Bone James E S Lumsden Illus (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1927. 6th Impression. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New York: Knopf, 1926 1st Am. ed. 181pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Good/no dj [age browning of endpp; some cover indents evidently from objects placed on book; light wear; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A beautifully written view of the Scottish capital by the long-time Manchester Guardian correspondent Bone (1872-1962), scion of a renowned artistic and literary family, with 16 illustrations by the noted Edinburgh-born painter Lumsden (1883-1948).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Scuffed covers. Lightly read book. No DJ. Gilt top edges of pages. Publisher is Alfred A. Knopf. Yellowing of end pages. Rubbing wear of hardcovers, especially top spine edge. B/w etching plates. 179pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illus. with 16 b.w. drawings incl. frontis. 4to. orig. cl. Bds. and spine faded and discoloured, contents v.g.

Quarto; hardcover, full cloth with upper board and spine titles on paper labels; 179pp., untrimmed, with a monochrome frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 plates likewise. Moderate wear; slightly shaken; spine extremities softened; board edges and spine extremities sunned; text block edges lightly toned and spotted; offset to the endpapers; light scattered foxing throughout. Price-clipped dustwrapper well rubbed and edgeworn with a few small tears; now backed by archival-quality paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Laid in: a promotional brochure for the author's first book. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.