Ernest Rhys, Signed (4 results)

Cloth Bound. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Charming anthology by leading writers. 1917 first edition in good+ condition. 320-page text in very good, tight, clean condition. Well illustrated with coloured plates and black-and-white drawings by leading artists. Slight age-browning of frontispiece and title page No inscriptions. Binding in good+ condition, with minor wear to extremities. See photographs attached. (BM12). Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A charming anthology inspired by experiences visiting British and French camps during World War I, written and signed by Ernest Rhys, most famous as editor of the Everyman Library. The Leaf Burners, a charming poetic anthology, written by Welsh-English poet and writer Ernest Rhys. Published by J.M. Dent and Sons in 1918, the same year that the First World War ended.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The poet's signed inscription on the blank before the title page.Rhys, most famous as the editor of the very successful Everyman Library series of classics published by Dent in the early twentieth century, was an accomplished poet and well-acquainted with fellow writers like W.B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. This particular anthology is inspired by visits to camps in France and Britain during the First World War. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart, with slight signs of shelf wear. Minor bumping to the tail of the spine. Slight patches of fading to the extremities of the front board, slightly heavier to the back board. Dust wrapper is generally clean, with the occasional small faint spot and signs of fading. Heavier fading and browning to the spine wrapper. Signs of shelf wear to the rear bottom edge of wrapper, and chips to the head and tail of the wrapper spine. A small split to middle of front wrapper joint, and a larger split to the rear joint of wrapper. End papers are generally bright and clean, with mild signs of offsetting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the rare faint spot to extremities of the occasional leaf. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1895. First trade edition. Small folio full cream mesh cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Leighton's works, 15 of the reproductions in photogravure. A beautiful copy of this massive work. Tipped onto the front free endpaper is an ALS from Leighton. Preserved in the original publisher's glassine and clamshell case. Some wear to the case. Very scarce in this wonderful condition and with the ALS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Unexpurgated Edition. Signed in ink "J.B. Priestley, Trinity Hall, Cambridge" atop half-title. Presumably he read this book while attending Cambridge following his military service in WWI. Upon front free endpaper is a 5 x 5cm printed label which reads "From the library of J.B. Priestley". Many years later Priestley wrote Found, Lost, Found which featured a hard-drinking protagonist named Thomas Dekker. According to a clipping circa 1893 affixed to half-title, the author of the plays in this book had the same name and 'No man of the day was more familiar with the tavern, the debtors' prison, and the brothel." Thus, it would seem this book had a lasting impact upon Mr. Priestley. Above-average wear to olive green cloth-covered boards. Hinges starting. Moderate lean to spine. Binding intact. Signed in pencil upon half-title by prior owner, Dr. Oscar Clark (d.1913), whose decorative bookplate is mounted inside front board. A wonderful J.B.Priestley collectible.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; From the Library of J.B. Priestly Signed Thomas Dekker Plays Found Lost Found Dr. Oscar William Clark M.A. M.B. Oxon.; Signed by Author(s).