Linton wj ed (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 12mo, dark green/blue cloth binding. Heavy shelf wear with fading and staining to sloth, fraying to spine. Bumped corners, untrimmed page edges. Both hinges split, some pages feel loose. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Special Limited Edition. One of the cuter feline caper-books you'll ever see, illustrated and edited by W.J. (William James) Linton, "Hattie Brown," "a young lady of colour lately deceased at the age of 14," and published in First Limited Edition of 330 copies, this being #228, and published by Lawrence and Bullen of London, 1891. Buckram cloth-bound octavo format, moderately worn, mildly soiled, but heavily sunned to edges, and especially tanned at spine. Previous owner's gift inscription at first free endpaper. 100 pp. Cat-focused heroic verse, and perhaps with nods to other authors akin to Joel Chandler Harris and Don Marquis, Catoninetales was originally published in pamphlet form in the U.K. as a broadside against racism undergirding the American Reconstruction. Gloriously funny footnotes, and illustrations titled such as "Ye Mewsis!" Beginning separation of hand-sewn text-block from upper portion of spine, and light, almost imperceptible splitting to front joint at top, else still quite sturdy and attractive. Protected in stiff mylar.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…