Mare Walter John Piper (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Piper, John (illustrator). hb, no d/w, 35pp, illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 35pp. Grey cloth lettered and bordered in gold at the spine. Free endpapers lightly toned and spotted. A very good copy in nicked and chipped dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but with an 'S' inkstamped over the original price printed to the base of the front flap. A lengthy poem, splendidly enhanced by Piper's colour lithographs.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 35p hardback in grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, minimal wear, light marks and sunning to covers, name to endpaper, pages clean and neat, vivid lithographed artwork, very good copy of the first edition Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Piper, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. 36pp, four colour plates, all by John Piper. Grey cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on brown printed spine label; top text block edge sprayed grey; bottom edge untrimmed. 8vo. Sun-faded, rubbed corners and spine ends. Fore and bottom text block edges tanning. Page margins tanning, volume a little loose. Otherwise, internally neat and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. John Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. Light blue hardcover. Spine and cover slightly darkened. Endpapers darkened. All illustrations are in fine condition. Dust jacket condition: Spine missing, front flap loose, and chipped with loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. John Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. Light blue hardcover. Spine and cover slightly darkened. Endpapers darkened. All illustrations are in fine condition. Dust jacket condition: Part of the is Spine missing. Edge wear and chipped with loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Piper, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. With the four colour lithographs by John Piper - which are all in very good condition. Grey boards with gold lettering to spine are near fine with minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd very small mark, a little patchy fading (including to spine), the odd minor bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Rough cut page bottoms. Inside boards/end-papers bit tanned. Pages little tanned. Bookseller's small sticker inside back board. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

No Jacket. Octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 35pp, 4 colour plates by John Piper, owner's name on endpaper, otherwise clean and sound, grey cloth gilt, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piper, John (illustrator). Original cloth in tidy condition, spine and edges a little sunned, previous owners name, 4 lithographic plates after John Piper, contents bright Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Piper (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original gray paper over boards, stamped in gilt and red on spine, stained top edge, red and gray dust jacket, four lithographs. "A long philosophical poem;" illustrated by John Piper. Very Good, light shelf wear, in Very Good dust jacket, wear at spine, a few small chips and closed tears, slight darkening to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Piper, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. 36pp plus four colour lithograph full page illustrations by John Piper. Grey boards with gilt lettering and red spine label (boards just a trifle worn at edges). Neat stamp on front paste down endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (rubbed at edges, a few small chips on upper edge, a little worn. Jacket fitted with archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong its life. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. John Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st edition.1st printing. Pale grey binding, neat and clean, with a dust jacket. This dust jacket is lightly scuffed and has two very small pieces missing from the back top and bottom edges. Interior neat , clean and well kept. Four in-text coloured lithographs by John Piper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket Missing 1cm to top and bottom of DJ spine with additional tears, also rear back corner missing and a couple of ships to top edge. Previous owners inscription on ffep and a bookplate inside front board. Internally clean, no damage. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Four full page, full colour illustrations by John Piper.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. John Piper (illustrator). First Edition. Book is a clean, tight and sound copy. Jacket is rubbed, worn and chipped, mainly around the spine area. No inscriptions. Four full page colour lithographs by Piper. 35 pages. Approx. size 9" by 6". Illustrator: John Piper. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26436.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Piper, John (illustrator). First Edition. DJ chipped with a few tears and minor loss to spine ends. Light edgewear, a few spots to closed edges and endpapers, else clean and tidy. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Piper, John (illustrator). First U.K. Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 35 pages. First U.K. edition. Grey cloth hardcovers with gilt titles on spine. Sunned/spotted edges, gently bumped corners. Small inscription on ffep. Bright and clean pages, with illustrations. In a grey jacket with a mylar wrap. NPC. Quite faded, bumped edges. Tears in edges, some chips missing from edges. VG-/G-. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Piper, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Small thin Quarto. 35pp. With 4 John Piper lithographs. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine. In the grey and red dust wrapper, large tear running the length of the rear of the wrapper, repaired on reverse. A few small ink spots to lower corner of front. A few minor nicks/chips. Contents clean and bright. Overall a 'Very Good' book in a 'Fair' dust wrapper.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. John Piper (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1946. Signed poetic inscriptions from John Piper and Walter De La Mare. With 4 Drawings by John Piper lithographed at the Baynard Press. .Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and bright with heavy rubbing and nicks to edges/spine. Spine with chips and loss replaced with matching paper. A few closed tears to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 12041###014591. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. John Piper (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, with colour plates of drawings from John Piper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with four colour plates of drawings by John Piper, an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. Collated complete.A smart copy of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, with bumping to the extremities and a couple spots to the boards. Dust wrapper is chipped to the head of spine. Slight sunning and marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with light offsetting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. Second printing. Printed on blue paper with illustrations in color. Very Good condition book, with slight browning to edges of interior pages, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges, 1/2-inch jagged closed tear and some creasing to upper back jacket near spine edge, some browning to jacket edges. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. Tight, sound, unmarked copy, except for old, postage stamp sized bookstore sticker on lower right corner of inside front cover. 7s. 6d. net (English currency) original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. John Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2nd impression. A Good copy. INSCRIBED by the author. 12mo. Cloth. Four lithographed plates by John Piper. SIGNED and inscribed by de la Mare in 1948. Good +, contents Fine, the edges of the covers have some sunning and soiling.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. John Piper (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, with colour images from John Piper. First edition. Illustrated with four colour plates. Collated complete. A long philosophical poem, full of verbal beauty and the sense of mystery expected from the author, with a depth of meaning. Written by Walter John de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist. Illustrated by John Egerton Christmas Piper, an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows, as well as opera and theatre sets. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with chipping and light loss to the extremities. Loss to the spine and with closed tears to the extremities. A 5" closed tear to the front panel. Rear panel detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); light gray cloth-covered boards, with titling and blocking stamped in gilt and red on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-34,[2]pp; lithographic plates. Light tanning to spine and board edges, with trace fading to topstain; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 7s.6d. net), with modest shelf-wear and -soil, trace foxing and tanning, nick to front panel, and rubbing with tiny tears to spine panel and extremities; Very Good. Mare's long poem includes 4 full-page colorful illustrations by Piper. [86217].

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 34. Original publisher's pale grey cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed presentation and hand-written stanza (page 33, 'A self there is that listens. and yet out of reach) from the author on the front endpaper to the writer, Denys Kilham Roberts (1903-1976), "To Denys, with love from, Walter, Christmas 1946." Very good+ in chipped and worn, good only dust jacket, with three inches missing from spine strap and reinforced at corners. Signedes.

hard cover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First edition. First published. d.w. Gray cloth. Blue top edge. Signed by John Piper on title page. 34,(1)pp. With 4 coloured drawings by John Piper, Lithographed at the Baynard Press. d.w.chipped and torn. Boards and spine sl.foxing. Top edge sl.damp stained. E.ps.sl.foxing. [f1302-171410]. signed.