Hope Read (8 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Shelf and spine wear -- reader's copy. Pages yellowing from age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hope-Read (illustrator). x, 182pp. Pink cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine label. 8vo. Bumped spine ends. Boards sun-faded at edges and where there is jacket loss. Top text block edge sprayed red, faded; bottom edge stained. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine and front sun faded, has loss, light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. One of France's earliest prose works, this is the book that made his name as a novelist, previously best known for his poetic endeavours. It is the story of Sylvestre Bonnard, an elderly and highly respected scholar, who encounters unexpected problems when he sets out to fund an ancient manuscript.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hope-Read (illustrator). Translated and with an Introduction by Lafcadio Hearn. 180pp. Decorated pink cloth covered boards with leather label. No dustjacket. B + w lithograph illustrations by Hope-Read. Dating from the second year of the Folio Society, this copy has extensive spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise internally clean.

Pink decorative covers. Condition: Very Good. First FS Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded Edge-block foxed. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). vii, 180pp + plates. 14 b/w plates.

Pink decorative covers. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition with dust jacket in protective wrapper. Dust jacket sunned. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). vii, 180pp + plates. 14 b/w plates.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hope-Read (illustrator). First Thus. 1st UK edition thus this format and a fairly early Folio Society item, 8vo, 180pp, translated by Lafcadio Hearn, Book Society bookplate to fr free endpaper, and boards very mildly rubbed o/w VG Copy in lightly worn DJ, a little sunned at spine and rubbed and nicked about extrems but without significant loss Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Folio Society edition hard back binding in publisher's original pink patterned cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 180 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Rubbing of the cloth across the top edges, bookplate inside and in Good condition, no slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOLIO SOCIETY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1-222; 223-396. 2-volume set (complete). Contains colour and black and white plates. No dust jacket, as published. Stamps for Halifax Antiquarian Society and "Withdrawn" stamp on front end-papers and prelims. Pages of main text and plates (including reverse of plates) are free from stamps. Hand-written reference numbers on end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119061016. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.