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Gray, Thomas.
Gray's Elegy
New York, E.P. Dutton,
1931, Hard Cover,
illus: John Vassos, Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" one of the the most often quoted poems of 18th-century English literature. Solemn cadence, and vivid though melancholy pastoral imagery, are the setting for his symbolic poem of it's time. Illustrated with 18 plates by famous Greek illustrator John Vassoss; famous for his soaring building Art Deco illustrations, including Oscar Wilde's Salome and adaptations of Oscar Wilde writings, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1928) and The Harlot's House and Other Poems (1929). White cloth boards, black cloth spine, gilt title, mild soil. DJ tan, black lettering in mylar. Small edge chips, rubbing of spine, flap corners clipped, browning to pastedown, all else clean and tightly bound. not paginated. 8 vo.
(Elegy, Illustrated, By, John, Vassos, John, Vassos, Illustrator, Art, Deco, Illustrators, Elegy, By, Gray, 18th, Century, Nostalgia, Neoclassical, Poetry, 18th-Century, English, Literature) Cat No. 1989.
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65.00
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Hillis, Newell Dwight.
Great Books as Life Teachers-Studies of Character Real and Ideal
Chicago, Fleming H. Revell Co.,
1901, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine, The study of classic literature of Christian and moralistic value. John Ruskin's, "Seven Lamps of Architecture", A study of the principles of character building; George Elliot's Tito, in "Romola", A study of the peril of tampering with conscience and the gradual deterioration of character; Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," a study of the necessity and nobility of repentance, and confession of sin; Victor Jugo's, "Les Miserables," The battle of the angels and demons for man's soul. How Jean Valjean was recovered from passion and sin to Christian service and self-sacrifice; Tennyson's, "Idylls of the King," an out look upon the Soul's Epochs and teachers. In addition the memoirs of Henry Drummond, and the dawn of an era of friendship between science and religion; biography of Frances Willard, and the Heroes of Social Reform, a study of the Knights of New Chivalry; Blaikies life of David Livingstone, 19th century Heroism; etc. Beautifully bound in maroon cloth boards and spine, bright gilt decorative title with gilt to spine. 12 mo, 339 pp
(Eliot, Hawthorne, Tennyson, Browning, Classic, Literature, Ethics, And Literature, Blaikies, Life, Of, David, Livingstone, Henry, Drummond, Religious, Literature) Cat No. 2184.
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12.50
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Pope, Dudley.
The Great Gamble, Nelson at Copenhagen
New York, Simon & Schuster,
1972, First Printing ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, Lord Nelson, was the most celebrated admiral in British history. Born on Sept. 29, 1758, he entered (1770) the Royal Navy at the age of 12 and was a captain by 1778. Nelson already a National Hero for the victory of Trafalgar, and deep in the middle of a scandalous love affair with Lady Hamilton was sent to Copenhagen. In a battle equal to the Trafalgar victory Nelson was sent to attach a fleet lying at anchor in a heavily protected harbor under the guns of a formaidable fortress, hampered further by the interference of an aging hesitant commander in chief whose incompetence and timidity almost cost Nelson and England the victory. Nelson put a telescope to his blind eye--he had been blinded in battle in 1794 and had also lost his right arm in 1797--to avoid seeing a signal from his commander, Sir Hyde Parker, that would have prevented him from crippling the Danish fleet. A baron since his triumph at the Nile, Nelson now received a viscountcy. Profusely illustrated with 4 maps, and 33 illustrations. Brown cloth boards and spine. DJ not price clipped, portrait of Lord Nelson, white spine. Lower spine edge faint damp stain, closed tear 3/4 inch upper edge, 1/4 inch closed tear upper edge, rear upper edge 3/4 inch closed tear. All else very good, clean, solidly bound. Comprehensive, scholarly researched and exciting account of one of Britian's most famous battles and Captains. First Printing. Tall 8 vo, 579 pages In protective brodart mylar.
(Nelson, In Battle, At, Copenhagen, British, Sea, Captains, Great, Battles, At, Sea, English, History, British, Victories) Cat No. 1630.
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22.50
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Maugham, W. Somerset.
Great Modern Reading, W Somerset Maugham's Introduction to Modern English and American Literature
Garden City, New York, Nelson Doubleday,
1943, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Good Plus, Cream of the contemporary world writers, and anthology of short stories, prose & poetry. From Edith Wharton to Gertrude Stein and Dorothy Parker, from Robert Frost and Stephen Vincent Benet to Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and William Saroyan. English sources start with Kipling and come down through Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf, Huxley etc. A wonderful compendium of the world's greatest literary figures on one compact volume. Brown cloth boards & spine. DJ brown & black, worn to edges, chips to upper & lower spine ends, small creases to edges, 1 inch chip to spine edge upper. Decorative private lib. plate to pastedown. All else clean, tightly bound. In mylar jacket. First Ed. 614 pages sm 8 vo
(Welty, Edna, St., Vincent, Millay, William, Faulkner, John, Dos, Passos, Ogden, Nash, Dashiell, Hammett, T., S., Eliot, James, Thurber, Rudyard, Kipling, Dorothy, Parker, Gertrude, Stein, Steinbeck, Katherine, Mansfield, Robert, Frost, Max, Beerbolm, Walter, De, La, Mare, Anthology, Of, Literature, American, Literature, English, Literature, Vintage, Books, First, Edtiion, Modern, Literature) Cat No. 999m.
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10.50
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Wechsler, Herman J.
Great Prints & Printmakers
Bentveld, The Netherlands, Harry N Abrams,
Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine, One hundred illustrations and plates, 16 tipped in, in color representing printmakers from the earlist times to modern times. Reflecting and explaining all the major techniques of woodcutts, engravings, etchings, mezzotints and lithographs. The artists represnet a period of six centuries, within different historical, artistic and political climates: Daumier, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Descourtis, Rembrandt, Holbein, Durer, Leydden, Schongauer and others. Also a practicle guide to print collecting. Grey illustrated cloth boards and spine, bright gilt lettering, in original mylar cover. Clean, tightly bound, circa 1967. No writing or inscriptions. tall 4to 244 p
(Art, Printmakers, Printing, Methods, Of, Making, Fine, Prints, Japanese, Wook, Block, Print, Woodcut, Prints, Etching, Lithographers, German, Printmakers, Antonio, Pollaiuolo, How, To, Collect, Fine, Art, Prints.) Cat No. 1372.
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45.00
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