Search Results: wanted a matchmaker by paul leicester ford

NY: Dodd,mead & Co Pub. Good. 1899 tp & verso. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 6x7"squarish. GOOD Condition, MISSING ILUST PAGE 62, HAS FRONTIS & 4 OTHERS each protected with glassene sheet. Attractive cover shows bit water stain top 2" front cover.. Could be matched up with a lesser copy to have all plates.. Not shaken,, not all marked up. ; GOLD SPINE & COVER TIELS ON DARK GREEN CLOTH..FLORAL COVER ART BY "MA" SHOWS RED BERRIES ON GREEN HOLLY WITH LIGHT GREEN TALL FLOWERS IN MIDDLE OF BOOK. ****MISSING 1 ILUST ON PAGE 62************** ; 536ps pages; Cover ilust cameo shows MARTHA WASHINGTON surrounded by Swords. .

Dodd, Mead & Co. Good. 1900. Hardcover. Binding somewhat loose. Spine and cover generally worn. Author name slightly effaced due potentially to slight water damage. Pages bright and clean. Overall good condition for its age. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York : Dodd Mead , 1900 . First Edition . VG . 8VO . Very attractive book with decorated binding by Margaret Armstrong and four very nice photogravure illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. A lovely copy with one small stain near the bottom of the front board, else fine.

New York: Dodd Mead & Co.. Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 1900. 111 pp. TEG. Beautifully illustrated with 4 full page plates, plus the frontispiece by Howard Chandler Christy, each with printed tissue guard- some offsetting. Cover design and text boarders by Margaret Armstrong; signed binding using her monogram of MA. Good only. Missing preliminaries to half title; previously repaired front hinge, worn edges. ; 8vo .

New York: Burt, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Decorative light green cloth. Cloth stained, rubbed, and worn at extremities, dampstain on bottom page edges, some brown spots on pages, good.

New York: A. L. Burt, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Howard Chandler Christy. illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy, bound in teal cloth, a nice oval picture of a Victorian ladies face and shoulders on front cover. White lettering, a nice copy.

New York, NY: Dodd Mead & Co., 1901 Very Good condition with light edge wear, new front end sheet, very slight scattered foxing or soiling. Content clean, binding strong. Dust jacket is Good minus with edge chips, soiled back. Dust jacket in new mylar protector. Five illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy, page decorations by Margaret Armstrong. Colorful art deco cover.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth stamped in white, green, and red by Margaret Armstrong. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy and Margaret Armstrong. Owner's markings on front endpapers, spine darkened with modest edgewear, a very good copy.

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Howard Chandler Christy; Design By Margaret Armstrong. Original green gilt designer cloth. Very slight soiling to spine; antique X-mas bookplate. Otherwise a very good, clean and unmarked copy with tight contents and straight spine. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong.

Toronto: The Copp Clark Company Limited, 1900. Hardcover . Used - near very good. Small 8vo. Presumed First Edition with 1900 on title page as well as copyright page. Slight spine lean, bookseller label rear pastedown, owner name pencilled, ffe. A few pages with faint stains, some slight offsetting from illustrations. Elaborately decorated olive cloth boards, lightly mottled. With all the 'defects' mentioned, this is really a very attractive copy, seldom used.

N. Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. This was the first of three Paul Leicester Ford's romances for which Margaret Armstrong did the cover and decorations. Green cloth on boards binding with Christmas themed decoration, gold gilt lettering has a faint pink water stain near the tail of the spine. This clear faint water stain can be seen on the back of the frontis page. Bends to corners of cover but quite clean. Gift inscription to previous owner dated 1900 on front free endpaper. Text is clean and unmarked.. Presumed First. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1900. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Chrity, Howard Chandler. Scarce dustjacket designed by Margret Armstrong who also designed cover art and text decoartions. Two short closed tears w/ internal tape repair, clean and remarkably unchipped dw save tiny knicks spine foot. Decorated cloth boards showing light wear at extrmeities and sun-darkened a tad around edges. Nicely preserved. Image is of dw, not boards.

The Copp Clark Co Limited, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Green patterned cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscriptions to front free endpaper. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Frontispiece detached but still present. Rough cut pages with top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor wear marks to boards.

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1900. Translated by Frontispiece and 4 photogravures inserted with tissues by Howard Chandler Christy. Margaret Armstrong binding and page embellishments. First (SD) edition. Green cloth, decorated in greens, white, red and gilt, teg, uncut, thick paper issue. 12mo. pp. [x], [1], 2-111, [3] blank. VG/No jacket. Caps and corner wear, shaken, sporadic spots of foxing. Frontis offset to tissue and preceding ep. (BAL 6226)..

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1904. Book. Illus. by H. C. Christy. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111 pages, very subtle watermark on rear board, dj chipped slightly with stain, very small bug hole in rear groove..

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1901. Hardcover. Fine/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. H. C. Christy (Howard Chandler Christy). Hardcover with original dust jacket. A beautiful example of this book, rarely found in this condition. Art nouveau green cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on front and spine. This book had always been stored with dust jacket so boards are bright and crisp. There are some very small spots to the shine of the cloth. Only issue with the interior of book is on the front pastedown someone had written their name and address and then erased it. Very minor toning two pages, binding is good and strong, corners are sharp. This is a very beautiful book in very beautiful condition, fine condition with dust jacket in VG- condition. See photos.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1902. later printing. hardcover. Very good/Good. Christy, Howard Chandler. Large octavo, green decorated cloth covers. With Illustratens by Howard Chandler Christy. Cover, dust jacket, and decorations around text by Margaret Armstrong. Non-authorial gift inscription to former owner on front free endpaper. Dust jacket chipped at top edges. Covers have some rubbing at bottom edges. 101206A

FE. FORD, Paul Leicester. WANTED-A MATCHMAKER. With Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, l900. First edition. 8vo., green decorative cloth;, t.e.g. There is very faint offsetting to the flyleaf and the frontispiece is detached. Overall this is a crisp, near fine copy with green pictorial cloth in a dust jacket. Slight chipping to dust jacket which is darkened at the spine.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1901. An octavo, 111pp., bound in original decorative green cloth, designed by Margaret Armstrong. Top edge gilt. Large portions of both covers and flaps of dust wrapper present, lacking spine panel. The book is in very good condition, except for a tiny pierce in the paper of the title page, affecting two letters in the "ga" in Margaret Armstong. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy..superb Art Nouveau borders in green and black.