Basil a smith (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Pages are clean. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Softcover. Glossy white illustrated paper wraps with black lettering on front cover and spine. Title page and copyright page dated 2000. 155 pages. Book is in very good condition. Cover and pages are free of marks, bumps, or tears. Binding is strong and square. Overall, a good, clean copy. …

2000, Botany, Journals, Department of Biology - Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Snithsonian Institution, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Vol 40: 1 - 155, very good paperback.

Hardcover. First Edition. One of 2000 copies. Green cloth stamped in gold on the cover and the spine. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a tiny spot to the spine panel and two very short closed tears to rear panel. Collects five tales. Presented by the editor and publisher David Stuart Schiff to John Gatto with a long and somewhat humorous inscription on the front free endpaper. Introduction by Russell Kirk. Illustrations by Stephen Fabian. A nice copy. ; Octavo; Signed by Editor. Illustrated by Fabian, Stephen (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. This was a lettered copy (D), 26 of them, separate from the 250 numbered copies. Signed on last page by Basil A Smith, Stephen E Fabian, and Stuart D Schiff. This was Stephen E Fabian's personal copy, and a gift inscription to him from Stuard Schiff is on the front free endpaper. Some light reading wear, slipcase has some edgewear and scuffing from shelving, along with a small stain near tail of slipcase. Stephen Fabian (illustrator). Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 3-volume with. With 78 fine color plates after paintings by Spurling. Blue cloth covers with gilt decoration show minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned with minor foxing and a few small tidemarks.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Third Impression. Affixed to first blank leaf is a heartfelt handwritten note signed by the artist, Jack Spurling [1870-1933], to a Mr. Hardcastle, dated 15 December 1929. On opposite leaf is affixed a typed gift plate from one Lt. L.B. Whetstone, R.N., beneath which is written in pencil "H.M.S. Dauntless August, 1930". Laid-in is a one-page colour-illustrated magazine ad for this volume which reads in part "The life and colour of the golden days of sail, painted by Mr. Jack Spurling (30 colour plates and one photogravure) and described by Mr. Basil Lubbock. As great a treasure for book-lovers as for sea-lovers." "Appended are a subject index, an index of the names of ships which occur in the text, and a foldout chart of the routes chiefly followed by the clippers in pursuit of their various trades." - Editor's Note. 12.4" x 10.5". XII, 153 pages. All plates, photogravure and chart present. Binding shaken. Both hinges open. Front free endpaper loose but present. Above-average wear to gilt decorated blue publisher's cloth. Light to moderate foxing to contents. Spurling, Jack [Signed] (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 3 volumes. 4to. pp. x, 153; [4], 152, [12]; [6], 102. 3 sepia frontis illus., 78 colour plates, 3 folding charts & 5 b/w full-page illustrations. endleaves illustrated by W.M. Burchell. index. original gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends & corners bit worn & frayed, spines discoloured, short tear to vol. 2 foot of spine, couple stains to vol. 3, vol. 1 & 2 bit shaken). Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Volume 1, Third Impression; Volume 2, Second Impression; Volume 3, First Impression.…