R P Leitch (79 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Condition: New. pp. 85.

Condition: New. pp. 85.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. green boards with a clear protective wrapper, spine hinges and edges worn, clean condition, front end-papers missing, foxing spots to title page and on some pages throughout the book, 30pp text and 24 plates, overall good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. ca 1890. Brown pebbled leather boards with gilt titling. Faint 'must' smell, and there are some sporadic spots of dampstaining throughout, including on one of the plates. All 24 original color plates are present. The boards show some light wear, including bumping at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. Rear inner hinge cracked, binding else intact. Two long scratches to ffep, and small tear at fore-edge of last few pages. No prior owner's marks. Sixth Edition.

Condition: New. pp. 85.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reasonably priced copy of the Leitch classic, all 24 plates complete and v clean. Original boards with one small tear to lower spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. J. Wolf, R.P. Leitch, W. Small, G. J. Pinwell, A. B. Houghton, J. W. North, M. E. Edwards, and others (illustrator). 1st Edition. vi / 862 pp numerous bw illustrations, half brown calf with cloth sides, gilt title to red spine label. Head of spine and corners scuffed and eroded, cloth, bubbled rubbed and marked, backstrip split along back edge edges darkened, preliminaries and endpapers spotted and marked otherwise pages slightly toned but clean - solid reading copy. Heavy book will need extra postage outside UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 30.5x24cm. pp(2)62(2) including single leaf of publisher advertisements; with title-page vignette, head- & tailpieces and decorated initial capitals, and nine tipped-in colour plates. Half-title a little spotted, title-page very sparsely so. Title-page also creased between publisher details and lower edge, with tear of length 14cm along inner edge from foot, and with faint offsetting from frontispiece. Original blue cloth, covers with bevelled edges. Front cover blind-titled against gilt background and decorated in maroon & green, with addition of "Halesowen Grammar School" in decorative gilt type above & below central decoration; rear with blindstamped ruled borders. Dark brown endpapers, Halesowen Grammar School prize bookplate dated 1886 on front pastedown. Untitled backstrip of unsightly appearance, being worn with loss at head & foot and along untidily split rear hinge. Front hinge moderately rubbed. Rear cover rubbed and lightly marked. Upper and lower edges of both front and rear covers a little rubbed, with a few minor nicks and bumps; outer corners worn. Front endpapers with lengthy split along hinge; white inner-facing sides of flyleaves at both front and rear a little spotted. No dust jacket called for. Binding showing wear, but still holding; contents for the most part clean and tight. FAIR, or excellent reading / working copy.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. T. M. Richardson, J. A. Houston R.S.A., R. P. Leitch, T. L. Rowbotham, Edward Duncan, J. Needham (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1881 though not dated. Size quarto, 10" tall, 46 pages. Mid brown cloth covered boards with titles on gilt frame surrounded by a leafy branch in green to the front cover and plain spine, attractive School Board for London prize gilt vignette on the rear cover. Condition good, the binding is slightly rubbed at the edges otherwise very nice. There is foxing to the title page, contents page and first 3 text pages and also the last four text pages, the margins of the last colour plate and the publisher's advertisements and rear end-paper. The rest of the contents are quite clean, there is the odd spot or two to the margins of a couple of the plates but the plates are good, printed on different paper and tipped in to the book. With each plate there are excellent instructions on how to execute the sketch from start to finish and there are also vignettes as chapter headpieces which on the contents page are also recommended to the reader can be reproduced as further sketching lessons. Nine colour plates and black and white sketches by T. M. Richardson, J. A. Houston R.S.A., R. P. Leitch, T. L. Rowbotham, Edward Duncan, J. Needham.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Presumed first edition (no additional printings listed). Original pictorial art nouveau cloth, 9x11 ¾ inches, 62 pp + ads, 6 stubs, 9 chromolithograph plates. Hardcover, very good. Some soil on cloth, corners bumped with a bit of cardboard exposed there, approximately ¼ inch fraying at head and foot of spine. Internally, previous owner's signature (in pencil) , paper lightly age yellowed, a few stray smudges, last plate listed in contents is tipped-in as the frontispiece, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Art.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Hardcover edition. Hinges cracked. Cover detaching. Pages loose. Slightly dampstained. Reading copy only. (Art, Art instruction, Painting).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stamped decorated cloth. 4to. 62 pp. followed by 2 pp. of publishers advertisements. Very good. Extremities lightly worn. Front free end paper, half title page and frontispiece detached, and present. Last plate listed in contents is tipped-in as the frontispiece. Nine chromolithograph plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Undated c1880s. Hardback copy in tan cloth boards with gold gilt lettering and floral design to front, no dustjacket. 46pp + 4pp book catalogue to rear. 9 colour plates, 8 b/w sketches. Not library copy, name/date in ink to front pastedown. (3/1).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Publisher's gray cloth dec in blind, gilt lettering, some bumping and soiling, light rubbing and edgewear. Shaken binding and clean text. Gift inscription and former owner stamps ffep. ; Oblong Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 32+plates pages.

hardback, 4to, 62,(2)pp, 9 tinted plates as called for, scattered light foxing, front free endpaper removed, otherwise clean and sound, decorated cloth, slightly rubbed, Good condition.

third edition 37pp ills.[24 col.plates] VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,paper separation at half-title gutter,owner's inscr.in pencil to half-title and title,contents sl.foxed but all col.plates are clean and present).

first ediiton 33pp ills.[24 sepia plates] VG- (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,contents sl.foxed but plates are generally clean,shaky spine).

Condition: Fair. [1880] This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Gold illuminations on cover. Pages agetoned. Binding loose. Coloured plates included. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. An ex-library rebind into brown hardcover boards with the usual amount of stamps. Undated but a library stamp suggests circa 1882. No dust jacket. Some rubbing and darkening to the book edges. The contents have a typical tan and a notable amount of dusty prints and little marks throughout in line with the book's age and library status, but the main body of text remains perfectly legible and the pages are sturdy and well-bound. The plates remain vibrant. Fine for it's age and fit for purpose as a reading copy.

1. Xylographie (Holzstich), Ausschnitt aus einer illustrierten Zeitschrift der Zeit mit Rückseitendruck, von alter Hand geschmackvoll koloriert und unter Schrägschnittpassapartout montiert, bildliche Darstellung ca. 8 x 17 cm, Passepartoutgröße ca. 21,5 x 32 cm, sauber und sehr gut erhalten, selten 510 gr.

Undated, but c. mid to late 19th Century. Landscape 8vo., bound in dark green cloth gilt, 32pp plus publisher's adverts, illus with 24 plates by the Author. Ink owner name to title page, foxing to endpapers, and some throughout, ffep rather creased and worn, slight edgewear to covers. Sound copy overall. (SHELF 201 BOX 15) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Burnt Ochre Cloth Boards with Red titles and decs. 190 x 250 mm approx. Landscape format. 36 pp + 48 pp with 24 tipped on colour plates and 4 pp of publisher's adverts. Eleventh Edition Undated but printer's code would indicate 1891. Eleven page general directions + detailed information on each stage accompanying the 24 plates. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG ( Mild creases to front board, no previous owner name or insc. Very occasional light foxing spots, all plates present and with no defects. Restoration work. The book was bought in with significant damp staining, fracture to rear board and binding generally failing. The book block has been re sewn by us on two tapes, with new mull and back strip, replacement new rear board with best match book cloth and new end papers to produce a sound copy which will give many more years of service).

36 pp. With 24 mounted color plates. Oblong 8vo, publisher's cloth. Seventh edition. Good to very good: front hinge repaired with cloth tape; staining to lower right margin of every page, not affecting the plates.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 32pp, 24 full page tinted plates. 4pp pub. catalogue at the rear dated 06-80. Publishers boards with gilt titles to the front Blind stamped dec. borders enclosing the titles. A lovely clean copy with the original cloth binding [corners a trifle bumped].

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Tipped-in Colour illustrations. Very Good, without dust jacket. Prize inscription on front free endpaper.

No date (circa 1890), Eleventh Edition Revised. With 24 tipped-in coloured plates. Original brown decorated cloth. Front free endpaper with loss of little part of corner. Pages little foxing. In good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. No date. Second edition. Small Oblong Quarto. Illustrated. 32pp plus adverts. Publisher's green cloth, decorative blind ruling, gilt titles. Rubbing to extremities. W. H. Smith blind stamp to f.f.e.p. Sporadic light foxing. Otherwise a Very Good copy.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. R Barnes; R P Leitch, E M Wimperis Etc. (illustrator). Blue cloth with gold lettering to spine, gold lettering and decoration to front cover, blind stamped decoration to rear cover. All edges gold. 16 illustrated plates, some loose. In very good, clean, bright condition BUT prelims and rear pastedown browned / spotted. Covers are a bit marked / darkened and corners and spine ends are bumped and frayed.