Harrison g b introduction (6 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. TYPEE: NARRATIVE OF A FOUR MONTHS' RESIDENCE AMONG THE NATIVES OF THE VALLEY OF THE MARQUEASAS ISLANDS. HERMAN MELVILLE: WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT GIBBINGS, INTRODUCTION BY G.B. HARRISON, PUBLISHED IN PENQUIN ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS 1938, FIRST EDITION. Paperback book, in good condition for its age, and as its a used book, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Comes with printed paper dust jacket, mirror image of soft cover. 280 pages plus publishers advertising pages, all intact and good binding. A fascinating insight into the natives of that time in history of the South Seas. WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT GIBBINGS (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First Thus. Large Quarto, xii, 260 pages. In Fair condition. In full white paper binding with gilt text and decoration on covers and spine. Gilt top edge to text block. Book is disbound; text block remains intact, but is separated from the binding. Covers show minor shelf wear, with very light soiling. Spine bows inward, with faint wrinkling along the joints and at the head. Splitting at the top of the rear joint. Very light wear on text block edges - pages clean. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Folios. 1403102. FP New Rockville Stock.…

First Edition thus. Facsimile of title-page of the original edition Spine somewhat darkened and worn, lower cover marked and end-papers browned, otherwise a good copy The first volume in the Bodley Head Quarto series under the editorship of G.B. Harrison. The text is taken from a copy in the British [Museum] Library. Original grey cloth, lettered in blue.…

Hardback. First Edition. First edition hardback clothbound with gilt tooled title to spine Original unclipped dust jacket with printed pictorial vignette and title to cover and printed title to spine Printed pictorial vignette to title page and embossed library stamp Pages untrimmed Jacket is a little rubbed with darkening to spine and a scuffed area Shelf wear and a small nick to top edge Pages bright and clean if very lightly toned Book itself is near fine Overall very good condition 146 pp. book.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Thus. xi, [2],13-182pp, with 8pp illustrated publishers catalogue at rear. With woodcut illustrations by Gwendolen Raverat, under the design direction of Robert Gibbings. Stiff card, illustrated covers. Internally neat and clean, with some toning to page edges. In its original dust jacket (a little rubbed at edges and perhaps a tad toned). Approximately 7 inches tall. All ten Penguin Illustrated Classics - which are listed on the back of this book - were published on the same day in May 1938, the series being a prototype for the famed Penguin Classics, which came nearly a decade later. In selecting out of copyright works, Allen Lane could allocate the cost of royalties to the illustrators, who all used woodcut printing. The series, though, didn't do well. Looming war turned interest towards more practical information such as guides and specials. The ambition of the illustrations failed too, because of cheapness of the paper used. The series was discontinued, making this one of the most difficult sets to complete in quality condition. Raverat, Gwendolen; Gibbings, Robert (illustrator).…

Facsimile Edition. Folio (41.5cm); black cloth spine over brown paper-covered boards, with paper label to spine; fore-edge untrimmed; 260pp. Shelf-wear, with rubbing and corresponding tiny chips to paper of board edges, and trace foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. This reproduction does not share the concluding casual notes, but does conclude with Bunyan's list of dead members of the church. [88506].…