Illus Braby Dorothea (6 results)

Pink silk moire hardback cover. Condition: Very Good. First FS Edition. VG: in very good condition without slipcase. Spine faded. Sporadic light foxing. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 247pp + plates. 7 duo-tone plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Fourth Printing. Hbk in d/w; I have put ex-lib, but only found 1 very small rubber stamp to evidence this; G+/Vg-; tan cloth cover with red lettering; slight wear to cover edges; brown marking inside cover which it looks as if someone has tried to remove leaving white residue; front hinge weak; endpapers white illustrations on brown background; small light brown mark at top of some pages, but hardly noticeable; 1 small library stamp on final page of text - this was the only reference to it being a library book that I found, but I may have missed something else. ; d/w has a couple of smallish closed tears to edges, and a small nick to bottom edge; not price clipped - 21s with small scribble through it. A little chipping to d/w edges, mainly round spine ends;; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Dorothy Braby (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. Romantic novella. First Unlimited Edn., 1937; full yellow cloth; titling blocked in gilt (bright) to spine; top edge gilt (bright); 62+[i]pp.; illus. bw. wood-engravings. Faintly soiled spine very lightly crushed at top/tail, but robust/bright/complete; boards lightly soiled, but crisp/robust/very bright; fore-edge very lightly foxed, but text/engravings very fresh, pages very clean/crisp/bright. No inscriptions. VG- PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Illus. by DOROTHEA BRABY (illustrator). Hardback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Copy numbered 445/500. Ex-library book with a card catalogue envelope fixed to the front endpage. This book has rubbing and scuffing that has caused color loss and smudging to the cover images, shelfwear to the edges and corners of the covers including gently bumped corners and minor fraying, a shifted spine, a section cleanly cut from the top edge of the title page approx 5/8 by 5 1/4 inches, an overall gentle aging to the pages, a light waving to the edges of most pages likely from improper storage or a small amount of water damage, a small amount of separation of the binding from the spine plate at the bottom of the binding, and black marker dots on the top and bottom edges of the textblock next to the spine, otherwise this book is in good condition with unmarked pages, a tight binding, and bold, attractive illustrations throughout.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo. 62, (1)pp. Wood-engravings by Braby as frontispiece and tail-piece emblematize the modernist figure studies that often appeared under the Golden Cockerel imprint. Bound in quarter green cloth, a color fugitive at the spine. Moderate rubs to edges, else very good in publisher's dust wrapper. One of 150 copies. Signed by the author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo. 64pp. Braby's twelve engravings portray the tale of Gilgamesh and Enkidu through expressive and fluid linework and straightforward black-and-white definition, fitting for the now-foundational myth of the Western canon. Bound in half brown morocco with yellow cloth over boards and gilt-stamped motif of the titular hero to upper cover. Some rubs to corners, faint toning to upper margins of covers, spine somewhat darkened, else a very good or better copy. T.e.g. One of 60 copies specially bound. Signed by Lucas and Braby.…