1993ref. CBS-9781850970217Quintessence Bp 1993. New. Quintessence Bp unknown
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2020ref. 1-3030395324Springer 2020. Hardcover. New. 3rd edition. 613 pages. 11.00x8.25x1.50 inches. Springer hardcover
ref. 133546Hakluyt Society 1984. Four-volume set octavo light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine gilt design & blind rule to front board all vols frontispiece xx 442pp & folding map in rear pocket vol 1 ix 442-786pp vol 2 viii 787-1230pp vol 3 viii 1231-1752pp vol 4 all vols illus all vols VG owner's name & date to fep vol 1 bruising & pencil mark to upper page edges vols 2 3 4 would be fine but for owner's name & date in ink to fep all vols in VG d/w bruising & rubbing to exterior & edges & corners Hakluyt Society 1984 hardcover
1967ref. __3111183971Mouton De Gruyter 1967. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 303 pages. French language. 9.10x6.20x9.61 inches. Mouton De Gruyter hardcover
1893ref. RO80013888HACHETTE. 1893. In-4. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos à nerfs, Quelques rousseurs. 378 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte et hors-texte. Titre et caisson doré sur le dos cuir noir et marron.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française
ref. RO80013832BASCHET Ludovic. Non daté. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 197 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc hors-texte, avec serpente. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, marron et blanc et bicolores dans le texte. Quelques planches de chromolithographies couleurs, hors-texte. Culs-de-lampe et lettrines. Couverture contre-pliée. Ouvrage débroché. Pages volantes. Quelques accrocs sur le dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 96-Livres remarquables par leur illustration, leur papier
1885ref. R200137200Paul Ollendorff. 1885. In-8. Broché. A restaurer, 1er plat abîmé, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Quelques rousseurs. 595 pages, quelques bandeaux et culs-de-lampe en noir et blanc, un portrait en noir et blanc hors texte - papier jauni, 1er plat manquant remplacé par une photocopie, film adhésif transparent sur la couverture, coins frottés, dos plié.. . . . Classification Dewey : 570-Sciences de la vie
1895ref. 54053Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, éditeurs 1895 In-4, cartonnage éditeur pleine percaline crème, premier plat orné d’une composition polychrome, 332 pp. illustrations in & hors texte en noir, bandeaux, culs-de-lampe. Coiffes et coins émoussés. Quelques rousseurs concentrées en début de volume, sinon rares.
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2012ref. 2-0415624789CRC Pr I Llc 2012. Paperback. New. 250 pages. 9.00x6.75x0.50 inches. CRC Pr I Llc paperback
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1909ref. 997G13London: The Temple Press 1909 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Arthur Rackham. The first Temple Press Arthur Rackham edition of this collection of children's stories based on Shakespeare's plays complete with colour plates. The first Temple Press Arthur Rackham edition. First Arthur Rackham edition published by J. M. Dent in 1899.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. A collection of popular adaptations of Shakespeare's works intended for children. By Charles and Mary Lamb English writers and siblings best known for their collaboration on this work. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and 11 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham. Collated complete.Rackham was an English book illustrator recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration and was best known for combining pen and ink drawings with the use of watercolour. In publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Tide mark to tail of rear board. Odd small mark to front board. Light fading to spine. Ink inscription to front paste down and front free endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Three plates disbound but present loosely inserted inside the volume. Page 269 also disbound but present. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning and spotting most frequent to the start of the work. Ink inscription to half title page. Very Good The Temple Press hardcover
1933ref. 953T76London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Ernest H. Shepard. A smart first edition of this collection of writings from English essayist Charles Lamb with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with fifty plates. Collated complete. A collection of the works of Charles Lamb an English essayist poet and antiquarian. Being a selection from The Essays of Elia The Letter and his miscellaneous prose. Edited by A. C. Ward. Illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard an English artist and book illustrator known for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh. In the original green cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear and light fading to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine and panel edges with the odd small mark. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with light loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed G. Bell and Sons Ltd hardcover
1915ref. 968F37London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1915. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Charles E. Brock. A vibrant Riviere bound edition of Charles Lamb's charming collection of essays beautifully illustrated by C. E. Brock. The ninth edition of this work to be illustrated by Brock.Illustrated with a frontispiece and ninety-three plates headpieces tailpieces and vignettes all the work of Charles E. Brock. Collated complete. 'Essays of Elia' is a series of essays by Charles Lamb which were first published in 'The London Magazine'. The subjects the essays are on vary greatly but the conversational tone Lamb writes in charmed many readers.Charles Lamb was a popular antiquarian and essayist known for his work 'Tales from Shakespeare' which he co-authored with his sister and for these essays. In a half morocco signed binding with cloth covered boards. Back strip lightly age toned with a touch of rubbing to back strip head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
ref. 99364 July 1944; St John's Cottage Cambridge. Landscape 12mo. 12 lines. Text clear and complete. Good on aged paper in envelope addressed by Lamb to Inglis. On 'seeing the picture after that long interval' he was 'not ashamed of it' but 'when it was new my friends used to rag me about my "Morgue" pictures' there being 'a few others of similar gruesome import'. Now that he is 'far past youth' he is 'painting mostly scenes of sweetness & serenity'. He is sorry that she is 'denied the priviledge sic I have enjoyed all these sinister times' that of being able to paint. 4 July 1944; St John's Cottage, Cambridge. unknown
1985ref. C9113Bristol: Redcliffe 1985. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp. xiv 305. 8pp. coloured illustrations. 32pp. black and white illustrations. Original publisher's tan cloth lettered gilt on spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Three good handwritten signed letters from Henry Lamb to John Holmstrom a collector of Henry Lamb's paintings loosely inserted. One is hand-written from Coombe Bisset Salisbury and two are written on headed notepaper from the same address. They all date from 1954 3/7 12/12 & 28/12 consisting of about 190 122 & 170 words. In the first letter Lamb agrees to sell his painting of 'Valentine' for 60 guineas instead of 100 guineas as agreed by the gallery. In the second Lamb says he is 'glad to hear the young Valentine continues to give pleasure.' He goes on to say that when Holmstrom visits Valentine now aged 16 might well be about. The final letter is still about their proposed meeting and the possibility of Valentine now garbed as a public school boy being there. 'There is a last years' picture of him now in a small exhibition in the Salisbury Art School New Street which would prepare you for the shock of seeing him in the flesh.' A further letter from Keith Clements to Holmstrom is loosely inserted written on headed notepaper from Queenwood Darley Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 7UN and dated 20 April 1979 consisting of about 190 words in which he thanks Holmstrom for his helpful details. He also says that Lady Pansy Lamb's wife is still in London and that he hasn't been in touch with Valentine Lamb but that he lives in Dublin and works for the 'Irish Times'. Henry Lamb 1883 Ã 1960 was an English painter of Australian birth. Chapters on many of his contemporaries and friends such as Augustus John Boris Anrep Lytton Strachey Stanley Spencer and Carrington are included. Minute amount of creasing to dust jacket at foot of spine; a near fine copy. 0905459555 About fine. Redcliffe, hardcover
1831ref. 016820London: Baldwin & Cradock 1831. Book measures 19x11.5.cm. vi2376pp text illustrations. Bound in period half calf calf corners cloth boards raised bands leather label gilt tooling coloured endpapers. Boards bumped on corners minor abrasion wear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean. A good solid copy. F. Fifth Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Small 8vo. Baldwin & Cradock Hardcover
1989ref. 111310Roxford Books 1989-07-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square no scuffs no cracks. Complete with original dustjacket not showing any tears or chips. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. Complete with corrections slip. Roxford Books hardcover
1905ref. 77955London: Nister & Co. c. 1905. Small 8vo. Uncommon in jacket. 320 pp. Illustrated in b/w and colour by Walter Paget. Publisher's blue gilt lettered cloth in dust jacket. Tear and small loss to jacket spine; slight chipping to tail. Bookplate to ffep; printing error on p.103 with a corner of overlaid text. Clean copy. Originally published 1807 a classic retelling of Shakespearean plays for young people in prose by Charles and Mary Lamb retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible. A very good copy in its original dust jacket. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1905. Nister & Co. c. 1905 hardcover