john ryder intro (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. Paper-covered boards, in matching slipcase; 12mo; pp. 80, illustrated throughout. Number 348 from a limited edition of 400 copies, signed by the editor on the limitation page, with the inscription, "For Paul Bennett, December 1961." Book is fine, in lightly rubbed and tanned slipcase. Previous owner's (tasteful) bookplate on front paste-down. An excellent copy. Essays and illustrations by numerous contributors, including Balzac, Naipaul, Joyce, Bennett, Cervantes, Franklin.

Octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+, torn); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. John O'Connor (illustratore). First edition. A beautifully illustrated collection of Francis Kilvert's diary passages, being a limited edition copy signed by the artist, John O'Connor. Number 44 of 50 copies signed by the artist, John O'Connor.In the original cloth binding.A series of extracts selected from the diaries of Francis Kilvert, an English clergyman whose dairies reflected rural life in the 1870s, and were published over fifty years after his death.With ten distinct illustrations in colour that bring the diary's descriptions to life, completed in watercolour. Artist John O'Connor, today best known for his woodcuts, was educated between the wars at the Royal College of Art in London under John Nash and Edward Bawden. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. With light shelf wear and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the author's inscribed name to the colophon. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.