Introduction by Austin Dobson (39 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++/Very Good. No Dustjacket. 298 pages. No dustjacket. Clean bottle-gree hardback binding with dulled gilt-coloured butterfly motifs with pictures of cherubs and young lady with moderate wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Noticeable forward lean to hardback binding. Page-edges gilt. Pages clean and tidy. Illustrated By Hugh Thomson (illustrator). …

Navy Blue Embossed Cloth. Condition: GOOD (BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Fifth Edition. Undated Circa 1920. Rubbed board edges. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES AND FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). Please e-mail for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Illustrated (illustrator). Signed by a "Constance Pavie 1.…

Green Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Reprint 1926. Everyman's Library No. 415.Faded spine , Contents Near Fine.POSTED FULLY INSURED AT OUR STANDARD RATES (UK ONLY).Please EMAIL for FURTHER DETAILS! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Illustrated (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾. Book. 298 pp. Account of famous English actress of eighteenth century, when a career in the theater was considered ignominious, and Peg Woffington, who was very much a real person, conquered that society. This edition is especially charming for its ornately decorated binding featuring butterflies, the muses, etc. and also Hugh Thomson's interior illustrations. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Reprint of 1910 first edition. Green cloth boards with some fading to the spine edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp.xxxi,163, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt, smallish format hardback, dark green, (upper cover and spine ornately decorated in gilt), the tiniest defect in the upper joint, a very good+ copy of the First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Decorated grey cloth boards with a little rubbing on the spine edges and corners, foxing mostly on the free end papers, crease on the first couple of pages, bottom couple of inches of the front inner hinge cracked. The first edition with this illustrator and introduction of a previously published book. Hugh Thomson (illustrator).…

12mo.; red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations, hardcover; li, 298 pages with gilt top edge; black and white illustrations; edgeworn boards with spine ends fraying with spine sunned else good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket as issued. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Introduction by Austin Dobson. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Green boards with original (bit worn) paper label to spine are very good with a few small marks, a little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small bump/rub to edges, minor patchy darkening (including to spine), the odd small scratch and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/slight fraying to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Rough cut page edges, tops and bottoms. End-papers tanned. Odd small mark/spots of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Pages bit tanned. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. Small crease to top corner of a few pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).…

Quarter Leather Marble . Condition: Good. No Jacket. OLD 033396 CARP 1894 Hugh Thomson illustrations. Solid quarter green leather and marbled paper some worn and soiled. Corners worn through, hinges are worn, spine is darkened. marbled end papers, front end papers split at the hinge. 163pp. with illustrations by Hugh Thomson accompanying each Song (illustrator).…

New York, NY: Doubleday & McClure. Good plus condition: cracked; tips rubbed; box stained, goudged/No Dustjacket. 1899. 12mo., li, 298 pp. . Good plus condition: cracked; tips rubbed; box stained, goudged/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. 1908. Hardback. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lacking dj, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Front inner hinge of Volume One is cracked. Top spine end of Volume One has a small split extending into the spine label. For all three volumes, the front and rear blanks and the half-title pages have varying amounts of foxing. Spine labels are browned. The one on Volume Three has a very small scrape. ; In three volumes.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. limited edition. Octavo, xxi + 227 pages. #195 of 500 copies. Printed on handmade paper. Gray boards with vellum spine, spine darkened, cover edges tanned. Some offset browning on endpapers as well as on title page and frontis. 010608A.

Condition: Good. Hardcover, 163 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w by Hugh Thomson. Unfortunate foxing throughout text. Minor wear to illustrated boards with light soil to rear cover. Record # 856820.

Hardcover. Condition: Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. Issued in Cassell's National Library. Covers have light rubbing.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Deckled edges. Some foxing and tanning to pages. Markings to cover.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 1907. First edition thus - Oxford World's Classics volume 149. xxiii, 260pp. At the end of the book is an 8-page catalogue, dated November 1910, of other volumes in the Oxford World's Classics series. Top edge gilt. Joshua Reynolds' "Discourses on Art" consists of lectures he delivered to students at the Royal Academy in the late 18th century, focusing on art theory and the education of artists. These discourses summarize three centuries of art theory and influence attitudes leading into the 19th century. These discourses were primarily aimed at educating students at the Royal Academy of Arts, which he helped establish. This edition also includes three letters to 'The Idler', and an introduction by Austin Dobson. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling and designs on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some light soiling to the boards. The top front corner is lightly bumped and the spine ends are rubbed. The spine is slightly cocked. The contents are tight and the original red marker ribbon is present but faded and frayed at the end. The free endpapers are browned and a name and date (1911) has been written on the front free endpaper.…

Condition: Very Good. 1908. Hardback. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lacking dj, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original olive green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, gilt vignette to the front, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 12mo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (xxviii), 220 pp with embellishments cut in wood from designs by John Thurston. Top corners and spine ends bumped and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Third impression. Octavo. Red decorated cloth. Gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. 412pp & ads. Black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson.Very nice copy.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Small octavo. xvi, 444pp. Original red cloth with gilt spine titles, top edge red. Light wear otherwise near very good indeed in a near very good dust jacket with some creasing, fading and tearing. Name to endpaper.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Small octavo. xviii, 429pp. Original red cloth with gilt spine titles, top edge red. Very good indeed in a near very good indeed slightly worn, marked and faded dust jacket. Name to endpaper.

Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Hardback. Octavo. xlvi, 402pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles and illustrations, all edges gilt. Slight wear and rubbing to covers, slight splitting and chipping to backstrip, slightly shaken with tape reinforcements to inner hinges, otherwise near very good. Owner details to endpaper. No jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. No date of publication on title page but introduction dated 1903. xxiv + 411 [1] pp, illustrated. Very clean and tight. Near fine hardback in publishers original blue cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering. Thomson, Hugh. (illustrator).

1894, xxxi, 163pp. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Decorated cloth. All edges gilt. 1 corner with little bump, else in good condition.

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, top edge dyed red. 8vo. 6¾'' x 4½''. Contains frontispiece, red and black printed title page, [xvi] 342 printed pages of text with 39 full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Very slight sun fading down the spine, light rubbing to the corners of the spine tip and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First of this edition. Harper, 1900. Library edition in 12 volumes. 3/4 green morocco, raised bands and gilt decorated spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. Spines sunned to light tan, as usual. Very good. A stunning set, from the day of great private libraries. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.…

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Small octavo. xviii, 437pp. Original red cloth with gilt spine titles. Very good indeed in a slightly worn, edge torn and faded dust jacket. Name to endpaper. Pocket Classics.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Black covers illustrated with gilt pastoral scene on the front and with a gilt figure on the spine, black end-papers, gilt text-block edges. Introduction date of 1894 matches publisher's date of 1894. First Edition with these illustrations. Fresh covers, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05322071088. All our books are sent by tracked mail. …