Elison Thomas (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of one short novel, one novelet and seven short stories. Featured are one short novel - The Spy Who Was Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday. The novelet is A List of Seven by Robert W. Alexander. The short stories are: The Pickup Man by Jack Ritchie, Brutus is an Honorable Man by Evelyn Bond, The Water Cure by Tighe Jarratt, Justice Served by Hal Ellson, O'Kane Was Able Jack Laflin, Hangover by Edward Wellen. A 1/4-inch chip to the bottom edge of the front cover. Slight spine slant. Light reading creases to the spine. In good condition.

8vo [26 x 16 cm]; [ii], engraved title page, 55 engraved plates, some with two figures, garden plans. orig plain paper wraps (worn, tears, minor fraying, without spine), lightly foxed, title page chipped in margin, leaf with short tear, good complete copy in fine custom made, cloth covered box, with gilt title lettering on spine label, interior marbled p. An early work on garden ornament and buildings, plates being detailed, mostly with accompanying plans on lower part of sheet. Both Middleton and Elison have been named as the author. Berlin Katalog 3433. Scarce and not in the usual references. A picture of this book is available on request.

8°, Halbleinen. Condition: Gut. XXIII, 208 Seiten : Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, Deckel berieben, Seiten altersgemäß angedunkelt/altersspurig, sonst sehr gut erhalten, 6 gefaltete Tabellen und 1 mehrfach gefaltete lithographierte Karte DE-10-19c Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 365.

First edition, royal 8vo (236 x 141 mm), engraved title page followed by 55 engraved plates, occasional light spotting but generally and nice clean copy, nineteenth-century quarter morocco, spine rubbed with head a little chipped. A rare pattern book which contains a wide selection of designs for park and garden structures in a variety of styles shown in elevation and plan. This work was traditionally attributed to Charles Middleton, but is now known to be by a Thomas Elison, whose name appears on the title page of a early nineteenth-century Leipzig reprint. It has been variously dated between 1800 and 1805. Provenance: Contemporary neat ink signature to head of title page 'James Masterton'. Archer, 68.1; RIBA, 970.