Hans tisdall illus (3 Ergebnisse)

1st Edition. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 256. Attractive wraparond illustrated dustjacket, designed by Hans Tisdall. Previous owner's signature. Very good condition in like d.j., protected. Novel set in the world of the theatre. The dustjacket was designed by Hans Tisdall, known for his bookjackets, textiles, and his designs for the Festival of Britain. Hans Tisdall (illus.) (illustrator).…

Zustand: Very Good +. Very Good +. London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 252pp, [1]; illustrated throughout. Publisher's orange illustrated and price-clipped dust jacket. Boards full bound in green and tan pictorial- and title-printed cloth; gilt stamped at spine. Top edge stained light brown. Illustrated family tree endsheets. Dust jacket lightly scuffed and soiled with toning and bumping to margins and spine ends. Minor water staining to tail of spine; Verso toned with ink from printing bleeding through. Board corners and spine ends bumped with minor soiling to panels and lightly shelfworn. Page edges lightly scratched and top corner of first free endsheet clipped. Pages otherwise unblemished. A Very Good or better copy in like dust jacket. A collection of stories detailing a near 200-year line of the foolish, fantastical, and morose Vanbrugh family.…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 252. Original publisher's cream cloth, illustrated and lettered gilt on spine with bevelled edges. Limited edition of 250 copies, this being no. 1, signed by Eric Linklater and Hans Tisdall. Faint marking at one egde, otherwise very good plus. Excellent condition.