Brock Charles E Illust (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 254pp + adverts rear, 10 B&W full-page illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Illustrated Pocket Classics. Illustrated Pocket Classics. Hardcover. 7" X 4 1/2". xxxi, 236pp, plus two pages of publisher's ads. Bound in scarlet cloth over boards, lettered and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing and bumping to extremities and slight lean to sunned spine. Prize bookplate dated 1906 to front free endpaper. Occasional foxing to pages throughout, else unmarked. Hint of spine to pages throughout; binding remains quite firm and sound. An overall quite presentable and still charming 1903 edition of these humorous poems by Thomas Hood, generously illustrated throughout in 130 vignettes, headpieces, and more by Charles E. Brock. 7" X 4 1/2". xxxi, 236pp, plus two pages of publisher's ads. Bound in scarlet cloth over boards, lettered and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing and bumping to extremities and slight lean to sunned spine. Prize bookplate dated 1906 to front free endpaper. Occasional foxing to pages throughout, else unmarked. Hint of spine to pages throughout; binding remains quite firm and sound. An overall quite presentable and still charming 1903 edition of these humorous poems by Thomas Hood, generously illustrated throughout in 130 vignettes, headpieces, and more by Charles E. Brock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Printing. 1893. 130 illustrations. Light general wear. From Library of Macmillam Company Publishers, has rear card pocket. 236 pages. 7540.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library, VG+ original blue cloth, in VG DW. Several library stamps, otherwise internally near fine.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Red cloth binding. Front board decorated in gilt, with three colour portraits. Very slight wear to head of spine. Light foxing to page edges, title page and final page of text, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. With 12 colour tipped-in plates mounted on brown card. Imaginary visits to George Eliot, Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. A scarce Edwardian children's title. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8 inches (15 x 20.5 cm).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine original cloth, in fine protected DW. A facsimile copy of the 1894 Macmillan edition.

First edition thus. Deluxe edition, in theoriginal publishers full cream vellum, elaborately titled and decorated in gilt. top edge gilt VG, bright, offsetting with contemporary ink name and related ornate bookplate to endpapers, Some minor foxing and slight discolouration. Slight bowing to the velum boards as usual, Overall a very pleasing and attractive edition. 14860.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Macmillan & Co. and New York, 1893, Large Paper Limited Edition. Sumptuous full morocco gilt decorated binding by Hatchards with gilt lined and decorated inner dentelles to the paste downs, gilt top page edges, gilt titles and decoration to the spine. A handsome binding, illustrated with 134 in text illustrations by Brock. Pagination: xxxi, [i], 236pp. Provenance: no names or bookplates. Approximately 10 ½ inches (26.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition a little faded, gilt titles, exquisite gilt decoration. Joints very good condition a little creased, light hairline cracks, sound. Corners very good condition very gently rubbed. Boards very good condition gilt filet to the front and rear board, very minor marks. Page edges very good condition top edge gilt, others tanned. Binding very good condition attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition leather turn-ins with gilt decoration, Hatchards in gilt to the front paste down. End papers very good condition marbled, offsetting from the leather. Title good condition lightly tanned with foxing. Pages good condition tanned with some foxing throughout. See photos.…