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1969rif. 346062London: Gordon Fraser Gallery Ltd 1969. 1st Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 1 volume unpaged: all illustrations; 21 cm. Subjects: Angels; Caricatures and cartoons.Angels. Blake Quentin. Genre: Caricatures and cartoons. Illustrated. London: Gordon Fraser Gallery Ltd paperback
1969rif. 201317Gordon Fraser 1969. 1st Edition. Softcover. NF/VG. 1st Edition 15 x 21 cm price clipped pink paper wraps. with black and white illustrations to the front and back. Unpaginated 32pp with original Gordan Fraser plastic book cover. A near fine book without name inscription or bookplate in its original scarce Gordon Fraser clear cover with the publisher's name on the front. All in all a lovely copy of this early Quentin Blake book full of his humorous imaginings of what Angels do when it's not Christmas. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care. Gordon Fraser paperback
1969rif. 933e25London: Gordon Fraser Gallery Limited 1969. First edition. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". Quentin Blake. This uncommon first edition first impression of Quentin Blake's richly illustrated festive work in the original pictorial dust wrapper. The first and only edition first impression of the work. In the original publisher's paper wraps with the original clipped pictorial dust wrapper.This is an amusing and festive collection of monochrome vignette illustrations by Quentin Blake. With charming depictions of angels flipping pancakes enjoying champagne-filled picnics and offering piggyback rides this book imagines what Christmas angels get up to throughout the rest of the year. Bound in the original publisher's paper wraps with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally generally attractive with some light age spots to the front wrap. Fractional bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Dust wrapper has some minor handling marks and light edge wear as well as some spotting heaviest to the reverse. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages barring some scattered age spotting. Very Good Gordon Fraser Gallery Limited paperback
rif. 1638749965.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2020rif. 1-1999734521Filbert Pr 2020. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 10.25x8.50x0.75 inches. Filbert Pr hardcover
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1816rif. 1068091816. London: Henry Colburn 1816. 8vo viii 449 pp. With 2 leaves of ads at the front and another 2 at the back dated 1818. Original boards paper backstrip slightly rubbed with loss of label some wear to boards a very fine copy entirely uncut and in original state as issued. § First edition of a fascinating contemporary reference work. It includes one of the earliest biographical references to William Blake "an eccentric and very ingenious artist" as well as a large number of writers such as Wordsworth Coleridge and Byron and hundreds of other authors forgotten today but amazingly no Shelley Mary or Percy no Keats and no Jane Austen. Bentley Blake Books 2929: "references to Blake under William Hayley W. Blake and William Blake". Some claim Watkins authored A-K and Shoberl the rest. unknown
1816rif. 023285London: Printed for Henry Colburn 1816. Good condition. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Bound in contemporary marbled boards with leather spine and corners. Cover rubbed. Internally Very Good. Pages are clean and unmarked but for light scattered foxing. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. 1816. First Edition. This is one of the earliest books with biographical references to William Blake. According to G. E. Bentley in BLAKE BOOKS there are discussions of William Blake e.g. "an eccentric and very ingenious artist" under William Hayley W. Blake and William Blake the bibliography from the last of which is reprinted in Watt no. 533. Although the BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY was published anonymously Bentley reports that Watkins compiled A-K and from there on by Shoberl citing B. Corney "a persuasive witness" in NOTES & QUERIES XI 1855 34. Full title: "A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives and a Chronological Register of Their Publications With the Number of Editions Printed Including Notices of Some Foreign Writers Whose Works Have Been Occasionally Published in England Illustrated by a Variety of Communications from Persons of the First Eminence in the World of Letters." BLAKE BOOKS 2929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii 449pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Printed for Henry Colburn Hardcover
rif. 0656834269.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1856rif. ZB690638Philadelphia: H. Cowperthwait & Co. 1856. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Nov. 2 weekend sale item including more than two thousand articles of American Biography. Thirteenth Edition. Revised and Enlarged thick quarto viii 1366 pp original tan leather very rubbed but sound and interior clean. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Philadelphia: H. Cowperthwait & Co., hardcover
1816rif. 1068091816. London: Henry Colburn 1816. 8vo viii 449 pp. With 2 leaves of ads at the front and another 2 at the back dated 1818. Original boards paper backstrip slightly rubbed with loss of label some wear to boards a very fine copy entirely uncut and in original state as issued. § First edition of a fascinating contemporary reference work. It includes one of the earliest biographical references to William Blake "an eccentric and very ingenious artist" as well as a large number of writers such as Wordsworth Coleridge and Byron and hundreds of other authors forgotten today but amazingly no Shelley Mary or Percy no Keats and no Jane Austen. Bentley Blake Books 2929: "references to Blake under William Hayley W. Blake and William Blake". Some claim Watkins authored A-K and Shoberl the rest. unknown books
First edition, xix, 393pp., orig. cloth, d.w. torn.
First edition, xix, 393pp., orig. cloth, d.w.
rif. 134507Fine. External dimensions 92 × 77 mm; in fine condition. Peake 3878 'Two whales' 1980. Numbered 32/100 and signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin; printed on blue paper. unknown
rif. 101293Printed for the author R. Ford & A. Tozer 1736 3rd.ed. Small hardback approx 7 x 4 inches. Later blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Later cloth cover. Some tanning and light foxing to last couple of pages. Else pages all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 108pp. With a folding B&W engraved frontis plate. Printed for the author, (R. Ford & A. Tozer) 1736 (3rd.ed.) hardcover
rif. 98616Blandford A C Hailes Second edition 1860. Sm 8vo. Rebound in maroon cloth covers saving original front board title. In good condition. Lacks Frontispiece name inscription head of title page. Inside some faint old staining. Else generally clean & tight. Size 10.5 x 8.25 inches 23pp with two vignettes and a map of the town. A reprint in pamphlet form of the original. An interesting contemporary account of the fire which virtually destroyed the town. Blandford A, C, Hailes Second edition 1860 hardcover
1986rif. 49796London: Cadenza Press 1986. Limited edition one of "about" 50 copies small 8vo 28 4 pp. Printed wrappers fine. (London: Cadenza Press unknown
rif. 1385600861.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1385568933.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2003rif. eso 1002A historical narrative to accompany the Nomad Museum Jewelry Collection. Book traces body modifications and adornment throughout history and around the world. Both ritual tribal modifications and modern body modifications. The book is in very good condition except for the cover which has some scuffing and a bent corner on the back. No markings or losses. Scarce. See photos. Shipped boxed. Tribalife Publications paperback
rif. 0932581366.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 0331152797.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1967rif. 005519Bethesda: U.S. Department of Healt Education & Welfare 1967 4 volumes 4to 27 cm XII 698 pp; XIV 1316 pp; VI 502 pp; V 52 pp. Publisher's cloth minor shelf-wear. The catalog of 16th-century books compiled by Richard J. Durling lists and describes 4808 imprints held by the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine. Also included are some incunabula of uncertain date of publication. The catalog of 17th-century books compiled by Peter Krivatsy and published in 1989 describes 13299 imprints. The 18th-century catalog 1979 authored by John B. Blake includes approximately 25000 items. In the Supplement 1971 Peter Krivatsky lists 27 incunabula and 272 sixteenth-century books acquired since the publication of the previous catalogs. U.S. Department of Healt, Education & Welfare hardcover
1956rif. C93589Emery Walker. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 86 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . 1956. Emery Walker hardcover
1956rif. 93589Emery Walker. As New. 1956. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 86 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Emery Walker hardcover
