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188434050<p>Paris: J. Lemonnyer Publisher 1884 Two-Volume Set in publisher's gilt-stamped navy cloth no markings NOT ex-lib t.e.g. binding tight rough cut pages bright & unfoxed all of the wonderful Eisen illustrations present & tissue-guarded offsetting to endpapers light shelf/edge wear with only lightly bumped corners & softening to spine ends else a clean tight exemplary set of a beautiful edition; Text in English; 2 royal 8vos: xvi 252 xii 334pp illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy set additional charge MAY BE SUBSTANTIAL for shipment outside the United States. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.</p> Paris: J. Lemonnyer, Publisher hardcover
18841123979Paris Fra: J. Lemonnyer 1884. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Green cloth boards with gold-gilt type to spines 23 cm each volume 252 pages Volume One 334 pages Volume Two. With 85 engravings by Eisen. Japan paper edition. A very good set. Previous owner's bookplates on front endpaper of each volume. J. Lemonnyer hardcover
18101302843London: M. J. Godwin 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos 2 volumes. Volume 1: xi 1 235 1 Volume 2: 4 261 3 pages. In Good Plus condition. Bound in patterned light brown cloth rebacked with brown cloth. The majority of previous spine preserved including back labels with gilt lettering. Some chipping and rubbing to boards. Includes 20 engraved plates by Blake after drawings by Mulready including frontispieces one for each tale told within some plates offset onto the facing page including the title page for volume two. Some foxing/spotting throughout. With the bookplate of English Novelist Hugh Walpole on front pastedowns of both volumes; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown of volume one. shelved case 0. Lamb says in his preface that he "wished to make these Tales easy reading for young children.for young ladies too it has been my intention chiefly to wrote because boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book";<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Hugh Walpole was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s with a large and varied output. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels five volumes of short stories two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre children's stories and historical fiction most notably his Herries Chronicle series set in the Lake District. He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield. As a gay man at a time when homosexual practices were illegal for men in Britain Walpole conducted a succession of intense but discreet relationships with other men and was for much of his life in search of what he saw as "the perfect friend". He eventually found one a married policeman with whom he settled in the English Lake District. Having as a young man eagerly sought the support of established authors he was in his later years a generous sponsor of many younger writers. He was a patron of the visual arts and bequeathed a substantial legacy of paintings to the Tate Gallery and other British institutions. wikipedia. 1302843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. M. J. Godwin hardcover
18101302843London: M. J. Godwin 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos 2 volumes; G; bound in patterned light brown cloth rebacked with brown cloth majority of previous spine preserved including back labels with gilt lettering; some chipping and rubbing to boards; with 20 engraved plates by Blake after drawings by Mulready including frontispieces one for each tale told within some plates offset onto the facing page including the title page for volume 2; Some foxing/spotting throughout; With the bookplate of English Novelist Hugh Walpole on front pastedowns of both volumes; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown of volume 1; Volume 1: xi 1 235 1 Volume 2: 4 261 3 pages; shelved case 0. Lamb says in his preface that he "wished to make these Tales easy reading for young children.for young ladies too it has been my intention chiefly to wrote because boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book";<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Hugh Walpole was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s with a large and varied output. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels five volumes of short stories two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre children's stories and historical fiction most notably his Herries Chronicle series set in the Lake District. He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield. As a gay man at a time when homosexual practices were illegal for men in Britain Walpole conducted a succession of intense but discreet relationships with other men and was for much of his life in search of what he saw as "the perfect friend". He eventually found one a married policeman with whom he settled in the English Lake District. Having as a young man eagerly sought the support of established authors he was in his later years a generous sponsor of many younger writers. He was a patron of the visual arts and bequeathed a substantial legacy of paintings to the Tate Gallery and other British institutions. wikipedia. 1302843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. M. J. Godwin hardcover books
1332738753.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
197188114Hamburg, Edition Griffelkunst, 1971. Plattenmaß 24,4 x 18,9; Bogenmaß 53 X 39,5 cm.
197593135Hamburg, 1975. Zinkätzung. Platte 28,7 x 25,1, Blatt 49,2 x 38,7 cm.
197593136Hamburg, 1975. Zinkätzung. Platte 16,4 x 20,9, Blatt 50 x 40 cm.
197593132Hamburg, 1975. Zinkätzung. Platte 19,5 x 17 cm, Blatt 33,2 x 30 cm.
2002012914NY: Two Palms Pess 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Portfolio of reproductions of 12 wood engravings 13 loose sheets with Winter's images on the left side of the sheet and Tallman's writings on the right. Some rubbing to title page else near fine. Two Palms Pess unknown
8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved frontispiece, 40 engravings (a number full-page) and large folding map; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made marbled slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. navy buckram, gilt back, bevelled boards, gilt top, covers very lightly age-soiled. backstrip sunned (but all gilt wholly legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES. Printed from the plates of Macmillan's definitive Wessex Edition and so including both the expanded Preface of 1912 and the episode of the dance at the hay-trusser's (pp.76-79) present there for the first time. See Purdy p.77.
8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved frontispiece, 40 engravings (a number full-page) and large folding map, neat contemporary signatures on front paste-down; original navy buckram, bevelled boards, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, boards very lightly age-marked, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES. With the trade ticket of Gilbert of Southampton on front paste-down. Printed from the plates of Macmillan's definitive Wessex Edition and so including both the expanded Preface of 1912 and the episode of the dance at the hay-trusser's (pp.76-79) present there for the first time. See Purdy p.77.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full white cloth boards. Slight edge wear to cover. 448 pages.
1814177240Printed for William Daniell by Thomas Davison. 1814. 17 uncoloured aquatint plates mounted on India paper tissue-guards textblock complete but front and rear boards are disbound and only a fragment of the spine remains with the stamp of the library of the University of Pennsylvania on the front paste-down and blind stamped throughout but not affecting the plates. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt slight water stains to some pages edges browned but the plates are clean. 42.5 x 33.5cm. A very good example of Orientalist art. Robert Smirk 1752. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1786 became an associate in 1792 and in the same year an academician. Most of his paintings are small.Those for the story of the Hunch-back engraved by Daniell were in his happiest manner. He died in London 1845. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers - London 1927. . Printed for William Daniell by Thomas Davison hardcover
1814D6857London: Printed for William Daniell. by Thomas Davison 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern half morocco and marbled paper; folio large paper copy 13 x 17 inches; pp. 2 title-p. blank 99 1 plus 17 mounted India Proofs engraved by William Daniell after paintings by Robert Smirke. Spine tips and corners lightl bumped; faint damp-stain in upper right corner of text block just touching images on the first 6 plates; a bit foxed throughout. <br/><br/> Printed for William Daniell... by Thomas Davison hardcover
1814D6857London: Printed for William Daniell. by Thomas Davison 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern half morocco and marbled paper; folio large paper copy 13 x 17 inches; pp. 2 title-p. blank 99 1 plus 17 mounted India Proofs engraved by William Daniell after paintings by Robert Smirke. Spine tips and corners lightl bumped; faint damp-stain in upper right corner of text block just touching images on the first 6 plates; a bit foxed throughout. <br/><br/> Printed for William Daniell... by Thomas Davison hardcover books
194811111112222233547<p>The First UK printing published by The Golden Cockerel Press London in 1948. Number '36' of only 80 specially bound copies signed by both the author and artist to the limitation page. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. Full brown morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with five raised bands gilt spine titling and large gilt designs by the artist on the upper and lower covers. Gilt ruled turn-ins. top edge gilt and others uncut. 3 maps by Mina Greenhill and 10 wood engravings by Clifford Webb 8 full page. Some discolouration and light marking to the outer fore edge of the front board and some light fading to the outer fore edge of the rear cover with a neat previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. The book is protected in loose Mylar archival cover. Loosely inserted is the 4 page publisher's prospectus. A very handsome production - 'Clifford Webb's wood engravings seemed to me the finest yet produced by this master of black and white.' COCKALORUM 181. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
0243057237.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1844H19378London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1844. First English language edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes publisher's muted lime cloth with gilt decorations on front covers good set recent matching cloth over the Summer volume spine moderate wear to bindings plates show some foxing owner's name clipped from flyleaves with 18 engravings per volume. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans hardcover
Facsimile of the original published around 1845. 48 pages.
1898D2333London: Privately Printed for Societe des Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes. Cloth-backed paper over boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine top edge gilt; with engravings etched by Louis Monzies after drawings by Paul Avril. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 100 on "Old English Spartan." ALL VOLUMES: Spines just a little dust soiled corners gently bumped. Volume 1 bumped at tail of spine. A very nice set. From the "Classics Facetius" series. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for Societe des Bibliophiles hardcover
1898D2333London: Privately Printed for Societe des Bibliophiles 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes. Cloth-backed paper over boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine top edge gilt; with engravings etched by Louis Monzies after drawings by Paul Avril. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 100 on "Old English Spartan." ALL VOLUMES: Spines just a little dust soiled corners gently bumped. Volume 1 bumped at tail of spine. A very nice set. From the "Classics Facetius" series. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for Societe des Bibliophiles hardcover books
Features: Claydon House - a Buckinghamshire property of the National Trust; The Importance of Patina on Old English Furniture; A Whig Artist in Ivory - David Le Marchand, 1674-1726; Turret Clocks; The heads of Illustrious persons of Great Britain - engravings by Jacobus Houbraken ; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
1929ARC93326The Cresset Press London 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition printed at the Curwen Press and limited to 450 numbered copies on mould-made paper plus a further thirty deluxe copies this one of the 450 examples but un-numbered. Large 4to. 406pp. Bound in full brown buckram with two red leather spine labels lettered and bordered in gold this binding unusual as the 'correct' binding should be white vellum; the fact that this example is un-numbered may suggest that it was intended as a trial or proof copy or perhaps a file copy. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. A touch of very light spotting to the edges and endpapers and to very occasional leaf margins. Backstrip ends very gently rubbed. A very good copy of an uncommon and quite delightful production: a tour-de-force collaboration featuring some of the finest wood engravers of the post-Great War period each one tackling one of the fourteen books classified as apocryphal by the King James Bible. The Cresset Press, London Hardcover
