Intro James Williams (9 results)

Stated 1st Printing. Selection of inspirational sayings with full-page color illustrations. Nice bright clean copy. 4-3/4 x 7-3/4, 61 pp, full-pg color illu, purple endpapers. Fine unmarked, in Near Fine unclipped jacke.t Hardcover in color illlus boards, in color illus jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VERY GOOD CONDITION, Name ep "Hernandez" else clean, solid, bright. ; Black titles on glossy white paper covers showing PALM TREES BLOWING IN THE WIND COVER ART.; 230 pages; 25 of its most renowned writers.home or haven to many of this country's esteemed authors.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gray cloth, lettered in dark blue. Moderate shelf/handling wear, cloth soiled on back cover, several moisture rings to front cover cloth, toned/foxed spine panel. xviii,237 pp. Acceptable reading copy, elusive first edition with matching dates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, lightly tanned pages. Cloth over boards is lightly soiled and shelf worn. Spine darkened with label at lower spine. Fictionalized account of military service in the Civil War. Ex-Library; 9.5" tall; 237 pages.…

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Black CLOTH thin HARDCOVERS (LIMP). VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.; GOLD TITLES SPINE SHIELD LOGO. AN ESSPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE BINDING FOR THIS POPULAR SERIES.GOLD SPINE TITLES INSIDE 5 RAISED BANDS.SPINE SHOWS GOLD VE RI TAS (shield), Author, spine # & "COLLIER".COVER SHOWS BLIND EMBOSED 1" SHIELD.GOLD TOP EDGE With DECORATED ENDPAPERS SAILING SHIPS, TALL CHURCH SPIRES, WHITE CLOUDS.ALL GREEN INK ON WHITE ENDPAPERS. SINGLE VOLUME PART OF A NICE S E T. ; 422pg pages. Illustrated by THACKERAY'S HOUSE Frontis Ilust (illustrator). …

Condition: NEW. 2000. Glossy-finish hardcover. No jacket issued. 365pp. Index. NEW.

Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Publisher's colour illustrated boards. Copiously illustrated throughout in colour. Signed by both artists at the title page to Alan Yentob; "To Alan, all our very best, olly suzi x." ISBN: 0810942666Heavy book, may require an additional postage charge outside of the UK. Very good condition, with a little shelfwear at corners and some sun bleaching and small dints at spine. Pages slightly yellowed towards edges. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). …

Leather. Condition: Very Good. A charming illustrated edition of two of James Thomson's most popular poetical works, with an introduction by Allan Cunningham. In a full red morocco binding. A series of poems by James Thomson, a Scottish poet and playwright. The Seasons consist of four poems which were extremely influential, and stimulated works by Joshua Reynolds, John Christopher Smith, Joseph Haydn, Thomas Gainsborough and J. M. W. Turner. Castle of Indolence is written in Spenserian stanzas, which were outdated at the time, and initiated an interest which would later influence English Romantic poets such as Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, and John Keats. With a biographical and critical introduction by Allan Cunningham, a Scottish poet and author. Including in text illustrations throughout by Samuel William. In a full morocco binding. Externally, fading to spine, with light shelf wear to the head and tail. Rubbing to joints and extremities of boards. Slight cracking to the head and tail of the joints. Odd light mark to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Samuel Williams (illustrator). book.…

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: VG+. Not Issued. Dark burgundy 3/4 morocco, 5 raised spine bands with lettering and compartments in gilt, marbled paper covered boards bordered in gilt, deckled text block edges w/ top edge in gilt, marbled endsheets. Approx. 16" x 12". xx,120 pp., illus. w/ 15 watercolor plates, 31 full-page photogravures (all w/ captioned guards) and 150+ other illus. Early printing, copyrighted 1891, this copy dated 1894 on lower main title. Mild shelf wear, lightly rubbed with minor exposure at top corners and a few areas of exposure along edges, leather chipped with approx. 1/2" square loss at head of spine and narrow sliver of loss at heel, leather rubbed along joints, which remain firm. Accompanied by an additional sepia photographic plate of "The room in which Shakespeare was born," from another volume. Nicely preserved copy of a scarce, sumptuous work. Photos available upon request. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Book.…