Introduction by Bryan Holme (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stated as "A Studio Book" edition and published by The Viking Press and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Copy right page has no other date except 1979. Includes 12 fairy tales with the illustrations as originally published in Fleur -de- Neige et d'autres contes de Grimm, Paris, 1925. Turquoise blue cloth boards are bright and clean. Embossed design on covers unmarred. Gold lettering of title on spine is shiny. DJ is price clipped; White background on DJ is lightly soiled, rubbed.The DJ has borne the wear of this 47+year old book. Binding Firm. Interior pages have no creases, tears or writing except for inscription on front end paper. Lightly foxed on top edge. This is NOT an Ex-lib or remainder. Note: We have a closed shop - so our books are not handled by public. We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds), including that of the dust jacket. We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket. Nielson, Kay (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First English language edition. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with some shelf wear and slight soiling. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, BOXED. 224 pages; 185 full-page color, tritone, duotone and b&w photographic plates plus 14 b&w text illustrations; 10 x 11.5 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Includes biographies of the photographers and a glossary of photographic terms. Out of Print. An absolutely gorgeous book: well designed, beautifully printed (printed and bound in Japan), a nice mix of familiar and unkown images. Photographers include Ansel Adams, Arbus, Ruth Bernhard, Erwin Blumenfeld, Brassai, Callahan, Cartier-Bresson, Hockney, Man Ray, Ray Metzker, Moholy-Nagy, Penn, Siskind, Edward Steichen, and many more, including some for whom the authors could find no biographical information.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stated as "A Studio Book" edition and published by The Viking Press and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Copy right page has no other date except 1979. Includes 12 fairy tales with the illustrations as originally published in Fleur -de- Neige et d'autres contes de Grimm, Paris, 1925. Turquoise blue cloth boards are bright and clean. Embossed design on covers unmarred. Gold lettering of title on spine is shiny. DJ is NOT price clipped; White background on DJ is soiled, & rubbed along back panel , spine and edges. The DJ has borne the wear of this 47+year old book. Binding Firm. Interior pages have no creases, tears or writing. Lightly foxed on top edge. This is NOT an Ex-lib or remainder. Note: We have a closed shop - so our books are not handled by public. We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds), including that of the dust jacket. We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket. t. Nielson, Kay (illustrator).…

Red Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Thus, First Printing 1980, Reprinting The 1870'S Original With A New Introduction. Unpaginated, Interior Bright And Immaculate. "One Hundred And Twelve Illustrations And Limericks In Facsimile Color." Dj In A Protective Plastic Cover. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. A Very Attractive Copy. Color Illustrations Throughout (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Hardcover without dust jacket, undated (c1940s-1970s), xi + 778 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; tiny traces of shelf wear, but very gently used, very clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition. Hardcover in dustjacket. Blue paper boards imprinted with design, cloth green spine stamped with gilt lettering. Protected unclipped dust jacket is in fine condition. Decorated endpapers. A companion volume to Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1979) . Illustrations here (color and b&w) are reproduced from a copy of the 1924 edition in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 155 pages. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen; Introduction by Bryan Holme (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stated as "A Studio Book" edition and published by The Viking Press and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Copy right page has no other date except 1979. Includes 12 fairy tales with the illustrations as originally published in Fleur -de- Neige et d'autres contes de Grimm, Paris, 1925. Turquoise blue cloth boards are bright and clean. Embossed design on covers unmarred. Gold lettering of title on spine is shiny. DJ is NOT price clipped; White background on DJ is lightly soiled & rubbed along edges. Price sticker on back cover.3 The DJ has borne the wear of this 47+year old book. Binding Firm. Interior pages have no creases, tears or writing. Lightly foxed on top edge. This is NOT an Ex-lib or remainder. Note: We have a closed shop - so our books are not handled by public. We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds), including that of the dust jacket. We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket. Nielson, Kay (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine sunned. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 176 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 31.5x23.5cm. First edition. ppXVII(1)142 with numerous monochrome images. Burgundy cloth, backstrip titled in silver, 'Eisenstaedt' blindstamped on front cover. Near FINE copy - in what would be a near FINE unclipped dust jacket if not for a removal-resistant little sticker on blank section of front panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A superb first edition copy of this high quality, beautiful accordion book, with slipcase: book and slipcase as new, flawless (in other words, indistinguishable from new). Red cloth-covered boards, printed paper label pasted to front board, 10 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches, unpaginated, numerous double-page color reproductions of Hiroshige's wood block prints, fish identification and poems in the rear of the book. High quality paper and printing. No dustjacket as issued. Paper label printed in b/w and color pasted to the slipcase. (K054). Holme, Bryan (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1950, 1st Edition, NF+/GOOD+, AS-IS, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear Fox, DJ much Rub, wear Scuff Tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Back DJ small chip near top Spine DJ edge & tiny chips Wear Creases to Backbottom DJ edge , 98 pgs, DJ protected in Clear Mylar, Yellow cloth cvr with Gold Gilt Cat on Front & Titled in Gold gilt on Spine cvr light wear, 7 X 10 3/4 in. 4to. Spine DJ Sun Fade . .Glossy Color Frontispiece Spring Play to a Tang Garden by Emperor Hsuan-Tsung ( 1398-1435 ) Over 120 Drawings, Photographs, Paintings & Sculpture, Drawing on Title pg by Edward Topsell ( 1607 ) .The Cat in History, legend, and Art" by Dodge introduces this look at the marvelous world of the domestic cat., The book portrays, in fine photgraphy, paintings, drawings and sculpture, typical cats in expressive moods and poses. Among the famous photographers who have captured marvelous images of cats are Edward Weston, Ylla, W. Suschitzky, Edward Quigley, Elizabeth Hibbs, and Walter Chandoha.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 184 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing Stated, 1976. Very Near Fine Book, Slight Fading On Top And Bottom Edges Of Boards. Dust Jacket Very Near Fine, Price Clipped, Half Inch Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge, Bright And Clean. Color And B/W Illutrations Throughout. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hodder and Stoughton. 1979. First edition thus. 4to hardback with DW, illustrated in colour. Blue cloth boards blind embossed with crown motif and sunned to head. Gilt to spine. Top edge of pages lightly foxed. Overall a lovely clean copy in a slightly worn wrapper.

Condition: Very Good. pp142 A sale catalogue of books relating to "The Studio", an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art founded by Charles Holme in London in 1893, which was influential in the development of Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movements. The book is very good in illustrated green wrappers; occasional pencil annotations and prices, and a laid in printed price list. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…

Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 9.25 x 12.25in. xvii. 141pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed by the author, Alfred Eisenstaedt, on the half-title page. FINE/AS NEW in Fine/As New dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. Flawless. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. HOLME, Bryan [introduction by] [64] pp. w/ 72 illustrations, 23 in color Thames and Hudson 1981 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" Drawings of animals in human clothing and poses satirize the behavior of people.