holmes oliver wendell 1809 1894 pyle (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Octavo, 78 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown with fading gold print. Boards in brown suede with brown print. Tattered spine caps, worn exposed corners and edges, small surface tears on rear, shelf wear. Text block has gilt top edge. Penciled name on title page, tear at top of one illustration, spine crack at page 59. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece, plates, and in-line illustrations (drawings). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column I. 1380110. FP New Rockville Stock.

131, [1] pp. Over 50 full-page drawings by Pyle, as well as decorative half-titles, head & tailpieces, etc. for a total of 95 images. 12mo, in 6s. 7-7/8" x 5" Cocked a bit. Gleaming silver. Pos on preliminary blank. A VG+ copy. Original publisher's grey cloth stamped in silver [a distinctive Sarah Wyman Whitman design]. Silver top edge. Green eps 1st edition thus, 2nd issue (BAL 9042; Blanck, American First Editions [4th], p. 261; Currier & Tilton, pp. 241-242; Davis I, pp. 146 - 149; Wilson II, p. 642).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first issue with "flashed" rather than "lashed" on page 50, line 8. 12mo., 131 pp. incl. plates. front. With Illustrations by Howard Pyle. A fine copy with the bookplates of Cleveland, Ohio book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), on the front paste-down.

78 ll. Text printed recto only. Color frontis & 67 other color illustrations by Pyle. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-3/8" A posthumous reissue of Pyle's edition, which was first published in 1891. For this 1905 publication, "Mr Pyle has practically redrawn in color his own original illustrations, with results that give the volume an additional charm." [as quoted in Davis]. Nr Fine (light wear to extremities/dj flap offset to eps)/VG (some edgewear, with old paper repair to rear panel upper right corner). Olive green vertically-ribbed cloth binding with gilt lettering & decorations. TEG 1st edition thus (BAL 9258; Davis PM0772; Tilton, p. 238).