Preface Barker (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st US Printing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, nice shape, no markings, no dust jacket, light wear & soil to red cloth boards, a very nice copy; 8vo; xii + 481pp indexed & illus.

Facsimile reprint. A series of lectures at Kings College, London: on Nicolas of Cusa, John Fortesque, Machiavelli, Thomas More, Erasmus, Luther, Calvin. Clen tight HB copy, jacket. 6 x 9, 215 pp. VeryGood ex-USArmy library vcopy relse unmarked. Hardback in violet cloth boards, in gray jacket in Brodart.

paperback. Condition: Good. Color & B/W Plates (illustrator). Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Glossy p/b. Condition: VG-. 1st Rep.year of Pub. xiii+69, Preface states 266 plates ex-pag.(4 col.), most in block after p.69; internally VG=, covers clean but lightly tanned, sl.outer corner and fr.fore-edge rubbing, hint of crease across fr.top corner. This was in fact a catalogue of a series of exhibitions to mark the press's 500th anniversary, plate numbers refer to exhibit numbers, referenced in main text, which actually numbers up to 287, but a few are numbered above this (371 in one case) and not so referenced in text, while there seem to be some jumps and one number is repeated. For a £10 book I am disinclined to try and unravel this further! Net weight c. 1.1 kilos so allow for additional postage, especially outside UK. Size: 21 Cms x 29.5 Cms.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Color & B/W Plates (illustrator). This book is in very good condition. There are no markings in the book. Cover shows very minor signs of shelf/edge wear. Nice clean copy. 1999. Ships within 24 hours.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Color & B/W Plates (illustrator). Excellent, unread, like-new condition. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint. 268 pages, 8vo. Out of Print. Jacket unclipped. Facsimile Reprint of the 1921 Edition. Edited by F.J.C. Hearnshaw. Preface by Ernest Barker. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers, a few small tears along edges, heavy fading along edges and spine. DJ in mylar. Light rubbing along cloth board edges. Otherwise, tightly bound with clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Attractive copy with slighly sunned section to maroon cloth. Pastedown title on spine whows slight wear but there is a bright new one pasted to lower corner of rear board. Unmarked tight clean book with illustrations to first page of plays.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 215 p.

Stapled Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. Stapled card covers. 21x15cm. 19 pages with 4 black & white photos. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref DORIG.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. London:Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd. 1922. 1st edition. xxii+287pp. Illustrated with chapter headings. Signed by Author on 1st free end-page. Hardcover. Beige boards soiled and selfworn, with wear to edges and spine label chipped. Page edges soiled.  Internally, end pages age-toned with old penciled bookseller notes to inside front board as well as a bookseller ticket to bottom edge, with Author's signature on 1st free end-page. There is an extra spine label bound in to rear. The binding is tight and hinges intact. Signed by authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Original black cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w plates. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 214 pp. + ca. 164 leaves comprising the facsimile, with numerous color drawings and engravings; thick folio (12 x 9 in.), quarter burgundy morocco, gilt title on spine, burgundy cloth sides, Walpole's arms stamped in gilt on the covers; t.e.g. Strawberry Hill, the home of Horace Walpole, a writer (and inveterate letter writer), art historian and antiquarian, embodied his taste and vision as reflected in its furniture, pictures and curiosities. The facsimile contained in this volume is of one of only six large-paper copies of his "gothic manifesto." It describes Strawberry Hill and its contents and is enhanced by numerous watercolor illustrations, every then-known print of Strawberry Hill, and several engraved portraits of Walpole and his circle. A handsome production, with the extensive background text portion printed letterpress. A near fine copy; small light bump to the top corner of some center leaves of the book; otherwise fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. Lxiv, 809 Pp. First Printing Of This 1910 Edition, With New Preface By Barker, Otherwise A Facsimile [Text Is Completely Modernized And Footnoted] Of The Rare 1648 Edition. Green Cloth, Gilt. Binding Completely Refurbished And Re-Backed With Original Cloth Spine And Covers, Original Gilt Still Bright, Covers Clean And Evenly Colored. Former Owner's Signature Dated 1971. The Frontispiece Is Tipped Onto The Page Facing The Title Page, But There Is Printing On The Back Of The Plate, Indicating It Was Removed From Another Publication, And There Is Also Another Plate, A Portrait Of Boehme, Facing The First Page Of The Preface, Which Appears Original. A Large, Heavy Book; International Postage By Usps Priority Mail Or Express Mail Box, Insured.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 212 pages. Fold-out frontispiece plan of Chisamba 1913, plus 26 pages of black and white plates consisting mainly of wonderful photos plus some maps. Includes chronology of Chisamba. The inspiring history of the ambitious Christian missions operated in Angola, West Central Africa, by the American Board and Canada Congregational F.M.S. General foxing to edges and contents. Minimal light pencil markings to contents, otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear to olive cloth-covered boards. Back hinge starting. A sound reference copy of this remarkable history. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Quarto; paperback, quarter-bound in cloth with printed wrappers and illustrated endpapers; 154pp. (+ 4pp. of adverts), with a colour portrait frontispiece, 17 plates likewise maps, some folding elevations and many other monochrome illustrations. Moderate wear; slightly rolled; top joint starting; spine creased and extremities pulled; mild moisture damage to the front cover; some marks small tears and creasing to the wrappers; text block edges toned; light scattered foxing throughout; some tears and light insect damage to the rear endpapers; a few dog-eared pages. Good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Uncommon anomalous issue.

2. London, Sotheby's, 1989, in-4°, 82 pp, 57 lots, all illustrated, mostly in colour, sewn, orig. stiff wrapper with dustjacket.