The Penrose Annual, Vol 47, 1953 de Fishenden, R.B. (editor) - 1953

Lund Humphries, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Lund Humphries, 1939. Hard cover, first edition. The cover has some minor rubbing and soiling, otherwise Good condition.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954. Hardcover. Very good+/fair. Gilt stamped red cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [8.5" x 11.25"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has mild toning and wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, faint paper clip indentation to top edges of front endpapers, text clean and unmarked. DJ has large missing piece to top front panel, edgewear that includes chips tears and their related creases, flap hinges worn and front flap clipped at top corner, now in archival mylar.

New York: Hastings House, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume, bound in mustard cloth, a bit worn along extremities, but clean of interior, published in First Edition. Slight smudging of bottom page tips. Printed, illustrated dust jacket present, protected by a Gaylord, but with two large chips missing. An important volume from this annual review of the Graphic Arts, considered by some art historians to be a forerunner of "Matrix" journal. Many hundreds of illustrations in text, in full-color and black-and-white, plus a lengthy range of additional illustrations at rear. xii, 154 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: The Double Crown Club, 1946. cloth. 12mo. cloth. 28 pages. First edition. Reprint of a talk given to the club in 1946 printed by the Shenval Press on Spicer's Mould-made Antique Laid and presented to the Club by the author and James Shand. Scarce. Light foxing of covers.

London, Lund Humphries 1951.. 140+52. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a little worn. Colour illustrations and samples throughout. A few spots on edges and endpapers. A very good copy.

Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd 1956. LACKS D/W; Quarto, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, black wreath motif to spine, frontispiece, 154pp + unpaginated Illustrations of the Year section + 54pp Advertisments section at rear, illus colour plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, boards sl. cocked, occasional light creasing plus light soiling & tanning to page edges)

Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd 1953. Quarto, green cloth boards, black & white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 140pp + unpaginated Illustrations section + 52pp Advertisements section at rear, illus colour plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to hinges, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, moreso prelims/terminals)

London: Lund Humphries, 1957. Bound in green cloth in remarkably good condition, very minor wear only. Jacket a little more worn, small nick at one corner, sunned slightly on spine. Contents clean, sound, bright; illustrated variously in black and white, two-tone, full colour, with occasional pages with embossed designs, tipped-in plates, etc.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used.

London: Lund Humphries & Company Limited, 1953. Light green cloth on boards with white titles; light dusting of a little soiling. Edges: mild soiling and light browning; very few foxings. Fep foot with booksellers sticker. Few only pages with the odd foxing spot(s) to margin. Colour & b/w illustrations. All plates clean and present. Binding is As New. Large & heavy book: 285 x 210 mm / 2 kgs. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.

Lund Humphries & Co. London 1956.. Embossed ownership to ffep. Rather dusty, exterior worn with excellent contents, no dustwrapper.. Red on yellow cloth boards. 154pp +advts. illustrated colour & b/w plates. large 4to. 2.2kg. Articles on book illustrations by William Nicholson & E. McKnight Kauffer.