caldecott ralph (6 Ergebnisse)

Hard. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by the author. (illustrator). Undated. c.1920. Very good. 0.

Original Red Cloth Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Randolph [Ralph] Caldecott (illustrator). First Pocket Classics Edition. 1903. xiv, [ii], 165pp. and many black and white illustrations, both full-page and within the text. Top edge gilt. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". His "Old Christmas" is a charming collection of essays and tales, in which he describes the holiday traditions of England and how they were imported into the then-young United States. The ediiton for sale is part of the publisher's 'Pocket Classics' series, and is beautifully illustrated with drawings by Randolph Caldecott, engraved by J.D. Cooper. The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with gold titling and designs on the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. The case of the book is in very good condition with a slight lean to the spine. The contents are tight and clean with light foxing to prelims and a previous owner's name to the front pastedown.

Softcover. Zustand: Good+. Illustrated by Ralph Caldecott (illustrator). First Edition. Limp Card Covers; 22 numbered pages; covers creased; splitting to bottom of spine; a little marking to bottom right hand corner of cover; light foxing inside covers, but otherwise contents clean; tiny dog ears to some pages; G+; this is the 14th and last title on the list on rear cover of R. C. Picture Books on rear cover. ; Ralph Caldecott's Picture Books; Vol. 14; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Illustrated by Ralph Caldecott (illustrator). Landscape 4to; Decorative Cloth cover; undated and no date code found; could be 1st Warne edition; front hinge cracked, but strengthened with tape; Beautifully illustrated with Full-Page Colour Plates (48 colour illustrations) and Full Page & In-Text Sepia Drawings with a little text in large print. Binding a little slack in places; ; Ralph Caldecott's Collections of Pictures & Songs; Vol. 2; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Illustrated by Ralph Caldecott & E Evans (illustrator). 4to landscape hbk with illustrated boards; slight wear to ends of spine; browning to the illustrated boards; gift inscription inside cover dated Christam 1896. (Not author's inscription) ; light foxing to prelims; many colour plates; beautiful engravings, many of which are printed in colours; Generally a nice clean victorian copy of this book, could be a 1st edition, red colour to blocked page edges (as produced) , occasional brown mark or smattering on foxing on pages; G++; Engravings; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A complete collection of Randolph Caldecott Picture Books bound in two green faux leather volumes; contains: ( The House that Jack Built , John Gilpin , Elegy on a Mad Dog , The Babes in the Wood , The Milk-Maid , Sing a Song of Sixpence , The Queen of Hearts , The Farmer s Boy , Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting , The Three Jovial Huntsmen , A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go , The Fox Jumps Over the Parson s Gate , Come, Lasses, and Lads , Ride A-Cock Horse to Branbury Cross & A Farmer went Trotting Upon his Grey Mare , Mrs. Mary Blaze , The Great Panjandrum Himself) ; both volumes with the bookplates of J W R Brocklebank clergyman, author and collector; some pages with closed tears ( using old tape ), but generally good.