Language: English
Published by The Century Company, NY, 1887
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: VG. Harry Fenn, Percy Moran, Joseph Pennell (illustrator). 25pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 26 drawings including a full-page portrait of Washington with facsimile signature, after the J. Wright painting, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XXXV, No. 1, November, 1887. Alexandria, Virginia, and Mount Vernon during Washington's time. Illustrations include the Music Gallery at Clagett's Tavern, a view of Clagett's Tavern, various Washington relics, Washington dancing the minuet with Sally Fairfax at the Carlyle House, a scene in Christ Church yard, silhouettes of John Washington, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin, the old gate entrance to Mount Vernon, the old tool-house on the wall at Mr. Vernon, a south-front view of the mansion, a procession of little darkies like an antique frieze, a view in the garden, the hall at Mount Vernon, the entrance, the north gate, a view of the Carlyle House at Alexandria, a view of the old family tomb, a view inside the room in which Washington died, etc. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Published by Scribners, 1889
Seller: Books from Patty, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Percy Moran (illustrator). Olive Green Boards, with Cameo insert on Cover. Gilt on Edge of Book fading. Gilt on Spine intact but not bright. Very edge worn, corners bumped and frayed, Spine ends split and frayed. Interior pages and binding tight, front gutter intact but weakening. Owner name on Endpaper. Later Printing.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1893
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Moran, Percy (illustrator). A nice copy for its age. Book.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1889
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Moran, Percy (illustrator). Later Edition. 260pp. Green cloth. Gold stamp. White cameo of a man's head on front cover. Worn at the edges with a few small tears. The text is clean. The gaurd paper over the frontispiece has yellowed the title page. An old resale sticker is on the back end paper. Sentimental essays, examining the dreamlike lives Americans were living at the time (1840s). A favorit book of poet, Emily Dickinson. The author was a member of Skull and Bones at Yale, class of 1841. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall Y4.
Published by [Atlanta : Great Gatsby's, 2004], 2004
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 34 pp. ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; auction catalog with full-color photographs of various items of furniture, artwork, statuary, automobiles, Civil War memorabilia, jewellery, glassware, tapestries, architectural elements, etc ; FINE. Book.
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. Moran, Percy (illustrator). Reprint. New York: Scribner's, 1889. Reprint of 1883 edition. 12mo. Green decorative cloth binding with ruling and titles in gilt, top edge gilt, inset cameo to front board. Frontispiece etching by Percy Moran. 258 pp. Rubbing top and bottom of spine, a few nicks to boards, previous owner gift inscription, water stain to top of 3 pp. (including etching). Good.
Published by Truth Magazine, NY, 1899
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Unbound. Condition: Very Good. E. Percy Moran (illustrator). gorgeous color litho of a young women in a snow scene with prayer book in hand, coming home from church. Suitable for framing Size: 9" x 12".
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1889
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
US$ 13.85
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. Percy Moran (illustrator). xvii., 258pp., green cloth, cameo on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, gilt top edge, spine edges and corners slightly rubbed and bumped, covers slightly rubbed, some faint bubbling also, tissue guarded frontispiece by Percy Moran (foxed), pages within clean, binding sound. A NICE COPY 6.5" X 4" Size: 6.5" X 4".
Published by Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1894
Seller: janet smith, Wheeling, WV, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. E. Percy Moran/Elizabeth S. Tucker (illustrator). Illustrated paper over boards both front and back, cover with red cloth spine shows wear to all edges with bare spots. Christmas presentation on front end paper dated 1903. All pages stiff paper. Many full page color illustrations as well as border designs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, NY, 1894
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Cloth Spine w/Illustrated Brds. Condition: Good. E. Percy Moran Full-Page Color-Plates; Elizabeth S. Tucker decorative Borders & designs (illustrator). Aged and very sunned copy with toning and some chipping to some of the pages, reading creases along gutter side of some of the pages, but with beautiful Olden plates; Former owner's inked inscription/date on ffep. Else clean and tight. Light fraying/rubbing to sunned cloth spine, shelf soiled covers, peeling to paper boards corners, wear to edges. No pagination. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Frederick A Stokes, 1894
Seller: Nerman's Books & Collectibles, Pembina, ND, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. 1st Ediiton. A good to very good oversized grey hardcover with full page paste-on picture to cover. Some wear to edges with spotting to cover. Some light soiling to interior but generally pages are very clean and illustrations are very bright. Frontis has a reading crease not affecting the image. Illustrated with 6 lovely chromolithographes by Moran as well as many other illustrations in text by Elizabeth Tucker. 1st edition 1894.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891
Seller: Bear Street Books and Records, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Percy Moran (illustrator). Front and back hinge well connected. Previous owner stamp on inside cover. Interior Text Body has no inscription in fine condition.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1893
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Percy Moran Etching (illustrator). First Edition. Original green gilt cloth gilt cameo and top edge and with date on title page. Designer bookplate on endpaper, with mild rubbing to bottom edges and light dulling to interleaving; else a near fine, clean and unmarked copy in bright cover gilt.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Title page dated 1899. Three quarter tan leather over marbled boards, dual spine labels, gilt decorated spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue protected frontis etching. Very good with some expected edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, touch of foxing to frontis etching, smudge to far outer margin of title page, pages clean, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Published by Charles Scriber's Sons, New York, 1897
Seller: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Percy Moran (illustrator). Front board a little loose. Moderate wear on corners and edges. Spine leaning. Top edge gilt. Green cloth with gilt titles. 258 pages.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1890
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (As Issued). Percy Moran (illustrator). 4th Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1890. Second (2nd) Printing of Fourth (4th) Edition. Originally published in 1851, it went through subsequent editions in 1863 and 1883 before the 1889 edition, of which this is the second printing. This volume contains a New Preface written for the 1883 edition as well as the Preface to the 1863 edition (which includes the Dedicatory Letter to Washington Irving found in the 1851 edition). Fine- condition. No Dust Jacket (as issued). The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with gilt top-edge, deckled fore-edges, frontispiece by Percy Moran with protective tissue in place, and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full dark green cloth with bright gilt border to front board, bright gilt oval surrounding a white, raised head of a Roman figure in center of front board, worn gilt title, etc., to spine, and some wear at corners and spine ends. See photos. 258 pages. 4" x 6 5/8". Pedro Calderon de la Barca wrote in 1636 a play entitled La Vida es sueño ("Life is a Dream"). Perhaps, that inspired Marvel/Mitchell, for the last paragraph of the book reads, "The old man does not stir: his eyes do not move: they seem fixed above. The child cries as his lips touch the cold cheek. - It is a tender SPRING flower upon the bosom of the dying WINTER.".
Boards. Condition: FR/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). Ltd Edition. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. 1890. Ltd Edition. Boards. #149 of 425 copies. Printed on DIckinson Paper . Sm 4to., 370 pp., cover rubbed, bumped, chipped, frayed, bookplate, page toning, writing on flyleaf .
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890
Seller: PJK Books and Such, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.
Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Moran, Percy (illustrator). Charles Scribner's Sons,1890. Half-Leather with marbled boards and endpapers. No dust jacket. Cover has considerable shelfwear, rubbed overall, corners are through, small chip at top of spine. Title label missing from spine. Frontispiece and tissue are intact and unblemished. Small tear on edge of title page. Front hinge starting Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes,, New York:, 1894
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 34.62
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bumping to corners & spine ends. Small po inscription to endpaper, otherwise a very clean, bright copy.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes, 1894
Seller: katlazuli books & music, DULUTH, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. E. Percy Moran (illustrator). Music, dancing, spinning, shuttlecock, fencing, dolls, Sundays, the fireplace are covered in text, unpaginated. Twelve full-page color plates from water color paintings. Other pages have two-color borders, illustrations and designs. Binding is illustrated front & back. 10" x 12." Fair condition. Pencil writing at front, dated 1894. Large tear to front endpaper near bottom spine. Bends to pages near spine, especially near back. A few pages have small tears at bottom margins. Wear along binding edges; chipping at top spine. Three inkblots near front spine. Scuffing to binding. Book.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1894
Seller: The Children's Bookshop, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 62.25
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCondition: Good. Percy-Moran, E. (illustrator). 1st. Quarto. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Red cloth spine. 6 full page colour plates, preceding six descriptions with decorative borders by Elizabeth S. Tucker. Covers worn and soiled. Paper has worn away at edges of covers. Cloth of spine split in two places. 12cm. split in inner hinge. Light spotting on prelims, frontispiece largely unaffected. Occasional fingermarking. Contents generally clean.
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Condition: New. Print on Demand.
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Print on Demand.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes,, New York:, 1894
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Folio. 25 leaves. Illustrated title w/ pictorial border, colour chromolith frontisp., 11 colour chromolith plates, decorative illustrated borders & illustrations throughout by Tucker. Quarter-green cloth over colour chromolith illustrated boards, cover art by Moran on front & back (faint tidemark to lower edge of front cover, fore-edge of textblock, wear & rubbing to fore-edges, wear to corners), still a G- sound copy, w/ very bright plates. First edition of this scarce and charming work filled with illustrations of children in Colonial America by the Moran (1862-1935), noted American painter of historical events.
Seller: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germany
Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Percy Moran (illustrator). 1st edition. Old Creole Days by George W Cable. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardbound. No DJ. Size 16mo (up to 6-1/2'' tall). Condition: V-Fine. 330 Pgs. Illustrated by Percy Moran. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 951. book.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Moran, Percy (illustrator). Very Good three quarter moraccan leather with marbled boards, illustrated with etchings by Percy Moran, previous owner's signature, hinges tight.
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Condition: New. Print on Demand.
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Print on Demand.
Seller: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germany
Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.