Nicolette Gray (39 results)

55 pages, bound in black buckram, title in gilt on spine. Owner's bookplate on front end paper, otherwise a very good+ copy without dust jacket, as issued -- overall clean, bright and structurally sound. We provide PROTECTIVE packaging. Photos of our books are always available upon request. SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS ON ABE SINCE 1997 AND IN OUR STORE IN THE BERKSHIRES FROM 1987 TO 2015 Facsimile Reprint of the 1947 Faber and Faber Edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Lilac cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Covers mildly tanned toward edges, back cover showing mild dampstaining to upper portion. 55 pp., 17 sepia-tone plates. 1st ed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 55 pp.+ 8 Illus Plts, Orig Purple Hardback, Gilt title, VG & Crisp in slightly chipped DJ (in Mylar), 1st ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Used - good, no dustjacket. Ex college library, pocket removed, stamps, spine label, faded boards, a solid copy beautifully illustrated. 55 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Lavender-colored boards in fine condition, shadows on end pages; interior pages are clean and tight, book appears unread. Dust jacket 1 - 1 1/2" tears at spine and back, chips along edge, original price intact(8s. 6d.). Rossetti (illustrator).…

Paperback, geniet, oblong formaat, rug iets verkleurd, wat lichte gebruikssporen op de omslag, verder in goede staat. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. 8vo, 55 pages, cloth; dj nicked "Clearly it is impossible to compare Dante and Rossetti without examining their idea of love, in both cases the core of their belief - p.32." Plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. 8vo, 55 pages, violet cloth; dj edgeworn ". in this essay I want to examine only this idea that the young Rossetti, in his work up to 1862 created an idea in our minds which gets between us and Dante, between us and a real idea of the Middle Ages, in fact to find out what sore of a mark Rossetti is making on the state of our minds. For whether we admire or abhor them it seems that his paintings once seen do make a mark which is ineradicable - pp. 10-11." Printed on wonderful hand-made paper, with inserted plates, including on by David Jones.…

1st. ed. 17 ills. 55 pages. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Ed. VG in VG- dust jacket with sunned spine and a little edge wear. An analysis of the meaning of the world of Rossetti's watercolors & the notions of Romance and Romantic Love out of which it is created. Illustrated with B&W plates. Art.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tan cloth printed in brown, 8vo., 213 pages, profusely illustrated. A soiled, moderately worn very good copy.

Condition: Good. First ediition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), 55pp. 17 b&w plates. Original purple cloth, no dustwrapper. There is some minor spotting of the boards, and the endpapers are browned; otherwise, this book is in very good condition. Printed on high-quality paper - unusual for a book published in 1947. From the library of art historian and professor Sir Lawrence Gowing.…

First Edition. Lavender coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; discoloration on free end papers, else pages appear clean overall; page edges rough cut; binding firm; jacket not price clipped; with 1 cm loss at both head and foot of spine. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 55 pages, black and white plates, very good condition in cloth binding, top and bottom of spine bumped, end-papers browned, lower edge of front board dust marked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 213 pages, 2nd printing. Some illustrations. ex-library marks, sunning and a little staining to the covers; pages toned; a good solid reading copy. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 229190.

Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st.ed. 1947 , Hardcover with violet cloth boards and gilded letters on the spine , 55 page book. Condition: Fine light ageing stain at the first couple of page about 1/2" at the top corner foxing on the ff & bf. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. None (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Purple cloth with gilt lettered spine. Light fade to spine, book otherwise near fine. Dust jacket clipped, with a few wrinkles. Corners chipped, light chipping along the spine closer to bottom, spine sunned. Dust jacket with a few pieces of tape on inside to corners. A clean and good jacket overall. A very good copy.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 55 pages plates 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 1828-1882. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Pre-Raphaelites. Romanticism in art. Painting Great Britain. Genre: Biography. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second Impression. Secon impression. 8 monochrome plates, thirty-two pages of illustrations at the rear, illustrations within the text. Grey linen with red spine titling, decorative dust-jacket with several chips and tape repairs, but 99% complete. A clean, tight copy in a worn wrapper. No insc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Foxing to end inside covers. Wear and tear to edges of D/J. How many of us have not been fascinated in childhood or later by the strange and intense world of rossetti's water colours? Mrs. Gray analyses the meaning of that world and the notions of Romance and Romantic Love out of which it is created. A detailed compaison between Rossetti's translation of the Vita Nuova and the original not only elucidates Rossetti's approach by comparison with that of Dante, but places the argument on an objective basis. She shows how the shifting idea of Romance has conditioned the course of modern painting and explains its present fundamental dilemma. Illustrations. 55 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 55 pages plates 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 1828-1882. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Pre-Raphaelites. Romanticism in art. Painting Great Britain. Genre: Biography. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

paperback. Condition: As New.

Condition: Very Good. English. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

First edition, 8vo, 213pp., facsimiles, orig. cloth. Provenance: From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with his signature.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 55. 8 double-sided plates. cloth (covers bit soiled, spine faded). First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vintage magazine in overall poor condition - Small Charterhouse School Library stamp, loose pages, damaged spine and the odd cut-out section. Amazing (unaffected) feature on the 2x bungalows (single-storey) at Whipsnade by Lubetkin and Tecton, Athaneum Court, Piccadilly, London by Adie, Button and Partners, a new showroom on Bond Street by Oliver Hill. …