Illustrated by John Proctor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover in original decorative cloth boards, gilt text, clean and sharp, shelf wear to corners and spine ends. No date given but there is an elegant penciled name on front free endpage dated 1885. Reading ribbon sewn in. Book is firm in binding, b&w illustrations by John Proctor, some plates. Tissue guard over frontispiece drawing is intact. 127 pp. Includes 32 pages of "Catalog of books for the young, of all ages, suitable for presents and school prizes. " Rear endpages have penciled drawings of a teacher and a ballerina. Withdrawn from a public library, with one internal stamp only, and a typed card catalogue laid in. Else -- Free of any markings. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Illustrated by John Proctor (illustrator).…

Very Good (covers nice with little fade spine; contents clean & tight). 12mo., green cloth, stamped in white; 249 pages First Edition. Signed presentation from Howard on the front pastedown: "From the Author John Hamilton Howard to Friend Rev. Appleton Bush D.D." Presentation is light in areas due to a lack of ink or a poor pen nib. A novel about the Tidewater, Virginia, area. Frontispiece by Isabel Proctor. Illustrated With Photographs and a map of the Dismal Swamp. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hard back binding in publisher's original aqua blue cloth covers, gilt title block lettering to the spine, scarlet, black and white illustrated decorations to the spine and the upper panel, olivine page edges. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 408, 22 [pp] catalogue. 6 [of 8] monochrome illustrations throughout. Message dated 1899 to the front free end paper, spine colours faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. HENTY, G. A. (1832-1902). …

Condition: Very Good. Fifth edition hard back binding in publisher's original aqua blue cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and front cover. Light brown, black and white illustrated decorations to the spine and the front cover, all page edges gilt. 8vo 7½'' x 5½''. Contains [viii] 336, [8 page catalogue], printer's code 2M-D-6/97, June 1897. First edition showed 1880 in Roman Numerals, this is the 5th edition, see Newbolt pages 34 and 35. Eight illustrations including the frontispiece and eleven folding battle plans as called for. Smart Prize Plate inside dated 1897, spine colours only very slightly faded, corners and spine ends rubbed, light thumb marks to the title page and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. HENTY, G. A. (1832-1902). …