grey jane willis (9 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Jane Willis Grey (illustrator). No date given. No. 1111 of publisher's Artistic Series. Gold crown, staff, shield, flag, and pendant on textured brown cloth over beveled boards. Endpapers have vertical, raised, gold-touched lines and over-all pattern of urns. 16 chromolithographs. The pages have sepia tone lithographs and brown ink etchings. Printed illumination on initial letters has floral or leafed twigs, vines, or stems. Pages are bright and stiff. Decorative endpapers. Corners and portions of front edges of cover are faded.Top of spine is frayed. Endpapers are split over the hinges. Cloth is scraped away along bottom edge of back cover and in one spot an inch above the edge. Photos e-mailed upon request. International shipping will require extra cost.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. no date, presumed late 1800s, early 1900s. Side sewn pebbled card stock covers, with illustration on the front cover. 12 pp. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A collection of excerpted poetry and nursery rhymes for children, including Jack Frost, Dolly's Delinquencies, Fairy Land, etc. Includes illustrations by Helena Maguire and Jane Willis Grey, among others. GOOD condition. Front cover soiled and foxed, with some browning and very minor staining. Lighter wear to the rear cover. Extremities scuffed. Minor toning and faint foxing in the interior.

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Grey, Jane Willis (illustrator). 1st Edition. Not dated, presumed 1894 1st edition. Good/None. Brown decorative cloth boards with elaborate gilt title, a little rubbing to edges/spine, slight fraying to spine ends, minor scuffing/soiling. Contents generally clean and tight, slightly cocked, minor splitting to hinges, minor soiling/browning. Decorative endpapers.16 chromolithographs plus sepia tone lithographs and brown ink etchings by Jane Willis Grey. King Robert of Sicily, was a significant figure in Italian politics during the 14th century. Upon his father's death in 1309, Robert became the king of Naples. His reign was marked by a period of relative stability compared to his father and grandfather's reigns, but it was also characterized by conflicts with Germanic powers in northern Italy and the House of Barcelona in the western Mediterranean. Longfellow poem is a fictionalised narrative that captures the essence of the king's pride and the divine intervention that ultimately leads to his downfall. The story is a blend of historical events and fantastical elements, creating a tale that is both entertaining and thought-provoking. A sumptuously illustrated edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Jane Willis Grey illustrations (illustrator). Random foxing, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Solid sewn hardcover. ; Undated; circa 1890-1891. [36] unnumbered illustrated pages. Printed by Fine Arts Work in London. Decorated cloth cover. All edges gilt. Contents include "A Bunch of Primroses" by George R Sims.; [36] pages.

Zustand: Good. First thus. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Minor marks within. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). [50pp]. Chromolithograph plates and b/w illustrations within text. Decorated blue cloth boards with bevelled edges.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Grey, Jane Willis (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1895. Good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette and titles to spine. Patterned endpapers. Colour, sepia and b/w illustrations. 11.5" x 8.5" Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers marked including some white marks to rear board. One hinge broken showing stitching beneath and another badly cracked. Small patch of surface paper damage to title page and page opposite. Endpapers and some pages internally lightly browned. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown and initials in ink to rear pastedown. Some foxing and grubby marks. A few small tears to inner margins. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover volume. Brown cloth boards with ornate gold stamping on front and title on spine. Boards show only the slightest shelf wear to edges and corners. Gilt page edges. Binding is strong, pages are clean and unmarked. Jane Willis Grey's beautiful, color-illustrated plates throughout.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Jane Willis Grey (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully illustrated work by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow titles 'King Robert of Sicily'. First edition. In the publisher's original binding, this charming volume is profusely illustrated throughout by the artist, Jane Willis Grey. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poems are known for their musicality, with his work often including mythology and legends. Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, Longfellow became one of the most popular American poets of his day, and later gained success overseas. With an ink inscription to the reverse of the front endpaper that reads 'To Dolly, With love and best wishes for a happy and bright New Year, 1925'. In the publisher original cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to head and tail of the spine and extremities. Light mark to the tail of the front board. Internally generally firmly bound, though strained in place. Ink inscription to the reverse of the front endpaper. Pages are generally clean with light spots mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated cover shows minor wear and rubbing, slight loss to the corners. Pages are lighlty tanned and clean. Profusely illustrated with full color cromolithographic plates and in-text black and white.