Robson Forster (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Book.

Condition: Good. 1924. First Edition. 183 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Book has slight forward lean.…

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 125 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: Good. 1924. First Published. 183 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Green hardcover. Spine ends rubbed. Corners bumped. Light foxing mainly to first few page and pages edge.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Octavo. Original wrappers. pp.150. The detailed and well-illustrated history. Binding nice and tight. Pages nice and clean. A very good plus, tight, clean copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Colour frontis; 19 collotype plates from pencil drawings, line drawings in text. D/w torn, bit missing front right hand corner. 1C13. Forster Robson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Lovely clean copy. No damage and gold gilding still very sharp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Front free endpaper missing. Owner's name.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Glossy pictorial covers. Armorial bookplate of Hugh Murray. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, large 8vo, xiv,94;ii,74pp, 20 tipped in colour plates, 10 b/w plates, foxing on text pages throughout, the plates unaffected, blindstamped green cloth, crudely rebacked retaining original spine, but seams exposed, overall Good condition.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Title is best description. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A 'How To' book, on spot them & there characteristics. Illustrated by the author. A cloth bound hardback in fair condition-cloth to the spine scuffed&pulled in places & with the previous owners signature on the inside end-paper. (125 pages). There is no date of publication, but probably late 1920's-early 30's.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hbk, 376 p., [4] leaves of plates : col. ill. Undated [c.1910-1920s?] Covers marked and blank ffep missing, binding a little loose o/w a perfectly acceptable reading copy. q152 / m10170. with four coloured plates by Forster Robson (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Undated: circa 1913. Hardback. 25x19cm. xiv+93+74 pages plus all the listed colour plates. SPINE ENDS HAVE A LITTLE WEAR. Gilt spine lettering is bright. Front board is blind-stamped. Clean & tight book. Small inscription dated 1921. No other inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 20677/26. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man by A. von Chamisso: and The Cold Heart by Wilhelm Hauff. Published by Holden & Hardingham, London. Forster Robson (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Author: Adelbert von Chamisso. Wilhelm Hauff. Illustrated by Forster Robson. Title: The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man by A. Von Chamisso and The Cold Heart by Wilhelm Hauff. With an Introduction by A. S. Rappoport. Publisher: London, Holden & Hardingham, no date (1913). First Edition illustrated by Forster Robson. Language: Text in English. Size: 10 x 8 inches. Pages: xiv, 93, 74 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good original green full-cloth binding decorated and lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine (hinges fine, light rubbing and minor wear to extremities, a few small marks to cloth as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt. Content: Very good content (binding sound and text clean, some foxing throughout as shown, one tissue guard lacking, remaining tissue guards occasionally creased or with small chips, bookseller label to front pastedown, overall very well preserved). Illustrations: Complete with all 20 beautiful color plates and 10 duotone plates by Forster Robson. One tissue guard missing, remaining tissue guards present, illustrations themselves in very good, near fine condition. **** The book: This beautiful Edwardian gift-book edition brings together two of the most celebrated works of German Romantic fantasy literature. Adelbert von Chamisso's The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man recounts the strange fate of Peter Schlemihl, who exchanges his shadow for a purse of inexhaustible gold, only to discover that wealth cannot compensate for the loss of identity, dignity, and human companionship. Wilhelm Hauff's The Cold Heart, set amid the dark forests and folklore of Württemberg, tells the haunting story of a charcoal burner who sacrifices his heart in pursuit of riches and social status. Both narratives explore timeless themes of greed, temptation, alienation, and redemption while blending fairy tale, Gothic imagination, and moral allegory. This edition is especially sought after for the remarkable illustrations of Forster Robson, whose evocative color plates and striking monochrome drawings perfectly capture the dreamlike atmosphere and supernatural power of these enduring classics. Robson, Forster (illustrator). …

London: Holden & Hardingham:, 1913. Hardcover, Fair/Good with no dust jacket, Cover artwork by: Forster Robson Hinges weak, pages toned and foxed. Rear cover rubbed at lower edges. The beautiful illustrations are still in terrific shape. Hardcover, Fair/Good with no dust jacket. Forster Robson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. Both stories illustrated in colour and black and white by Forster Robson. There are 30 colour plat, many of which are mounted ( all present as listed). Original dark blind decorated green cloth, gilt titling to spine which is slightly damages, spine is worn in places and some pages are a little marked. Text is in English. Both stories are illustrated in colour and black and white by Forster Robson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. The Marvelous History of the Shadowless Man by A. Von Chamisso (First) Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Front spine hinge beginning to crack. Illustrated by Forster Robson with 20 mounted color plates with tissue guards and 10 tipped-in duotone plates. Forster Robson(Interior Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Two stories. No date given [ca 1913]. Green silky-textured cloth. Tooled gilt pictorial cover and spine lettering, t.e.g. Illustrated by Forster Robson. 10 full page b/w plates each with a different color highlighting, and 20 tipped-in full-colour plates with tissue guards. Illustrated title page and chapter heading letters. Book Condition: Good Plus: Slight lean, spine split at back two-inch, rubbed edges. Offsetting to free ednpapers. "Chas. E. Lauriat" bookshop ticket to pastedown corner. All plates w/tissue guards present. Tissue-guards offset tan from the brown mounting sheets. /. Forster Robson (illustrator).…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 180. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1921 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 180.…

With an Introduction by Dr. A. S. Rappaport. xiv, 93 + 74 pp. Illustrated from tipped-in color plates by Forster Robson. 4to, publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gold. First edition. There are spots of foxing on nearly every text page. The tipped-in color plates and their captioned tissue overleaves are in fine condition, as is the binding.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A handsomely bound work featuring two works of fiction by A. von Chamisso and Dr. A. S. Rappoport. Undated, dated using Copac. A collection of two cautionary tales by A. von Chamisso and Wilhelm Hauff, handsomely bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. 'The Marvellous History of The Shadowless Man', in the original German 'Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte'. In this story the protagonist Peter Schlemihl sells his shadow to the Devil. The second story featured in this work is 'The Cold Heart' or 'Das kalte Herz', in which the lead Peter Marmot is granted three wishes. Illustrated with With 17 plates to 'The Shadowless Man' and 13 plates to 'The Cold Heart'. Collated complete. With an introduction by Dr. A. S. Rappoport. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with very small tears to the cloth. Patches of rubbing to the front and rear joints, and also to the extremities. Heavy offsetting to the front and rear endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally clean, with light offsetting to the tissue guards. Very Good. Forster Robson (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. One of 100 copies of the Edition de Luxe (not numbered, not signed by artist). A very good copy in the original attractive off-white decorative cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt (minor wear, usual offset to endpapers).

Leather. Condition: Good. This book contains two works of fiction by A. von Chamisso and Wilhelm Hauff with an introduction Dr A. S. Rappoport. It includes many tipped in colour plates on brown paper with titled tissue guards and further plates and illustrations by Forster Robson Leather bound copy with gilt titles and detail to spine. Book is bound with the original green and gilt cloth cover and spine tipped in. Wilhelm Hauff (November 29, 1802 November 18, 1827) was a German poet and novelist. Considering his brief life, Hauff was an extraordinarily prolific writer. The freshness and originality of his talent, his inventiveness, and his genial humour have won him a high place among the southern German prose writers of the early nineteenth century. Adelbert von Chamisso (January 30, 1781 August 21, 1838), was a German poet and botanist. As a poet Chamisso's reputation stands high, Frauenliebe und -leben (1830) (a cycle of lyrical poems which was set to music by Robert Schumann, by Carl Loewe, and by Franz Paul Lachner) being particularly famous. Also noteworthy are Schloss Boncourt and Salas y Gomez. In estimating his success as a writer, it should be remembered that he was cut off from his native language. He often deals with gloomy or repulsive subjects; and even in his lighter and gayer productions there is an undertone of sadness or of satire. In the lyrical expression of the domestic emotions he displays a fine felicity, and he knew how to treat with true feeling a tale of love or vengeance. Die Löwenbraut may be taken as a sample of his weird and powerful simplicity; and Vergeltung is remarkable for a pitiless precision of treatment. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. There is some mild wear tot he extremities including some bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. The front board is detached but present. The binding is tight and firm and the rear cover is firmly attached. Internally the book is generally clean and bright apart from some mild spotting in places. The pages are rough cut as called for. There is an ownership plate for a J. Grenville Hamilton to the front pastedown. Good. Forster Robson (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. [Strange tales] Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.74. With thirteen tipped-in and mounted colour plate illustrations, with captioned tissue guards, plus in-text line draw illustrations. Publisher's pictorial green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt pictorial titles to upper board; top edge gilt, others untrimmed Some dustiness/spotting, deckle edge toned, binding a little bumped and rubbed, some fraying to extremities. First thus; an attractively illustrated edition of these two tales with supernatural elements and one of the classics of German romantic literature which Bleiler recommends. The first edition appeared in 1813. …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Forster Robson. xiv, 73, [1] pages. 10 3/8 x 8 inches. Publisher's green cloth with gilt decorations in the original dust jacket and publisher's box. The scarce dust jacket is apparently trimmed at top and bottom edges, not surprising given the tight box fit. Dj is uniformly browned with original pale blue tone visible on the inside flaps. Dj illustration is printed in dark blue. Dj with a long spine fold split at the top edge, now reinforced with archival tape to prevent complete separation. The binding is wonderful, with some attractive oxidation to the gilt/copper decorations on the front panel. Top edges gilt. An occasional spot internally, but generally bright. Tipped in plates are poor quality paper resulting in toning to tissue guards. The rare box is worn at the extremities and split in several places. Cloth. This edition is dated only in the introduction by Rappaport (Sept 1913). Nicely illustrated with tipped in illustrations in color and monotone. Given the production values, scarce in the dust jacket, and even more so in the publisher's box. The binding has been seen with several variations: green cloth with gilt decorations (as here), green cloth with no gilt, and red cloth with gilt decorations (no known priority). Adalbert Von Chamisso (1781-1838) was a German Poet, writer of fiction and botanist. "The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man" appears to be based on his most famous work Peter Schlemihl which first appeared in Gernal in 1813. Bleiler's "Guide to Supernatural Fiction" calls the original "One of the classics of German Romantic literature.Peter Schlemihl sells his shadow to the Devil in exchange for an ever-filling purse of gold." The first English edition with plates by Cruikshank was published by Whittaker; London, 1823. Wilhelm Hauff was also a German author known for "literary fairytales among the best in world literature, satirical fiction, early detective fiction. A favorite author in Germany, but not very well known in America." (Bleiler, p230). The first English-language collected edition of Hauff's works was published by G. Bell: London, 1890. Originally published in two parts, "The Cold Heart" tells the story of Peter Munk, a charcoal burner in the Black Forest, [who] obtains three wishes from the Glassman, the supernatural being who has power over the woods. He wastes them, gets more from a more terrible demonic being, and falls apart, eventually restoring his life with the help of Glassman. (Bleiler #770m) A later printing of both works in a nice package with tipped in color plates and a nice binding. Scarce in the original publisher's box. REFERENCES: Bleiler, Everettt F; "The Guide to Supernatural Fiction", Kent State Univ. Press: 1983, p 111 and 230. Forster Robson (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A collection of two cautionary tales by the authors Adelbert von Chamisso and Wilheim Hauff. A collection of two novels, by the authors Adelbert von Chamisso and Wilhem Hauff. Chamisso was born in France, but his family fled during the French Revolution when was Adelbert was nine, eventually settling in Berlin. This novel, originally titled 'Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte', or 'Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story', was written in German in 1814. The novel follows Peter Schlemihl after he sells his shadow to Devil for a bottomless amount of money. Wilhelm Hauff's 1827 'The Cold Heart' (or 'Das Kalte Herz') is a fairy tale about Peter Marmot, who is granted three wishes by a glass-imp. However misfortunes are around the corner as his luck begins to crumble. Hauff was a German novelist and poet who wrote many fairy tales, including 'The Story of Little Muck', 'Little Longnose', and 'The Spessart Inn'. Hauff died when he was only twenty four years old, but was an incredibly prolific writer during his short life. With a frontispiece and nineteen tipped-in plates, all with their tissue guards intact. Some tipped-in plates are lifting but remain secure. An additional ten coloured plates. Collated, complete. Bookplate to the bottom of the front endpaper, 'Ex Libris Piers Gascoigne 15, Malborough Buildings Bath, Avon Tel). Prior owner's pencil inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'A D Wardle'. This copy is undated, dated using Copac. In original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Minor markings to the spine. Bookplate to the bottom of the front endpaper, 'Ex Libris Piers Gascoigne 15, Malborough Buildings Bath, Avon Tel'. Prior owner's pencil inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'A D Wardle'. Offsetting to the recto of the front endpaper and to the verso of the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with instances of occasional scattered spotting. Very Good. Forster Robson (illustrator). book.…

hardcover. Condition: very good. Limited. Introduction by Dr. A.S. Rappoport. Illustrated by Forster Robson. 4to, white cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial cover. London: Holden & Hardingham, (no date, circa 1913). Limited Edition. The classic story of Peter Schlemihl, who having lost his fatherland and nationality, finds consolation and reconciliation in wandering the face of the earth. Edition De Luxe, limited to 100 signed copies. This copy is un-numbered and un-signed but title page stamped "with the publisher's compliments". Forster Robson (illustrator).…

Condition: Near Fine. dj. First edition thus. Quarto. xiv, 93; [ii], 73. 10.5" x 8" SUPERNATURAL TALES FROM THE BLACK FOREST A shadow, intangible yet visible to the world, sinister and sublime, and in this tale, powerful enough to attract the devil's bargain. The aspiring Peter Schlemihl impulsively agrees to sell his shadow for a bottomless sack of gold, then watches as the devil, in a supernatural act of legerdemain, rolls it up and carries it off . Peter's travails have only just begun. It's significant that Chamisso's tale introduces, for the first time, the shadow as an entity, an element of the individual fabric, a concept further explored in esoterica, psychology, and philosophy. A long shadow indeed! Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827) produced a startling variety of works in his short lifetime, and his novella The Cold Heart (Das Kalte Herz) was the first of his tales to appear in English translation and has remained in print ever since. Hauff is a colorful and engaging teller of tales, many of which are mainstays in the canon of European children' s literature. His stories like "Little Muck", "Dwarf Nose", and "The Severed Hand" are grounded in German folklore but with an imaginative twist, a style that sets him apart from the Grimms, who recorded their material without embellishment. This tale of another Peter, beguiled by an elf who promises him wealth and happiness, has a more forgiving ending than that of the wretched Peter Schlemihl's. Combined here for the first time and brought to life by the stark, yet beautiful illustrations of Forster Robson, and complete with the exceedingly scarce original dust jacket. Light and faint foxing throughout, extremities lightly pressed, some minimal bubbling to boards and spine, gilt extremely bright and crisp, still very good in near fine lightly toned dust jacket with some shallow chipping extremities (no loss to text or decorations), in mylar cover. Publisher's green cloth, marvelously titled and stamped in gilt, teg. in scarce publisher's dust jacket (15/- net). Thirty tipped-in color illustrations by Forster Robson. (illustrator).…