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66681London: Collins' Clear-Type Press no date 1924. Illustrated Fairy Tales FIRST THUS. Quarto 27 x 21cm pp.4 160. With numerous engraved illustrations by various artists including a colour frontispiece and decorated title page and around 30 other illustrations with colour. Publisher's tan quarter cloth with blue titles and decoration to spine and colour-illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Generally clean internally with some light spotting throughout. Spine quite heavily rubbed with some light general wear to boards. Very good. A delightful and very rare edited volume of fairy stories poems and games including fabulous illustrations. Only 2 copies in UK libraries. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, no date [1924] unknown
1976Q-0140430938Penguin Classics 1976-02-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
2012Q-0985447311Aspen MLT Inc 2012-10-23. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Aspen MLT, Inc paperback
201194777Skira. New. 2011. Paperback. 8857206289 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English Italian and Spanish. 512 pages; 702 illustrations including 471 in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . Skira paperback
200772724Thames & Hudson. New. 2007. Hardcover. 050054333X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 264 pp. With 474 ills. 33 x 28 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Thames & Hudson hardcover
2002Q-1569394903The FJH Music Company Inc 2002-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! The FJH Music Company Inc paperback
2000Q-0441006825Ace 2000-05-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Ace paperback
1931943Q27Paris : Cygne 1931-2 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 11" by 9". Various. An elegantly bound trio of works published by Cygne exploring the history of all things relating to cinema theatre cabaret and music. Three first editions. Uniformly bound in the publisher's half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Three informative works on 'Les Spectacles' published by Cygne as 'Aux Editions du Cygne'. Comprised of the following: 'Les Spectacles à Travers les Âges - Théâtre - Cirque - Music Halls - Cafés Concerts - Cabarets Artistiques' 1931 with a preface by Denys Amiel a French playwright known for his works 'Le Secret du Docteur' and 'Romance à Trois'. 'Les Spectacles à Travers les Âges - Musique - Danse. 1932. 'Le Cinéma: Des Origines à Nos Jours' 1932 with a preface by Henri Fescourt a French film director who directed over 40 films during his career. These wonderfully presented works contain input from various people working within the industry including theatre critics stage crew artists among others. With chapters on theatre architecture set design actors genres cinematography avant-garde cinema financing a film and more. Written in French. Richly illustrated throughout each volume with sketches and photographs to accompany the text. Bound in the publisher's half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark. A small chip to the rear board of 'Musique-Dans' volume. Lower front board to Cinema volume is slighlty cockled from water damage also to the first few pages. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Cygne hardcover
1985000015621London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1985 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good or better. 8vo. 4 v-viii 1-228 4 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. With papers by Blackburn Foot Hare Hurley Wiggins Williams and others. Part of the International Library of Philosophy edited by Honderich. Toning to the textblock; jacket is price-clipped else sharp. Routledge & Kegan Paul (1985) hardcover
2005Q-0060744472HarperCollins 2005-07-26. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins hardcover
1826909Y6Not Stated : Not Stated 1826. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4". None . A collection of British poetry principally selected from the modern poets of the time with works from those such as Campbell Moore and Milton. A carefully curated collection of British poetry with a focus on modern poets of the time.In full calf binding with decorative gilt. There are occasionally pieces of biographical sketch or a critical remark from the editors. Examples of the works included are 'The Minstrel' by James Beattie 'Annihilation' by John Milton and 'Lady of the Lake' by Sir Walter Scott.There is also a series of poems published anonymously.Undated and uncredited for its publisher. Dated from the preface signed 'H. B'. In full calf binding with decorative gilt. Externally with rubbing to the extremities heaviest to the spine. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spots. Very Good Not Stated hardcover
1968789P17Stanford: Stanford University Press 1968. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A superior first edition of this translation of 'Tales of Ise' an important collection of lyrical poems dating from the Heian period of Japan. The first edition of this translation.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.'Tales of Ise' is an uta monogatari dating from the Heian period collecting together over one hundred sections and over two-hundred poems each provided with a fictional prose setting. The poems themselves deal with a wide range of topics typical of Japanese court poetry.The author is not known but it is suggested to be Ariwara no Narihira.Translated with an introduction and notes by Helen Craig McCullough a lecturer in Japanese at Stanford University. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally smart with just a little bumping to the spine. Dustwrapper is lightly marked with a tidemark to the backstrip. Light edge wear to the dustwrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine Stanford University Press hardcover
1999Q-0670887617Viking Adult 1999-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Viking Adult hardcover
1990Q-0517695804Crescent 1990-01-29. Plastic Comb. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Crescent unknown
1998000017074New York: Ace Books1998 1998. First American edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Small 8vo. 7 viii-x 4 3-304 3 pages of publisher's advertisements 1 pp. Colorful glossy wrappers with an illustration on the front wrapper printed in gold and blue and white. Price of $5.99 on the rear wrapper. With stories from P.G. Wodehouse Terry Pratchett C.S. Lewis Piers Anthony Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Angela Carter Arthur C. Clarke and other famous writers from science fiction and fantasy. Signed by Terry Pratchett on the first leaf. The front and rear wrappers lightly wrinkled. Ace Books(1998) paperback
1941814D33London: H. F. & G. Witherby LTD. 1941-3. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Various. The complete five volume set of this informative handbook on British birds edited by H. F. Witherby with various colour plates presented in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Complete five volume set made up of the first and second revised impressions of this work. Vol V is displayed in the original second impression dust wrapper but is actually the first impression of this work. This is an informative set of ornithological handbooks which describes and analyses the appearance and behaviour of numerous British birds. Vol I contains 'Crows to Firecrest' with thirty-three colour plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Vol II contains 'Warblers to Owls' with thirty-colour plates and numerous illustrations. Vol III contains 'Hawks to Ducks' with thirty-nine illustrated plates. Vol IV contains 'Cormorants to Crane' with thirty-three illustrated plates figures and maps. Vol V contains 'Terns to Game-Birds' with additional corrections and a 'systematic list and indices'. With twenty-two illustrated plates. Edited by H. F. Witherby with contributions from Rev F. C. R> Jourdain Norman F. Ticehurst and Bernards W. Tucker.With an ink inscription to the paste downs of volumes belonging to Q. O. R. Hockcliffe. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrappers Externally very smart with minimal bumping and just a bit of light fading to the spines of some volumes. Dust wrappers are very smart with minimal edge wear and just a bit of chipping to spine region. Light age-toning to spine region and to the top edges of fly leaves and reverse. Small closed tear to the rear of Vol IV. Front hinge is starting to Vol I. Prior owner's ink inscription to front paste downs. Endpapers are lightly age-toned with a few spots. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age-toning to pages. Colour plates are very bright and clean. Very Good Indeed H. F. & G. Witherby LTD. hardcover
1907916Y56London : The Times 1907. Vellum. Good. 10.5" by 7". Not stated. A comprehensive volume from Henry Smith William's collaborative world history series bound in full vellum. In full vellum binding with gilt detailing. This volume from 'The Historians' History of the World' published in 25 volumes covers the history of Spain in Book I and the history of Portugal in Book II.Containing chapters on the Romans in Spain and the Gothic conquest to the restoration of the Bourbons. The encyclopedia of world history was compiled by medical doctor and author Henry Smith Williams with contributions from many specialists. This volume is illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece eight plates and an array of in text illustrations. Collated complete. In full vellum binding with gilt detailing. Externally smart. With tide marks to the boards and shelf wear. Sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spotting heaviest to the endpapers. Good The Times hardcover
1855971Q4London: William Little; George C. Leighton 1855-1864 . First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 16" by 11". Various. A pair of uniformly bound copies of The Illustrated London News Volume 27 and 44 richly illustrated throughout with engravings and full page illustrations. Uniformly bound in half cloth with paper-covered boards. Comprising Volume 27 with issues from July to December 1855 and Volume XLIV with issues from January to June 1864 of this periodical which was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine. Illustrated with a volume title page and with numerous vignette and full page illustrations throughout. With two folding plates depicting a map and scene of Paris to Volume 27. With the large folding plate of Glasgow and two double-page colour plates to Volume 44.Notable events covered in these volumes include the Queen Victoria's visit to Paris in 1855 events surrounding the Crimean War the birth of Prince Albert Victor in 1864 and much more. Inspired by how the Weekly Chronicle always sold more copies when it featured an illustration printer and newsagent Herbert Ingram had the idea of publishing a weekly newspaper that would contain pictures in every edition. By 1863 The Illustrated London News was selling more than 300000 copies every week enormous figures in comparison to other British newspapers of the time. The work is credited with moving illustrations from purely a satirical device in mainstream news to a credible and factual reporting tool publishing over 750000 illustrations during its existence. Uniformly bound in half cloth with paper-covered boards. Externally sound with rubbing to the boards causing the paper to lift with chipping to the extremities. Endpapers renewed. Internally generally firmly bound. Folding plates are rather worn with closed tears and some loss. Pages are generally bright with some areas of scattered spotting including to the plates. Good Only William Little; George C. Leighton hardcover
1860971Q18London: George C. Leighton 1860 . First edition. Leather. Good. 16" by 11". Not Stated. Volume XXXVI of The Illustrated London News filled with topical British news from January to June 1860 accompanied by illustrations throughout. Bound in half calf with paper-covered boards. Comprising Volume XXXVI with issues from January to June 1860. The world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.Edited by the paper's founder Herbert Ingram this was the last volume Ingram worked on before his untimely death in a paddle-steamer accident on Lake Michigan in September 1860. The paper was then taken over by his son William Ingram. Illustrated with a volume title page and with numerous vignette and full page illustrations throughout. With a double-page coloured plate of the 'Imperial Staghunt in the Forest of Compiegne'. Lacking the other double-page coloured plate expected in this volume being the 'Yachting' plate from the June 30 issue. Notable events covered in this volume include the revolution in Sicily the opening of parliament by the Queen the latest Paris fashions of the year and much more. Inspired by how the Weekly Chronicle always sold more copies when it featured an illustration printer and newsagent Herbert Ingram had the idea of publishing a weekly newspaper that would contain pictures in every edition. By 1863 The Illustrated London News was selling more than 300000 copies every week enormous figures in comparison to other British newspapers of the time. The work is credited with moving illustrations from purely a satirical device in mainstream news to a credible and factual reporting tool publishing over 750000 illustrations during its existence. Bound in half calf with paper-covered boards. Externally sound with rubbing to joints and extremities causing some areas of loss. Small tear to the front joint head causing the backstrip to lift slightly. Fading to spine. Endpapers renewed. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with spotting to the first few pages and the odd mark throughout. Folding plate is torn and chipped to the center fold with scattered spotting. Lacking the other folding plate. Good George C. Leighton hardcover
18211008210011Payne & Foss Pall Mall John Russell Smith etc 1821. Leather Bound. Very Good. 7 volumes. Vols. 1 2 3 5 8 12 14. John Russell Smith 1821 and on. 8vo. Full Leather. Original boards with modern spine and end papers. Lovely spines see our pictures. Internally excellent. Ships daily. <br><br> According to Yasuo Deguchi: The Retrospective Review was founded in 1820 by Henry Southern. Unimpressed by the way in which publications such as the Edinburgh Review and the Quarterly Review allowed their reviewers' prejudice to impinge on critical rigour the Retrospective Review strove to be non-partisan and to consider each piece as if it were newly published its previous reputation disregarded. All contributors were anonymous. <br><br> The periodical focused predominately on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature. The emphasis was on British books but reviews of foreign works and translations of classical modern Continental and Arabian works were also included. There were occasional thematic essays on topics such as witchcraft and 'the Prolongation of Age' regular reviews of travel books and women's writing a high concentration of essays on the history of English drama and regular reviews of biographies of notable clergymen and statesmen. Payne & Foss, Pall Mall, John Russell Smith, etc hardcover
1964983Y1London: Lund Humphries c1964. Unbound. Very Good. 10.5" by 8.5". Not Stated . A signed reprinted issue from the New Series of 'Typographica' containing only Charles Hasler's article on 18th and 19th-century stock blocks. No. 10 of the New Series "Reprinted from Typographica". This copy only contains an article on the emergence of the printer's stock block by Charles Hasler.Signed by Hasler to the blank verso of the first leaf.Unbound comprising eight leaves p. 30-48 two of which are dual-spread. Held in the original wraps matching the design of the original issue. With an additional glassine wrap. Illustrated throughout with engraved examples.Typographica was a typography and visual arts-focused journal founded and edited by Herbert Spencer a British designer writer photographer and teacher. Unbound comprising eight leaves held in the original wraps. With a glassine wrapper. Externally with minor fading and edge wear to the wraps. Pages are generally bright and clean with light spotting concentrated to the margins. Very Good Lund Humphries unknown
1869824J5London: Harrison and Sons 1869. Paperback. Very Good. 12.5" by 10". Not Stated. A fascinating catalogue of the antiquities and arts exhibited at Ironmongers Hall in May 1861 illustrated throughout. A fascinating catalogue of the antiquities and arts exhibited at Ironmongers Hall in May 1861. Including sections on ironwork armour portraits Egyptian antiquities paintings books and book-binding furniture and more. Edited by George Russell French and compiled by a Committee of the Council of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. Including two chromolithograph plates one of which is in colour also including seven plates featuring facsimile letters along with over three hundred in-text illustrations. Collated and complete. In the original paper wraps. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally smart with some light edgewear and a small amount of loss to the wraps at the tail of the spine. Front of the wrap is lifting slightly at the head. A few light marks to the wraps. Internally binding is slightly tender in places. The odd spot to the pages which are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Harrison and Sons paperback
2012Q-1401221475Vertigo 2012-12-04. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vertigo paperback
200272443Dc Comics 2020-02-04. hardcover. Very Good. 7x9x1. Garcia-Lopez Jose Luis. a very nice copy! clean and tight pages. fast and secure shipping. Dc Comics hardcover
1967mon0000109139Paris Book Center 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Contains marginalia and/or underlining. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Paris Book Center hardcover
