Beny, roloff; opie, john lindsay (4 résultats)

1st edition. Spectacular gravure photos illustrate lines from Chapman*s Homer; evocative & gorgeous book. Very nice clean bright copy. A gem. 11 x 12-1/2, 272 pp, index, notes, full-page & tipped-in gravure b/w photos, photo endpapers. VeryGood+ unmarked except for neat owner inscription inside. Oversize Hardcover in b/w-photo cloth boards, no jacket. …

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 272pp, illus, b&w plates- all counted + present, VG (light to moderate scuffing/insect damage to board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing/wrinkling & scuffing, heavy general scuffing, prce clipped, moderate foxing to flaps).…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. 224 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked, filled with colourful tipped-in photographic plates. Bound in yellow cloth with silver titles and orange design. Lightly smudged around the edges. Blue illustrated dustjacket in near fine condition with white titles. Lightly bumped around the edges. Jacket is slightly scuffed and scratched on the back. NF/NF Size: 12 x 13. Beny, Roloff (illustrateur). Book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Island Ceylon; designed and photographed by Roloff Beny; text by John Lindsay Opie, including an edited anthology of the writings on the island and its history; with 105 plates, 72 in colour, 26 line illustrations, drawings and maps; McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, Montreal1971. Roloff Beny, (1924 1984) was a Canadian photographer who spent the better part of his life in Rome and on his photographic travels throughout the world. Born Wilfred Roy Beny in Medicine Hat, Alberta, he later took as his first name Roloff , his mother's maiden name. His books won awards throughout a long career, beginning with The Thrones of Earth and Heaven in 1958. To Every Thing There is a Season: Roloff Beny in Canada is a study of his native land. In 1972, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. This book, 224 pages measuring 342mm X 287mm, is in fine condition in a near-fine French-fold dust jacket that is in near-fine condition and now enclosed in a protective mylar wrap. The colour plates are tipped-in, an indicator of high-quality reproduction. The book was printed and bound in Switzerland. This is one of the scarcer Beny titles and it is in beautiful, collectible condition. This large and heavy book will require additional postage. …