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DAVID BALFOUR: BEING MEMOIRS OF THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR AT HOME AND ABROAD
by Stevenson, Robert Louis (set forth by) - illustrated by N. C. WYETH
- Seller
- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1935
- Condition
- very good, black cloth with pictorial pastedown (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$15.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. HC. very good, black cloth with pictorial pastedown (hardcover). color plates by N. C. Wyeth. 356pp.
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$15.00

THE GEM, A TOKEN OF AFFECTION FOR 1854
by
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1854
- Condition
- good, original red cloth, AEG, (hardcover) on signature loose
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Philadelphia, PA: Henry F. Anners, 1854. HC. good, original red cloth, AEG, (hardcover) on signature loose. B&W illustrations. Nice original example of this "gift book." One signature (pages 15-22) is holding by one binding thread (and, as a binding error, appears to have always been that way). Otherwise clean and tight. 252pp.
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$35.00

THE BOOK OF THE CHILD
by Humphrey, Mabel (text by); Smith, Jessie Willcox and Green, Elizabeth Shippen (illustrations by)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1903
- Condition
- good+, pictorial boards (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$2,500.00
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. HC. good+, pictorial boards (hardcover). color illustrations. With Facsimiles of Drawings in Colour by Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green --- And with Stories and Verses Written for the Pictures by Mabel Humphrey." Internally a very good copy, externally the boards exhibit edgewear and and some waterstaining that never got… Read more
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$2,500.00

AMERICAN BEAUTIES -- [Harrison Fisher's American Beauties]
by Fisher, Harrison
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1909
- Condition
- good+, olive cloth, pictorial pastedown (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$50.00
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. HC. good+, olive cloth, pictorial pastedown (hardcover). color illustrations. Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. Nice clean and tight copy with come light edgewear to cloth. Bright illustrations.
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$50.00

ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD
by Gray, Thomas (with additional stanzas by: James D. Knowles; T. Buchanan Read; and, George S. Burleigh)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1854
- Condition
- good, decorated red cloth, aeg (hardcover) light edgewear
- Item Price
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$45.00
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Boston, MA: Moses A. Dow, 1854. HC. good, decorated red cloth, aeg (hardcover) light edgewear. B&W illustrations. Gift inscription dated 1854. Following the title page in this edition "To the Memory of Daniel Webster this Edition of His Favorite Poem is Respectfully Inscribed.
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$45.00

THIS THEN IS A WILLIAM MORRIS BOOK - BEING A LITTLE JOURNEY
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1907
- Condition
- very good, suede spine, brown paper covered boards (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$30.00
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East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1907. HC. very good, suede spine, brown paper covered boards (hardcover). Exceptionally nice copy. 68pp.
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$30.00

THE PIRATE'S TREASURE, OR THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF JACK ADAMS ON THE SPANISH MAIN - [First Edition in remnants of gift box]
by Wilson, Edw. A. (pictures & story by)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1926
- Condition
- very good, bright pictorial boards (hardcover) w/original box
- Item Price
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$25.00
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New York: The P. F. Volland Company, 1926. HC. very good, bright pictorial boards (hardcover) w/original box. color illustrations. An exceptionally nice clean and tight and bright copy, probably kept that way since it still remains in the original publisher's gift box. Corners of the box, however, over time became broken. But it does remain with book. … Read more
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$25.00

HANDLEY CROSS; OR, MR. JORROCK'S HUNT -- JORROCKS EDITION
by illustrated by John Leech
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1926
- Condition
- very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$35.00
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London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Ltd, 1926. HC. very good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations. Printed from the Plates of the Original Edition" 578pp.
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$35.00

SONGS OF THE MONTHS: A COLLECTION OF VERSES AND PICTURES
by Villeplait, Lucie E.
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1891
- Condition
- good, blue cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover) lt edgewear
- Item Price
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$200.00
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New York: Worthington & Co, 1891. HC. good, blue cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover) lt edgewear. fantastic chromoliths. Wonderful chromoliths printed on heavy stock, one side only, with appropriate verse for the month. An uncommon title.
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$200.00

THE RAGGEDY MAN
by Riley, James Whitcomb (illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1907
- Condition
- good+, pictorial boards (hardcover) edgewear to boards
- Item Price
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$45.00
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Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1907. HC. good+, pictorial boards (hardcover) edgewear to boards. color illustrations. Internally a very good copy with clean and bright illustrations. Usually rubbing to boards and edgewear however.
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$45.00

NOT FOR MAIDS, MINISTERS OR STRIPLINGS - THE MERRY MUSES, A CHOICE COLLECTION OF FAVOURITE SONGS GATHERED FROM MANY SOURCES
by Burns, Robert
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1827
- Condition
- very good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE
- Item Price
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$150.00
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Privately Printed, 1827. HC. very good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED TWO OF HIS LETTERS AND A POEM - HITHERTO SUPPRESSED - NEVER BEFORE PRINTED." Publication date on title page often questioned and thought to be 1872 due to paper, binding, and possible "forged item." Light fading to green leather and… Read more
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$150.00

THE HARRISON FISHER BOOK: A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS IN COLORS AND BLACK AND WHITE
by Fisher, Harrison; Carrington, James B. (introduction by)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1907
- Condition
- good+, blue cloth, pictorial pastedown, teg (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$60.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. HC. good+, blue cloth, pictorial pastedown, teg (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations. A lovely collection of Harrison Fisher's drawings of women (and men) in period costume. A delight to see.
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$60.00

AMERICAN YESTERDAY
by Sloane, Eric (signed and inscribed by with barn illustration on front free endpaper)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1956
- Condition
- very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed with illustration
- Item Price
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$100.00
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New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1956. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed with illustration. B&W illustrations. Eric Sloane, on the top half of the front free endpaper, has inscribed this copy followed by his classic barn illustration below which he signed, Eric Sloane, Cornwall Bridge, Conn. Done in bold black ink. Handsome! 123pp.
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$100.00

LES MODES DU DIRECTOIRE ET DU CONSULAT -- [Modes of the Board and the Consulate]
by Garcia, G. (Dessins et Aquarelles); Preface de Maurice Vitrac
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1900
- Condition
- very good, leather spine, marbled boards (hardcover) sp. rubbed
- Item Price
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$85.00
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Paris: H. Daragon, Editeur, 1900. HC. very good, leather spine, marbled boards (hardcover) sp. rubbed. color illustrations. Eighty (80) full color plates of French costumes. Some rubbing to leather spine.
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$85.00

JOHN JORROCKS AND OTHER CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF ROBERT SURTEES
by French, Gerald (illustrated by The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ypres)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1940
- Condition
- good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket fading to spine
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$15.00
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London: Hutchinson & Co, 1940. HC. good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket fading to spine. color illustrations. 124pp.
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$15.00

THE 7th MAN - A TRUE CANNIBAL TALE OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ..
by Gibbings, Robert
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1930
- Condition
- very good, yellow cloth spine, decorated boards (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$225.00
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Berkshire, UK: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. HC. very good, yellow cloth spine, decorated boards (hardcover). B&W illustrations. TOLD IN FIFTEEN WOOD-ENGRAVINGS AND PRECISELY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE WORDS." -- Copy 66 of 500. Two small owner's name labels on front pastedown, small foxing spot on first 9 pages BUT below illustrations in white space. 15pp. … Read more
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$225.00

THE NINETY-FIRST PSALM WITH WOOD-ENGRAVINGS BY DOROTHEA BRABY
by Braby, Dorothea
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1944
- Condition
- very good, cream cloth (hardcover) small owner's name label
- Item Price
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$175.00
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London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. HC. very good, cream cloth (hardcover) small owner's name label. B&W illustrations. Copy 133 of 350. Leather spine label.
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$175.00

CAMOUFLAGE SIMPLIFIED
by Sloane, Eric
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1942
- Condition
- very good, decorated cloth (hardcover) faint bump lower corner
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$400.00
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New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1942. HC. very good, decorated cloth (hardcover) faint bump lower corner. B&W illustrations. Exceptionally nice copy of an extrememly hard to find Eric Sloane title. Never seen in a dustjacket according to the Sloane bibliography, this copy has a faint bump on the lower part of the spine. 62pp.
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$400.00

GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER HILL BATTLE
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell (illustrated by H. S. McVickar)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1893
- Condition
- good++, decorated tan boards (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$85.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1893. HC. good++, decorated tan boards (hardcover). wonderful color lithographs. Wonderful color lithography illustrations adorn each page. 32pp.
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$85.00

THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE - POEMS OF CHILDHOOD BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles (preface by Edmund Gosse) (illustrated by Arthur Rackham)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1918
- Condition
- good++, green cloth (hardcover)
- Item Price
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$75.00
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London: William Heinemann, 1918. HC. good++, green cloth (hardcover). color plates by Rackham. 133pp.
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$75.00