Hughes e r waters (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. volume 1 only. cover shows minor wear, rubbing, bumped corners. some writing on the front endpaper. pages tanned and clean.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 324 pages. 9.92x7.01x0.98 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 324 pages. 7.00x0.75x10.00 inches. In Stock. Hughes, E R (illustrator).

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volume set. 1st printing (1894). Limited ed. 180/1000. 276; 323pp. Original brown moire covers with gilt pictorial emblem to upper board and lettering to spine, deckle page edge, tissue-guard at frontis. Both vols VG copies, bindings square and tight, light wear to edges, cloth covers clean but for vol.2 has some rubbing and staining to rear spine edge, spines rubbed and dulled, foxing to prelims, otherwise internally excellent, all plates present, guarded and bright. E. R. Hughes (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarter Vellum Spine Printed In Red, Over Brown Paper Covered Boards. 11 3/4" X 8 3/4". Deckled Edges; An Unopened Copy (Pages Still Attached Along Top Edge). #70 Of Only 110 Copies Of This Large Paper Edition, Finely Printed On Japanese Vellum. The First Translation Into English. Light Wear, Hinges Tight, Fraying Along Bottom Edges At Tips. No Names Or Marks. Tissue Guards Clean And Intact. Well Preserved, Not An Uncommon Book But Usually Found Damaged. Per Wikipedia, L Pecorone, Often Referred To In English As The Golden Eagle, Is An Italian Collection Of Stories Written Between 1378 And 1385 By Giovanni Fiorentino. It Was Written In A Style Influenced By The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio, The Golden Legend Collection Of Saint Lives, The Seven Sages Of Rome Or The Gemma Ecclesiastica Of Giraldus Cambrensis. For Its Historical Facts, However, It Relies On The Nuova Cronica Of Giovanni Villani. It Is Said To Be An Influence On Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor And Merchant Of Venice. 12 Plates By E. R. Hughes (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. Limited Edition [164/210]. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed. Spines darkened and marked. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). xxxi, 294pp, xi, 352pp + plates. 20 sepia plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown hardback boards with cream vellum spine.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Lovely two volume set on brown silk cloth first editions gilded emblem to front top left hand corner and gilt lettering to spine please ask for photos.

Zustand: Good. Volume 1-2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. No. 429 of 1000 copies for England and America. Large grey cloth 8vo with gilt motif on front board and gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and a little fraying. A small knock in edge of front board on vol I. and back board on vol II. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for some minimal foxing. Trimmed. Contains several plates with tissue guards. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2550grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Volume II only. This edition was printed on Venetian Deckel Edge Paper, and was limited to 1000 copies, this copy was number 902. Grey cloth boards with gilt illustrations and lettering along with a gilt top edge of pages. Unmarked with the exception of names written on the front endpaper and flyleaf. Pages are slightly yellowed. Cover has wear and bumping on corners and edge of spine. Some discoloration and soil spots throughout the cover.…

Zustand: Good. Limited Edition [21/210]. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed. Spines darkened. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedowns. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). xxvi, 276pp, xii, 323pp + plates. 20 sepia plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown hardback boards with cream vellum spine. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Four uniformly-bound translations by W. G. Waters. Containing: The Novellino of Masuccio (in two volumes) The Nights of Straparola (in two volumes) Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is numbered 725. Illustrated throughout by E. R. Hughes with thirty-six plates (collated, complete) Bookplate of E. Peter Jones to front pastedowns. Bookseller's labels to front pastedowns of The Novellino. Masuccio Salernitano (14101475), born Tommaso Guardati, was an Italian poet. Born in Salerno or Sorrento, he is best known today for Il Novellino, a collection of 50 "novelle" or short stories, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. The Facetious Nights of Straparola (1550-1555; Italian: Le piacevoli notti), also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Complete in four volumes. In cloth bindings. Externally, sound, though with some bumping and slight wear to the extremities. Internally, bindings strained in places, with one plate detached. Pages are bright and quite clean, with just the odd spot and some foxing to the endpapers. Small tears to a couple of pages. Good. E. R. Hughes (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first translated editions of these limited edition volumes, illustrated throughout. Five volumes. First thus. Translated by William George Waters, a British scholar, biographer, and historian of the Italian Renaissance. Illustrated by Edward Robert Hughes, a British painter, who primarily worked in watercolours. This set includes: The Nights of Straparola, 1894. Complete in two volumes. Limited to one thousand copies, unnumbered. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A collection of seventy-five stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola, modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron. It is considered significant as the first European storybook to contain fairy-tales. The Novellino of Masuccio, 1895. Complete in two volumes. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is number four hundred and ninety-six. Volume one is illustrated with eight plates. Volume two is illustrated with ten plates. Collated complete. The fifty short stories of fifteenth century Italian poet, Masuccio Salernitano, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, 1897. Limited to six hundred copies of which this is number four hundred and twenty-seven. Illustrated with eleven plates. Collated complete. An Italian novella written by Florentine writer Giovanni Fiorentino, said to be an influence on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Light damp marks to the tail of the spines. Front hinge starting but firm to The Pecorone. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. E. R. Hughes (illustrator). book.…

1/4 Vellum. Zustand: Very Good. This is copy no. 25 of an edition limited to 110 copies on Japanese vellum. xxix, 312 pp. Original quarter vellum over boards with red lettering to spine. Boards clean. Internally clean. Faint rubbing to board edges. Internally clean. Small blindstamp to front endpaper. With tissue-guarded illustrations by E. R. Hughes. 4to. Hughes, E. R. (illustrator).…

1/4 Vellum. Zustand: Near Fine. Limited Numbered Edition. This is copy no. 165 of an edition limited to 210 copies on Japanese vellum. xxxi, 294; x, 352 pp. Original quarter vellum over boards with red lettering to spines. Vellum fresh and boards clean. Faint rubbing to board edges. Internally clean. Small blindstamp to front endpaper. With tissue-guarded illustrations by E. R. Hughes. 4to. Hughes, E. R. (illustrator).…

Zustand: Very Good. London: Lawrence and Bullen. Very Good. 1894. 11 of only 210 copies. Quarter vellum over paper boards. Particulars printed to spines. General wear to covers. Front hinge of vol. I beginning. Corners of vol. I worn and bumped. Light occasional foxing throughout, otherwise interiors are clean without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xxviii, 276; [11], 323 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . E. R. Hughes (illustrator).…