New Arrivals

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. First edition. Original beige cloth with wrapper severed at spine. Inscribed by the author, Eli Stanley Jones (1884ñ1973) theologian, and author, noted for his inter-religious lectures to the educated classes in India, thousands of which were held across the Indian subcontinent during the first decades..... (Item #5024)

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. First edition. Original red embossed cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Inscribed ownership six lines, by Oakley in her attractive script on front pastedown, dated 1935. Violet Oakley, American artist, life-long friend and collaborator with Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green, and the..... (Item #5022)

Cambridge: University Press, 1948. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, and in original printed dust wrappers. Violet Oakley's Copy, attractively calligraphed on front free endsheet in six lines by Oakley. Violet Oakley, American artist, life-long friend and collaborator with Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green, and..... (Item #5019)

Le. "Things Seen in America," Privately Printed, 1920,12mo Printed card wrappers, inscribed to Violet Oakley; "The Colour of Youth," blue decorated cloth, London, 1924, "To Violet Oakley, From Helen Friedlaender, August, 1929." "Verses," Privately Printed, brown paper covered boards, paper label on cover. "To Violet Oakley with love from Lucy..... (Item #5017)

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1928. First edition. Original salmon colored paper covered boars, blue cloth spine with paper label, illustrated endpapers. Inscribed by the author to Violet Oakley: "To Violet Oakley from her affectionate Rann, February, 1931/ 'The real thing, underneath, that changes everything.' (h sec) Charles Rann Kennedy."..... (Item #5015)

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First edition. Original gray cloth, black lettering. Inscribed by Singmaster, noted Philadelphia author who had collaborated with Elizabeth Shippen Green on a book which the former provided illustrations. "For Miss Violet Oakley from Elsie Singmaster Lewan, November, 1926. Violet Oakley, American artist, life-long..... (Item #5012)

Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1902 & 1912. 12mo. Brown cloth, beveled boards, gilt lettering. 1902 Edition, Violet Oakley's Copy, signed and dated May, 1902. 1912 Edition: Edith Emerson's Copy, Inscribed by Oakley: "Edith Emerson/Philadelphia/1919/ from/Violet/Oakley." Violet Oakley, American artist, life-long friend and collaborator with Jessie Willcox Smith and..... (Item #5010)

Privately Printed by the Author, 1910, 1913. 12mo. Beige and light blue wrappers, the latter with decorated borders and gilt lettering. Dilworth published several poems, such as "The Cup of Joy", "Les Sonnets Celestes", and "Ode to Morning", but desired to remain an independent poet rather than a poet-for-profit. With..... (Item #5008)

Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent, The Chautauqua-Century Press, 1895. First edition. Large 4to. Bound in superb three-quarter full dark brown smooth calf (recent), preserving both original covers, gilt lettering on cover and spine, blind stamped design motifs. Original maroon and beige marbled endpapers. This is the first complete narrative of..... (Item #5006)

Hand-crafted by Johanna Birkenruth, Morocco Leather Lined Revolving Book Case. Completely Covered in Morocco Hand-Tooled Leather by Birkenruth (signed in two places with her gilt signature pallet laid into one of the leather compartments. This is a fabulous, one-of-a-kind, Arts & Crafts style revolving bookcase, by Johanna Birkenruth, master British..... (Item #5004)

Three pages. 8vo. Oct 1, 1903, A very scarce three-page autograph letter signed by Sarah Prideaux to a "M? Norman,î [sic], and with an appended note from the recipient added on the last page. The letter invites the recipient to visit and see her work. Interestingly, it appears she is..... (Item #5001)

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1910. Exquisitely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full dark blue crushed morocco with elaborate gilt tooled and onlaid petal designs around a central gilt wreath that surrounds the title, including gilt butterflies and stippling. Spine gilt in six compartments which have elaborate gilt design work..... (Item #4998)

London: Henry Frowde, 1906. Attractively bound by W. H. Smith, noted British bookbinder, under the direction of Douglas Cockerell, in pebbled maroon morocco featuring designs on all four corners of both covers consisting of leaves and one Tudor rose. Light green marbled endpapers and gilt-tooled dentelles. Signed by Smith, "WHS"..... (Item #4996)