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Louis Rhead to Horace Kephart, January 14, 1916
No full textIn a letter to Horace Kephart, on January 14, 1916, avid fisherman and entomologist Louis Rhead discusses his brand of fishing tackle and lures, modeled after the insects Rhead examined in the Catskills. Rhead offers to send Kephart a sample of his work at a discounted price for use in his work. Later Rhead mentions switching from the monthly magazine "Field and Stream" to "Forest and Stream" to feature his lures, as the former had lost his only set of samples he calls his "shiny devils." In his closing statements, Rhead informs Kephart that his work will be featured in April issue, and that he is hoping to visit South Carolina or Georgia to test some lines on shad, a species of sport fish. Attached to the back of the letter is a fishing chart, detailing what bait to use at what time to catch certain varieties of fish, published in "Field and Stream" in July of 1915
Aesop's Fables
No full textThis book is very similar to two others in the collection. All show a publication date of 1927. Like the Ten Editions book, this edition states First Edition with Louis Rhead's Pictures. Unlike either of those books, this has a cover material, behind the applied picture of GA, of plain green cloth. Unlike those books, the spine of this book contains only the title and publisher; there is no mention of Rhead on the spine. Like those books, this copy has a colored frontispiece and three other full-page colored illustrations. There is an AI at the front, followed by a list of illustrations. See the other two copies for more extensive comments on the texts and illustrations.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)First edition with Rhead's PicturesGeorge Fyler Townsend, N
Aesop's Fables
No full textI had found what I thought to be a first edition of this book earlier from Greg Williams. This copy is, like that, a pictorial black cloth octavo with a colored frontispiece and three other full-page colored illustrations. This copy states, however, as that one does not, First Edition with Louis Rhead's Pictures. Otherwise the two books seem identical. I comment at more length there. Here I will repeat that the book contains engravings of all sizes and shapes, including one (TH on 9) repeating a colored illustration (facing 6). The other colored illustrations besides GA on the cover and frontispiece are of BF facing 41 and FG 118. The Vain Jackdaw text (39) does not match in sense the colored illustration of the story facing 41. Typical of Rhead's work are the illustrations on 20 and 87. Note the mother with bandaged ear on 55. There is an AI at the front, followed by a list of illustrations.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)First edition with Rhead's PicturesGeorge Fyler Townsend, N
Aesop's Fables
No full textHere is a very curious book. I had not known of it until I saw a copy advertised through Old Friends in Portland for $130. At almost the same time, Greg mentioned it to me from a computer listing of his. Pictorial black cloth octavo with a colored frontispiece and three other full-page colored illustrations. The bottom of its spine is skinned. Finding the Blue Ribbon Books edition of this same book helped me to identify the painter of the cover/frontispiece illustration of GA, namely Schoonover. One would not learn in either edition that the text and preface are taken from (I believe) George Fyler Townsend. His justification is that his first association lay in being asked to provide new morals and applications, while in this text he is concerned with a purer translation, and more literal rendering of the fables (xix). The latest thing he cites in his bibliography is from 1857. The text seems to be identical with the Townsend text in the Parents' Magazine edition of 1964. I do notice now for the first time Townsend's creative approach--a thorn-tree stick--to the fable about the child prophesied to be killed by a lion (190). The engravings are of all sizes and shapes, including one (TH on 9) repeating a colored illustration (facing 6). The other colored illustrations are of BF facing 41 and FG 118. The Vain Jackdaw text (39) does not match in sense the colored illustration of the story facing 41. Typical of Rhead's work are the illustrations on 20 and 87. Note the mother with bandaged ear on 55. There is an AI at the front, followed by a list of illustrations. I can find no mention of this book in any of my resources.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)George Fyler Townsend, N
Aesop's Fables
No full textI presume this is the knock-off version of my adjacent copy of the Harper first edition. This edition has GA on its yellow cover. The only substantial difference here seems to be that the book's spine (but not its title-page) acknowledges Schoonover. See my comments there. This book, like the other, has an AI at the front, followed by a list of illustrations.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)George Fyler Townsend, N
Exposition spéciale de soixante nouvelles affiches inédites de Louis Rhead. Salon des Cent... : [affiche] / [Louis Rhead]
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[Paons] : [panneau décoratif] ([Epreuve sans mention d'imprimeur ni d'éditeur]) / LjR [Louis Rhead]
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