Gabriel Monro (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Monro, Gabriel - Photographer (illustrator). First Edition. dust jacket is mylar wrapped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Dj shelf worn & toned with scuffs, small scratches, creases & small tears repaired with clear tape in a mylar cover. **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses.**.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Monro, Gabriel (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very Good+ dust jacket illustrated on front and back, price clipped. A mylar dust jacket has been added. Very Good+ binding is dark blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine. Several fade spots to boards. Black-and-white and color illustration throughout. Page edges show toning. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 12.0" tall x 8.7" wide. Stated "First Edition" About the book (from the dust jacket) In this first survey of children's books for the collector, Eric Quayle describes works from the late sixteenth century to the present day, with illustrations taken from his own extensive and valuable collection. Hand-colored frontispieces, woodcut or copperplate engravings convey the ephemeral, elusive pleasure these books brought to children of past centuries. Apart from describing books in the more familiar fields of juvenilia, such as fairy tales, folklore, poetry and rhymes, Eric Quayle also discusses the development of history and travel books, adventure stories, and annuals. Before television provided a more predictable gallery of heroes, the comics, penny dreadfuls, and other illustrated books furnished a teeming world of fantasy. The author leads the collector into a fascinating study of the most imaginative field of literary history. Many of the books the author describes were bought cheaply, but some of the rare first editions were costly acquisitions. Eric Quayle has spent twenty years building up his collection of children's books, containing world-famous volumes. The present-day collector still has many opportunities to explore new fields and, with the help of this comprehensive work, he can purchase books with confidence in his ability to collect in a specialist field. Book collecting can be the most rewarding of hobbies, both from the satisfaction derived in enjoying these charming and often precious books, and from the sound financial investment a collection represents.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Illustrated by Photographs by Gabriel Monro (illustrator). First Edition. DJ spine top has 3/4" splits & 1/2" scuffs, DJ spine foot has 1/8" scuff (now in mylar sleeve). ; Quayle describes works from the late 16th C to 1970 (hand colored frontispieces, woodcut or copperplate engravings; discusses the development of history and travel books, adventure stories, and annuals, penny dreadfuls, fantasy. ; 8 3/4 x 12 "; 144 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. photographs by Gabriel Monro (illustrator). Firmly bound with the cover quite heavily damp discoloured. The jacket is not price clipped with a faded spine.

Hardcover. pp. 144. 4to. Dark blue cloth binding. Illustrations and photos. Light shelfwear and discolouration to binding. Dustjacket considerably worn and nicked, with some tearing; very good in good- dustjacket.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Monro, Gabriel. (illustrator). First. Illustrated in color and black & white. 143pp. Tall 4to, black cloth, slightly edge-worn d.w. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1971). First edition. Slightly edge-worn, still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Gabriel Monro (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Book has some light, general wear with a couple of very small stains or discolorations on the to edge. The jacket has a rough area of staining on the bottom right corner along with some wear, small tears and creases, on the top edge with staining on the underside of the jacket. Overall, this is a solid and still attractive copy with the problems noted. This is a well-written and well-illustrated book about book collecting. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Monro, Gabriel (illustrator). 1st Edition. first American edition; publisher's black cloth; lettering in gilt on spine; black pictorial dust jacket; lettering in white on spine; hinges tight; spine is square; all of the numerous illustrations and plates in monochrome and full colour are present in excellent condition; 144 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. MONRO Gabriel (illustrator). 1st Edition. In blue cloth, gilt spine titles, edges rubbed, illustrated wraps. Internally, half title, [6], 7-144 pp, numerous illustrations, ink name to fep. (298*216 mm). REDUCED.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photographys by Gabriel Monro (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st edition Studio Vista an almost fine copy with an unclipped D/j again almost fine - Posting from Cornwall ST108 Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Has DJ & 1st Edition & Photographs by Gabriel Monro -- EMAIL for Pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Monro, Gabriel (photographs) (illustrator). First Edition. London: Studio Vista, 1971. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is lightly rubbed at the corners but has NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1971. First Edition. A beautifully illustrated book, with many full color plates. Has chapters on Juvenile Incunabula, 18th Century Children's Books, Fairy, Folk Tales and Fantasy, Books of Instruction, Poetry, Periodicals, Nursery Rhymes, Boy's Adventure Stories, Moveable Books, etc. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket. 8.75" wide by 12" tall. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Monro, Gabriel (photographs). 144pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Cloth. Condition: Working Copy. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Monro, Gabriel (illustrator). For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. An opportunity to acquire a working copy at a reasonable price of this book. Water stain to boards and some pages. Otherwise mostly clean inside. F.e.p. has been stuck down. Ex library. Decorative dust wrapper is in good order but is stained on the inside only. Buying more than one book will save on postage costs. To help our customers, we have split our books into 70 + categories. Size: 8.5" - 12" Tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First US edition. Photographs by Munro. Illustrated throughout in black and white, and color. Book is fine. Dust jacket has light wear to extremities. 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. 144 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Gabriel Monro(Pictures) (illustrator). The Collector's Books of Books by Eric Quayle A firm copy. Minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Gilt to spine. Navy boards. Pictorial dust jacket with minor edgewear. Not price-clipped. A history of books intended for book collectors. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Photographs by Gabriel Monro (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. "This is the first general work to be published which considers the entire history of English literature from the viewpoint of the book-collector. For the benefit of collectors and would-be collectors [it] Quayle describes the points to look for and the pitfalls to beware, covering every area of this absorbing pursuit. Beginning with the earliest printed books, he discusses novels and romances, poetry, drama, science and medicine, travel, natural history, early children's books, detective fiction and a miscellany of specialized fields - old bibles, books on sport and cookery, and erotica. There is a chapter on binding, and a comprehensive glossary of technical terms" A handsome gift book 144, illus [some col.] glossary, abbreviations, index. NOTE a Heavy [[1.2 kg] oversize volume [30x22x3 cm].

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated, Photographs By Gabriel Monro (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Folio size in cloth, near fine in near fine dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Gabriel Monro. Very scarce.

Hardcover. Photographs by Gabriel Monro (illustrator). First edition. Quarto-sized (oversized). Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and some light spotting to back cover. Dj has some wear and rubbing along edges with some minor tears and light scuffing. Inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper. Slight foxing to page edges. 160 pages with illustrations, bibliography, and index. A nicely illustrated look at the genre of young boys' fiction. Good in Good price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Monro, Gabriel (illustrator). First Edition. first UK edition; publisher's brown cloth; lettering in silver on spine; white pictorial dust jacket; lettering in black and red on spine and on front cover; hinges tight; spine is square; all of the numerous illustrations and plates in monochrome and full colour listed plates in full colour are present in excellent condition; 160 pages; dust jacket is not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Monro, Gabriel (illustrator). 1st Edition. first UK edition; publisher's black cloth; lettering in gilt on spine; black pictorial dust jacket; lettering in white on spine and on front cover; hinges tight; spine is square; small book plate of a previous owner on front free end paper; all of the numerous listed plates in full colour are present in excellent condition; 144 pages; in addition the books contains a multitude of monochrome illustrations; dust jacket is not price clipped.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 4to. 12'' x 9''. Contains 143 pp with monochrome and colour photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading of the yellow colour down the spine, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photography By Gabriel Monro (illustrator). First Edition. handsome copy of one of the books on children's books.

Condition: Good. 4to. 143 pp. Very Good. Hard Cover. Black cloth covered boards. Dust Jacket Very Good. Minor shelf wear. DJ unclipped. In protective mylar wraps. Color and B&W plates throughout. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

Condition: Good. 143 pp. Dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and. Very good. Color plates. Brodart Jacket. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

Condition: Good. 143 pp. Dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt spine and. Very good with marginal edgewear to dust jacket. Color plates. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

[1971]. (4to) Very good in fine dust jacket. 144pp. Illustrations, black and white and color photographs, glossary, bibliography, index. There is a previous owner's bookplate. Photography by Gabriel Monro. (Books About Books, Book Collecting, Books, Collectibles).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gabriel Monro [photographs] (illustrator). First edition. A lovely first edition of this insightful guide to the collecting of children's books, with illustrations throughout. The first edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A valuable survey of children's books from the sixteenth century to the respective modern day.Illustrated throughout with monochrome and coloured photographs of the books' contents.With fascinating studies of the imaginative fairy and folk tales, poetry, and rhymes from the popular authors and illustrators of the times.From notable British bibliophile and collector, Eric Quayle, who built up a substantial collection over his lifetime, totalling 16,000 volumes at the time of his death, many of which were children's books. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with slight edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Monro S. Orr (illustrator). Limited Edition. Limited edition, Number 239 of 620 copies. Octavo. Illustrated by Monro S. Orr. Eight page introduction by Mackenzie Bell. Original full limp vellum, t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good. 43 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by W. Lewis at the University Press in Cambridge.