Orpheus press (37 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Very Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Ppxiv,240. Illustrated with wood engravings by the author, map end-papers. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Mint in dust-wrapper. "Written in the great and much loved tradition of Gilbert White, W.H. Hudson and Henry Williamson (this book) can best be described as a real-life drama of survival in the natural world. It is centred on the lives of predators such as stoats (in particular) and weasels, foxes, badgers and otters, bats and birds of prey, and is set in the South Cotswolds at the start of the 1950's, against a landscape as yet untouched by the ecological consequences of myxomatosis in the rabbit population." PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 16.99.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

1st ed. Illustrated with wood-engravings by author. A very nice clean, tidy copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Poems in English and Bulgarian. Tight solid copy with firm hinges, sharp corners. BP/Poetry.

1st ed. 1st edition. Presentation inscription by author on title page; illustrated with wood engravings by author. Used - Very Good. SIGNED VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. SIGNED VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket.

Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: As New. xiii, 240, wood engravings, endpaper maps. . HB. As new in d/w. With wood engravings by the author. 'Written in the great and much loved tradition of Gilbert White, W.H. Hudson and Henry Williamson [this book] can best be described as a real-life drama of survival in the natural world. It is centred on the lives of predators such as stoats (in particular) and weasels, foxes, badgers and otters, bats and birds of prey, and is set in the South Cotswolds at the start of the 1950's, against a landscape as yet untouched by the ecological consequences of myxomatosis in the rabbit population.' - from dust jacket. [9780954036607].…

Zustand: FINE. Book of the Month Club edition. One of the greatest works to come out of colonial Africa, this is also one of the first novels to depict Africans as they really were, and to reveal the smoldering hatred of the African and the white colonialists for each other. Originally published in 1921 in France, it won the Prix Goncourt in 1922 (Maran was the first Black writer to win this award). In 1938, the definitive edition was published in France, and this is the first US appearance of a translation of that edition. Translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou. Introduction by Donald E. Herdeck and a preface to the 1938 edition by Maran. Map endpapers. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition, as stated. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners bumped, minimal wear, very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean, spine toned. Hist. Stax.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 21x13cm, [6pp]. With six illustrations (?linocuts) by Rigby Graham printed in various colours. Copy 111 of 220, signed by Toni Savage in gold ink to the colophon, sewn into a cream card cover and outer wrapper of pale blue paper, title in black and ornament in red to the front. Toni Savage was a key figure in the Leicestershire private press movement, best known for his broadsheets. Not all copies of this keepsake bear his signature. Very Good (small mark to front wrapper, and a little fading around the edges). Rigby Graham (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. A Cotswold Tale. Written in the great and much loved tradition of Gilbert white, Hunters of Longtree can be described as a real-life drama of survival in the natural world. Light wear to wrapper edges. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Walker, David (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Unpaginated, 48 pages. Illustrated by Rigby Graham. Limited edition of only 1000 copies. Extremities a little worn. A pleasing copy. (q7). Graham, Rigby (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. Washington, DC: Black Orpheus Press, 1973. First Edition, stated. Volume I, though apparently all published. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's brown cloth with white lettering; map endpapers; [xii],605pp. Lacks dust jacket. Boards shelfworn with a few stray scuffs and smudges to cloth; bumping at corners and spine ends, with a brief run to cloth down spine. Boards open a bit shakily but binding is secure. Scattered thumbprinting and a bit of foxing to edges of textblock. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by Herdeck on half title with inscription "For Ed James, an old friend. Donald E. Herdeck, Nov 22, 1974. Biographical dictionary covering 594 authors, primarily from sub-Saharan Africa, with four critical essays and three bibliographies among the sixteen appendices.…

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. Booklet, sticthed. Illustrated by Rigby Graham. No. 22 of a limited edition of only 220 copies. Bottom corners a little scuffed. Graham, Rigby (illustrator).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 185p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Fiction in English. 1 Kg.

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

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Unpaginated. Illustrated card boards v slightly worn on edges in places w minor bump to top and spine. Contents immaculate, very nicely illustrated in b & w by Rigby Graham. Clean, tight and bright a lovely copy. Rigby Graham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First English-language edition of the author's "definitive edition" (see below). Introduction by Donald E. Herdeck. Translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou. Bookplate of historian, author, and African scholar Prosser Gifford on the half-title. Page edges faintly foxed, very near fine in a modestly rubbed and tanned, very good or better dust jacket. First published in 1921, *Batouala* received the Prix Goncourt the following year. The author's "édition définitive," from which this edition was translated, was published in 1938. Published here as part of the Dimensions of the Black Intellectual Experience series.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publisher's beige cloth lettered and decorated gilt on spine and cover. pp 128. Pages uncut. Poetry. Long neat inscription on front endpaper from a mother to her daughter Iris (1912) quoting Bax's poems otherwise VG+. Excellent condition.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 6 pages inc illustrated thin card covers. [Place of publication not identified but known to be Leicester],Poem "Illustrations par Robert Blythe . imprimes et publies par Douglas Martin 'Orpheus Press"-Colophon "Edition de cinquante exemplaires, numrots de 1 50" This unnumbered. Rare. Only 3 copies found at WorldCat (OCLC) the worldÕs largest library catalogue. Some slight tanning at rear edges else VG.…

Second edition, first printing. Illustrations by Rigby Graham. One of 100 copies. Fine pamphlet.

One of a series of literary essays. First edition, first impression; publisher's brown wrappers, printed in black, sewn. Slightly loose but a near-fine copy.