Alfred j downey (2 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 366pp. Perfectbound. Color illustrations. Toning on the spine and light offsetting on the rear wrappers, near fine. Several notable writers feature their work including: Howard Roman ("Bloom and the Dryad"), Harris Downey ("The Hand and Head of Molly Glass"), May Sarton ("A Village Tale"), Adrian Mitchell ("The Beggar"), and George Steiner ("The Retreat From the World"). Additional contributors include Alfred Werner, Roy Harvey Pearce, Vivian Mercier, Constantine FitzGibbon, William S. Pechter, James McCormick, Philip Booth, Hilary Corke, William Dickey, Irving Feldman, Nathan A Scott. Jr., Anthony Ostroff, John Thompson, Geoffrey H. Hartman, and J. A. Bryant Jr.…

"Second edition revised and enlarged" (as stated upon title page). 682 pages. Hardcover: H 22.75cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jacket present. Original dark blue cloth rubbed; bumping and wear at board corners; mild staining to spine cloth with light scuffing and bumping at ends; some scuffing along rear joint; spine's gilt stamping reasonably bright but not vibrant. Front pastedown features armorial bookplate of "Sir William Purdie Treloar, Bart. | Lord Mayor, 1906-7" (Treloar, 1843-1923 served as Lord Mayor of London from November 1906 to November 1907) with designer and date "A.J. Downey Fecit 1907" [presumably British artist Alfred James Downey] printed at bookplate's bottom margin; Downey design comprised of knight's helmet atop crest shield with latter crisscrossed by sword and scepter. Front and rear hinges shaken with front free endpaper and front flyleaf now detached and laid-in. Text block otherwise remains firmly bound. Insurance company ink stamp on front flyleaf recto, title page, and rear free endpaper recto; first several leaves have shallow chips at their fore-edge margins. Only a fair copy which needs repairs to the aforementioned hinge faults. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3 pounds (1.36 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…