Displayed below are some selected recent viaLibri matches for books published in 1920

H.G.Wells
        Autogramm mit Ansicht des Hauses von Wells ca. 1920 - Autor von die Zeitmaschine,Weltliteratur
      H.G.Wells - Foto Karte ca. 1920 Herbert George,Wells engl. Schriftsteller ( 1866 - 1946 ) Original Hand signiert ca. 11 x 8,5 cm. Karte mit Abb.des Hauses wo Wells lebte,sehr guter Zustand. Bekannt wurde H.G.Wells u.a. durch die Science- Fiction Romane " Die Zeitmaschine " und " Krieg der Welten. Rares Autogramm Der Versand erfogt als Einschreiben für 4,00 in Europa - Übersee 8,00 versichert Wer es als versichertes Paket möchte bitte um Info ! Privatverkauf keine Rücknahme.Garantie auf Originalität

      [Bookseller: Mundgeruch]

Spencer, Fanny Bixby
        The Jazz Of Patriotism (An Anti-War Play)
      Long Beach: Geo. W. Moyle Pub. Co., 1920. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vi, 119 Pp. Orange Cloth, Stamped In Black. No Date Of Publication Indicated But Author's Preface Dated December 1920. Anti-War Drama With Excellent Short Introduction By Southern California's (Ok, My)O Favorite Upper Class Secular Humanist. Light Wear And Dust To Covers, Lettering Undamaged, Hinges Tight. Odd Diagonal Marks On Free Endpapers In Blue Pencil, "Tpp" Bracketed By Backwards Letters Sigma, With Tiny Circle Enclosing An N Placed Between Bottom Of Letters T And The First P On Both Pages.

      [Bookseller: Arroyo Seco Books]

RACKHAM (Arthur), PERRAULT (Charles)
        La Belle au Bois dormant. D'après Ch. Perrault. Avec illustrations par Arthur Rackham.
      - Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1920. In-4, 98 pp., cartonnage éditeur illustré (cartonnage un peu jauni, dos et coiffes un peu frottés). Edition de luxe, tirage limité à 400 exemplaires numérotés, et signés par Rackham. * Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s). *** Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du mardi au samedi de 14h à 19h. Si vous souhaitez passer à la librairie pour un livre, merci de nous prévenir au préalable, l'ensemble du stock visible en ligne n'étant pas immédiatement consultable. *** Langue : Français

      [Bookseller: Chez les libraires associés]

        OFFERTA! DEDALO. RASSEGNA D'ARTE. 12 annate, Ugo Ojetti, 1920
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      [Bookseller: Messinissa libri]

Capek, Karel
        RUR. Rossum's Universal Robots: kolektivní drama o vstupní komedii a trech aktech [a collective play in three acts and a prologue]
      Aventinum, Prague 1920 - Octavo (22 × 14.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Josef apek; 96, [3] pp. Very light wear and sun-tanning to wrappers; an unusually well-preserved copy. The rare first edition of Capek's most famous work, a groundbreaking science fiction play in which the word 'robot' was used for the first time. With the striking woodcut cover design by the author's brother and close collaborator, Josef Capek, as well as his publisher's mark and vignette to the title page. It was Josef, in fact, whom Karel credited with coining the term, based on Czech robota, meaning 'hard labor' or 'slavery.' "Capek's invention of the contemporary idea of the robot was a direct response to the radical cultural and economic transformations produced by increasing industrialisation. Rather than the spectacle of mechanical life made by man, as seen on the eighteenth-century stage, R.U.R. reflected the glowing fears that man himself had become machine" (Elizabeth Stephens, "We Have Always Been Robots," in robots and art, p. 34). A great success locally, the play was translated and performed throughout the world almost immediately. One of 2000 copies printed. Decidedly scarce in such excellent condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Penka Rare Books, ILAB]

MANN, Thomas - NÜCKEL, Otto:
        Der kleine Herr Friedemann.
      - München, Phantasus-Verlag 1920. 58 S. m. 15 Original-Holzschnitten von Otto Nückel. Original-Halbpergamentband und Überzugspapier nach einem Holzschnitt von Nückel. 25,1 x 18,1 cm. Eins von 150 num. (gesamt 220) und von Thomas Mann und Otto Nückel sign. Exemplaren. Sehr gutes Exemplar. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Stefan Küpper]

G.MINASI
        L'ANTICA POESIA SEPOLCRALE LATINA STUDIO CRITICO
      ROMA: TIPOGRAFIA PONTIFICIA NELL'ISTITUTO PIO IX, 1920. RILEGATO. BUONO. 16 23. USATO

      [Bookseller: Controcorrente Group srl BibliotecadiBab]

Wilde, Oscar
        THE SPHINX
      London/NewYork: John Lane, 1920. First limited edition (1 of 1,000); illustrated and decorated by Alastair. Thin folio in beige hardcovers with heavy gold gilt; VG; covers moderately soiled; strong binding; previous owner's penciled inscription on ffep; printed on parchment paper with deckle edges; eight drawings in color and 35 monochrome; scarce; press stones were destroyed during the German invasion of Belgium; shelved in Case 0; IR consignment. Dupont.

      [Bookseller: Second Story Books]

HAAS, Erna (1896-1990)
        Hanselima. Illustriert von Erna Haas.
      Bern und Biel, Verlag von Ernst Kuhn (Vevey, Graphische Kunstanstalt Säuberlin & Pfeiffer A.-G.), o.J. (um 1920), - kl. in-8vo, Vortitel + Titelblatt + 43 Blatt mit farbigen Illustrationen, zusätlich 1 Buchzeichen ?Hanselima? mit Bild & Text in Mundart, Original-gepresster Kartoneinband mit Farbillustration, Rücken oben mit Abriss, Original Umschlag ausgeschnitten beigelegt (Vorne und Hinten) Erste Ausgabe. Selten. Der Hanselima hat 3 Auflagen erlebt, die fast alle kaputtgelesen wurden. Es ist ja bekannt, dass ein Buch in Kinderhand nicht lange lebt! Die Erstausgabe ist selten und wurde durch die ?Graphische Kunstanstalt Säuberlin & Pfeiffer A.-G, Vevey? gedruckt. Laut handschriflichen Aufzeichnungen von Erna Haas mit dem Titel ?Was ich vo mim Hanselima dänke?, verfasste sie dieses Büchlein für ihren kleinen Bruder. Die Sprüchli stammen ursprünglich von ihrer Grossmutter aus Zug, die ihr diese früher in ihrer ?Muetersprach? (Mundart) vorgesagt hat. Diese hat sie dann (um 1920) ?zeichnet und gmoled? (also keine ?Linolschnitte? - wie im Lexikon SBI, oder ?Originalholzschnitte? wie bei Thierstein Antiquariat beschrieben). Neben diesem einzigen Büchlein hat Erna Haas Möbel und Türen gemalt (Bauernmalerei) und vor allem hat sie sich der Glasmalerei hingegeben. Ihre Werke wurden im Geschäft ?Clef du Pays? in Fribourg von einheimischen und auswärtigen Touristen aus Japan, Amerika und sogar von Besuchern aus Ländern hinter dem eisernen Vorhang gekauft. Die Referenzen stammen von ihrem Sohn, Herrn Edouard Wassmer (geb. 1927), zur Zeit Nachbar unseres Geschäfts in Freiburg (CH). (Herr Ed. Wassmer ist 2013 gestorben).Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Lexikon Schweizer Bilderbuch-Illustratoren 32 (mit Anmerkung: biographische Daten nicht bekannt); Martin Kaiser: Swiss Picture Books (1998) S. 25; Nicht bei Weilenmann. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.]

Singer, H. W. [Hans Wolfgang].
        Die moderne Graphik. Eine Darstellung für deren Freunde und Sammler.
      Leipzig, E. A. Seemann, 1920. . Eines von 200 Exemplaren der VORZUGSAUSGABE, mit 4 Original-Radierungen: Edouard Manet: Seifenblasen, Max Klinger: Kauernde, Max Slevogt: Löwe und Tiger und William Strang: Landschaft. Die Radierungen wurden auf unterschiedlichen Papieren abgezogen (Bütten, Japan, Karton). Über Kunst und Künstler in Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz, Großbritannien, den Niederlanden, Amerika, den nordischen Ländern u. Frankreich 1880-1910. Mit Anhang über graphische Techniken sowie Register. - Einband m. wenigen kl.. Bereibungen, Rücken u. VDeckel tls. lichtspurig. Gutes, sauberes Exemplar

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel]

HAAS, Erna (1896-1990)
        Hanselima. Illustriert von Erna Haas.
      Bern und Biel, Verlag von Ernst Kuhn (Vevey, Graphische Kunstanstalt Säuberlin & Pfeiffer A.-G.), o.J. (um 1920), - kl. in-8vo, Vortitel + Titelblatt + 43 Blatt mit farbigen Illustrationen, 1 Blatt mit Riss restauriert, auf Vortitel und Titelblatt Stempel ?Swiss benevolent society of New York? Ex-Libris auf Buchdeckelinnenseite ?Property of Bibliotheca Helvetica Inc. Swiss Library New York?, innenseite hinten kleiner Papiertasche für ?Bibliothekszettel?, Original-gepresster Kartoneinband mit Farbillustration (Rücken unten etwas restauriert), insges. schönes Exemplar. Erste Ausgabe. Selten. Der Hanselima hat 3 Auflagen erlebt, die fast alle kaputtgelesen wurden. Es ist ja bekannt, dass ein Buch in Kinderhand nicht lange lebt! Die Erstausgabe ist selten und wurde durch die ?Graphische Kunstanstalt Säuberlin & Pfeiffer A.-G, Vevey? gedruckt. Laut handschriflichen Aufzeichnungen von Erna Haas mit dem Titel ?Was ich vo mim Hanselima dänke?, verfasste sie dieses Büchlein für ihren kleinen Bruder. Die Sprüchli stammen ursprünglich von ihrer Grossmutter aus Zug, die ihr diese früher in ihrer ?Muetersprach? (Mundart) vorgesagt hat. Diese hat sie dann (um 1920) ?zeichnet und gmoled? (also keine ?Linolschnitte? - wie im Lexikon SBI, oder ?Originalholzschnitte? wie bei Thierstein Antiquariat beschrieben). Neben diesem einzigen Büchlein hat Erna Haas Möbel und Türen gemalt (Bauernmalerei) und vor allem hat sie sich der Glasmalerei hingegeben. Ihre Werke wurden im Geschäft ?Clef du Pays? in Fribourg von einheimischen und auswärtigen Touristen aus Japan, Amerika und sogar von Besuchern aus Ländern hinter dem eisernen Vorhang gekauft. Die Referenzen stammen von ihrem Sohn, Herrn Edouard Wassmer (geb. 1927), war zur Zeit Nachbar unseres Geschäfts (2014 gestorben). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.]

WALSH, RICHARD
        KIDDIE-KAR BOOK
      - (STILWELL (WEBER),SARAH)illus. KIDDIE-KAR BOOK by Richard Welsh. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1920). Oblong 4to (11 1/2 x 9 1/2"), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed). 1st and probably only edition of this charming picture book composed of a series of nine poems meant to be read out loud to children. Each page of verse has a lovely detailed pictorial border by Stilwell and there are 9 fine color plates plus pictorial endpapers and other smaller line illustrations - all featuring small children and most with the theme of the child's kiddie-kar rider as well. A rare children's book by this Brandywine artist, especially in the dust wrapper. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc. - ABAA]

BELL, Vanessa.
        Tommy's Nurse'
      Circa s 1920 - Water-colour life-study on paper of a young nurse in uniform, estate VB stamp, label for the Bloomsbury Workshop to verso, 7 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (18.5 x 16cm). One of 33 illustrations Bell made for her late mother's unpublished collection of children's stories, titled Emlycaunt. Bell's, mother, Julia Stephen (1846-1895) was a philanthropist and a Pre-Raphaelite model, the second wife of the biographer Leslie Stephen and mother of six children including Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. Vanessa Bell (1879-1961), widely acclaimed as a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group, she was a modernist painter and pivotal player in 20th century British Art. The eldest of four children and sister to renowned writer Virginia Woolf, Bell was encouraged from a young age to pursue her individual talents. In 1901 she began studying at the Royal Academy Schools, under the tutelage of John Singer Sargent, amongst others.

      [Bookseller: Shapero Rare Books]

MARIE Reine de Roumanie JOB
        KILDINE. Histoire d'une méchante petite princesse. Préface de Robert de Flers.
      1920 - Tours Mame et Fils sans date vers 1920. In folio 2 feuillets non chiffrés V-XII 1-95pp. Demi maroquin acajou à coins signés, dos à 4 nerfs rehaussés d'un filet doré, entrenerfs élégamment ornés d'une couronne dorée sur un semis d'étoiles, pièce de titre ocre, pièce grenat en queue avec le nom de l'illustrateur, tête dorée, non rogné, plats de la belle couverture illustrée en couleurs conservés, reliure de l'éditeur. Abondamment et très joliment illustré par Job en noir et en couleurs. Rare. Bel exemplaire frais, bien complet du texte et des illustrations, dans son élégante reliure de l'éditeur en très bon état. Rare édition de ce joli conte, très bien mis en valeur par les beaux dessins de Job. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Nouvene Sylvie]

Rackham, Arthur; C.S. Evans
        Sleeping Beauty.
      London: William Heinemann, 1920. Signed limited deluxe edition. Quarto, original half vellum over cream boards, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. One of 625 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham. Printed on English hand-made paper with an additional color plate. Illustrations: 25 full page silhouettes, comprising 9 in color (frontispiece and 4 double plates)--and 16 in black (including 4 double illustrations); one mounted colored plate; silhouette head-and tail-pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text, in black. In very good condition. "Rackham's fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years" (Hodnett, 233). Like his Cinderella (1919), The Sleeping Beauty relied "almost wholly for [its] effect on silhouette... Rackham [was] a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going" (Hamilton, 118).

      [Bookseller: Raptis Rare Books]

Rackham, illus.] Stephens James
        IRISH FAIRY TALES
      London Macmillan 1920 - LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of 520 numbered copies SIGNED by illustrator Arthur Rackham. With 16 very fine colour plates and 21 black and white illustrations within the text by Arthur Rackham. Large 4to, in the publisher's original deluxe limited edition binding of vellum backed parchment covered boards, lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on both upper cover and spine, t.e.g. Now housed in a fine custom clamshell box of maroon cloth over boards with a morocco label gilt lettered. x, 318 pp. A very fine copy, unusually bright and fresh, the binding clean, the covers and spine much brighter and more clean than is the usual. The textblock in fine order, the plates fresh and very well preserved. An excellent copy. THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION, IN THE SIGNED LIMITED FORMAT AND IN A WONDERFUL STATE OF PRESERVATION. Rackham’s friend James Stephens wrote his collection of Irish Stories drawing from a rich oral tradition and also from the original Gaelic texts. He succeeded in presenting the old tales in a poetic and accessible form for the general modern reader. The collection is an excellent introduction to traditional Irish Fairy Stories and includes: The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, The Boyhood of Fionn, The Carl of the Drab Coat, Mongan’s Frenzy, and many more. Rackham brought forth another collection of dazzling and imaginative illustrations. The Dublin Independent wrote a warm review of Rackham’s Irish Fairy Tales: "We read English tales with appreciation because pictures have familiarized us with English imagery. A Fenian tale lacks imagery because we have no art to give it colour and shape to what are presently only names. Some of Mr. Rackham’s pictures are pure poems - they set you dreaming." [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. ABAA]

Shaw, George Bernard
        Drop-title] Playwrights and Amateurs
      (np 1920 - First edition, First printing (with "asking": on the first line only, one of 100. (28 x 15.5 cm). 1 vols. Laurence A157 First edition, First printing (with "asking": on the first line only, one of 100. [Attributes: First Edition]

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA]

Dos Passos, John
        One Man's Initiation
      London: Allen & Unwin, 1920. First edition, first issue with type broken on page 35, line 32. Some offsetting to the second blank, some fading to the book spine, still about Fine in like dust jacket with light rubbing at the spine ends. A very nice copy of the author's first book, preceding the American edition, documenting his impressions of the First World War. Housed in a custom slipcase. about Fine in about Fine dust jacket. about Fine in about Fine dust jacket.

      [Bookseller: Whitmore Rare Books]

Campbell, Victor and Silas Wright
        AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM VICTOR CAMPBELL TO FELLOW EXPEDITION MEMBER SILAS WRIGHT.
      - TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION. January 28, 1920. Autographed note from Victor Campbell to "Silas" Wright, responding to a question about the time kept by the Northern Party in comparison with the Main Party, even though they had been in different time zones. Lieutenant Victor Campbell was First Officer on Scott's Terra Nova Expedition. After arriving in Antarctica his role was to lead an Eastern party of six men to explore and carry out scientific work in King Edward VII Land, to the east of The Barrier (known today as the Ross Ice Shelf). On the 26th of January 1911, Campbell's party left on the Terra Nova. After failing to find a suitable landing site on the King Edward VII Land shore, Campbell decided to sail to Victoria Land. On its return westward, Terra Nova encountered Amundsen's expedition camped in the Bay of Whales, an inlet in the Barrier. After returning to Cape Evans and informing Scott of Amundsen's location, Campbell's party was renamed the Northern Party and set off again, sailing northwards and landing at Robertson's Bay, near Cape Adare. They built a hut and wintered at Cape Adare but due to the sea ice conditions were unable to fulfill much of their intended explorations scheduled for the summer of 1912. In January of 1912, Terra Nova returned from New Zealand, and transferred the party of Campbell, Raymond Priestley, G.M. Levick, G.P. Abbott, H. Dickason, and F.V. Browning to Evans Cove, 400 km south of Cape Adare and 320 km northwest of Cape Evans. However, they only had sledging provisions for six weeks with the intention of completing the geological work in a couple of weeks. After the work was done they were left with rations for about four weeks. It was not anticipated the ship would have trouble picking them up as arranged in February, but the Terra Nova could not reach them due to heavy pack ice. Unable to connect with their ship, the Northern Party was forced to winter in Antarctica yet again. They built an ice cave on Inexpressible Island where they spent the winter in miserable conditions, supplementing their rations by killing scarce seal and penguins. On the 30th of September 1912, they set off for Cape Evans, finally arriving on the 7th November after crossing more than 320km of sea ice. After learning of the death of Scott and the entire Polar Party, as the senior remaining Naval officer, Campbell assumed command of the Terra Nova Expedition for its final weeks.

      [Bookseller: Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller ABAC & PBFA]

SINCERE CO., SHANGHAI LTD.]
        PANORAMIC VIEW SHANGHAI, CHINA. [Three-Color Postcards Attached in a Single Pano
      - [Shanghai n. d. ca. 1920's, Sincere Co.]. A three-postcard color panoramic view of Shanghai, in full color, minor loss to folds, 42 x 18.6 cm., manufacturd by Cardinell Vincent Co., San Francisco, verso unused made to fold up. OBSCURE ! *** *** *** . . . AN EARLY COLOR THREE-POST CARD PANORAMA OF SHANGHAI . . . RARE ORIGINAL VIEW . * This is a very unusual item. It consists of three color postcards joined at the edges in two places, that is to say a single oblong item, folding twice to make it an ordinary postcard size, easy for mailing. . * THE PANORAMIC VIEW: This shows the Huang Poo river from Pudong island looking over the river to the Bund. A lovely early view of the foreign buildings. . * The verso states: "Pub by Sincere Co, shanghai. Ltd Shanghai, China; Manuf. by Cardinell. Vincent Co., san Francisco, US.A." Along with the usual things post cards say and nothing else. The front states on the lower left of the first card: "PANORAMA VIEW SHANGHAI, CHINA." . * RARITY: This item is complete as issue, in three joined parts, which then fold down to a single post card size. . This is a very rare item when found un-separated from each other, in the original published condition. One occasionally may find one or two of these separated, but to find it complete in all its glory is difficult ! Found in such nice condition is even more unusual ! . * CONDITION: This is in excellent condition, there is minor loss of some color and image on the folds on the front, There is a feint bend on the first post card to the left, but not major. otherwise no issues. *

      [Bookseller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB]

        Acquafortisti Italiani.
      1920 - Bologna, 1920; 3 voll., br., pp. 34, 457 tavv. b/n num. f.t. L'opera è cosi' composta: Vol. I, pp. (22), con una racccolta di 125 tavv. di 30 artisti del Novecento (Baglioni, Bartolini, Boglione, Brugnoli, Carbonati, Casanova, Croatto, ecc.) Rriproduzione di 32 incisioni di 20 artisti dell'800 (Bianchi, Conconi, Fattori, Fontanesi, Piccinni, Rayper, Signorini, ecc,). Vol. II: pp. (6), con la riproduz. di 160 incisioni di 45 artisti (Bucci, Casanova, D'Achiardi, Disertori, Fagiuoli, Ferro, Fegarotti, Forghieri, Galetti, Giorgi, Gorni, Graziosi, Grondona, Guaccimanni, Lipinsky, Mainini, Maselli, Mentessi, ecc.). Vol. III: pp. (6), con la riproduz. di 172 incisioni di 52 artisti (Mauroner, Mazzoni-Zarini, Melis-Marini, Papalia, Passauro, Petrucci, Pietra, Roeder, Rossini, Ulvi Liegi, Vatteroni, Vitalini, Viviani, Lega, Soffici, ecc.). Quadro ampio e preciso della incisione italiana su rame e su zinco, a morsura e a bulino, con particolare riferimento ai moderni, senza dimenticare alcuni maestri dell'Ottocento. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Libro Co. Italia Srl]

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor; Willy Pogany (illustrator)
        THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER In Seven Parts
      London: George G. Harrap, 1920. Deluxe edition. Stunning work of art. Quarto. 9 3/4 in (25 cm) tall; unpaginated. No date, circa 1920. Printed by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. Fine binding in olive green morocco with bright gold-stamped ornamentation, lettering and jewel-toned accents to front cover; bright gold-stamped illustrations and letters to spine. Hand sewn headbands. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. As befitting Coleridge's dramatic epic poem, Willy Pogany has extensively gilt tooled the spine and front cover with pictures including a ship of color leather inlays and has fully decorated every page. To paraphrase Vadeboncoeur, "Willy Pogany's art nouveau masterpiece. The large format allowed Pogany to pull out all the stops. Each page is at least two colors, sometimes with a gilt plate and usually an intricate border added. Extra-elaborate initials started each page, with simply ornate capitals for the beginning of each line. An illuminated title page, 20 tipped-in color plates, the second color added to the black and white plates, the flowing calligraphic text, and the numerous pen & ink drawings throughout make this special." Tight binding. Square corners. Fine tipped-in plates. Heavy stock, cream pages largely clean and unmarred with no bookplate, writing, salient marks, or tears; no loose pages. Clear protective cover. Crown and top corners chafed, rear cover with minor scratch, pastedowns with outer edges glue-toned, blanks foxed, pages and edges with intermittent light foxing, opening pages with light crease. Well-preserved, finely bound, epic poem lavishly illustrated by Willy Pogany. Vadeboncoeur, bpib online. Rarebookhub online. Very good+. No Jacket as issued.

      [Bookseller: Excelsa Scripta Rare Books]

Wagener, [Otto]:
        Von der Heimat geächtet. Im Auftrag der Deutschen Legion bearbeitet.
      1920 - 167 S. OBr. Mit 11 Skizzen und 1 Bild. Beiliegend kurzes Schriftstück von de Vries an von der Rey (?), wohl ehemaligen Angehörigen der Deutschen Legion; es geht um den Malteserorden in bläulicher statt schwarzer Emaille. Kartenlasche gerissen, Kartenskizzen aber vorhanden. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Johann Nadelmann Antiquariat]

Sedivy Yun, Franz (1888 - 1973):
        ROSA MYSTICA Original Painting
      Original Artwork [Unpublished]. c.1920. Gouache, watercolour, ink and collage on paper, laid down on board. Signed in full to the bottom right. Measuring 28.5 x 30 cms. The colours bright and unfaded. Signed and inscribed by the artist with the title to the reverse. A beautiful original painting from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Design School trained artist and heraldist Franz Šedivý Yun. His first exhibition was in 1919 and he worked as a theatre stage designer and restorer for various Copenhagen museums such as the National Museum, the Folklore Museum and Svanholm Castle. At the same time he cultivated his talent as a heraldist becoming a coat-of-arms painter for the Royal Order of Denmark between 1945 and 1967. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

      [Bookseller: Lucius Books]

EINSTEIN, Albert.
        Relativity - The Special and the General Theory: A popular Exposition.
      Methuen, London. 1920 - First U.K. edition. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. Octavo. pp xvi, 138. Frontispiece portrait and five diagrams. Eight-page publisher's catalogue at rear. The particular significance of this edition is that it has an extra chapter.Rear free endpaper a bit tanned. Spine faded. Very good. no dustwrapper. [Attributes: First Edition]

      [Bookseller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB]

Rackham, Arthur; C.S. Evans
        Sleeping Beauty.
      London: William Heinemann, 1920. Signed limited deluxe edition. Quarto, original half vellum over cream boards, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. One of 625 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham. Printed on English hand-made paper with an additional color plate. Illustrations: 25 full page silhouettes, comprising 9 in color (frontispiece and 4 double plates)--and 16 in black (including 4 double illustrations); one mounted colored plate; silhouette head-and tail-pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text, in black. In very good condition. "Rackham's fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years" (Hodnett, 233). Like his Cinderella (1919), The Sleeping Beauty relied "almost wholly for [its] effect on silhouette... Rackham [was] a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going" (Hamilton, 118).

      [Bookseller: Raptis Rare Books ]

CURTISS, Hazel
        [Archive]: Sketchbook and Bookplates
      Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 1920. Very Good. Sketchbook album and three engraved bookplates. Small quarto. Measuring 8" x 10". Quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper label on the front cover with the artist's name in manuscript: "Hazel Curtiss, Newton Centre, Mass." Some moderate wear (fraying) to the joints and board edges, very good. Accompanied by three printed bookplates (two designed by Curtiss), mounted and housed in a wood and glass frame (about 12" x 7"). Hazel Curtiss's working sketchbook album containing about 100 ink and pencil drawings: consisting of several original illustrations (of boy scouts and children), hand-sketched book art designs, vignettes, ornaments, etc., including allegorical figures, emblems, letter-forms and typographic devices, and illustrated title pages and bookplate designs; with related manuscript notes in text and laid-in. Most drawings are on thick artist's tissue paper (including several on paper): over 50 are mounted onto 35 leaves in the album (rectos and versos); and about 50 are laid-in. A comprehensive and accomplished collection, embracing a variety of classical and oriental grammars of ornament, human anatomy and costume; with many contemporary book illustrations and designs inspired by Walter Crane and Joseph Pennell, and costume designs inspired by Talbot Hughes.

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]

(ASHENDENE PRESS). BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI
        IL DECAMERON
      Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1920. ONE OF 80 PAPER COPIES FOR SALE (of 105 printed). There were six additional copies on vellum (according to Hornby's bibliography; Franklin says there were 10 such copies). More than seven years in production (owing partly to World War I), this elegant folio, like other large format Ashendene books, is sumptuous without being self-consciously grandiose. The strengths of the press are highlighted here: thick, creamy paper, elegant typeface and initials, and a stately page with vast margins. With one of the smallest press runs among the later Ashendene books, it is printed entirely in Italian (including even the colophon), a fact that did not prevent a copy from being destroyed in 1927 by the US post office in Kansas because of its immoral content. Because of their size and generally fragile materials, the large format linen-backed Ashendene books are now difficult to find except in unflattering condition. The binding here has done its job of protecting the text block admirably, and the contents are as fresh as the day they left the press.. 419 x 298 mm. (16 1/2 x 11 3/4"). xi, [1], 360 pp. ONE OF 80 PAPER COPIES FOR SALE (of 105 printed). There were six additional copies on vellum (according to Hornby's bibliography; Franklin says there were 10 such copies). Original linen-backed blue paper boards, printed paper label on spine, edges untrimmed. Fine printed initials in red and blue designed by Graily Hewitt for this edition. Text in Subiaco type printed in black, red, and blue. Prospectus and order form for "Ecclesiasticus" laid in at front. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilchrist Potter. Hornby 29; Franklin, pp. 124, 129-32, 239-40. Head edge of front board with narrow four-inch dampstain (not affecting interior), mild soiling of no consequence to boards, but the binding quite sound, and A BEAUTIFUL COPY INTERNALLY, entirely clean, smooth, and bright. More than seven years in production (owing partly to World War I), this elegant folio, like other large format Ashendene books, is sumptuous without being self-consciously grandiose. The strengths of the press are highlighted here: thick, creamy paper, elegant typeface and initials, and a stately page with vast margins. With one of the smallest press runs among the later Ashendene books, it is printed entirely in Italian (including even the colophon), a fact that did not prevent a copy from being destroyed in 1927 by the US post office in Kansas because of its immoral content. Because of their size and generally fragile materials, the large format linen-backed Ashendene books are now difficult to find except in unflattering condition. The binding here has done its job of protecting the text block admirably, and the contents are as fresh as the day they left the press.

      [Bookseller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Mediev]

(RUBÁIYÁT). FITZGERALD, EDWARD, Translator. WILLY POGANY, Illustrator. (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN-RIVIERE)
        RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM
      London: George G. Harrap & Co, ca. 1920. This is an attractively bound and illustrated edition of an enduring classic involving a Persian text, an English translator, and a Hungarian illustrator. The text is an uncertain but beautiful amalgam of the Medieval and the 19th century. Although we know that Omar Khayyám was an 11th century astrologer and mathematician, we are less certain about his poetic accomplishments, and very unsure if the text here was his work. What we do know is that the poetry is early, that it may have been Omar's, that it was translated into English in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald (1809-83), and that this lush and evocative translation has become a widely acclaimed work whose popularity has endured to the present day. First published anonymously, this translation is the chief work of FitzGerald, whose great wealth permitted him to devote his entire adult life to literature, especially translation. The ethereal illustrations are the work of Hungarian artist Willy Pogany (1882-1955), who immigrated in 1914 to America, where he found success as an illustrator and set designer known particularly for his depictions of exotic locales and ancient times. In addition to illustrating such works as "The Arabian Nights" and "The Golden Fleece," Pogany designed sets for the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway productions.. 214 x 132 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 3/8"). [56] leaves. Fine dark blue morocco, gilt, by Bayntun-Riviere, large mandorla on upper cover, raised bands, spine compartments with snake and chalice centerpiece, gilt titling, gilt-rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Leaves with frames and ornaments in sea green, and 16 color illustrations mounted on leaves, all by Willy Pogany. A few faint spots of foxing to first and last couple of leaves, otherwise A VERY FINE COPY, clean, fresh, and bright internally, and in an unworn binding. This is an attractively bound and illustrated edition of an enduring classic involving a Persian text, an English translator, and a Hungarian illustrator. The text is an uncertain but beautiful amalgam of the Medieval and the 19th century. Although we know that Omar Khayyám was an 11th century astrologer and mathematician, we are less certain about his poetic accomplishments, and very unsure if the text here was his work. What we do know is that the poetry is early, that it may have been Omar's, that it was translated into English in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald (1809-83), and that this lush and evocative translation has become a widely acclaimed work whose popularity has endured to the present day. First published anonymously, this translation is the chief work of FitzGerald, whose great wealth permitted him to devote his entire adult life to literature, especially translation. The ethereal illustrations are the work of Hungarian artist Willy Pogany (1882-1955), who immigrated in 1914 to America, where he found success as an illustrator and set designer known particularly for his depictions of exotic locales and ancient times. In addition to illustrating such works as "The Arabian Nights" and "The Golden Fleece," Pogany designed sets for the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway productions.

      [Bookseller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Mediev]

[Kock, Charles-Paul de?]
        THE STUDENT'S GIRL
      n.p.: Privately Printed, 1920. Three-quarters leather and cloth, gilt title, t.e.g., decorated end-papers, head- and tail-bands. Some mild rubbing to extremities and occasional spotting inside. An unusual item in very good condition.. Unpaged. Carbon copy and typescript, with some minor corrections in what is presumably the typist's hand. This work is something of a mystery; set in the latter days of the Restoration, it concerns the amorous adventures of Fredrick Hombert, a young man from Besancon who came to Paris to study law, and of his love affair with the grisette Berneretta. The setting and tone place it in the tradition of the picaresque romance of Parisian life, of which Charles-Paul de Kock was a popular writer. The American Antiquarian Society holds a copy of a risque work by de Kock of this title, published in English in New York in 1844. Whether this copy is derived from that is unknown; what can be told from the quality of the binding and the labor that went into this production, is that it was some sort of labor of love by or for a person of no small means. The date is uncertain; the paper's watermark shows it to be Old Tabard Bond paper, which was made by the R. C. Kastner Company of New York c. 1918; approximately the last quarter of the book is typescript, on lightweight / onion-skin paper.

      [Bookseller: Alta-Glamour Inc.]

de Maupassant, Guy. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir
        Une Vie Nouvelle Édition Illustrée de 38 Compositions de Maurice Leloir. Gravées a l'Eau-Forte par Léon Boisson
      Paris: L. Carteret, 1920. Limited Edition. Full Morocco. Cloth slipcase. . Near Fine. No. 31 of 80 "exemplaires de grand choix sur Japon et Vélin du Marais, and total limitation of 300 copies. 4to. 27 by 18 cm. 310 pp. Each of the illustrations is rendered thrice -- once in text, and twice, in two states, as full page plates. Slight starting and rubbing by upper front joint, about 3 cm long. Immaculate within. Gilt ornamented binding is very handsome, with all edges gilt and silk doublures.

      [Bookseller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques]

Jack London
        Hearts of Three
      Macmillan. The MacMillan Company, New York, 1920. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1920." printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. Story is as follows: Hero is a young descendant of the pirate Henry Morgan, who left him a rich heritage, wants to find the treasure of his ancestor. On the way, he meets his distant cousin, also Henry Morgan. Together, they will find dangerous adventures, unknown lands, and love. The original and scarce dustjacket is price clipped. This First Issue dustjacket is remarkably well preserved with only a couple of small closed tears. The book is in very good shape with very little wear to speak of. There is no previous owners ink. previous owners bookplate to the inside board. Overall, a superb copy and scarce with the well preserved rare dust wrapper. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1920.

      [Bookseller: The Plantagenet King]

Kubin, Alfred
        Wide Tiere.
      München, Hyperion Verlag, 1920 - 33 Bl Raabe, Kubin, Nr. 125. / EA W/G 7. nummeriertes Ex Nr. 483 von 720 (vord. Einbanddeckel fleckig, Ecken berieben, innen gut) -Nis- Ich versende mit der Deutschen Post (Büchersendung) und der DHL (Pakete). Die Lieferzeit ist abhängig von der Versandart und beträgt innerhalb Deutschlands 3-5 Tage, in der EU 5 - 14 Tage. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1300 [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: St. Jürgen Antiquariat]

UKIYO-E POST CARDS].
        Two sets of twelve coloured pictorial postcards after wood block prints]. Tokyo, Shimbi Shoin, early 20th century.
      1920 1920 - Two envelopes comprising twelve chromoxylographed postcards printed after famous paintings by Hiroshige, Utamaro, Toyokuni, Kiyonaga, Shunchõ etc. Size: 14.2 x 9 cm. Housed in the original printed envelopes.

      [Bookseller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)]

Dederichs, Josef ( *1873 - ca. 1948 )
        Ölgemälde: Heuducken am Hang mit Blick auf Fluß im Tal.
       Bildmaß: 60 x 78 cm ( Höhe x Breite ), rechts unten mit *J.Dederichs* signiert, undatiert ( ca. um 1920 ). Das Bild ist in Öl auf Platte gemalt, alt gerahmt ( Rahmenmaß 78 x 97 cm ). Gezeigt wird die Heuernte mit 2 Mägden und 1 Knecht am Hang mit Blick von der Höhe auf eine weite Flußlandschaft im Tal. Das Bild leicht fleckig, der Rahmen gering bestoßen. ( Bitte beachten: Hier aufgrund der Größe kein Versand - hier nur Selbstabholung in meinem Ladengeschäft ) ( Pic erhältlich // webimage available )( Please notice: No shipment possible ) Versand D: 5,00 EUR Heu, Heuernte, Feldarbeit, Fluß, Gemälde, Ölgemälde, Dederichs, Heuducken, Heuernte, Ernte, Google

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Friederichsen]

HOLMES, Randolph Bezzant, & an unidentified staff officer with the 24th Brigade, Wana Column.
        Album of photographs relating to service with the Wana Column, September 1920 to February 1921.
      Waziristan: , 1920-1. Landscape folio photograph album (365 x 270 mm). Original green cloth, front board gilt-lettered "Wana Column", cloth hinges, manufacturer's ticket of W. Johnson and Sons to the rear pastedown. 21 matt silver gelatin prints, all approx. 240 x 295 mm, one measuring 150 x 207 mm, and 84 original photographs, approx. 60 x 110 mm, mounted on stiff card leaves rectos and versos. 3 further group officer portraits and a print of the Taj Mahal laid in, variably faded and marked. Cloth rather mottled, one of the group portraits (Wana Column Staff) rather faded along edges, probably from the imposition of a frame, otherwise only trivial marginal mottling and fading to the professional photo graphs, the snaphots slightly faded in the main, but the images remaining very much distinct and crisp. Very good condition overall, the Holmes prints retaining their rich tonal contrasts. Superb photograph album documenting the British reoccupation of Wana and the end of the 1919-20 Waziristan campaign in over 80 intimate original snapshots, supplemented by a run of atmospheric professional photographs from Holmes's souvenir series, "With the Wana Column", and several group officer portraits, all meticulously captioned and forming an exceptionally rich portrayal of British operations in the region which from the First World War to Independence "dominated events on the North West Frontier, politically and military" (National Army Museum, online). "British photographer Randolph Bezzant Holmes (1888-1973) learned the art of photography from his father William Dacia Holmes who opened the Holmes Studio in Peshawar in 1889. Randolph Holmes took over the business from his father and operated the studio as Randolph Bezzant Holmes Co. until 1947" (Duke University, online). He seems to have served as a semi-official photographer for the British Army in India, photographing the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 and accompanying a number of further expeditions, as here in Waziristan. His impressive photographs depict the progression of the Wana Column from Jandola, through the Shahur Tangi gorge to Haidiar Kach and Sarwekai camps, thence to Dargai Oba, Rogha Kot, and finally Wana, with photographs of the fort, environs, Wazir hostages, and three group officer portraits; the captions include informative details regarding the landscape, conditions, British engagements with the Wazirs, and indicate the neighbouring stations in each direction en route. The original snapshots are a fascinating illustration of the various, often competing aspects of British strategy after the Forward Policy. Numerous photographs taken at Sarwekai and environs record negotiations between Wazir tribesmen and British officers, including the "Pol. Officer", at the time James A. O. Fitzpatrick, a man viewed with suspicion by Lord Rawlinson, who considered him to have "the mind of a Mahsud", that is, excessively sympathetic to tribal interests (Marsh, Ramparts of Empire: British Imperialism and India's Afghan Frontier, 1918-1948, online). The photographer seems to have paid a great than usual degree of attention to the local population, with additional photographs of Mahsud levies, a Wazir jirga and of Wazirs paying fines in cattle. Tribal diplomacy and coercion were in the end something of a sideshow to the use of force. Further photographs depict Sarwekai aerodrome and the RAF biplanes which bombed the Mahsud villages into temporary submission, leaving them unable to assist the Wana Wazirs, the picquets constructed along the road to Wana, views and operations "on the Mahsud side near Ladha", together with ten photographs captioned "Punitive measures: Destruction of a Village" and depicting the various means of destruction, including explosives and manual dismantlement. The final four photographs, depicting the aftermath of a Mahsud ambush on a convoy, evoke the intractability of a region where "even in peacetime [British] forces were required to act as if on operations" (Tripodi, Edge of Empire: The British Political Officer and Tribal Administration of the North-West Frontier, 1877-1947, p.193). After the Waziristan campaign, it was decided to locate the main garrison of Waziristan at Razmak, manned by a brigade twice the size of a usual brigade and with six battalions of supporting arms. In 1936 renewed unrest among the Wazir tribes again boiled over into active resistance, which the British took three years to suppress, never capturing the leader, Fakir Ipi.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

United States War Office
        Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918) (Original 1920 edition)
      Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 1920 - Softcover. Disbound. Original brown tattered and torn dust wrapper is in a Mylar sleeve around the book. Binding is tight but there is no backstrip on the book. Pages are clean, unmarked, unyellowed. The book contains the record of the organization and service of the 251 divisions of the German Army during the years 1914-1918. Compiled from records of Intelligence Section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters; Chaumont, France 1919. A scarce document in its original form. 8vo. 748 pp. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Warwick Books, member IOBA]

SHIMOMURA, GYOKKO (TAMAHIRO):
        SHIMOMURA, GYOKKO (TAMAHIRO): Nishiki Fukuro Cho (Brocade Bag Designs). Kyoto, Unsodo, Taisho 10 (1920).
      1920 1920 - A design book for small pouches made for tea caddies. Size: 19.2 x 27.8 cm. Comprises twenty coloured wood cut plates, a Japanese introduction and a colophon at end. Folded in the Oriental fashion. Original silk covers, worn and with traces of removed label, inner back hinge strengthened. Small staining to inner margin and some browning to the paper. Some tears at folds.A charming work with thirty-five different beautiful brocade tea caddie bags, in various sizes ad shapes, wood-cut printed in lovely colours and with good impressions. Shimomura, a protege of Kamisaka Sekka and master designer in his own right. The printing was made by Honda Ichijiro. Scarce. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)]

de Maupassant, Guy. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir
        Une Vie
      Paris: L. Carteret, 1920. Limited Edition. Full Morocco. Cloth slipcase. . Near Fine. No. 31 of 80 "exemplaires de grand choix sur Japon et Vélin du Marais, and total limitation of 300 copies. 4to. 27 by 18 cm. 310 pp. Each of the illustrations is rendered thrice -- once in text, and twice, in two states, as full page plates. Slight starting and rubbing by upper front joint, about 3 cm long. Immaculate within. Gilt ornamented binding is very handsome, with all edges gilt and silk doublures.

      [Bookseller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques ]

de Maupassant, Guy. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir
        Une Vie Nouvelle Édition Illustrée de 38 Compositions de Maurice Leloir. Gravées a l’Eau-Forte par Léon Boisson
      L. Carteret, Paris 1920 - No. 31 of 80 "exemplaires de grand choix sur Japon et Vélin du Marais, and total limitation of 300 copies. 4to. 27 by 18 cm. 310 pp. Each of the illustrations is rendered thrice -- once in text, and twice, in two states, as full page plates. Slight starting and rubbing by upper front joint, about 3 cm long. Immaculate within. Gilt ornamented binding is very handsome, with all edges gilt and silk doublures. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB]

Baumberger, Otto
        Plakat - Hütet euch vor dem Versailler Völkerbund. Orig.-Lithographie.
      Zürich, Gebrüder Fretz 1920 - 127,5 x 90,5 cm, Minimale Stauchungen und einige wenige Einrisse am Rand. Einige stockflecklein - trotzdem: Zustand A. AuftraggeberIn: Comité gegen den Beitritt der Schweiz zum Versailler Völkerbund, CH- - Baumberger, Otto (1889 - 1961). Grafiker, Bühnenbildner, Maler, Zeichner und Illustrator. Vertreter des Schweizerischen Expressionismus. Erneuerer der Plakatkunst. Professor an der ETH Zürich. 1200 gr. Schlagworte: Plakate - Politik

      [Bookseller: antiquariat peter petrej]