Poems by George Macdonald, First Edition (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Joseph Farquharson, et al. (illustrator). First Edition. With the '2' in the number line and $14.95 flap price. Among the finest anthologies of children's poems with rare first American publications of MacDonald's poems and two color plates by Farquharson. A clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, 1867. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the Hans Christian Anderson Award for his lasting contribution to children's literature. Sendak was a collector of George MacDonald books. This book contains Maurice Sendak's bookplate. Original brown cloth boards speckled with red. There is an anchor device in the center of the front board and a floral device in each corner. 332 pp. plus 4 pages of ads. Shaberman 34. Spine has been nicely repaired. Condition is VG with just general wear. No owner's name other than the Sendak bookplate. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund if not satisfied.

Condition: Good. 1884. Hardcover. 127pp. Errata slip. Decorated boards, with gilt title on spine and front cover. Minor shelf wear, bumped. Pages and text clear and bright. Keywords: Poetry - The Knickerbocker Press. First edition copy. . . .

Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. grey paper board with dark brown spine; bright gold lettering and thistles on spine; repeated in black on cover. slight damp-stain to top edge of end-papers 207 p. Includes index.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.78. Publisher's plain card wraps with integral dust-jacket with printed price of one shilling net to upper. Signed by the editor and contributor Gertrude Ford to the half title. Annotation to title page and to some poem titles. Dust-jacket a little worn to spine with some loss at the ends and the titles mostly faded, some marking and toning. Near fine. A scarce collection of patriotic verse, later expanded and republished in 1917, only eight copies listed as held by British institutions and not traced by Reilly. Contains Poems by Binyon and Plowman amongst others. Catherine W. Reilly: English Poetry of the First World War 63 p.20. Signed by Author.

Presumed First Edition. Octavo, original white cloth, gilt lettering and decoration (with matching decoration to original dustjacket) gilt top page edge. An uncommon poetry anthology to include its original publisher's dustjacket. Features poems by Emerson, Longfellow, Thaxter, etc. Near Fine but for contemporary gift inscription at half-title, in Very Good dustjacket, light foxing, shallow chips at top spine end.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight clean copy of first issue - 'Not to be had of any bookseller, but by application to Mr. W. Hughes, 43 Beaufort Street, Chelsea, London. Price Five Shillings'. Maroon cloth with black lettering on white label to spine. Slight scuffing to edges. Slight darkening to ffeps. Wrapped in tissue, bubble wrap and inserted into jiffy bag. Posted daily from UK, first class within UK and airmail world-wide.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. pp, 349. Insertion before title page indicating that the book may be had from Messrs.Chatto & Windus. The slip has offset strongly onto the front free endpaper and faintly onto the title page. Original red textured cloth with printed title label to spine. This label has been considerably abraded. Binding soiled and rubbed but an acceptable copy.

8vo. 11 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original various-coloured cloth, gilt. All but two in acetate or printed jackets. Top edges stained to match the cloth and/or the jacket. Illustrated by John Tenniel, Robert Micklewright, Charles Mozley, Margery Gill, Barry Driscoll, Susan Einzig, Edward Ardizzone & Aubrey Beardsley. Volumes 1 and 4 are without their acetate jackets. The jackets of volumes 7 & 8 are price-clipped. The last three volumes are a little faded on the spines and the laminate is lifting in places along the bottom edge of volume 10. Volume 8 is rubbed at the head of the spine where there is also a creased tear extending to the back panel but repaired with tape on the verso. With these exceptions noted, the books are mostly fine/near fine in near fine d/ws. A complete set of the Nonesuch Press Cygnets. Some of the last books to be published by the press and setting new standards for children's book design. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition of this selection. Selected by V.D.S. and C.F. 24mo. 207pp. Quarter brown cloth and light green cloth boards. Owner's pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, a little erosion on rear board, else near fine.

FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue? Uncut in orig. red coarse morocco grained cloth, printed paper label; inserted pink slip sl. chipped at fore-edge. v.g. The uncut copies measure c.15 x 10.3cm. A pink printed slip inserted at front states: 'This volume is now to be obtained from Messrs. Chatto & Windus, London; and from all Booksellers. Only a limited number are for sale'.