Warwick Goble Illust (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition Thus. Color Plates; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 607 pages; 1912 Macmillan. Stout small quarto in full blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorative pictorial design to cover and spine. 1st edition thus. Lavishly illustrated with beutiful color plates with lettered tissue guards from art by Warwick Goble. Cloth crimped and rubbed with trace dray at spine ends; a short 2 inch tear to the cloth along the rear joint at crown has been archivally mended with minimal application of PVA. Cloth and gilt at spine a little dulled. Gift inscription to front blank endpage dated Christmas 1912. VG-.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Clean, red buckram boards with gilt titles to spine, image in bright gilt of kimono-clad woman with child to front. Light shelf-wear, nominal wear to corners and spine. Foxing to prelims, firm hinges, solid copy. Handsome. Probable fourth printing as First was pubbed in 1910. BP/Case/TM.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition thus, of the Goble illustrated version of the title. Decoratived green boards with tear to head of spine (see photo) and with the spine faded. Lighter fading to front and rear boards. Stain affecting the foot of the spine, along with minor penetration to the lower inner edges of the pastedowns and first/last couple of leaves. Gilt to all faces of the page block. Text generally bright, with some scattered spotting and finger-marking: consistent for age. 32 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, by Warwick Goble. Apart from the spinal tear, this is a very decent copy. Further details available on request. (Uc2).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback, NOT ex-library. Blue covers with bright gilt decoration and tiles to front. Gilt titles to spine, slightly faded. Board edges slightly scuffed and spine slightly bumped to head and tail. Blue colouring to faces of page block. Binding firm. Contents bright with only slight spotting/foxing. 40 tipped-in finely coloured and detailed plates mounted on brown card: 37 without fault; 2 with creasing and 1 with small corner crease. Overall, a bright and decent copy. 38 fairy tales based on Japanese stories. Further details available on request. (Ud2).…