Monro Harold Introduction (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Moderate edge chipping in dust jacket, which also has other scuffs, smudges and soils; normal age wear on book. 113 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 4to., 21.2 x 26.8 cm, 127 + (1)pp. Colour frontis + 23 other colour plates. Publisher's mauve & purple grapes wallpaper pattern paper covered boards, cream cloth spine, blue label with gilt lettering on spine. Original white eps. Covers : 2cm rub/scuff front top corner, slight rubs bottom corners, very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine,slight browning to spine else clean. Contents : slight browning to epselse very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy with unfoxed plates. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Harry Clarke (illustrator). First Trade Edition. Harry Clarke was an Irish book illustrator and known for his outstanding stained glass works. Ref. Nicola Bowe. p149. Small quarto. 10 1/2' x 8:". Bound in green cloth with gilt design to cover and gilt lettering to spine. 24 full page plates, 12 in colour and 12 in black and white, 22 line vignettes. by Harry Clarke. A lovely copy with just a bit of rubbing at bottom of spine.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First published September 1920". Dated MCMXX at title page. Large 8" x 10 1/4" gift book design. Rare illustrated edition. Spring green full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, decorative bands, moderate shelf wear. Cover features flourishing gilt borders and patterns. Pages very good, clean. Green matte endpapers. Stylish antiquarian signatures inside cover: "Robert N. Whitford" at center, and "Nancy Schaefer" above this; page 17 w/some neatly pencilled intelligent notation following Harold Monro introduction. Bind good; hinges intact. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Harry Clarke featuring two dozen plates in color and two dozen in b&w w/monochromatic colored elements. Vignettes and partial-page imagery throughout. Clarke's brilliant imagery presents as art nouveau with some transitioning to art deco. Sharp very good first edition of this illustrated gem. Contributing poetry includes pieces from: H. H. Abbott, J. Redwood Anderson, Hilaire Belloc, E. J. Brady, Rupert Brooke, P. R. Chalmers, G. K. Chesterton, Mary E. Coleridge, Frances Cornford, W. H. Davies, Walter De la Mare, John Drinkwater, Helen Parry Eden, James E. Flecker, Rose Fyleman, W. W. Gibson, Robert Graves, Juann Grenfell, Thomas Hardy, Ralph Hodgson, Teresa Hooley, Lionel Johnson, Margaret Mackenzie, John Masefield, Irene McLeod, Auce Meynell, Harold Monro, Sarojini Naidu, H. D. C. Pepler, Queenie Scott-Hopper, James Stephens, E. W. Tennant, E. Thomas, R. E. Vernede, L. D'O. Walters, Sir William Watson, Marion St. John Webb, W. By. Yeats, and, Francis Brett Young. Clarke (March 17, 1889-1931) was a famed Irish book illustrator and stained glass artist. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. 128 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First published September 1920". Dated MCMXX at title page. Large 8" x 10 1/4" gift book design. Rare illustrated edition in original wrapper. Beige full cloth boards, black cover and spine titles, generally light shelf wear; 2" area at lower spine mended w/matching cloth adhesive. Cover and spine feature crisp red patterned decorative designs. Pages generally very good; moderate fox, toning at endpapers. Bind fine; hinges intact. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Harry Clarke featuring two dozen plates in color and two dozen in b&w w/monochromatic colored elements. Vignettes and partial-page imagery throughout. Clarke's brilliant imagery presents as art nouveau with some transitioning to art deco. Rare original tan pictorial wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub; some chip to front panel and lower spine area. Protected in new clear sleeve. Harry Clarke illustrated wrapper features titles at cover and spine. Front panel features enchanting maiden dispersing flower petals floating to floral border design; stylized bowl of fruit at back center also surrounded by same floral border. Near very good first edition of this illustrated gem in rare original wrapper. Contributing poetry includes pieces from: H. H. Abbott, J. Redwood Anderson, Hilaire Belloc, E. J. Brady, Rupert Brooke, P. R. Chalmers, G. K. Chesterton, Mary E. Coleridge, Frances Cornford, W. H. Davies, Walter De la Mare, John Drinkwater, Helen Parry Eden, James E. Flecker, Rose Fyleman, W. W. Gibson, Robert Graves, Juann Grenfell, Thomas Hardy, Ralph Hodgson, Teresa Hooley, Lionel Johnson, Margaret Mackenzie, John Masefield, Irene McLeod, Auce Meynell, Harold Monro, Sarojini Naidu, H. D. C. Pepler, Queenie Scott-Hopper, James Stephens, E. W. Tennant, E. Thomas, R. E. Vernede, L. D'O. Walters, Sir William Watson, Marion St. John Webb, W. By. Yeats, and, Francis Brett Young. Clarke (March 17, 1889-1931) was a famed Irish book illustrator and stained glass artist. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. 128 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Limited First Edition: #69/250. Quarto, 128 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine vellum with gilt lettering and gilt geometric tooling. Bound in full vellum with gilt pictorial of a young lady and title. Frontispiece present. Top edge of text block gilt with others uncut. Twelve color plates and twelve monotone plates. DC Consignment. Shelved in Case 14. #69 of the limited edition of 250 copies signed by the illustrator. 1262032. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First published September 1920". Dated MCMXX at title page. Large 8" x 10 1/4" gift book design. Rare illustrated edition in original wrapper. Beige full cloth boards, black cover and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bump. Cover and spine feature crisp red patterned decorative designs. Pages generally near fine, clean. Antiquarian pictorial bookplate inside cover w/scrolled text: "Who can number the sands of the sea and the drops of rain and the days of eternity? Ex-Libris, Dororthy Violet Burch". Plate depicts owl-topped column in over bordered ocean scene, with hour glass and open book. Adjacent this bookplate are fifteen beautiful signatures of apparent women's university: "From V. C., Autumn Term, 1921". Bind good; hinges intact. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Harry Clarke featuring two dozen plates in color and two dozen in b&w w/monochromatic colored elements. Vignettes and partial-page imagery throughout. Clarke's brilliant imagery presents as art nouveau with some transitioning to art deco. Original tan pictorial wrapper, moderate shelf wear, spine chip, rub; protected in new clear sleeve. Harry Clarke illustrated wrapper features titles at cover and spine. Front panel features enchanting maiden dispersing flower petals floating to floral border design; stylized bowl of fruit at back center also surrounded by same floral border. Sharp very good first edition of this illustrated gem in rare original wrapper. Contributing poetry includes pieces from: H. H. Abbott, J. Redwood Anderson, Hilaire Belloc, E. J. Brady, Rupert Brooke, P. R. Chalmers, G. K. Chesterton, Mary E. Coleridge, Frances Cornford, W. H. Davies, Walter De la Mare, John Drinkwater, Helen Parry Eden, James E. Flecker, Rose Fyleman, W. W. Gibson, Robert Graves, Juann Grenfell, Thomas Hardy, Ralph Hodgson, Teresa Hooley, Lionel Johnson, Margaret Mackenzie, John Masefield, Irene McLeod, Auce Meynell, Harold Monro, Sarojini Naidu, H. D. C. Pepler, Queenie Scott-Hopper, James Stephens, E. W. Tennant, E. Thomas, R. E. Vernede, L. D'O. Walters, Sir William Watson, Marion St. John Webb, W. By. Yeats, and, Francis Brett Young. Clarke (March 17, 1889-1931) was a famed Irish book illustrator and stained glass artist. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. 128 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.