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Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York., 1922
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard cover. Armstrong, Margaret (Cover design by). (illustrator). First edition. Dark blue decorated cloth over boards. ix, 391 p. 20 cm. Includes 8 B&W Portraits, plates w/ artist credits. Anthology of remarks about books and authors Van Dyke considers to take the reader on a journey The Book of Books (The Bible); Poetry in the Psalms; The Good Enchantment of Dickens; Thackeray and Real Men; George Eliot and Real Women; The Poet of Immortal Youth (Keats); The Recovery of Joy (Wordsworth); "The Glory of the Imperfect" (Browning); "A Quaint Comrade by Quiet Streams" (Walton); "A Sturdy Believer" (Samuel Johnson); "A Puritan plus Poetry" (Emerson); "An Adventurer in a Velvet Jacket" (Stevenson). Cover has combination of symbols in gold and aqua: Grapes, wheat, English holly, English rose, Ivy, Bleeding-heart, Daffodil, Pomegranate, Strawberry, Oak, Scottish bluebell. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Front binding is weakening after title page. Spine titles dulled. Back cover surface dent, finish damage. 1 0.0.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1903
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Boards. Illustraded from drawings by F.V. Dumond; cover design Margaret Armstrong (illustrator). 2nd Printing. 2nd printing, original elaborately decorated boards with colour and gilt (design by Margaret Armstrong), colour plates (sepia with colour detail), pp 348. Previous owner's inscription. Very good condition. The author tells of his fishing trips in Europe and in New England, and Canada and includes some of his own poetry.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1912
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong. Colour plates from drawings with Charles S Chapman; Garth Jones; Sigismond de Ivanowski; Paul Julien Meylan; Blendon Campbell. (illustrator). Reprint. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed and signed on front end-paper by author: "Inscribed with sincere friendship for Agnes Rix by Henry van Dyke. Oct 23 1914, The Hague. where X represented an unknown quantity of work". Van Dyke was the US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1913 and 1916. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong Colour frontis has tissue protective leaf, all additional 6 plates are present. Dark blue clean covers with ornate decoration and lettering in gilt and orange. Lightly rubbed corners, sound binding, clean pages and plates. Contains colour plates (full page illustrations) and black and white illustrations. No dust-jacket. Illustrator: Cover design by Margaret Armstrong. Colour plates from drawings with Charles S Chapman; Garth Jones; Sigismond de Ivanowski; Paul Julien Meylan; Blendon Campbell. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10122071156. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1926
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed and signed on half-title-pager by author: "To Agnes Rix, faithful secretary, who has red these stories, alredy, perhapsmore than she wished, Henry van Dyke. Oct. 13 1926, Avalon". Van Dyke was the US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1913 and 1916.Miss Rix seems to have been known to him during that period. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong. Dark blue clean covers with ornate decoration and lettering in gilt and blue and orange. Black and white frontis with protective tissue leaf, all additional 5 plates are present. Lightly rubbed corners, sound binding except that front end-paper has been removed by a neat cut, clean pages and plates. Contains black and white frontis (full page illustration facing title-page) and black and white plates (full page illustrations). No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10122071159. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Published by Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, Fifth Avenue, New York, USA First Edition . 1907., 1907
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original rich navy and gilt cloth covers designed by Margaret N. Armstrong, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Fishing and hunting stories. Contains tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, 322 printed pages of text with 7 colour plates by Frank Schoonover. Henry Sotheran ticket inside, light rubbing to the covers and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [Literature].
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1914
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. From drawings by F V DuMond (illustrator). Reprint. Inscribed by Author. Second free front end-paper has a gift inscription " Miss Rix. With sincerest greetings , Marshall Langhorne Xmas 1914" and Inscribed and signed by author: "How long ago I lauched this book, - It was my first canoe! And now it comes around again. To bear good-will to you. Henry van Dyke, The Hague, Jan. 11. 1915". Hand-written note initialed by author on dedication page. Van Dyke was the US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1913 and 1916. Miss Rix seems to have been known to him during that period. Marshall Langhorne was the Secretary of American Embassy at The Hague. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong. Dark blue clean covers with ornate decoration and lettering in gilt and green and white. Colour frontis with protective tissue leaf, all additional 7 plates are present. Lightly rubbed corners, sound binding, clean pages and plates. Contains colour frontis and colour plates (full page illustrations). No dust-jacket. Illustrator: From drawings by F V DuMond. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05922071161. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed and initialled on front end-paper by author: "The real joy of play-time can be tasted only by me who knows how good it is to work hard. H.v.D. Inscribed for Miss Agnes Rix August 1914 - January 1915, The Hague". Van Dyke was the US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1913 and 1916. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong. Dark blue clean covers with ornate decoration and lettering in gilt and green, white and silver. Colour frontis with protective tissue leaf, all additional 7 colour plates are present. Lightly rubbed corners, sound binding, clean pages and plates. Contains colour frontis and colour plates (full page illustrations). No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10122071158. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1921
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed and signed by author on front end-paper "To Agnes Rix with grateful wishes, Henry van Dyke, April 25 1921". Van Dyke was the US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1913 and 1916. Miss Rix seems to have been known to him during that period. Cover design probably by Margaret Armstrong. Dark blue clean covers with ornate decoration and lettering in gilt and green and orange. Black and white frontis with protective tissue leaf, all additional 7 plates are present. Lightly rubbed corners, sound binding, clean pages and plates. Gilt on spine is rather dulled. Contains colour frontis and colour plates (full page illustrations). No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05922071162. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Published by Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, Fifth Avenue, New York, USA First Edition Thus . 1903., 1903
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original rich navy, delphinium blue, green and gilt cloth covers designed by Margaret N. Armstrong, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Contains tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, 348 printed pages of text with 7 colour plates by F. V. DuMond. Henry Sotheran ticket inside, light rubbing to the covers and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [Literature].