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Language: English
Published by The Centry Co, New York, 1916
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: CanisLatrans, Highlands, NC, U.S.A.CanisLatrans
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. St Nicholas Vol. 43 October 1916. Various (illustrator).
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bradley, Will H. (illustrator).
- Softcover
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Condition: New. Bradley, Will H (illustrator).
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Language: English
Published by Friends of Paul A. Bennett, 1953
- First Edition
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
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Add to basketSingle Sheet. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Single sheet, Lettered in black and red, green ivy leaf. "Produced by the friends of Paul a. Bennett and presented on the evening of Thursday December 3 1953". Design apparently by Will H Bradley. Not in Bambace. [Design By Will H Bradley] (illustrator).
- Hardcover
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Published by NY: Hudson Hills Press, [2002]., 2002
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.Skyline Books
Contact seller4-star seller4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated. As new. Below the published price.
Language: English
Published by [Will Bradley] / John Lane - The Bodley Head, New York Circa 1895 - 1899, 1896
- First Edition
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
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Add to basketSingle Card. Condition: Near Fine. Original Publisher's Label. Single card, designed and printed by Will Bradley for a publisher he worked with 1895 - 1899. Printed in black. In 1896 Bradley designed John Lane's business card, and he did various other business printing for the firm. Not listed in Bambace.
Language: English
Published by [Will Bradley] / John Lane - The Bodley Head, New York Circa 1895 - 1899, 1895
- First Edition
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketSingle Card. Condition: Very Good. Original Publisher's Insert. Single card, designed and printed by Will Bradley for a publisher he worked with 1895 - 1899. Printed in black with "The Bodley Head" printed in red, using 140 Fifth Avenue, NYC address. Light wear to upper right corner, small stain at lower right corner. In 1896 Br…adley designed John Lane's business card, and he did various other business printing for the firm. Not in Bambace.
- Softcover
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, GermanyAHA-BUCH GmbH
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - ''Glimpses At The Life And Times Of A. V. H. Carpenter'' is a book written by Albert Von Haller Carpenter and published in 1890. The book is a biographical account of Carpenter's life and times, offering readers an intimate look into his personal and professional experiences.Carpenter was a… prominent figure in his time, known for his contributions to the fields of law and politics. He was an accomplished lawyer, serving as a judge and practicing law in various capacities throughout his career. Additionally, he was involved in politics, working as a member of parliament and serving as the mayor of his hometown.The book is divided into several chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of Carpenter's life. The chapters cover his childhood and education, his early career, his work as a lawyer and judge, his involvement in politics, and his personal life. Throughout the book, Carpenter provides insight into the challenges he faced and the lessons he learned along the way.Overall, ''Glimpses At The Life And Times Of A. V. H. Carpenter'' offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life of a prominent figure in 19th-century law and politics. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of these fields or the personal experiences of those who made significant contributions to them.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work. Bradley, Will H (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by (1954). (1954)., 1954
- Softcover
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fine. (1954)., (1954). Fine. - Octodecimo (18mo), 6 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed Strathmore Fiesta green wraps, titled in dark green below a lighter green leaf dingbat on the front cover and with a device in green on the rear. [8] unnumbered pages, each illustrated with the printer's m…ark from fine presses. Fine. Designed by Will H. Bradley, the book depicts the marks of the "Aldus" press, that of "The Castle Press", "Fred Jones Printer", "Le Coq d'Or Press", "The Iris Press", "The Fountain Press", "J. de Colonia, Venice", and "Tom H. Nash, Printer".
Published by The Castle Press, Pasadena, 1949
- Softcover
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo. 1 of 300 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom as a limited edition for fellow typophiles, friends of the press, and the author.Orig. blue card wrappers, saddle stitched. Unopened. 21 pp. Collotype portrait frontis. Sunning and light bumping to extremities. Slight age toning to… interior. This charming work recounts famed artist and illustrator Will Bradley's early days from 1875-1895.
More imagesPublished by H.S. Stone & Company, Chicago, 1898
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dark and Stormy Night Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.Dark and Stormy Night Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hard cover, 8vo, in medium tan cloth blocked in brown graphic designs by Massachusetts graphic artist Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) of flowering cornucopias, a cachepot of flowers above the orangey-red titles, below which are two putti flanking a tall, flower-filled jardiniere withi…n an elaborate, neoclassical frame. Rear board has an image of a large, square-shaped floral display in a footed stand. 193 pp., First Edition. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. The rubricated title page and historiated capitals at the beginning of each story also designed by Bradley. Printer's colophon at rear states: "Love's Dilemmas, by Robert Herrick, Arranged and Printed for H.S. Stone & Co., by Will Bradley at the University Press, Cambridge U.S.A." **CONDITION: Very Good. Spine a bit darkened. Light foxing within.** Massachusetts-born Author Robert Welch Herrick (1863-1938) wrote a number of novels around the turn of the twentieth century, while teaching English at the newly formed University of Chicago. His work is often described as American Realist fiction, dealing with fraught, alienated marital relationships, which critics have described as a reaction to the pressures of modern industrialized life. The author's many travels abroad are used as fictional fodder; The story, "A Temporary Infidelity" written in 1897, is set in a series of Italian hotels, and describes the "Boston marriage" of two women, one of whom must see off a male rival for her lover. Author Robert Herrick would eventually change careers, becoming Secretary to the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. in the 1930's. (Univ. Chicago Library Centennial Catalogues) Bambace [A36] p. 39. Will H. Bradley (book designer) (illustrator). Book.
Published by The Castle Print, Pasadena
- Softcover
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover. 1 of 300 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom as a limited edition for fellow typophiles, friends of the press, and the author. This charming work recounts famed artist and illustrator Will Bradley's early days from childhood until his early 20s. In light green paper wrappers with a strin…g binding and title on front cover. Interior pages clean and bright with frontis photograph of a young Bradley. Some pages are unopened. In near fine condition. 21 pages. PRI/082319.
Published by The Wayside Press, 1896
- Softcover
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Moe's Books
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. In fair shape at best. Back cover detached, but still present. Edges chipped. As is.
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Published by Oak Knoll Press and Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts, 1995
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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cloth. 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 216 pages. First edition. Presentation from the author on the verso of the half-title. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) is widely regarded as one of the masters of design during the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts periods. His typographic and illustrative work pushed the boundaries of these fields into new dir…ections. In addition, his re-introduction and use of Caslon type brought it back into popularity. The guide includes 261 illustrations, including his designer's marks to help identify his pieces. The guide includes a Book Work section containing three parts: one of 81 definite books of Bradley's own execution, one listing those exhibiting the Bradley stamp but with no confirming documentation, and one listing those using his designs but probably not produced by him. The remaining sections document magazine covers, advertisements, illustrations, posters, and other works. Bradley, Will H. (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Chicago, 1890
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Steve Finer - Rare Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.Steve Finer - Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to, later plain red cloth, spine gilt lettered, 144, [x] pp. The life and times of an eminent railroad man, from New England out to Chicago, and then, to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. KAPLAN#925. BAMBACE #A2, citing the title page, 28 signed illustrations, headpie…ces and tailpieces, etc., these entirely, or mostly, the design work of Will H. Bradley. First Edition. A Very Good copy, and early in the canon of Bradley's published work. Will Bradley (illustrator).
Will H. Bradley: American Artist In Print - A Collector's Guide
Robert Koch, foreword by Janet Zapata illustrated by Will H. Bradley
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Seller: Print Matters, London, United KingdomPrint Matters
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Hardback. Condition: As New. Hard Cover. Hudson Hills Press 2002. Extended biography Dust Jacket. Part Colour illustrations. The highly talented American born Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) was a master illustrator, designer, printer, typographer and art director. He worked in a variety of media & is acknowledged as a master of the… American Art Nouveau style. In Robert Koch's scholarly and detailed book we have an extended biography of Bradley which guides us on a tour of his life & works. This is covered in eight chapters each fully illustrated with many examples of his works. There are appendices covering selected exhibitions, bibliography & full index. 206 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (230mm x 300mm). (2.1). Will H. Bradley (illustrator).
Published by Harper Woods, Michigan: Adagio, 1967., 1967
- Softcover
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, CanadaWilliam Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop
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Add to basketBlack self-wrappers, lettered in gold, sewn. A few scuffs, slight wrinkling to edges, but basically fine. Printed in many colors on four different papers. Limited to 473 copies, this copy not numbered but written in the number space is: "one of the first ten - for Don Weeks".
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Published by Oak Knoll / Thomas Boss, New Castle & Boston,, 1995
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. (5), v-xxiii, (2), 2-216. Illustrated with black-and-white illustrations throughout. Original black leather spine with the title in gilt lettering on green leather, highly attractive blue luminescent patterned boards. Deep blue endpapers. Number 26… of 50 signed copies (by Bambace.) Issued without jacket, slip-case not present.Master graphic artist and book designer from the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts age in America (1868 - 1962) also typographer who re-introduced Caslon. Fine. Signedes.
Language: English
Published by Copeland and Day, Boston, 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketPaper-covered Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 78 Pp. Beige Cloth Spine With Printed Paper Label; Blue-Grey Paper-Covered Boards With Printed Title. Colophon States "This Edition Of Aucassin And Nicolette, A Song-Tale Of True Lovers, Englished By M. S. Henry And Versified By Edward W. Thomson, Is Printed By John… Wilson And Son Of Cambridge, During April, 1896, For Copeland And Day, Boston." Will Bradley Was Doing Work For Copeland And Day In 1897, And The Book Has "His" Vine-Leaf Slug Used As A Spacer Occasionally Throughout, But There Is No Indication In The Book That Bradley Did The Design Or Typography. This Example Inscribed "To Alice From Will" On Second Front Free Endpaper, In Will Bradley's Hand. Lightly Worn, Tips Just Beginning To Fray. Scarce. There Is Apparently Another Edition By Copeland And Day Of This Work, Dated 1897. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Hudson Hills Press. New York and Manchester, 2002
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHudson Hills Press. 2002. first edition. Large 4to hardback with DW. Illustrated. A lovely clean and fresh copy in a wrapper with very minor wear to head of spine.
Language: English
- Hardcover
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1949 edition.… NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 36 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
The Modern Poster
Alexandre, Arsene; Spielmann, M.H.: Bunner, H.C.; Jaccaci, August F.; Bradley, Will
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1895
- Hardcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. No. 858 of 750 copies on enameled book paper. Octavo. Hardcover in plain paper slipcase. Bound in green cloth with blue stamped titles and illustration pasted to the front board. xiv, 117, [1] pages : illustrations, color frontispiece ; 25 cm. VG-. Boards have corner bumping and some minor soiling. Spine slightly tone…d. Missing the William H. Bradley poster.
More imagesPublished by Lanward (chicago), 1890
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Periodyssey, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.Periodyssey
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo. Near fine, elaborately illustrated by a very young Will Bradley.
More imagesPublished by West Springfield, MA: Strathmore Paper Co., 1954., 1954
- First Edition
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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Illustrated by author. First edition. Issued with 15 leaves in three-folder protective folder. 4to. pp. 10/15 leaves in folder. Very Good. Contains: Strathmore title card (verso) The R. H. Diamond Co. Annual Report 1953 (cover); Valentine from Vanity House 1954 (pp.4); Mayfair Toggery Shop Opening (verso) Gifts at the Sign of th…e Silver Crown (R. Tournay & Co. Jewelers); A Sale of Lamps at Herters (verso) For Offices in This Building (First National Bank) se R. J. Harper, Agent; Ear & Gray Advertising Counsel, Our New Address (Union National Bank) (top), Jack Roy Hats (bottom), (verso) Pierre Delanay Coiffeurs, Hollywood; TYPE: A Houseorgan from the Millbrook Printshop (verso) The Oak Leaf Country Club, Bylaws (verso) Shoes by Craig (verso) Catalog Twin Rivers Pottery est. 1760; Glenmore Mills (verso) The Avon Press February 1954 (calendar); Rural Pennsylvania Antiques, The Old Mill Brookside (verso) Time Waits for No Man, Clock's at Lane's; For your wife's Valentine Gift choose Heavenly Lingerie.at the Rose Plaza Shop of Bonny Lee (verso) Noel (top), Merry Christmas (bottom).
Published by Oak Knoll Press-Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, New Castle - Boston, 1995
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: BACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS, Milano, MI, ItalyBACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS
Contact seller4-star sellerVolume: 1 25x17,5 cm., legatura in piena tela, pagg. XXIII+216, numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero, in inglese, prima edizione, buone condizioni. Section A, Book work, presenta 80 libri con scheda e illustrazione; Section B, Books That use Bradley Designs, presenta 26 libri; Section C, Possible Bradley Book work, presenta 1…0 libri; Section D, Magazine and Newspaper Covers, Illustrations, and Advertisements; Section E, Poster Designs; Section F, Other selected design Work; Selected Bibliography, Author Index.
More imagesPublished by John Lane Sign of the Bodley Head, New York and London, 1897
- Hardcover
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Seller: Dark and Stormy Night Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.Dark and Stormy Night Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Hard cover, 12mo (5 x 6 1/2 inches), in quarter linen over green-grey illustrated paper covered boards with an art nouveau inspired image of a cloaked woman playing an Irish harp upon a rocky outcropping shaded by a fruited cornucopia of trees, printed in dark grey.… Signed "B" for Will H. Bradley in lower right of illustration. Printed and applied paper label to the spine. Very small vintage bookstore label to inside front cover near gutter. Dedicated to W.B. Yeats. Printed at Will Bradley's The Wayside Press in Springfield, Massachusetts 1897 as on the Bradley designed and printed colophon at rear of publication. WHB also designed the tree art on the illustrated title page, printed in green. Contains fifty-five verses by the multi-talented Irish poet "Æ," or George William Russell (1867-1935): lifelong friend of Yeats, poet, playwright and author, painter, mystic, co-operative farmer's organizer and, later, editor of "The Irish Statesman," a man whom his son described as "having a vast compassion for all men." **CONDITION: Near Fine. Very clean, light wear at tips, small chips missing on spine label. A few spots of very light foxing within. A few pages are over-opened. Still, a very nice and clean example. **Of American artist, printer, book designer and typographer WILL H. BRADLEY (1868-1962), bibliographer Will Ransom said: "There was another man who, like Charles Ricketts, had printing done under his supervision, mostly for commercial purposes but with an occasional book, but who contributed largely to the typographical awakening [of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,] of the time. Perhaps, under other circumstances, Will Bradley, whose personal work bore the imprint of the Wayside Press, might have done as much creative work in book design as his contemporaries across the sea, for he was, and still is, a designer of marked originality and sound taste." The Wayside Press makes this a Massachusetts imprint, although Bradley would work internationally as well as in Boston and New York. (p. 73). REFS: Bambace, A15. W. Ransom (1929) pp. 73, 445. Please read a wonderful biographical article about the poet written by his son, Diarmuid Russell in the Feb. 1943 issue of "The Atlantic." (AMJ). Will H. Bradley (cover design) (illustrator). Book.
More imagesPublished by John Lane Bodley Head, London, 1900
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Fifth Edition. Fifth Edition, of 1896 original. Hard cover, 8vo, in green cloth , the boards blocked in gilt with design by Will H. Bradley in a twining, Art Nouveau depiction of a young woman's face in profile, repeated among twining organic flowering vines to front board and along spine.…Rear board is plain. Printed on laid paper, top edge gilt, other page edges untrimmed. 307pp plus 1897 dated publisher's catalogue in 16pp. Printer's colophon of John Wilson and Son, University Press. **CONDITION: Very Good Plus, with one lightly bumped corner upper right board and one small dent at fore edge board. Head of spine lightly crimped, as seen. Otherwise very lightly age toned, gilt remaining bright. Some bookseller notations in pencil to paste downs. Joints and hinges in order. **This turn of the century "romantic novel" is actually a rather comic and modern satiric take on a thirty-year old English bachelor's belated quest for romantic fulfillment. Starting out with the highest of ideals and a poetic bent, he literally hits the road, rather in Don Quixote style, to wander along the byways of Sussex in search of this mystical dryad, the woman of his dreams. At an inn, he accumulates some personal remnants of a young lady named Sylvia Joy, around whom he builds a fantasy of perfection and devotes himself to finding her. Along the way, though, he happily partakes in some casual affairs, and encounters various couples who begin to temper his Romantic expectations of the perfection of the marital state, in a story with almost Shakespearean levels of coincidence and humor. He will, in the end, find his intended, after a few brushes with some radical modern thinking, and meeting several " New Women" liberated from traditional mores. (In this, the work has been described as a bridge between the Romantic and Decadent movements.) It is a wonderful read, all the more so because written by a "moonstruck" male.**Liverpool-born AUTHOR and poet RICHARD LE GALLIENNE(1866-1947), had a complex personal life, with several marriages as well as an early affair with the writer Oscar Wilde. He was associated with The Rhymers Club, Yeats and would publish books of poetry, biography as well as novels, and contributed to the Yellow Book. His travels took him to New York, France and Monaco. He was also father to celebrated actress Eva Le Gallienne. Massachusetts typographer and graphic designer WILL H. BRADLEY's (1868-1962) work is very collectible. He worked earliest in his career at the University Press, Boston, thereafter at his own Springfield, MA Wayside Press, and later at New York's William E. Rudge. Very reminiscent of the book cover design work of Laurence Housman: See our items Nos. 9729 and 9668 for these cover designs. Some of Bradley's original designs were sold on to be used by other publishers, such as tJohn Lane and The Bodley Head. Bambace p. vii). REF: A. Bambace, "Will H. Bradley: His Work, A Bibliographical Guide," (Oak Knoll, New Castle DE, 1995.) A14. Morris and Levin (2000) No. 70. (AMJ). Will H. Bradley (cover design) (illustrator). Book.
