Relyea Charles M Illustrator (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second edition (as stated upon title page). [12], 288 pages. Hardcover: H 19.5cm x L 12.75cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Dark blue cloth rubbed; fraying and nicks at scuffed spine ends; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright; light vertical furrows to spine. Gilt top edge; toning to fore-edge and bottom edge. A few early leaves nicked at fore-edges; slight toning at page margins; some scattered foxing and light staining. Personal bookplate for Wm. H. Jones [William H. Jones] on front pastedown with four-line ink inscription on opposing front free endpaper recto "Helen Ashley Jones | to review for The | National Magazine | 11/3/99." Binding is firm. A very good- copy. B/w frontispiece (with tissue guard sheet) and other b/w plates all on unpaged leaves and illustrated by Charles M. Relyea. Born in Yazoo City in 1868, author, attorney, and judge Harris Dickson resided in Vicksburg for his adult life and served as a correspondent for Collier's Magazine during World War I and as a technical advisor to the Work Projects Administration in Mississippi during the 1930s.…

Cloth Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Illustrated by Charles M. Relyea; 365pp, book is tight; illustrated cloth boards have lots of rubbing and tears to the back; normal aging to interior, 1/4 in tear at spine's top; interior pages have normal aging; otherwise interior in GOOD COND.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Reprint Edition. Likely from the 1930's due to gift inscription to front pastedown dated 1935. In green pictorial cloth with black ink to type and illustration. Some dings to bottom boards and rubbing to a few corners. Scar to tops of about 20 pages. Interior otherwise clean, though pages tanned. Binding solid.…

Poor condition. First edition (not stated). [10], 404, [2], [14] pages plus plates on unpaged leaves. Hardcover: H 19cm x L 13cm. Lacks dust jacket. Red cloth soiled and strongly stained; spine ends and board corners frayed; loss to spine's gilt lettering; front board's gilt stamping remains fairly bright. Text block edges toned. Binding slightly shaken between front flyleaf and half-title; binding separating between last two leaves of publisher's rear advertising section; binding shaken between pages 178-181 with 179-180 and adjoining unpaged plate detached and now laid-in; other lesser binding stress points. Endpapers soiled; pencil inscription and old ink signature on front free endpaper; some slight foxing and a few stains to leaves; loss to final advertising leaf. B/w frontispiece retains tissue guard sheet - plates illustrated by Charles M. Relyea. Sold as is but a scarce novel by noted Mississippi author Harris Dickson who structured its plot around the true historical figure of Charlotte Christine Sophie, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1694-1715). An attorney and judge, Harris Dickson was born in Yazoo City in 1868 but resided in Vicksburg for his adult life and served as a correspondent for Collier's Magazine during World War I and as a technical advisor to the Work Projects Administration in Mississippi during the 1930s.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Thus. Beloved Christmas tale by this pioneering romance writer (1866-1959), for which she would later write a companion book ("On Christmas Day in the Evening" --not included here). Orig. published in 1905 & then again in 1908 by a different publisher, this is a slightly later (n.d.) reprint from A. L. Burt, which retains the lovely turn-of-the-century illustrations (frontispiece + 3 full-color plates) by Charles M. Relyea. With cream-colored cloth over green quarter cloth-covered boards, stamped with bright gilt lettering & small window-framed image to front cover, this small octavo (5" x 7.75") is in VG condition: very clean with an occasional spot or smudge, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages off-white & unmarked with modest tanning. Light soil & rubbing to exterior. The clipped DJ is only Fair: largely intact, but missing sections at both head & tail of spine; darkened & rubbed, but looks lovely in new clear mylar cover. 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. Relyea, Charles M. (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 396 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.08 inches. In Stock.