Pearse w guy (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards with brown cloth to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild scuffing to edges. Mild insect damage to rear board. Book has forward lean.…

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 24pp stapled booklet in paper wraps, with illustrated frontispiece, two further full page illustrations and one in text. 12mo. Wraps are toned, especially at edges, a little rubbed and numerous minor creases all over. Internally a hint of toning else neat. clean and tight. The Children's Library of the Saints was a charming collection of booklets, now hard to find, relating the lives and works of Christian saints, aimed at younger readers and designed to foster faith. all written by the English preacher Rev W Guy Pearse and elegantly illustrated by Geoffrey Mott. Mott, Geoffrey A (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cover title - Children's Lives of the Saints. Blue hardcover with coloured illustration stuck on, dark blue text. Spine colour faded. With 49 illustrations, including full plate engravings, by Geoffrey A Mott.12 chapters on different saints (Christopher, Francis, Martin, Nicolas, George, Sebaste martyrs, Aidan, Chad and Cuthbert, Edmund and Edward, Vincent, Catharine, Theresa, Monica) each around 25 pages. Blue hardcover with coloured illustration stuck on. No publication data given but research suggests about 1920. …

Brochure/Pamphlet. Zustand: Good Only. Three scarce issues of The Children's Library of the Saints from English preacher Rev. W. Guy Pearse, with illustrations. Three volumes. The Children's Library of the Saints. Scarce works. A charming guide to the lives and works of the Saints of the Christian faith, suitable for young readers, to encourage faith among children. Written by Rev. W. Guy Pearse, an English clergyman and preacher. Illustrated by Geoffrey Alan Mott, a British artist and illustrator. This set contains: No. 11 - Saint Theresa. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three in-text images. No. 16 - Saint Dunstan. Illustrated with one full-page image. No. 19 - Saint Patrick. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three in-text images. In the original blue paper wraps. With the wraps of volume one lacking, and the wraps of volume three detached with only the front panel present. Externally, sound with light wear and the odd small crease to the extremities. A 2" closed tear to the spine of volume two. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small handling mark or pencil mark. Light age toning to the extremities. Ink stamp to the front endpapers of volumes two and three. Good Only. Geoffrey A. Mott (illustrator). book.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Seven scarce issues of The Children's Library of the Saints from English preacher Rev. W. Guy Pearse, with illustrations. Seven volumes from The Children's Library of the Saints. Scarce works. A collection of charming guides to the lives and works of the Saints of the Christian faith, suitable for young readers, to encourage faith among children. Each volume contains four illustrations, three of which are full-page. Edited by Rev. W. Guy Pearse, an English clergyman and preacher. Illustrated by Geoffrey Alan Mott, a British artist and illustrator, and P. Radcliffe-Wilson, an English illustrator. This set contains: Saint Monica, No. 12. Saint Margaret of Scotland, No. 15. Saint Wilfred of York, No. 20. Saint Columba, No. 22. Saint Genevieve of Paris, No. 23. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, No. 24. Saint Joan, No. 26. In the original paper wraps. Externally, sound with light wear and sunning to the extremities. The odd small crease or mark to the wraps. Rear wrap detached but present to No. 22, with minor tears to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small handling mark. Pencil marks to No. 15. A library ink stamp to the front endpaper of some volumes. Good. Geoffrey A. Mott; P. Radcliffe Wilson (illustrator). book.…