Johnson christopher ed (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. pp.vi, 216 pages, a Fine hardback in a fine dust-jacket [0861878108]. Appears unused and NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780631163824.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780631163824. …

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9781855672543.…

Zustand: New. In English. Rusu, Sabrina (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDvery good-used book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Card cover lightly age-toned, most significnatly on spine and rear panel at edges; Page edges minutely stained, pages generally clean; Original purchase slip laid in front; Binding tight. ; 6 x 9"; 530 pages 03632946.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Six first editions of works centered on correspondence and letters, including those from John Ruskin and a various popular figures like Alec Guiness. The first editions of six works centered on letters and correspondence, including the heartfelt and personal writings of many a famous figure. Published between 1952-1984.In the publisher's original cloth, all in the original unclipped dust wrappers except Meynell which is clipped.- Robert Ross, Friend of Friends: Being Letters to Robert Ross Art Critic and Writer Together with Extracts from his Published Articles, edited by Margery Ross. Contains a frontispiece of Ross, as well as all eleven other plates. Collated complete. (Jonathan Cape, 1952).- The Best of Friends: Further Letters to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, a collection of letters from various figures, including George Bernard Shaw and Alec Guinness, to the English museum curator and collector, edited by Viola Meynell. Contains a frontispiece of Cockerell, as well as seven portraits of famous correspondents. Collated complete. (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956).- Dearest Mama Talbot: A Selection of Letters from John Ruskin to Fanny Talbot, as well as from Joan Severn to Mrs. John Simon, edited by Margaret Spence. (George Allen & Unwin, 1966).-Essays and Papers, a collection of writings from English librarian and scholar Alan Noel Latimer Munby, edited with an introduction by Nicolas Barker. The review copy. Contains nine full-page illustrations, including a frontispiece of Munby. (Scolar Press, 1977).- William Caslon, 1693-1766: The Ancestry, Life and Connections of England's Foremost Letter-Engraver and Type-Founder, written by Johnson Ball. Contains a colour frontispiece of Caslon, and all sixty-eight plates, as well as two folding plates. Collated complete. (The Roundwood Press, 1973).- The Living Curve: Letters to W.J. Strachan, a collection of letters from various figures including Nancy Cunard and Percy Horton, to the British translator and author. Contains a frontispiece of Strachan, two colour plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete. (Taranman/Carcanet, 1984). In the publisher's original cloth, all in the original unclipped dust wrappers except Meynell which is clipped. Externally, in excellent condition, with minimal marks and edgewear. Faint patch of fading to head of spine of Ball. Dust wrappers are generally bright and clean, with minimal marks and edgewear to Hewett and Munby. Slight spotting and the odd smudge mark to rear wrappers of Ball, Ross, Meynell and Spence, spotting a little heavier to Spence. Fading to wrapper spines and extremities of Ross and Meynell, with the odd spot to the front wrappers. Slight signs of wrapper edgewear, with small chips to head and tail of spine of Ross, and to top edge of Ball. Fading to extremities of Ball wrapper. End papers are bright and clean to Munby and Talbot, with the odd spot to Hewett, Ross, Ball, and Meynell, lighter to Ball and a little heavier to Ross. Slight browning to fore-edges of Spence, Ross and Ball. Previous owner's bookplate to Munby. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a couple of small spots to Spence and slight age toning to extremities of Ross. Previous owner's annotations to title leaf of Ross and Ball. Review Copy note to Munby. Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. First edition. The rare first edition of this delightful 18th-century Oxford and Cambridge student miscellany, offering a spirited collection of poems, essays and satires. The very scarce first collected edition of this 18th-century academic monthly miscellany, 'The Student'. Complete in two volumes, with Volume I containing Numbers I (January 31, 1750) - Number IX (September 16, 1750) and Volume II containing Clio-Apollo (i.e. Numbers I-IX, but not stated as such with the months, dates etc. as issued). In contemporary quarter calf with marbled paper covered boards. Bound with the original endpapers. Complete with engraved frontispieces and engraved title pages. ESTC No.P1979 First monthly number has individual title page, with title repeated as caption at head of first page of text; later numbers have caption titles only. With full indexes to the rear of both volumes. Edited by Christopher Smart, with contributions from him and others. Serving as a fascinating portrait of student literary entertainments, the miscellany comprises such writings as Sir Francis Bacon, Cicero, Abraham Cowley and William Somerville, as well as other essays and pieces titled 'Female Student, account of herself', 'On fraternal love', 'Castle-Building', 'On ancient medals' and, humorously, 'From a gentleman to a lady, when both his eyes were hurt by a tennis-ball', and 'Gout, a receipt for it'. In contemporary quarter calf with marbled paper covered boards. Bound with the original endpapers.Externally, quite rubbed and scuffed, with strain to the joints of Vol II. Bumping to the corners of the boards and lifting to the head and tail of the spine to Vol II. Internally, Vol I front free endpaper working loose, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots and the odd tide mark. Mild toning to Vol II title page. Contemporary ownership inscriptions to the head of both title pages. Contemporary ownership inscription to Vol I front free endpaper. 3" closed tear to Vol II frontispiece, not affecting the illustration. Good. F. Hayman (illustrator). book. …