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[None Stated]: [None Stated], [1884]. First Edition. No Binding. Very good. A Very Good RARE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK POSTER for a stage play featuring Peck's Bad Boy. Civil War Veteran, Politician, and Author George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916), who owned a Wisconsin newspaper known as the "Sun", authored a humorous weekly newspaper column which often featured a character of his own invention named Henry "Hennery" Peck who first appeared in 1882. The character was tremendously popular and became known as "Peck's Bad Boy". Peck went on to write a series of books' featuring Hennery Peck who was known for pulling pranks on members of the town, but most especially on his father, for the pure joy of causing trouble and chaos. Peck began writing these stories, which were turned into books as well, in the early 1880s. 'Peck's Bad Boy' became a household name in the United States and was so popular that he entered the American lexicon with the dictionary definition of "Peck's bad boy" being "one whose bad behavior…
Read More Original Drawings for Damme; An Ancient Town In The Low Countries by J. Tavenor-Perry by Tavenor-Perry, John [Tavenor Perry, John] - [1908]
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Original Drawings for Damme; An Ancient Town In The Low Countries by J. Tavenor-Perry
by Tavenor-Perry, John [Tavenor Perry, John]
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London: John Tavenor-Perry, [1908]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. The ORIGINAL DRAWINGS made by John Tavenor-Perry for use in his Article titled "Damme; a City of the Netherlands" appearing at pages 109-120 in the January 1908 issue of the Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist. This separate book contains a Title Page (illustrated by Tavenor-Perry) as well as five of the six illustrations used in the Article (each referred to in the Article as a "Figure", being Figure I: Damme from the Canal; Figure 2: Les Halles, Damme; Figure 3: Portrait of Van Maerlant; Figure 4: An Alderman Bench, Damme; and Figure 5: The City Tongs, Damme. The illustrations are drawn on boards (some of which may contain notes on how to size the various drawings of publication) and are housed together in paper covered boards. The spine and labels thereto show wear and the boards show some soiling/staining as shown in the images provided with this listing. A RARE group of ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS by the renowned architect and writer on architectural history J. TAVENOR-PERRY published in an Article written by him.
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Peck's Bad Boy: RARE POSTER FOR PLAY
by [Peck, George Wilbur]
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Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave [in the RARE 19th Century DUST JACKET]
by Hearn, Lafcadio; [Koizumi Yakumo]
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original decorated cloth with the title label applied to the front board and the title and author label applied to the spine panel (the spine shows some minor sunning, most notably to the spine label due to the dust jacket cut out -- see below, and the boards show some minor corner rubs; multiple pages are unopened, or are only partially opened, on their leading fold, showing the book to have been only partially read -- or possibly entirely unread); in a Very Good + example of the EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNSOPHISTICATED dust jacket -- original to this copy of the book -- with scattered small tears and chips and with the arc over the spine label split on one side and nearly so on the other. The viewer will notice, of course, that the dust jacket is plain as it is from the period when jackets were used not to sell the book but only to keep the book clean…
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How to Identify Oriental Rugs
by Wolfe, Ffrida; Wolfe, A. T. [Wolfe, Arthur T.]
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London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. (Ernest Benn Ltd.), 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (a bit of pushing to the spine ends, offsetting to the free endpapers, bookseller's sticker to the front pastedown's lower right corner), in an Essentially Fine example of the EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE dust jacket (a bit of edge wear, general soiling); a work providing information that allows anyone who uses it to identify the principal types of Eastern rugs, the book having been issued at a time when all but the experts in the field identified all hand-woven floor coverings from the East simply as "Persian", and providing useful information (via the text, an Index, and many illustrations, including 45 Plates. [The illustrations, including the 45 Plates illustrations are primarily in black and white. Four plates in colour are provided with each such colour plate having its own tissue guard printed with useful information on it.] Copies of the first…
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Rembrandts Handzeichnungen. I. Band Rijksprentenkabinet zu Amsterdam. II. Band Königl. Kupferstichkabinett zu Berlin. (2 volumes) [Rembrandt's Drawings Volume I, 1912 and Volume II, 1914]
by Rembrandt
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Berlin: Hermann Freises, 1912 and 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Fine set of this First German Edition of Rembrandt's Drawings: issued in two volumes, Volume I presents 56 tipped-in illustrations and Volume II presents 176 tipped-in illustrations. The text is in German. Each Volume is in Near Fine condition (with Volume I's spine somewhat toned and showing oxidation to the gilt spine lettering and with each volume showing some scattered foxing to the cloth). Each Volume wears its RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET in Fine condition and each Volume is housed in its RARE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. The slipcase to Volume I is open (as made) to one side for insertion and removal of its Volume, bears its original applied label, and shows a crack where the front panel meets the spine panel which crack runs from the lower corner for approximately 65% of its height and a crack to the rear which runs a much shorter distance. The slipcase to Volume II surrounds the entire volume and has a…
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Original World War II painting in Cherbourg France after the Allied victory there [Part of the Battle of Normandy]: Twice Signed and Dated by the Artist
by Jamieson, Mitchell
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Cherbourg, France: Mitchell Jamieson, August, 1944. ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II ART. Framed Art. Fine. An ORIGINAL WORK OF ART by Mitchell Jamieson showing Cherbourg, France (location of a critical Port) shortly after its capture by Allied Forces, being a part of the D Day invasion at Normandy, SIGNED AND DATED BY MITCHELL JAMIESON as part of a short presentation inscription by Jamieson, ALSO CAPTIONED, DATED AND INITIALED BY JAMIESON as the artist, all below the primary scene depicted in the painting. The image shows some Allied soldiers (presumably American), several military vehicles, several non-military individuals - one with a bicycle (presumably French citizens then residing in Cherbourg) and a dog. The inscription reads as follows: "Cherbourg - August 1944 // For Jack Long in appreciation and with every good wish Mitchell Jamieson". The work looks to have been titled: "Cathedral ______________ [not legible]". Thereunder is written "Watching explosion // Cherbourg August 44 // MJ". The background…
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Peck's Bad Boy: RARE POSTER FOR PLAY
by [Peck, George Wilbur]
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[None Stated]: [None Stated], [1884]. First Edition. No Binding. Very good. A Very Good RARE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK POSTER for a stage play featuring Peck's Bad Boy. Civil War Veteran, Politician, and Author George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916), who owned a Wisconsin newspaper known as the "Sun", authored a humorous weekly newspaper column which often featured a character of his own invention named Henry "Hennery" Peck who first appeared in 1882. The character was tremendously popular and became known as "Peck's Bad Boy". Peck went on to write a series of books' featuring Hennery Peck who was known for pulling pranks on members of the town, but most especially on his father, for the pure joy of causing trouble and chaos. Peck began writing these stories, which were turned into books as well, in the early 1880s. 'Peck's Bad Boy' became a household name in the United States and was so popular that he entered the American lexicon with the dictionary definition of "Peck's bad boy" being "one whose bad behavior…
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Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave [in the RARE 19th Century DUST JACKET]
by Hearn, Lafcadio; [Koizumi Yakumo]
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- Hardcover
- first
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original decorated cloth with the title label applied to the front board and the title and author label applied to the spine panel (the spine shows some minor sunning, most notably to the spine label due to the dust jacket cut out -- see below, and the boards show some minor corner rubs; multiple pages are unopened, or are only partially opened, on their leading fold, showing the book to have been only partially read -- or possibly entirely unread); in a Very Good + example of the EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNSOPHISTICATED dust jacket -- original to this copy of the book -- with scattered small tears and chips and with the arc over the spine label split on one side and nearly so on the other. The viewer will notice, of course, that the dust jacket is plain as it is from the period when jackets were used not to sell the book but only to keep the book clean…
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How to Identify Oriental Rugs
by Wolfe, Ffrida; Wolfe, A. T. [Wolfe, Arthur T.]
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London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. (Ernest Benn Ltd.), 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (a bit of pushing to the spine ends, offsetting to the free endpapers, bookseller's sticker to the front pastedown's lower right corner), in an Essentially Fine example of the EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE dust jacket (a bit of edge wear, general soiling); a work providing information that allows anyone who uses it to identify the principal types of Eastern rugs, the book having been issued at a time when all but the experts in the field identified all hand-woven floor coverings from the East simply as "Persian", and providing useful information (via the text, an Index, and many illustrations, including 45 Plates. [The illustrations, including the 45 Plates illustrations are primarily in black and white. Four plates in colour are provided with each such colour plate having its own tissue guard printed with useful information on it.] Copies of the first…
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Rembrandts Handzeichnungen. I. Band Rijksprentenkabinet zu Amsterdam. II. Band Königl. Kupferstichkabinett zu Berlin. (2 volumes) [Rembrandt's Drawings Volume I, 1912 and Volume II, 1914]
by Rembrandt
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Berlin: Hermann Freises, 1912 and 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Fine set of this First German Edition of Rembrandt's Drawings: issued in two volumes, Volume I presents 56 tipped-in illustrations and Volume II presents 176 tipped-in illustrations. The text is in German. Each Volume is in Near Fine condition (with Volume I's spine somewhat toned and showing oxidation to the gilt spine lettering and with each volume showing some scattered foxing to the cloth). Each Volume wears its RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET in Fine condition and each Volume is housed in its RARE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. The slipcase to Volume I is open (as made) to one side for insertion and removal of its Volume, bears its original applied label, and shows a crack where the front panel meets the spine panel which crack runs from the lower corner for approximately 65% of its height and a crack to the rear which runs a much shorter distance. The slipcase to Volume II surrounds the entire volume and has a…
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Original World War II painting in Cherbourg France after the Allied victory there [Part of the Battle of Normandy]: Twice Signed and Dated by the Artist
by Jamieson, Mitchell
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Cherbourg, France: Mitchell Jamieson, August, 1944. ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II ART. Framed Art. Fine. An ORIGINAL WORK OF ART by Mitchell Jamieson showing Cherbourg, France (location of a critical Port) shortly after its capture by Allied Forces, being a part of the D Day invasion at Normandy, SIGNED AND DATED BY MITCHELL JAMIESON as part of a short presentation inscription by Jamieson, ALSO CAPTIONED, DATED AND INITIALED BY JAMIESON as the artist, all below the primary scene depicted in the painting. The image shows some Allied soldiers (presumably American), several military vehicles, several non-military individuals - one with a bicycle (presumably French citizens then residing in Cherbourg) and a dog. The inscription reads as follows: "Cherbourg - August 1944 // For Jack Long in appreciation and with every good wish Mitchell Jamieson". The work looks to have been titled: "Cathedral ______________ [not legible]". Thereunder is written "Watching explosion // Cherbourg August 44 // MJ". The background…
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Memorials of Old Middlesex
by John Tavenor Perry (Ed.)
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Derby, Bemrose & Sons, Limited, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. No Edition Remarks. 301 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Stamps to front free endpaper, half-title page and title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water marking to spine.
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The Chronology of Mediaeval and Renaissance Architecture: A Date Book of Architectural Art, from the Building of the Ancient Basilica of S. Peter's, Rome, to the Consecration of the Present Church...
by Perry, John Tavenor
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The Chronology of Mediaeval and Renaissance Architecture: A Date Book of Architectural Art, from the Building of the Ancient Basilica of S. Peter's, Rome, to the Consecration of the Present Church...
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Dinanderie; a History and Description of Mediæval Art Work in Copper, Brass and Bronze
by Perry John Tavenor 1842-1915
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An Account of the Priory of S. Martin, Dover
by Perry John Tavenor
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Dinanderie: a History and Description of Mediaeval Art Work in Copper, Brass and Bronze
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Memorials of Old Middlesex
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The Chronology Of Mediã|val And Renaissance Architecture
by John Tavenor 1842-1915 Perry (Creator)
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The Chronology Of Mediaeval And Renaissance Architecture: A Date Book Of Architectural Art (1893)
by John Tavenor Perry
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The Chronology Of Mediaeval And Renaissance Architecture: A Date Book Of Architectural Art (1893)
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