p g lear (3 Ergebnisse)

Kensington: AT - The Cayme Press (= Cayme Press Pamphlets No. 2), 1926. OPbd. 20 pages with b/w-illustrations, 2 leaves on uncut handmade paper. - 22,5 x 17,5. * First english edition. - Limited to 350 copies of which this is the number 173. A Sitwell parody featuring Frogbert, Sacharissa etc. Original pale pink paper wrappers with printed label; inside clean and in very good condition. Printed by hand by Philip Sainsbury. - Written in the spirit of Edward Lear, with a title and pseudonym also invoking Pirandello. / Eine Sitwell-Parodie mit Frogbert, Sacharissa usw. Geschrieben im Geiste von Edward Lear, mit einem Titel und Pseudonym, die auch an Pirandello erinnern. - Nummer 173 von 350 limitierten Exemplaren. - Einband mit Vorderdeckeltitelei fleckig; innen sauber und sehr gut erhalten !

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Stewart [James Hope]; Edward Lear. Selby, P. J. (illustrator). First Edition Thus. "With Considerable Additions On Structure Migration And Economy Compiled From Various Sources By H. G. Adams. Incorporating The Whole Of Sweet's British Warblers"; pp. xvi, 500; 38 fine b/w engraved plates after James Hope Stewart, Edwear Lear, Selby with further full page and in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with extensive blind stamped decoration, gilt lettering to the spine, very good with light wear only, spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight, original publisher's catalogue endpapers, no inscriptions. A very good copy, scarce in this condition. Size: 8vo (19 x 13 cm). Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. 22pp. Sketch illustrations in text. Cayme Press Pamphlets No. 2. Limited to 350 copies of which this is the number 219. A Sitwell parody featuring Frogbert, Sacharissa etc., Original pale pink paper wrappers with printed label. Some mild toning to covers, a couple of spots in the inside: a very good indeed copy. Written in the spirit of Edward Lear, with a title and pseudonym also invoking Pirandello (P. G. Lear and L.O.-- geddit?!). Scott Moncrieff was of course the great Proust translator.