Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1903
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Limited Edition: #130/330. Octavo, 108 pages. In Very Good condition, and housed in publisher's Very Good minus slip case. Bound in quarter tan cloth with dark teal paper boards. Minor shelf wear. Some scuffing to rear cover. Light foxing to edges of textblock, as well as front pastedown and front free endpaper. Deckled edges to textblock. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Printed in red and black ink. Features printer's mark of Bruce Rodgers on colophon page in rear. Shelved in Case 9 3/4. Designed by Bruce Rogers at the Riverside Press. 1374263. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by Riverside Press: Cambridge for Houghton, Mifflin & Co: Boston. November,, 1903
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Old looking woodcuts, 10.5 x 7.5, CUSTOM MADE RED LEATHER BINDING WITH TWO PLAYFUL LEATHER INLAY FISH ON FRONT COVER, signed binding by "ELD," aeg, 108 pp, covers a bit rubbed, spine sunned, hinges a little loose else a nice copy in woodgrain slipcase with felt lining and leather trim. LIMITED TO 330 NUMBERED COPIES, BOOK DESIGNED BY BRUCE ROGERS with his device and printed initials on colophon. This copy is one of a kind, though, because of its binding.
Publication Date: 1903
First Edition
LIELY, Wilhelm. The History of Oliver and Arthur. Written in French in 1511, Translated into German by Wilhelm Liely in 1521, and now Done into English by William Leighton and Eliza Barrett. Original 3/4 cloth and marbled-paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label. [Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903]. First edition. One of 330 numbered copies. Warde 39. Designed by Bruce Rogers at the Riverside Press with his initial worked into the colophon. Additional printed label tipped into rear endpaper. Label lightly sunned, else fine.
Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1903
First Edition
First edition thus. First edition thus. Tan buckram spine with dark blue paper-covered boards, white buckram corner tips, additional printed label tipped into rear endpaper. Limited to 330 numbered copies, #143. Designed by Bruce Rogers at the Riverside Press. Printed in red and black on unbleached Arnold paper and illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Title-page woodcut has been illuminated in watercolors and gilt. As well, the Bruce Rogers decorated thistle device on colophon has been nicely illuminate in color. With Riverside Press catalogue (4pp) from 1913 loosely inserted. Some light fading to upper portion of front cover and browning to the spine label.