Pyle, Howard and Katharine. THE WONDER CLOCK OR FOUR & TWENTY MARVELOUS TALES, BEING ONE FOR EACH HOUR OF THE DAY ; EMBELLISHED WITH VERSES BY KATHERINE PYLE. Harper & Brothers, 1888.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Light general wear, boards rubbed at corners, spine has a bit of a slent. Bright gilt title on spine, gilt decoration and title on cover dulled. Clean, bright interior pages with a lovely collection of illustrations and solid binding. Scarce. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 318 pages

Seller: Carlson Turner Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

PYLE, Howard. The Rose of Paradise. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1888.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Large 12mo. Green fabric with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Black and white illustrations. Author of ?Pepper and Salt,? ?The Wonder Clock.? A detailed account ?of certain adventures that happened to Captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself and now for the first time published.? Very Good. Foxing to endpages. Textblock clean. Binding tight. Sunning to edges.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

PYLE (Howard). The Wonder Clock. Or Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales, Being One for Each Hour of the Day. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1888.

Price: US$378.56 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Illustrated by the author. 8vo. Bound c.2000 by Bayntun-Riviere in half green morocco with marbled paper sides, the spine lettered in gilt, hand-marbled endleaves, top edge gilt.

Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Howard Pyle and Katharine Pyle. The Wonder Clock. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1888.

Price: US$385.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition. Near Fine. BAL 16383. Profusely illustrated by Howard Pyle. A collection of folktales retold by Pyle's sister, greatly enhanced by his superb illustrations (which often reveal a sense of humor not usually associated with Pyle). These stories and pictures were originally published in Harper's Young People (1885-87). Morse & Brinckle 121. Re-backed in brown leather with original gilt-lettered green cloth. New endpapers. Light edge wear to top and bottom of boards. Edge wear tips, including small split to cloth at two of the tips. Owner inscription with tissue inserted showing owner's family tree. Owner bookplate on inside board.

Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.