mabie hamilton wright intro (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. George Wharton Edwards (March 1859-January 18, 1950) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. With illustrations that beautifully complement the text, Edwards brings to life the love songs of yesteryears, preserving the emotions and traditions of old English poetry. Amazon. The 1897 original hardback book has a tight, straight binding with no negative issues. It has no dustjacket but does have deckled page edges and an ornate cover and many B&W illustrations by Edwards.The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.The previous owner's name and gift inscription on inside cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Holiday Edition; Fifth Printing. Pictorial page borders, B&W vignettes and plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages; 1910 Macmillan HC/DJ in publisher's lidded, title lettered box. "Holiday Edition" of 1910 is the 5th overall printing. Snugly bound in a very handsome decorative pictorial cloth binding; olive cloth with pictorial center and pictorial borders in blue green and red and titles gilt outlined in red. The decorative binding is not signed nor attributed in the references I have checked. In the original rather plain white paper dust jacket lettered in green with red borders. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with decorative pictorial page borders and art nouveau chapter headings and tail pieces by George Wharton Edwards along with b&w plates reproducing classical art work by a number of artists. Dust jacket mildly shelf/ handling soiled to surfaces and with a few short closed edge tears. Publisher's original lidded gift box beige paper over card board is lettered in red to the lid and is moderately shelf soiled to the surfaces but structurally sound and solid. Quite uncommon in dust jacketed examples and scarcely seen in the publisher's gift box. NF in VG dust jacket and VG box.

Condición: Very Good. New York: Macmillan Company, 1897. First Edition, Limited to 75 copies on hand-made paper of which this is no. 63. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, printed paper spine label, top edge gilt, housed in custom cloth slipcase; xxv,[1],158pp.; pictorial half title, title and dedication page printed in olive green, thirty leaves of plates, vignettes throughout text. Spine rather toned, corners gently bumped, textblock quite foxed throughout, else a Very Good copy overall.