Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - 1897 (MDCCCXCVII).

Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1922. First Thus . Cloth. Very Good+++/No Dust Jacket. 9 3/8" Tall. 351 Clean And Unmarked Pages. First Printing Thus. Cover Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Still Unworn And Brilliantly Colored. Laid In Loosely In The Book Is A Fine Four-Page Brochure Printed In Black And Yellow, For A Ballad "Lorna Doone" Published By Witmark, With Actress Madge Bellamy On The Cover, In The Same Pose As On The Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Cover. Bellamy's Breakout Role Was As The Title Character In The 1922 Film Adaptation Of The 1869 Novel Lorna Doone She Thereafter Became Known As "The Exquisite Madge" (Artist Penrhyn Stanlaws Later Called Her "The Most Beautiful Girl In America"),[Wikipedia]. This Copy With The Standard Printed Inscription, Plus A Handwritten Personal Inscription By Madge Bellamy To Motion Picture Editor/Writer Le Roy Stone, And With His Small Library Stamp On One Of The Interior Rear… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1931. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Ix, 574 Pp. First Printing Of This Edition With Fine Color Plates By Roland Wheelwright. Beautifully Bound By Riviere And Son, In Blue Morocco, Red And Green Morocco Spine Labels, 5 Bands, Gilt Decorations To Bands And Compartments, Gilt Rules On Covers, Gilt Edges, Elaborately Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. No Wear, But Fading Of Leather On Spine Although Gilt Brilliant. Front Hinge And Joint Professionally Repaired.

London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co [and] Reprinted for the Booksellers Fourth Edition, Complete in One Volume. Published the same year as the first edition. London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co: Reprinted for the Booksellers, 1832. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 9", 325pp, illustrated with 8 plates. Bound in brown linen cloth, backstirp missing, wear at the tips and along edges, fading to the cloth, name/date on title page, foxing on endpapers, mild toning along edges. Internally very good, paper bright, binding tight, all plates present. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

London: Robert Tyas, 1840. First. Very Good. The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox; The Ventriloquist by Henry Cockton 1840 Robert Tyas, London Sixty Illustrations by T Onwhyn 620 pp 875" x 575" x 2 " Full leather in very good, solid condition, with only minor scuffing and shelf wear Gilt titles and design on spine and gilt ruling on covers Front hinge cracked but intact Frontispiece, title page and plates heavily foxed (the paper for these pages was a thicker type more vulnerable to foxing), but the rest of the text has only minor browning No other marks or damage Overall in very good condition for a book of this vintage Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Ravenna Rare Books, Seattle, Wa Note: This is a fairly heavy book, so when comparing prices, please keep in mind my policy of free shipping for all US destinations .

This set of four books was privately printed for members of London's Casanova Society in 1923. The Casanova Society's brief existence lasted from 1922 - 1926, and this was their second publication.This is a Limited Edition. Sets numbered 1 to 750 were of sixteen volumes, and sets numbered 751 to 2250 were of four volumes. The set being offered for sale here is Set #844, complete in four volumes. The set is in good condition with some rubbing at the edges, corners and hinges, and occasional spotting. Each volume is numbered - 844 - which shows a complete original set. Each of the volumes is signed on the title page by Ellsworth Fleming of the Casanova Society, and each is also signed by Fleming again on the following page which describes the publication of the volumes. This set will provide many long evenings of enjoyable reading, and will make a fine addition to your library of classic literature. Due to the size of this item, shipping prices will be individually quoted.

Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1922. First Thus . Cloth. Very Good+++/No Dust Jacket. 9 3/8" Tall. 351 Clean And Unmarked Pages. First Printing Thus. Cover Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Still Unworn And Brilliantly Colored. Laid In Loosely In The Book Is A Fine Four-Page Brochure Printed In Black And Yellow, For A Ballad "Lorna Doone" Published By Witmark, With Actress Madge Bellamy On The Cover, In The Same Pose As On The Paste-Down Illustration On The Book Cover. Bellamy's Breakout Role Was As The Title Character In The 1922 Film Adaptation Of The 1869 Novel Lorna Doone She Thereafter Became Known As "The Exquisite Madge" (Artist Penrhyn Stanlaws Later Called Her "The Most Beautiful Girl In America"),[Wikipedia]. This Copy With The Standard Printed Inscription, Plus A Handwritten Personal Inscription By Madge Bellamy To Motion Picture Editor/Writer Le Roy Stone, And With His Small Library Stamp On One Of The Interior Rear… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1931. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Ix, 574 Pp. First Printing Of This Edition With Fine Color Plates By Roland Wheelwright. Beautifully Bound By Riviere And Son, In Blue Morocco, Red And Green Morocco Spine Labels, 5 Bands, Gilt Decorations To Bands And Compartments, Gilt Rules On Covers, Gilt Edges, Elaborately Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, All Edges Gilt. No Wear, But Fading Of Leather On Spine Although Gilt Brilliant. Front Hinge And Joint Professionally Repaired.

London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co [and] Reprinted for the Booksellers Fourth Edition, Complete in One Volume. Published the same year as the first edition. London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co: Reprinted for the Booksellers, 1832. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 9", 325pp, illustrated with 8 plates. Bound in brown linen cloth, backstirp missing, wear at the tips and along edges, fading to the cloth, name/date on title page, foxing on endpapers, mild toning along edges. Internally very good, paper bright, binding tight, all plates present. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

London: Robert Tyas, 1840. First. Very Good. The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox; The Ventriloquist by Henry Cockton 1840 Robert Tyas, London Sixty Illustrations by T Onwhyn 620 pp 875" x 575" x 2 " Full leather in very good, solid condition, with only minor scuffing and shelf wear Gilt titles and design on spine and gilt ruling on covers Front hinge cracked but intact Frontispiece, title page and plates heavily foxed (the paper for these pages was a thicker type more vulnerable to foxing), but the rest of the text has only minor browning No other marks or damage Overall in very good condition for a book of this vintage Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Ravenna Rare Books, Seattle, Wa Note: This is a fairly heavy book, so when comparing prices, please keep in mind my policy of free shipping for all US destinations .

This set of four books was privately printed for members of London's Casanova Society in 1923. The Casanova Society's brief existence lasted from 1922 - 1926, and this was their second publication.This is a Limited Edition. Sets numbered 1 to 750 were of sixteen volumes, and sets numbered 751 to 2250 were of four volumes. The set being offered for sale here is Set #844, complete in four volumes. The set is in good condition with some rubbing at the edges, corners and hinges, and occasional spotting. Each volume is numbered - 844 - which shows a complete original set. Each of the volumes is signed on the title page by Ellsworth Fleming of the Casanova Society, and each is also signed by Fleming again on the following page which describes the publication of the volumes. This set will provide many long evenings of enjoyable reading, and will make a fine addition to your library of classic literature. Due to the size of this item, shipping prices will be individually quoted.