From PHILIP ALLEN, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 26 March 2024
On A Calm Shore by Frances Cornford. Published by The Cresset Press in 1960. First Edition. Hardback book with original clear dust wrapper in Good condition. 95pp. Designs by Christopher Cornford. Dedication by the Illustrator Christopher Cornford on the front end paper, dated Christmas 1960. Plus a separate postcard signed by the Author Frances Cornford. Frances Cornford, nee Darwin, (1886-1960) was the wife of Francis MacDonald Cornford, historian, and the mother of Christopher Cornford (1917-1993). Seller Inventory # 060
Title: ON A CALM SHORE
Publisher: THE CRESSET PRESS
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Steve Liddle, ABA PBFA ILAB, Bristol, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Christopher Cornford (illustrator). First Edition. Very good copy in publisher's clear acetate jacket. Scattered light foxing to text block. Jacket chipped at head of spine. 95 pages. Approximate size about 9" by 6". Illustrator: Christopher Cornford. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26221. Seller Inventory # 26221
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . 1960 1st, with dustjacket, bright clean copy, illus, neat inscription on endpaper, no other markings, Professional booksellers since 1981. Seller Inventory # 164842
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Heartwood Books, A.B.A.A., Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good, internally clean, solid hard cover copy in a clear plastic dust jacket. The jacket has text only on the front flap. It is missing a small piece from the top of the spine. #. Seller Inventory # 14917
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Christopher Cornford (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition hardback with glassine dustjacket. Previous owners inscription to endpapers otherwise internally clean. Very good condition. Seller Inventory # S01A110001
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
8vo, 95pp, with designs by Christopher Cornford, orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in acetate dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 306
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1960. Limited Edition. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. One of 150 copies. Not numbered. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Heavy tanning to spine. Mild crease to rear board. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Seller Inventory # 1733847035BDB
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Handset in Vendome. Printed in black (with illustrations in black and seven colours) on Basingwerk Parchment, on a platen press. 135 copies bound in vellum lined with red paper, 15 copies bound in velvel; 1,350 copies (published by the Cresset Press, London) OF WHICH THIS IS ONE, bound in paper-covered boards with a design by Christopher Cornford , printed in black and green, blocked in gold on the spine.Fine condition. Inscribed, 'Bob, Virginia With love from Cecil & Clare, Christmas 1960.'. Seller Inventory # 12045
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
Illustrated Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Christopher Cornford (illustrator). First Edition. 95pp. First name inscription for "Dorothy" from Cornford, who also names his wife & children, dated in the year of publication, on the ffep. The inner flap of the acetate dust jacket with the book's description is laid in. Fractionally soiled & minutely bumped at base of spine; otherwise a very fresh clean copy uncommon signed. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book. Seller Inventory # AB121538
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
First edition. First edition. Illustrated by Christopher Cornford. 95 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed from the illustrator on the flyleaf, Lucy, with love from Christopher, Lucy, Andrew & Adam. With a note on the production of the book, noting a production error on page 77. Pictorial cloth. Near fine. Presentation inscription from Christopher Cornford Illustrated by Christopher Cornford. 95 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Seller Inventory # 367684
Quantity: 1 available