buckland wright john keats john (5 Ergebnisse)

First edition. Quarto. 152 pages. 58 wood-engravings by John Buckland-Wright in full voluptuous mode including the title-page and four section headings; 11 of the engravings are full-page. One of 500 numbered copies. Vellum-backed brown pictorial cloth gilt. Printed in Caslon type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Top edge gilt.Presentation copy from the artist, inscribed in calligraphic style by him on the front free endpaper: ''To W. Netley Searle as a token of my great admiration and eternal gratitude for his generosity, his science and his incredible skill as a surgeon, to which I owe the life of my wife Mary and the safe delivery of our children John Christopher, Richard Hume & Elizabeth Frances - John Buckland Wright, March 1949''. As may be guessed, the recipient was a leading obstetrician.Near fine. A copy of obviously great personal significance to the artist.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Buckland-Wright, John (illustrator). Hardback, original vellum backed-cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with gilt title to spine and illustration to front board. With the original tattered glassine wrapper in two halves with some losses. 32cm x 20cm. 150pp. With illustrations throughout by John Buckland-Wright. No. 476 of a limited edition of only 500 copies. A little sporadic foxing to contents. A wonderful copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. The sole UK printing of this illustrated edition published by Golden Cockerel Press, London in 1947. Number '383' of 500 copies issued on Arnold's hand-made paper with the Golden Cockerel Press watermark, of which one hundred copies were specially bound in vellum at Sangorski and Sutcliffe. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. The vellum spine with gilt titling has a few lights spots. The cloth boards with gilt decoration are clean. The binding is tight. Top edge gilt. Free from inscriptions. Some light sporadic toning to the page edges in places, more so to pages 12-15, 90-91 and 132-133, and the rest mild - all copies appear to have been affected with this to some degree, and it does not particularly detract. Profusely illustrated throughout with engravings by John Buckland-Wright. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. One of the highlight productions from the Golden Cockerel Press. Increasingly scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Limited edition, number 281 of 325 copies printed on Dutch Pannekoek laid paper (from a total edition of 376). Quarto. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt vignette by John Buckland-Wright to the upper board and titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed, with many pages unopened. Illustrated with a wood engraved portrait frontispiece and 10 further wood-engraved plates by Buckland-Wright. With the bookplate for Helge Loewenberg-Domp to the front pastedown. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear to the corners and spine ends, a few minor marks to the lower board and a touch of fading to the spine. The contents with a little toning to the endpapers are otherwise clean and bright throughout. An attractive example of John Buckland-Wright's first illustrated book. (Reid A1d). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Maastricht: The Halcyon Press A.A.M. Stols. 1930. 8vo., original blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine with gilt block after Buckland Wright to upper board; outer edges untrimmed; pp. [iv], lxiv, [viii]; illustrated with portrait frontis of the author, and a further 10 wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright; a lovely copy, many pages entirely unopened; endpapers very lightly offset, very slight darkening to extremities of cloth; a superior example of this scarce edition. Limited edition of 376 numbered copies, this one of 325 copies on Dutch Pannekoek laid paper, with the water-mark of the Halcyon Press. Printed in Maastricht, Holland, the typeface is designed by J. van Krimpen, in the office of Messrs Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem. John Buckland Wright's first published work. The self-taught artist here beautifully illustrates the sonnets of John Keats, including those dedicated to Spenser, Chatterton and Byron.