Thomas Rhys Intro (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Previous owner's name on ffep. Pages tanned, clean. Cloth over boards is clean with bumped corners. DJ has tanning and soiling with heavy edge wear including closed tears. Volume 2 only. Everyman's Library; 46; 7.25" tall; 411 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. GOOD+ Cond, 2 tasteful bookplates to endpapers."Thomas Jefferson Powers".& "Marmian Scott" grey cloth hardcovers.Toned endpaper, but shows decorative artwork for this series. .from a smokers residence.; Rather ornate spine floral decorative design, all in gold, to grey cloth; 372pg pages; has small pink bookseller's sticker inner back cover "BRENTANO'S Booksellers & Stationers, NEW YORK"; 5x7" first edition of this issue"; January rept.…

Small octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Fifth Printing. Color and b&w Photos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages; 2019 Carlton Books. Oversize HC in glossy photo pictorial boards. 5th printing. Snugly bound and very neat; no marks. Just trace shelf evidence to extremities. Lavishly illustrated with color and b&w photos. Issued without dst wrapper. NF . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. (Undated, Blue Faux Leather) Hardback: Fair Condition. No Jacket. Pages Lightly Tanned But Clean And Unmarked. Gilded Leaf-Edges. Binding Cracked In Front But Pages Remain Tight And Secure. Wear And Fraying To Spine And Board Edges. Bumped Board Corners. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good-VG for Age. No Jacket. 1st Thus. Grey boards with red-bordered black lettered sp. label 'The Mermaid Series. Thomas Dekker, clean bar two whitish smudges bottom sp., outer corners bumped. f/piece+ xlvi + 473 + colophon, floral t.p.'s head-pieces, end-pieces and initial capitals throughout; paste-downs have centrally printed red ex-libris panels as published, front one has a prev. owner's sig., front end-paper has tanning to oute side and series list verso, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked. This has 5 of Dekker's plays, Rhys's extensive opening essay on Dekker is, academically, the main merit of this Mermaid edition. A very acceptable copy.13.5 cm x 19 cm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition. Gorgeous large format book is a true labour of love. Originally published in 1893, this is only the 5th edition of this book, a facsimile of the 1972 edition replete with hundreds of Aubrey Beardsley's stunning, breathtaking illustrations, both full-page and smaller chapter headings, also a frontis self-portrait a two separate title pages; the cover boasts a gorgeous embossed gilt design on the black boards by Beardsley as well, and the top edge is also gilt. The book is essentially As New, with only a few of tiny, faint marks on the fore & lower page edge, pages are clean, binding is tight. The unclipped DJ features the same gilt illustration as the boards, and has light surface wear, mild edge wear, and slight rubbing of the top corner. Black slipcase has light surface wear and is very firm. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the utter stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur customs charges. Heavy book will require extra postage if shipping overseas.…

10 VOL SET, octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship motif to spines & boards, top page edges stained black, printed eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, occasional illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to some eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & closed tearing, archival tape repairs to vol 1, light soiling, moderate tanning & fading to spines, flaps to some jackets discreetly reinforced).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Three volumes of Arthurian legend, including the famous 'Le Morte D'Arthur' and 'Arthurian Chronicles', edited by Ernest Rhys as part of Everyman's Library. Three volumes in the publisher's original uniform cloth bindings with gilt detailing to the spines. The decorative end papers and title pages were designed by the book designer and illustrator Reginald L. Knowles (1879-1950). Previous owner's stamp to the front paste down to each volume. Previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the title page to each volume.Two chivalric romance titles in three volumes from Everyman's Library, edited by Ernest Rhys; including the famous Le Morte D'Arthur. These volumes are a couple of the earliest works published by J. M. Dent & Sons for Everyman's Library, which was founded in 1906. They provide an example of the pocket format which was used for this series from 1906 until 1953.Le Morte D'Arthur, Volumes I and II by Thomas Malory. Volume I is a first thus edition, third impression published January 1908. Volume II is a first thus edition, second impression published May 1906. Arthurian Chronicles, represented by Wace and Layamon. Translated by Eugene Mason. Introduction by Lucy Allen Paton. Undated, dated 1912 through copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with fading to the spines of 'Le Morte D'Arthur' volumes. Small marks to the front boards of 'Le Morte D'Arthur' volumes. Light shelf wear to the head of the spines to 'Le Morte D'Arthur' volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This edition with Beardsley illustrations, limited edition of 1,600 copies. This copy specially bound in half-morocco with raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine, printed boards, top edges gilt, matching printed endpapers. Cover shows minor rubbing to the extremities, some minor stains on the top edges. Pages are lightly tanned and clean, profusely illustrated. Original navy cloth cover and spine with gilt decorations bound in at the rear.…