Jestin Loftus (34 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Dust Jacket. 355 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback in very good+ condition. 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. ".will prove to be a unique resource for students of both the graphic and the literary arts of eighteenth century England." 355 pages; 7 x 10 1/2 " Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. Very good+ hardcover in good dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; illustrations, boards and text all very good+. DJ has rubbing/minor shelfwear and a penny-sized chip missing at head of front cover. Else in great shape. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. One closed tear to bottom of dust jacket. Illustrated in black & white; 355pp.

hardcover. Condition: Used-Good. Reprint 2016 ed. Cloth, d.j. Minor shelf-wear. Corners bumped.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A FINE beautiful, unread copy; NEAR FINE DJ in mylar cover has very light bits of isolated wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. University of Pennsylvania Press, Phila. c.1990, 1st. 7-1/4"x10-1/4", hardcover, 355pp. including 118 illusts. NF in edgeworn dj $.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; dj w/lite wear only, in mylar; 355 clean, unmarked pages; 118 b/w illus. Richard Bentley (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine--. No Printing Stated. The author offers a facsimile of Designs (out of print since 1786) and a full-length interdisciplinary study of the collaboration of Bentley, Gray and Walpole that produced this extraordinary book. 355 pages including index. Illustrations. Dust jacket has small, mended tear along upper front edge. Lovely copy. NOTE: Book is heavier than average and will require additional postage for shipping. Richard Bentley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Publisher's green cloth with silver spine lettering, quarto, pp. ix, 355. Illustrated. Very Good with just light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Small Tears. clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Publisher's green cloth with silver spine lettering, quarto, pp. ix, 355. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Illustrated. First edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. First edition. Very good in a very good (light edge wear) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990. First edition, 1990, with a personalized inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Green cloth with dustjacket. The book is about fine, firm binding, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is very good with light edgewear and a few tiny closed edge tears, no paper loss. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. clean, unmarked copy.

First Edition. First Edition. large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket. 355pp. Univ of Pennsylvania Press, From the dust jacket: 'In 1753 Robert Dodsley published Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. Sponsored by Horace Walpole, this luxurious quarto was the first major aesthetic expression of the Strawberry Hill circle and a landmark in English book illustrations. Kenneth Clark has called it "the most graceful monument to Gothic Rococo." Its witty interplay between illustration and text anticipated Blake, who studied it some thirty years later. Among its poems is Gray's famous Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. Loftus Jestin offers a facsimile of Designs (out of print since 1786) and a full-length interdisciplinary study of the collaboration of Bentley, Gray, and Walpole that produced this extraordinary book. He shows the way poems and illustrations at once complement, compete with, and invigorate each other, and he examines Strawberry Hill, Walpole's house at Twickenham, where Bentley's genius flourished. Corners and fore-edge of boards bumped. Light wear to jacket. large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper1. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes a facsimile of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems / by Mr. T. Gray. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Facsimile of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray -- Introduction -- History of the publication -- Background for Bentley's graphic art -- Title page fleuron -- Designs for Ode on the spring -- Designs for Ode on the death of a favorite cat -- Designs for Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College -- Designs for A long story -- Designs for Hymn to adversity -- Designs for Elegy written in a country church-yard -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Designs for The bard -- Appendix II: Identification of engravers -- Appendix III: Illustrations. Subjects; Bentley, R. (Richard) 1708-1782 Criticism and interpretation. Gray, Thomas 1716-1771 Illustrations. Illustration of books 18th century England. English poetry Illustrations. Illustrators - 18th Century - United Kingdom. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper1. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes a facsimile of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems / by Mr. T. Gray. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Facsimile of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray -- Introduction -- History of the publication -- Background for Bentley's graphic art -- Title page fleuron -- Designs for Ode on the spring -- Designs for Ode on the death of a favorite cat -- Designs for Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College -- Designs for A long story -- Designs for Hymn to adversity -- Designs for Elegy written in a country church-yard -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Designs for The bard -- Appendix II: Identification of engravers -- Appendix III: Illustrations. Subjects; Bentley, R. (Richard) 1708-1782 Criticism and interpretation. Gray, Thomas 1716-1771 Illustrations. Illustration of books 18th century England. English poetry Illustrations. Illustrators - 18th Century - United Kingdom. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. 355pp with b/w illustrations.

Gray, Thomas-Richard Bentley 1st. ed.not read or opened. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. x., 355 pp., illustrated. Unread copy, still shrinkwrapped. 0812281845 Large 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A Fine edition housed in an equally Fine dust-jacket; and PuginThis book is an adaptation of Thomas Gray's poems, and it is illustrated by Richard Bentley. The illustrations depict various scenes from the poems, and they are beautiful. The book is a great way to enjoy Gray's poems, and the illustrative work is amazing.; 355 pages; Price? ? .…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Book as new.

First edition. 4to. 355 pp. 118 full page illustrations. Cloth in dustwrapper, fine copy. (90319).

Hardback. Condition: New. In 1753 Robert Dodsley published Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. Sponsored by Horace Walpole, this luxurious quarto was the first major aesthetic expression of the Strawberry Hill circle and a landmark in English book illustration. Kenneth Clarke called it "the most graceful monument to Gothic Rococo." Its witty interplay between illustration and text anticipated Blake, who studied it some thirty years later. Among its poems is Gray's famous Elegy Written in a Courtly Church-Yard. Loftus Jestin offers a facsimile of Designs (out of print since 1786) and a full-length interdisciplinary study of the collaboration of Bentley, Gray, and Walpole that produced this extraordinary book. He shows the way poems and illustration at once complement, compete with and invigorate each other, and he examines Strawberry Hill. Walpole's house at Twickenham, where Bentley's genius flourished. He also considers the interplay of the sister arts in the work of Hogarth, Kent, and Pine, and surveys the tastes, friendships, economics, and politics that helped shape the development of Bentley's book illustrations.…