12mo.; decorative cloth covered boards, hardcover; xvi, 534 pages; black and white frontispiece and illustrations and photographic illustrations; from the Series: The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes; some internal foxing and boards are edge-rubbed else very good.
Verlag: Black and White, 2006
ISBN 10: 0975761269 ISBN 13: 9780975761267
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remains bright and whole. Likewise for the wraps. Internally, the title page has been carefully reattached to the binding. There are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are neat, crisp and complete. The binding is otherwise excellent. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: Collins Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow, 1920
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
EUR 142,93
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbLeather. Zustand: Very Good. Frank Gillert; J. K. Maxton; Paul Hardy; W. H. C. Groome; A. Pearse; J. Eyre (illustrator). A lovely illustrated collection of Collins classics, including the likes of Dickens, Stevenson and Scott, smartly presented in red, predominantly morocco, bindings. Collection comprised of:The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell;Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, ill. by Frank Gillert;The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, ill. by J. K. Maxton;Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott, ill. by Paul Hardy;Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, ill. by W. H. C. Groome;Les Miserables by Victor Hugo;The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, ill. by A. Pearse;The Count of Monte-Cristo: Volume II by Alexandre Dumas;The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, ill. by J. Eyre;The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis;The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond.The Life of Samuel Johnson and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeare bound in the publisher's original red cloth. All remaining copies are bound in the publisher's original maroon morocco soft covers.All works are dated circa 1920 by copies held by the British Library and University of Cambridge Libraries.Les Miserables is comprised of two parts, bound as one.Excluding The Imitation of Christ and The Greatest Thing in the World, which only contain the frontispiece, all volumes are profusely illustrated, including with a frontispiece and vignette title page.Les Miserables similarly lacks a vignette title page but contains four plates, as does The Life of Samuel Johnson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and The Count of Monte-Cristo. The Master of Ballantrae and Quentin Durward both contain five further plates, and Nicholas Nickleby and The Compleat Angler include six plates, respectively. The Life of Samuel Johnson and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeare bound in the publisher's original red cloth. All remaining copies are bound in the publisher's original maroon morocco soft covers. Externally, very smart with slight bumping and rubbing, more so to the top edge of Nicholas Nickleby, and a few marks to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, the front hinges a little weak at points. The occasional spot, more common to the first and last few pages of each volume, otherwise a very bright and clean collection. Very Good. book.