Samuel Bulfinch Emmons by The Spirit Land - 1859

Five exceptionally bright and clean untrimmed tissue-guarded hand-colored lithographic plates measure 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). ; 28 text pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

In addition to being much scarcer, the first edition contains approximately two hundred photographs on coated stock not to be found in the more common second edition. A fine copy in professionally bound red quarter morocco over patterned boards ; xvi, 431 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Number 81 of only 500 copies. Publisher's full black morocco with heavy decorative blind stamping to front and rear covers and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Marbled endpapers. A handsome, clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Woodblock print; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 284, [i] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

London: Richard Bentley and Son. Very Good. 1873. Half red morocco. First Edition precedes the American. "This book represents the best of Miller's forceful, vigorous style. An advocate of the cause of the Modocs, Miller lived with them in a quixotic attempt to form an Indian republic among the Pit River Indians, the Klamaths, Shastas, and Modocs. Includes Miller's romance with Paquita, the Modoc squaw who helped him escape from jail and was killed by soldiers for her efforts." (Zamorano LXXX, 40) Howes M-608. Nicely bound in half grained red morocco with particulars to spine. Archival gutter reinforcements to initial pages (see image). Handsomely bound copy of a frail book.; 8vo ; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

25 fabric designs with fabric description on back. Blue cloth binding; gilt particulars to spine and front. Blue and yellow hanger cord. Protective plastic cover. 12.5 x 17.5 in.

Five exceptionally bright and clean untrimmed tissue-guarded hand-colored lithographic plates measure 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). ; 28 text pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

In addition to being much scarcer, the first edition contains approximately two hundred photographs on coated stock not to be found in the more common second edition. A fine copy in professionally bound red quarter morocco over patterned boards ; xvi, 431 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Moisture marks to front cover. Particulars in gilt to spine, which is severely lacking the fabric. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Odd pagination with corrections in pen to pages 161-163. Text block separated at page 258/259. ; xiii, 418 pages.

London: Richard Bentley and Son. Very Good. 1873. Half red morocco. First Edition precedes the American. "This book represents the best of Miller's forceful, vigorous style. An advocate of the cause of the Modocs, Miller lived with them in a quixotic attempt to form an Indian republic among the Pit River Indians, the Klamaths, Shastas, and Modocs. Includes Miller's romance with Paquita, the Modoc squaw who helped him escape from jail and was killed by soldiers for her efforts." (Zamorano LXXX, 40) Howes M-608. Nicely bound in half grained red morocco with particulars to spine. Archival gutter reinforcements to initial pages (see image). Handsomely bound copy of a frail book.; 8vo ; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Cellulose inset cover medallion of Bernhardt as La Princesse Lointaine (after Mucha) enveloped by poppies on wood-veneered boards. Twenty-eight fin-de-siecle celebrities, each in photograph (by Nadar, Boyer, et al.) surrounded by colored art nouveau motifs (by Habert-Dys, Orazi and Fraikin) and facsimiles of autographed script. Included are Victorien Sardou, Sarah Bernhardt, François Coppée, Mme Edmond Adam, Anatole France, Mme la Duchesse D'Uzès, Jules Lemaître, Mme Réjane, Jules Claretie, Mme Segond-Weber, Jean Richepin, Marthe Brandès, Coquelin aîné, Jeanne Granier, Jules Massenet, Aïno Ackté, Mounet-Sully, Jane Hading, J-L.Gérôme, Jane Hatto, Antonin Mercié, Marie Delna, Luc-Olivier Merson, Sibyl-Sanderson, F.-A. Bartholdi, Carrère-Xanrof, Alfred Capus & Ranavalo Manjaka III (the ex-queen of Madagascar). Also contains fourteen stunning hors-texte chromolithographed Leonetto Cappiello caricatures of Sarah Bernhardt, Francois Coppee, Jules Lemaitre, Madame Rejane,… Read More