Poems of Childhood by Field Eugene (297 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. This is a rare, twice-signed presentation copy of "Poems of Childhood" by Eugene Field - presumably the personal copy of children's author Anne Parrish, cousin of illustrator Maxfield Parrish. The book is signed in pen to "Anne Parrish" by MAXFIELD PARRISH on a half title page. On a prior half title page, Anne Parrish wrote "Anne Parrish from M.F.P." (Maxfield Fred Parrish) in pen. 1903 1st edition; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. The book contains an illustrated title page in color and eight full-page drawings in color by Maxfield Parrish; illustrated end papers in color. Gilt top page edges. Condition: The front cover illustration has some scuffing and a dime-sized stain at the top edge; the left edge of the back cover has 4 *tiny* cloth tears; sharp corners. Tight binding with no loose pages; crack at the front hinge between the end papers (despite the crack, the front cover is firmly attached and is not shaky). There are occasional small foxing spots on the pages, otherwise clean with only a few random, light stains/smudges. The book is signed by Anne Parrish (cousin of Maxfield) on the half title page ("Anne Parrish from M.F.P."); Maxfield Parrish has written his cousin's name ("Anne Parrish") on a subsequent half title page - both signatures are in pen. Overall the book is in very good condition. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a first edition Sept. 1904 printing.It has a bookplate from the Bryn Mawr Book Fair that is signed by Maxfield Parrish. I am not an expert but this is not a printed signature in raking light you can see the thickness of the ink and sheen. There is also a tipped in picture of Fields memorial in the rear. A little wear to outer boards. End papers good and not split though front one wrinkled from the signature plate. Contents fine condition.Plates good with tissue guards. Pics coming. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1904. 199 pgs. Illustrated with 8 Color Plates. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. DJ is chipped and worn with pieces missing from the spine ends and the extremities. Bound in cloth boards with color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have some shelf-wear present to the extremities (front color plate lightly scuffed and rubbed) . Previous owner's name present to the front flyleaf endpaper. Foxing present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A wonderful collection of children's poetry from a master and illustrated by one of the luminaries of the Golden Age of Illustration. Eugene Field, Sr. Was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 199 pages.

hardcover. Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator). First. Frontispiece and 7 other color illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. 199 pages. Large 8vo, beautifully rebound by Bumpus in full green straight-grained morocco with ornate gilt-stamped spine and borders (minor scuffing at corners and sunning on spine); all edges gilt. London: John Lane/Charles Scribner's, September 1904. Printed in Cambridge Mass. First edition. A near fine copy.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator). Second. Frontispiece and 7 other color illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. 199 pages. Large 8vo, rebound in full green morocco (some darkening on covers); gilt-stamped spine with raised bands, t.e.g. New York: Charles Scribner's, September 1904. With Scribner's seal on copyright page. Second printing, the same month and year as the first edition. A near fine copy.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator). First. Frontispiece and 7 other color illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. 199 pages. Large 8vo, rebound in full green morocco (covers are unevenly sunned and darkened); gilt-stamped spine with raised bands, t.e.g. New York: Charles Scribner's, September 1904. First edition, without the Scribner's seal. A very good copy.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Reprint. Frontis., 9 color illustrations including the illus. title page by Maxfield Parish. 199 pages. Large 8vo, rebound in 1/2 black morocco over blue cloth, raised gilt-stamped bands, t.e.g. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Later printing, without the month specified. Slight soiling on half title page, binding a touch bowed, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1904 1ed Maxfield Parrish ART Poems of Childhood Eugene Field Poetry Missouri Eugene Field was one of the best-known children s literature and poets of 19th-century America. His poems resonated throughout the United States, but particularly in Missouri where he made his life and career. Poems of Childhood , an early 20th-century printing of Field s poems, was illustrated with beautifully, impressive engravings of the artwork of Maxfield Parrish. Item number: #17571 Price: $399 FIELD, Eugene Poems of Childhood New York: Scribner, [1904]. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o x, [2], 199, [3] o 8 illustrations, plus illustrated title page Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Decorative cloth Size: ~9.5in X 7.25in (24.5cm x 18.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 17571 Photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. 199pp. Full-color title page illustration, 8 full-page color plates Maxfield Parrish. Imperial 8vo. Pictorial black cloth stamped in gold; black and white epages with bright orange crab. Previous owner's gift inscription dated 1931 on half title-page; minor signs of light foxing throughout, scattered light small spots on upper edge of textblock, small name stamped on rear free end page. The covers are unfaded, the cover plate is bright and unblemished. Overall a fine bright hardcover. The dust jacket has a color plate mounted on the front panel; overal the dust jacket has rubbing and shelfwear along the edges, large piece gone from lower spine panel. The back panel of the dust jacket advertises "Scribner Series of Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers" with SMOKY by Will James being the latest addition to the series (published 1929).

Half leather. Condition: Near Fine. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). 1904, New York. Near Fine. 4to., 199 pp., frontispiece and 7 other color illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Bound in half brown pebbled leather with tan cloth boards. 6 compartment spine with titles in gilt. Top edge gilt; marble end pages. Spine is just a bit sunned. Text is clean; binding is tight. A very attractive copy of this classic. Binding is signed "Bound by Stikeman & Co. for Charles Scribners Sons". Henry Stikeman's career virtually paralleled the heyday of art bookbinding in America: beginning toward the end of the 19th century, into the beginning of the 20th. A Stikeman binding from the 1880s through, say, 1910-15, represents the best work of the firm.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good+ in boards. Owner personalization on 2nd FEP. Both hinges cracked. Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish.

New York., Charles Scribner's Sons., 1922. Illustrated throughout with color plates by Maxfield Parrish. 1922. 4to. Bound in gilt titled cloth covered boards. Pictorial cover plate by Parrish. Light chipping to head and tail pieces. Mild foxing to prelims. Book plate, else a Near Fine copy.

First Edition. POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, Scribners, 1904, first edition thus, first printing with t.p.e.'s gold-gilt, a bright vg+ copy with t.p.e.'s gold-gilt with all the wonderful Maxfield Parrish full page, full color plates fine, present and intact.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Fist Edition. A first edition printing withMCMIV on title page, 1904 on copyright page with scribners device at bottom of page. Married with an original dust wrapper, circa 1925. Panel on rear lists 29 titles in the 'Scribner $2.50 series of Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers'. Mildly edge chipped with Field's nude boy in swing with castle in background ppo illustration in color, quite nice. Scarce in any dust wrapper. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo; 199 pp.; First Edition; Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and Maxfield Parrish illustration mounted to front; 8 illustrated plates by Parrish; Loose hinges front and back; Corners bumped and rubbed through; Spine ends rubbed and frayed; Illustrated endpapers with Parrish illustration; Endpage unattached but present; 8 color, tissue-protected plates by Maxfield Parrish; Very mild foxing here and there; A loved but still good copy of a unique and surreally illustrated work; Good condition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition / First State. "Published, September, 1904" and poem copyrights on copyright page. Black cloth with color pictorial label, gilt titles and top edge gilt. 199 pp., illustrated endpapers and eight color, tissue-protected, plates by Parrish. Previous Owner's inscription, "A Merry Christmas / from / Mother and Father / 1904." Bookplate residue on first blank, tape repair to reattach front free endpaper at the hinge, tips bumped, some fraying to head and tail, front board pictorial label rubbed. All plates present, clean and bright. Remains a presentable copy of an important Parrish illustrated book. Size: Tall Octavo.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Edition in later issue dust jacket. Large octavo; publisher's cloth, color pictorial element mounted to front cover, in tan dust jacket with different color pictorial element mounted to front panel, top edge gilt, housed in custom linen slipcase; x,[2],199pp.; pictorial title page printed in color, eight leaves of color plates with accompanying printed tissue guards, pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket gently soiled, expertly backed and rather extensively repaired along margins, pictorial endpapers also show substantial restoration; cloth extremities a bit rubbed, chiefly at spine ends, textblock glued down; overall a Very Good, quite presentable but still heavily restored copy. Date of jacket based on advertisement on rear panel for the publication of Captain Marryat's The Children of the New Forest (1927).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial pastedown on cover has a few light scratches. Rubbed on edges of cloth. Back cover has a light strain. Very bright gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Eight wonderful colored plates, each with tissue, and pictorial title page. Pictorial endpapers in red & black.

Handsomely bound in sturdy, finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in gilt on the spine, but with some flecking to the letters. With a very crisp and clean full-page Parrish color plate paste-down on the front boards. Clean and tight throughout with colorful pictorial endpapers featuring a giant riding a red lobster. With some light foxing to the title page along the margins. All 8 plates present in crisp register. In a good plus dust jacket with the price of $2.50 at the top of the inside front flap. Missing a 2"x2" section at the top of the rear panel and extending to the spine where it diagonally takes off half the title. Still, uncommon in an original dust jacket, and with the luminous Parrish plates. Maxfield Parrish was born inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, to painter and etcherStephen Parrishand Elizabeth Bancroft.[2]His given name was Frederick Parrish, but he later adopted Maxfield, his paternal grandmother's maiden name, as his middle, then finally as his professional name.[3]He was raised in aQuakersociety.[2]:110As a child he began drawing for his own amusement, showed talent, and his parents encouraged him. Between 1884 and 1886, his parents took Parrish toEurope, where he touredEngland,Italy, andFrance, was exposed to architecture and the paintings by theold masters, and studied at the Paris school of a Dr. Kornemann.[4]:110He attended theHaverford Schooland later studied architecture atHaverford Collegefor two years beginning in 1888.[2]To further his education in art, from 1892 to 1895 he studied at thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Artsunder artistsRobert VonnohandThomas Pollock Anshutz.[4]:110After graduating from the program, Parrish went toAnnisquam, Massachusettswhere he and his father shared a painting studio. A year later, with his father's encouragement, he attended theDrexel Institute of Art, Science & Industry.[2] Parrish entered into an artistic career that lasted for more than half a century, and which helped shape the Golden Age of illustration and Americanvisual arts.[5]During his career, he produced almost 900 pieces of art including calendars, greeting cards, and magazine covers.[6]Parrish's early works were mostly in black and white.[7] In 1885, his work was on the Easter edition ofHarper s Bazaar.He also did work for other magazines likeScribner's Magazine.He also illustrated a children's book in 1897,Mother Goose in Prose[2]written byL. Frank Baum.[6]By 1900, Parrish was already a member of theSociety of American Artists.[8]In 1903, he traveled to Europe again to visitItaly.[3]Parrish took many commissions for commercial art until the 1920s.[2]Parrish's commercial art included many prestigious projects, among which wereEugene Field'sPoems of Childhoodin 1904,[9]and such traditional works asArabian Nightsin 1909.[10]Books illustrated by Parrish are featured inA Wonder Book and Tanglewood Talesin 1910,[11]The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyricsin 1911,[12]andThe Knave of Heartsin 1925.[13]Parrish was earning over $100,000 per year by 1910, when homes could be bought for $2,000.[14] Wikipedia) With a preliminary title page printed with a lovely Maxfield Parrish illustration dated 1904, but with copyright dates of 1920, 1922, 1892, 1894, and 1904 and with the Scribner's colophon on the copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator). 1st US Edition. 199 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated title page and endpapers. Previous owner's inscription on the ffep. Page edges are darkened and smudged. Fading orange publisher's stain on the head edges. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. An illustrated on the upper cover. Lightly worn and scuffed around the edges and on the boards. 1ST US EDITION. VG Size: 7 x 9 1/2.

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). 1st Edition 1st Issue. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st issue with the verso of title page reading published September 1904. rarer than the later issue. hence more sought after Original black cloth : Book 199 pp., black cloth . with full colour illustration pasted on front board and bearing title at top, gilt-stamped spine, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges cut and opened, delightful bichrome Parrish illustrations as end papers, weight: 1.075 kg or 2 lbs 5 1/2 ozs. Illustrated wth 8 annotated tissue-guarded full colour reproductions of Maxwell Parrish's works for this book, as well as the full colour frontispice/title page, all on half-gloss paper in fine condition, book is complete, spine a tad faded, slight rubbing to cover, but quite minute, overall very good and priced to sell. Size: 4to. Hard Cover.

Hardcover. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). First Edition. Sm 4 to; dark brown cloth boards with full front board paper paste down of Jack and the Giant; gilt spine lettering; full two page illust. on front and rear endpapers of troll like creature astride a huge, red lobster holding a young boy with a sword in his claw; title page has full page Maxfield Parrish color illust. of nude boy blowing bubbles; 199 pp; an additional 8 color full page plates throughout; heavy paper stock. This is the 1904 edition. A rare find in this fine condition. Very good, light rubbing to spine ends and corners; light scuffing to edges of front board paper illust. both text and plates are in fine condition; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.

First Edition. POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, Scribners, 1904, first edition thus, a tight vg+ copy with fine contents with all the wonderful Maxfield Parrish full page, full color plates fine, present and intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). First Edition. Black cloth with illustrated paste-down on front board. Boards and extremities rubbed, corners bumped. Hinges beginning to crack.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition - Charles Scribner's Sons 1904. Wear and tear to edges, with significant tears at the corners of the spine, and minor curling to the board corners. Some spotting and scuffs to the boards, and a scratch at the head of the illustration plate on the front board (crosses over the 'Of' in 'Poems of Childhood'. Fading to the spine. Pages VII through X have some complications with the original printing, the cut to the page folio on the edge slipped and cut across the face of the page with the original fold to cut still in tact. page 171 through 171 has the same issue only very near the head corner but otherwise was cut correctly. .

x, 199 pp. With Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. 4to, publisher's black cloth, t.e.g., with applied color illustration on front panel. First of this illustrated edition. Cloth and applied color illustration on front panel a bit rubbed; tight and sound.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). First. With 9 color plates by Maxfield Parish, including the illustrated title page; color illustrated endpapers. xii, 199, [1] pages. Short 4to, black cloth with pictorial cover label. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, September 1904. First edition, printed without the Scribner's seal. A very good(+) copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4to. Original black cloth top edge gilt with the central pastedown by Parrish. a near fine copy square and tight with all the tissue guards in place, and all the color plates. slight wear to the tips of spine and slight fading to spine titles else near fine. excellent text block and plates, Near Very Good. Maxfield Parrish (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition / First State. "Published, September, 1904" and poem copyrights on copyright page. Black cloth with color pictorial label, gilt titles and top edge gilt. 199 pp., illustrated endpapers and eight color, tissue-protected, plates by Parrish.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Maxfield PARRISH (illustrator). Later printing. Later printing, c. 1920. 8vo; x [ii], 199pp [1]; last leaf unopened; black cloth over board, color pictorial onlay to front, gilt-stamped spine; deckle fore-edge; color pictorial endpapers featuring a giant with a club astride a red lobster; color pictorial plate as title page; 8 color illustrated plates; fine. Eugene Field (1850-1895) was an American poet, known as the "poet of childhood". This volume a collection of his favorite childhood poems, in an exceptional condition.