Anon Ellis (6 results)

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, red cloth covers, 3 color lithographs, many black & white illustrations. Color label on decorated cover. No publisher indicated, by L.T. Myers. Areas of cover show fading, soil. Record # 61476. anon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. This is a delightful story by Ellis Parker Butler about a man named Murchison who has a dog named Fluff he wants to get rid of; one of his neighbours ends up finding a home for the pup. Butler was an American author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs". His career spanned more than forty years; his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries, including Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. Butler was a force in the New York City literary scene. The book is on only fair condition. The binding is loose and there are pencil marks inside the front cover and on two pages inside the book. Including the frontis (protected with a tissue) are 8 whimsical illustrations. The cover exhibits some shelf wear and soiling. Anon. (illustrator).…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Engraved plates with guards. Decorated binding.

Hard Back. Condition: Fair. First Edition. xii 374 pages. Binding fair, detached, spine torn with loss. Contents fair, mostly good, clean & tight, the odd minor mark, owner name top of title page, lacks frontispiece illustration. Size: 13 x 21cm Approx.

[Literature] ILLUSTRATED Three volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 8cm). Brown half calf over brown cloth sides, gilt titles on darker brown calf squares to spine. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and half title page plus another twenty-five plates spread between the three volumes. Repaired tears to pp. 119-122 in volume I. Textblocks tone d and spitted, more so to the plates and facing pages. Binding rubbed, worn and marked with some loss to tiles squares on the spines. A solid set. Good. Ellis was a religious author who wrote mainly about women's role in society. She is well known for her works: The Women of England, The Mothers of England, and The Daughters of England, and established Rawdon House, a school for young ladies.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Three volumes, octavo 210 x 140 x 80 mm. Original Victorian half-leather with marbled boards. Rubbed at the extremities otherwise hinges and text blocks are solid. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece, each foxed; and with half title pages. Twenty-five plates over the three volumes. A very attractive set. Ellis was a religious author who wrote mainly about women's role in society. She is well known for her works: The Women of England, The Mothers of England, and The Daughters of England, and established Rawdon House, a school for young ladies.…