Editore: Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1901
Da: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. heavy cover wear and soil, corners and top and bottom of spine heavily bumped, rubbed and rounded with some loss of paper cover and boards, ink writing on front free end paper and 1.5" x 1/2" piece of paper stuck near center of spine and staples starting to leave small marks, scattered light soiling on a few pages, unpaginated, short stories and poems with holiday themes set in a decorative border with 6 color illustrations of children in Victorian style dress Size: 9 x 11.
Editore: FREDERICK A. STOKES, NEW YORK, 1900
Da: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK BROWN. Condizione: LEATHER FAIR CONDITION. F.M. SPIEGLE AND OTHERS (illustratore). Frederick A. Stokes. Hardcover. Book Condition: . Four Maud Humphrey color ills of brides in wedding gowns and four lovely color plates of roses, orchids, etc by Paul Longpre + 30b&w ills. This is a full leather binding with the initials of bride and groom and wedding date of April 9, 1907 gold stamped on front cover. Mounted in front are professional portraits of thebride, Elizabeth Boyd and groom, Elmer Ellsworth Rodenbaugh. They are apparently from prominent Philadelphia families as they received 127 (!) wedding gifts--gift and gift givers all named. And oh yes, 12 engagement gifts as well. Mounted or laid in are the ledding invitation, lists of guests, photos of the decorated premesis at which the wedding was held (looks like a private home), a mounted pressed orchid from the ceremony, a heart-shaped swatch of fabric from the wessing gown, 14 other swatches probably from the gowns of bridesmaids and others, and place setting-type namecards which are color illustrations mounted on thin slices of wood. There is also a description of their wedding journey from Phila to NY where they stayed at the Holland hOuse and strolled on Fifth Ave and went for a ride in Central Park.Leather cover is scuffed w chips off spine ends.ll page edges gilt and internally VG. DATE PUBLISHED: 1900 EDITION:
Editore: FREDERICK A STROKES COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1900
Da: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK WHITE. Condizione: FAIR. F M SPIEGLE AND OTHERS (illustratore). gilt decorated cover and lettering on spine, all edges gilt, eight illustration in color, covers spotted and rubbed, "A souvenir of the wedding with eight illustrations in color also thirty illustrations in black and white by T.M. Spiegle and others" Four color plates of brides by Maud Humphrey and four color plates of flowers by Paul deLongpre DATE PUBLISHED: 1900 EDITION: UNPAGINATED.