1880, ISBN: e42c38609b3d72dae7b8d85a39439536

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 41.53], [PU: James R. Osgood and Company, Boston], GIFT BOOK, Original brown cloth decorated in gilt, grey, and black, all edges gilt with beveled edge… More...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 41.53], [PU: James R. Osgood and Company, Boston], GIFT BOOK, Original brown cloth decorated in gilt, grey, and black, all edges gilt with beveled edges; tissue-guarded frontispiece of 'Fair Rosamond' by Mary Hallock Foote. 4to; 9 inches tall; 103 pages. Illustrated with plates and in-text drawings by a host of late 19th century illustrators. The bindings are tight and square, front hinge starting though still strong. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. A Dream of Fair Women is a poem by Alfred Tennyson. It was written and published in 1833 as "A Legend of Fair Women", but was heavily revised for republication under its present tile in 1842. The opening lines of the poem are: As when a man, that sails in a balloon, Downlooking sees the solid shining ground. Perhaps no poem proves more strikingly the scrupulous care which Tennyson took to improve what he thought susceptible of improvement. The poem was inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women (1384). Both works feature Cleopatra and deal with the misfortunes of illustrious women. Samuel Beckett's 1932 Dream of Fair to Middling Women parodies Tennyson's title and alludes to his and Chaucer's poems. A 1920 American short film with this title directed by Wilfrid North credits Tennyson. The film features four winners of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's 1919 "Fame and Fortune" contest, which included Virginia Brown Faire.<

1907, ISBN: e42c38609b3d72dae7b8d85a39439536

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Publishers, Indianapolis, IN], WOMEN, ART, ILLUSTRATED, AMERICANA, Arguably a better artist than the more well-known Charles Dana Gibs… More...

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Publishers, Indianapolis, IN], WOMEN, ART, ILLUSTRATED, AMERICANA, Arguably a better artist than the more well-known Charles Dana Gibson of Gibson Girl fame, Fisher's art nouveau illustrations defined the period. This Fine condition, slightly oversized volume (7 x 9.75 inches) is the first 1907 edition by Bobbs-Merrill, per the copyright and title pages. (The Grosset & Dunlap imprint appears on the books' spine. The logical conclusion is that Grosset bought the original boards from Bobbs-Merrill. ) This is an unusual edition, since most Grossets are not dated 1907. The book features thick, glossy paper full of poetry by Tennyson, Riley, Longfellow, Burns, Byron, and several other giants of the era. Features full-color full-page plates of women, one for each poem, 21 altogether, including the frontispiece. One plate is loose but undamaged. Included is the front cardboard plate of the books's original box, which matches the book's cover. Fisher's glorious art decorated some of the finest postcards of the era., Books<

1907, ISBN: e42c38609b3d72dae7b8d85a39439536

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Grosset & Dunlap], POETRY LITERATURE POEMS VERSE POETIC POETS, Front hinge repaired, spine faded. 1907 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Brown cloth, picture plate m… More...

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Grosset & Dunlap], POETRY LITERATURE POEMS VERSE POETIC POETS, Front hinge repaired, spine faded. 1907 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Brown cloth, picture plate mounted on front board. A collection of poetry, with color illustrations by Harrison Fisher and decorative borders by E. Stetson Crawford.<

1880, ISBN: e42c38609b3d72dae7b8d85a39439536

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1880. 1st Edition. Publisher's Cloth. Near Fine. Small 4to., 103pp. Beautiful First Edition bound in brown cloth with intricate stamped borders and decoration o… More...

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1880. 1st Edition. Publisher's Cloth. Near Fine. Small 4to., 103pp. Beautiful First Edition bound in brown cloth with intricate stamped borders and decoration on front board. Beveled edges. Titles in stamped in gilt on front board and spine. a.e.g. Dozens of full-page and in-text illustrations. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild wear to spine ends and tips. Prize award sticker from the Carroll Institute of Reading PA on the front paste-down. Very well-preserved A very pretty collectable copy., James R. Osgood, 1880, 4<