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Americana Esoterica; by Various American Authors
Privately Published by Macy-Masius Publishers. No City. 1927. Cloth. Illustrated by Kent, Rockwell. No. 1274 of 3000 copies. Illustrated front cover label. Illustrated end papers. Gilt edged page tops. Uncut page sides and bottoms. 299 pages. Measures 7 x 10. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. From an introductory page: "The thesis of this book is that sophisticated writing, provided it is excellent writing, has a place in American literature. Each of the pieces in this collection is by an American author of dignity and reputation". "Nothing but pruriency has kept them previously esoteric". Contents include: Strange Waters by George Sterling; The Wife of Paul by John Russell; The Edge of Doom by Ethel M. Kelley; The Courtesan by Ralcy Husted Bell; Business by Nathan Asch; Distinguished Air by Robert McAlmon; etc. American Literature. Literary Works. Writings. Fiction. Short Stories. Poetry. Play. (Book ID 473) $50.00

Elegant Extracts; or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose
Printed By Luke Hansard. London. 1805. Leather. Anthology of poetry for children. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine creased. Gilt decorations on spine. 1,016 pages. Wear to corners and side edge front cover. Tear outside bottom corner title page. Small piece lower corner missing page 497. Browning to end papers. Poems are arranged by topic such as: Sacred and Moral (Hymn on Gratitude, Ode to Wisdom, Against Lying, Against Quarreling and Fighting, etc.); Didactic, Descriptive, Narrative, and Pathetic (Love Elegies, Ode to Sleep, On Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ode to Evening, etc.); Dramatic (Extracts from Shakespeare, True End of Royalty, Character of a Good King, Prudence, etc.); Sentimental, Lyrical, and Ludicrous (Sonnet to Hope, On the Recovery of a Lady of Quality from the Small Pox, On Instruments of Music, The Fable of Midas, etc.; and many others. Children's Books. English Literature. Poems. Verses. Sonnets. Literary Works. Odes. Youths. (Book ID 55) $75.00

Nature and Outdoor Life. Prepared Under the Supervision of the Editorial Board of the University Society.
The University Society. New York. New York. 1927. Five volumes bound in light green cloth (fading to the spines) with black lettering and design on the spine and front cover. I: "Woodcraft and Camping"; xxi, 576 pages; illustrations, music scores. II: "Wild Life"; vii, 564 pages; illustrations. III: "Flowers and Trees: Natural Sciences"; viii, 562 pages; illustrations. IV: "Gardening: Domestic Animals"; ix, 542 pages; illustrations. V: "Sports and Games: Pets and Hobbies"; xi, 512, lxxix pages; illustrations; general index. Contained within these volumes is everthing that a inquisitive child would want to know about the natural world and its activities. Clean copies inside and out. Condition: Very Good. Juvenile Literature, Nature. DK-38 (Book ID 10652) $47.50

Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop; With an Original Leaf from the First Edition (1818) of The Fables of Aesop and a New Impression from one of Bewick's Original Wood Engravings
The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1983.. Boards with Dust Wrapper. Illustrated by Bewick, Thomas. Leaf book. Edition limited to 518 copies. Spine label. Black and white illustrations. Frontispiece. Thomas Bewick was a master artist of wood engraving. Biographical Sketch by John W. Borden. History of the Fables by Janet S. Krueger. Measures 8 x 10 3/4. From the Foreword: "The original leaf to be found in each copy of this publication is from the first edition of The Fables of Aesop, 1818. About half the leaves are from a Royal Edition of which 500 copies were printed and the others are from a Demy Edition of which 1,000 were printed. The two editions differ only in the size of the paper". Children's Books. Illustrated Books. Literature. Literary Works. Fiction. Stories. (Book ID 624) $100.00

Young Folks' Annual: Eight Serials in One Volume: Stories of Liberty, Stories of Natural History, Art of Making Things, Wonders of the Ocean, Health for Young Folks, Law for Little Citizens, Music and Musicians, Odds and Ends of Wisdom
D. Lathrop and Company. Boston. (1882). Dated 1883 on front cover. Publisher's decorated dark green cloth with brown lettering. . Darkening to spine. Black and white illustrations by F.H. Lungren, Miss L.B. Humphrey, E.H. Garrett, W.P. Bodfish, robert Lewis, "Boz", W.F. Halsall, F.T. Merrill. Contributions by: Ernest Ingersol, Hezekiah butterworth, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Mary J. Safford, "The Wise Blackbird", Susan Power, etc. 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. 216 pages. Condition: Very Good. 19th Century Children's Literature. (Book ID 8336) $37.50

Aristophanes The Birds...An English Version by Dudley Fitts
Lion and Unicorn Press. (London). 1971.. Illustrated Wrappers. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Copy No. 337 of a limited edition. Black and white illustrations. Book measures 8 1/2 x 11 1/2. From the Introductory Note: "The Birds was produced at the feast of the Great Dionysia of 414 BC, and although it is certainly the most fanciful and one of the most lyrical of Aristophanes' plays, it won only the second prize". "The Birds is not a play of escape; it is too honestly aware of its time for that; but it is primarily an entertainment, and as such, I think, it should be read and weighed". Persons represented include: Euelpides; Pisthetairos; A bird servant; A poet; A decree-vendor; A parricide; An informer; Prometheus; Poseidon; A Triballian god; etc. Children's Books. Illustrated Books. Literature. Literary Works. Fantasy. Fiction. Humor. (Book ID 595) $75.00

Bacon, Francis The Essayes or Counsels Civill & Morall
The Limited Editions Club. New York. 1944.. Cloth Backed Decorative Boards. Francis Bacon -- Baron of Verulam; Viscount Saint Alban. With an Introduction by Christopher Morley. No. 1060 of 1100 copies signed by Bruce Rogers. Printed at the Press of William E. Rudge's Sons. In folding box. Gilt edged pages. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Some unopened pages. 190 pages. Measures 8 3/4 x 13. Bacon published the first edition of these Essays in 1597. Essays on: Truth; Death; Unitie in Religion; Parents and Children; Marriage and Single Life; Envie; Travaile; Cunning; Regiment of Health; etc. Illustrated Books. English Literature. Literary Works. Writings. (Book ID 549) $100.00

Bone, Gertrude Mr. Paul
Jonathan Cape. London. 1921. Cloth with Dust Wrapper. Illustrated by Bone, Stephen. 750 copies signed by author and artist. Illustrations. Book has spine label; uncut page sides and bottoms. Illustrated dust wrapper; slight chipping to spine top and corners; small damp stains front cover; large damp stain bottom rear corner. From the dust wrapper: "The function of this book is to show familiar peasants 'in position,' as it were, neither frustrated idealists nor clowns, but human beings expressing the common human needs and feelings in the language inevitable to their circumstance; their lives influenced, not so greatly by love as by work, their most exalted types reaching their highest articulation in religion". Illustrated Books. Literature. Literary Works. Novel. Fiction. Story. Peasants. (Book ID 4499) $37.50

Bonsels, Waldemar Heaven Folk
Thomas Seltzer. New York. 1924. First American Edition. Cloth in Dust Wrapper. Illustrated dust wrapper; chipping spine top and bottom; stain spine top; tape on back. Uncut page edges. Offsetting to front and back end papers. Tear bottom page 47, text unaffected. Ink notation front end paper. Translation of this book by Adele Szold Seltzer. Poems done into English by Arthur Guiterman. Although written for adults, this book has also been adopted as a book for children. From the dust wrapper: "The main character is the Sprite..." "He has been banished from his own home and comes to live on earth among trees and plants, may-beetles, hedgehogs, frogs, owls, larks, foxes, and other animals. Each chapter, narrating some vivid dramatic incident among the animals as witnessed by the Sprite, is an almost complete story within the story which tells of the Sprite's quest for his ideal. For the Sprite is an exquisite knight of the sout, a Galahad of the fairy world". Children's Books. A Sprite. Fairy. Knight. Nature. Forest Creatures. (Book ID 4493) $37.50

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