Foreword by christopher morley (5 risultati)

Condizione: NEAR FINE. Early printing. A very attractive early copy of the first book by Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche - who is best known for the historical Jalna series. Although this story of 3 boys, who are sent to live with a governess while their father is in South America, can be considered a 'children's book' it is appealing to adults also. Near fine in blue-green cloth with black lettering and an orange sunburst design on the spine and front cover (bookplate inside front cover.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1937. First Edition Thus with Foreword by Christopher Morley and illustrations by Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge. Near Fine condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, off-white (except for the lavender colored pages of the tale Told by the Dervish), tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The pictorial Binding is full cloth, some sunning to the spine, endpapers unmarked except for a prior owner's book plate on the front endpaper and all corners square with wear at the tips. No Dust Jacket. See photos. xxiv (unnumbered introductory pages) + 404 + i pages, plus a two page color map of Hajii Baba's travels, preceding the title page. 7 1/2" x 10 3/4". This is a satirical, picaresque novel written in 1824 by a former British diplomat to Persia. It is set in the period of the Qajar Dynasty. This edition features 10 full color full page illustrations and uncountable black and white line drawings. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,435 grams / 3 lb., 2.5 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge (illustratore).…

Condizione: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (fiction, novel) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 403, 12 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. ; LCCN: 37-39105 ; OCLC: 4405282 ; LC: PZ3.M825; PR5059.M4; Dewey: 823.7 ; Social manners and customs of Persia described in the language of a Spanish adventure romance involving the many adventures of a nineteenth-century Persian rogue, none of which involve honest labor. ; decorated color cloth ; no dustjacket ; color illustration by Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge ; Contents: Of Hajji Baba's birth and education -- Hajji commences his travels and his captivity -- Into what hands Hajji falls, his lucky razors -- Of his ingenuity in rescuing his master's money -- Hajji Baba becomes a robber in his own defence -- Concerning the three prisoners taken by the Turcomans -- Hajji Baba evinces a feeling disposition, the poet Asker -- Hajji Baba escapes from the Turcomans -- Hajji Baba, in his distress, becomes a water-carrier -- He makes a soliloquy, and becomes a vendor of smoke -- History of Dervish Sefer, and of two other dervishes -- Hajji finds that fraud does not remain unpunished -- He leaves meshed, is cured, and relates a story -- Of the man he meets and of the consequences -- Hajji reaches Tehran, and goes to the poet's house -- He plans for the future and is involved in a quarrel -- With new clothes he appears in a new character -- The poet returns from captivity and the consequences -- Hajji gets into the service of the king's physician -- He succeeds in deceiving two of the faculty -- The manner in which Shah takes medicine -- Hajji Baba asks the Doctor for a salary -- He becomes dissatisfied, and falls in love -- He has an interview with the fair Zeenab -- The lovers meet again, and are happy -- The history of Zeenar, the Curdish slave -- The chief physician receives the Shah as his guest -- Concerning hte present made the Shah of Persia -- An event destructive to Hajji Baba's happiness -- Hajji loses the fair object of his affections -- He is called upon to exert his skill as a doctor -- Hajji becomes an executioner -- He accompanies the Shah to his camp -- Hajji Baba gives a specimen of Persian despotism -- Fortune smiles upon Hajji and promotes him, etc etc ; VG. Book.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 44 printed pages of text with sepia illustrations and photographs to the centre. Age tanning to the spine and margins. SIGNED by the author Christopher Fry inside the front cover 'Best wishes for 'Judith', from Phyl and Christopher Fry, June 20th 1962.' In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.…