Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ivory 1/4 vellum, light brown buckram covered boards, spine panel lettered in gilt w/ red Society device. Vellum mildly foxed/spotted, buckram flecked on both covers, most prominently along edges, otherwise only slight shelf wear, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Private ex-libris stamp on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Title page designed and engraved on copper by A. N. MacDonald. 196 pp., illus. w/ engraved plates w/ tissue guards (all intact, some detached). Essays on the first ten years of Bibliophone (Society) history, "A Protest Against Complete Editions" (Matthews), "Notes on Country Life," "The Elopement of Shelley and Mary," "Belles-Lettres in England in the 20th Century," reports, bibliography, constitution and by-laws, list of members. Printed by Plimpton Press. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.95 + shipping
Description: Boston, Massachusetts: The Bibliophile Society, 1911. Fine condition in the publisher's double slipcase. The outer slipcase is bound in light brown (khaki?) cloth that matches the binding of the book. The outer slipcase is Near Very Good -- dusty and finger soiled -- with a paper label printed in red and black on the spine. The inner slipcase is Fine. The book itself is also Fine. No wear. No fading. No rubbing. No owner's name or bookplate. No foxing. No browning. Sharp corners. Square, tight, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. TENTH YEAR BOOK, TENTH ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 1911, THE BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. First Edition. This book is notable for a 40 page bibliographical review (by Nathan Haskell Dole) of the first decade of the Society's publications with 20 title page engravings bound in, each complete with tissue guard. Other articles include: A PROTEST AGAINST COMPLETE EDITIONS by Brander Matthews; NOTES ON COUNTRY LIFE by Henry H. Harper; THE ELOPEMENT OF SHELLEY AND MARY AS NARRATED BY WILLIAM GODWIN [with several Godwin letters] by H. Buxton Forman; and BELLES-LETTRES IN ENGLAND IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by H. Buxton Forman. Also includes lists of members; officers and council; reports of the council, treasurer, and secretary; constitution and bylaws; and a bibliography of the Society's publications. "Limited to 500 copies" and "Printed for Members Only" are so stated on a handsome engraving of the Society's emblem. Title page beautifully engraved by A. N. MacDonald. Top edge gilt. Bound in the original light brown cloth with white parchment spine stamped in gold and with the red device of the Bibliophile Society. Gilt-stamping is still bright and shiny. Complete with the original double slipcase. Webber 29. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Very Good double slipcase. Illus. by MacDonald, A. N. (engraved title). 8vo. 196pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a very good hardcover copy in pale gold cloth with title in gilt on the front cover. Slight soil to covers. Signed by William K. Bixby on the colophon and also on the front free endpaper, as a gift. One of 200 copies of a limited edition printed privately for Bixby, this is # 78. Nicely printed on Van Gelder paper, this copy is very clean inside. 4to, 9 1/2" high X 6 1/2" wide, 24 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.