Richard Kennedy Introduction Bevis Hillier (6 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by author of the introduction, Bevis Hillier. A very good copy of the first Penguin printing. Kennedy, Richard.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth, 85 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Topstained yellow. Illustrated by the author. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First Trade Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate shelfwear/a little moth-eaten at extremities, protected in a mylar cover. Size: 4to.

[0 435 18510 1] 1972. (hardcover) Fine in very good dust jacket. x, 85pp. 4to. Cloth, in dust jacket. Richard Kennedy was 16 when he started to work at the Hogarth Press. This is his account of that time, with his delightful illustrations and splendid sketches of the principals, along with a fold-out floor plan (paste down) at the inside rear cover that shows who was housed where at the Press in 1928. The jacket, unclipped, shows light wear. The book is in fine condition. Overall, a lovely copy of this important work of literary history.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limited edition numbered 67 / 520 and signed by the author. x / 87 pp bw illustrations including large folding plate in rear, bound in decorative batik style cranberry cloth, cranberry endpapers and top. Top edges slightly sunned, endpapers a little tanned otherwise book clean and sound, dust wrapper a shade sunned on spine with a little wear to ends, a few spots to front. Signed by Author(s).

Whittington Press, London, January 1972, LIMITED EDITION #277 of 520 copies SIGNED by the author, introduction by Bevis Hillier, profusely illustrated with b&w line drawings some full-page by Richard Kennedy, fold-out plan of the Hogarth Press by the author bound in back of book, mould made paper from Wookey Hole Mill, EX-LIBRARY COPY with minimal marks, 7-1/2"x 10", blue batik cloth binding designed by Joan Charleston, spine ends lightly bumped, very good dust jacket protected in a new plastic cover, remains of library labels on free front endpaper are the only library marks, otherwise contents clean and tight, book very good (VG/VG) 1054 [ISlo10ABE].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Very good with good to very good dust jacket and fine condition fold out at back free endpaper. Signed by the author on colophon page. Book is bumped at the corners. Dust jacket is bumped at top edges with a one inch tear at top of spine. Signed by Author(s).