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The Holy Land, Robert Hitchens, Jules Guerin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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x, 302 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations, plates (some color). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Title page within ornamental border, printed in black and brown, text page headers also printed in brown. Bound in green publisher's illustrated cloth binding with a stamped image in green, red, blue and gilt on the front cover, representing a view of Nazareth from an illustration by Jules Guerin. The spine has the title and author in gilt with a frame around the title. CONTENTS: Baalbec, the town of the sun -- The spell of …

Italian Hours, Henery James, Joseph Pennell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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ix, 504 pages, [32] color plates. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "The chapters of which this volume is composed have with few exceptions already been collected." -Preface.

Flower Of The Dusk, Myrtle Reed, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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iv, 341 pages : color frontispiece illustration. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Decorated cloth binding signed by the designer: MA [Margaret Armstrong]. Lilac color cloth binding, lettering and illustration emboss in white and gold. Title page and text pages printed in black and red, all pages in frames. Top edge of text block gold gilt. Inside front cover, large bookplate of Gladys and Herbert Clark. Library copy printed October 1910. Case binding.

July 23, 1907, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

Cora writes to Mrs. Tibbets about her vacation trip from where she was staying in Tokyo to several different places around Japan. She writes of her stay in a Japanese style hotel. She also writes about the scenery around her, and about how long it takes her by rail to get to her travel destinations. She also writes of a traveling companion named George, and how she has invited Abbie to come and visit her and meet George.

April 11, 1907, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Cora writes to Mrs. Tibbets about life in Japan. She writes about the climate, and how she finds she cannot do as much due to the "enervating" nature of the climate there. She describes a "sword walking" ceremony, in which one climbs a ladder made of swords. She then writes of the beginnings of spring in Japan and how there is a fair coming to Japan, "the largest ever held in Japan."

January 18, 1907, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Abbie writes to Mrs. Tibbets about the "glorious" scenery where she is staying. She writes of the mountains, streams, tall oak trees, and blossoms as the season changes from winter to spring.

The Hanging Of The Crane, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Arthur Ignatius Keller, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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30 ℓ. : 13 leaves of plates. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Title in green and black within ornamental border; decorations; initials in color. "Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Designs by Florence W. Swan." Book in poor condition, loose pages, in binder.

December 26, 1906, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Cora writes to Mrs. Tibbets to thank her for the Christmas gifts. She describes the table that they set for a traditional western-style Christmas. They invited a Japanese couple, who were described by Cora to be very fascinated with the Christmas decor. She also tells Mrs. Tibetts about her coming vacation with George to Oshima, as there is a volcano there that they are intending to climb.

Mother Goose's Rhymes, Chimes, And Jingles : Or The Nursery Treasure., C. P. Heustis, Vincent L. Dill, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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24 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm Rhymes with pictures. Caption title: Rhymes, chimes, and jingles; by Mother Goose. Hand colored illustration on cover. Illustration on title page. Cover title: Rhymes, chimes and jingles. Charles P. Hestis was located 104 Nassau St., New York, between 1843 and 1853. New York City directories list Huestis both as an individual publishing at 104 Nassau, and as a member of Huestis & Cozans between 1850 and 1852. Vincent L. Dill was active as a stereotyper in New York between 1826 and 1863. Lacking back cover.

Eugene Field Reader, Alice Harris, Frank W. Cooley, Eugene Field, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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4 preliminary leaves, 96 pages : color illustrations, 20 cm. Illustrated collection of the poems of Eugene Fields. Illustrated title page in color. Case binding, black stamp lettering, illustration stamped in blue and black. Gift of the Estate of Eleanor Fayerweather. Inscribed to Eleanor from Dorothy K., New York, May 1909.

William Morris : Poet, Craftsman, Socialist, Elisabeth Luther Cary, Alice Cordelia Morse, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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ix, 296 pages : plates, portraits, facsimiles. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes bibliography: pages 269-290 and index.Front cover design signed, "MA" (Margaret Armstrong) Library copy is missing title page and frontispiece. Gift of Walter R. & John A. Callender in the name of Walter Callender.

Sun Dials And Roses Of Yesterday, Alice Morse Earle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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xxiii, 461 pages : ill., plates. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Title within green ornamental border. "The Rosicrucians": p. 366-389. Both copies in Lowthorpe Collection.

The Blue Flower, Henry Van Dyke, Margaret Armstrong, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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vii, [1] pages, 2 leaves, 298, [1] pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : color frontispiece, plates. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. CONTENTS: The blue flower [from the German of Novalis] -- The source -- The mill -- Spy rock -- Wood-magic -- The other wise man -- A handful of clay -- The lost word -- The first Christmas-tree. Illustrations by J.R. Weguelin, Frank V. DuMond, Arthur Heming, Howard Pyle, and C.K. Linson. Title page printed in red and black. Decorated cloth binding, signed MA (Margaret Armstrong) Dark blue …

Bohemian Paris Of To-Day, W. C. Morrow, Edward Cucuel, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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321 p. : ill. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Title vignette. From the Library of Chester L. Dodge, Class of 1902

Poems Of Cabin And Field, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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125 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, portrait. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Alice Morse. CONTENTS: The deserted plantation -- Hunting song -- Little brown baby -- Chris'mus is a-comin' -- Signs of the times -- Time to tinker 'round -- Lullaby -- A banjo song. "University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A."--title page verso. All pages in printer's decorative frame designed by Alice Morse. Decorated publisher's cloth binding designed by Alice Morse. Green cloth with plant stems printed …

The Golden Age, Kenneth Grahame, Maxfield Parrish, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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252 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Illustrated title page and lining papers. Stamped cover illustration, also designed by Parrish. Each plate accompanied by descriptive cover sheet. The adventures of five brothers and sisters growing up in rural England in the late nineteenth century. c. 1 Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth ; c. 2 Gift of Richard Brown Baker (Circulates)

Home Life In Colonial Days, Alice Morse Earle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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xvi, 470 pages, [17] pages of plates : illus. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. CONTENTS: Homes of the colonists -- The light of other days -- The kitchen fireside -- The serving of meals -- Food from forest and sea -- Indian corn -- Meat and drink -- Flax culture and spinning -- Wool culture and spinning, with a postscript on cotton -- Hand-weaving -- Girls' occupations -- Dress of the colonists -- Jack-knife industries -- Travel, transportation, and taverns -- Sunday in the colonies -- Old-time flower gardens. The …

The Yellow Book Volume 13, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Mabel Syrett, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 12, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Ethel Reed, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 11, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Nellie Syrett, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 10, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, J. Illingsworth Kay, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 9, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Mabel Dearmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 8, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, David Young Cameron, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 7, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, J. D. Mackenzie, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 6, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 5, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

L'Illustre Dompteur, P. Guigou, A. Vimar, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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47, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 32 cm. Series: Libraririe Plon. Color illustration on title page. Pochoir illustrations. Cloth binding, color illustration mounted on cover.

Julian L. Peabody collection, transferred from the RISD Museum.

The Chap-Book, Stone & Kimball, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Chap-book

9 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "A miscellany & review of belles lettres" Cover sheet printed in black & red type. Includes advertisements. Library has Jan. 1-Nov. 1 1895 (Vol. II, no. 4-vol. III, no. 12). Transferred from the Providence Athenaeum. Illustrations by Charles D. Gibson, Felix Vallotton, Claude F. Bragdon, Frank Hazenplug, G.-H. Jossot, E. S. Holloway, Will Bradley, Georges Pissaro, Fred Richardson, Dawson Watson and others. Museum has Dec. [1], 1894 issue (Vol. II, no. 2) Illustrations by Will Bradley. Accession no. 1993.094.2.

The Yellow Book Volume 4, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 3, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …