Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company Limited, 1908. Kimball, Alonzo. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Toronto imprint, duodecimo size, 412 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often..... More
New York: Hinds & Noble Publishers, 1903. Schamberg, Morton Livingston. Hardcover. Quarto size, 116 pp., with engraved frontis and art nouveau title-page. A collection of songs of the University of Pennsylvania Alma Mater embellished with a lovely art deco title page by Frederick Thomas Bigger (class of '03). A mosaic..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. First issue, octavo size, 51 illustrations and 2 maps, 397 pp. John Muir (1838-1914) remains well-known and beloved today for his work on environmental issues over 100 years ago, and wrote extensively on the west, including Yosemite and the Sierras. He..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company (Printed at The University Press, Cambridge), (1909). Williams, George Alfred. Hardcover. Quarto size, 368 pp. The 12th-century romance "Tristan and Iseult", with its tale of star-crossed lovers, has fired the imaginations and hearts of many through the centuries. Wilhem Richard Wagner (1813-1883) adapted the..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, c. 1901. Richards, H[arriet] R[oosevelt]. Hardcover. Octavo size, 420 pp. Elizabeth Weston Timlow (1861-1931) was educated at private schools in New Haven, with higher-level courses at Wellesley College and Cornell University; her father died which she was teaching Latin at a school in Syracuse..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 392 pp. A lovely decorated binding, although we cannot find any signature of the binder, alas. Bound in yellow cloth, the front board with red and green lettering, an art deco floral design on the bottom two-thirds of the board..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company [printed at The Country Life Press], c. 1916. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 394 pp. In 1916, the "Great War" was still raging in Europe; here in the States, while its impacts were felt to a degree, life centered more on discovering a country..... More