crane preface (15 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. There is some light wear around the edges.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

8vo. pp 52. Very good indeed. First Edition. Wraps.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ix, 282 Pp. First Edition Stated. Softcover. Near Fine, No Marks.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Harbinger Bks Ed 1962. 396 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate foxing on page edges.

Cloth. Condizione: Fair. Rubbed, gutters cracked, some newspaper cutting adhered to central page and Carving Tools list adhered to rear page, some foxing, pp clear and bright Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Thus. First impression of the first edition thus - published by Jonathan Cape as No. 3 in The New Library series of classic works of literature - with a new 9pp Preface by Joseph Conrad (dated 1923). The book was originally published in the UK by William Heinemann in 1896. ***Near fine in light-green cloth-covered boards with blue titles to the spine, and blue decorations to the front board. The boards are clean and unmarked - just slightly browned at the spine and edges. No discernible faults - no bumps, creases or tears. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with neat ownership name and date but no other annotations. Pages clean and unfoxed. No creases or tears. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, printed in black and red. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 2s. 6d. net. The dustwrapper is complete - just slightly creased and rubbed at the edges - mainly at the top of the spine and top edge of the front panel near the spine. Spine unfadedg but slightly browned. ***253 pages. 177mm x 122mm. ***'Stephen Crane (Nov 1, 1871 - Jun 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. Written thirty years after the end of the Civil War and before Crane had any experience of battle, "The Red Badge of Courage" was innovative stylistically as well as psychologically. Often described as a war novel, it focuses less on battle and more on the main character's psyche and his reactions in war. It is believed that Crane based the fictional battle in the novel on that of Chancellorsville; he may also have interviewed veterans of the 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Orange Blossoms, in Port Jervis, New York. Told in a third-person limited point of view, it reflects the private experience of Henry Fleming, a young soldier who flees from combat. "The Red Badge of Courage" is notable in its vivid descriptions and well-cadenced prose, both of which create suspense within the story. Similarly, by substituting epithets for characters' names ("the youth", "the tattered soldier"), Crane injects an allegorical quality, making his characters point to a specific characteristic of man. Like Crane's first novel, "The Red Badge of Courage" has a deeply ironic tone which increases in severity as the novel progresses. The title of the work is ironic; Henry wishes "that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage". The wound he does receive (from the rifle butt of a fleeing Union soldier) is instead a badge of shame.' (Wiki) ***'This war book, so virile and so full of gentle sympathy, in which not a single declamatory sentiment defaces the genuine verbal felicity welding analysis and description in a continuous fascination of individual style.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***"One of the most enduring memories of my literary life is the sensation produced by the appearance in 1895 of Crane's "Red Badge of Courage" in a small volume belonging to Mr. Heinemann's Pioneer Series of Modern Fiction - very modern fiction of that time, and upon the whole not devoid of merit. (Quote taken from Conrad's preface) ***First impression of the first edition thus - published in The New Library by Jonathan Cape. A near fine copy in the pre-war dustwrapper - uncommon thus. Especially interesting with the additional Conrad preface. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Condizione: clean and tight, foxed. good cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Small 8vo, green cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Russell (Edmund and Henrietta Russell), proponents of Delsarteism, a system developed in America expounding the teaching of Delsarte. The couple's profiles are shown in gilt on the front board. Two-page preface by Walter Crane, dated London, 1890. Russell was influenced by Oscar Wilde, who had brought aestheticicsm to the US on his celebrated tour. In turn, the Russells brought American Delsarteism to England, where it enjoyed a vogue in the late 1880s and 1890s. Near fine copy with a bit of rubbing to the base of the spine. Spine has Lovell imprint at base.

Soft cover, cloth binding. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Fully Illustrated (illustratore). Modern reprint, no edition stated. 78 pages. Full color, direct replica of the original antique book. Profusely illustrated, firmly engaging. Gift Quality. Paper / Soft cover edition in very good, like new condition. Firmly readable. Flex covers, bound with cloth spine, a sturdy book. Overall great reprint copy, a delightful book with minimal wear. General bookshop wear, may have some slight wear to edges and spine, stored flat. Would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you. Compilation of several shorter books by Walter Crane. ~ We appreciate your consideration of one of our books, art prints or novelty items. We strive to offer fast, courteous and professional service to all our patrons. Reading is one of life's great pleasures. Please inquire for further details, our items arrive shrink wrapped and well packed. ~ Thank you for viewing and stopping by. Book.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NO DJ, F-/VG+, AS-IS, Blue Grey Cloth decorated Gold Gilt,1898, 1st edition, Cover light rub, Wear Tiny chips extremities, Interior Nice, tight Clean Light FoX, wear, 365 pages , Index + Ads, NODJ.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Various Illustrators (illustratore). First Edition Thus. Statedat at copyright: "Copyrighted, 1926, Alpha House, Inc." Manufactured in the United States of America by H. Wolff." Beautiful dark purplish-brown full cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Ornately tooled cover design features crisp blind-stamped cover titles with richly detailed blind-stamp collage design bordering. Spine features upper and lower band continuing this blind-stamp motif with the gilt titles. Antiquarian signature penned twice inside cover: "Wallace A. Pratt, 718 Pearson St. Walla Walla" and statement penned below: "Given to the Manor by Dr. Pratt, May 1972." Stamp adjacent at endpaper: "Willamette View Manor." Frontispiece illustration from an early Greek manuscript: "Members of the Council of Nice presenting their decision to the Emperor Constantine, Fourth Century." Pages near fine, clean without writing or marks in text body. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Illustrated throughout with thirty-two additional full-page plates from ancient paintings and missals. Scarce sharp antiquarian volume. Full title: "The Lost Books of the Bible. Being all the Gospels, Epistles, and Other Pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ, His Apostles and their Companions not included, by the compilers, in the authorized New Testament; and, the recently discovered Syriac Mss. of Pilate's letters to Tiberius, etc. Translated from the original tongues. Illustrated from ancient paintings and missals." Quotation at title page from Dr. Talmage: "Christ was the joyous boy of the fields. We are not permitted to think that the shadows of Calvary darkened His pathway as a youth, and the Apocryphal Books of the New Testament show a great deal of the early life of Christ not found in the four Evangelists." From preface by R.H.P., Jr. or Rutherford Hayes Platt: "You will find between these covers all the ecclecisastical writings of early Christian authorities that are known to exist, and yet were omitted from the authorized New Testament. etc." (1926). Contents: "The Order of All the Books of the Lost Books of the Bible with Their Proper Names: Mary - 8 Chapters; Protevangelion - 16 Chapters; I. Infancy - 22 Chapters; II. Infancy - 4 Chapters; Christ and Abgarus - 22 Chapters; Nicodemus - 22 Chapters; The Apostle's Creed - 1 Ch.; Laodiceans - 1 Ch.; Paul and Seneca - 14 Ch.; Paul and Threcia - 12 Ch.; I. Clement - 23 Ch.; II. Clement - 4 Ch.; Barnabus - 15 Ch.; Ephesians - 4 Ch.; Magnesians - 4 Ch.; Trallians - 4 Ch.; Romans - 3 Ch.; Philadelphians - 3 Ch.; Smyrneans - 3 Ch.; Polycarp - 3 Ch.; Pilippians - 4 Ch.; I. Hermas: Visions - 4 Ch.; II. Hermas: Commands - 12 Ch.; III. Hermas: Similitudes - 10 Ch.; Letters of Herod and Pilate - 7 Ch." Features two tables at back with alphabetical author listing of gospels referenced in ancient writings, but no longer extant; and, list of ancient books which include a listing or catalogue of the gospels. 288 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

London, Board of Trade Exhibitions Branch, 1913, in-8°, cxci (191) pp + 408 pp + 2 folding coloured plans. Bound in publisher's red buckram with large gilt decoration and lettering on the front cover, red spickeld edges. With an unidentified manuscript ex-dono inscription on the first fly leaf '' to my friend Monsieur Baertsoen.( unsigned)''. Fine copy notwithstanding some sporadic minor foxing or dustsoiling. Rare catalogue of the British participation at the last great World Exhibition to be organised before the First World War. It was the first exhibition where British art was represented by the Arts and Crafts Movement. The catalogue contains a 7 pp preface by the now 78 years old Commendatore Walter Crane which in way can be considered as a sort of artistic testament. Other contributors are Anning Bell on sculpture and mural painting , Douglas Cockerell on bookbinding, Walter Crane on book illustration , Alfred Powell on pottery , W.A.S. Benson on furniture .etc. The catalogue is entirely bi-lingual ; French and English.