magic line autobiography von knight laura (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good in good dj. First Edition. 16 x 24cm 347pp includes sixty plates and twenty-two illustrations in the text. Dust jacket slightly discoloured and worn. In price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Very good condition in very good unclipped dust jacket. The book shows wear to the boards and has an ink inscription to front fly leaf. Ex Libris bookplate of the noted artist Albert Thomas Pile to the front paste down. Scattered foxing. The dust jacket shows some signs of wear and tear and sun fading. Scarce. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used: Acceptable. Condition fair, has corner bumps, no dust jacket.

First edition. William Kimber, London. 1965. Hardback with DW. B&w frontis. (showing the author as a baby with her sisters and their mother) + illustrated throughout. 348 pages. Index. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY "For Dear Susie the baby in the picture writes her name Laura Knight" to title page. Board margins are very slightly browned and extremities only slightly worn. Contents are very clean and fresh. Wrapper is price clipped, is a little sunned to spine and margins, and has small close tear to front panel at bottom corner, and another small close tear to top margin of rear panel which is repaired with tape internally and externally (external tape repair is coming loose). Overall a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by William Kimber, London in 1965. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Original cloth with gilt titling. The pink salmon top-stain is present but a little faded in a few places. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some small losses at the upper spine and edges (see images). Toning to the spine and edges with mild fading of the red lettering to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The decorative bookplate of Sir Michael Fraser, Lord Fraser of Kilmorack pasted in to the front pastedown. Penned inscription to the front blank endpaper : 'Mike with love from Chloe, 25th July 1965'. Chloe(Drummond) was Lord Fraser's wife. Laura Knight has penned a signed elaborate doodle to the title page. This doodle is presumable that of Lord Fraser and his wife having a meal. Laura Knight has written ' MIchael Fraser his book' to the top of the page. She has also doodled 'Fog' above the couple, presumably referring to ?? brain fog. She has located the doodle to 'Pruniers, 17th November 1965' and signed her name within the doodle. 'Prunier St. James ' was a well-known French restaurant in London which closed in 1976. Lord Fraser was a British Conservative Party political administrator. Dame Laura Knight's autobiography contains sixty plates and twenty-two illustrations in the text. A highly collectible presentation copy from one of the 20th Century's leading women artists. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. With sixty plates and twenty-two illustrations in the text. Very good copy in dust jacket lightly browned at spine and head and tail, with small chip at upper right-hand corner of upper panel, and with price cut from tail of dust jacket flap.