Gabriel Editor Austin (17 results)

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Bibliography, book History, Exhibition) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and marking. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited to 750 copies. DJ is in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited. 300 page hardcover with photo illustrations. Limited printing of 750 copies. Many contributors - essays on Italian books and the exhibition of those books for the Grolier Club. Dust jacket is bright, crisp and clean - spine very lightly sunfaded. Full brown cloth exterior with title on spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.…

8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. xiii,136 pages. Well-illustrated descriptions. The library has become a renowned source repository of material relating to English literature (especially Samuel Johnson) of the 18th century. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. Hyde, Donald and Mary (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Brown cloth gilt, DW, 8vo., xiv, 298 pages, illustrated. Of 750 copies printed by The Stinehour Press, this is one of 250 reserved for the hosts and travelers; this copy inscribed to David Jackson McWilliams. There are annotations accrediting many of the photographs to Al Perrin. A very good copy of an attractive book in a chipped, creased and soiled DW, in archival mylar.…

cloth. small 4to. cloth. xiv, 298 pages. First edition (Asaf 129). Exlibrary with markings. Lacking the dust jacket. Else a near fine copy. This book describes the travels of the members of the club to 11 famous libraries in Italy. Interesting reading for the book-collector. Grolier Club (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Large 8vo, 33 preliminary pages, 298 pages, black and white illustrations, book in very good condition (top and bottom of spine bumped, edges of book spotted) with good dust-wrapper now protected in a removable, clear plastic cover (spine faded, stained, edges creased with some edge tears and loss at the top of the spine). Heavy book - additional shipping may be requested for destinations out-with the United Kingdom.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Two volumes - volume 1: 22 preliminary pages, 135 pages; volume 2 : (10 preliminary pages), 113 pages, black and white illustrations in both books, fine condition in boards and cloth spines, no slipcase, 1250 copies of the Library volume, 1000 copies of the Farm volume. Bookplate of John Comyn on front end-paper of each book, also 2 tipped in clippings on the front free end-papers Heavy books (1.1 kilos) - additional shipping will be requested for destinations out-with the United kingdom. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Two volumes - volume 1: 22 preliminary pages, 135 pages; volume 2 : (10 preliminary pages), 113 pages, black and white illustrations in both books, fine condition in boards and cloth spines, in marbled paper covered slipcase (also in fine condition),1250 copies of the Library volume, 1000 copies of the Farm volume. Heavy books (1.4 kilos) - additional shipping will be requested for destinations out-with the United kingdom.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 258 pages. 10.88x8.00x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Two volumes, quarter cloth with paper covered sides, slipcase, 8vo., xxii, 135, (1); (12), 113, (1) pages. Limited to 1,250 and 1,000 copies respectively, printed by the Thistle Press, and with illustrations printed at Meriden Gravure. Christmas greeting on Four Oaks Farm note card, signed by Mary Hyde, laid in. A fine set in a lightly worn slipcase covered with Cockerell marbled paper. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. First Edition. 1250 copies printed by The Thistle Press (Volume II in an edition of 1000 copies). I: xxii, 135 pages; illustrations; bibliography; bound in gray boards with black backstrip, gilt lettering. II: 113 pages; illustrations; bound in gray boards with black backstrip, gilt lettering. Both boxed in the same slipcase (6 1/2 x 10 inch). Volume one deals with the rare book collections with descriptions of the more rare books and manuscripts of Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Wilde and other Eighteenth century authors, volume two deals with the estate, structures, gardens and guests. Fine clean set.…

Somerville, New Jersey. Privately Printed. 1967 and 1967. 113 and 135 pages. Limited to 1,000 and 1,250 copies, respectively. Quarter cloth and boards. Illustrations. Near fine in a marbled paper covered slipcase in like condition. First Editions. The home and persona library of Donald and Mary Hyde, distinguished book collectors. These copies inscribed to British journalist and editor of The Times, William Rees-Mogg, and his wife.…

Editions limited to 1250 and 1000 copies respectively, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxii, 135, [1]; [12], 113, [1]; frontispieces; fine set in matching black cloth shelf-back, gilt lettering on spines; both volumes extensively illustrated; fine set in original marbled slipcase. History of Mary Hyde's farm and family, together with an account of her library which is especially strong in Samuel Johnson and his circle, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Japanese books.…

1st Edition. First edition, one of 1000 of the first volume and 1250 of the second. Illustrated. xxii, 113; [xii], 135 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Lavishly produced set of volumes designed by P.J. Conkright documenting the residence of Donald and Mary Hyde, and the library, including the Johnson collection (now at Harvard). Herbert Cahoon, long-time curator of manuscripts at the Morgan library and bibliographer of Joyce, contributed a bibliography to Four Oaks Library. Inscribed by Mary Hyde (now Eccles) to Hal Friedlander in 1994. Original black cloth-backed brown paper boards. Fine in fine marbled slipcase Illustrated. xxii, 113; [xii], 135 pp. 2 vols. 8vo First edition, one of 1000 of the first volume and 1250 of the second. Signed.…

(HYDE COLLECTION). AUSTIN, Gabriel, editor. Four Oaks Farm. Four Oaks Library. 2 vols. Illustrated. Orig. cloth-backed boards, in original marbled slipcase. Somerville, New Jersey: 1967. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies printed at The Thistle Press Inscribed by Mary Hyde on the front free endpaper. A very fine copy. Essays by Robert Metzdorf, Charles Ryskamp, James L. Clifford, Hugh Amory, Gabriel Austin, Frederick B. Adams, Jr., L.F. Powell, Herbert Cahoon, Mary Hyde, and John Fleming on the Hyde's extraordinary collections of Samuel Johnson, Oscar Wilde, Mrs. Thrale, Henry Fielding, etc. etc.…