Shane Leslie Intro (6 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 112 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket; boards are scuffed, white markings on upper edges, corners worn and bumped; binding is tight, joint partially exposed between pp64-5; rough cut pages, darkened at outer edges with occasional spotting. Limited edition of 1,500 copies. ; 5.5 x 0.6 x 7.75 inches; 112 pages.…

Hardcover. 8vo. 25cm by 17cm. pp 105, [2]. Original publisher's light brown buckram, lettered gilt on spine. From the Gary E Prouk collection of Fortune Press books. In D'Arch Smith (R.A. Caton & The Fortune Press): 359. This edition is limited to 1200 copies on English unbleached handmade paper, this being no. 330. With uncut edges. Includes five attractive plates by Cecil Beaton. About fine. With some dust to top edge. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine; minor rubbing to head and foot of spine; slight crackles/scuffs/stain to leather spine; slightest wear/soil to cloth; else Fine. This is copy 200 of an edition limited to 1,500 copies; signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. May require increased shipping price for priority and international orders. Alexander King (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "Aphrodite: A Novel of Ancient Morals", Pierre Louÿs, with and introduction by Shane Leslie, drawings by Beresford Egan, The Fortune Press, London, 1928, 1st edition thus. Number 885 of a hand-numbered edition of 1075 copies, printed on English un-bleached hand made paper. Octavo (245mm x 165mm), 262 pages. Features 6 full-page plates by the renowned writer and artist, Beresford Egan. A wonderful copy of Louÿs' first novel, here published in English on uncut hand-made paper. "Aphrodite" followed Louÿs infamous collection of erotic verse, "Songs of Bilitis", celebrated for its portrayal of lesbian sexuality. Quarter-cloth and marbled paper covered boards with a hint of rubbing at extremities.…