Gibbings Robert Ed (16 results)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Ed. Robert Gibbings (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company October 1996, 1996
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Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. Binding firm, text unmarked, pages slightly age-toned, cover shows minor shelfwear and scuffing. Gibbings, Robert (illustrator).
An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson Master of H. M. S. Dolphin
ROBERTSON, GEORGE; WARNER, OLIVER (ed) & GIBBINGS, ROBERT (woodcuts)
Published by Folio Press: J. M. Dent 1973, 1973
- Hardcover
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Add to basketFolio Society reproduction. 8vo hardcover (VG) lacking slipcase; 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 may reduce your overall postage… costs.
Walden, or Life in the Woods. Penguin Illustrated Classics No. C4
Thoreau, Henry David; White, Ethelbert [illus]; Gibbings, Robert [ed.]
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, 1938
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Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United KingdomBarter Books Ltd
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. VG: in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover toned. Pages lightly browned. Inner hinges cracked. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 278pp. A series designed so as to display wood-engraving. Only ten were issued, all in May 1938. Robert Gibbings was the Series Editor. First Penguin Illustrated Clas…sics Edition.
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An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti
Robinson George (ed. Oliver Warner), Illustrated by Robert Gibbings
Published by London: Folio Society, 1955, London, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, IrelandGlenbower Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. spine ends rubbed, no slipcase. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Gibbings (illustrator).
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Language: English
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons, London, 1959
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Seller: The People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe People's Co-op Bookstore
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8-3/4" x 11-1/4", xliv + 305pp. Sewn binding in black cloth boards. Wrapped in vinyl dust jacket with title block stamped onto it in red; there is a closed 4" tear from the top of the spine hinge on the back cover, and some rubbing / shelf wear to the jacket. A copy o…f the publisher's prospectus for this volume is laid in. Binding is square and tight, pages are clean and bright and unmarked. NOTE that this is a larger volume, and there may be additional shipping charges on orders outside North America. Gibbings, Robert (illustrator).
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Published by Folio Press, J. M. Dent, London, 1973
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photo-lithographic printing of this account of the discovery of Tahiti from the first Folio edition of 1955, an excellent copy. Reprint in photo-lithograph of the first Folio Society edition of 1955. An excellent copy. Containing an account of George Robertson's firs…t arrival in Tahiti in 1767 aboard the H.M.S. Dolphin. A vivid narrative of Robertson's experiences, with piquant details from the journals of other members of his ship's company.Illustrated with engravings by Robert Gibbings. Complete with clipped dust wrapper, clear with printed flyleaves.Featuring Peter Bridger's bookplate to front pastedown. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper price clipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Peter Bridger's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Featuring engravings by Robert Gibbings. Near Fine. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). book.
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Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1962
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated bibliographical work on the art of Robert Gibbings, limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and sevente…en in-text engravings. Collated complete. One of the leaders of the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s, Irish artist and author Robert Gibbings was director of the Golden Cockerel Press for nine years. The first part of the volume is a descriptive bibliography of the sixty-seven books illustrated by Gibbings; and the second lists his work as artist, writer, printer and publisher in chronological order, and also records some publications containing references to his work. There is a note on the printing methods of the Golden Cockerel Press, contributed by A. C. Cooper who was pressman throughout the period of Gibbings' direction. Written by A. Mary Kirkus, edited by Gibbings's partner Patience Empson, and John Harris. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). book.
Published by Folio Society, London, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United KingdomPEND BOOKS
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Add to basketDecorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 127pp. Green spine, slightly faded, with decorative paper laid on. Owner's name in pencil on free fep. Robert Gibbings (illustrator).
Published by 1959, 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: Ursus Books, Ltd., New York, NY, U.S.A.Ursus Books, Ltd.
Contact seller4-star sellerEmpson, Patience (ed.). The Wood Engravings of ROBERT GIBBINGS with some recollections by the artist. xliv pp. text, incl. intro. by Thomas Balston, & hundreds of reproductions, 4to, cloth. London, Dent, 1959.
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The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings
Gibbings, Robert; Patience Empson (ed.); Thomas Balston (intro.)
Published by Quadrangle Books, Chicago, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, first printing. THE COMPREHENSIVE GIBBINGS Robert Gibbings led the wood engraving revival in Britain in the early twentieth century, increasing renown for the art form through his own strongly lined work, as well as serving as a founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers and owner of The Golden Cockerel Pres…s. Published the year after Robert Gibbing's death, Empson's collection offers the most definitive gathering of Gibbing's wood engravings, featuring over 1000 prints with numerous engravings published for the first time. Sunned top edge, gently browned endpapers, still near fine, in near fine acetate jacket with pressed tips and corners. Publisher's full black cloth stamped in gilt, in publisher's acetate jacket, stamped in red, top edge stained green. Numerous black-and-white and color wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. (illustrator).
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Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1959
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- First Edition
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, CanadaKarol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 4to. pp. xliv, 355, illustrated. Edited by Patience Empson, with an introduction by Thomas Balston. Frontispiece on Japanese paper. Contains 1,000 illustrations of Gibbings' wood engravings. The autobiographical fragment, "Some Recollections," was…left incomplete at the time of Gibbings' death. Bound in black buckram with gilt lettering and a decorated spine, in the original plastic dust jacket silk-screened in red. Book prospectus loosely inserted. Massey College bookplate to pastedown; no internal markings, clean and bright throughout. An exceptionally fine copy. (Kirkus 20).
The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings with some recollections by the artist
GIBBINGS, Robert; Patience EMPSON (ed.) & Thomas BALSTON (intro).
Published by London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1959]., 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, CanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. 355. frontis & numerous illus. throughout (some full-page). original cloth (back cover bit rubbed). First Edition.
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Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1959
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A first edition of this densely illustrated title, in the original plastic dust wrapper. A first edition, with the original protective plastic dust wrapper, which is printed with title text. Featuring the work of Irish artist and author, who wrote titl…es on travel and natural history. Slotted into the work are two prints of Peter Reddick's Untitled Landscape, between protective card - both signed by Reddick, and one dated 1980. Th influential wood engraver Peter Reddick is most known for his illustrations in the work of Thomas Hardy and Anthony Trollope. He was a Gregynog arts fellow between 1979 and 1980. Also slotted inside is an additional print, small and unidentified, and a 1958 article on the death of Robert Gibbings. Featuring a colour frontispiece and one-hundred-and-seventy-fourdouble-sided pages of monochrome illustration. Collated, complete Bound in original black cloth. In original transparent plastic dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Moderate damp stains to boards and spine. Dust wrapper smart. Mild shelf wear. The odd mark to dust wrapper covers. Internally, firmly bound. Moderate strain between pp.350-351. Very mild cockling. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). book.
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Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 1983
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1983. Reprint. Two small quarto volumes; bound in publisher's full dark red leather decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; moiré endpapers; silk ribbon. Color frontis to each volume; black and white interior artwork throughout. Light wear to top edge of volume I with brief exposure; v…olume II corners bumped; bindings sound; pages unmarked; no bookplates; a Very Good set.
- Hardcover
Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, NetherlandsAntiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.
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Add to basketLondon, 1959. XLIV,355 pp. B/w plts. Hardcover.
