Dresses Elia (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edn, colour ill. by Walter Crane, repaired spine, 4" piece missing from pictorial cover, all pages in colour, smallish tip missing from ffep, minimum wear to pages, rubbed edges.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Good +. First Edition. Sumptuously illustrated throughout by this classic English illustrator. No dustwrapper, as issued. Cover, particularly the edges worn, but interior fine and bright. French-fold (Only printed on one side of each page). Some minor tears. Front ffep had come away and been poorly affixed back. Owners neat ink inscription in German dated 1901 on verso of ffep. Some thumbmarks. (perversely the photo shown, is the worst view of the book, the interior being Very Good).…

Hardcover. 40 p. Good condition for age. Reading pages are clean and without markings. Signs of storage and use commensurate with age. Corners / edges heavily rubbed. Ex-Libris sticker in the first page. Some book pages repaired. Otherwise decent copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 454.

4to., unpaginated; VG/no DJ; spine tan cloth with no lettering, cloth-backed pictorial paper boards; some rubbing and shelfwear to boards; bumping and peeling to corners; 40 illustrated plates, each with boxed-in text in the artist's calligraphic hand, on folded pages, Japanese style; NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1277743. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. 29.5 by 22 cm. 40, [1] pp. Leaves are folded in the Japanese manner, giving the leaves a substantiality. In this, one of Walter Crane's most famous works, he freely draws upon the styles of dress from the Jacobean, Georgian, Regency periods, as well as those from a vague Medieval past -- court jesters, wizards, etc. -- such as one finds in fairy tales, some ball gowns more contemporary to him. The illustrations are a pageantry of color inspired by the work's fanciful progression of the calendar. This is a near exemplary copy of the work that was a part of the Forbes Magazine Collection (which was a privately owned museum gallery). A discrete impressed stamp identifies it as such and it may thus be technically considered ex-lib, although the provenance in this instance, combined with its lovely condition, would seem to enhance the copy. The dust jacket is an uncommon survival. Externally there is one minor corner chip and light wear besides. If one lifts the jacket off the book one will see an old edge tape repair that is best to leave as is. Hardcover, illustrated paper pastedown. …

4to. 22 (44 S.) Doppelbätter durchgehend farbig illustriert von Walter Crane. Farbig illustr. Orig.-Halbleinwandband. Erste Ausgabe. - Kapitale bestossen, Kanten berieben. 1. Doppelblatt (Vortitel und Titel) aufgetrennt, letztes Doppelblatt mit geklebtem Einriss. Sonst gutes Exemplar.

First Edition. First edition, small folio, pp. [44] frenchfold; illustrated in color throughout by Walter Crane; illustrated endpapers, original yellow cloth-backed pictorial boards; very good.