The Garden of the Nightingale by M Aumonier (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Slim 8vo.pp. 24. Poetry: small attractive book of poetry and illustration in Art Nouveau style. Circa 1920 (No date given.) Includes a verse from the Song by Avril Coleridge Taylor and poems describing the home of the famous cellist Beatrice Harrison. Charming colour illustrations with a lyrical theme. Original publisher wraps in grey, lettered Black with a small illustration on the front cover. /Minnie AUMONIER, English costume designer, poet and watercolourist; 1865/66-1952. /Beatrice Harrison (1892 Ğ 1965)[was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or standard recordings of others, particularly the first recording of ElgarÕs cello concerto in 1920 with the composer conducting. Here the link is to a well-know duet between a nightgale and the cellist. Near very good. Very slight wear & slight marking of covers. Stain at spine on lower Cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Small 24 page booklet card covers with green dj and coloured garden illustration on front cover Condition is very good with some storage shelf fading to upper edge of front cover. No date but previous owner inscription in ink inner cover front end paper ' Bought in York, 30th December 1942 with greetings card insert. Colour pictures of Foyle Riding on front cover 5 other colour illustrationss inside. Overall a nice acceptable copy.

Soft Covers. Condition: Fair/Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair/Good. Aumônier, M. (illustrator). 1st.Edition. Undated, but, after research, the date of publication appears to be 1 January 1943. Flecked card covers - slightly corner-creased - in green DJ with tipped in colour illustration on its front; the DJ is corner-creased/slightly blemished. 24pp, including textual green decorations along with 5 tipped in colour illustraions; there is aso a black/off white illustration on the title page. Pages are slightly blemished, the worst blemish being on the title page. The pages are just beginning to brown. Some bottom corners are mildly "dog-eared". VG content. Overall, a Fair/Good copy.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 86. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1920 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 86.