Jesse M King (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. William W. Besse; Joe Budd; Jordi Deusedes; Josè Arce Diaz; Jordi Fabre; Bob King; Don Komarechka; Jesse La Plante; Robert F. Martin; Alana McConnon; John Schneider; Jeff Scovil; Brad Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Apatite, the most abundant phosphate on Earth, is ubiquitous in the lithosphere and in vertebrates of the animal kingdom. Because it forms large colorful crystals, this toothsome mineral is among the most prized species populating mineral collections worldwide. Commonly confused with other minerals, Apatite takes its name from the Greek word άÏ?αÏ?άÏ?, meaning 'to deceive.' This collector's compendium explores in luscious color the science, history, localities and culture of Apatite - the Great Pretender.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. William W. Besse; Joe Budd; Jordi Deusedes; Josè Arce Diaz; Jordi Fabre; Bob King; Don Komarechka; Jesse La Plante; Robert F. Martin; Alana McConnon; John Schneider; Jeff Scovil; Brad Wilson (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. William W. Besse; Joe Budd; Jordi Deusedes; Josè Arce Diaz; Jordi Fabre; Bob King; Don Komarechka; Jesse La Plante; Robert F. Martin; Alana McConnon; John Schneider; Jeff Scovil; Brad Wilson (illustrator). LIKE NEW / VERY GOOD - No creases or tears on spine and/or cover LIKE NEW / VERY GOOD - No missing or damaged pages LIKE NEW / VERY GOOD - No text or writing on the pages or in the margins LIKE NEW / VERY GOOD - No underlining or highlighting of text VERY GOOD - Cover has very minimal wear and tear with no obvious damage VERY GOOD - Zero to Limited corner dings and/or curled corners All items shipped Monday - Friday, fast shipping! Proceeds support the Sierra Vista Public Library.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. William W. Besse; Joe Budd; Jordi Deusedes; Josè Arce Diaz; Jordi Fabre; Bob King; Don Komarechka; Jesse La Plante; Robert F. Martin; Alana McConnon; John Schneider; Jeff Scovil; Brad Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new, great condition. Apatite, the most abundant phosphate on Earth, is ubiquitous in the lithosphere and in vertebrates of the animal kingdom. Because it forms large colorful crystals, this toothsome mineral is among the most prized species populating mineral collections. Commonly confused with other minerals, Apatite takes its name from the Greek word meaning "to deceive." This collector's compendium explores in luscious color the science and history, localities and culture of Apatite. Beautiful photography/lithography.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Loss to spine. Slight foxing. 290mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). 354pp. B/w and colour plates throughout. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

1912. (Card covers) Very good in good dust jacket. 24 illustrations. The dust jacket is edgeworn and soiled. Locale: Edinburg--Scotland. (Art, Drawings).

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. King, Jesse M (illustrator). 152pp, untrimmed 7 plates + 1 on front board. Minor marking and wear to grey cloth covers but otherwise in excellent condition. Dedication to previous owner on ffl.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 161, xxv pp. ; green and red cloth with designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: The progress of the American Rose Society / S S Pennock -- The use of the rose in the landscape / Wilhelm Miller -- The literature of the rose -- The rose in the "Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture" / L H Bailey -- Francis Parkman on roses / M N Baker -- The practical book of outdoor rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- The oldest rose-garden in the United States -- The American rose advance / J Horace McFarland -- Roses worth while for everybody / George C Thomas, Jr -- Selections from recent garden roses / Aaron Ward -- Rose bloom records at Egandale / W C Egan -- E G Hill's forthcoming roses / Sarah A Hill -- The new American roses of 1917 / J Horace McFarland -- The basis of merit in roses / Jesse A Currey -- Methods of rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- Propagation by budding / Robert Huey -- The trenching method of rose propagation / C D Beadle -- Springfield roses / John M Good -- Rose importations / j Horace McFarland -- How to conduct an amateur rose show / J Horace McFarland -- Details and classification for amateur shows / Jesse A Currey --The rose all over America / J Horace McFarland -- A great rose-garden and its message / G A Parker -- The garden clubs and the rose / Mrs. Francis King -- Work and play in a Texas rose-garden / WIlliam A Anderson -- The Minneapolis Municipal Rose Garden at Lyndale Park / Theodore Wirth -- In my rose-garden / E M Mills -- The national rose test-garden / F L Mulford -- The Cornell Rose Test-Garden / A C Beal -- The Portland National Rose Test Garden / J Horace McFarland -- Roses in the Arnold Arboretum / J Horace McFarland -- Rose-growing in a Northern Latitude / W B Burgoyne -- The enemies of the rose / J Horace McFarland -- Rose diseases / L M Massey -- An entomologist and his rose-garden / A D Hopkins -- Greeting from abroad / J Horace McFarland -- Cut-flower rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- The cut-rose production of America / J Horace McFarland --Cut-flower rose-growing in America in 1916 / Wallace R Pierson -- Cut-flower rose-growing in Canada / John R. Dunlop -- In Memoriam -- A partial list of roses introduced in America / Charles E F Gersdorff, J Horace McFarland -- The work of the American Rose Society : Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, with Presiden't Address and reports of the Secretary and Treasurer -- The Washington and Cornell Meetings -- Meetings of the Executive Committee -- Awards at Philadelphia Show of 1916 -- The story of rose black-spot -- new roses registered in 1916 -- Rules for registration of new roses -- Regulations for judging and scale of points -- American Rose Society medals for novelties -- Committees governing rose test-gardens -- At the Hartford Test Gardens --Local societies affiliated -- The eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Rose Society -- Medals awarded in 1916 -- Lest of members -- Index -- Index to advertisers -- List of Plates -- John Cook's unnamed American seeding (colored plate) -- Benjamin Hammond, Secretary American Rose Society -- New hybrid tea rose, Mrs. Henry Winnett -- Fred H Howard's new American rose, Los Angeles (colored plate) -- New hybrid Wichuriana rose, Alida Lovett -- New Hardy Climbing rose, Seedling No. 48 -- Acres of American-grown roses -- The important rose test-gardens -- Native roses for roadside adornment in the Arnold Arboretum -- The oldest rose-garden in the United States [Van Courtlandt Manor, Croton, NY] ; stamp of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum on front endpaper ; with 25 pages of illustrated adverisments ; ; slight foxing, else FINE ; extremely scarce 2nd year of the series which began in 1916. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Original green buckram gilt, lettering and vignette in gilt to front board and spine both designed by Jessie M. King; vignette again in blind to rear board. A little mild marking to boards and wear to board and spine edges; top board corners pushed in. Spine slightly darkened and mildly cocked. Top edges gilt, bottom edges untrimmed. 8vo (14.4 x 20.5cm). Offset browning to free endpapers. Rear endpaper cracked at gutter; rear hinge very slightly tender. Front endpaper uncracked. Five illustrations, incl frontis with tissue guard, by Jessie M. King. Engraved title page and vignette to colophon also the work of King. Mild scattered foxing, also affecting plates. Slight offset browning to title page. Front free endpaper inscribed by Jessie M. King: 'To Prof. Fred. Yorke Powell, with the sincere regards of the illustrator. Jan. 1903'. Frederick York Powell (King slightly misspells his surname), 1850-1904, was Regius Professor of Modem History at Oxford. Known as a translator of Icelandic sagas and an authority on medieval literature, he can also be 'usefully situated within fin-de-siecle networks of artists, folklorists, poets and scholars' (Howsam, 2021, Yellow 90s 2.0, UWindsor); he invited Verlaine and Mallarme to Oxford, published translations from Omar Khayyam, was an avid collector of Japanese prints, served as president of the Irish Texts Society, in 1902 went to Liverpool to speak in support of the endowment of Celtic Studies in the university, and in 1904 was made President of the Folklore Society. He was thus firmly embedded in the same milieu as King, whose illustrations for Fitzgerald's translation of Khayyam were published in 1903, and who shared York Powell's interest in the folkloric, Celtic, and fantastic: 'influenced by a Gaelic-speaking nursemaid with a fund of folklore, Jessie believed herself gifted with âsecond sightâ and her art was inspired by fantasy' (ODNB). 1902, the year Jephtha was published, saw several landmarks in King's early career: she won a gold medal for a cover design at the Turin exhibition of Decorative Art (which secured her the commission for Jephtha, her first book illustrations for a British publisher), as well as joining the Glasgow School of Art as an instructor in book illustration. King's work on Jephtha shows her own connection to specifically Scottish cultural networks: A. Gordon Mitchell, who produced translations of both Buchanan's original Latin dramas, served as minister of Killearn, Buchanan's birthplace and the neighbouring parish to New Kilpatrick, where King was born and where her father was the minister. A scarce early work by King, inscribed by her to another significant figure in the turn-of-the-century cultural sphere. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Inscribed by illustrator. Hardback. Size: 130pp. Inscribed by illustrator.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur; Greenaway, Kate; King, Jesse M. Et al. (illustrator). First Edition. 1903 at ttile page. 6 1/4" x 7 5/8" uniquely compact, thick design. Dark plum (purplish brown) full cloth boards, elaborate gilt cover and spine design, titles, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub, edge wear. Ornate gilt cover design of angelic petal winged femme with sceptre as wand releasing petals from other hand, over crescent moon with dentelle flourishing borders listing illustrators. Crisp spine titles and vignettes of rose with leaves matching four corners of cover. Matte geometric patterned plum endpapers. Fine color frontispiece with tissue guard: "Littledom Castle by Hugh Thomson R. I." Pages very good; no writing. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Bright gilt text block at all sides. Full-page illustrations throughout. Some of the earliest and most detailed imagery of Arthur Rackham on display in the first tale, Littledom Castle, with indications of his developing talents. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Features a preface by Mister M.H. Spielmann lauding his mate's writing talent and assemblage, and the artistic inspirations and imagination brought by the artists. Published as part of the "Lilliput Library" for which a publisher?s catalogue is bound in at back. Rare sharp first edition of fine book craftsmanship. Contents: "Littledom Castle; His Majesty of the Sun; Ronald's Clock; Violet and the Doll-Fairy; A Regular Bouncer; Princess Reta of Regalia; Snowdrop's Tale; The Witch and the Jewelled Eggs; Muriel and the Fire-Ring; and, The Magic Garrett." Plentiful illustrations by such enchanting imagists as Hugh Thomson, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Harry Furniss, Phil May, C. Wilhelm, Madame Ronner, Rosie Pitman, and Jessie M. King. Ten fantastic fairy stories illustrated by nine acclaimed artists from the golden age of gift books in the early twentieth century. Arthur Rackham is featured in the opening Littledom Castle with six full and three partial page designs. Unique mediums for Rackham here with cross thatch, etc. and a final silhouetted full-width tailpiece similar his later double page silhouette designs for Cinderella. Original drawings of A.R. include the classic of a giant Arthur Rackham holding candlestick for tiny knight. This illustration first appeared in Little Folks Magazine in 1902 for Littledom Castle and here in 1903. Numerous other vignettes in text by Carton Moore Park. Mabel Henrietta Spielmann (1862 - 1938) was a British author, married to art critic Marion Harry Spielmann. As well as several children's books, she wrote on the life and works of Charlotte Brontë and also on the history of art. Her works include: "The Rainbow Book, Littledom Castle, The Child of the Air, Margery Redford, and My Son and I." 377 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur; Greenaway, Kate; King, Jesse M. Et al. (illustrator). First Edition. 1903 at ttile page. 6 1/4" x 7 5/8" uniquely compact, thick design. Deep red full cloth boards, elaborate gilt cover and spine design, titles, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub, edge wear. Ornate gilt cover design of petal winged angel with sceptre releasing petals from other hand, over crescent moon with dentelle flourishing borders listing illustrators. Crisp spine titles and vignettes of rose with leaves matching four corners of cover. Names of contributing illustrators form border at cover. Fine color frontispiece with tissue guard: "Littledom Castle by Hugh Thomson R. I." Pages generally very good; some fox at front and back few pages. Bright gilt text block at all sides. Dark green matte endpapers. Full-page illustrations throughout. Some of the earliest and most detailed imagery of Arthur Rackham on display in opening tale over three parts, Littledom Castle, with his humored developing talents on display. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Features a preface by Mister M.H. Spielmann lauding his mate's writing talent and assemblage, and the artistic inspirations and imagination brought by the artists. Published as part of the "Lilliput Library." Rare near very good first edition of fine book craftsmanship. Contents: "Littledom Castle; His Majesty of the Sun; Ronald's Clock; Violet and the Doll-Fairy; A Regular Bouncer; Princess Reta of Regalia; Snowdrop's Tale; The Witch and the Jewelled Eggs; Muriel and the Fire-Ring; and, The Magic Garrett." Plentiful illustrations by such enchanting imagists as Hugh Thomson, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Harry Furniss, Phil May, C. Wilhelm, Madame Ronner, Rosie Pitman, and Jessie M. King. Ten fantastic fairy stories illustrated by nine acclaimed artists from the golden age of gift books in the early twentieth century. Arthur Rackham is featured in the opening Littledom Castle with six full and three partial page designs. Unique mediums for Rackham here with cross thatch, etc. and a final silhouetted full-width tailpiece similar his later double page silhouette designs for Cinderella. Original drawings of A.R. include the classic of a giant Arthur Rackham holding candlestick for tiny knight. This illustration first appeared in Little Folks Magazine in 1902 for Littledom Castle and here in 1903. Numerous other vignettes in text by Carton Moore Park. Mabel Henrietta Spielmann (1862 - 1938) was a British author, married to art critic Marion Harry Spielmann. As well as several children's books, she wrote on the life and works of Charlotte Brontë and also on the history of art. Her works include: "The Rainbow Book, Littledom Castle, The Child of the Air, Margery Redford, and My Son and I." 377 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Jesse M. King (illustrator). Pale blue cloth, black titles, cover & spine illustrations, top edge gilt & others untrimmed, 2 tissued frontices, & 21 additional black & white illustrations with some red borders; A good+ copy with some finger & dustsoil to covers, & armorial bookplate inside front cover; 379 pages. Size: 5.75"x8.75".

Small Octavo. xlvii, 290 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations by Jesse M. King whose illustrations are much like those of Aubrey Beardsley, with frontispiece and vignette title by A.S. Hartrick. Bibliographic references and index. W. B. Yeats reminds twentieth-century readers that Spenser's "genius was pictorial" (p. xx); that "he seemed always to feel through the eyes, imagining everything in pictures" (p. xlvi). These passing remarks echo a popular evaluation of Spenser's poetry that extends back to the time of Pope. Bound in brown cloth decorated in orange and gilt, spine and top edge gilt, spine a but darkened, some off-setting to fee end sheets most likely from binder's glue, and some light rubbing to rear board. A very good copy.