Lena dalkeith (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition hardback pictorial boards no DJ. 111 rough cut pages good and clean with clear print. The front fly sheet has been torn out and the first plate is loose. Outer top edge of spine finger pulled. At the back of the book inside the back cover is written: C. A. Saudry, Bosvigo Road, Truro, Cornwall, England. Frontispiece: Colour plate"Rise, Sir Gareth of Orkney (this is loose). . Many other coloured illustrations. List of Plays: Sir Gareth of Orkney, The Princess and the Swinehead, King Alfred and the cakes, Scene from Robin Hood and Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin. Hints on pay 107. Reading copy only for information.…

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 120 pages. Illustrated paper covers. Colour illustrated plates. Minor foxing and moderate tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and reverse of covers. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with prominent staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with minor rolling and creasing.…

Zustand: Good. No edition remarks. 47 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Rough cut edges to textblock. Colour plates by S.R. Praeger. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Unknown. A slightly shaken copy but still intact. Tiny previous sellers stamp on tail of ffep otherwise unmarked. Bright colour plates throughout. Brown boards with black deco design and titles, Paste on picture of a gladiator . Spine paper is chipped and webbing is visible on front edge but the boards are still attached Circa 1915 ? some minor bumping to edges and yellowing to pages as expected from a book of this age. Paul Woodroffe (illustrator).…

12mo(11.4x14.8) HB 111pp illus. Blue cloth boards with black lettering & coloured illus-light fading to spine else v.good/near fine. Deckle edge pages. End papers show some age discolouration & very light foxing to page extremeties (text/illus unaffected), very small tear to bottom of half-title page (neatly repaired with archival tape else internally near fine. (175g).…

inb. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. Small format book in the Told to the Children series. Blue cloth with black lettering and and a coloured picture on the front cover. 8 colour plates, one fixed by cellotape.

Zustand: Good. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 20cm), 64pp. 4 colour plates, text illustrations. Original red cloth spine, illustrated boards. The binding is rubbed, and there is some foxing of the endpapers; overall, this book is in good condition.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. No DJ. Rub and wear (stains) to the cover. Tanned edge paper. Light foxing. Hinges are cracked, net's exposed. Has inscription inside. C24.

15cms x 12cms. Pp.xii/47, colour frontispiece + further charming colour plates throughout by S.R.Praeger, owner's name to front free endpaper, scuffing to some plates where the pages have been stuck together at some time with edge tear to one plate. Blue cloth, black illustration of a fox and stork to front board, spine darkened. Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut. oktav hardcover. gutes exemplar. 64 seiten, gebundene ausgabe, englischsprachige ausgabe, farb. pappband, mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen textillustrationen in farbe und schwarzweiß; name, datum und private widmung auf vorsatz, einband mit farbiger klebefolie beklebt, kleberreste auf buchgelenk, innen gutes exemplar, ohne jahr ca. 1940. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. A scarce curated set of Edwardian adaptations of Aesop for children, colourfully illustrated, in a custom clamshell. A curated set of three scarce Edwardian renditions of Aesop, presented together in a custom cloth clamshell, made by Eric Sweet in April 2008. Clamshell is in a fine condition.All in this set have been "told to the children" by Lena Dalkeith, Jeanne D'Orge, an American poet, artist, and patron of the arts.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables, generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life, following adventures of many different creatures.This set includes:'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children', two copies of variant bindings. Illustrated by S. R. Praeger. Both are illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated, complete.'Beasts Shown to the Children', illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and forty-seven colour plates. Collated, complete.All edited by Louey Chisholm.All volumes are undated, dated from Jisc from copied held at the British Library.Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. Two volumes are in the original publisher's cloth binding, the third is in the original publisher's paper covered boards, in a custom cloth clamshell by Eric Sweet. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. The cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little worn and discoloured with marks and rubbing, spine is faded. The paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little rubbed with some marks, spine is faded, with small tears and loss to the joints, with an ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Marks to the rear board of 'Beasts Shown to the Children', with a small amount of cockling to the tail of the front board, front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, the cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is firmly bound, paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' and 'Beasts Shown to the Children' are generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Good. S. R. Praeger; Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator). book.…