Frontispiece Paget (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Edwards Lionel - Frontispiece By (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red covers with gilt titles to spine. Map eps.have some minor foxing. No inscriptions or foxing to printed pages. DJ is unclipped and has lose around edges.

Hard Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. HBDJ, 1932, stated 1st edition, Rub, Wear, Chips DJ, small pieces from DJ, PC,owner stamp, Slight Soil DJ, Green & Yellow spine cloth Cover slight wear Corners, Nice & Tight, VG/VG-, AS-IS.

Presumed 1st Edition. Hardback. Good decorated boards, no d/w. Bookplate, dated 1927, inside front board. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Beautifully engraved frontispiece of the Owlet (illustrator). 5th or later Edition. A beautiful FINE copy of this charming Owl story with Chapters such as: Hoot Topographical and Hoot Melancholic by the sometime minister of Elford Rectory, Staffordshire, the Rev. Paget (1806-1882). First published in 1856, this neat fifth edition attests the popularity of the book at the time. Set in the Churnet Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty, the text references Consall Hall and Forge, Froghall, and Cheddleton. Brown cloth (unmarked) stamped in black with owlet illustration and border designs to upper board with gilt titling to spine. Plain end-papers with no inscription, tissue guard to frontispiece/title page. Firm binding, well printed and clean throughout. Difficult to better this exceptional condition. 10% price reduction now applied.

Condition: Very Good. Frontispiece, Illustrations, Sidney Paget (illustrator). First Edition. First Colonial Edition. "Longmans' Colonial Library." Original green cloth, decorated spine and cover, moderate wear, covers, clean, gilt on spine bright. "This edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies." Frontispiece with tissue guard, all 15 illustrations by Sidney Paget intact. 13,000 copies were prepared at the end of March and issued on April 2, 1902. 2,000 more copies were issued in September. A total of 15,000 copies. There were 25,000 copies of the first edition. Almost never encountered in acceptable condition, this is a truly scarce book!