Edy John William (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Richard Floete, Eric C. Ricort, Sylvain Sauvage, John Austen, C. Pal Molnar, Yngve Berg, Edy Legrand, Eric Gill, Vera Willoughby, Barnett Freedman, Edward Baurden, Graham Sutherland, Carlotta Petrina, Arthur Rackham, Fritz Kredel, Friz Eichenberg, et al (illustrator). Limited Edition. Thirty-seven hardcovers with boards covered in purple, orange, tand, and white patterned paper; with natural cloth spines with gilt lettering; top edges gilt; deckled edges; each volume with a different artist; limited edition 578 / 1950. All 37 books in very good condition: spines have darkened with age; a bit of spotting on some spines; a handful with orange crayon on endpapers and near back endpapers; one has a small black mark on back board; all but one have Limited Edition Commentary insert. The Ten Years and William Shakespeare is bound in thin suede; poor condition with spine missing and other wear. Also a 20-page softcover Shakespeare Commentary (very good) and Some Notes.section 2 only. Will require extra for shipping. Not available for priority or international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.

London: Published by Hurst, Robinson, and Co. Cheapside; Late Boydell and Co, 1820 (but more exactly 1830). Folio. 418 x 263 mm. Complete with title-page, Index to the plates, Introduction, half-title, text to all plates, 80 coloured aquatint plates. Contemporary red morocco. Spine with gilt lettering and gilt in compartments. Covers gilt. Rebacked, preserving the original spine. All edges gilt. A little rubbed. Title-page with some foxing, and text with minor occasional foxing and some offsetting. Clean plates. A second issue in one volume, a reprint of the plates watermarked 1824, 1827 or 1828. The plates are trimmed to remove the old publisher?s name, address and printing date. .

London: Published by Hurst, Robinson, and co. Cheapside; Late Boydell and Co, 1820. Large Folio, 473 x 312 mm. Two parts with two title-pages in one volume. Complete with preliminary text, text to plates and 80 finely aquatint plates, coloured in contemporary hand. Plates with English and Norwegian text, numbered; except plate 1-10, dated 1811-1817. Text with a few minor spots, otherwise a very clean and well preserved copy. With all tissue guards.Contemporary sprinkled full calf. Spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettering and red morocco labels. Preserved in a morocco box. Schiötz 295a**. .

London: Published by Hurst, Robinson, and Co. Cheapside; Late Boydell and Co, 1820 (but more exactly 1830). Folio. 418 x 263 mm. Complete with title-page, index to the plates, introduction, half-tite, text to all plates, 80 aquatint plates. Contemporary green morocco. Spine with gilt lettering and gilt in compartments. Covers gilt. Rebacked, preserving the original spine. Faded. All edges gilt. A little rubbed. Title-page with quite heavy foxing, text with some offsetting and minor foxing, but more foxing towards the end. Plates clean. A second issue in one volume, a reprint of the plates watermarked 1824, 1827 or 1828. The plates are trimmed to remove the old publisher?s name, address and printing date. .

Three aquatints printed in sepia. Some light staining to images, some small tears to edges of sheet.