Wolfe Charles Introduction (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. APPEARS UNREAD. Paperback. Covers show minimal shelving wear, otherwise an UNBLEMISHED copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Paperback. Condition: As New. Still in original wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Wolfe, Art (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Stunning collection of the nature images of photographer Art Wolfe, in 143 pages, with an essay, "Learning How to See,'' by Charles Bergman. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, this oversized square hardcover book has cinnamon-colored cloth-over-boards with silver lettering to front & spine. Condition is Good+, downgraded due to heavy rubbing to upper & lower extremities, with some tiny holes along bottom edges. Otherwise, completely clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white, with a hint of tanning to edges, but unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Good- with a large closed tear at top of front cover & smaller chips/tears to other edges; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: no expedited domestic or international shipping without pre-approval of extra (at least double) postage, per USPS rates.

Condition: New. 1997. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . .

Condition: New. 1997. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 126 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). Gilt decorated black cloth boards are well-bound, some rubbing & bumping of spine ends & corners, light soil from age & handling. Rough-cut pages are not all cut. Light foxing throughout, in margins. All illustrations present.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Harry Clarke (illustrator). 24.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xxx (3) 217 pages. Bound in black cloth with gilt design to cover and spine. Decorated endpapers. Introduction by Humbert Wolfe. Frontispiece and 9 additional black and white plates by Harry Clarke as well as in-text illustrations. Spine is bumped and frayed at top and bottom. Binding feels a bit shaken but is holding. First American Edition, with no additional printings noted.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Harry Clarke (illustrator). Hard Cover. The Bodley Head, London 1928. 1st Edition. Book condition: G - Good. Black & White illustrations. Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne. With Illustrations and Decorations by Harry Clarke and an Introduction by Humbert Wolfe. London: The Bodley Head, 1928 & New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. First Edition. Pp xxvi, 217, uncut, top edge in gilt. Maroon buckram, with title and decoration in gilt on upper cover and on spine. Cloth faded & at head & tail of spine, lacks dust jacket. Contents pages in nice bright condition. The eleven plates of this work are considered to be the most erotic of Harry Clarke's work. After publication Herbert Wolfe disassociated himself from the work. He objected strenuously to Clarke's illustrations, depicting his erotic interpretation of the poems. Wolfe, an Italian-born British poet, was one of the most popular British authors of the 1920s. Harry Clarke was one of Ireland's greatest, and most controversial, modern artists. Emerging during the later phases of the literary and dramatic movement known as the Celtic Revival, he joined the ranks of literary greats W. B. Yates, J. M. Synge and Sean O'Casey in shaping the international reputation of Ireland as a modern sovereign state 217 pages. Size: 7" x 10" (170mm x 250mm). (2 SWINBURNE).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: This Edition first published in 1928; This Volume Published by arrangement with Messrs. William Heinemann. Tall 6 1/2" 9 3/4" design. Printed in England, Text by J. Curwen & Sons Limited, Photogravure plates by Nickeloid. Black coated cloth boards, gilt impressed cover and spine titles in Roman-like font. Enigmatic imagery of odd eminating priest(ess) character w/conehead wear, viper wrapping around at feet; similar feminine figure with two entwined forked-tongue vermin. Patterned illustrated endpapers by Clarke in maroon. Antiquarian printed bookpate at half-title for Margaret Gimlin; intriguing montage imagery of humanity's development of writing through the ages. Frontispiece plate with captioned tissue guard: "Felise". Rough-cut deckled leaves very good, moderately toned; several leaves remain uncut and unopened. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Features eleven plates with blind-stamped borders, each with captioned tissue. Partial page imagery and decoration by Harry Clarke throughout. Near very good first edition of fine book craftsmanship. XVII pages, 217 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Octavo, 217 pages; VG; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp, in full polished red calf, paneled spine with gilt, label with gilt titling; all edges gilt; some mild discoloration and wear to spine; gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers; with 10 photogravure plates, including one double page, all with tissue guards; shelved case 0. 1349633. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 126 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.