Parry Edward Abbot (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Hard cover. Top edge dust darkened. Side a bottom edges tanned with a couple of small marks and slight signs of foxing. Page edges tanned but otherwise pages sound. Ex-libris plate on inside front cover. Handwritten notes on back flyleaf and inside back cover. No jacket. Cover slightly marked with a couple of small creases. Spine tanned. Bumping to corners and spine ends. 320 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Harry Furniss (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Top edges dust darkened. Side and bottom edges slightly marked/discoloured with some very slight signs of foxing. Bottom corner of a few pages creased but otherwise pages good. Glossy pictorial boards. Some slight foxing to inside covers and flyleaves. No jacket. Some marks to cover. Some wear/bumping to edges, corners and spine ends. 264 pages.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

soft covers,staple bound 1/2 front cover missing interior v.g.

New and Cheaper Ed. 8vo. 320 + 8pp. B/w frontispiece, pencil annotations, internal split down spine at p112. Original blue cloth boards, slightly bumped and damaged to top of spine, rubbed, gold text. US$13.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a collection of 12 essays by the author, a lawyer who served as a judge in London's County Court. In each short essay, the author shares his sometimes-humorous reflections on the foibles of human nature, targeting a range of topics from actors to education to politics. The book is a product of its time, exhibiting a strong sense of Britishness and offering a glimpse into the Victorian era and its values. Despite the dated references, the author's wit and sharp insights remain as relevant and entertaining today as when they were first written. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without Jacket. First Edition. 4to, grey green cloth blocked in black, red & gold, aeg, 253 pp., illus throughout. Text clean and good, bar lightly foxed endpapers. Six children's tales: Scarlet Herring, 5 little Pigs, Aunt Apple-Tree, the Golden Jujube, Gay Umbrella, adventures of Mother & Pater. Apart from the foxed eps a very nice antiquarian decorative childrens book. Size: 4to. Athelstan D Rusden (illustrator). Antiquarian Childrens.…

8vo. 9 x 6.25 inches. [viii] + 245 pp. Bound in original red cloth with black titles and block of title page design on front board. A little wear to extremities and sunning o spine and board edges; otherwise a very good copy. 1948 gift inscription on first free endpaper. Illustrated by red and black pictorial title page, by 11 chromolithograph plates, including frontispiece and by 19 half page chapter heading wood engraved vignettes. Manchester reprint of the edition first published by Blackie, 1900. Based on the early English translation (published 1612), by Thomas Shelton of the novel by Cervantes (1547-1616), an abridgement made by Judge Edward Abbot Parry (1863-1943) with beautiful artwork by the artist, and illustrator, Walter Crane (1845-1915). ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS NOVELS LIT. FICTION SPANISH 17TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS.…