Alexander King Illus (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. b/w illus by Alexander King (illustrator). First Thus. In green cloth backed textured boards, 8vo, 214pp. b/w illus by Alexander King. (Dulling and shelfwear to spine and board edges, toning to page edges, name to endpaper). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. King, Alexander, (Illus.); Roosevelt, Andre, (Photos) (illustrator). Second Impression. Second impression paperback in very good condition. Light shelf and handling wear, including minor wear to cover edges and corners, with discolouration and tanning to pageblock, tanning leading lightly into page edges. Within, pages are tightly bound, content unmarked. CN.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. AT THE SIGN OF THE QUEEN PEDAUQUE, Anatole France, illus. Alexander King, Rams Head Press, 1930, 214p, hc no dj, boards bumped/scuffed, text clean/tanning, binding solid, no. 642 of 1000 copies--15.00.

1931. (hardcover) Good. 301pp. 4to. Volume housed in decorative slipcase. Slipcase worn, chipping / splitting at edges, several spots repaired with clear tape; lettering in title compartment faded. Volume bound in bright orange cloth, lettering and small illustration in gold to spine, lettering and same large illustration in gold to top board. Spine dulled; boards lightly dirtied from handling. Small light spot at foot of front hinge / spine of apparent dampstain; not at all affecting textblock. All edges roughcut. Single rubber-stamp from a personal library to pastedowns, date and small number written at head of front pastedown. Starting at verso-frontis, all leaves remain secure. Faint offsetting from frontispiece; title page toned. Despite these blemishes, this remains a handsome book, internally clean. Beautifully illustrated by Alexander King.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Illus. by ALEXANDER KING (illustrator). First LIMITED/NUMBERED Edition. A 'procession through the ages' of transvestites (both celebrated and notorious) and transvestism. First Limited Edn. (this being copy no. 263 of 960 numbered copies), 1928; quarter black cloth; boards printed with lozenge design in black/silver; titling blocked in silver (quite bright) to spine; fore/bottom edges uncut; [viii]+308+[i]pp.; illus. bw. plates/drawings. Cloth to spine slightly creased, and lightly rubbed at top/tail, but spine complete/intact/clean/quite bright; very scuffed boards worn at corners and rubbed at bottom edges, but robust; light foxing to page edges, but text/plates very fresh, pages clean/crisp/very bright. Binding firm, all complete/intact. A weighty tome at approx. 1800g (packaged), hence overseas customers are welcome to contact us prior to ordering to ascertain additional shipping charges incurred. Fair. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Hardback.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Illus. by ALEXANDER KING (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Entertaining stories taken from Boccaccio's 'Filocolo', and forming 'the prototype of the Decameron'. First Edn. Thus, 1931; full pale turquoise cloth, blocked with all-over pattern in terracotta/black; titling/plain border printed in terracotta/black to spine, with small motifs (baskets/stars) blocked in gilt (moderately dulled); top edge terracotta; 133pp.; illus. bw. plates/drawings. Trans. into modern English by Thomas Bell. Spine moderately foxed, but robust/quite crisp; boards lightly foxed at edges, and slightly bumped at bottom corners, but robust/quite bright; pages crisp and very clean/bright. Binding firm, all complete/intact. No inscriptions. Lightweight item, hence overseas customers will have SHIPPING CHARGES REDUCED subsequent to ordering. G+ PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Hardback.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1928 Covici-Friede, New York signed limited (244/275) cloth over patterned boards. No slipcase and very light wear to bottom right corner. Tight and unmarked, illustrated. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Signed by Author.

Condition: Good. Two volume set. Limited edition. 1929.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by Alexander King, 10.25 x 8", cloth backed dec boards, 114pp, extremities a bit worn, textblock edges browned else a nice copy in a rubbed, spine-toned and extremity-worn pict dustjacket and worn, incomplete slipcase. "SPECIAL EDITION", LIMITED TO 775 NUMBERED COPIES (this is #235), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, EUGENE O'NEILL.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Large thick 8vo, 2 on the colophon page, the original edition, with b&w illus, by King which would know be deemed racist and inappropriate, lightly chippied d.j with a small loss top of the rear flap, scarce in this condition hbl3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by Alexander King, 10.25 x 7.75", cloth backed patterned boards, 114pp, a tiny bump to middle of spine at front cover else a nice, clean, fresh UN-OPENED copy in a lightly rubbed and darkened pictorial dustjacket and worn slipcase. "SPECIAL EDITION" LIMITED TO 775 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #760), SIGNED BY THE PLAYWRIGHT, EUGENE O'NEILL.

Introduction by Tiffant Thayer. 411 pp. Illustrated by Alexander King. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition. Some flaking to the lettering and decoration on the spine; otherwise clean, tight and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Limited ed. The first edition thus and the first issue by The Limited Editions Club. Quarto in half leather with spine stamped in blind. Illustrated endpapers. Introduction by Shane Leslie and illustrations by Alexander King. No 172 of 1500 copies signed by King on the limitation page at rear. A tight example, minor wear at the center of the spine (where one would grasp the book to remove it from the slipcase). In the original numbered slipcase with printed spine, near fine with a small chip to the top corner of the spine strip.