John Austen Ill (9 results)

1st Heritage Press Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed patterned boards. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. Enclosed in original slipcase. ; 1 pages; Decsription: Various pagings. Ill. Form/Genre: Comedies. 1 Kg. …

1st Heritage Press Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed patterned boards. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. Enclosed in original slipcase. ; 1 pages; Decsription: Various pagings. Ill. Form/Genre: Comedies. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG. Evocative black and white plates by Austen as well as many striking black and white drawings in the text. A handsome book, vey nicely illustrated. Book very lightly worn, jacket is complete but with many tears, including one from top to bottom on rear joint. 416 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very good condition. Reprint. Small Quarto. xxi. 416pp., 14 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original light brown leather with gilt double ruling on covers, gilt lettering on red and black labels of spine, with gilt tooling and ruling. Gilt dentelles. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece of Madame Bovary, with tissue guard. Lithographic half-titles, head and endpieces, and illustrated with thirteen high quality full page b/w offset reproductions by John Austen in the text part. "The man who has seen Hamlet, or listened to a Beethoven symphony, for the first time is not the same man as he was before. Something mysterious has happened to him. The frontiers of his spiritual world have been enlarged. Beauty has distilled its subtle essence within the hidden places of his soul and, henceforth, life for him is fraught with a deeper and, almost inevitable, a sadder implication. A few, a very few, novels come into this high category, and of them Madame Bovary is one." (Introduction). A wonderful edition of one of the first realistic novels. Translated and introduction by J. Lewis May, with magnificent b/w illustrations by John Austen. Some light wear along edges and some sunning to upper front cover and spine. Brissaud, Pierre (illustrator).…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Light tanning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 333 pages, frontispiece, illustrations, plates ; 26 cm. Subjects; Criminals Fiction. Prostitutes Fiction. Repentance. Feminism. Patriarchy. Fiction. History. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Light tanning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 333 pages, frontispiece, illustrations, plates ; 26 cm. Subjects; Criminals Fiction. Prostitutes Fiction. Repentance. Feminism. Patriarchy. Fiction. History. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. 1st ed. 1st ptg., large 8vo, full black cloth stamped in gilt. At least 16 two-color and gilt plates, two double-page, in his early, Beardsley-esque style, plus many b&w vignettes. Not quite up to his Hamlet, but pretty close. The double-page EPs are tops Bookplate to verso of front free endpapers, small bookstore label (The Sign of the Satyr, Hollywood) to lower back pastedown. One small bump to back bottom corner, else fine in presentable dj with large chip to top of spine extending to back cover plus chips at spine bottom and top dj corner. Austen, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Austen (John, illustrator). Tales of Passed Times, written for children by Mr. Perrault, [1922], colour illustrations, endpapers with light partial offsetting, original boards, small abrasion to upper cover, slight marginal fading, dust jacket, a little rubbed and toned with a few tears.…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 74 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1922. A charming illustrated collection of classic fairy tales for children, including Little Red Riding-Hood, Blue Beard, The Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Riquet with the Tuft, and Tom Thumb. The volume presents well-known stories associated with Charles Perrault in an accessible children?s edition, with illustrations by John Austen. This attractive selection brings together some of the best-known French fairy tales in English, making it of interest to collectors of illustrated children?s books and early 20th-century editions. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. …