Odd Bestiary by Robinson (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. University of Illinois Press October 1986 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Trade. Near Fine in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket with some adhesion marks and smudging on front and back covers. Alan James Robinson. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. In white pictorial jacket over clothbacked boards with gilt spine titling, 4to, unpag. Illustrated. (light shelfwear and browning to jacket at spine). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. b/w Illustration By Joseph Pierre Nuyttens (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. [76] leaves ill. 29 cm. (alk. paper) Bibliography: leaves [63]-[75]. 'A Cheloniidae Press book.' Box number: GR0007. ; 1st printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First trade Eeition, previously issued in a limited edition from the Cheloniidae Press. Large 4to, half red fauzleatherx, cream-colored cloth, printed in red and black. Fine \copy, jacket frayed, creased and torn along top\ edge. Alan Robinson (illustrator).…

VG+/VG. Sticker residue on front endpaper. Slight rubbing and small pea-sized stain as well as some other surface dirt on the dust jacket. ; Designed and illustrated by Alan James Robinson; Text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to - 11" to 13" tall. Illustrated by Alan James Robinson. First Trade Edition. Binding is Hardcover.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. (Originally published, 1982, A Cheloniidaue Press Book) Very large, very heavy sturdy book, shiny red cloth spine, tan cloth boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers. Beautiful antique sketches of wildlife with quotations in red, an extensive Bibliography section giving sources and more details. Ink name at top inside front cover of well-known Florida artist Laurence Donovan. DJ heavy paper, tan background with three small sketches of animals on front, red and black lettering. DJ lightly browned along edges. DJ has very tiny tear at top front edge near spine, tiny tear at spine bottom left edge, tiny hole at bottom front bookfold edge near tip, praise on back from artist Barry Moser, poet Richard Wilbur and others. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Robinson, Alan James (illustrator).…

Hardback. Second Printing. Very Good Condition in a Very Good to Near Fine condition Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. ISBN 0-252-01353-3. Copy Two.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Illinois Press, 1986. Folio. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Fine. Very large, very heavy book, shiny red cloth spine, gray quality cloth boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers. Beautiful sketches of animals from antique history, A to Z, followed by extensive Bibliography proving history, description, and sources for each. Ink note at top of second front end paper: "For Pat--Xmas 1998--with love, Larry (Donovan), a well-known Florida artist to his equally talented brother. DJ heavy white background, three small sketches of antique animals on front. DJ has light smudge to front right. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Robinson, Alan James (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A clean unmarked copy in excellent condition. Dust jacket lightly soiled. Alan James Robinson (illustrator).

Three Quarter Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Three quarter cloth. Simulated leather spine with gold lettering. Glue residue of price tag behind front cover. No previous owner's names or marks. Jacket is slight age-toned and lighltly soiled. Bottom edge of back panel has small closed tear. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a GOOD PLUS dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Alan James Robinson (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket has a bit of wear, with scuffs, tanning, and a few small insect stains. The page edges are a bit foxed, as are the first and last few pages. No page numbers. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Chelondiidae Press; Williamsburg, 1982. Hardcover. Limited and Signed Edition. A Near Fine, designed and illustrated by Alan James Robinson, text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. Illustrated with 26 initial linecuts and 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Full red Moroccan goat blind stamped, and hand tooled with pasted endpapers, pages untrimmed, in a quarter Morocco and clamshell box. 300 deluxe copies, bound in full leather by David Bourbeau with an additional suite of the vignettes in separate portfolio, each with a calligraphed letter, signed by Robinson and the calligrapher Elisabeth Curtis, along with an additional suite of the full-page plates signed and numbered by Robinson. Signed by Robinson at the colophon where Curtis has also calligraphed an alphabet. Each of the twenty-six animals is represented in two leaves: a large wood engraving captioned in red, and a text page headed by a smaller line engraving; each opening letter is calligraphed in red by Elizabeth Curtis. A truly exquisite production. Minimal handling marks/shelf wear, few discoloration spots to Slipcase. A very nice, clean and unmarked elegant set. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches]. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

hardcover. First Edition. Folio (9-3/4" x 13-1/2") bound in quarter leather by Gray Parrot in custom morocco-backed cloth clamshell box. The text of this wonderful ABC book was compiled by Laurie Block. The illustrations consist of 26 wood engravings and 26 smaller linecuts by Alan James Robinson printed from original blocks cut by the artist. Hand calligraphy is provided by Betse Curtis. This is copy #32 of 50 copies (of a total edition of 306) printed by Harold Patrick McGrath and SIGNED by Robinson. This edition has an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings, each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson. Prospectus laid in. Fine in a Very Good clamshell box with some wear and staining to the backstrip. A luxuriously delightful book. Alan James Robinson (illustrator).…

Leather Binding. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Copy #XXV of 50 deluxe numbered copies. This deluxe portfolio edition features the full leatherbound book, and a portfolio of all 52 plates (26 of Robinson's wood-engravings, signed and numbered XXV/L by Robinson, and the additional suite of 26 smaller illustrations by Robinson accompanied by a large hand-calligraphed initial by Betse (Elisabeth) Curtis in red ink, signed by both Robinson and Curtis). The book is bound in full red morocco, illustrated with 26 wood-engravings and 26 line drawings by Robinson, with 26 hand-lettered initials by Curtis, together with her elaborate hand-lettered colophon (also signed by Robinson); the portfolio of prints is bound in quarter red morocco over tan linen. The works are housed in publisher's red morocco-backed clamshell box with tan linen boards, lined with brown silk. The book and portfolio case are fine; four of the prints on verso have archival Japanese-tissue hinging at top (entirely removable), and the portfolio has fading and wear to leather spine and spotting to spine and covers. Laid in loose are a) the original prospectus for this work; b) the 'Cheloniidae' illustrated broadside dated 1982 signed by Robinson; c) Robinson's 5-page artist's CV from 1982, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, stapled; Quill & Brush's 2-page price list of works by Robinson, ca. 1982. (PLEASE NOTE: due to the size and weight of this book it will require additional charges for overseas and expedited shipping.). Signed by Artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. UNIQUE COPY WITH A SET OF THE 26 ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS BY ALAN JAMES ROBINSON. There were 300 copies of this book published; 200 were regular copies, 50 were deluxe copies with quarter leather binding and 50 others bound in full leather. The deluxe editions were issued with a set of proofs of the wood engravings and a set of proofs of the line-cut initials, with a large calligraphic manuscript initial beneath each image. The wood engraving proofs are lettered and signed by Robinson, and the line-cut proofs are signed both by Robinson and the calligrapher, Elizabeth Curtis. This copy shows some variation from the copies described in the prospectus. The colophon has been signed and numbered VI of L and internally seems to be a straightforward copy of the deluxe full leather edition. The binding varies somewhat from that pictured in the prospectus but uses many of the same elements. Also, the chemise is thicker that the regular chemise because it contains the 26 pencil drawings. This may have been a special copy prepared by Robinson for a particular subscriber/collector. This wonderful abecedary illustrates each letter of the alphabet with a masterful wood engraving by Robinson. Each animal is described at the bottom of its page in texts chosen primarily from the earliest first-hand accounts of the animal depicted. The descriptions are printed in red. The printed source of each text is identified, and at the end of the book there is a detailed and useful bibliography of these sources. A page with a small, different illustration of the animal precedes each animal's page, with the calligraphic letter written in red by Curtis. The animals depicted are often wondrous and strange, and some, such as the basilisk, may never have actually existed. This is a two volume folio (including a chemise containing an additional suite of illustrations, and the group of original pencil drawings). The bound volume is in full red morocco, done by David Bourbeau of the Thistle Bindery. The covers have a large central, slightly sunken panel, with the title in red and black and with a Sea Turtle device blocked in blind (Cheloniidae is the name for a species of sea turtles). The proofs contained in the chemise are unbound as issued within the original red morocco-backed, linen cloth covered boards. Both volumes are housed in a red morocco-backed cloth covered box, with the spine lettered and dated in gilt and a small Sea Turtle device in blind. "The blocks were cut by the artist at the Cheloniidae Press & printed by Harold P. McGrath in the summer of 1982. Mackenzie-Harris set the types in monotype with some hand-setting by Arthur Larson. The text was compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. The hand calligraphy is by Betsy Curtis. The paper is Rives lightweight" (from the colophon). The 8-page prospectus is laid in. A remarkable production from this press. In fine condition. PRI/020112. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Deluxe edition, copy #46 of only 50 issued with an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings, each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson, plus a suite of the 26 smaller linecut illustrations, each with hand calligraphy by Curtis and SIGNED by Robinson and Curtis, all contained in a morocco-backed sleeve that matches the clamshell box. The alphabet book compiled by Laurie Block is equally wonderful. Fine.…

First edition, one of 200 regular copies (of a total edition of 300, 100 deluxe). Original publisher's quarter red morocco over buff linen cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, bound by Gray Parrot. Slight foxing to cloth boards, else fine. Original prospectus laid in. 26 wood engravings and 26 illustrated initials by Alan James Robinson, with text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block. An exquisite collection of wood engravings illustrating textual extracts regarding real and mythical animals which are, "for the most part, the earliest first-hand accounts, in English, of the animals pictured. although there have been many bestiaries throughout the centuries, some of them strikingly beautiful, this edition breaks from tradition in its text, calligraphy and its style of illustration" [from the prospectus].…