illus morrow (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover, no dj. 188 pgs. Moderate soiling to boards, gift inscription on half title page, address label on ffep, some corner/edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 24mo. Green pictorial bds., beige/brown illus., brown lettering, backstr. sl. rubbed. Gift inscription on endpaper. Frontis. Illus. 69pp., last 2 pp. spotted, else very tight copy. STATED FIRST PRINTING.

Hardcover. 3rd printing. 8.5x5.5", 208 pp., color frontis, b&w illus. VG, clean & tight, in otherwise Good dj with sticker scar on front.

Yellow hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Third Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 148pp. b&w plates.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Library copy. Physical description; vii, 120 pages. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Content: In his preface to the book, Wicks describes the novel as a "microcosmic view of the social life of to-day. It is founded neither upon an affair of blood, nor upon a breach of the seventh commandment, nor upon an ingeniously contrived puzzle, nor upon supernatural conditions, involving fanciful conversation with the Dead, but upon the commonplace social conditions of the period.".Condition: Signed copy. The author has dedicated it to its owner by saying it is "from" and then circling his name and dating it. See image. Book also bears an inscription stating it had been owned by the great-great-great nephew of the author. Text block edges are darkened and there is some internal foxing. Front board shows mild shelf wear or staining of some sort. Spine hinges also show shelf wear and the top and bottom of the spine show some bumping. There is a small piercing to where the front board meets the spine, just below the title. The binding is robust but there is some minor separation around page 320 (see image).

Hard. Zustand: Near Fine. William Spratling (illustrator). 1st. SIGNED first edition. Limitied to 300 copies. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Croton Falls, NY: Spiral Press, 1932. 4to., 8 1/4" x 11 1/4", unpaginated, drawings by William Spratling, illustrated with b/w plates and architectural plans and renderings. Bound in dark blue publisher's cloth with gilt embossed titles to cover and spine, gilt cover design, beveled edges, pictorial map endpapers. Inscribed by Morrow to Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley: "For Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley who knew Casa Manana. with a Merry Christmas from Elizabeth Morrow. December 1932." A rare work and important resource on Mexican architecture and pottery by Elizabeth Cutter Morrow on Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she and her husband, U.S. Senator Dwight Morrow, who was Ambassador to Mexico from 1927 to 1930, bought adjoining plots to build a house inspired by the local historic architecture. The book is divided into three sections. Section one describes the town of Cuernavaca. Section two contains architectural plans and details for the home and gardens. Section three contains photo reproductions of the Mexican furnishings in the house, including water jars, jewelry boxes and woven garments. American-born expatriate artist and designer William Spratling created drawings for the new house and illustrated the text. Elizabeth Morrow was an American poet in the early 20th century, who became the first female head of Smith College. Morrow was the mother of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, distinguished American author and wife of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. Near fine. Rare. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Color frontis and black and white illus. by Jean D. Swanson, 9 x 6.25", dec cloth, 105pp, extremities a bit bumped, Christmas 1953 ink inscription from former owner, pp toned else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed, soiled and lightly edge-worn (but still good) dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Fairly SCARCE children's book. "Butterscotch was a pig, a little brown- and black- spotted pig." (Not quite "It was the best of times." or "Elmer Gantry was drunk.").