Published by John Lane - The Bodley Head, London, 1928
Language: English
Seller: AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Harry Clarke (illustrator). Striking illustrated edition of Swinburne's selected works, including A Ballad of Death, Sapphics and his translations of Francois Villon. With10 b/w illustrations by Harry Clark and an introduction by Humbert Wolfe. Bound in purple cloth with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt, fore edge uncut. With decorated end-papers. 8vo. Spine is sunned, with bumping and small closed tears to edges. Mark to rear cover. Contents clean and tight. Good+.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Co, 1928
Language: English
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). Gilt decorated black cloth boards are well-bound, some soil on front panel, bumps at spine ends. Now protected in mylar. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Pages are clean & sharp, one protective tissue is torn at gutter (1/2 way).
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London/Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First THUS. No dust jacket. The black cloth boards, with decoration by Harry Clarke, are rubbed at the corners, spine tearing at head/tail. Interior in fine condition. 1928 first edition with the Harry Clarke illustrations. All orders packed with care, dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.
Published by John Lane, London, 1928
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Cover is rubbed and cover corners are worn. Binding is secure. Previous owners' ink signature and inscription on front endpaper and first blank page. Pages are lightly tanned with some sparse foxing throughout book, not covering illustrations or affecting legibility.
Published by Dodd, Mead, 1928
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. book has light speckly shelf wear- mostly along back, light wear to ends of spine, light corner wear, textblock light soft, slight crack in binding on 157, otherwise in bright solid shape.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd./Dodd, Mead and Co., London and New York, 1928
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Harry Clarke (illustrator). First Thus. Royal 8vo, magenta cloth variant, lettered/illus. in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Mild dampstaining to cover cloth along upper front joint and upper spine panel, which is also a bit tanned, cloth a bit faded and showing small area of discoloration on lower front cover. Former owner signature on upper front fixed endsheet, otherwise unmarked. 1st thus. xxxi,219 pp., illus. w/ 11 b&w plates by Clarke with captioned guards, also vignettes in text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head and Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Harry Clarke (illustrator). Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Bound by Whitman Bennett (NY) in 3/4 extra tooled red turkey morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Printed on hand-made paper. Raised bands and gilt design on spine. Some rubbing to hinges, edges, and tips. Light, foxing to endpapers, fly leafs, copyright page. Paper clip rust stain on flyleaf. Paper clip had been holding a 3 X 5 card with a book description from the Stewart Kidd Department of Old and Rare Books in Cincinnati, OH. Interior pages are clean. 10 full page black and white engraved plates by Harry Clarke.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1928
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Harry Clarke (illustrator). 8vo. 8vo. 217pp. Magenta cloth with gilt to front board and spine, with decorations in gilt to match the dust jacket. Top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, many pages uncut. Dust jacket with little chips in the corners and shallow chipping to the spine ends, with a couple of light scuffs to the front cover and a circular paper sticker covering the original price on the spine. First of this edition published by John Lane, with illustrations by Harry Clarke. A particularly fresh copy.
Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1928
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). 1st edition thus. An exceptionally bright copy in a uncommonly bright dust jacket. With decorations by Harry Clarke and an introduction by Humbert Wolfe Large 8vo, full magenta cloth with gilt titling and illustrations to spine and front cover, pages untrimmed. Double-page endpaper designs by Clarke. Eight tissue-guarded full page and one double-page spread in highly detailed black and white by Clarke, possibly printed by photogravure. Light bumping to tips, else fine in crisp black dj with recent interior tape reinforcement to foot of spine and edges of jacket folds and a strip of matching black paepr glued to inside top edge of dj. No previous owner's marks.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head and Dodd, Mead and Company, London and New York, 1928
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition, American issue. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. Quarto. About fine in a very nice near fine dust jacket.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head; Dodd, Mead., London and New York, 1928
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Introduction by Humbert Wolfe. xxxi, 217 [1] pp. With Illustrations and Decorations by Harry Clarke. Large 8vo, publisher's gilt black cloth in dust jacket and publisher's slipcase with printed paper labels. First of this illustrated edition. Tiny smudge at the outer marginal edge of the frontispiece; very slight creasing at the extremities of the spine; a fine copy in a fine jacket. Very slight use to the slipcase at extremities.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. - Dodd, Mead and Company, London - New York, 1928
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Clarke, Harry (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: This Edition first published in 1928; This Volume Published by arrangement with Messrs. William Heinemann. Tall 6 1/2" 9 3/4" design. Printed in England, Text by J. Curwen & Sons Limited, Photogravure plates by Nickeloid. Black coated cloth boards, gilt impressed cover and spine titles in Roman-like font. Enigmatic imagery of odd eminating priest(ess) character w/conehead wear, viper wrapping around at feet; similar feminine figure with two entwined forked-tongue vermin. Patterned illustrated endpapers by Clarke in maroon. Antiquarian printed bookpate at half-title for Margaret Gimlin; intriguing montage imagery of humanity's development of writing through the ages. Frontispiece plate with captioned tissue guard: "Felise". Rough-cut deckled leaves very good, moderately toned; several leaves remain uncut and unopened. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Features eleven plates with blind-stamped borders, each with captioned tissue. Partial page imagery and decoration by Harry Clarke throughout. Near very good first edition of fine book craftsmanship. XVII pages, 217 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
Published by John Lane, London, 1928
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo, 217 pages; VG; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp, in full polished red calf, paneled spine with gilt, label with gilt titling; all edges gilt; some mild discoloration and wear to spine; gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers; with 10 photogravure plates, including one double page, all with tissue guards; shelved case 0. 1349633. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Publication Date: 1928
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, United Kingdom
A very good copy, the dust jacket with some light wear, a few small tears, and chips to the head of the spine panel. The front board and spine a little age toned. Ownership signature to front fly leaf, and top corner creased on that page. Very light spotting along the top edge, and occasionally to the text block. .