trans g e hughes (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. volume 1 only. cover shows minor wear, rubbing, bumped corners. some writing on the front endpaper. pages tanned and clean.

Paperback. Pb, VG.

2 VOLUME SET, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#647/1000), quarto, brown patterned buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt motif to front boards, deckled page edges, vol 1- xxxi + 294pp, vol 2- x + 352pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters, occasional pgs uncut).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. E. R. Hughes Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 2 volume set. 1st printing (1894). Limited ed. 180/1000. 276; 323pp. Original brown moire covers with gilt pictorial emblem to upper board and lettering to spine, deckle page edge, tissue-guard at frontis. Both vols VG copies, bindings square and tight, light wear to edges, cloth covers clean but for vol.2 has some rubbing and staining to rear spine edge, spines rubbed and dulled, foxing to prelims, otherwise internally excellent, all plates present, guarded and bright.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Limited Edition. First edition, limited edition. Copy 416. Imperial 8vo; [2],(xxx),312+[11 plates]pp. Pink, watered silk paper boards, faded to bronze on the spine with gilt title. Publisher's device gilt on upper board. Slight wear to corners and edges, a few marks on lower board. Ribbon missing. Light foxing and spotting to endpapers. Clean within. Some pages unopened. Head- and tail-pieces, floriated initials. Eleven fine photogravure plates. A 'Very Good' copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Jules Garnier and E.R. Hughes Ilustrador. Two Sets together: Facetious Nights (4 Volumes) and The Pecorone (3 Volumes). Limited editions of 1000 copies; both sets are No. 933 of 1000. Original gray-green cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering on front board and spine, Venetian deckle edge paper, top edges gilt. Edge wear and rubbing on boards, most notably and head/tail of spines. Spines mildly sunned/faded. Gilt still bright on front panels but faded on spines. Some gutters starting or cracked in various volumes. The Facetious Nights of Straparola was originally published in the 16th century, and The Pecorone in the 14th. Both are said to be influenced in style by Boccaccio's Decameron, and contain collections of stories, fairy tales, legends and fables of Italy. Both sets were highly influential in their day. The Facetious Nights is said to have inspired later collectors of tales such as Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, and The Pecorone is said to have inspired Shakespear's Merry Wives of Windsor. A lovely 18th century set, a beautiful addition to any collector's library.