Ideal Heads
by Waugh, Ida
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Pictorial mustard cloth printed in gold, blue and green. Covers are slightly dampstained, a few leaves are starting; apart from
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Sunshine Publishing Company, 1890. First edition. Illustrated with 20 fine, full-page color lithograph plates, and numerous wood engravings from drawings by various artists, including the first book illustration by JESSIE WILCOX SMITH ("Five little maids all in a row" at p. [3]). 1 vols. Folio. Pictorial mustard cloth printed in gold, blue and green. Covers are slightly dampstained, a few leaves are starting; apart from an occasional marginal stain, for the most part, plates and text are immaculate. Smith, Jessie Wilcox. First edition. Illustrated with 20 fine, full-page color lithograph plates, and numerous wood engravings from drawings by various artists, including the first book illustration by JESSIE WILCOX SMITH ("Five little maids all in a row" at p. [3]). 1 vols. Folio. Jessie Wilcox Smith's First Book Illustration.
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 234282
- Title
- Ideal Heads
- Author
- Waugh, Ida
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated with 20 fine, full-page color lithograph plates, and numerous wood engravings from drawings by various artists, incl
- Book Condition
- Used - Pictorial mustard cloth printed in gold, blue and green. Covers are slightly dampstained, a few leaves are starting; apart from
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sunshine Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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