William Kermode Illus (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue moire cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear, spine panel darkned by age and with dulled lettering, front cover lettering partially rubbed. Endpapers and text block somewhat toned by age, but otherwise intact. [vii],196 pp., w/ woodcut-type illus. by Kermode. No statement of edition or printing, thus not first, but clearly an early reprint. WWI. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. 1941. Sixteenth Impression. 29 pages. No dust jacket. Black and white cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. First UK edition. 8vo in cloth with dust jacket. VG+/VG-. Light wear and soiling to dust jacket with some creasing and a small tear to lower edge of front panel. Original price is intact on flap. Minimal wear to boards and spine. Ownership signature of actor Edward Herrmann in pencil on the rear endpaper and his small bookplate on the front pastedown. Text and illustrations are clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Putnam and co. UK. 1970. Hardback with dj. Reprint. A small slim volume of a book that is illustrated by William Kermode. The Specialist by Charles Sale, concerns the life of Lem Putt, a sanitary engineer. The dj is nice and bright and unclipped. Inside of dj - can't be seen on the outside - bears faint age spotting as does back flap. The spine and edges are good with very little rub. The contents are clean and unmarked. A solid little copy of this interesting little study of a man the author found to be odd and likeable. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.