Book: Romances Of The Wheel. ''ByBook: Romances Of The Wheel. ''By W. J. C. an old Rider.'' 1880. Iliffe and Son Coventry. 100 pages + advertisements. Cover is 5'' x 7-1/2''. A collection of Romantic Cycling Tales. Many drawings. Should be viewed. Exc. and fun. Early book which is seldom found. Signs of wear.
BOOK, PRINCESS IN LOVEBy Anna Pasternak.BOOK, PRINCESS IN LOVEBy Anna Pasternak. Hardcover. ISBN 0-7475-2080-1.
Issued: 1994
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Condition:
Age related wear.
Historical Romance of the AmericanHistorical Romance of the American Negro by Charles H. Fowler M.D. Baltimore: Thomas & Evans 1902. 8 vo 269 pp. Burgundy cloth cops embossed front board many photographic illustrations.
ROMAN STORIES Roman Stories: orROMAN STORIES Roman Stories: or The History of the Seven Wise Mistresses of Rome: Containing Seven Days Entertainment In many Pleasant and Witty Tales or Stories. London: Printed for J. Hodges 1748. Small 8vo bound in full morocco by Niedree spine lettered in gilt a.e.g. With engraved title page and numerous in-text woodcut illustrations. Light intermittent foxing; otherwise good.
Forty-Eight-Volume Set of The RomancesForty-Eight-Volume Set of The Romances of Alexandre Dumas, published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1894, in a limited edition of 1,000 sets of which the present one is number 184.
8 Volume Book Set;''Character Sketches8 Volume Book Set;''Character Sketches of Romance Fiction and the Drama'' by Brewer complete set 1902 some listed currently at over $5000 retail
SEVEN HARDCOVER ROMANTIC VOLUMES,SEVEN HARDCOVER ROMANTIC VOLUMES, INCLUDING TWO-VOLUME 'IVANHOE' FOR LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB AND 'DON QUIXOTE' FOR THE VIKING PRESSSeven Hardcover Romantic Volumes, Including Two-Volume 'Ivanhoe' for Limited Editions Club and 'Don Quixote' for The Viking Press,,
TWO EROTIC ART BOOKS, PRINTED INTWO EROTIC ART BOOKS, PRINTED IN JAPANESEThe first, titled Amour, with a print date 1951, containing amongst the character text images of scantily clad men and women; the second, cloth bound, with vintage sepia toned images primarily of Western and Asian sculpture, some of an erotic nature, the text printed in Japanese characters. Provenance: Propertyof The Haggstrom Trust, Jupiter, FL
Darling, Peter Middleton. The RomanceDarling, Peter Middleton. The Romance of the Highlands, 2vols., 12mo., cont. half calf gilt, Edinburgh 1820
CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE FICTIONCHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE FICTION AND THE DRAMA BY E.C. BREUER, SIX OF EIGHT VOLUMESCharacter Sketches of Romance Fiction and The Drama by E.C. Breuer, Six of Eight Volumes
BOOK, ERMYNTRUDE AND ESMERALDABOOK, ERMYNTRUDE AND ESMERALDA BY LYTTON STRACHEYHardcover; 75 pages. Erotica novel. Introduction by Michael Holroyd. Illustrated by Erte. Published by Stein and Day Publishers. #novel #Erte
Issued: 20th c.
Dimensions: 6.25"W x 9.25"H
Country of Origin: United States
4 VOLUMES: CHARACTER SKETCHES OF4 VOLUMES: CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE FICTION AND THE DRAMA4 Volumes of Character Sketches of Romance Fiction and The Drama, A Revised American Edition Of The Reader's Handbook, 1892, in four volumes; approximately 10 linear inches Condition:
ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER,ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER, 18TH CENTURYRomance of the Western Chamber, 18th century.Hsi-hsiang chi. twenty one acts or scenes printed here in eight sewn volumes; the first volume bears the (21) woodblock prints after Chen Hongshou?s illust
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894 - 1978):NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894 - 1978): "THE BOOK OF ROMANCE"lithograph in color collector's edition published by Baron Galleries, printed by M. Jaffe, Vienna, pencil-signed in margin lower right, numbered I/83 lower left, with cover sheet size: 26 x 33 inches Condition:
1 vol. [Alcoforado, Marianna d'.]1 vol. [Alcoforado, Marianna d'.] Seven Portuguese Letters; being A Second Part to The Five Love Letters, from a Nun to a Cavalier, One of The Most Passionate [P]ieces, that possibly ever has been extant. London: for H. Brome, 1681. 12mo, early 19th-Century calf, gilt-lettered spine; slightly scuffed & a little bowed. Some darkening & minor dust soiling to title page, darkening to edges of endpapers, minor internal wear. Wing A-
THE ROMANCES OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS,THE ROMANCES OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS, 27 VOLUMESThe Romances of Alexandre Dumas, 27 volumes. Volumes 1 through 15 and volumes 22 to 33. Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1893. Volumes are part of edition 109 of 1,000 limited copies. Wear and tattering to pages of books, water damage, staining, pencil writing and drawings to pages of some books.
8 1/4" H x 6" L x 1 1/2" W
A Lot of Three Books, IncludingA Lot of Three Books, Including Limited Editions, Erotica & Dance On the River Amour, by Joseph Delteil, translated by Samuel Putnam. New York: Covici-Friede, 1929. Limited edition of 1250, this being numbered 399. Illustrated by Alexeieff. Optic devices in burnt orange, deckled edges, some pages uncut. Black paper boards and yellow cloth spine with gilt lettering. The Book of the Dance, by Arnold Genthe. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1916.Color photomechanical frontispiece detached, 13 chapters dedicated to dance styles illustrated with b/w photographs. Green cloth covers with embossed front board with gilt, also on spine. The Perfumed Garden, by Cheikh Nefzadui, translated by Richard Burton. New York: The Golden Hind Press, 1933. First American edition, limited to 500 copies, this being numbered 203. Photographically illustrated.
Romance Novel Illustration by FrancoRomance Novel Illustration by Franco Acrylic on Board Franco (American 20th century) signed l.l.; 15 x 20 in. Condition: Unframed.
Seventeen volumes of The Book ofSeventeen volumes of The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, trans. by Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, in modern limited-edition bindings and still in original shrinkwrap.
'LALLA ROOKH' AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE'LALLA ROOKH' AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE BY THOMAS MOORERed leather-bound book with gilt lettering, titled 'Lalla Rookh' by Thomas Moore, an oriental romance published in 1863 by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green : London. Color fore-edge painted edges were incised the design on the spread fore-edge pages; color pigments are then worked into the paper. Gold leaf is then applied to the fore-edge and ends and then carefully burnished. There are several illustrations throughout the book. Measures 9 1/8"L x 7.5"W.
Sundry booksSundry books
Four Works by Eugene FieldsallFour Works by Eugene Fieldsall published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1896 small octavo matching light blue boards endpapers inscribed to Beatrice Scoellkopf (Betsy Penn) from her parents 1899. Titles include: THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIOMANIAC; THE HOLY CROSS AND OTHER TALES; SECOND BOOK OF TALES; A LITTLE BOOK OF WESTERN VERSE.Some bumps to spines else fine condition.
COLLECTION OF BOOKSCollection ofCOLLECTION OF BOOKSCollection of Books,,
Group of Nine Leather-Bound Volumes,Group of Nine Leather-Bound Volumes, composed of four volumes of Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, published by Selmar Hess, 1896, two volumes of Famous Composers and Their Works, published by J. B. Millet & Co., 1891, and three volumes of History of Our Country, by Edward S. Ellis, published by Francis R. Niglutsch, 1899.
A Lot of Leather Bound Books LotA Lot of Leather Bound Books Lot includes; four volumes "Lady of the Manor" or "The Works of Mrs. Sherwood" New York: Harpers & Brothers 1835 hard bound full leather 12mo stereotype edition. Two volumes of "Venice Under the Yoke of France and of Australia" London: Whittaker 1824. full leather hard bound 8vo and lastly "Our HUndred Days in Europe" by Oliver WEndell Holmes Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1887 hard bound 8vo in full red leather fully illustrated with engraved plates.
AINSWORTH WILLIAM H. "HISTORICALAINSWORTH WILLIAM H. "HISTORICAL ROMANCES" Philadelphia George Barrie 1900. 8VO 20 volumes. Full brown gilt morocco. Astral Edition one of 250 sets on Japanese vellum with the plates in two states. All edges gilt.
22 leather bound books22 leather bound books
A PERSIAN EROTIC MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATIONA PERSIAN EROTIC MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATION 19th century or earlier, a page from an early illustrated erotic book, with script above and below an erotic scene of a man with women, framed with mat, not examined outside of the frame.
Collection of Twenty-Two MiscellaneousCollection of Twenty-Two Miscellaneous Leather-Bound Volumes, of classic novels and famous authors.
STOPFORD FRANCIS The Romance ofSTOPFORD FRANCIS The Romance of the Jewel. London: Printed for Private Circulation 1920. 4to original pictorial calf. Photo-pictorial plates with tissue-guards. Wear and soiling to boards; hinges starting; otherwise fine.
Rackham (Arthur), The Romance ofRackham (Arthur), The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, London: Macmillan, 1917, signed and numbered by the illustrator, ed. 262/500, 4to, modern binders' blue cloth boards, original chromolithographic plates, bears ink inscription to first page.
AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT PAGEAN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT PAGE Late 19th century, watercolor, ink and gouche on paper, two lovers wearing elaborate clothing and pearls embrace on a large pillow of finely decorated interior, hills and fauna under a darkening sky outside add to the intimacy of the scene, surrounded with a bronze metallic border with registers of text above and below, reverse side of paper is all text, framed loose above a fabric mat, ornate frame.
Four leatherbound Books, 18th andFour leatherbound Books, 18th and 19th centuries, C/O The Original And Present State Of Man, Briefly Considered; Wherein Is Shown The Nature Of His Fall, And The Necessity, Means, And Manner Of His Restoration, Through The Sacrifice Of Christ, The Sensible Operation Of The Divine Principle Of Grace And Truth, Held Forth To The World By The People Called Quakers By Joseph Phipps (Philadelphia, 1783); The O?Donoghue; a tale of Ireland by Charles Lever (Dublin, London and Edinburgh, 1845); The Psalms of David by Isaac Watts (Boston, 1791); and The Iliad of Homer translated by A. Pope (London, 1807).
* (LEATHER BINDINGS) A group of* (LEATHER BINDINGS) A group of 25 leather bound books. Comprising eight bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe: The Koran and Sale's Preliminary Discourse n.d. Rudyard Kipling's Verse (1930) Vanity Fair (1924) The Travels of Marco Polo (1928) Genghis Khan (1931) The Old Curiosity Shop (1930) The Life of Benvenuto Cellini vol. 1 (1906) The Brownings (1929); two bound by Arthur Herzburg: Memoires of Marechal Joffre (1939) 2 vols. and Fumeurs d'opium (1909); two bound by Riviere: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (1926) The Private Life of Catherine the Great by Lucien Murat (1928); and 15 others. (25 total)
A Collection of Books PertainingA Collection of Books Pertaining to Flowers and Gardens comprising Lillies A Passion for Flowers Gardens of Mexico and others 8 volumes.
A group of 1950s books with decorativeA group of 1950s books with decorative bindings, including Angela Brazil and Edith Cowper