Edited James Laver (20 results)

Wrappers. Condition: Good. First Edition. 4 pp. ads. i-vii. 1-31. 120 pages of full-page plates of set designs from contemporary productions, some in color. Cover illustration in white, black and pink; this is apparently the original Special Winter Number of The Studio, issued in wrappers. Includes set and costume designs by Edm…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Description: Illustrated in black and white with engravings by Pierre-Yves Tremois. Translated into English verse by various hands; edited, with an introduction and notes, by James Laver. Includes the publisher's insert, The Heritage Club Sandglass. BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy and white patterned…

Embossed Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Fair (in mylar). Special Winter Number of "The Studio" 1927-B; Gifter's calling card taped to ffep, usual age toning, else textblock is very clean and tight; Bumped and worn spine tips and board corners; Unclipped and very worn and frayed dust jacket, large chip at foot of spine, chippe…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. [xii], 390p. Top corner of last pages and back cover dented, book plate on front pastedown, top of cover and spine sunned with cloth on top and bottom of spine unraveling. B&w and color plates. Includes chapters on clothing of the early Tudor, Elizabethan, Jacobean, and…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, scarlet title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 4to 10½'' x 8''. Contains 28 printed pages of text followed by 66 colour and monochrome plates on coated paper. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Me…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep scarlet buckram covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, elaborate gilt scallop design covering the whole front cover, colour photographic end papers. 4to 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains [vi] 135 pp with colour illustrations and photographs throughout. In Fin…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep scarlet buckram covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, elaborate gilt scallop design covering the whole front cover, colour photographic end papers. 4to 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains [vi] 135 pp with colour illustrations and photographs throughout. In Fin…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Two A3 folders containing the twenty six A3 sized reproductions. Original texts are alongsaide mid-twentieth century descriptions of the same scenes noting changes from original views. Of course they will have changed even more by now. Perfect for framing, or enjoy a…

Hardcover. First Edition. Small Quarto; VG-; mildly sunned spine with gilt text; first edition; missing jacket; cloth exterior shows light exterior wear; minor edge wear; sturdy boards; text block edges slightly age toned; slight black marker mark to copyright page; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 116. 1350474. FP…

Hardcover. Large Octavo, viii, 304 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Lacking the slipcase. Bound in the publisher's burgundy cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including lightly sunned spine and sparse faint smudges exteriorly. Text block has top edge gilt and slight age toning to the fore/tail…

Condition: Very Good. 1946-1949. First editions. The Curtain Press Ltd. London. 1946-1949. First editions. 9 volumes in wrappers, octavo. All housed in three slipcases with paper covers designed by Joan Hassall. No. 1 with 16 pages, increasing to No. 9 with 60 pages. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout, including one tipped-…