Williamson john illus (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning, and bumped corners. Writing and stamps on the endpapers. Pages are lightly tanneda nd foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near very good condition. No dust jacket. Reprint. Book Ex-library marks. Pocket removed from front free endpaper. Spine label.

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 409pp.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Green boards with gilt lettering under white illustrated dust jacket priced at 18s. First edition thus. Minor toning to jacket spine panel, very light wear. The illustrations by Tunnicliffe were first done in 1932, working with the author, selecting North Devon places and scenes. A delightful book for many generations. Rachel Carson has said she was "deeply influenced" by it.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. NO Dustwrapper. 5th or later Edition. Occult novel in which a bizarre female creature transforms herself into a beetle and seeks revenge for an Egyptian cult. Illustrations by John Williamson. Small illustration & device to each of the 4 sections plus 1 full-page illus (op p155). Eighth Edition. Skeffington & Son, London 1901. illus viii + 351 + 1pp Opinions of the Press hb NO Dust-wrapper, pictorial red cloth (Beetle as the first edition), spine shaken covers rubbed, pages browned with a few creased, inscription, impressed on fep a small family heraldry shield showing Lion rampant with a creature(?) above with the motto, Malo Mori Quam Foedari (The motto translates as "I would rather die than be dishonored" used by the Order of the Ermine [L'Ordre de l'Hermine] was a chivalric order created in 1464 by King Ferdinand I of Naples and used as a secret password by the Nazarenos, a group of Spanish revolutionaries in the 19th century), minimal pencilling, overall vg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Reissue. Hardback. 8vo. pp 346. Original publishers illustrated blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and black on front cover. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Reissue (first edition, published in 1896 had colour illustrations.) Clean, very good.…

First edition. First edition. Quarto. Publisher's full brown morocco leather, heavilyblind-stamped design on both covers, spine with five raised bands. A.E.G., beveled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. A beautiful book with over sixty wood-engraved illustrations by artists of the day, including four illustrations by Nast, others by Darley, Hennessy, Hoppin, Church, Kensett, Macdonough, Job, Heine and many more. Near fine. Hamilton p.192, Item 1122. …