Patchwork by Frederick Locker, First Edition (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st edition, Limited. First edition, hardcover, limited no. 97/200, has very slight bumps to top of spine and upper corners with board peeking through at upper front corner, and slight shelfwear to base of spine and lower corners, otherwise a solid VG+ copy in like dustjacket which has very slight sunning to spine, slight bumps to spine ends and corners, and very slight edgewear. Housed in VG+ slipcase which has slight wear to edges with boards showing at corners of opening, and faint rubbing with a few small spots of soiling.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce, first edition comprised of literary extracts from Frederick Locker, in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition. Scarce work. A volume of literary extracts arranged by English man of letters, bibliophile and poet Frederick Locker-Lampson. A charming 'patchwork' volume of miscellaneous literary extracts and poems written from a variety of author's who have inspired Locker-Lampson in his life. Including William Blake, John Wesley, George Selwyn and many more. Bound in the publisher's original smart green cloth. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, very good, with light rubbing to joints and extremities. Hinges are a touch strained, but holding firm. Bookbinder label to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good jacket, VG++slipcase. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition, Limited 200 copies. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1927. Very Fine condition in a Very Good thick CLOTH dust jacket (spine only a little sunned). NO chips or tears. Housed in a Very Good++ original two-tone cloth slipcase (bluish-green with dark blue trim). Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. 1927. First Edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies, this being #49. With a preface by Locker's son-in-law, Augustine Birrell. Preface by Philip Darrell Sherman. Printed at the Plimpton Press on handmade English Tovil paper. Designed by William Dana Orcutt. Top edge gilt. Blue silk paper marker sewn in at the head of the spine. Bound in the original gray boards (gilt-stamped and with blind-stamped decorative rules), with a parchment (vellum) spine, with gilt still as bright and shiny as new. . First Edition, Limited 200 copies. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Good jacket, VG++slipcase. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 135pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Fine in cloth dust jacket, in publisher's slipcase. Nice bookplate. 1st edition. Binding is 1/4 parchment.