Baumer Lewis Illustrator (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lewis Baumer (illustrator). "Lady Noggs, Peeress" a novel by Edgar Jepson, is a delightful comedy centered around a young girl of genteel upbringing named Felicia, but who insists everyone call her Nogg (or else!). She is mischievous, and quite a handful. But underneath it all she has a perceptive mind and is basically a sober and well meaning individual - even if her daily demeanor to the adults about her is rather rambunctious. She knows what she wants and - she usually gets it. The book is episodic in nature, with chapters laid out like beads on a string. Some feel the book was written for children, but I feel that it is more in the line of John Habberton's "Helen's Babies", which was written for adults. That book was quite popular, and this book, Lady Noggs, Peeress" was equally popular. It is likely that it seemed a breath of fresh air with its lightness and comedic situations. Nobody ever seriously comes to harm, - although there are a few bumped heads and bruised egos. This edition, the second printing , issued by McClure, Phillips and Company in its "Special Edition Series", was published in 1905. The book is charmingly illustrated by cartoonist, illustrator Lewis Baumer. A British silent film was made of the book in 1920, starring Joan Morgan as the irrepressible Noggs, and George Bellamy as the always slightly bemused Lord Errington, who in the book is called The Prime Minister, and who is Noggs's Uncle - and in whose rather palatial house our young heroine lives. SERIES : Special Edition Series TITLE : Lady Noggs, Peeress AUTHOR : Edgar Jepson (1863 - 1938) Jepson was a rather prolific English author - novelist, who was one of the Georgians referred to as New Bohemians. He was a member of the Square Club; he collaborated with other authors, including Arthur Machen; he was a friend of Ford Madox Ford, and, for a time, editor of "Vanity Fair". Much of his fictional output were romantic thrillers and detective fiction - although he also dipped into fantasy and the supernatural for a few stories. I am glad he varied his subject matter for thus we have the entertaining Noggs. ILLUSTRATOR : Lewis Baumer (1870 - 1963) [Prolific and much collected English artist - cartoonist- and illustrator. Schooled at the Royal Academy of Arts, and The Royal College of Art] IMPRINT : McClure, Phillips and Co. PLACE : New York DATE : [1905] EDITION : Second Printing of the First American Edition STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; contains 8 monochrome illustrations (including frontispiece), each printed on calendered paper; 306 pages + one publisher's ad (printed on the recto of the rear free end-paper); 5" x 7 1/2" - finely ribbed dark blue, cloth-covered boards and spine; spine has gilt lettering and elaborate decorative embellishment in gilt; TEG (top text block edge gilt) - bottom text-block edge is rough cut. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR - Gilt lettering and embellishment on spine is bright; spine extremities are compressed; covers display modest wear, consisting of mild weathering at the edges, a few transparent water droplet spots near the bottom of the rear cover (only a small effect) - a few small dents to bottom board edges. Top edge gilding is bright - fore-edge is lightly toned, else clean. BINDING - Solid. INTERIOR - There is an inked gift inscription on the front free end-paper that reads : "From your Grandmother's and Great Grandmother's House." ; there are a few vague, insignificant spots or smudges, and a few shallow creases, else the interior is clean and free of marking. The illustrations display nicely.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Lewis Baumer, Illustrator (illustrator). First Edition. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1904. First Edition . Very Good/No Dust jacket. Lewis Baumer, Illustrator. First Edition decorated American trade binding - scarce. Red cloth boards with blue, black and yellow illustration, gold lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear to spine corners. Hint of very light soiling and slight fading to spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with black top-stained upper page edges. No names, writing or bookplates. Twelve Illustrations by Lewis Baumer, including frontis illustration with clean tissue guard.

Baumer, Lewis (illustrator). First edition, 1909. Book size - c. 7.5 x 5.5 inches, pp. frontis + vi + 315 + 4 plates + 34 (publisher's catalogue), hardback. Book condition - Good ; contents clean, slight dustiness and the odd mark here and there, grey-brown endpapers, faint inscription on the front flyleaf - " Holmer Sunday School. Nora Carter/ Dec/ 1909. Prize for attendance. Morning School " - lacks one of the plates, inner hinges intact and binding firm ; publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and two-tone illustrations on the spine and front ; corners worn and bent, boards' edges show some rubbing but remain intact, back board with patchy colour, light soiling and some marks, back hinge intact, spine complete with ends worn and creased, spine gilt a bit rubbed but remaining complete and clear, front hinge intact, front board with small areas of slight colour loss and light soiling and the title and illustration though a bit rubbed still intact and clear. No dustjacket. Please see photos for indications of condition and contents. A sound copy of the scarce first edition.

Gilt Lettered Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Baumer, Lewis (illustrator) (illustrator). Reprint. 227 [15 ads] pp. Black buckram with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Light rubbing to boards, curling of corners. Very occasional foxing inside. A handsome copy of this satirical take on the actors, relationships and system of English public education, with deckle-edged paper and 12 plates of colour pastel drawings by Lewis Baumer. Baumer, Lewis 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. First Printing of First American Edition. D. Appleton & Co., 1923; "Published September 1902" stated, no later printings indicated, small "(1)" on last page of text; vii, 300, [12 ads] pp. + 12 illustrated plates. Green cloth binding with lobster, shell and wave design stamped in black, gilt and light green on front board, gilt title and black (coral?) design on spine. Binding is tight, sturdy and fully intact; light wear to edges and corners of boards, gilt lobster remains bright and bold; spine cloth lightly toned, gilt titling dulled somewhat but still boldly legible; text very good throughout; bookplates from two previous owners on front paste-down, previous owner inscription on front end page, small photo of Wells pasted to front end page as well. No dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Color Plates engraved and printed by Henry Stone & Son Ltd., Banbury". 1913. Size of binding: 8 ½ in. x 11 in., xviii, 483 pp., illustrated with twenty, tipped-in, full color plates of Lewis Baumer illustrations, each with a title-printed paper guard; these pastel colored illustrations are especially rich in costume details. Bound in full, russet-brown morocco leather, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their binder s stamp gilt in the lower edge of the front leather turn-in. Five raised bands on the spine, with gilt-lettered titling, and decorations in compartments, gilt borders to both covers, gilt dentelles on leather turn-ins; sewn headbands; all edges gilt; brown-toned marbled paper endpapers. The binding is in fine condition, as are the text and plates. One of the most desirable illustrated editions of Thackeray s Vanity Fair. which is still his most widely read novel and the source for several film adaptations. The scan shows the spine & part of the front cover. Weight: 4 ½ lbs. Postage is extra on this item. List of illustrations: [1] Becky Sharp (frontispiece); [2] Becky and Amelia; [3] Becky and Jos; [4] At Vauxhall Gardens; [5] George calls on Amelia; [6] Becky and Rawdon at Miss Crawley's; [7] At Brighton; [8] At The Ship Inn; [9] Dobbin and Becky; [10] Becky at Paris; [11] Becky in Curzon Street; [12] Becky and Lord Steyne; [13] Becky at Gaunt House; [14] Becky as a Marquise; [15] Rawdon and Miss Moss; [16] Amelia and Little George; [17] Amelia and her Father; [18] Amelia and Dobbin; [19] Becky at Brussels; [20] Becky at Pumpernickel.

First Edition. The First Bastable Adventure NESBIT, Edith. The Story of the Treasure Seekers. Being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune. With illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 197 x 133 mm.). xii, 296, [2] pp. [Publishers advertisements 10 pp.]. Photogravure frontispiece and sixteen plates. Publisher's dark blue cloth, front cover and spine pictorially decorated and lettered in gilt, white endpapers, all edges gilt. Minimal wear to spine extremities, binding slightly cocked, otherwise a near fine copy. The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899) is Edith Nesbit's groundbreaking first novel for children and the debut of the Bastable family. Narrated in the spirited voice of young Oswald Bastable, the book follows six siblings- Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H.O.) - as they devise a series of bold and often comically misguided schemes to "restore the fallen fortunes of the House of Bastable." Their adventures range from digging for buried treasure to trying their hands at journalism, medicine, and even detective work. Blending humor, mischief, and genuine affection, Nesbit presents children as active, resourceful, and fallibly human-rather than idealized moral paragons. The book was an immediate success and marked a turning point in children's literature, paving the way for modern adventure stories and directly influencing authors from C. S. Lewis to J. K. Rowling.

Condition: Fine. Original publisher's pictorial vellum with gilt to spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Boards slightly bowed and lacking silk ties. Some offsetting to endpapers and occasional light foxing not affecting illustrations. Number 38 of 350 copies signed by the illustrator, and complete with twenty mounted color plates with titled tissue-guards. Considered by its author to be a novel without a hero, Vanity Fair follows the path of the social climbing Becky Sharp as she seeks to improve her position within the Victorian social strata. One of literature's most important early iterations of the female anti-hero, Miss Sharp helped to expose the truth that women were not merely domesticated angels but could be just as ambitious and driven as their male counterparts; and her foil Amelia reveals that even an apparent paragon of femininity was imperfect. A contemporary reviewer noted "Thackeray's theory of characterization proceeds generally on the assumption that the acts of men and women are directed not by principle but by instincts.There is not a person in the book who excites the reader's respect, and not one who fails to excite his interest. The morbid quickness of the author's perceptions of the selfish element, even in his few amiable characters, is a constant source of surprise. The novel not only has no hero, but implies the non-existence of heroism" (Contemporary Atlantic Monthly review). A literary tour de force, transformed into a popular film starring Reese Witherspoon. The present version is beautifully illustrated with great humor by Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer (August 8, 1870 - October 25, 1963) the English caricaturist who worked for more than fifty years for the British magazine Punch. He illustrated or contributed illustrations to more than forty books between 1897 and 1936. Fine. Signed.