Arthur S Cripps (11 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket As Issued. Reprint. Originally published in 1927 by Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London. Map. xiv. Footnotes. Index. 203pp. Brown cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Hardcover.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First US Edition. Bending to the upper part of the book parallel to the upper edge. DJ is attached to the book along the spine. DJ spine is missing approx. 1/2" from the top end, including beginning of title, and has tears to the lower end of the edges. DJ has a few very small tears and very small chips. The upper edge between the half-title and title pages is unopened. Owner's written name and name label on front blanks. ; Approx. 4 5/8" wide by 7 3/4". Limited to 450 copies. Stiff paper covers. ; 43 pages.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Cripps, Arthur S. Magic Casements. London: Duckworth & Co., [1913]. Second edition, first with illustrated endpapers. The first edition appeared in 1905. Small octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix [x] 1-185 [186] [187-190: publisher's ads]. Original dark green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind with publisher's trademark. Illustrated by Will G. Mein with pictorial endpapers (duo-tone woodcuts) that are show Mein's usual craftsmanship. Aside from a faint damp stain near rear bottom corner of back cover, a fine copy. #3789. $25. Collection of 11 stories of sentimental Catholic piety. This title was issued as part of the publisher's Roadmender Series, with more than a dozen similar works inspired by the popularity of The Roadmender and Other Papers (1902), a series of Christian devotional writings written during its author's bed-ridden last years. Michael Fairless, the stated author, was later revealed to be a pseudonym for Margaret Fairless Barber (1869-1901), who had struggled with serious illness most of her life. This title was reprinted over 30 times over the next decade, and was followed by the posthumous publication of several other similar works of fiction and non-fiction. Cripps' work is steeped in ecclesiastical atmosphere. Will G. Mein (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Poor. Second Edition. Covers are detached, and separated from each other, but present. Half-title page is attached to the front cover. Front cover has wear to the outer edge. Owner's written information on the half-title page. ; Approx. 4 3/8" wide by 6 3/4". ; 43 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are worn. Library binding, markings and scarring. Tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards are very worn and stained.A bit damaged.Foxing.Previous ownership stamp.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Paper Back. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. 41pp.; SC olive beige w/ black.; rubbed w/wear on edges & corners; 3"tear,spine; some tan w/clean, tight pgs. Front cover halfway separated from book; bookplate of book collector, H. Bradley Martin. Poetry.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ink stamp on frontfly and rear pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo, 41 pp, bound without original covers in near contemporary half morocco with gilt lettering to spine and gilt border lines to boards . Ex Libris of RG Sandbach on front paste down , watered end papers , a note on two blank pages indicates that a correction on page 33 is in the hand of Stephen Phillips . A most attractive copy in a pretty binding that has had 30 blank pages added to facilitate binding and presentation.…

Cover and half-title designs by Selwyn Image. First edition. Small 8vo. Original drab brown printed wrappers with floral title decoration. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, Four poems by Binyon. This is his first book appearance, preceding his Newdigate Prize Poem ?Persephone", which was published later in the same year. Inevitable creasing to edges of covers. Very good copy.…