Bowley May (14 results)

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Hard Pictorial Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Frances Brundage and Sophia May Bowley (M. Bowley) (illustrator). Circa 1904 or earlier; gift inscription on half title page to "Faith Handley from W.E. & C.E. Bowley(?) Xmas 1904". Unsure if there is a link to the co-illustrator, Sophia May Bowley. Pictorial boards are still very pretty though edge worn and scuffed; the illustration of Priscilla (from one of the tales) is shown on the cover. Decorative ivy end papers are good. Internally very good with light toning throughout, though the fabulous colour plates have largely escaped this.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May Bowley (illustrator). First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original pictorial boards with a charming picture of a baby lying on a rug with a dog in the background set in a rectangle frame.This copy has No previous inscriptions present,with crease line to the blank ffep.Illustrations in b&w are by May Bowley.This is a rare and early Nister title (not dated circa 1902-1905 with contents remaining clean internally and the binding is still strong and firm with no hinge weakness and no looseness or slck to the contents.Scarce particularly in this condition.8vo 40pp First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Brundage, Frances; Bowley, M. (Sophia May); Horowitz, H. (illustrator). First Thus. Set of 3 Shakespearean classics (& additional other plays) especially rewritten in story form for young readers by Edith Nesbit & Hugh Chesson, with pen-and-ink sketches & full color illustrations by leading female children's book artists Frances Brundage, Sophia May Bowley, H. Horowitz, & more. No dates in books, but research places them c. 1900. Each is a 16mo (4.5" x 6.5") bound in brightly colored cloth over boards, with colorful decorations & lettering to front & spine. Book 1: "The Merchant of Venice and Other Stories,'' also contains "Timon of Athens" & "The Comedy of Errors,'' in 64 pages + other titles by this publisher in rear. Book 2: "Cymbeline," also includes "All's Well that Ends Well" & "Much Ado about Nothing,'' in 64 pages + ads. Book 3: "A Midsummer's Night Dream" also contains "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,'' "Twelfth Night,'' & "King Lear," in 64 pages + ads. Book #2 has a lovely full color frontispiece. All books contain numerous pen-and-ink sketches, many full page. Condition overall is VG: exceptionally clean & bright, stitched bindings strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked save for child's name in 2 books to ffep. Modest rubbing to extremities, slight bumping to all corners/both ends of spine. "Midsummer" shows heavier rubbing to spine, "Cymbeline" has some paper residue stuck to rear board along fore edge side. A lovely little set & a wonderful introduction to the Bard for young readers! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

1/8 Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Anderson, Ann, A.L.Bowley, Lilian A. Giovey et al (illustrator). 1st Edition. A remarkably good (for its age) copy of this much loved children's book which was clearly much love by its owner. No date but previous owner has inserted a small slip of paper saying that it was his favourite in the 1920s. No Dust Jacket. Cover: pictorial boards and 1/8th cloth; illustrated to front and rear and with blue lettering to front; some slight discolouration and scuffing and rubbing to all edges but in surprisingly bright condition. Internally: clean (small, very discreet bookplate from original owner on front paste down); some darkening to page edges; both hinges broken (front at title page) but all present and correct including frontispiece and block still intact and solid. 4 colour illustrations including frontispiece and numerous black and white line drawings. No pagination. A large and heavy book which may incur increased postage charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Bowley, May. (illustrator). Two tone pictorial paper covered boards, slim 8vo, pp.40.Colour cover onlay, black and white illustrations by May Bowley. Ernest Nister publication ( 1347 ) printed in Bavaria, undated but c1911. Cover onlay depicts baby with onlooking dog on a floral background. Binding a bit grubby and spotted, with a little rubbing / wear to corners and spine ends. School prize plate on front endpaper ( dated 1911 ). Contents a little marked with finger marks to margins but tight and sound. Overall a good copy.

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Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Original cloth binding. Quoted from 1907 Publisher's Weekly Christmas advertisement: Beautifully printed front piece in full color and 72 pages of illustrated letter-press, sixteen of which are printed in varied colors, giving the complete book a most original and attractive appearance. Printed on specially made paper, and bound (hand sewn) in Illustrated Board Covers; also bound in Cloth with Colored Stamping on sides.â Contains illustrations of politically incorrect stereotypes of persons of color. Very Good. Inner hinges rather badly cracked, corners bumped. Shelf wear to edges. Head and tail of spine chipped. Pages aged and edges darkened. Some light staining to front cover. Back flyleaf missing and separation at webbing of inner hinges, but text block firm.