Robertson james foreword (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2006. First Scottish edition. First printing. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Full black cloth; spine lettered in gilt. A tight, clean copy with light soiling to the fore-edge. Publisher's original prices (£16.99 and US $26.95) printed on the dust jacket front flap. 8vo, 274 pp., with appendices, references, bibliography, and index. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. McCarthy reconstructs the extraordinary life of Selim Aga, who was abducted as a child from Sudan, sold into slavery in Egypt, and later became an author, lecturer, explorer, and associate of figures including Sir Richard Burton.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. As photographed; very mild rubbing to covers; internally unmarked, clean and crisp throughout; private ownership; 444pp + 26pls.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good -. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good -. Signed by editor, James I. Robertson, on ffep, with lengthy inscription, dated 1967. Binding tight. Interior clean and bright, other than light age toning on inner boards, and discoloration on end pages by tape from old dj. Mauve boards in nice condition, light bumping and fading to spine ends. Spotting to upper page edges, scratches to lower edges. Dj preserved in mylar; very mild shelf wear, light chipping along edges. "The first book in the Centennial Series to view the war through a woman's eyes is chiefly notable as a vivid and psychologically perfect self-portrait of a young girl." - dj flap. 473 pages, including editor's notes. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather by the Scuberth Bookbindery, San Francisco. Introductory note by James Robertson, foreword by William Everson, woodblock illustrations (8) by Vincent Perez. Fourth volume in Yolla Bolly's "California Writers of the Land" series. Includes fourteen stories from the original 1900 publication [see BAL #13848] (omits one story plus some elements deemed "peripheral" by the editor [see note]). Everson's seven page foreword is important. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred; minimal shelf wear to slipcase. Full brown leather binding, in blind decorative element, textured endpages; cream paper slipcase, brown leather spine label. 8vo. 80pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 155 of 230. Signed by artist and Everson.…