Illustrated Will Grefe (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd. Some fraying to bottom edge of covers, else covers and pages very good+, binding tight, in scuffed, lightly browned, price clipped jacket, now in protective Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Grefe, Will (illustrator). The book has some rubbing on the covers, some of the white lettering is rubbed off, front cover has paste on illustration with some rubbing. A little edgewear, corners bumped and a bit worn. Previous owner name inside front cover. Rear blank page has some creases, couple of turned corners. Clean and unmarked otherwise. Not a bad copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Grefe, Will (illustrator). First Edition. One plate is detached but present. Covers have slight wear to the extremities. Front cover lettering is mostly rubbed. Spine is somewhat faded, lettering and decoration are rubbed away. ; First edition as a book, previously appeared in a magazine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Grefe, Will (illustrator). Cloth. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some full page illustrations by Will Grefe. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Otherwise, overal, in very good+ condition. 345 pages plus ads. Scarce.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Grefe, will B&W frontis+2 glossy Ilusts (illustrator). First Edition?. VERY GOOD CONDITION,CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT, name ep "Madoline Leavitt." else quite nice. Fade to white titles on spine, but front cover is very nice,especially the 4" oval showing portrait of woman in white holding boquet of pink roses. (Fisher?); White cover titles to FRONT COVER ONLY.all on very dark corrugated cloth hard covers, with blind embossed floral cover design as well .TP date 1908, while verso has Bobbs Merrill March 1907.suspect this is early reprint. ; 390ps pages; Color Illustrated Cover."I came to myself with a disturbing sense that something was wrong with me.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Grefe, Will (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Scarce; by the author of "People of the Whirlpool." Red cloth with white & black title print & heart-in-branches emblem; covers and spine rubbed, with fading along spine; spine firm if slightly cocked forward. Pages unmarked & unmarred, with fading gilt top; bookplate amidst toned endpapers. Includes 5 illustrations plus frontispiece by Will Grefe. First Editions; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: New. In.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Will Grefe (illustrator). First Edition. No jacket. A nice, crisp copy. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 300 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Book cover is worn and soiled, endpapers are foxed, title page with a 2 inch tear, hinges loose but holding strong, no names, pages unmarked. Plates and contents are very nice and clean.

Decorative Cloth. No Jacket. Will Grefe' (illustrator). First Edition. Decorative Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is very good ++. minor flecking and corners bumped, a very nice book, PP 106, colour frontis, 6 full page line drawings, inscription to endpaper, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Will Grefe (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. A first edition, first printing in very good- condition. The boards are loose and show some signs of shelfwear. There is slight fraying to the spine. The stamp of a previous owner is found on several pages ; ; B&W; 8vo; 309 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Will Grefe (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. A first edition, first printing in very good condition. The boards are somewhat loose and show signs of shelfwear. This volume is signed and dated by the previous owner on front endpage, but text is free of other markings; ; B&W; 8vo; 309 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Will Grefe and Howard Somerville (illustrator). An edition in good condition with minor water damage starting on page 148 and continuing sporadically through entire book. There is slight discoloration on the inside back cover; This novel tells the story of a group of governors in America during the early 1800s. They must deal with problems such as slavery, taxation, and the growing power of the federal government.; B&W Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Will Grefe and Howard Somerville (illustrator). An edition in very good condition with a handful of dog-eared pages. There is a little edgewear and a pencil signature on the flyleaf; The Governors tells the story of a group of boys who are sent to a juvenile prison in order to reform them. The boys soon discover that the prison is not what they thought it was and must fight to survive.; B & W and Color Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Will Grefe (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. A first edition, first printing in very good condition. The spine is loose and cocked; and the cover shows wear, but the illustration and text are still clear. There are some pencil marks on the front endpaper, with tanning to pages; This is the story of a charlatan, one who uses his charm and wit to deceive others. He is a popular figure in the city, but behind his facade is a man who is empty and alone. One day, he meets a woman who challenges him to a game of chess. He knows that he can't win, but he plays anyway. In the end, she proves to be a more formidable opponent than he could have imagined, and he is forced to face his own truths.; B&W; 8vo; 302 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+ binding. First Edition. Bound in publisher's cloth with large pictorial pastedown on the front cover titled blocked in gold at the bottom corner of the pastedown; general shelfwear particularly at the spine ends and corners; pastedown is soiled; contents relatively clean and binding sound; 8 full-page illustrations with numerous in text illustrations throughout with decorative rose vine embellishments on nearly every page; a lovely book by some of the finest illustrators of the day; Good+ binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Will Grefe (illustrator). Hardcover; no dustjacket. Popular Edition in gilt at the tail of the spine. Copyright date is (1912) and the copyright page reads "Published January"; but this page is likely just reprinted from the 1st edition, and the book printed at a later (but still early) date. Bound in dark-green cloth with an illustrated paper image on the front board. The binding is very clean & bright, with just a bit of bumping at the spine extremities, and a bit of VERY light rubbing at the corner tips. The page edges are age-darkened, with a bit of rubbing at the corner tips and spine extremities. The paper illustration on the front board is surprisingly clean & bright, with just the slightest bit of rubbing. There is a (now chipped) mylar wrapper that must have been put-on years ago, that has protected the book. The spine gilt is bright. The page edges are somewhat age-darkened, and there is a small smudge on the bottom edges. THere is a previous owner's name inked on the front flyleaf, along with a 1913 date. Else the pages are clean. A nice copy. ; B&W Illustrations; 29A; 7-1/4" x 5"; 300 pages.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Will Grefe. (illustrator). The true first appearance of Wodehouse's early satirical romance, published in January 1912 and preceding the British edition by several months. This American version features a significantly different plot and character set than the later UK release, making it a critical variant for bibliographers. KEY FEATURES +++ Visuals: Features a tissue-guarded frontispiece and three additional full-page plates by the celebrated 'Grefé Girl' artist, Will Grefé. +++ Binding: Original dark brown cloth; front cover features large gilt titles and two distinctive oval color portraits outlined in gilt. +++ Content: A sharp social critique of the early 20th-century aristocracy, blending farcical humor with romantic entanglement. +++ Rarity: Uncommon in the original Watt binding; specifically sought after as the 'True First' state of the text. +++ Imprint: New York: W. J. Watt and Company, January 1912. +++ Specs: 7.5 inches tall / [8], 300 pages. CONDITION: Good -- Bindings remain square. Front hinge is starting but currently holding. Text block is clean with light, even age-toning. General shelf wear to extremities; spine titles are sun-faded as is common with this edition. A small, faint damp-stain affects the lower corner of the first few leaves, not encroaching on text. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- 'The Prince and Betty' is a landmark in the Wodehouse canon, representing the author's transition into the comedic style that would define the 20th-century humor genre. It is famously 'two books in one'; Wodehouse rewrote the story almost entirely for the British market, meaning this American edition contains unique prose and plot points found nowhere else. The novel was adapted into a 1919 silent film starring William Desmond and Mary MacLaren; tragically, the film is now considered lost. This 1912 Watt edition remains the primary physical record of Wodehouse's original intent for the story, showcasing his early mastery of the 'bumbling aristocrat' trope that would eventually lead to the creation of Bertie Wooster. SUBJECTS: P. G. Wodehouse, British Humor, Satire, Aristocracy, 1910s Literature, True First Editions, Will Grefé, Lost Films, Romantic Comedy, First Edition, Literary Fiction, Humor, Illustrated Books. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McIlvaine A15a. First American Edition, published January, 1912, preceding the British First.