Margaret Honor Swinstead (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited to 480 copies on handmade paper. VG. Light wear and toning to boards. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships in a box packed with care.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. of 480 copies. Cloth spine and decorated paper over boards. Damp-staining to front cover else very good. Sewell 81. Ransom, S.DOMINIC'S PRESS 11.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. No statement of edition. hardcover, 94 pages, 1/480 copies. A collection of prose and verse madefrom Old Books for Children. A nice letter press book with pictorial paper covered boards and black cloth backed spine. Some offsetting to the front endpaper, else a very good plus copy.…

Hardcover. First edition. 94 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. Title page engraving of a Friar by David Jones. Limited edition, one of 480 copies. Swinstead notes in her preface, "The pieces in this book have all been taken from pre-Victorian books for children." The last story a gem, the vagaries of eating cake. Interior contents crisp, bookplate of Richard D. Friedlander. TAYLOR & SEWELL. A158. Orig. plain white stiff boards, decorated paper cover. Very good. Jones, David (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Black and White title page decoration. Very Good, without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by David Jones. Small octavo. 94, [2]pp. Quarter black cloth and illustrated paper-covered boards. Just about fine copy. Printed in an edition of 480 copies (see *Taylor & Sewell* A158). "The pieces in this book have all been taken from pre-Victorian books for children." (from the preface). An attractive volume.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Handset in Caslon and printed on hand-made paper. David Jones engraving `Dominican Friar' on title-page. Quarter black canvas, black and green patterned paper-covered boards titled in black and with an engraving of children. Some light wear. A very good copy. `Booklist 1930 notes an edition of 480 copies.' (Taylor & Sewell A158).…

Limited edition, one of 480 copies, 8vo, (viii), 94, (2) pp. Wood engraving by David Jones to title page, bookplate of Francis E. Bliss. Original cloth backed decorative boards, light browning, slight loss of paper to the lower cover. Taylor & Sewell A158.