John osborne ed (8 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 220 pages; Description: v. : p. 220 ; ill. ; 21-25 cm. Subjects: Theater --Periodicals. Impressively illustrated with a series of photo-plates. 2 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 3rd printing of first edition (all 1957) in which the bright young literary things of post war Britain set out their visions for a better future in a series of essays. Fascinating collection of (often contradictory) views, each prefaced with a photo and brief biography of the contributor. Foxing to rear endpapers and a little light toning, but otherwise all in crisp clean and bright internal order. Former owners' names to fep. A little edgewear to smart black boards with dulled gilt titling to spine. Good unclipped Paolozzi d/j lightly worn to edges and well toned with small closed tear to front and tape residue from previous repair. Now in removable protective sleeve. 8vo. 202pp. …

Original publisher's red paperback, lettering spine and frontcover, 8vo: 316pp., references, glossary, table of contents. Very fine copy. Volume 3: Lodz Studies in Language.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Well produced bi-annual literary journal with much of interest in this issue including work by and a feature on Edwin Morgan. All in VG+ clean and bright order throughout. Light wear only and a little minor toning to pictorial card covers. 4to. [2] 174pp.

Paperback. Pb, VG.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. The scarce 1992 anniversary issue of the Hull-based literary magazine, Bête Noire, focusing on Hull poets. A scarce anniversary issue of this magazine, in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps, with a photographic portrait of Philip Larkin to the front of the wraps. A Hull poets special for the 1992 anniversary issue of the literary magazine Bête Noire, containing issues twelve and thirteen for autumn 1991 and spring 1992. This work contains poems, reminiscences, interviews, articles, maps and photographs celebrating: Philip Larkin, Simon Armitage, Brian Higgins, Alan Plater, George Kendrick, and Ken Smith, among many others. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally generally smart, with a little spotting to the rear of the wraps. Small tear to the head of the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A two-volume bibliographical catalogue of the celebrated Osborne Collection, a richly illustrated reference work detailing the history of early children"s books. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.First editions.Illustrated to the first volume with eleven colour plates together with numerous monochrome plates and in-text illustrations. The second volume with a colour frontispiece and numerous monochrome facsimiles of title pages and illustrations from rare children"s books. Collated, complete.A two-volume bibliographical catalogue of the renowned Osborne Collection of Early Children"s Books, one of the most important institutional collections in the field of juvenile literature. A detailed descriptive bibliography covering more than three centuries of English-language children"s literature, with publication histories, collations, and notes on notable editions, printers, and illustrators. Prepared by Judith St. John, a Canadian scholar and librarian, with an introduction from Edgar Osborne, a distinguished librarian, an able administrator, scholar and collector, who founded this collection. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, more so to joints. Slight fading and discolouration to spines. The odd scratch to spines. Slight scratch to the front board of volume two with a small closed tear to the cloth at the joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Three works from accomplished scholars on literary critiques and obscure histories, including first editions and scarce reprints, all in the original dust wrappers. Three works from accomplished scholars on both literary criticism and the book trade, highlighting academic writing of the first half of the twentieth century. Subjects include letter writer Dorothy Osborne, the development of the book trade at the emergence of printing, and on the Medieval author Geoffrey Chaucer. Published between 1928-1956.In the publisher's original cloth, with Chaucer in the original unclipped dust wrapper, and Osborne and English Books in the original clipped dust wrappers.- The first edition of The Letters of Dorothy Osbourne to her lover William Temple, edited by G.C. Moore. Contains a frontispiece of Osbourne, as well as four plates, including a folding plate showcasing Osbourne's handwriting. Collated complete (Clarendon Press, 1928).- The first edition of the English Books and Readers: 1475-1557, Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company, written by H.S. Bennett. (Cambridge University Press, 1952).- A scarce reprint of Geoffrey Chaucer: Lectures Delivered in 1932 on the William J. Cooper Foundation in Swarthmore College, written by John Livingston Lowes. (Clarendon Press, 1956, first published in 1934). In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. Externally, smart, with the odd small mark to top edge of Osbourne, and a couple of small marks to English Books and Chaucer. Minor edgewear, with small knocks to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities. Dirt trapped to joints of Chaucer and fading to spine of English Books. Scattered spotting to English Books wrapper, with the odd browning patch to Chaucer. Fading to wrapper of Osbourne and to wrapper spine of Chaucer. Slight edgewear to wrappers, with a couple of small closed tears to heads and tails of wrapper spines, and to extremities of English books. Small closed tear to bottom edge of Chaucer and slight signs of worming to rear fly leaf joint of Osbourne. End papers of English Books are bright and clean, with slight offsetting to end paper hinges of Osbourne and Chaucer with the odd spot. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free end paper of Osbourne. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Unknown (illustrator). book.…