James Philip Holme Geoffrey (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Oversized. Some damage to the top cover edges; pages yellowed; a solid book; pieces of the jacket are laid in. Illustrated, a few in color; a couple pages of ads. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 199678.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Reading copy only. Spine broken. The Studio Special Autumn Number edition. (children literature, history, great britain, illustrated books).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A fine and accessible primer in vintage and antiquarian children's books, bound in green linen cloth, slight rubbing and soiling there, bright interior, sturdy of binding. Printed, illustrated just jacket is intact (machine- but not price-clipped) though sunned along two edges to front, top of rear panel, protected in Brodart plastic, creasing to inside of front dust jacket flap. Bright of interior and with hundreds of black-and-white reproductions of classic children's books, printed on high-gloss paper. General series edited by C. Geoffrey Holme, and illustrations are in both full-color and black-and-white.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Studio Publications Inc., 1933. Dustjacket in protective brodart cover; dustjacket sunned, faintly rubbed/bumped/soiled, minor chipping at corners/spine ends, small chip bottom front flap near corner, spine quite sunned; cover faintly rubbed/bumped/sunned, cover edges lightly rubbed/sunned, top edge quite sunned, spine lightly sunned; edges lightly sunned/foxed, top edge faintly soiled; endpapers/pastedowns foxed/lightly age-toned, textblock edges lightly sunned; binding tight; dustjacket, cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted; due to the size/weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply. hardcover. Good/Good.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition (hardback). 4to (29cm by 21cm), 128pp. Profusely illustrated (8 pages in colour). Rebound in olive green cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt motif to the front board, with the original card wrappers bound in at the back of the book. Light rubbing of the boards, else this book is in very good condition. Studio autumn number 1933. Based on the exhibition of illustrated books for children held at the Victoria & Albert museum in 1932.

Condition: A VG+ copy in a VG jacket. 1st Edition. 128 pp. Adverts at front. Profusely illustrated. 11-5/8" x 8" Green cloth binding with blue title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Green dust jacket with blue graphic and title lettering printed to front panel and spine.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. The Studio Special Autumn Number. Large format. Green cloth, blue titles. 128 pages. Full of b/w photos and some colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby and chipped with some loss. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

The Studio Special Autumn Number. 4to. (294x215mm), 128pp preceeded by 4pp adverts, profusely illustrated incl. 8 coloured plates, includes Greenaway, Crane, Caldecott, Doyle, Tenniel et al., previous owner's bookplate pasted to front free endpaper, endpapers sl. foxed, bound in blue cloth lettered in white, in dustwrapper torn & snagged with loss, otherwise very good condition.

/photos, 8 colour plates, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Good Plus jacket; no names, tight with nice pages; bottom corners very bumped, but not worn, darkening along margins; in jacket with chipping and edgewear all around to 1/8" ; 3/8" missing from spine bottom and cracks and small hole in spine. Reference history, hardback. Selected in large part from an exhibit in 1932 of early children's books at the Victoria and Albert in 1932. Very clear pictures of the books as well as coloured plates. Books listed. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /photos, 8 colour plates, illustrator.

Wrappers. First Edition. Illustrations in colour and black-and-white 4to Wrappers faded and chipped and worn at backstrip, but internally a nice copy Based in part on the exhibition of Illustrated Books for Children held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1932.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine condition in alike dustjacket. Green cloth binding shows only limited wear around the edges. A remarkable copy; An illustrated guide to the study of children's books of the 18th through 20th centuries. Includes hundreds of black and white and color plates taken from the works of Randolph Caldecott, John Bunyan, Lewis Carroll, Kate Greenaway, Rudyard Kipling, Christina Rossetti, Edward Lear and many more; B&W and Color Illustrations; 4to.

First Edition. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 128 p. : ill., facsims. Notes; Title vignette. "The illustrations . have been in great part selected from the exhibition of illustrated books for children held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1932."--P. [4]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 16) and indexes. Subjects; Children's literature ; Bibliography. Illustrated children's books ; Bibliography. Children Great Britain Books and reading History. Illustrated books ; Bibliography. Children Books and reading Great Britain History. Children Books and reading. Children's literature, English. Illustrated books, Children's. Children's literature, English. Illustrated books, Children's. Children's literature Bibliography. Illustrated children's books Bibliography. Children's literature ; Bibliography. Illustrated books ; Bibliography. Children Books and reading. Children's literature. Illustrated children's books. Bibliography. Illustration of books. Great Britain. Children's book illustration. Children's books History. Genres; Bibliographies. Bibliography. 1 Kg.

4to. 128pp. With eight colour plates and numerous other captioned black & white illustrations. In blue buckram. Bookplate. Useful reference.

First Edition. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 128 p. : ill., facsims. Notes; Title vignette. "The illustrations . have been in great part selected from the exhibition of illustrated books for children held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1932."--P. [4]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 16) and indexes. Subjects; Children's literature ; Bibliography. Illustrated children's books ; Bibliography. Children Great Britain Books and reading History. Illustrated books ; Bibliography. Children Books and reading Great Britain History. Children Books and reading. Children's literature, English. Illustrated books, Children's. Children's literature, English. Illustrated books, Children's. Children's literature Bibliography. Illustrated children's books Bibliography. Children's literature ; Bibliography. Illustrated books ; Bibliography. Children Books and reading. Children's literature. Illustrated children's books. Bibliography. Illustration of books. Great Britain. Children's book illustration. Children's books History. Genres; Bibliographies. Bibliography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: g. 128 pp. 4to. Profusely illus. Green cloth binding w/dj. Fading to top edge of cover. Dj chipped along edges, faded on back and with some water stains to front. Dj in fair, book in very good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth spine and patterned boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, and minimal rubbing to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 128 pages; Description: 128 p. Illus. (incl. Facsims. ) , col. Plates. 30 cm. Subjects: Children's literature --Bibliography. Illustrated children's books --Bibliography. Children --Books and reading --Great Britain --History. 2 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth spine and patterned boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, and minimal rubbing to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 128 pages; Description: 128 p. Illus. (incl. Facsims. ) , col. Plates. 30 cm. Subjects: Children's literature --Bibliography. Illustrated children's books --Bibliography. Children --Books and reading --Great Britain --History. 2 Kg.