Farleigh John Illustrator (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Like new -- Prompt shipping with tracking. Ships in ONE day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, 2nd Impression. Text/As New; showing sporadic light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to front & rear endpapers. Vintage 1932, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Illustrated black boards/NF w/light rubs to leading edges. DJ/None. Illustrated endpapers. Discolored PO label to front cover verso. Novella. Written in 1932 while visiting South Africa by Irish playwright & 1925 Nobel winner Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) w/engravings from John Farleigh (1900 - 1965). 75 pgs. Story of an intelligent black girl, converted to Christianity by insubstantial missionary teachings, sets out, in search of God. Her journey, adventures & encounters ultimately leads her to a secular conclusion. Given the 1930s, the story, fortified by complementary illustrations (found risque by some), so offended conservative Christians that the book was banned in Ireland by the Board of Censors. John Farleigh (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Missing. First Edition. 1st printing, first state copy with 'Genises' for 'Genesis' on pg. 59. 75 pages. Designed and engraved by John Farleigh. Published in America by Dodd, Mead, & Company, New York, 1933. Printed by Vail-Ballou Press of Binghamton, NY. With illustrated endpapers and woodcuts throughout. No dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition. Text unmarked and clean, pages bright and crisp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Light bit of wear to head and heel of spine and back cover has a small whitish mark near bottom, overall shelfwear is very minor and exterior looks quite nice. From a private home collection. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 510pp, owner's name on half-title, edges browned, text clean and sound, green cloth, rubbed, Good / no dustwrapper.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered olive green cloth (upper board a little bowed and page edges spotted - otherwse VG), dustwrapper (long diagonal tear on upper cover with sellotape repair on tear and edges of cover - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 315, illus with wood engravings by John Farleigh (no inscriptions).…

Full Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Collector's Edition. Tiny bit of rubbing to gilt edges, bookplate w/typed owner's name afixed inside front cover; brown leather w/gilt page ends, moire endpapers, silk bookmark.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. vii, 304 pp. Near fine in original brick-colored cloth boards, top edge gilt, with a very good illustrated dust jacket that has mild evidence of shelf wear. The interior pages are clean and free of foxing. This edition is illustrated with bold black-and-white woodblock printings by John Farleigh.…

1st edition, hardback, 92pp, John Farleigh wood engraving frontispiece and cover; slight browning, otherwise clean and tight, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper browning and slightly frayed, protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No DJ. Scuffed covers with a touch of a stain on the back cover. No markings in book. Binding is tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. 316 pages. Woodcut illustrations by John Farleigh. Endpapers lightly spotted. Pages clean. No names or inscriptions. Dust jacket with one inside tape repair, now in removable film sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1934, 8vo, blue cloth gilt lettered, 111 pages. 3 full page wood engravings by Farleigh. 3 chapters: David the King; John the Baptist; and Mary the Virgin. No inscriptions, near Fine in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, 20 mm (1") chip to lower panel, tiny chip to top corner of upper panel, slightly worn at head and tail of spine and corners, couple of 20 mm closed tears, neatly repaired on reverse). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. [One of not more than 100 copies.] Printed in reddish-brown, with a wood-engraved vignette on p.[1] by John Farleigh and centrefold illustrations after William Blake. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition of 1500 copies, this being copy #869. Half cream and half light blue cloth cover is flawless. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's bookplate affixed to front paste down. Publisher's notes laid-in. Pages are clean and pristine. Slipcase is sunned with modest soiling and a couple on old tape repairs along the bottom edges but in good+ condition.; and; 0 pages. …

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 5 preliminary leaves, 193 pages illustrations, color plates 26 x 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Contents; The Jacobean Florist -- The Auricula -- The Old Primrose and Polyanthus -- The Old English Tulip -- Carnations and Pinks -- Miscellaneous Florists' Flowers -- Old Fashioned Roses -- Fuchsias -- The Nineteenth Century Florist -- Postscript -- Cultural Notes and Information. Subjects; Flowers. Gardening. Flowers. Gardening. Flower gardening. Gardens, England. Horticulture. Flowers Great Britain. Flowers. Gardening. Flowers History. Gardening History. Old-fashioned flowers. Florists' flowers. History. Landscaping. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 5 preliminary leaves, 193 pages illustrations, color plates 26 x 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Contents; The Jacobean Florist -- The Auricula -- The Old Primrose and Polyanthus -- The Old English Tulip -- Carnations and Pinks -- Miscellaneous Florists' Flowers -- Old Fashioned Roses -- Fuchsias -- The Nineteenth Century Florist -- Postscript -- Cultural Notes and Information. Subjects; Flowers. Gardening. Flowers. Gardening. Flower gardening. Gardens, England. Horticulture. Flowers Great Britain. Flowers. Gardening. Flowers History. Gardening History. Old-fashioned flowers. Florists' flowers. History. Landscaping. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg. …