charles wain (19 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Revised edition. Writing inside.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Printed white wrappers. Modest age-toning, near fine. Essays and poetry contributions by Erling Larsen, Allen Tate, John Wain, Robert Sward, Jack Anderson, Charles Black, John Tagliabue, Mark Strand, Donald Finkel, Scott Bates, Louis O. Coxe, Lewis Turco, Kimon Lolos, William Stafford, Daniel Hoffman, Donald Petersen, Ernest Kroll, John Lucas, David Cornell DeJong, Michel Butor, and Donald Schier.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Pearse, Alfred & Wain, Louis & Harries, Edith & Slade, Marjorie & et al., (illustrator). 1928. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth, red flowers and green leaves, circular pictorial onlay shows boy fishing, girl holding puppy. Red title to front cover, black title to spine. Colour illustrations mounted on brown card. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. First story: Stories of Robin Hood by Charles Herbert, features a few times in book. A couple of b/w illustrations by Wain. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with marks. Light scuffing to onlay. Joints cracked. Dated ink inscription to front endpaper (1928). Foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Tony White (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Very good very large landscape format book of elephant folio dimensions in photographic light card covers with a slide binder; small corner crease; and small indented patch. Internally fine and free of inscriptions; most attractively illustrated.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards, emerald green thin linen cloth spine, Robinson's Barley and Pexar Underwear advertisements to the rear cover. Quarto. 9½'' x 7¾''. Contains 208 pp with monochrome, single and twin colour illustrations and 4 full-page colour plates throughout. Ink message to the front paste down, corners bumped, else in Very Good condition. Playbox 1st series had 2 issues in 1898. Playbox 2nd series ran from 1905-1913. Playbox 3rd series (merged with Jack and Jill) ran from 1925-1955. The 2nd and 3rd series realised 48 annuals from 1909 to 1956. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANNUALS & YEARBOOKS.

FIRST EDITION circa 1925, 245 x 180 mm, 9¾ x 7 inches, pink and white patterned cloth, colour printed with illustrations of children playing outdoor games, paper title labels to upper cover and spine, 144 pages. Pretty coloured frontispiece (unsigned), coloured vignette on title page (by Agnes Richardson, unsigned), 8 other colour plates by Charles Robinson, Louis Wain, Joyce Mercer (2), E. Dorothy Rees and Honor Appleton etc. Full page illustrations in black and white with yellow by Charles Robinson (2), Grace Lodge and others, text illustrations by H.B. Neilson and H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. First item: The Little Sister by Laurence Alma Tadema, other authors include Ethel Talbot and Katharine Tynan. There is a 2 page poem on Robin Hood by G.B. Hughes with a colour plate and a 1 page poem about a Golly. Spine slightly darkened with a tiny nick to head and tail, upper cover slightly dusty and very slightly bowed, 4 items coloured by a child, 1 messily, otherwise contents very nice. A sweet annual for very young children, quite scarce. A very good plus copy. Adley and Lofts mention only 2 years, 1956 and 1957, not listed in Alan Clark, but the British Library Catalogue lists it from 1922-1935. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Bound with Leather spine entitled Chertsey Parish Magazine 1896-7 Will split. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Bound with Leather spine entitled Chertsey Parish Magazine 1898-9 Will split. Side of spine is loose at top. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Bound with Leather spine entitled Chertsey Parish Magazine 1894-5 Will split. Book.

Zustand: Fair. - Small quarto, 9-3/4 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial golden tan wraps with a color illustration of kittens on a fence throwing snowballs at a posh cat on the front cover. The covers are rubbed, soiled and creased with chipping to the corners. The spine is splitting. [32]unnumbered pages, with profuse black & white illustrations by Louis Wain. The text block is detached and the first page is loose, though present. The pages are slightly darkened with a chip out from the inner top corner of the first couple of leaves. Fair. "New Chimney Corner Series No. 37-1/2".This McLoughlin Bros. edition differs from the E. Nister publication of with the same title.

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. Louis Wain (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce novel about a cat possessed by a human, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.Bound without the plates.'Mephistopheles' is an entertaining novel, about a cat possessed by the author.Written by Charles Yates Stephenson, also known as Keiro, an author of works on palmistry.Undated, dated from the adverts.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, a little worn, with light rubbing and marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light dampstain to the rear board, and head of the spine. Stamp to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, binding is strained in place, some pages are detached but present, with light edge wear. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Stamp to the half-title. Good Only. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Engaging nine-volume collection on influential 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson. A collection of works on the life and legacy of Samuel Johnson.In nine volumes, consisting of:Mr. Oddity by Charles Norman;Samuel Johnson the Moralist by Robert Voitle;Dr. Johnson: His Life in Letters by David Littlejohn;New light on Dr. Johnson by Frederick W. Hilles;The Religious Thought of Samuel Johnson by Chester F. Chapin;The Personal History of Samuel Johnson by Christopher Hibbert;Johnson as Critic by John Wain;Samuel Johnson and Poetic Style by William Edinger;Samuel Johnson: Political Writings by Donald J. Greene.Bound in publisher's original cloth with dust wrappers. Wraps to Samuel Johnson the Moralist, New light on Dr. Johnson, The Religious Thought of Samuel Johnson, The Personal History of Samuel Johnson and Samuel Johnson: Political Writings are all unclipped.All copies are first editions, except New light on Dr. Johnson, which is a reprint of the 1959 Yale University Press edition.Major English writer of the 18th century, Samuel Johnson produced a range of poems, essays, plays and more that are still read and studied today. In his life Johnson displayed signs of what many historians now believe to be Tourette syndrome. Bound in publisher's original cloth with dust wrappers. Wraps to Samuel Johnson the Moralist, New light on Dr. Johnson, The Religious Thought of Samuel Johnson, The Personal History of Samuel Johnson and Samuel Johnson: Political Writings are all unclipped. Externally, lovely condition with slight shelf wear and the occasional mark. Dust wrappers feature only light discolouration and marking but suffer more moderately from shelf wear. Mr. Oddity, Dr. Johnson: His Life in Letters, New light on Dr. Johnson and Samuel Johnson and Poetic Style exhibit visible closed tears and minor losses to wrap along spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with only mild spotting to the front and rear of some titles. Near Fine. book.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Wain, Louis & Carrington, J. Yates (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Two books bound in one. Peter is the story of Louis Wain's own cat with b/w illustrations. Teufel is Carrington's dog and is illustrated in b/w by Carrington. Pages: 88 (Peter) + 90 (Teufel). Blue cloth. Gilt title on spine is 'Peter - Teufel'. REDUCED FROM £480. Peter is 1st edition 1892. Teufel is 4th edition 1891. Covers unevenly faded. Corners bumped and worn. One inch split to top of spine. Small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few margin marks and scattered foxing. Contents generally clean. A decent copy of this scarce early Wain, rare with additional title. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Zustand: Very good. - Small quarto, 10-1/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in color pictorial light green boards backed with a darker green cloth spine with a color illustration by George Henry Thompson of a mother elephant seizing her youngster by the ear after he's stolen a jar of jam. The covers are slightly rubbed, bumped and soiled. [48] unnumbered pages, with a tipped-in color chromolithographic frontispiece of two cats riding a tricycle and profuse black & white illustrations by Louis Wain and a few by Ernest Nister. The pages are slightly soiled with some light dampstaining to the front edge of the front endpaper and the edges of the pages are slightly darkened. The text block is starting to crack at the top and bottom of the frontispiece leaf. Very good. According to the American Antiquarian Society, Julia and Frederick Hunt's book "Peeps into Nisterland: a guide to the children's books of E.H. Nister . Entry identifies the cover image by G.H. Thompson as 'The Little Thief'."Identified as "Printed in Boston" with the inventory number "277" centered at the bottom of the front cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Wain, Louis (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (preceding publication in the US in the same year). 88p, with charming Louis Wain black and white illustrations throughout. In blue cloth-covered boards, faded around edges and on spine, a little rubbed at rounded at spine ends and corners, lightly soiled. Mild discolouration on endpapers and little spotting and fingering but generally bright and clean internally. A beautiful butterfly has been painted onto the dedication page but has leached slightly onto the opposite page. Gutter strained between front free endpaper and title page. Hard to find - not held in the British Library, COPAC reveals two holdings only. One of Wain's earliest publications in which the illustrations reveal Wain's signature style but the animals are not anthropomorphic, in the style now so often associated with Wain's cats. Peter, a sizable black and white cat, was the Wain family pet, rescued and taken in on a wet and cold night, who brought comfort of Wain's wife, Emily, in her final months as she battled breast cancer. Wain made many sketches of Peter, which Emily encouraged him to publish although she died before he did so. Wain later said of Peter, 'To him properly belongs the foundation of my career, the developments of my initial efforts, and the establishing of my work', and Peter the Cat is recognisable in many of Wain's subsequent illustrations. Small 4to.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Wain, Louis (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Pale blue pictorial cloth. A story based on Louis Wain's beloved cat Peter. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout, but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style - these are real cats! 88 pages. Spine browned, covers grubby. Corners worn. Small bookplate and inscription in red ink to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing. Rear endpaper torn with no loss. A few faint margin marks else contents clean and bright. A nice copy of this early Wain title. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Zustand: Veyr Good. No Jacket. Wain, Louis (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo [medium]. SCARCE. Deluxe pink cloth edition.Fisrt Edition, T.E.G. 88 pp. Illustrated with numerous B&W vignettes by Wain, from his early years. Cloth is soiled, spine and front cover fadedPrevious owner's gift inscription to ffep, some ink offsetting to ffep below inscription. Faint stain to p. 23. An uncommonly well-preserved pink cloth-bound copy. This title was originally issued in at least 3 different bindings: pictorial wrappers, blue pictorial cloth, and deluxe pink cloth.

Pictorial Paper Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. Wain, Louis (illustrator). First Edition. (Wain, Louis) illus. PETER; A CAT O' ONE TAIL. HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES. Illustrated by Louis Wain (Peter's Proprietor). Written by Charles Morley (A Pal of Peter's). London: Pall Mall Gazette, 1892. First edition. 4to - 7-3/16" x 9-11/16". Orange-colored pictorial paper wrappers with mild soiling and two short closed tears, one approximately 3/8" in length and one approximately 5/8" in length. Eighty-eight pages plus ten pages of advertisements, illustrated throughout by Louis Wain in his early, pre-anthropomophic style. Peter, a large black and white cat, was Louis and wife Emily Wain's family pet. Louis Wain wrote of Peter, "To him properly belongs the foundation of my career, the developments of my initial efforts, and the establishing of my work." Peter can be recognized in many of Wain's early published works. Internally, the book is in very good condition with scattered finger marks and areas of light soiling. There are also several pages with what appear to be a spot of damp staining on the extreme outside edge of the text block. The largest of these stains measure approximately 1/4" x 1/2" The condition of this book is VERY GOOD. Rare.

Original Pictorial Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Wain, Louis (illustrator). First Edition. (Wain, Louis) illus. PETER; A CAT O' ONE TAIL. HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES. Illustrated by Louis Wain (Peter's Proprietor). Written by Charles Morley (A Pal of Peter's). London: Pall Mall Gazette, 1892. First edition. 4to - 7-3/4" x 10-1/4". TEG. Original pink cloth binding, pictorially blocked in black and lettered in red. Binding is unevenly faded but extremely clean with almost no signs of handling or wear. Eighty-eight pages, illustrated throughout by Louis Wain in his early, pre-anthropomophic style. Peter, a large black and white cat, was Louis and wife Emily Wain's family pet. Louis Wain wrote of Peter, "To him properly belongs the foundation of my career, the developments of my initial efforts, and the establishing of my work." Peter can be recognized in many of Wain's early published works. Internally, the book is in fine condition with minor foxing to the endpapers being the only condition issue of note. The condition of this book is NEAR FINE. Extremely scarce in the deluxe cloth binding.