryant, Stephen Crane, Floyd Dell, Ernest Dowson, Lord Dunsany, Lafcadio Hearn, Joseph Hergesheimer, Martin Hewl…ett, Laurence Housman, Rudyard Kipling, Andrew Lang, Arthur Machen, Gustav Meyrink, Richard Middleton, George Moore, W. C. Russell, Edgar Saltus, Carl Van Vechten, Walt Whitman & others. 1/625 copies.
More imagesPublished by Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1927, 1927
- First Edition
- Signed
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Add to basketFirst edition, inscribed by Housman on the half-title, "Clarence Darrow from A. E. Housman", and with Darrow's bookplate. Housman's poetry was the focus of Darrow's 1929 lecture to the University of Chicago on pessimism and optimism. Their acquaintance commenced in 1927, the year of this essay compilation's publication. Darrow (…1857-1938) was a lawyer and politician who was known for his work on behalf of trade unions and had a "reputation as a friend of organized labor" (ANB). Platt (1860-1925) was a professor of classics at University College London. These essays cover topics such as the comedies of Aristophanes and the relationship between poetry and science. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece portrait of Platt. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Spine faded, ends and corners bumped, extremities of contents lightly toned: a very good copy.
