London Dent Children's Illustrated Classics 1971. FIRST CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS 1971 8vo black and buff pictorial patterned cloth same pattern in black and white to endpapers pages: x 150 4. Coloured frontispiece 7 full page black and white illustrations and a couple of black and white text drawings all taken from Rackham's original illustrations for Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1935. 10 stories selected and edited by Roger Lancelyn Green. No inscriptions top edges lightly foxed near Fine in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER dw: not price clipped faded on spine lettering bright and very slightly rubbed on spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
New York: Gordian 1966. Hardcover. Good/No dust Jacket. Condition Good . Some stains to covers Vol I has a prior label being removed as shown on pictures. Binding is firm unmarked pages. No Dust Jackets. Gordian hardcover
Bibliographii Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Bibliographii Press unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP102643201 ISBN : 144746589x 9781447465898
Editions Le Creuset Bruxelles 1986. Hardcover. Collectible; Acceptable. No dust jacket. limited edition no 105 of 350 of 130 in this box signed and numbered by Anne Velghe. In an opening slip case designed to look like a book. Half green leather and marbled boards with vellum interior matching wrap. Tex unbound. Printed date 19 printed and one blank apart from a number 4 page spreads page size 38 x 28.5 cm. Text consists of the Baudelaire translation in French with lithographs and a title engraving in brown with title and other embossments. Internal loose vellum wrap with a slight bend not a crease. Text is complete but the number of illustrations given appears short. However it is correct if the part illustrations running across adjacent spreads are numbered separately. Text condition is fine apart from one of the loose tissue separators which is creased. The box is very good with very light wear and three spots on the spine leather. The upper opening board is very slightly warped. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2759064</p> Editions Le Creuset, Bruxelles hardcover
American International 1971. Pressbook for 1971 film. 22 pps; stapled glossy pages. Pictures ads and information about film for reviewers. A scarce piece of horror film ephemera. Stress; lower end wavy. Pamphlet. Very Good. American International Paperback
122 Fifth Avenue New York: Barnes & Noble 2011. First edition thus; full number-line beginning w/1. Dark blood red leather boards sharp gilt cover and spine titles design moderate shelf wear. Cover design by Jessica Mazurkiewicz depicts the Raven perched upon deadened silhoutte forest w/gilded red-eyed corpse below. Spine with gilt titles on four panels w/three raised ribs among black miasmic limbs. Back boards features gilt titles of tales swirling into whirl pool and boy latched onto barrel: The Fall of the House of Usher; The Tell-tale Heart; The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales of Terror. Pictorial endpapers in monochromatic black and red as are many of Clarke's reinterpeted and zoomed in imagery throughout. Pages fine; no writing. Bright gilded text block at all sides. Includes a new introduction from famed horror author Neil Gaiman. This reinterpretation is most profusely illustrated with the ethereal spine-tingling imagery of Harry Clarke. Includes the original color plates as set on dark matte pages along w/the chiaroscuro-like monochromatic plates. Each rich in detail and depth. Unique to this volume are the original interpretations of Harry Clarke's design in enlarge and monochromatic schemes. Additional partial-page imagery vignettes and decoration by Harry Clarke throughout. First published in 1919 Tales of Mystery and Imagination matched Edgar Allan Poe's best tales of horror and suspense with the expressive artwork of Harry Clarke. Beautifully designed volume w/more than thirty full-colour and black-and-white illustrations giving substance to the terrifying imagery in Poe's masterpieces of the macabre. 'Clarke's art perfectly captures the perversity madness and delight in horror that were the hallmarks of Poe's dark genius'. - Neil Gaiman. Tales in order include: Ms. Found in a Bottle; Berenice; Morella; Some Passages in the Life of a Lion Lionizing; The Assignation; Bon-Bon; King Pest; Metzengerstein; Silence - A Fable; A Descent Into the Maelstrom; Ligeia; The Fall of The House of Usher; William Wilson; The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion; The Man of the Crowd; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Mystery of Marie Roget; The Colloquy of Monos and Una; The Masque of the Red Death; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Tell-Tale Heart; The Gold Bug; The Black Cat; The Spectacles; The Premature Burial; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Oblong Box; The Cask of Amontillado; and Landor's Cottage. Large 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" design. 462 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Fine. Illus. by Clarke Harry; Mazurkiewicz Jessia Cover Illustrations; McGuiness Kiera Interior Design. Barnes & Noble Hardcover
iUniverse.com. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! iUniverse.com unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP113890956 ISBN : 1583488243 9781583488249
Textstream Spanish. Used - Good. Ships from Reno NV. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Textstream Spanish unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP113890944 ISBN : 1413577962 9781413577969
Collins 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 476 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are mostly clean overall with moderate tanning and mild foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges exposing netting. Binding is firm. Top text block edge dyed blue. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Collins hardcover
George G Harrap & Co 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 48 pages. Red soft leather covers with blind stamped decoration and gilt title block to front. Contains a monochrome illustrated frontispiece. Gilt top edge text block. Rough cut pages. Pages remain mostly clear with light tanning and foxing throughout and some occasional marking. Previous owner's inscription to interleave between frontispiece and title page. FRont hinge is partially split 50% hence text block is slightly loose. Soft leather covers are moderately marked and stained and have an small ink inscription to front moderate wear and some fraying to edges heavier wear mild tanning and heavy fraying to spine. George G Harrap & Co hardcover
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1919. 382 pp. Number 32 of 170 deluxe limited edition signed by illustrator Harry Clarke on limitations page. Full vellum with gilt design and rules on front gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Frontispiece and 23 full-page black and white half-tone illustrations by Clarke all with tissue guards. Title page vignette and head and tail pieces throughout by Clarke. Twenty-nine tales including "The Fall of the House of Usher" "The Murders in the Rue Morge" "The Mystery of Marie Roget" "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Gold Bug." Boards are slightly bowed extremities lightly scuffed head of spine bumped and some soil spots on front. Vellum is wrinkled on spine and lower front joint. End pages foxed. Binding is very secure. Text block is very clean and tight throughout. Poe inspired modern mystery science fiction and horror. Clarke's illustrations perfectly capture the macabre and the beautiful in the text. His work is compared to Aubrey Beardsley Kay Nielson and Edmund Dulac. A stunning pairing of the arts of literature and illustration. A handsome copy of an extremely scarce and impressive work. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. Full Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry Clarke. Thick Quarto. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
London New York et al.: Puffin Books/ Published by the Penguin Group 1994. Reissued in This Ed 1994/ Compl & Unabrg . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. David Bergen Cover Illustration. 235 pp. Nearly flawless copy with minimal external wear. Clean text. Very light foxing on pages. <br/> <br/> Puffin Books/ Published by the Penguin Group paperback
Bookseller reference : 5vEg0052 ISBN : 0140367209 9780140367201
New York: Dover Publications Inc. 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8� Medium Octavo: 7�" x 9�" tall. Paul E. Kennedy Cover Design. 50 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. Damage to bottom of spine. <br/> <br/> Dover Publications, Inc. paperback
Bookseller reference : 4iDd0061 ISBN : 0486266850 9780486266855
New York: Brentano's 1923. Very Good. Harry Clarke. New York: Brentano's c. 1923. Early edition with no additional printings on copyright. Quarto. 412 pages. 32 plates including frontis 8 of which are full-color and tipped in. Publisher's black cloth-covered boards with illustrated title card and gilt lettering to spine. Missing dustjacket but now in an impressive vernacular psychedelic sewn fabric cover removable but why would you. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with some superficial chewing to cloth. Spine faded with a small bit of writing in red grease pen. Front board opens shakily but is holding soundly at center without cracks to joint or hinge. Pages a bit toned with a few spots of foxing else unmarked. Page binding is sound. Brentano's unknown
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