Craig John Illus (6 results)

Cloth/Boards w/DJ. Condition: VG/VG. First Printing. New York, NY: Delacorte Press. VG/VG. (June 1995). First Printing. Cloth/Boards w/DJ. 8vo., 176 pp. . Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator).

Minor archival repair to d/w. Duodecimo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

First Folio Society Edition. Near fine copy in the original patterned boards, backed with green cloth and a printed label, the latter faintly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Accompanying original slip-case near fine, if faintly sun-toned along the lower margin. Physical description; xx, 278 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Originally published 1932. Subjects; Fothergill, John, 1876-1957. Hotelkeepers, diaries. Spreadeagle Inn, Thame. Inns, England, history. England, social life and customs, 1918-1945. Innkeeping, Oxfordshire. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: As new. Edition of 345 copies of which this is no. 109, signed by Edward Craig. 49 p. 26 cm. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait, genealogical diagram, two home engravings. Brown cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Edward Gordon Craig (1872 1966) was an English modernist theatre actor, director, and scenic designer who was an illegitimate son of actress Ellen Terry. His daughter, Nelly Craig (1904-1975), wrote these letters to her brother, Edward Craig (1905-1998), revealing much about their father.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 168. Bound in full brown tree calf leather, lettered gilt at the spine on a black leather spine label. From the library of John Lewis (1912-1996), typographer, book designer, author and illustrator with his bookplate. Ornamented with wood engravings by John Lee. A reading book composed for Princess Charlotte (who was eight). Juvenilia. Previous owner's name on endpaper, with very faint rubbing at spine hinge and corner tips otherwise sound, very good with clean text.…

Maroon hardback leather cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition [40]. VG : in very good condition. Occasional slight foxing. 560mm x 390mm (22" x 15"). [ii], viii, 143pp, 21pp, 12pp + plates. 40 hand-coloured plates. Published - volume one 1933-1940; volume two 1960 - 1962. Elwes' original monograph published in 1880.…