Waters e g r (32 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. volume 1 only. cover shows minor wear, rubbing, bumped corners. some writing on the front endpaper. pages tanned and clean.

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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Cloth, worn & marked, sp repaired, hinge weak.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No jacket. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1958, reprint. Hardback, 8vo, xii,469pp. Owner names, some pencil notes, no d/j, slightly bumped. A fair copy. /0.6uk.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 324 pages. 9.92x7.01x0.98 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Fair. Volume 10. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN.…

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 86pp. Pale green hardback board cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 324 pages. 7.00x0.75x10.00 inches. In Stock. Hughes, E R (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Series: Publications of the Philological Society 86p hardback with paper covered boards, nice clean copy of the first edition, cover a bit dusty - not a modern reprint Language: English.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. University level-education reader of French literature. Text in French and English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volume set. 1st printing (1894). Limited ed. 180/1000. 276; 323pp. Original brown moire covers with gilt pictorial emblem to upper board and lettering to spine, deckle page edge, tissue-guard at frontis. Both vols VG copies, bindings square and tight, light wear to edges, cloth covers clean but for vol.2 has some rubbing and staining to rear spine edge, spines rubbed and dulled, foxing to prelims, otherwise internally excellent, all plates present, guarded and bright. E. R. Hughes (illustrator). …

531 pages; texts in english, french, german, italian etc. - Publisher's gilt-titled red cloth-binding with dustjacket; 8vo.(ca. 24 x 18 x 4 cm; ca. 1,2 kg.). ~~~ FIRST EDITION, CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL WITH DUSTJACKET; ''This volume celebrates Bence Szabolcsi's seventieth birthday; the contributors are his friends, colleagues and pupils. . .'', with an extensive bibliography of Szabolcsi's publications and many essays, often on hungarian music and -composers. - Dustjacket minimally rubbed, bottom sharp-corner of frontpanel slightly bumped; else in best condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. With dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarter Vellum Spine Printed In Red, Over Brown Paper Covered Boards. 11 3/4" X 8 3/4". Deckled Edges; An Unopened Copy (Pages Still Attached Along Top Edge). #70 Of Only 110 Copies Of This Large Paper Edition, Finely Printed On Japanese Vellum. The First Translation Into English. Light Wear, Hinges Tight, Fraying Along Bottom Edges At Tips. No Names Or Marks. Tissue Guards Clean And Intact. Well Preserved, Not An Uncommon Book But Usually Found Damaged. Per Wikipedia, L Pecorone, Often Referred To In English As The Golden Eagle, Is An Italian Collection Of Stories Written Between 1378 And 1385 By Giovanni Fiorentino. It Was Written In A Style Influenced By The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio, The Golden Legend Collection Of Saint Lives, The Seven Sages Of Rome Or The Gemma Ecclesiastica Of Giraldus Cambrensis. For Its Historical Facts, However, It Relies On The Nuova Cronica Of Giovanni Villani. It Is Said To Be An Influence On Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor And Merchant Of Venice. 12 Plates By E. R. Hughes (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Limited edition. 1/1000. 4to. [vol.1]xxvi,276pp. [vol.2]ix,323pp. Gray iridescent cloth, decorative gold stamps on front boards, gold lettering to spines. Each volume has b/w photogravure engravings with protective Japanese tissue guards. frontispiece First published in 1583 under the title Le piacevoli notti ("the pleasant nights"), this two-volume collection of fairy tales was written by the Italian writer and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Straparola. It was modeled after the Decamerone by Boccaccio and depicts the participants of a 13-night party on the island of Murano and the wild tales they tell. lt is also known as The Facetious Nights of Straparola. Volume one has nine b/w photogravure engravings including the frontis, volume two has nine including frontis, and all with protective Japanese tissue guards. Head and tails of spines and edges rubbed and bumped, light soiling. Age yellowing to pages, acid transfers from engravings mark the tissue guards. Binding in good, interior in very good condition.…

Zustand: Good. Limited Edition [164/210]. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed. Spines darkened and marked. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). xxxi, 294pp, xi, 352pp + plates. 20 sepia plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown hardback boards with cream vellum spine.…

Zustand: Good. Volume 1-2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. No. 429 of 1000 copies for England and America. Large grey cloth 8vo with gilt motif on front board and gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and a little fraying. A small knock in edge of front board on vol I. and back board on vol II. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for some minimal foxing. Trimmed. Contains several plates with tissue guards. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2550grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Volume II only. This edition was printed on Venetian Deckel Edge Paper, and was limited to 1000 copies, this copy was number 902. Grey cloth boards with gilt illustrations and lettering along with a gilt top edge of pages. Unmarked with the exception of names written on the front endpaper and flyleaf. Pages are slightly yellowed. Cover has wear and bumping on corners and edge of spine. Some discoloration and soil spots throughout the cover.…

Zustand: Good. Limited Edition [21/210]. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed. Spines darkened. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedowns. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). xxvi, 276pp, xii, 323pp + plates. 20 sepia plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown hardback boards with cream vellum spine. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Four uniformly-bound translations by W. G. Waters. Containing: The Novellino of Masuccio (in two volumes) The Nights of Straparola (in two volumes) Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is numbered 725. Illustrated throughout by E. R. Hughes with thirty-six plates (collated, complete) Bookplate of E. Peter Jones to front pastedowns. Bookseller's labels to front pastedowns of The Novellino. Masuccio Salernitano (14101475), born Tommaso Guardati, was an Italian poet. Born in Salerno or Sorrento, he is best known today for Il Novellino, a collection of 50 "novelle" or short stories, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. The Facetious Nights of Straparola (1550-1555; Italian: Le piacevoli notti), also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Complete in four volumes. In cloth bindings. Externally, sound, though with some bumping and slight wear to the extremities. Internally, bindings strained in places, with one plate detached. Pages are bright and quite clean, with just the odd spot and some foxing to the endpapers. Small tears to a couple of pages. Good. E. R. Hughes (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds, Warwick; Evison, G. Henry; Somerfield, Thomas; Rountree, Harry; Jackson, A.E. (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first translated editions of these limited edition volumes, illustrated throughout. Five volumes. First thus. Translated by William George Waters, a British scholar, biographer, and historian of the Italian Renaissance. Illustrated by Edward Robert Hughes, a British painter, who primarily worked in watercolours. This set includes: The Nights of Straparola, 1894. Complete in two volumes. Limited to one thousand copies, unnumbered. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A collection of seventy-five stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola, modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron. It is considered significant as the first European storybook to contain fairy-tales. The Novellino of Masuccio, 1895. Complete in two volumes. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is number four hundred and ninety-six. Volume one is illustrated with eight plates. Volume two is illustrated with ten plates. Collated complete. The fifty short stories of fifteenth century Italian poet, Masuccio Salernitano, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, 1897. Limited to six hundred copies of which this is number four hundred and twenty-seven. Illustrated with eleven plates. Collated complete. An Italian novella written by Florentine writer Giovanni Fiorentino, said to be an influence on Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Light damp marks to the tail of the spines. Front hinge starting but firm to The Pecorone. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. E. R. Hughes (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 7 volumes bound in five - the complete series- octavo 7x5 inches- very handsomely leather bound in half morocco with simple gilt Fleur de Lis devices in compartments. All edges gilt. Bindings by the great British bookbinders SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE signed in print on the endpaper. STRAPAROLA (4 volumes in two) illustrated by Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes and THE PECORONE OF SER GIOVANNI (3 volumes) illustrated by E. R. Hughes. A series of semi erotic tales written or published from the 14th to the 16th centuries modelled on Boccaccio Il Decamerone. Text in English. A FINELY BOUND SET IN FINE CONDITION. The red leather bookplate of W. A. Foyle. Signed by Author(s).…

1/4 Vellum. Zustand: Very Good. This is copy no. 25 of an edition limited to 110 copies on Japanese vellum. xxix, 312 pp. Original quarter vellum over boards with red lettering to spine. Boards clean. Internally clean. Faint rubbing to board edges. Internally clean. Small blindstamp to front endpaper. With tissue-guarded illustrations by E. R. Hughes. 4to. Hughes, E. R. (illustrator).…