Roger Editor Ingpen (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. None Listed. the 3 volumes contain 1,172 pages total, there are many b/w illustrations and some photogravures, the set is very solid and clean internally, the covers are lightly rubbed with some corner wear, covers are also lightly scuffed and have light soil, this is a solid and usable set.

Newly Edited with Notes by Roger Ingpen. Vol. I (1709-March 18, 1776). With 306 Illustrations including 6 Photogravure Plates Very good condition. Quarter-vellum cloth bound with leather corners. Gold embossed author and title on spine. Gilded top text block. Some sunning. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover two volume set (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1912) in black quarter-leather and green boards. Vol. 1: rubbed bottom spine and some of spine edges, top front corner, back board faded (over-cleaned?), hinges tight. Vol. 2: rubbed corners and bottom spine, spots of wear, hinges tight. Occasional light pencil marginal notes in vol. 1. First published 1909, this is the 'New Edition with Additions and Corrections'. Photos on request, of course. A solid set, not ex-library, ships from US.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good set in red cloth. Sunning to spines, light shelf-wear, small bookplates on first pastedown in each volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3 volumes in slipcase. Volumes in great condition but slipcase held together with tape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ethel Franklin Betts (illustrator). Original blue gilt cloth with full color pastedown by Betts, and illustrated endpapers. A lavishly illustrated anthology of the best children poetry to the date. Clean, tight, unmarked and bright. Scarce in this fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Complete in two volumes. xl, 576pp; xvi, 577-1172pp. With 576 illustrations, facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure across the two volumes. Uniformly bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt motif on front panels, gilt lettering on spines. Top edges gilt. 4to. Cloth is faded over spines, with volume II also faded along top edge on front panel; gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Fore and lower text block edges a little spotted and toned. Hint of toning on endpapers. First few leaves of volume two have a mild crease, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Volume one has a previous owner's name pencilled on the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Single volume, 1172 pp, extensively illustrarted, containing all three volumes in this set. 10" x 7.5" x 2.75", bound in three quarter leather and light brown cloth, with marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Leather scuffed at extremities, binding sound, text pristine. Due to weight, shipping cost will be more than standard for priority or international orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes. 8 ¾ x 6 in. xxxix, 259, [1]; 315 pp. w/ 12 plates. Three-quarter parchment and red cloth boards, decorated and lettered in gilt at spine, top edge gilt. Parchment lightly darkened and soiled, volume one lacking preliminary blank, ownership bookplates at front pastedowns of both volumes. Very Good.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). A new edition, complete in two volumes, of Boswell's important biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with five hundred and seventy six illustrations, facsimiles and maps, including thirteen plates in photogravure. Collated, complete. Exploring the life of Samuel Johnson, an English poet, essayist, biographer and literary critic. He published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755, considered the foremost dictionary of the time until the Oxford English Dictionary was published 173 years later. He was a devout Anglican and firmly opposed slavery; his religious writings emphasize the goodness of charity, repentance, marriage and pride. Written by Scottish biographer James Boswell, this work is often described as being the greatest biography ever written in English. Here edited with notes by Robert Roger Ingpen, an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and writer. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor loss to the tail of the spine to volume two. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine. book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 576 pages. 8.30x5.50x1.40 inches. This item is printed on demand.