Austin Dobson Intro (34 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Black CLOTH thin HARDCOVERS (LIMP). VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.; GOLD TITLES SPINE SHIELD LOGO. AN ESSPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE BINDING FOR THIS POPULAR SERIES.GOLD SPINE TITLES INSIDE 5 RAISED BANDS.SPINE SHOWS GOLD VE RI TAS (shield), Author, spine # & "COLLIER".COVER SHOWS BLIND EMBOS…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. This book has rubbing and surface scratching to both covers, shelfwear to the edges and corners of the covers including missing portions from the top and bottom edges of the spine, fading to the gilt illustrations and text on the spine, a shifted spine, loose hinges, toning and a slightly torn edge of…

1909, 2nd MacMillan printing. (hardcover) Good to very good. xxv, [1], 196pp +adverts. 16mo. Smooth, dark-blue cloth boards. Simple double-ruled board decoration blind-stamped at head and foot of top and bottom boards; series device in gilt at centre of top board; lettering in gilt to spine. Boards rubbed, most pronounced at edg…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fetching gilt and green cloth binding in the 'Cranford series' style. Featuring verse from a variety of sources, including Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler. Illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson in b/w. All edges gilt. Previous owners name to half title. Some rubbing and bumping to top of spine. M…

Smal 8vo, xxxii + 163pp. Original green buckram blocked with gilt lettering and late nineteeth century linework illustration. Corners very slightly bumped; board very minimally flecked. Light foxing on preliminaries. Gilt page edges. Coridon's Song from Izaak Walton's 'The Compleat Angler', alongside many other associated verses…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Reprint. No. 415 in series, Poetry and the Drama, xxiii, 317pp. Light tanning to paper, light creasing from handling and soil to outer edges. Green boards have edge/rub wear, light bump wear and soiling. Actual book for sale pictured. 11.2 x 17.5 x 2.2cm, wt400g Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" t…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's Red cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 230 x 150 mm approx. 3 vol set with all portraits, maps, illustrations, facsimile letter and title pages all as called for + fold out pedigree. Blind impressed circular "Presentation copy" to all title pages. The original own…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. red cloth, gilt lettering, 500 pp, cover lightly soiled, corners and ends of spine scuffed, spine lightly cocked, edges lightly soiled, spine's hinges between endpapers torn, library sticker to front endpaper, pages stained Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Pr…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; large 12mo; 163 pages. First edition. Dark green cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering and ornate ill. Bumped corners. Fraying headcap. All edges gilt. Heavy foxing of publishers blanks, title page, first third. Many ills. VG-/--. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Description: 1/1 UK Introduction by Austin Dobson Illustrations by Hugh Thomson Condition: Original cloth boards, highly decorated in gilt to upper board and spine. Minor bumping to top and tail of spine and edges. All edges gilt. Mild scattered foxing, especially to prelims. Slight lean to fored…

Half Leather. Condition: Fine. Small Octavo. Signed fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London England for Marshall Field and Company. Bound in brown half leather and marbled boards with raised bands spine, gilt lettering and decoration spine, tope edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark. Many black and white illus…

Hardcover. Folio. 2. Volumes. Bound in red cloth with gilt border design and leather gilt stamped titles on the spines. xiii,248p.: 13 ill., 64 plates ; 40cm. Limited to 110 sets this deluxe version combines the portfolio and book edition into two oversized volumes. Each illustration is reproduced twice, once on india paper past…

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Limited Edition. 298 pgs. Elaborately gilt-stamped burgundy cloth which is slightly sunned overall, but moreso to the spine, light extremity wear, occasional dust soil to page edges, otherwise clean. An historical novel based on the career of 18th Century Irish actress, Mar…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. A scarce facsimile reprint of the first edition of Robinson Crusoe, originally published in 1719. A facsimile reprint of the first edition of Robinson Crusoe published in 1719, with an introduction from English poet and essayist Austin Dobson. A contender for the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's…

Leather Binding. Condition: Good. No Dust Cover. First Edition. First illustrated edition, 1887 large folio with ornate leather covers, spine and hinges repaired, black and white drawings and decorations throughout with full page tipped in illustrations by Edwin Abbey on India paper, gilt edges Size: Folio. Abbey, Edwin; Decorat…

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A beautifully bound edition of the poetry of Matthew Prior, one of only fifty signed copies produced, and in a Ramage binding. The very scarce limited edition, large paper edition of this work, of which only fifty signed and numbered copies were produced. This is number 12, signed by…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first Hugh Thomson edition of Jane Austen's beloved novel, complete with Thomson's illustrations and in a decorative binding designed by A. A. Turbayne. The first Thomson edition of this work.In the original striking binding, with decorative botanical gilt to the front board and sp…