Hans Holbein, Signed (5 results)

Condition: Near Fine. Revised edition (softcover). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), xviii, 302pp. 8pp colour plates, 8pp b&w plates. Original laminated card wrappers. Slight tanning to the leading edge of the text block, else this book is in very good condition. Signed by the author on the title page. ISBN 1844139182.

Envelope. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. This volume is number 97 of a special edition of 500 copies signed by the author on the title page.The package comprises a stitched booklet and three mounted plates all housed in a card folder in envelope format. The booklet is 7ins. x 9 ins. and the plates are 9.25 ins x 12 ins. , the same size as the folder. The folder has a laid on title label on the left and a clear oval aperture/window on the right through which a portion of the plates can be viewed from the outside. The main plate is the More family portrait by Holbein; the others are Holbein's original sketch and a plan of the first floor of More's "Great House" at Chelsea, showing the room where Holbein painted the portrait. The pages of the booklet and the mounts of the plates are cream, the folder is orange. There is a bit of sunlight fading to the folder and the glue of one side of the folder is no longer holding but there is no damage. Designed and published by the Kylin Press upon the 450th Anniversary of the execution of Sir Thomas More for alleged treason. Attractive publication. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unpaginated 32pp book printed on cream paper with cream card covers. Black lettering on front cover. Green thread binding. Printed in a special edition of 500 copies. This is copy #29 and is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Appears unread. Enclosed within brown card folder with die-cut oval and cream title plate on front of folder. Laid in are three A4 size mounted illustrations - one being a colour reproduction of The More family portrait by Holbein painted at 'The Great House' in Chelsea. Also enclosed are two post-cards from the National Portrait Gallery, one a painting of Sir Thomas More and another of his family. A press cutting from Kensington News dated April 4th 1996 about the Holbein portrait is also enclosed. Some wear to edges and die-cut space of the outer folder, including some white paint to 5cms of lower edge. Signed by Author(s).

Signed by Johan Dijkstra (Groningen, 1896-1978). Half-leather binding with marbled boards and raised ribs on the spine. Illustrated with 252 engravings. 268 pp. -(Wear to the ends of the spine, endpapers yellowed, but otherwise in very good condition.). - Gesigneerd door Johan Dijkstra (Groningen, 1896-1978). Halfleren band met gemarmerde platten en verhoogde ribben op de rug. Geillustreerd met 252 gravures. 268 pp. -(Slijtage aan de uiteinden van de rug, schutbladen vergeeld, maar verder in zeer goede conditie.).

First edition, first printing. Very good small format in red cloth boards with some fading to the spine. Presentation copy to the author's wife written in pencil and dated 1905. Lacks dustjacket.