Joseph jacobs intro (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Early printing. 2nd ptg. Large 4to, full red cloth, six classic Jacobs fairy tales including King o' the Cats, Tom Tit Tot and Child Rowland with delightful mid-century color illustrations by James Hill, very good in price-clipped, lightly creased dj, no previous owner's marks. Hill, James (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. No Jacket. First Thus. Dark blue cloth, lettered and with front cover device in gilt. Mild rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Firm binding, clean interior. Undated, ca. 1910s-20s. Two former owners' signatures inked on front endpapers, otherwise unmarked. 136 pp., each stanza with decorative borders, illus. w/ 4 color plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Frank Brangwyn (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No jacket. George Allen, 1896. Hardback, 8vo, xxvii,310pp, illust. Title and frontis foxed, occasional foxing elsewhere. Original green cloth, gilt decorated, all edges gilt, slightly marked, spine a little bumped and dull. A fair copy. /0.5uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. undated, early c20th hardback in blue cloth board covers with gilt decor, 135 pages | this copy has tired exterior with rubbed spine and edges and some loss from head of spine; frontis. is loose, otherwise binding is sound; gift inscription inside, otherwise free of notes etc; pages are yellow due to age | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A smart copy of Frank Brangwyn's illustrated edition of Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat'. Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician and astronomer, born in the 2nd Century. He gained great popularity for his poetry after the translation of Edward Fitzgerald. However, Fitzgerald's translations are fairly loose, with some considering that his translation of 'Rubaiyat' could be considered as Fitzgerald's own original poetry that are only loosely based on Khayyam's quatrains.This, a reissue of the 1906 edition illustrated by Frank Brangwyn, features four colour plates, and further decorative designs by Brangwyn, the prominent Welsh artist and watercolourist. Collated, complete.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1912, to the verso of the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with minor discolouration to back strip and board perimeters. Splits to cloth at front and rear joints, with boards holding firm. Hinges lightly strained. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. Frank Brangwyn (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Editions Thus. Hardbacks. 8vos. pp xlvii, 303; 307. Original publisher's green flecked blue-stamped cloth, gilt titles to spines. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn. Volume one and two only. Neat name on front endpapers with slight tanning to endpapers, otherwise very good indeed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Editions Thus. Hardbacks. 8vos. pp viii, 285; 286; 270. Original publisher's green flecked blue-stamped cloth, gilt titles to spines. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn. Volume four, five and six only. Neat name on front endpapers with slight tanning to endpapers, otherwise very good indeed. …

Gilt Decorated Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. xvi, 104 pp. Gilt decorated cloth with lettering elaborate botanical gilt designs to the spine and front board. Top edge gilt and edges rought. Illustrated with designs by Herbert Grandville Fell. Isador Caplan's copy, with his ownership inscription to the first free endpaper dated 1935. Rubbing to the spine and corners and some darkening at the spine. Rough edges are a little worn, with offsetting to the endpapers and darkening around the edges of the text, but text overall remains clean. A decorative printing of this religious text found in both the Ketuvim and Old Testament, with Grandville Fell's beautiful illustrations blending Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts aesthetics. Small 4to. Illustrated. Grandville Fell, Herbert (illustrator).…

HARDBACK TURQ & GOLD. Zustand: fair. General wear: faded covers, foxing, previous owner marking FEP, racking, cracked hinges Text and illustrations are clear except for last few pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1898 EDITION: 504. HAMMOND, CHRIS (illustrator).