Hillyer Anthony (11 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Fine. 15 pp. with map. Complete Title includes the Subtitle: Being the Fifth Part of His Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World as Recounted to Anthony Hillyer. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean, white and bright. 4" x 6". Printed wrappers in protective sleeve. Book.

Condition: Nr Fine. Unpaginated though 20 pp. Stricker 1936 New Year's Eve greeting publication laid-in [bifolium, 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"]. 7-1/2" x 4-1/4" The second of "3 Tudor Grotesques" printed by Stricker. Off-white paper covers, printed in gold & red, sewn. Deckle edges. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve 1st printing thus. Limited to 150 cc, "for private distribution".

Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pp: 31, (1) note, colophon. Bound in white rag wrappers, deckled edges; cover, title-page and colophon decorated in blue. 7.75" x 4.5" One of 150 copies only. This is Stricker's third Tudor Grotesque, published posthumously for members of the Rounce & Coffin Club, The Typophiles, and other friends of the author.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 12mo. 31pp. String-tied printed wrappers. Very slight soiling, but still easily fine. Copy number 42 of 150 numbered copies. The third of three essays by this author on Elizabethan notables and published thusly.

Condition: Good. 16vo. 24 pp. Black and white plates. Hard cover. Very good.

Condition: Good. 16vo. 31 pp. Black and white plates. Soft cover. Very good.

12mo. 31p. Under his famous personage, Anthony Hillyer, Thomas Perry Stricker wrote three essays on Elizabethan personages. Originally they were composed in 1934 when he worked for Jake Zeitlin when he cataloged rare books for Jake's best clients. When he died in 1945, the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library established a collection of his work. His widow, Ethel Elton Striker, included this as noted by L.C.P. [Lawrence Clark Powell]. The colophon is noted as #1 and is signed by Gordon Holmquist and an unnamed assistant with the note this was the "1st issue".

Half Buckram. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. First edition in very good condition. Tan buckram with green paper wrapping front and back covers, leaving corner triangles exposed, and green paper spine label. Printed in black with an antique pump pictured on front cover. Slightly cocked, with light soil, one bumped corner, and a few small grease spots on back board. Rare book is signed and inscribed by the author on the ffep. Humorous fiction by a famous trapeze artist, vaudevillian and actor who played Uncle Harry in :The Wizard of Oz". Title page designed by Will Cheney. 232 pp. Fiction, Humor, Rare, Signed books. Signed and Inscribed.

Condition: Good. 12mo. String-Bound Wraps. Letterpress on Deckled Rag. 31 pp. Very Good. Former owner's bookplate (Frank Weitenkampf) within cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 12mo, limited to 270 copies. Brown & black boards, 42 pp. "These notes, now first published, convey, in part, the revolt of an individual against the predominating Oriental influences that are disemboweling the once powerful civilization of the West.Very small chip at bottom of spine, otherwise fine in a very good dustwrapper with several small closed tears along the edges, small open tears at top and bottom of spine.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 42 pages. From first edition of 270 copies. Consists of unbound four-page segments stored in a brown card cover. Three interesting pieces from publisher laid-in. Contents clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to cover.