Davies andrew introduction (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo, xxi, 880 pages. In Very Good condition in a Very Good slipcase. Slipcase in brown paper. Spine is brown with gold print on black pastedown label. Boards quarter bound with brown leather to spine and brown cloth to boards. Text block has gilt top edge and brown ribbon marker. Illustrated: "With the original illustrations by Phiz" title page; b&w frontispiece and plates (drawings). "The text and illustrations of this edition reproduce those of the Nonesuch Dickens, published in 1937 by Nonesuch Press" title page verso. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. 1410758. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Arion Press edition of this thinly veiled satire of colonial politics, being a "memoir" of a man's experiences as the governor of the fictional island of Cacona, covering its economy, politics, and social customs. Reprinted from the original 1852 edition, limited to 325 copies, featuring 28 photo-engraved chapter vignettes by Andrew Hoyem. With the original prospectus laid in. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1989. Publisher's original green cloth backed brown boards; pp. xiii, 204, [1]. A near fine copy showing minor bumping to the rear corners. Andrew Hoyem (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 400 pages. 8.58x5.59x1.42 inches. In Stock.

Complete in sixteen volumes, follows the edition of the Nonesuch Dickens, bound in publisher's quarter leather, title inlay to spine, and printed on St. Edmundsbury wove paper, t.e.g., ribbon bookmarks; Bleak House crease to headband, Barnaby Rudge minor crease to tailband, Dombey and Son minor creases to fore-edge of prelims, Great Expectations minor crease to tailband, David Copperfield very light barely visible surface mark to front board, Oliver Twist small spot of very light rubbing to headband, Little Dorrit minor scratch to front board, few very light surface marks to rear board, barely visible light surface scratch to title inlay. Else a fresh and near-fine set, in very good+ slipcases. 'The text and illustrations follow those of the Nonesuch Dickens, published in 1937 under the editorial direction of Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Walter Dexter and Thomas Hatton, with minor emendations. The Nonesuch Press took their text from the Charles Dickens Edition, which Dickens corrected for the Press - its 21 volumes published by Chapman and Hall between 1867 and 1875 - and their illustrations from the original edition.'.…