G Spencer Pryse (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. G. SPENCER PRYSE (illustrator). No date fournd.c.1950-60. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with a couple edge tears. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. G Spencer Pryse (illustrator). no C date and Good and illustrated by G Spencer Pryse.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). First Edition. shelf wear, covers spotted, previous owner's bookplate; jacket is edgeworn, several short tears. All plates present and correct. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. First printing of this edition. A handsome, illustrated edition from The Bodley Head. From Wikipedia: " S. T. Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." Although critic Samuel Johnson took exception to Fielding's "robust distinctions between right and wrong", it became a best seller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. Tom Jones is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book, and as a very influential English novel." Most items ship with tracking numbers and(generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). 770 pages including appendix and illustrations by G. Spencer Pryse. The dust jacket has shelf, edge, and age wear and has a plastic covering. It is in good condition. The book itself has shelf, edge, and age wear and faded pages. However, all the pages are tight, and the book is in overall very good condition. This copy is undated but appears to be mid 20th century. It would be good for students of English literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 770pp; lightly toned paper; b/w illustrations. No library markings; no ownership markings; no bookplate. Black cloth HC with bright gilt stamping on spine.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good. Illustrated By G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). No obvious printed date or edition stated but looks about mid-20th century. 770 pages. Dark pink background dustjacket in protective sleeve. Light wear to spine-ends. Page-edges & page-margins lightly browned o/w contents very clean. B&W plates/illustrations by G. Spencer Pryse.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). Gilt embossed boards. Nice copy. Dodd Mead and Company on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This copy is lacking the scarce slipcase. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The spine and front cover have gilt lettering and decorations. The text pages are clean and bright. The foredge and bottom edge of the text block are uncut. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper (Nicholas O. Broughton) . Illustrated with 20 black and white plates by G. Spenser Pryse. "Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the picaresque novel Tom Jones. Additionally, he holds a significant place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to found (with his half-brother John) what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. His younger sister, Sarah, also became a successful writer. "(from Wikipedia).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). 770 pages, illuistrated in b&w by G. Spencer Pryse. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, black covers, with gilt illustrations and lettering bright. Light wear to corners of book, previous owner's bookplate is present. A nice clean tight copy. Some pages are still uncut. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. c.1920. A well-presented c.1920 lithograph reproduction, clean and unmarked across the image surface and free from any notable creases or wear. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 250 x 215 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1920s; Inventory No: 36175.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1920. A 1920 lithograph taken from the Second Quarter 1920 issue of 'The Apple (of Beauty and Discord)'. Neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear, overall very presentable with no significant marks affecting the printed image itself. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 230 x 300 mm. 1 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1940s; Dewey Code: 940.545941. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25785.

Condition: Very good. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). (5)-770 Pp. Frontis & 19 b.&w. plates plus illustrated chapter heading Purple cloth with gilt design and titles to spine and front cover and illus. end-papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). 5th or later Edition. 770pp, well illustrated by G. Spencer Pryse, black cloth, gilt lettered, gilt decorated, GOOD, John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1930.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pryse, G Spencer (illustrator). 1st thus. Illustrations including 20 black and white plates as called for by G Spencer Pryse. Larger format hardback - approx 10" tall. Publishers black cloth binding with gilt spine & upper board titles & illustrations. Illustrated dustwrapper. Nice clean copy with spine a touch sunned. Dustwrapper very minor chips to head & foot of spine & corners. Spine just a touch sunned.

Tall 8vo (10 x 6¾ ins). Original gilt decorated maroon buckram cloth (spine lightly faded - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 770, illus coloured pictorial endpaper, 30 b&w plates and drawings in text by G. Spencer Pryse (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper).

Hardback. Henry Fielding, Esq. with illustrations by G. Spencer Pryse, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. Author: Henry Fielding, Esq. with illustrations by G. Spencer PryseBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1930Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe classic novel The History Of Tom Jones: A Foundling chronicles the boisterous adventures and misadventures of its titular hero, a young man of uncertain parentage. This eighteenth-century masterpiece presents a vivid panorama of Georgian society, satirizing its hypocrisies and moral complexities with sharp wit and keen observation. Fielding's narrative illustrates the journey of a young man navigating love, betrayal, and fortune, ultimately questioning the nature of virtue and vice. The novel's enduring appeal stems from its rich characterizations and its humorous yet incisive commentary on human nature. It remains a cornerstone of the literary canon, offering both entertainment and profound insight into the human condition. Hardback.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 770 pages. Subjects; Fielding, Henry (1707-1754). Fiction. 3 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). A richly illustrated edition of The History of Tom Jones A Foundling, with this being a first of this edition. The History of Tom Jones is among the earliest English works to be deemed a novel. Extensively vast, this eighteen book novel takes the form of a bildungsroman and follows Tom Jones as he comes of age, exploring human nature.Henry Fielding was an English novel of irony, humour and satire and one of the founders of the traditional English novel.This volume is richly illustrated by G. Spencer Pryce and is a first of this edition.With nineteen plates and a frontispiece.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some marks to the boards and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good. book.

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 770 pages. Subjects; Fielding, Henry (1707-1754). Fiction. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Hardback. Large, thick octavo. Original cloth with slight surface rubbing and slight fading around spine, otherwise near very good indeed. No dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. G. Spencer Pryse (illustrator). The first Gerald Spencer Pryse edition of Henry Fielding's seminal work, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first Gerald Spencer Pryse edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board, and with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen further plates. Collated, complete.Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English writer known for his satirical works, and as a founder of the traditional English novel. He is particularly remembered for this comic novel, considered to be his greatest book and a highly influential novel. Often known simply as Tom Jones, this work is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It became a best seller with four editions published in its first year alone. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is generally smart, with a little bumping to the extremities. Front board is slightly bowed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Dust wrapper is mostly bright and smart, with chipping to the head and tail of the spine and faint marks to the rear of the wrap. Very Good. book.