t e lawrence intro (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slipcase: Light shelf wear. Overall case condition is Very Good Plus. Book: First Folio Society edition. Illustrated blue buckram binding. Unread copy in first class condition throughout. Folio 75: 1642. Overall book condition is Fine. Size: 6.75 x 8.75 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiii,226.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Week-End Library. 1st thus (1927). 328pp. VG/VG copy, binding square and tight, corners gently bumped, blind address stamp to ffep, jacket lightly edge worn with some minor chipped losses to spine ends, a little toned, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fair. new edition. 8 x 10 in. 166 pp. Red cloth boards. Section of plates, maps and fold-out map. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean, toned at upper edges. Corners mildly bumped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight. PO's name on ffep, text unmarked. DJ is FAIR ; clipped, vertical stain on front, very chipped, section around spine head gone. Ancient Hist. RGR.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Both volumes: Wear on all edges of text with browning on upper edge of text; Dust jacket in mylar. Volume II: Slight stain on outer and lower edges of text; Dust jacket slightly stained on lower end of spine. Else good. 674 and 696 pages pp.

Brown hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. New Edition. G: in good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed. Spines faded. Closed tear at fold out map of volume one, no loss. Ownership stamps on prelims and title page. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 674pp; 696pp + plates & maps. 9 b/w plates (1 fold-out) + 2 fold-out colour maps. New and definitive edition. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.

2 vols. Large 4to. (25.5 x 19 cm). pp.674; 696. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges brown, others untrimmed, in the unclipped dust-jackets. Title-pages printed in red and black. Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 large folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes (one at the end of each volume). Some light traces of adhesive to jacket and endpapers, generally a very good copy. The second issue of the handsomely produced new and definitive edition published by Cape in 1936. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888, "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence was instrumental in getting the second English edition published and his introduction first appeared in that edition of 1921.

2 vols. Large 4to. (25.5 x 19 cm). pp.674; 696. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges brown, others untrimmed, in the unclipped dust-jackets. Title-pages printed in red and black. Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 large folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes (one at the end of each volume). From the Library of the late Sir William Whitfield who designed Richmond House, home of the Department of Health, in Whitehall, the Mappa Mundi Museum in Hereford, St Albans Cathedral Chapter House and much more besides. He was also Surveyor to St Paul's. However these volumes not featuring his bookplate. Some trivial light wear to extremities of dust-jackets (one with a few signs of minimal damp to spine), some faint tape residue to endpapers and jackets, generally a very good set. A reprint of the handsomely produced new and definitive edition published by Cape in 1936. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888, "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence was instrumental in getting the second English edition published and his introduction first appeared in that edition of 1921.

FIRST EDITION THUS. Being the first impression of the new and definitive edition. 2 vols. Large 4to. (25.5 x 19 cm). pp.674; 696. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges brown, others untrimmed. Title-pages printed in red and black. Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 large folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes (one at the end of each volume). Foyle's old booksellers label to front pastedowns. Some fading to cloth, notably along the spines, some light scattered spotting to prelims and edges, generally a very good set. A reprint of the handsomely produced new and definitive edition published by Cape in 1936. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888, "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence was instrumental in getting the second English edition published and his introduction first appeared in that edition of 1921.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Jean de Bosschere; Henry Keen (illustrator). A uniform trio of lavishly illustrated 1920s classics of Garnett, Ovid, and Balzac in first and limited editions, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers and vibrant Art-Deco era plates. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.A handsome uniform trio of illustrated literary editions compromising:1924 The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales by Richard Garnett. The first illustrated edition.Illustrated with a monochrome lithographic frontispiece and twenty-seven monochrome lithographic plates by Henry Keen. Collated, complete. A collection of Garnett"s rich, imaginative short stories blending folklore, fantasy and learned wit, introduced by T. E. Lawrence.1925 The Love Books of Ovid translated by J. Lewis May. A limited edition, being copy number six hundred and sixty-four of three thousand copies for sale. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, a further fifteen coloured plates, and eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete. A collection of Ovid"s erotic verse, Amores, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris and Medicamina Faciei Femineae, enriched by de Bosschere"s alluring illustrations.1926 Ten Droll Tales by Honoré de Balzac. A limited edition, being number two thousand nine hundred and ninety-four of three thousand copies. With a coloured frontispiece, a further fourteen coloured plates, and eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete. An engaging selection of Balzac"s lighter, humorous short fiction introduced by André Maurois. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Externally, lovely. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One or two very minor handling marks to boards. Dust wrappers very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping resulting in one or two small chips, closed tears, and creasing to extremities, more so to heads and tails of spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). The second edition of Charles Montagu Doughty's account of his time living in the Middle East in the mid nineteenth century, illustrated throughout. In half morocco bindings. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Only 500 copies of this second edition were produced.'Travels in Arabia Deserta' is a detailed and exciting travel work, documenting the author's travels in the Middle East, where he spent some time in the 1870s living with the Bedouins.This is the author's best known work.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, folding map to the rear, five folding plates, and many in-text and full page illustrations. Volume II illustrated with many in-text and full page illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by Charles Montagu Doughty, an English poet and explorer.With a preface from T. E. Lawrence, the noted British explorer and archaeologist. In half morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Back strips age toned, as is common with green morocco. Otherwise, externally fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.

First edition, first impression One of a limited edition of 25 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf. O'Brien A163-4. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. Binding rubbed and a little darkened at extremities, a small amount of wear to the head of the spine, uneven tanning to free endpapers. An excellent copy.

The new and definitive edition, first impression. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888 and is "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence's introduction appeared in 1921, in the second English edition. O'Brien A017. 2 vols, large octavo (245 x 187 mm). Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes; title pages printed in red and black. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in brown morocco, spines with raised bands, gilt lettering in compartments, turn-ins ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Foxing to edges and occasionally to contents and folding maps, otherwise clean. A very good set.