Isabel reed book (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. No Edition Remarks. 101 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Grey paper covered boards. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper and flatsigned to frontispiece. Three type-written notes from author inserted to front free endpaper. Newspaper clipping about publisher stuck to rear free endpaper. Black and white photographs throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and photographs have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 480 pages. tidy copy.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rubbing to ends of spine. Some marking to wrappers. Spotting to page edges.; (102) pages. Grey paper wrappers. Illustrated. No date [c.1940]. Page dimensions: 151mm x 104mm. Written by the author A. H. Reed (1875-1975) about his wide Isabel Reed (1866-1939). "[T[he more I dwell upon our forty years' companionship, the more do happy and inspiring memories come crowding in, and to do justice to all of these would require many books. And if I wrote and rewrote it every year for a dozen years - should I not hear your welcoming voice before then - I should still want to alter it everytime, and should still feel, I know full well, that it failed lamentably in presenting the picture of you that should be portrayed." - from page 3. [Bagnall R265]; 16mo 6" - 7" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition. Exlibris bookplate, Frank G. Glen. Dewey classification stickeron front cover. Rubber stamp "Glen Historic collection" (private library).; This copy inscribed and signed by the author "Mr & Mrs A. J. Coveney / with kindest regards / A H Reed". This copy with an additional printed sheet by the author included: "M.S. describves you as a saint. And so you were, though a very human and lovable one - no 'plaster saint' you, and blessed with a rare gift of quaint, vivacious humour, And so you will enjoy this glimpse of your early childhood received just after your little book was printed, and which I must set down. - 'She was a bright, lovable child' writes May from the Isle of Wight, ' very excitable and passionate at times. When very annoyed with someone I have heard her say, 'I hate you; you are more cruel than those who crucified Jesus. After such an outburst she would sit on the stairs and cry, over and over, 'Oh I do wish I had not been so naughty.'" 102 pages + portrait frontispiece. Card boards with printed dust-jacket pasted down. Page dimensions: 151mm x 105mm. Written by the author A. H. Reed (1875-1975) about his wide Isabel Reed (1866-1939). "[T]he more I dwell upon our forty years' companionship, the more do happy and inspiring memories come crowding in, and to do justice to all of these would require many books. And if I wrote and rewrote it every year for a dozen years - should I not hear your welcoming voice before then - I should still want to alter it everytime, and should still feel, I know full well, that it failed lamentably in presenting the picture of you that should be portrayed." - from page 3. [Reference: Bagnall R265]. …