Empson patience (52 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Limited to 975 copies. Small nicks to dust jacket.

Hard cover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Jacket lightly worn on edges. Boards clean with bright gilt stamps, tight binding. Clean and bright inside.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Edition limited to 975 copies, nice copy in clean dustjacket, with frontis., + 17 other illustrations, pp. xiii + 170.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Very Good jacket (price clip). First Edition, Limited to 975 copies. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1962. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is price clipped with light soil/spotting on its spine. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. 1962. First Edition. Limited to 975 copies. This illustrated bibliography fully describes U. K. and U. S. first editions written, illustrated, printed or published by Robert Gibbings who was director for 9 years of the Golden Cockerel Press. Reprints are also noted. Bound in the original gilt-stamped gray paper-cover boards with dark gray cloth spine. Complete with dust jacket. . First Edition, Limited to 975 copies. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good jacket (price clip). 8vo. xiii, 170pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 170 pages, green paper covered boards with gilt stamping. This is a clean, nice copy. Very Good in a slighlty toned and scuffed dust jacket.

Folio, pp.(53-)60; tipped-in plate & wood-engraved vignette; well preserved in printed wrappers. Based on a memorial lecture given in 1960 by JH, who had become a good friend of Gibbings in his years as an editor at Dent. Wood engraving Biography.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Near Fine jacket (price clip). First Edition, Limited to 975 copies. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1962. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (price clipped). Protected by a removable mylar clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. 1962. First Edition. Limited to 975 copies. This illustrated bibliography fully describes U. K. and U. S. first editions written, illustrated, printed or published by Robert Gibbings who was director for 9 years of the Golden Cockerel Press. Reprints are also noted. Bound in the original gilt-stamped gray paper-cover boards with dark gray cloth spine. Complete with dust jacket. . First Edition, Limited to 975 copies. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine jacket (price clip). 8vo. xiii, 170pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Mylar jacket is torn at the top corner.

Decorative Cloth. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Limited First Edition. Book has one slightly bumped corner. Dj has minor cover wear. Book.

8vo, 170pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 8-3/4" x 11-1/4", xliv + 305pp. Sewn binding in black cloth boards. Wrapped in vinyl dust jacket with title block stamped onto it in red; there is a closed 4" tear from the top of the spine hinge on the back cover, and some rubbing / shelf wear to the jacket. A copy of the publisher's prospectus for this volume is laid in. Binding is square and tight, pages are clean and bright and unmarked. NOTE that this is a larger volume, and there may be additional shipping charges on orders outside North America. Gibbings, Robert (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. xliv., 355 pages, colour frontis., nine pages of half tones and over 1000 engravings, list of galleries holding works, list of books illustrated. Bound in the publisher's black cloth, gilt block to upper board, gilt titling to spine. In the original transparent wrapper printed in red. Original 6 page prospectus laid in. Minor wear, some spotting to prelims. 290mm. x 230mm.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 355 pp. Buckram boards; gilt stamped; boards show light edge wear with some light stains which are barely noticeable.Interior clean and bright. A beautiful copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback, PVC dustjacket with title screen printed in red to front. Colour frontis on Japanese paper. 9 pages of half-tones and over 1000 wood engravings. Full black buckram with RG's device blocked in gold to front and gilt spine titling.Very good. dustjacket is a little rubbed.Previous owners bookplate.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Large quarto-size (29cm high by 23cm wide), 402 pages (xliv, 358) plus a frontis from the artist's block and its tissue guard; all of the pages after the prelims being black-and-white plates showing more than a thousand images; publisher's black cloth with gilt titles on the spine and a device likewise on the front cover: clear glassine (plastic) dust-jacket printed with titles in orange. Very Good, no writing, mark-up, labels or other defacememts; undamaged jacket cockled at the spine (as usual for this type of jacket). Pictures show this actual book. UK orders are post-free. Heavy book - extra charges will be needed for shipment outside the UK (packed weight 2.2 kg).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. 4to, pp. xliv, 355, original black cloth with gilt lettering and device in original mylar cover with red lettering, this with split to top of spine and marked, spine slightly faded, interior with inscription to ffep, some mild foxing to opening and closing pages, otherwise bright and crisp, binding sound. This is a heavy book and will attract extra postage. Please contact us for a quote before ordering.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Colour frontispiece and 9 pages of half- tones Over 100 engravings. Bound in full buckram with gilt lettering and decoration, and plastic cover. Laid in prospectus . Internally clean. An invaluable guide to Gibbings work.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, from the library of Simon Brett, wood engraver, and with a signed letter from Patience Empson to Brett, loosely inserted (dated 1988). Glassine style wrap lightly scuffed. Green colour to upper face of page block, now a little faded. Binding firm. Brett label to inside front cover. Contents bright with no markings. Short introduction, followed by the recollections but the main body of the work is given over to the illustrations and artwork. 355pp. Interesting provenance. Further details available on request. Extra postage required for delivery outside the UK. (Ub5).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to xliv - 355 pp, tinted frontispiece on Japanese paper; 9 pages of half-tone plates and over 1000 wood engravings, with the loose folding illustrate prospectus. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions, pictorial engraved bookplate of R.E Verity to the front paste down. Publishers black buckram, gilt title and vignette to the spine and gilt insignia on front cover,Clear acetate wrapper with title printed in red 2cm closed tear to the wrapper at bottom of the spine. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Black buckram gilt, DW, thick 4to., xliv, 355 pages, color frontispiece, nine pages of half-tones and over 1,000 engravings reproduced. Broadside prospectus folded twice to form six pages laid in. Rear upper tip bumped, slight edgewear, spine mildly faded, else a very good copy in the scuffed, original clear fitted DW printed in red. Additional shipping cost may be requested.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Edited by Patience Empson. Introduction by Thomas Balston. Colour frontispiece, nine pages of half-tones and over 1000 engravings. First Edition. 4to. [284 x 222 x 36 mm]. xliv, 355 pp. Bound in the publisher's black cloth, gilt block on front cover, the spine lettered in gilt. In the original transparent wrapper printed in red. A fine copy, Collector's Item. Robert Gibbings (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. UK 1st edition 1st impression - J.M. Dent & Sons 1959 This is a curated collection of Robert Gibbings' finest wood engravings, with over 1000 b/w in text illustrations, as well as a colour frontispiece entitled The Retreat From Serbia on Japanese paper, and to the end, a number of engravings on copper of his sculptural works. 9 pages of half-tones and over 1000 wood engravings. Full black buckram with RG's device blocked in gold to front and gilt spine titling. Some yellowing to plastic dust cover, and some minor chips to spine ends and corners. Not ex-library, and no markings or inscriptions. Gibbings, Robert (ilustrador).…

Condición: Sehr gut. First Edition. Quarto (213 cm wide x 28 cm high) Pagination: Colour-frontispiece on Japanese paper, XLIV, 355 pages [with over 1000 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and 16 pages of "Recollections by the Artist"]. Original Hardcover (Buckram) with the original publisher's clear jacket with Red Lettering. A stunning, must-have publication in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Robert John Gibbings (23 March 1889 19 January 1958) was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor, and for his books on travel and natural history. Along with Noel Rooke, he was one of the founder members of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1920, and was a major influence in the revival of wood engraving in the twentieth century. (Wikipedia).…

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated bibliographical work on the art of Robert Gibbings, limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and seventeen in-text engravings. Collated complete. One of the leaders of the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s, Irish artist and author Robert Gibbings was director of the Golden Cockerel Press for nine years. The first part of the volume is a descriptive bibliography of the sixty-seven books illustrated by Gibbings; and the second lists his work as artist, writer, printer and publisher in chronological order, and also records some publications containing references to his work. There is a note on the printing methods of the Golden Cockerel Press, contributed by A. C. Cooper who was pressman throughout the period of Gibbings' direction. Written by A. Mary Kirkus, edited by Gibbings's partner Patience Empson, and John Harris. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. Robert Gibbings (ilustrador). book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. heavy, extra postage may be required. complete with mylar jacket. minimal wear on the boards. light usage marks. text is clear, neat and intact. very good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Extremely well illustrated with many hundreds of examples, quarto, pp xliv, 355, exceptionally clean internally, black cloth very slightly dusty otherwise in excellent condition, in the original printed Mylar dustwrapper, and in the original packing box. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. Robert Gibbings (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage.

FIRST EDITION, 4to., pp.xliv,355; tinted frontispiece on Japanese paper; 9 pages of half-tone plates and over 1000 wood engravings; a very good copy in original buckram, gilt, & printed acetate wrapper, of this magnificent account of Gibbings' work. Bibliography Wood-engraving Illustrated Book.

FIRST EDITION, 4to., pp.xliv,355; tinted frontispiece on Japanese paper; 9 pages of half-tone plates and over 1000 wood engravings; illustrated prospectus laid in. A very good copy in original buckram, gilt, & printed acetate wrapper, of this magnificent account of Gibbings' work. Bibliography Wood-engraving Illustrated Book.…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Condition Notes: A touch faded at the spine of the binding, a decent copy otherwise; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.4kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . ### First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 11¼" x 8¾" (2.4 kg); pp (xliv) 350; Preface by Thomas Balston; Includes: List of books illustrated with engravings by Robert Gibbings; Black & white photographs (plates); Engravings; Colour frontispiece; Laid in publishers promotional ms; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #196202 ||. …