Edwin garnett intro (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Offering this decorative transatlantic co-published edition of "Adventures of a Younger Son," by Edward John Trelawny, with an introduction by Edwin Garnett. London & New York: T. Fisher Unwin and Macmillan & Co., and printed by Gresham Press/Unwin Brothers in Chilworth & London, 1890, 1st edition thus. A title in the popular late-19th-century illustrated series, The Adventure Series, by publisher T. Fisher Unwin. The title page shows both publishers, but only Macmillan is on the spine, designating this copy for the late-Victorian American market. Original red cloth with black stamped design and gilt lettering on front and spine, pp. 521. Features 6 full-page plate illustrations in b/w, including a frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, and a fold-out facsimile of an autographed letter written by Edward John Trelawny himself, tipped into the text pages (it's a 3-page letter on two pages, the 2nd page being double in size). This story blends real-life maritime experiences with romantic fiction, as it follows a rebellious English youth escaping a tyrannical father to live a turbulent life as a sailor, privateer, and adventurer in the Indian Ocean, East Indies, and-beyond. Overall condition is Very Good. Binding is secure. Spine is faded with some tears at the top. Cover is brighter with some scattered grazing and bumped corners. Inside front are two previous owner marks: one in pencil on the pastedown, the other a personalized blind emboss library stamp at the bottom corner of the front free endpaper. Inside joints are splitting but holding. Pages are mildly age toned, else clean and unmarked. Letter has small tears on each page at bottom left edge where one pulls upward, else in great shape. Plates are crisp and clean. A nice solid copy! [C4].…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Offering this satirical early scifi novella, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin A. Abbott under the pseudonym "A Square," with an introduction by William Garnett. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1944, 5th Edition, Revised. Features a rare, authentic red distributor's stamp on the title page reading: "Agents for the United States BARNES & NOBLE, INC., 105 5th Ave., New York 3, N.Y." which is an Importer/Distributor stamp.The stamp marks the book as an original 1944 transatlantic import. During WWII, Basil Blackwell utilized Barnes & Noble as its exclusive US agent. Cream paper boards with tan pictorial dust jacket, Iine drawings and diagrams in b/w, rough cut pages, pp. 102. Explores the concepts of geometry, dimensions, and social hierarchy through a unique fictional world. Overall condition is Very Good. Binding is secure, jacket is moderately toned. There are several thin "slice marks" on the back cover, almost invisible, which do not cut through the jacket, not do they cut into the cover paper. Interior pages are bright and clean, with only a little darkening at the edges to the early and late few pages, no writing or other marks. A nice copy of this unusual book! [Science Fiction, Victorian Social Satire, Religious Allegory, Math/Geometry, Metaphysics] [A3].…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 4th Edition. Stiff unprinted manila wraps, deckled text block edges, in tan integral (French-style) dust wrapper lettered/illus. in black. Both jacket panels are moderately soiled with fingerprints and toned; binding is cupped and shows a mild lean. xvi,102 pp. Scattered mild soiling/foxing along some fore-edges, interior otherwise clean. Stated 4th edition, revised. Accompanied by an insert for another Blackwell publication, The History of the City of London School 1442-1837-1937 (1937). Exceptionally scarce early edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…