Published by John Lane/Dodd, Mead & Co., 1928
Language: English
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
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.
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, Ltd, London, 1928
Language: English
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Harry Clarke (illustrator). First Thus. This is a VG unmarked, first edition copy in black cloth with lovely gold stamping on the cover & spine, alas, no DJ. Illustrated endpapers, untrimmed edges, with all the fine Harry Clarke illustrations. I once made a trip to Dublin just to show my glass artist wife Harry's fine stain glass works, in a tea shop no less. Photos on request.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Co, 1928
Language: English
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). Gilt decorated black cloth boards are well-bound, some soil on front panel, bumps at spine ends. Now protected in mylar. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Pages are clean & sharp, one protective tissue is torn at gutter (1/2 way).
Published by Dodd, Mead, 1928
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. book has light speckly shelf wear- mostly along back, light wear to ends of spine, light corner wear, textblock light soft, slight crack in binding on 157, otherwise in bright solid shape.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd./Dodd, Mead and Co., London and New York, 1928
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Harry Clarke (illustrator). First Thus. Royal 8vo, magenta cloth variant, lettered/illus. in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Mild dampstaining to cover cloth along upper front joint and upper spine panel, which is also a bit tanned, cloth a bit faded and showing small area of discoloration on lower front cover. Former owner signature on upper front fixed endsheet, otherwise unmarked. 1st thus. xxxi,219 pp., illus. w/ 11 b&w plates by Clarke with captioned guards, also vignettes in text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head and Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Harry Clarke (illustrator). Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Bound by Whitman Bennett (NY) in 3/4 extra tooled red turkey morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Printed on hand-made paper. Raised bands and gilt design on spine. Some rubbing to hinges, edges, and tips. Light, foxing to endpapers, fly leafs, copyright page. Paper clip rust stain on flyleaf. Paper clip had been holding a 3 X 5 card with a book description from the Stewart Kidd Department of Old and Rare Books in Cincinnati, OH. Interior pages are clean. 10 full page black and white engraved plates by Harry Clarke.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head; Dodd, Mead., London and New York, 1928
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Introduction by Humbert Wolfe. xxxi, 217 [1] pp. With Illustrations and Decorations by Harry Clarke. Large 8vo, publisher's gilt black cloth in dust jacket and publisher's slipcase with printed paper labels. First of this illustrated edition. Tiny smudge at the outer marginal edge of the frontispiece; very slight creasing at the extremities of the spine; a fine copy in a fine jacket. Very slight use to the slipcase at extremities.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. - Dodd, Mead and Company, London - New York, 1928
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
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.
Published by John Lane, London, 1928
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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.
Publication Date: 1928
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketFirst edition with the Harry Clarke illustrations. Frontispiece, and ten full plate illustrations, with additional vignettes running throughout. Large 8vo. Original purple cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover centrally stamped in gilt with one of Harry Clarke's designs, dust jacket. London, Bodley Head. A very good copy, the dust jacket with some light wear, a few small tears, and chips to the head of the spine panel. The front board and spine a little age toned. Ownership signature to front fly leaf, and top corner creased on that page. Very light spotting along the top edge, and occasionally to the text block. .