Leighton Clare Illustrator (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Good. Crowell, 1955. Some wear. In a chipped jacket. Jacket shows heavy wear at ends of spine. Leighton, Clare (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 2018 : 1st. Paperback Edition : : Silver Quill Publishing : Overall , A Very Nice Book .

Second printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published 1958). [2], 1-270 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket soiled, stained, and toned; bumping/curling, short tears, and small chips at edges; front flap's bottom corner is price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodar protector. Pale green cloth. Some foxing and a few small stains to text block edges. Endpapers toned/foxed; interior leaves remain clean. Binding is firm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good copy in blue cloth with gilt titles. Fading to spine and near edges of boards. A spot on spine and one on front cover. Repair on first pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket edgeworn, spine darkened. In Mylar jacket protector. Out of print and scarce in jacket. Binding is cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Special Edition. 1983 Longmeadow Press. First printing (1). Without marks or writing. Appears unread. Contains all the original 1931 woodblock illustrations by Clair Leighton. Burgundy hubbed leather spine with gilt text. Russet colored page edges. Printed endpapers. Beige cloth boards on cover shows moderate rubbing to inset brown colored text square. Crisp and clean interior looks new. Special foreword by Naomi Kleinberg. Note on Illustrator Clair Leighton. A fine collectible volume. Ships promptly in a sturdy well padded box. Priority shipping available. Clare Leighton (illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 304p. A clothbound hardcover book in good reading condition. Faint, spotty stains on back cover; dent on edge of back cover as well. Other edges have milder dents here and there. Musty smell inside, but otherwise, text unmarked and binding tight. King James Version illustrated with wood engravings by Clare Leighton.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Leighton, Clare (illustrator).

First Illustrated Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 343 pages illustrations, plates; 22 cm. Subjects: Travel; Amazon River Description and travel; Madeira River (Brazil and Bolivia) Description and travel; Brazil Description and travel; Amazon River; Brazil; South America Madeira River. 1 Kg.…

First Illustrated Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 343 pages illustrations, plates; 22 cm. Subjects: Travel; Amazon River Description and travel; Madeira River (Brazil and Bolivia) Description and travel; Brazil Description and travel; Amazon River; Brazil; South America Madeira River. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Octavo. 343 pages. 16 wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Internally clean and tight. Very light spotting to the foredge. Dust jacket faded and chipped to the head of the spine and now protected in a removable film sleeve.

hardback, 4to, (viii),102,(4)pp, woodcut frontispiece by Clare Leighton, signed by the author on limitation page, slight browning, owner's bookplate, text clean and binding sound, gilt-ruled blue cloth, spine rubbed, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Good dust jacket. First Edition. 8vo.; in tan boards, with dustjacket; xv, [xxvii], [2], 3-162 pages, including the Index of First Lines; this copy is signed with an inscription by Helen Plotz on the front endpaper, and is signed on the title page as well; it is also signed with inscription by one of the poets in this anthology, Louise Townsend Nicholl on the page her poem appears; with lovely woodcut illustrations by Clare Leighton. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good +. First American edition. 166pp. Quarto [27 cm] Sea-green cloth over boards. The edges of the spine and covers are faded. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with darkening, and multiple closed and open tears to the edges. Several tears have been taped on the reverse. With 88 wood engravings by the author. The author's portrayal of the seasonal changes of her garden, located on a slope of the Chiltern Hills.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover in DJ and plastic cover. Dust jacket shows edge wear and tanning, but is protected from further wear by plastic cover. Pages are clean and unmarked, though tanned. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A vivid narrative of the Amazonian rainforest, reimagined through the modernist lens of the 1930s. Originally published in 1912, this edition of Tomlinson's foundational travelogue is elevated by the stark, rhythmic woodcuts of Clare Leighton, capturing the raw tension between the industrial tramp steamer and the primal density of the jungle. KEY FEATURES: +++ Visuals: Features 16 full-page woodcut illustrations by Clare Leighton, plus additional decorative headpieces. +++ Binding: Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles; top edge stained. +++ Content: A detailed 2,000-mile journey through the Amazon and Madeira Rivers, including an influential appendix and the first appearance of this specific illustrative suite. +++ Imprint: London: Duckworth, 1930. First Edition Thus (First Illustrative Edition). +++ Specs: 9.25 x 6.25 inches / 343 pages. +++ Design: A superior example of early 30s book design where Leighton's 'black-line' technique mirrors the physical claustrophobia of the jungle narrative. CONDITION: Very Good. +++ The Book: The bindings are tight and square. The text is clean with light, even age-toning throughout. Moderate shelf handling wear is present, including rubbed corners and minor softening to the spine ends. Several pages remain unopened, suggesting the book has been largely unread. +++ The Jacket: The original dust jacket is present; it shows sun-fading to the spine and perimeters, with modest edge wear and a few tiny closed tears. It remains a solid, unsophisticated example of a fragile 1930s wrap. SCHOLARLY FEATURES +++ Historical Impact: Tomlinson's work is a cornerstone of 20th-century English travel writing, often cited alongside Conrad for its psychological depth and atmospheric prose. It documents the late-colonial Amazon during the height of the rubber boom's ecological and social transition. +++ Modernist Influence: This 1930 edition marks a pivotal shift in how the work was marketed, moving from a standard 'travel diary' to a high-aesthetic 'gift book' featuring Clare Leighton, one of the most significant female wood-engravers of the era. +++ Contextual Analysis: The narrative serves as a primary document for the 'tramp steamer' era of global trade, specifically the Swansea-to-Brazil route and the subsequent loading of cargo in Tampa, Florida. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- H. M. Tomlinson was a seasoned journalist and war correspondent whose prose was defined by a quiet, maritime melancholy. The Sea and the Jungle was his masterpiece, born from a spontaneous decision to quit his desk job and board a freighter. His ability to weave personal introspection with the 'green wall' of the Amazonian landscape set the standard for the modern literary travelogue. This 1930 Duckworth edition matters because it represents the definitive visual interpretation of the text. Clare Leighton was at the peak of her powers here; her woodcuts don't just decorate the pagethey translate Tomlinson's themes of human insignificance. SUBJECTS: Amazon Rainforest, Brazil, Madeira River, Steamship History, 20th Century Exploration, Natural History, Modernist Wood-Engraving, British Travel Literature, Swansea, Tampa. Illustrated Book, First Edition Thus, Travel Memoir, Maritime Literature. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Slocum & Cahoon (Contextual); NCBEL 4:634. Full title: The Sea and the Jungle: Being the Narrative of the Voyage of the Tramp Steamer Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria De Belem Do Grao Para in the Brazils, and Thence 2,000 Miles along the Forests of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls; Afterwards Returning to Barbados for Orders, and Going by Way of Jamaica to Tampa in Florida, Where She Loaded for Home. Done in the Years 1909 and 1910. …

First Edition. [Educational] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.[4]; 206. With numerous in-text lithographic illustrations, including a frontispiece, by Clare Leighton. Blue pictorial cloth over boards. Light toning throughout leaves, with minor foxing to preliminaries and edges. Spotting to cloth boards, mostly lower. Rubbing to joints and extremities. Overall, very good. Farjeon's book to teach children the alphabet, framed as a narrative taking place in Zeal Monachorum. In it, the Alphabet Pedlar pays a visit to a couple and their 26 appropriately named children.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Limited Edition. Signed. 8vo.; in marbled paper boards backed in parchment, lettered in black to the spine; with the publisher's somewhat torn and darkened glassine wrapper present; 14 pages on hand-made paper, followed by the colophon; the edition limited to 225 copies of which this is number 93; the fly-leaves have toning.~~This is a presentation copy from Eleanor Farjeon to Michael Joseph, who was to be her publihser for a number of years. It is inscribed "with love from Eleanor Fajreon | August 5th 1936.". Very Good binding.…

Hard Cover. First edition. Octavo, pp., 206. Colour illustrated frontispiece and further six full-page colour illustrations. Illustrated cloth covered boards in navy blue and turquoise on white, with navy blue titles to spine and front. Original baby pink illustrated dust-jacket. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Light sunning to dust-jacket spine. Otherwise a near fine copy in like jacket. The story of the twenty-six children of Zeal Monachorum who did not know their ABC, until one day Perkin the Pedlar came by. He told them a story and a verse for each letter of the alphabet, starting with Appledore and ending with their own Zeal Monarchorum. Eleanor Farjeon (18811965) was an English author of children's stories, plays, poetry and history. Winner of both the prestigious Carnegie Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal she was one of the most prolific and distinguished children's writers of the 20th century. It is rare to find this first edition in its dust jacket and in this condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Bound in full brown Morocco with elaborate gilt illustration on front cover, raised bands on spine, top edge gilt. Some scuffing along edges and on spine bands. Damp-stain on top edge of gilt which bleeds into top margin for first 90 pages. Bookseller stamp on endpaper. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Signed. 8vo; in the publisher's black cloth binding with labels, and with dustjacket; xvi, [2], 3-85; pages largely unopend.~~This copy inscribed by illustrator Clare Leighton to her then lover, Henry Noel Brailsford. Ms. Leighton provided the woodcut frontispiece and decorations for this book. Noel Brailsford is considered to be the most prolific British left-wing journalist of the first half of the 20th century, and was one of the founders of the Men's League for Women's Suffage [see wiki]. Mr. Brailslford and Clare Leighton lived together for nearly a decade starting in 1928; he was still married to his first wife, and she denied him a divorce. In 1939 Ms. Leighton left England to reside permanently in the United State; she never married.~~The presentation from Clare Leighton: "To Noel from Clare | --a hurried offering | December 1929.". Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Very Good dust jacket. Limited Edition. Signed. 8vo; in the publisher's blue paper-covered boards, backed in linen; with paper spine lable, with dustjacket, and with the original glassine wrapper; x, xi-xiii; [2], 3-484, [485]; with 12 tipped in woodcuts and with numerous textual illustrations; the edition is limited to 1500 copies, of which this is #920, signed by the illustrator, Clare Leighton.~~This copy also inscribed by illustrator Clare Leighton to her then lover, Henry Noel Brailsford. Ms. Leighton provided the woodcut frontispiece and decorations for this book. Noel Brailsford is considered to be the most prolific British left-wing journalist of the first half of the 20th century, and was one of the founders of the Men's League for Women's Suffage [see wiki]. Mr. Brailslford and Clare Leighton lived together for nearly a decade starting in 1928; he was still married to his first wife, and she denied him a divorce. In 1939 Ms. Leighton left England to reside permanently in the United State; she never married.~~The presentation from Clare Leighton: "To Noel who with the third Rasoumowsky and Tadnol [sic] helped be to do this. C. L. New York February 1929". Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.…

First edition thus; 4to (28 x 22.5 cm); 12 fine wood engravings by Clare Leighton in black & white, occasional minor spot or mark, else clean; publishers red cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, red topstain, The Book Society bookplate to front pastedown, light offsetting to endpapers, a little worn to extremities, spine slightly faded, very good; [xviii], 326pp.…

Condition: Very Good. Signed limited edition. One of 1,500 copies signed by the illustrator. Leaves measuring 230 x 160 mm. xvi, 485 pp. Illustrated with twelve plates (including frontispiece) by Clare Leighton. A Very Good copy. Publisher's quarter imitation vellum over decorative paper boards. Some abrasion to spine and some edgewear. Top edge gilt. Some toning to endpapers. Evidence of removed bookplate at upper pastedown. Offsetting to title-page from frontispiece. Otherwise, clean throughout. When The Return of the Native was first published in 1878, it was met with some scandal due to Hardy's open acknowledgement of sexuality and the flawed characters that populate the novel, particularly Eustacia Vye. In the twentieth century, however, the novel gained new popularity and became one of Hardy's most appreciated titles, alongside Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd. This edition is ornamented with woodcuts by the artist Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989), best known for her illustrations of rural England in the 1920s and 30s and for illustrating a celebrated edition of Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929). She was also the first woman to produce a book on wood engraving - her Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts (1932) helped popularize the medium among a twentieth-century audience. Very Good. …

One page, sm. folio, airmail, one small closed tear, good condition. Text: "I was glad to get your letter of 8th August and must apologise for my delay in answering it. I was, just then, caught up into a confusion of work. | I telephoned Mr Leventhal (he doesnt live in Woodbury, but in Boston; however, we are in touch) and he was delighted at his good fortune in acquiring a copy of my FARMER'S YEAR. It is, now, very rare, | [] (By the way, there is, at the moment, a three month retrospective of my work at the Boston Public Library, with an illustrated--partially so - catalogue which is a true catalogue raisonne. If you are interested I will send you a copy.) | I have had several special editions I have illustrated, and last year, for the Bicentennial, I did a book for the Book Club of California, called GROWING NEW ROOTS. It was, alas, available only to members. | The blocks of THE FARMER'S YEAR belong to me, and I have a limited, signed edition of the prints from the book which are for sale. They are nearing their end, I fear. And as the Boston exhibition goes from there to San Francisco for three months and then to Los Angeles, I think they will be sought after. | I have often been asked if I sell the actual blocks. So far I have resisted it, though I have given some to one or two universities. But always I cancel them, with an engraved line obliquely across them. Yes, I most certainly have engravings for sale. As a result of the various exhibitions I have been having my market is good. (By the way, I am glad you think so highly of the work of George Mackley. I consider him exceptionally fine) There is very little wood engraving being done over here in America. I think it is because it is a tedious, lengthy medium so that you cant get rich quickly! | And dear David Jones! I was very fond of him when lived in England. It is so good to see he is at last being recognised. | When I hear from you I will send you my dossier and the Boston catalogue.". …

Macmillan signed limited edition of Hardyâs sixth published novel. Octavo, bound in half vellum over boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, with black and white woodcut illustrations. Signed by illustrator Clare Leighton on the colophon page. One of 1,500 copies. In very good condition with toning and bumping. Illustrated by Clare Leighton. The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth published novel. It first appeared in the magazine Belgravia, a publication known for its sensationalism, and was presented in twelve monthly installments from January to December 1878. Because of the novel's controversial themes, Hardy had some difficulty finding a publisher; reviews, however, though somewhat mixed, were generally positive. In the twentieth century, The Return of the Native became one of Hardy's most popular and highly regarded novels.…