n/a (illustrator). Very Good + Edition Not Specified Printing Not Spec. 12mo = 7-9" No DJ unpaginated Illustrated with pictures from the Tate Gallery. Boards are slightly soiled. 0-7153-8847-9.
Published by Readers Union
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.
Published by Vista, 1963
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1963. Reprint. 255 pages. Red dust jacket over red paper covered boards with white cloth to spine. Contains black and white and colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Sticker to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Some creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining and bubbling to rear board. White and brown marks overall. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Water staining to rear panel.
Published by Hulton Press, London, 1954
Seller: P.C. Schmidt, Bookseller, Kettering, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. beautiful full page illustrations in both black and white and colour; very good+ hardcover in very good dustjacket (several tears to edges of back cover) For their protection I cover all dustjackets with a new clear mylar protector; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; Size: 7 x 10". Decorated Endpages.
Published by Hulton Press, 1954
Seller: Hessay Books, York, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A heavy book of 256pp. Decorated blue paper covered boards, a little worn to the edges, with cream spine with gilt title. Full page colour and b + w illustrations. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Poetry, songs with music and short prose extracts to please and console.
Published by Readers Union, 1958
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. Acceptable condition jackets have more than average wear, tears and repairs. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by Hulton Press Ltd, London, 1954
Seller: Mister Pernickety, Ludlow, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing.Turq and gilt decorative cover, whits cloth spine with gilt titles. In very good order with a lot of nice plates.
Published by Arrowhead Books, New York, 1954
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original Cloth-backed Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition in America. Unclipped dust jacket with a few short edge tears.
Published by Hulton Press, London, 1953
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 1953 first edition, second printing in very good+, tight, clean condition, with no inscriptions. 256 pages illustrated. Pictorial end papers. Attractive binding of red and gilt decorated boards and white cloth spine. Well illustrated. Contributors range from William Morris and D. H. Lawrence to Francis Bacon and John Clare. See photos of this copy attached. (BM36).
Hardcover. 4th printing.
Published by London : Hulton Press, 1952
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
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. Physical description; 255 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes music for voice and keyboard instrument. Includes index. Subjects; English literature. Art. Music. Aesthetics ; Literary collections. Beauty, Personal ; Literary collections. Genres; Anthologies - England - 1952. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by Edward Hulton, London, 1958
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 256 pages, dj torn, spine faded, price clipped, dealer stamp on ffep, light foxing.
Condition: Good. slight shelfwear to cover, which has rips to the spine otherwise content fine.
Published by Hulton Press, 1953
Seller: Dr Martin Hemingway (Books), Leeds, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Red decorated boards with white spine, board edge with titles. Wear on bottom edge of boards. Dj shows edge wear with some loss of material at spine ends.
Published by London : Hulton Press, 1952
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
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. Physical description; 255 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes music for voice and keyboard instrument. Includes index. Subjects; English literature. Art. Music. Aesthetics ; Literary collections. Beauty, Personal ; Literary collections. Genres; Anthologies - England - 1952. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by Hulton Press, London, 1956
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo., 1956. with presentation inscription from compiler to Griselda Lewis the designer of this book. Some light and very sporadic foxing otherwise very good in original quarter white cloth gilt and decorative paper covered boards. Slight browning/rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. In unclipped dustwrapper, lightly shelf-worn with light browning to spine and some light foxing to inside of wrapper, small tear top spine, good. please see photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Inscription from Complier.
Published by Hulton Press, London, 1956
Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition. Hulton Press, London, 1956. First edition. Book condition: very good. A little wear and a very slight lean to spine. Slight tanning to endpapers and some very light spotting to text block edges. Internally very clean. Dust Jacket: Fair. Unclipped. Edge wear and some chipping to corners. Slight loss to extremities of some folds. Alittle discolouration to spine and some light spotting. Generally rubbed and worn. An anthology of delightfully unusual material. From the seventeenth century mystical poet Quarles to Dylan Thomas, the poetic background of the British scene is presented with a rare feeling for exciting vistas and unfamiliar detail. The choice of illustrations range from a fifteenth century wood-carving in a Suffolk pub to an industrial street scene by L. S. Lowry, shows the same lively disregard for conventional taste. They include superb and important works of British art, they have been gathered from a wide variety of sources. A revealing and rewarding book with lots of illustrations - many in colour. Book.
Published by Studio Vista, London, 1965
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to., 320pp. Sharp First Edition of this anthology of dozens of stories from the likes of Dickens, Poe, Bradbury, Bierce and many more, including Shalespeare. Bound in purple cloth with titles in black and gilt on spine. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear or toning. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, (36s. net), has some tiny nicks and rubbing to edges, folds and tips. Still fresh and bright with no creases or tears. A handosme collectable copy at a great price.
Published by Hulton, Vista, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1958
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 8vo.1958. Presentation inscription from compiler to John and Griselda Lewis the designer of this book. Some light and very sporadic foxing otherwise near very good in original cloth. Slight browning/rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. D/w lightly shelf-worn with light browning to spine. Overall near very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Hulton, Vista, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 8vo.1960. Presentation inscription from compiler to John and Griselda Lewis the designer of this book. Some light and very sporadic foxing otherwise near very good in original cloth. Slight browning/rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. D/w lightly shelf-worn with light browning to spine. Overall near very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Hamilton, London, 1976
ISBN 10: 0241894905 ISBN 13: 9780241894903
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. 1976 first edition of the Revised Edition. Signed by Hadfield on the copyright page. Size octavo, 224 pages including index. Red paper-covered boards decorated with gilt and white repeat pattern, white cloth spine section with gilt titles, bird and foliage pattern end-papers. Frontispiece Price-clipped dust jacket.
Published by Hulton Press, London, 1952
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
8vo. pp. 255, [i]. Coloured frontispiece. 62 full-page illustrations in the text, half are coloured. Musical examples in the text. Original publisher's white cloth-backed patterned boards lettered gilt on spine. Patterned endpapers from a design by William Morris. Presentation copy: 'For John Lewis, who justified the title, with the Editor's thanks & regards John Hadfield 29.xi.52.' Bookplate of John Lewis on front pastedown endpaper. Loosely inserted Order of Service for the funeral of Joy Hadfield (1928 - 2002), John Hadfield's second wife. Hadfield says in his introduction that in Part I he has 'sought to illustrate the course of human life, from birth to death, by passages of poetry and prose'. In Part II he has 'tried to give some indications of the beauty which can be found outside ourselves'. John Lewis (1912 1996), typographer, book designer, author and illustrator, designed the book with John Hadfield (1907 1999), editor for twenty-five years of the Saturday Book and for two decades a director of the publisher, George Rainbird. A very good copy. Very good.