shakespeare william preface christopher morley (8 résultats)

Hard Cover. Etat : vg-. Rockwell Kent (illustrateur). xx 1527 pages; text in 2-column format; b/w illustrations & plates; light soil to edges; 10" tall; light shelf wear to edges of red cover with stamped gilt decor on front & gray back strip; top corners bumped; gilt & red title band on sunned spine; no dj. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket differs from pictured. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Tears to jacket. Pages unmarked. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First THUS. Slipcase with full size pastedown on one panel, worn edges and corners, some of the edges are tearing open, surfaces scuffed. Dust jacket has tear upper right corner front, small wear and tears at other corners, spine darkened, soiled with tears head/tail, price unclipped. Green buckram boards have two tape ghosts on front and rear, a little spine sunning. Small line inside front cover, interior clean otherwise. First edition thus. Uncommon with dust jacket and slipcase. All orders packed with care, dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Kent, Rockwell (illustrateur). First Edition Thus. Early, but later printing. Clean, solid hardcover bound in two-toned full cloth with unmarked interior and text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($7.95) and presents well under fresh archival mylar despite chipping to the spine ends and mild rubbing along the folds. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid, well-preserved copy in jacket of this notable edition containing forty full page illustrations by Rockwell Kent; the text is the Cambridge with the Temple Notes, also complete indexes, a glossary of words and phrases, and a compact synopsis of each play. xviii, 1527pp. This book is over-sized and quite heavy, so it will likely require additional shipping charges on all priority and international orders.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Illustrated Edition. This large volume in rose and gray gilt decorated cloth is very appealing to the eye. The greatest poetic phrases ever written in the English language abound. We get an apotheosis written by, Christopher Morley to motion us inside! The inside is unmarked and bright except for an ex-libris bookplate. The dust jacket is unclipped shows($8.95) is i a mylar sleeve. Forty full page illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Cambridge text with Temple Notes. Glossary of words and phrases. Compact, modern synopsis of each play. xviii, 1527pp.

Hardcover. Vintage Copy. Good in a Good dust jacket. Damp staining to boards and jacket at rear panel. Minor discoloration. Small chips and tears to jacket. The Cambridge Edition Text, including Temple Notes. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.

Three-Quarter Leather. Etat : Very Good-. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Two oversize three-quarter blue leather hardcovers with gilt lettering and decorations to spine; five raised bands; blue cloth over boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; limiited edition 303/750; signed by Rockwell Kent at the beginning of volume one. Very good minus condition: spines toned to tan; the fading effects the leather on the boards too; a little dark staining to spine tails; edge wear, including some mouse nibbling; straight; the paper over the hinges is cracked but the hinges are holding well; pages excellent. Will require extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. The Cambridge Edition text, edited by William Wright. Preface by Christopher Morley. Each play is illustrated with a full page plate by Rockwell Kent (titled at verso). Designed by A.P. Tedesco and printed at the Country Life Press. Infamous for a slipcase with paper seams (unreinforced, no cloth, etc) so prone to failure it is nearly impossible to find intact/undamaged. Noted flaws to the slipcase notwithstanding, a very handsome set. Light toning to vellum labels, bookplate of noted Kent collector Eliot Stanley at front pastedowns (printed by Anthoennsen Press), touch of toning at endpages (as typical), else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows light/moderate shelf/edge wear, wear at fore-edge, most seams split, all seams reinforced with Japanese hinge paper at inside, several small bits of tape at upper seams, moisture spotting at top and onlay, else clean. Blue beveled cloth boards, vellum spine labels, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece(s), teg. 4to. 1527pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Limited numbered edition, this being 543 of 750, signed by Kent. Near Fine [Textblock Fine] in Good+ Slipcase.