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Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator). First edition. Small folio (9 1/4" x 13"), tan buckram over matching boards. Top edge gilt. Water stain to front and rear board. Spine has wear to head and foot. Spine faded. Light water staining from title page to page 226, resulting in some waviness to some pages. Otherwise, text is clean and clear.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A defective copy. Binding badly shaken, hinges cracked, spine canvas heavily soiled, corners rubbed through. The text block is generally fresh. One of the Parrish plates has shallow chipping to the foredge, not affecting the image. One plate has a closed tear to the bottom edge which does extend into the image by about 1/2'.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Knickerbocker's History of New York From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dyansty. xxxi, [3], 298 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm. T.p. in red and black. Extensive restoration work. Modern cloth. Restoration work to p. 117. Tear on p. 131, 151, 279, and other pages. 8 plates by Maxfield Parrish. Sold as is.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourteen volumes, all that were issued (as far as we can tell) of this series of biographical sketches intended for students. More were planned, according to the notices in each book, but seem not to have been issued in this form. The volumes are: (1900) W. G. Brown: Andrew Jackson; Lois How: James B. Eads; P. E. More: Benjamin Franklin; R. W. Raymond: Peter Cooper; (1901) H. C. Merwin: Thomas Jefferson; George Hodges: William Penn; (1901, first editions) Walter Allen: Ulysses S. Grant; James B. Thayer: John Marshall; W. R. Lighton: Lewis and Clark; C. A. Conant: Alexander Hamilton; H. W. Boynton: Washington Irving; H. Hapgood: Paul Jones; (1902, first editions) W. G. Brown: Stephen A. Douglas; H. D. Sedgwick Jr.: Samuel de Champlain. These are the slightly cheaper 'school edition', with half-tone portraits in each. Small hardcovers, full brick-red cloth, black titling. Light general wear, minor cloth bubbling or page tanning to a few volumes; texts clean; about 110-160 pages per volume. Size: 4" by 6½"
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: large 4to. later half leather over marbled paper covered boards, leather tips, five raised bands, marbled pastedowns / endpapers. xxxiv, 299, [1] pages. Illustrated by Parrish with 8 full-page black-and-white plates. First Maxfield Parrish illustrated edition. Rebacked at front and rear hinges. Light rubbing to leather and marbled boards. A very good copy. First edition of a very early Parrish work, with plates full of detail and imagination that are a perfect partner to Irving's clever parody - extremely difficult to find in first edition. Printed by Updike at the Merrymount Press. On the verso of the title page is the consent of G.P. Putnam's Sons (the original publisher of The Complete Works Of Washington Irving) to the publishing of this Special Edition. later half leather over marbled paper covered boards, leather tips, five raised bands, marbled pastedowns / endpapers
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial pastedown front cove. Classic Maxfield Parrish, Arts & Crafts period, illustrated verson. Covers soiled with some edge loss to paper over boards, corners worn. Internals quite nice. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. An honest, presentable copy.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$339.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: gray paper covered boards with tan cloth spine; lettering in gilt on spine; illustration paste-down by Maxfield Parrish on front cover; this and all other eight full page illustrations by Maxfield Parrish including the frontispiece are present in excellent condition; top edge gilt; fore-edges and bottom page edges untrimmed; on the verso of the title page is the consent of G.P. Putnam's Sons (the original publisher of The Complete Works Of Washington Irving) to the publishing of this Special Edition; xxi, [ii], 299 pages; minor edge wear and rubbing except at tips which are bumped and worn where the delicate paper covered boards are peeking; spine is square; there is a coffee splash at pages 54-58 but at the bottom margin and which does not affect any lettering; a tiny ink droplet at pages 81-83 at the very bottom margin also far from any lettering.
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio, 32 by 24 cm. xxxi, [4], 299 pp. Eight Parrish plates. Printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston. A few speckles of white or color loss on the spine's cloth. Other light wear to the boards. Interior is tight and clean. Hardcover (Paper pastedown on cover)
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Maxfield Parish. Very good first edition book, no dust jacket. Gray paper covered boards with tan cloth covered spine. Paste-down by Maxfield Parish on front panel, gold lettering on spine. Upper page edges are gilt. Boards are soiled and a bit scuffed overall, some small stains around the edges. Spine is heavily spotted. Edges at head and tail of board spine are softened and creased. Several rubbed through or scraped places on upper and lower board edges and fore-edge edges including fore-edge corner tips. A few minimal smudges on internal pages else book is internally clean. Several inside pages are uncut. All Parish illustrations are in fine condition. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$522.00 + shipping
Description: A HISTORY OF NEW YORK FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY, R. H. Russell, 1900, first edition thus, some wear to the spine extremities, else a tight vg copy with 8 full page plates by Maxfield Parrish.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$560.00 + shipping
Description: 4vo., xxxi, 298pp.; VG; bound in publishers paper boards with tan cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine; spine shows light bug flecking, paper split over one forecorner; front board has a large cover label pasted on, bright and unrubbed; protected with a plastic covering; pages are uncut along the fore edge; minor bumping to head and tail of spine, corners; bookplate of Collin Armstrong on ffep; ; interior clean; top edge of text block gilt, others uncut; with eight plates by Parrish, plus cover picture; in uncommonly nice condition; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1336120. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st ed. Small folio (9 1/4" x 13"), tan buckram over matching boards with black and gilt illustrated title plate inset. Top edge gilt, fore edge uncut and many pages entirely unopened. Illustrated with 8 photogravure plates by Maxfield Parrish with some fantastic elements, including a flying witch, St. Nicholas, Olaf the Dreamer up in the Treetop. Lovely cover plate, pasted on the boards, with a predominantly gold background in exceptionally nice condition with not a scratch or scuff anywhere. There is a small bump to the top of the spine. The boards are in very nice, fresh-looking condition, normally prone to wear and more serious problems. There are a few slightly darkened spots on the boards and the top of the back cover is a bit darkened. The grey cloth spine has a couple very minor streaks but is still fresh looking with bright gilt. In fact, aside from some normal handling, the book looks as if it was safely preserved in a jacket (but it was not issued in one) or else put away in a safe, protected cabinet. Overall a near fine copy of a book difficult to find in this condition.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Quarto. xxxi [3], 299 [1]pp. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with eight black-and-white plates. Original quarter cloth and gray paper over boards, pictorial design by Parrish mounted on front cover, spine lettered in gold, top edge gilt, gray endpapers. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Spine gilt is faded, fraying to the cloth at the head and tail of spine, boards a little darkened and worn at the edges, corners are bumped, very good. An attractive copy with all eight plates in fine condition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of a very early Parrish work, with plates full of detail and imagination that are a perfect partner to Irving's clever parody - extremely difficult to find in first edition. 12.25'' x 9''. Original quarter cloth, paper boards with pictorial paste-on. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut, grey-brown endpapers. Printed by Updike at the Merrymount Press. Illustrated by Parrish with 8 full-page black-and-white plates. xxxiv, 299, [1] pages. Some neat ink notations on blank verso of frontispiece. Front hinge reinforced, edges rubbed with some soiling to boards, frontispiece verso with a few old tape marks at fore-edge, not on image side, just a bit of foxing. Really a tight copy, nicer than typically seen.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.