Edited Introduction John Mitchell (6 results)

First edition Near fine tall stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Bright text. Attractive all around.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green large-format clothbound with dustjacket. Only flaw to book is light edge wear to dj including a one inch crack; otherwise very clean, square at the edges, and tightly bound. Interior text and numerous illustrations are superb. Due to book size, some destinations may require extra postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1972) 128 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ faint sunning to bottom edges. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Asterisk drawn in green marker to top corner of front endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w photos. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. First Edition. 5 x 7.75in. xlvii. 336pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE. Shows the half-title and frontispiece evenly and marginally toned, otherwise remains Fine/As New. As pictured.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1stedn; 4to illuswraps, VG: 285pp; "The Red Pear Garden" is an indispensable collection of Peking Opera, offering a usable production text of three undisputed masterpieces. Includes "The White Snake," "Wild Boar Forest," and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. No. 7 of an edition of 100 copies. This copy with a personalized pencil inscription on the title page by the publisher, Rob Rulon-Miller. The inscription is dated "8/8/13". 61, [2] pages. Green cloth boards, with green cloth slipcase. Paper title label on spine of book and also on slipcase. Page dimensions: 253 x 161mm (10" x 6 1/2"). Hand-set text, printed on handmade Umbria Bianco paper. An edition of a handwritten specimen for an etymological dictionary. The anonymous specimen was dated 1830, and has entries for 51 words. The Introduction gives an interesting short history of the development of etymological dictionaries of English words. Among the evidence assembled for the attribution of the 'Specimen' to Kemble, are "two explicit references to 'Beowulf', under 'fey' and 'sark'." - Introduction, page 18. Contents includes an "Editor's Bibliography", a list of "Works Cited in the Manuscript", and a list of "References Used by the Compiler". One tipped-in illustration shows a page of the 1830 manuscript. Text predominantly in black, with the numerals for the 51 entries and some other ornaments printed in a crimson-red colour.