Alderson brian translator (14 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used/Children's Books This book is in very good condition. The cover is clean and the pages are crisp. The transformation of the ugly duckling into a magnificent swan is one of the best known of all H.C. Anderson's fairy tales and, as Brian Alderson notes in this volume, the story bears more than a passing resemblance to the author's own life: the gawky youth from a poor background who found his "swan-dom" in the telling of great and beautiful stories. This book contains twelve of these.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rust color paper covered boards with black lettering on the spine only. 143 pages. 4to. Illustrated throughout with full page color plates and in-text black/white images by CHRIS RIDDELL. Twelve Andersen tales selected to highlight the transition from ugly duckling to swan. Light general wear to the book. Ditto for DJ; couple of small closed tears at flap folds. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First American Edition, First printing. Very clean first American Edition in clean original dust jacket. Orange-brown boards with gold illustration of child reading with a puppy on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and endpapers are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 297 pages with Index. Clean jacket has 2" closed tear at top ofrearpanel, no chips; price clip to front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: NF. First American edition. 1st American edition, 4to, rust boards / black titles, 143p, color and b/w illus. FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket. Lovely book. Riddell, Chris (ilustrador).

Ex-library copy. Second edition (stated). xviii, 297 pages. Hardcover: H 24.5cm x L 16.5cm. Laminated dust jacket with shelf sticker affixed near spine heel, flaps taped over boards. Red-brown cloth. Library stickers peeled from front free endpaper; library pencil notations upon title page; no other library marks readily apparent after a quick perusal. B/w plates; two color plates; illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Excellent reference on the history of European children's books with eighteen chapters of which some are titled as follows: "The Ugly Duckling," "Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann," "Jabberwocky," "Fantasy and Reality," "The Little Prince from Outer Space," "From Deerslayer to Old Shatterhand," "Colour Prints," "Politics in Children's Books," "Jean De Brunhoff," and "Picture Books of the Twentieth Century.".…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition First Printing. Collection of 12 stories as told by Andersen's ugly duckling who became a beautiful swan, translated & edited from the original Danish by B. Alderson & brought to life with the sumptuously colored watercolor illustrations of Chris Riddell. In 143 pages, with "a modest glossary" by the Mole. A FIRST U.S. EDITION, First Printing, from 1997, this hardcover small quarto (8" x 11.25") has rust-colored paper over boards lettered in black to spine. Condition is just about Fine, marred only by very mild bumping to top outer corners. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white with no tanning or foxing, colors brilliant. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib.The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with very mild rubbing to top edge of front cover & paper loss to upper-outer corner there; NO fading or other edgewear; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover. 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 by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Riddell, Chris (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing 2006 with full number line. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book and unclipped jacket are in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. Illustrated in colour & b/w. Chris Riddell (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Dustjacket Very Good. 1st Edition. 143 pages.LOvely colour illustrations. The RAF-blue background dustjacket has creasing to top front edge with a couple of small taped nicks, lighter wear to top back edge, area of ightred colour on inside of dustjacket, doesn't show on outside. Light wear to board's corners. Very clean pages. Illustrated by Chris Riddell (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First American Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Brwon cloth baords, gilt illustration, sharp and bright. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket is clean, shelf wear to edges. Book is firm in binding, b&w illustrations, crisp interior; gift inscription on front free end page. Nicely illustrated examination of children's books. Translated and edited by Brian W. Alderson. 297 pp. Including index. Else - Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: n No Jacket. y First Edition. Berkeley, Ca.: Ian Jackson, 2017. Book. Illus. by Ann Arnold. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 6" Tall x 9" Wide. Booklet published as a keepsake for the wedding to Cassandra Leone and Terrence Dowd in Berkeley on 14th August 2017. First illustrated edition of a work by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Brian Alderson and illustrated with double page drawings by Ann Arnold, limited to 400 copies. Slight marking to front cover, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Ann Arnold (ilustrador). Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine FIRST Edition, translated Brian Alderson, Illustrated Michael Foreman; ***SIGNED, DATED 1st August 2013 for Marilyn at the Geroge & Dragon *** Ref: B1. Michael Foreman (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. HC/DJ in mylar protective wraps; First THUS: 2nd Impression. SIGNED/Inscibed by Brian Anderson on title page. Green Emerald boards with gilt lettering to spine. Illust. endpapers. Frontis + 25 Color/BW plates. DJ is in FINE condition, un-clipped and Color Illust. Collectible and RARE Handsome copy. 4to. 192pp. --B.R. Box 53.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Hardcover in a price unclipped dust jacket. Well preserved book, beautiful dust jacket. First US edition, 1968 as indicated to the copyright page. Fully illustrated with b/w images. A slight coffee stain to the edges of front end paper. Slight charming light brown stain to bottom edges but not obvious. Else, great. Clean unmarked. 297 pp.…

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Michael Foreman (ilustrador).