Kingdom 19 (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Light general wear two price stickers on back cover. Otherwise a nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 98 sepia toned nude portraits of men who are sexually aroused. Printed on thick glossy paper. Adult material. Published without a dustjacket. Fine. Book.

Condition: Very Good. First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original black buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9'' x 6¼''. Contains (xi)-blank, 364 pp. Spotting to the closed text block edges and in Very Good bright condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, ruby red end sheets. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Full printer's code 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Contains [xii], 460 pp with monochrome and colour illustrations and some archive photographs throughout. Hint of age toning to the text block, else Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Condition: Very Good. Probably the 1880 edition (chronology ends November 9th 1880). Hard back binding in publisher's original deep blue cloth covers, gilt title lettering and tools to the spine, symmetrical black lines to the front and rear covers, all page edges gilt, bevelled edges, pale blue end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains tipped-in really clear photographic frontispiece of William Gladstone by The London Stereoscopic and Photographic company, [xv] 311 printed pages of text with engraved headers and tail-pieces. Light marks to the covers, hinges sound and in Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original magnificently decorated ornate red, blue, black and gilt front cover, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt coat of arms and elaborate gilt border to the rear cover, red and gilt paste downs. Folio 14¾'' x 11½''. A gorgeous example of the colour printing skills of William Griggs with a full colour illuminated dedication page, frontispiece of The Royal Library, Windsor Castle, 21 pages of text with different colour illuminated chromolithographed borders followed by 152 full-page chromolithographic illustrated bindings. Tipped to the top of the front free end paper is a hand written letter on Windsor Castle headed note paper from the author concerning the publication of this volume dated 2nd November 1889, some three years before it went to press, SIGNED by the author 'R. Holmes'. From Lord Balfour's private library with pencil note to this effect inside the rear end paper. Neatly repaired tear across the top quarter of the spine, contents without any foxing in very near Fine condition. Heavy volume 5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOOKS (Binding, Collecting, Printing, Paper).

Simon s Town, Janssen Publishers, 2000, 4°, 80 S., mit 77 ganzseitigen Aktphotographien, illustrierter, flexibler Original-Kartoneinband in schöner Erhaltung (jeweils privater Besitzeintrag in den Innendeckeln, 1 kleine Nummer auf dem Titelblatt oben rechts) (OBM).