John Symonds Editor (34 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. San Diego: A Harvest Original / Harcourt Brace & Company 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 015600559X "Gathering some of the best travel writing ever collected about the enchanted Emerald Isle". 293+ pages, frontispiece map. National Geographic Ireland and Northern Ireland: A Visitor's Guide color map folded and laid in. Near fine with ight edge wear. clph.…

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ***Please Read*** DJ and a hard slipcase in good condition - Size is 21x29x2.8 cm - 302 pages - My shelf location - k-30-b*.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. An English-language edition of volume two of the 16th century Florentine artist, sculptor and author's tempestuous autobiography. Edited and translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated throughout with tissue-guarded portraits and scenes from Cellini's life. Volume two only of the two-volume set. --- Printed at Boston's Merrymount Press. In dark red cloth-covered boards with elaborate decorations in gilt to cover & spine, gilt-stamped spine titling, TEG (top edge gilt), remaining textblock edges deckled. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With mild sunning to spine, a dampstain to back cover, some leaves unopened. Overall, an attractive, sound copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, 387 pages.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Heritage Press printing in very good condition with tanned spine. Gray green cloth with an all-over pattern of small fleur-de-lis and lions. Slipcase is very good also with tanned top edge and edges of opening edge, with slight wear. No cracks or splits. Famous autobiography of 17th century Italian court artist. 301 pp. Autobiography, Art, Artists, Italy, 17th Century, History. Kredel, Fritz (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Limited Edition. Primavera: Pomes by Four Authors edited by John Addington Symonds. Limited edition of 450 copies printed on Kelmscott paper by Thomas B Mosher in Portland, ME 1900.Clean pages, tight binding, cloth softcovers clean with small nick to front and small crease to spinePlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean pages, tight binding, clot.…

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 436 pp. Vol. 31 issue only! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and light shelf wear. Last page torn. Smooth covers. Gold lettering on spine. No dust jacket.…

Hardcover. viii, 440p., Early printing in variant binding (dark blue but with a somewhat tighter 'weave') and pages bulking somewhat less thick than copies we have handled with the somewhat coarser 'weave.' Previous owner's name penned on free front endpaper, pages a bit browned, else very good condition. Unclipped variant dust jacket (burgundy as opposed to the blue of other editions we have handled) shows wear and toning at edges.…

Hardcover. viii, 440p., Early printing in variant binding (dark blue but with a somewhat tighter 'weave') and pages bulking somewhat less thick than copies we have handled with the somewhat coarser 'weave.' Very good. Slight wear at corners, pages a bit browned. Clipped variant dust jacket (burgundy as opposed to the blue of other editions we have handled) shows wear at edges, some minimal loss at top and bottom of bit dulled spine.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edition printed at the Officina Bodoni in Verona for the members of the Limited editions Club. Light green cloth with all over pattern of darker green fleur-de-lis and lion pattern, with dark green sprinted spine label with gilt frame and printing and light green page block top. Near fine with no marks, the slightest of corner wear. Slipcased in a plain grey-green cardboard case, faded on top and overlapping squares around perimeter of front and back, with wear along one side of bottom edge. ( x )301 pp. Autobiography, Art, 16th Century, Italy. Kredel, Fritz (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Original publisher's black cloth binding with red lettering on covers and spine. No date, circa 1880s-1902. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 189 pages, complete. Six additional pages of advertisements in the back. Small square sticker on front pastedown with a library call number. A few numbers are written in black ink on the blank flyleaf preceding the half-title. There is one pink stamp each on the title page and Page 189 that reads, "Library, State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, Berkeley, Cal." The stamps do not affect text. Tipped-in pocket label on the back pastedown lists the terms of checking out books from the library and instructs patrons to place their cards in the pocket when the book in on loan. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Some dust on the top edge of the text block not affecting pages internally. No external markings, except for slight rubbing to the covers. A Fine copy. This book is part of a thirty-six-volume biographical series titled, English Men of Letters, which was edited by John Morley and written by different authors. This book is no. 34 of 36 in the series. One ad in the back lists other books in the series that had been released to date. Biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), an English poet who was part of the Romanticist movement in literature. He was well-acquainted with other prominent literary figures including Lord Byron, John Keats, and Thomas Love Peacock. He was married to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Olive cloth w/black lettering. Ex lib w/notation on spine, lib label pasted neatly inside front cover, pocket inside rear cover, remnant of due slip rfep, gift inscription half title, text is clean and nice,the occasional smudge, has visable wave, stiched binding is not quite tight. Mild wear head, heel and corners, light soiling to outside edge. Digital photo available.…

Hardcover. viii, 440p., first edition, Navy blue cloth boards somewhat worn at edges in an edgeworn dust jacket with some loss to edges, rubbing along folds, soiling/dulling to spine.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 460 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 319 pages. A memoir by the author of the seven-volume Renaissance in Italy, with a frank autobiographical account of the author's homosexuality. Keywords: Man of Letters, Renaissance in Italy, Nineteenth Century, Homosexual, Sodomy, Tormented Hero, Autobiography, Psychology, Vaughan Episode, Marriage, Family Relationships.…

Condition: Very Good. limited to 450 copies; 43 pp., original jacket-covered boards, top edge of the jacket slightly chipped, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good (-). No Jacket. Complete in 2 volumes. Vol 1: 359 numbered pp +1; Vol 2: 386 numbered pp. HBs. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., f.e. roughly cut and highly deckled, frontis; a.e. tanned, a bit of cover dye bled to several pp (vol 1), eps toned. Cover: burgundy, lovely and elaborate gilt artwork front/spine, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extremities a bit worn, spine gilt dulled, both spines and front t.e. of vol 2 sunned. Numerous b/w illustrations w/ tissue guards. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. lower right front cover ripped off.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Complete 2 volume set. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound bindings. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Complete 2 volume set. Revised edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Second edition. Two volume set published in 1888. Light wear to the boards. Sound bindings. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. "With reproductions of forty original portraits and views illustrating the life." Illustrations include artworks by Cellini, as well as Bronzino, Titian, and others.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 8th edition. 615 pages. 11.00x8.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 960 pages, 8vo. First American Edition, Second Printing. Jacket price is unclipped. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, a few small tears along edges and spine. DJ in mylar. Previous seller's price stamped on front endpaper, crease running down middle of last page leaf. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes. Tall octavo. Three-quarter blue morocco and cloth by Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribner's Sons. Illustrated. A very good set with some light corner wear. The text is very good and clean. A handsome-looking set. Foreign postage extra on this heavy item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hill & Wang, 1970; stated First American Edition with full number line; 960pp. G/G+ hardcover in G/G- dust jacket. Binding is tight and sturdy; minor wear to edges of black cloth boards, light dust smudging to cloth; magenta "idealized self-portrait" on front board remains bold, gilt titling on backstrip dulled and lightly rubbed but remains clearly legible; light dust/dirt smudging to page block edges, some dirt soiling on outer margins of several pages toward back; ~30 pages gently creased at lower outer corner; text, photos, drawings very good throughout. Moderate amount of wear, rubbing to edges of unclipped ($14.95) dust jacket, some fraying over spine ends; moderate amount of rubbing to panels as well; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition thus, 1906. A Very Good set of 2 volumes. 8vo., 359, 386 pp., 3/4 bound in green leather with gilt ruled borders over green cloth-covered boards. Top page edges are gilt. Spine has five raised bands, with gilt scroll decorations; two panels have gilt lettering. Marbled end papers. From The Sondley Reference Library in Asheville, NC, with their bookplate inside front cover, notes on back of end page and title page, otherwise unmarked. Binding signed by J.W. Meyer & Co. Tips rubbed, leather on spine faded to brown with bright gilt. A Very Attractive set.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good -. First edition thus. 12mo. (6), 183, (1)pp. With an appendix of books on Goliardic literature. Japanese vellum covered boards lettered in red & black. Spine a bit darkened and front cover slightly warped Goliards were a group of generally young clergy in Europe who wrote satirical Latin poetry in the 12th and 13th centuries of the Middle Ages. This work is also known under the title "Carmina Burana.".…

Hardcover. First edition thus. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4-1/2"). ix, (1), 146, (2)pp. Text set in a semblance of a Gothic typeface. Vellum covered boards, spine lettered in red. Illustrated with 2 hand colored miniatures and illuminated initials by Howard Simon. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies (this is #58). Spine a bit darkened & red titling a bit rubbed, but still a very good + copy, but lacking the slipcase. This work is largely composed of translations from "Carmina burana" and was rendered into English verse by Symonds (1840-1893) who also wrote an introduction. The first edition of this work was published in London: 1884, under a slightly different title and reprinted by Mosher in 1899.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hardbacks, half-morocco, with marbled paper covered boards, gilt titles to spines. Top edges gilt. Decorative gilt marbled end-papers. 2 volume set. Pp. xxix, 359; vii, 386. With decorative title pages and 34 plates with tissue guards. Bindings just a little rubbed. Contents clean. A wonderful set. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs5). …