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grand in-8°, 144 pp, abondamment illustre in-t. n/b, index, reliure cartonnage toilE de l'editeur, jaquette illustree. Tres bel exemplaire. [NV-7]
607p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little minor creasing to lower edge and minor traces of storage. 160pp. An illustrated biography of Charles Dickens' personal story of rags to riches - bankruptcy, enforced child labour to fame and fortune.
Dickens's world with numerous photographs and illustrations. Text in German. With various contributors including J. B. Priestley and Christopher Hibbert. Gilt title on spine and vignette of Charles Dickens in gilt on front cover. 279 pages. Fading to green cloth covers. General shelfwear to dust jacket.
Near VG hbk reprint bound in maroon bevelled cloth, gilt title lettering. Top page edges gilt. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to the centre and bottom page edges. Inscription of a previous owner,dated 1900, on the inside front cover. 22524. eng
524 pages. Gift greetings and bookseller's impression upon front endpaper. Boards and spine separated from contents. Many defects. Book
8vo., with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present), engraved and printed titles, and 38 engraved plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; plum diced cloth, upper board framed in black and blocked in gilt, gilt back, green endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy.
An examination of the belief in what was known to the nineteenth century as the duality of man, and it deals with the double and with the variety of forms in which the double has appeared - the doppelganger, the alter ego or second self. 468 pages. Some shelfwear, slight discolouration and creases to dust jacket.
47p. Color tipped on full page illustrations with star burst textured tissue guards. Design and Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Numerous small color text drawings with author and title printed in red. Decorative title page printed in red, green and black. Gilt speckled endpapers. Text Eleven Point Monotype Bodoni Book on Shasta Text White, Vellum Finish. Format and Typography by Robert Donald through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Christmas Greeting insert poem. 8vo. Original full embossed red cloth binding with gold and white star burst pattern on front cover. Gilt lettered spine. Binding by Albert Oldach & Son. Original slip case, cracked at folds. Limited Edition. Number 1223 of only 1300 copies. This edition prepared as a Christmas Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, title and text in red and black, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, signature on front free endpaper verso; yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published four months after the first edition.
in-12, 189 p., broche, couv.— Bel exemplaire. [CL-3][NV-1]
Vincennes SD (vers 1950), In-8 broché. 64 pages. Bon état.
30p. Color margin drawings. Pictorial color title page. Design and Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi. Text printed in brown with gold initials. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Christmas Greeting insert poem. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. On front cover a drawing of a rearing horse, Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Winkle embossed in white, black and gold and lettered in gold and white. Spine lettered in gold. Binding by Kurt Gaebel & Sons. Original white slip case, soiled / foxed. Limited Edition. Number 1208 of only 1300 copies. This edition prepared as a Christmas Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. A very nice copy of a very scarce piece. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W68
63 pages. Features: Some New Flowers for 1982; Early Spring in the Algarve; Spring Bulb Flowers will shine; My Garden - Harold Piercey; Speaking Flowers - Stuart Dickens McHugh; Some Winter Gems - Lynn Stratmann; America's Glass Flower Museum; January in your Garden; Bulbs for the Rock Garden; Cloth Leaves for Winter Decoration; Flowers and Gardens of Mughal, India; Eucalyptus - Grow your own foliage from seed; Hellebores; Some Woolly-Leaved Plants; Make your own Strelitzia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall eng
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, some light offsetting to front free endpaper; original burgundy cloth, upper board ruled in gilt, bevelled boards, gilt back, UNCUT AND LARGELY UNOPENED, a very good, bright, fresh copy. With the armorial bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead on front paste-down. SCARCE INJ THIS CONDITION.
Hardcover in-4, 62 p. abdt ill. en coul., rel. cart. ill. Bel exemplaire [P-58]
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Green cloth boards with black and pink illustration on cover. Previous owner's name inside. Illustrated by Clara M. Burd. 128 pages. 5 5/8"w x 8 1/4"h. Contents: An Introductory Talk; Little Nell, The Toy Maker and his Blind Daughter, Jenny Wren, The Runaway Couple, Florence Dombey, The Marchioness and Dick Swiveller.
3 VOLUMI IN COFANETTO GUIDA 1983 VOLUME 1: La casa del gatto che gioca e altri racconti / Honoré de Balzac; a cura di Francesco Fiorentino; 210 pagine; 22 cm.; VOLUME 2: Rapporto della visita di Capitan Tempesta in Paradiso e due piccoli racconti. Il ranocchio saltatore e altre storie / Marc Twain; Prefazione di Corrado Alvaro; 225 pagine; 22 cm.; VOLUME 3: Novelle asiatiche / Arthur de Gobineau; Prefazione di Clotilde Izzo; a cura di Paola Sodo; 311 pagine FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: LIEVI SEGNI DEL TEMPO AL COFANETTO, VOLUMI INTONSI, PERFETTI.
(A Dickens of a Crime series) London, June 1835: In the interest of being a good neighbor, Charles checks in on Miss Haverstock, the elderly spinster who resides in the flat above his. But as the young journalist and his fiancée Kate ascend the stairs, they are assaulted by the unmistakable smell of death. Upon entering the woman's quarters, they find her decomposing corpse propped up, adorned in a faded gown that looks like it could have been her wedding dress, had she been married.324p. Book
9th Signet printing. Good pbk. Light staining to the spine and back cover. With an afterword by Angus Wilson. 17844. eng
pp. vii, 457 + Plus Color Portrait Frontis by Mike Rodericks and chapter head line drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal with Baskerville typeface. Moire silk pastedowns and endpapers. Ribbon bookmark. All edges gold. Sm. 4to. Original full embossed tan leather binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Raised bands on spine. Hardbound. Collector's Edition of the 100 Greatest Books ever written. A lovely copy, as new. These Leather Bound Easton Press Books Make Great Gifts! SHELF NW32
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 18 illustrations in the text; patterned yellow boards, green cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt, yellow top, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
Several volumes bound in one. pp. 202; 115 + Plus full page illustrations. Double column. Inside wraps advertise Taxidermist's Guide, Catarrh Home Treatment, Genteel Behavior and Hospital Remedies. Paper fragile but not brittle. 12mo. Original full yellow wraps, Dickens portrait on front cover. Rear wrap advertises Colgate's Perfumes and Soaps with a drawing of the Eiffel Tower. Wraps slightly soiled. Scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68.
16 pages. Contents: Bridal Coiffure cover illustrations; Ten miles from a lemon remedially considered, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - autumn wraps, hats and bonnets; Personal; Embroidery Design for Morning Slipper; Knotted Watch Chain; Point Lace Rosette for Caps, Toilette Cushions (please note: 5"x4" clipping from this page 564); Embroidered Blouse Waist; Ladies' Autumn Dresses; Jewish Burial Rites; Out of the Forest - a story of Hungary, part II; Sayings and Doings; Great full-page illustration entitled "Not at Home" by William B. Myers shows a suitor being deflected by the butler; Beautiful full-page illustration entitled "On the Beach at Long Branch" shows three lovelies in a watefront coach; Paris Fashions; The Cryptogram - continued; Drawing "In Clover" by C.S. reinhart; Portraits and Home of Dickens; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
