biddle moncure (47 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 20 x 14.5 cm, 49 pp., full color frontispiece , title page printed in red and black, dedication to his sons and their wives, at least seven other full color flower pictures plus black and white drawings, very light gray printed paper wrappers, dated Christmas day 1945, "Mrs Margaret Lloyd" written in pencil on Dedication page.

Condición: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The edges of the wraps are darkened & lightly chipped & there are small circular stains & a light vertical stain to the front wrap. 56 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white with pictorial endpapers, 2 plates, including a portrait frontispiece, full-page illustrations & vignettes in the text after engravings by Jacques Callot. The contents are very good. Laid in is the business card of Owen Biddle, Attorney-at-Law.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 63 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers. Frontispiece and seven additional full page illustrations. Printed at the press of George Buchanan under the direction of Joseph A. Gutekunst. Moncure Biddle, from the famous Philadelphia Biddle family, was an investment banker. a famous bibliophile, a connoisseur of editions of the classics and, by reputation, an eccentric. During the 1940s he published an annual "Christmas Letter" on a topic of literary or bibliographic interest. This book, issued for Christmas 1942, addresses the work of George Borrow and is dedicated to the memory of John Poe.

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. [i], 63 pp., illustrated, 8vo, edges untrimmed, tan wrappers. Near fine copy, minor chipping at foot of spine.

Soft cover. Condición: Collectible-Very Good. Paper wrapper, moderate chipping. Body of work clean and undamaged. Previous owners bookplate on front fly leaf. Introductory letter by author, dated Christmas 1946, laid in front. 49 pages with eight color and eight black and white botanical prints. Moncure Biddle (1882-1956) was a Philadelphia investment banker, but was also known as a bibliophile and eccentric. This booklet, which apparently he sent to friends at Christmas time, discusses many books on the subject of flowers.

BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. Jacques Callot, Master Graver of Lorraine. Original printed wrappers. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1944. First edition. Minor rubbing to spine, else fine.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Paperback - clean, clean cover, no marks - from private collection.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the brown stapled, printed wraps. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and a few in full color, including at frontis. 37 pp., printed on heavy paper, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Paperback - clean, clean cover, no marks - from private collection.

Original Wraps. Condición: VG+. First Edition. Tan paper wraps, lettered in black. Modestly soiled covers, extended edges a bit rubbed. 49 pp., illus. w/ b&w figures in text, 8 full page color plates. Text block and all plates clean and bright. Holiday keepsake annual. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. pp. 37, plus color frontis & illustrations including a folding plate. Uncut. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Attractive Xmas book issued privately by publisher, bibliophile and Borrow collector Moncure Biddle. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1. Language: eng.

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Some edgewear to the covers. Text pages are fine. (box 182). Book.

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. Limited ed. Octavo in slightly oversized buff stiff wrappers. Color frontispiece "Red and Wite Antwerp Raspsberries from Pomona Britannica by George Brookshaw, London, 1812". Title page printed in red and black. 49 pp.Printed at the Press of George H. Buchanan. Illustrated with additional color plate and black and white reproductions from Brookshaw and other botanicals. The 1945 annual "Christmas Letter" gift books privately distributed by Biddle. Laid in is a typed postscript letter to friens concerning the production of this book. Near fine, edges of the slightly oversized wrappers a bit bumped.

Condición: Very Good. Biddle, Moncure 1945 Binding: Hardcover.

Moncure Biddle & Co: Philadelphia 1940. Illus, 8.25 x 5.75", wraps, 37pp, ink inscription, foldout detached at fold, covers spotted.

BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. George Borrow: Redivivous. Original printed wrappers. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1942. First edition. Minor rubbing to spine, else fine.

BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter: Some Flower Books and Their Makers. Original printed wrappers. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1945. First edition. A very good or better copy.

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good. 33p. A privately printed bibliographical overview of early English translations of Horatius. A fresh clean copy printed on quality paper. Rather scarce.

1945. Copyright, 1946. Printed at Press of George H. Buchanan Co. 49 pages. 8 color plates, many illustrations. 8x5.75", printed stiff paper. Library bookplate & rubberstamps, edges worn, else VG.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Caslon and printed in red and black on good quality paper at the Press of George H. Buchanan. Inserted black-and-white plates. Overlapping buff paper wrappers, titled in black. A fine copy.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Paperback - clean, clean cover, no marks - from private collection.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Paperback - clean, clean cover, no marks - from private collection.

BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. Witches and Warlocks. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1943. First edition. Fine.

Condición: Good. 8vo. [62 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.

Condición: Good. 8vo. [56 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Minor soiling on covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.

Condición: Good. 8vo. [62 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.

Condición: Good. 8vo. [62 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. First Edition. Original Wraps. Moncure Biddle, from the famous Philadelphia Biddle family, was an investment banker. a famous bibliophile, a connoisseur of editions of the classics and, by reputation, an eccentric. During the 1940s, he published an annual "Christmas Letter" on a topic of literary or bibliographic interest. A wartime treatise on witches. Minimal shelfwear, light toning, foxing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Tan wrappers with black titling. 4to. 61pp. Illus. (b/w).

(BORROW, GEORGE). BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. George Borrow: The Early Years. Frontis. portrait. Original printed wrappers. Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1941. First edition. Very good.

BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. The Gypsies: Romans from Little Egypt, December 25, 1940. Original wrappers. Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1940. 37pp. Frontis., illus. Slight scuffing on wrappers, else very good or better.