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Inscribed to H.G. Wells, from W.W. Jacobs in ink on the front free endpaper. First Edition, 8vo. original pictorial brick red cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in black and gold, fore- edge rough-trimmed, bottom edge untrimmed. 38 illustrations by Will Owen. 3 pages of adverts at rear, Minor wear with some spotting. Good Copy.

Inscribed to H.G. Wells, from W.W. Jacobs, in ink on the dedication page from Jacobs. London: Methuen & Co., 1901. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-295 [296: blank] + 48-page publisher's catalog dated "April 1901" inserted at rear, twelve inserted plates with illustrations by Will Owen and others, original pictorial brick red cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in black and gold, fore- edge rough-trimmed, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. This collection of Jacob's seaport fiction includes a single supernatural story, "Jerry Bundler." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 895. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 279. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Endpapers darkened, Good copy.

London: William Heinemann Ltd / Windmill Press, 1951. first Facimilie. full Morocco. THE FORSYTE SAGAJohn GalsworthyFORE-EDGE PAINTINGPublished by William Heinemann Ltd / Windmill Press 1951This is the 1951 reprint from 1922 including folding family tree chart as frontice.1042pp not illustrated as per the original 1922 edition. Bound in full red straight grain Morocco for Henry Sotherans, Ltd. With tipped in signature of John Galsworthy dated March 11 1916.Fore-Edge painting is the view of Richmond Bridge, London. Beautifully painted showing the bridge and its quaint surroundings.The Forsyte Saga was first published in its entirety in 1922; the illustrated single volume edition with Anthony Gross's highly acclaimed drawings was first published in 1950. The Forsyte Saga earned Galsworthy the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, and his tales of the vicissitudes of a large upper-middle-class English family have been adapted under various guises for film and television, including the 1949 Hollywood film… Read More

ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 1492 - 1897. HERSCHEL V. JONES. Vols. I & II, plus checklist (1473 - 1926). With a preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames. 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Uniformly bound in cloth bindings. Externally in excellent condition, with some light shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. A three volume set of works on Americana of Herschel V Jones. AMERICANA complete in two volumes with a supplementary checklist volume issued at a later date. With 300 photographic plates. Herschel V Jones was a publisher of the Minneapolis Journal for twenty years, and a noted book collector. He is best known for his collection of Americana. His collection of 1700 volumes, primarily first editions, covered 400 years of American history dating back to Columbus.

Full Green straight-grained morocco marbled end papers. Gilt Spine, Engraved frontispiece portrait of George III. All edges gilt. Collated: xxxi, iii, 380 pages, 12 engraved portraits.Fore-Edge of Yarmouth Isle of WhiteThe Foredge is of outstanding intricacy a detailed painting of Yarmouth showing sail boats and the port in the background, and a small tri mast sailboat in the foreground under full sail and crew battling the strong off shore winds of the Isle of white.Yarmouth is a town, port and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar river. The town grew near the river crossing, originally a ferry, which was replaced with a road bridge in 1863. Yarmouth has been a settlement for over a thousand years, and is one of the earliest on the island. The first account of the settlement is in Æthelred the Unready's record of the Danegeld tax of 991, when it was called Eremue, meaning "muddy… Read More