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From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Comes with a letter from Barbara Guggenheim to Barbara and her husband, offering the book and quoting the value of the book in 1989 at $894.First edition. Illustrated by Childe Hassam. Tall octavo. White cloth beautifully decorated in gilt by Sarah Wyman Whitman (also issued in green cloth, the white seems less common). A little overall age-toning on the boards spine ends just a touch rubbed, a nice and sound very good copy. This very rare, collectible and beautiful volume is the illustrated classic of an inspired woman and her flower garden on Appledore Island. Celia Thaxter s small garden with hollyhocks and poppies and scarlet flax was much admired by friends, neighbors, and visitors to the island off the coast of Portland, Maine. There, she wrote this collection of remembrances and gardening advice and it was originally published in 1894, shortly before her death. In vivid prose, Thaxter captures the stretching stems and blossoming flowers in moods ranging from… Leer más

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Saint Joan of Arc. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1919]. First edition, first issue (with the illustration on p. 18 in correct position and endpapers printed in green.) Octavo (9 3/16 x 7 inches; 234 x 179 mm). [xiii], [1, blank], [2], [1]-32, [6, blank] pp. With four color illustrated plates by Howard Pyle and decorations surrounding the text in tint by Wilfred J. Jones. Original full black cloth. With pictorial paper label on front, ruled in gilt. Spine lettered in green. Original gray dust-jacket, lettered in green and blue. Jacket with round pictorial paper label. Pictorial endpapers, printed in green. Jacket with some tearing in the corner. Small tear at bottom of blank page at bak. Book is near fine, in a very good jacket.

From the estate of Barbara Walters. Limited Editions Club, n.d. Number 516 of 1500. Signed by the illustrator, Edmund Dulac, at the limitations page. Slipcase with chemise with gold metal cockerel applique. (It really is clean and shiny, but the photographer smudged it before photographing). Absolutely gorgeous. Plot summary: The Tsar Dodon thinks that his country is in danger and reaches out for the advice of an astrologer who supplies a magic Golden Cockerel to protect him. The cockerel confirms the Tsar's fears and the leader pre-emptively attacks a neighboring country with an army led by his sons.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Frontispiece and 9 colored plates. Black cloth spine, batik paper boards, gilt lettering. Minor offsetting to plates, else a fine copy with a dust-jacket. First large paper and first illustrated edition, one of 775 copies signed by O'Neill. "A classic expressionist masterpiece by Nobel prize-winner Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape tells the story of Yank. a labourer who revels in his status as the strongest stoker on a transatlantic ocean liner. But when Yank is called a filthy beast by the overbred daughter of a steel merchant, he experiences an awakening of consciousness that leads him on a journey through the wealthy neighbourhoods and disenfranchised underbelly of New York society." (The Old Vic). copy, signed by the Signed, Limited Edition. Of the entire signed, limited edition of 775 numbered copies, 750 copies were for sale with the remaining 25 copies for presentation. This is copy is one of those 25 copies and is designated "Presentation Copy" in lieu of being… Leer más

From the Estate of Barbara Walters.First edition, no. 87 of 775 copies signed by the author. Text printed in blue and black. 1 vols. 4to. Full vellum, leather label. Covers mottled as usual. Fine. First edition, no. 459 of 775 copies signed by the author. Text printed in blue and black. 1 vols. 4to.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Inscribed Merry Christas Barbara, Love Carolyne 12/14/1992.A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta.This gorgeous volume features over 180 color illustrations, as well as scholarly commentary and biographies of both artists, to inspire scholars, bibliophiles, graphic designers, typographers, and calligraphers.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Illustrated and signed by Rockwell Kent. Limited edition #1353 of 1470 sold out copies. With description from bookseller Ursus Rare Books Ltd.Candide, satirical novel published in 1759 that is the best-known work by Voltaire. It is a savage denunciation of metaphysical optimism as espoused by the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that reveals a world of horrors and folly. Voltaire s Candide, published when the author was 65 and condemned by numerous clerical and political authorities across Europe, was influenced by various atrocities of the mid-18th century, most notably the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755, the outbreak of the horrific Seven Years War in the German states, and the unjust execution of the English Admiral John Byng.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Complete Anderson in 6 volumes, limited edition. Number 516 of 1500, Signed by Illustrators, Jean Hersholt and Fritz Kredel. In Beautiful slip case. Like new, mostly unopened.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Number 900 of 1500. Signed by the illustrator, Miguel Covarrubias, at the limitations page.Batouala is a 1921 novel by French writer René Maran, which follows an African chieftain named Batouala over a few days of his life. The novel won the Prix Goncourt, one of France's highest literary awards, making Maran the first black author to win that honor.It is a series of sketches that show the life of the Bandas including food and celebrations, and describes how they live in a continuous cycle with nature, as the white man tries to take control over nature. Every year the rainy season comes with death and destruction, and this is considered a part of life to the tribes.It is a series of sketches that show the life of the Bandas including food and celebrations, and describes how they live in a continuous cycle with nature, as the white man tries to take control over nature. Every year the rainy season comes with death and… Leer más

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. First Edition, First Printing. The Annotated Shakespeare: The Comedies, Histories, Sonnets and Other Poems, Tragedies and Romances Complete (Three Volume Set in Slipcase) Hardcover December 12, 1978. Perfect condition. Beautifully illustrated comlete works. Largely unopened.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. 2 volumes with Slipcase. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. [12], 3-532, [4]; [6], 533-1067, [3] pp. Blue cloth with a paper label on each spine printed in navy blue; grey toptains. Signed by Carl Sandburg on the limitation page of volume one. 1,000 copies of this edition were printed on rag paper. This set is numbered 39 out of 1,000. Heise 37. Van Doren 28. The trade edition was printed after this signed limited edition run. The novel follows a pendant struck in 1607, and the people it is passed down to throughout American history. The setting begins at Plymouth Rock, shifts to Valley Forge, then to the era of John Brown, and finally ends shortly before World War II. A lovely set. Very near Fine.Novel by Carl Sandburg, published in 1948. Sandburg's only novel, the work is a massive chronicle that uses historical facts and both historical and fictional characters to depict American history from 1607 to 1945 in a mythic, passionate tribute to the American people. --… Leer más

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Large format 14" X 9" beautifully embossed Limited Edition Number 402 of 1500. Signed by the illustrator, Hugo Steiner-Prag, at the limitations page.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. In Excellent shape with some light wear to the board/spine joint.First Navarre Society Edition. Two Volumes, With 32 Portraits. Near Fine, Contents Clean And Unmarked, No Names Or Bookplates Or Stains, Slight Rubbing At Corners. A Very Detailed, Clear Summary Of The Life Of A Woman Who Was, In A Word, Non-Essential, And Associated Closely Only With The Powerful Who Were Also, In A Word, Non-Essential In English Society In The Early Nineteenth Century. A Wonderful Portrait Of A Nineteenth Century Society Of Wealth And Decadence Comparable To Ancient Empires At Their Worst, Where Values Are Trivial And Nothing Of Substance Is Produced Which Anyone Else Can Make Any Real Use Of, While The Imperial Wealth Is Dispersed Amongst The Hangers-On And The Opportunists.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. This book one the Pulitzer prizeA gripping account of Indigenous justice in early America, and how the aftermath of a settler s murder of a Native American man led to the oldest continuously recognized treaty in the United States.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Spine bound in black cloth over patterned paper on boards. Bright gilt lettering on spine, book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Beige end-papers. Clipped Dust Jacket with unfaded blue background and yellow and white lettering and decorations. Spine with same. "the Baron and Baroness de Rothschild made their irrational journey to Russia in the dead of one recent winter. In weather so cold that their furs crackled when they moved, they spent long afternoons amidst the warmth and glitter of the Hermitage, called on artists and writers, and explored the mysteries of Byzantine monasteries and Russian hotels. Politics and the Cold War are only a dim background for this sparkling and intellectually elegant travel diary, a collection of the Baroness' entirely personal and infinitely varied impressions of a Russian winter." Quite scarce, particularly in this Near Fine condition. Now protected in archival quality mylar cover.… Leer más

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Spoon River Anthology. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Spoon River Anthology (1915) is a collection of short free verse poems by Edgar Lee Masters. The poems collectively narrate the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named after the Spoon River, which ran near Masters's home town of Lewistown, Illinois. The aim of the poems is to demystify rural and small town American life. The collection includes 212 separate characters, in all providing 244 accounts of their lives, losses, and manners of death. Many of the poems contain cross-references that create a candid tapestry of the community. The poems originally were published in 1914 in the St. Louis, Missouri, literary journal Reedy's Mirror, under the pseudonym Webster Ford. 1915, Edgar Lee Masters published a book of dramatic monologues written in free verse about a fictional town called Spoon River, based on the Midwestern towns where he grew up. The shocking scandals and secret… Leer más

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Signed by the illustrator, Alexander King. Number 1088 of 1500 limited edition copies. Very shape, slight nick on the spineThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is the comical history of a young man who was adopted into a rich family and faces a brother who is against him all while they grow into maturity. It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. Slipcase included.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. New York: Phillip C. Duschines, 1945. Richard De Aungerville (surname De Bury, 1287-1345) was one of the earliest known book collectors. He wrote this treatise in Latin, inventing a word to indicate his love of books, and hoping to instruct in proper librarianship. Uncommon thus. Only 600 copies of this edition were printed, and each copy is numbers from 1345 to 1944 AD. This is copy number 1707 ED. The translation is by Andrew Fleming West. Tan cloth binding with a leather spine ruled in gilt. Clean text; 80 pages. A lovely book No dustjacket; with the original damaged slipcase. Limited. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.The Philobiblon is a collection of essays concerning the acquisition, preservation, and organization of books, written by the medieval English bibliophile Richard de Bury shortly before his death in 1345. The purposes of the Philobiblon were "to encourage the pursuit of learning contained in books; to justify the time and money [de… Leer más

From the Estate of Barbara Walters.The Limited Editions Club. 1930. This is numbered 315 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. Binding well intact. Pages unmarked, Cover bright and clean and well intact, with wear at edges and corner tips, discoloration/aging at spine. Comes with damaged slipcase (front and back pieces).

From the Estate of Barbara Walters Heritage Press The Book Of Ruth 1947 - Illustrated By Arthur Szyk. This book is in beautiful condition. Printed on double pages. The beautiful gold slipcase has slight wear wear. Included Heritage Club Sandglass newsletter about the edition. The Book of Job is also available in another listing of mine.