from Ray Boas, Bookseller

published by the author, 1938. HC. good+, bound in red silk covers, accordian style (hardcover). color illustrations. Copy 239 of an unstated limited edition. 21 hand-colored plates, a few of which (in blank areas) exhibit some small foxing spots. A keen observer of the Chinese, Schiff captured the local life that intrigued foreigners. IMAGES AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE… Read more

Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. HC. very good, cream cloth spine (hardcover) light wear to corners. bank note etching laid-in. ISBN 0876360215 With engraved bank note laid-in. This story is of a satirical attack on Andrew Johnson's war on the Bank of the United States. 36pp.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904. HC. good+, decorated green cloth (hardcover). sepia toned illustrations. Nice clean and bright copy of this nicely illustrated work. unpaginated.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. HC. very good, black cloth with pictorial pastedown (hardcover). color plates by N. C. Wyeth. 356pp.

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.

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

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.

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.

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1907. HC. very good, suede spine, brown paper covered boards (hardcover). Exceptionally nice copy. 68pp.

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

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.

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.

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 light… Read more

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.

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.

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.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1940. HC. good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket fading to spine. color illustrations. 124pp.

Berkshire, UK: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. HC. good+, yellow cloth spine, decorated boards (hardcover) SEE NOTE. 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

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. HC. good=, cream cloth (hardcover) small owner's name label. B&W illustrations. Copy 133 of 350. Leather spine label. SMALL OWNER'S ADDRESS LABEL ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Light cover discoloration - hard to notice, just being fussy.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1893. HC. good++, decorated tan boards (hardcover). wonderful color lithographs. Wonderful color lithography illustrations adorn each page. 32pp.