Resultados de búsqueda: Diaries, Letters, and Essays from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1962. 8vo. xxv., 958 pp. Maroon hardback. Dust jacket. Not price clipped. Discoloured spot on top left of front board, very light bumping to spine ends. Minor chipping to top edge of panel, sunning to spine. Internally a clean copy with no markings. Many black-and-white photographic illustrations of significant figures to whom Wilde exchanged correspondence with. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1962.

London: Herbert Jenkins 1953. 8vo. First Edition. 224 pp. Hardcover with gilt-stamped author's signature to front board in pictorial jacket. Wear to jacket, which isn't price clipped. Sunning to book's spine. Light foxing to prelims, otherwise internally clean. A selection of Wodehouse's often hilarious letters to his long-time friend Bill Townend, who has written the foreword. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1953.

London: Richard Bentley 1840. 8vo. 6 volumes. Half calf with gilt lettering and decoration to spine over marbled boards; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and minor wear to extremities, particularly with damage and loss to the spine of volume 3. Previous owner's bookplate. Internally clean. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1840.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1980. 8vo. xiii, 249 pp. Hardcover in pictorial jacket. Rubbing to jacket and creasing to its edges. Bumping to base of book's spine. Internally clean. Jacket is not price clipped. This edition of Apocalypse, Lawrence's final book, is the first to accurately reproduce the final corrected text with detailed annotations and notes. 0521224071 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1980.

London: The Hogarth Press 1938. 8vo. First edition. xi., 396 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Some fading and light scratching to boards and extremities and what looks to be a label removed from the base of the front panel (Boots Library?); hinges coming away slightly. Some spotting to fore-edge, and prelims, otherwise internally mostly clean. Inscription of ownership to FFEP. This volume includes some of his letters from his time as professor of English at Wuhan University, China, including those to his aunt, Virginia Woolf; a selection of his poems; and essays on his anti-war position. Includes five black & white illustrations and a frontispiece portrait of Julian Bell. With contributions from J. M. Keynes, David Garnett, Charles Mauron, C. D. Lewis and E. M. Forster. . Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1938.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1923. 16mo. xii, 336 pp. Reinforced cloth with gilt lettering to spine and black edges. Minor wear to extremeties and light scratching to edges but overall a neat copy, with a bright and clean pages. An elaborately decorated title-page and frontispiece with a quotation by John Milton. No. 163 of Everyman's Library. DeQuincey knew the three Lake Poets and wrote remarkably honest accounts of the men's lives and their work, causing controversy in its time. . Very Good. Cloth. 1923.

London: Cambridge University Press 1927. 8vo. First edition. xviii, 220 pp. Red hardback with gilt lettering and detail to spine. Minor wear to spine ends and corners; a few spots to front board and discolouration to spine. Internally a bright and clean copy with deckle edged pages. Two bookplates to endpapers and a preface by A. E. Housman. An elegant copy of an essay selection by the classical scholar, Arthur Platt, on subjects such as classical education, Aristophanes, and the relation of poetry and science. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1927.

London: F. C. and J. Rivington 1819. 8vo. Third Edition. 4 volumes in 3. xxiv, 398; vii, 392; vii, 434, [18] pp. Full brown calf with black title labels, gilt lines and lettering to spines; all edges speckled. Wear to spine ends, joints and corners. Minor offsetting and occasional spots, but generally internally clean. Carter and Talbot were members of the Blue Stockings Circle, an informal women's social and educational movement in England in the mid-18th century that emphasised education and mutual cooperation founded by Elizabeth Montagu; notable members included Horace Walpole, Samuel Johnson, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Mary Wollstonecraft, and many more. Their correspondence shows an interest in public affairs, observation of men and manners, and affection for her friends. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Full Calf. Third Edition. 1819.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1866. 8vo. xl, 540 pp. Half calf over grained cloth boards, with gilt lettering to spine and gilt decoration to spine and boards; marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to spine and boards, with light wear and bumping to extremities. Very light scattered foxing. Windham was a Whig politician of the Rockingham faction. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1866.

London: David Nutt 1892. 4to. Large paper copy. 2 volumes. ciii, 374; [ii], 375-850 pp. White spine over abstract colour cloth boards with red morocco title labels and gilt lettering to spines; top edges gilt. Minor marks to spines, otherwise externally clean. Internally clean. The Welshman Howell was among the first writers to earn his living solely from writing in the English language. This work represents the first epistolary novel, a novel of letters, in English. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Marbled Boards. 1892.

London: Gay and Bird 1899. 32mo. viii, 128 pp. Small format measuring 7cm x 12.5cm. Original embossed full leather. All edges gilt. Minor wear and bumping to extremities, including to rear joint. Rubbing to spine. Internally clean. Frontis portrait engraving. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1899.

London: R. Priestley 1820. 8vo. [iv], x, 5-527 pp. Full brown claf with elaborate floral gilt boards and blind-stampe decor to boards, and raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Rubbing and wear to joints and extremities, general light marking and rubbing, but binding firm. Ink inscription dated 1822 to prelim, general offsetting within but otherwise clean. Frontispiece portrait. A handsome binding. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Calf. 1820.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1961-1978. 8vo. All First Editions. 6 volumes. Hardbacks in differently coloured pictorial jackets designed by Cecil Beaton, not price clipped (apart from vol.5). Jacket spines faded, a few light marks to panels, slight chipping and one or two tears around edges, especially to vol. 1. Light spotting to boards. A couple of vols. are lightly foxed to endpapers or fore-edge, but generally internally clean across the volumes. The famous diaries of Sir Cecil Beaton, fashion and portrait photographer to the stars and Oscar-winning stage and screen costume designer. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs featuring various figures in Beaton's circle including Evelyn Waugh, Greta Garbo and more. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Editions. 1961.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1903. 8vo. [iii], 538 pp. Hatchard binding; half vellum with gilt lettering to leather title label and gilt decoration to spine over red boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Light marking to boards and spine. Foxing to prelims. Slight tear to title page. Internally clean, save bookplate of Isabella Marion Agnes "Senga" Aglen (nee Balfour). Comprising the first and second series of Emerson's essays. . Very Good. Half Vellum. 1903.

Orpington: George Allen 1880. 8vo. First Edition. 2 volumes. xxv, 306; xvi, 348 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages uncut. Rubbing to extremities. Minor marks to joints. Light spotting throughout and slight yellowing around the page edges. Black & white frontispieces. Collections of letters written to newspapers by art critic John Ruskin, ranging from the arts and sciences to politics and economics. . Very Good. Cloth. First Editions. 1880.

London and New York: John Lane 1900. 4to.Illustrated. [8], 248 pp. Red leather binding with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to boards. Top edge gilt. With frontis and illustrations. Rubbing to leather at spine and edges. Edges rough. Foxing to front matter and endpages. Volume VI, September 1900. With chapters by Andrew Lang, Edward Garnett and Max Beerbohm. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Leather. 1900.

London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1903. 8vo.Limited Edition. Twelve volumes each with c. 400 pages. Numbered limited edition, 200 sets for England, of which this is no. 101. Gilt decorated vellum spine over blue publisher's cloth. Author's gilt cipher to front boards. Top edges gilt and deckle edges. Very light wear to extremities, with light bumping and marking to a few volumes. Slight splitting at hinges. Foxing to endpapers and prelims, with some discolouration to some edges, otherwise internally clean. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Vellum Spine. Limited Numbered Edition. 1903.

London and New York: John Lane 1899. 4to. [8], 256 pp. Dark green leather with gilt lettering to the spine and decoration to boards. Top edge gilt. With frontis and illustrations throughout. Rubbing to leather at spine and edges and scratching to spine. Foxing to front matter and some occasional foxing and pencil markings throughout. Chapters by various authors, including Stephen Crane and Edmund Gosse. . Very Good. Decorative Leather Binding. 1899.

London and New York: John Lane 1899. 4to. [8], 256 pp. Dark green leather with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to boards. Top edge gilt. With frontis and illustrations throughout. Rubbing to leather at spine and edges. Foxing to endpages and occasionall throughout. Edges rough. With chapters by numerous authors, including Henry James. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Leather. 1899.

London: John Murray 1947. 12mo. 2 volumes. xxviii, 497 pp. [+map]; xxviii, 431 pp. [+map], [6]. Publisher's gilt lettered dark blue cloth in paper jacket (not price clipped). Reprint of the cheap edition with 8 illustrations and maps. Volume 1 being 'the journals of Captain R. F. Scott'. Volume 2 being the 'reports of the journeys and their scientific work undertaken by Dr E. A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition'. Areas of loss and marking to jackets. Minor bumping to book extremities and light rubbing. Foxing. Ink inscription to volume 1 and ownership stamps to both. With a preface by Sir Clements Markham and a biographical introduction by J. M. Barrie. . Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1947.