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ELIA. THE MASQUE OF DAYS - From the Last Essays of Elia. CASSELL & COMPANY, 1901.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Good clean firm interior with stunning colour illustrations to each page, only one or two minor/faint marks, some tears to lower border of pages or at corners as shown, but no usage marks or inscriptions, dulled to closed-edge of pages; boards are beautifully illustrated to front and rear but show general wear, rubbed to edges and dulled to spine area, a few crayon or paint (?) marks to lower front but decent/acceptable appearance overall for the age, all tight./
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$61.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Yellow cloth spine with black lettering over colour illustrated papered boards. Unpaginated, Half title page, double paged title, followed by 40 full page illustrations printed on French-fold uncut pages(Only printed on one side of each double page). each illustration with a panel containig the narrative. 8.4 X11.25 inches.Some spotting to page edges, endpapers and adjacent pages,overall a very good copy.
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
Price: US$63.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. 22 (44 S.) Doppelbätter durchgehend farbig illustriert von Walter Crane Ecken bestoßen, Kanten berieben - Vorsatz etwas fleckig 9-85 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600
Seller: Antiquariat-Fischer - Preise inkl. MWST, Freiburg, Germany
Price: US$70.11 + shipping
Description: 40 p. Good condition for age. Reading pages are clean and without markings. Signs of storage and use commensurate with age. Corners / edges heavily rubbed. Ex-Libris sticker in the first page. Some book pages repaired. Otherwise decent copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 454
Seller: Roland Antiquariat UG haftungsbeschränkt, Weinheim, Germany
Dresses, Elia / Crane, Walter. A Masque of Days. Cassell & Co, U. K., 1901.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Sumptuously illustrated throughout by this classic English illustrator. No dustwrapper, as issued. Cover, particularly the edges worn, but interior fine and bright. French-fold (Only printed on one side of each page). Some minor tears. Front ffep had come away and been poorly affixed back. Owners neat ink inscription in German dated 1901 on verso of ffep. Some thumbmarks. (perversely the photo shown, is the worst view of the book, the interior being Very Good).
Seller: Bounteous, Buckingham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Elia & Walter Crane. A Masque of Days. Cassell & Co., London, 1901.
Price: US$72.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good, clean, tight copy. Bottom right corner has wear. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
Seller: 3rd St. Books, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$76.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition; 4to (29 x 21.5 cms); 44 leaves (printed single-sided, French folded); beautiful full colour illustrations throughout, with the exception of the first (half-title) and last leaves, which are single colour, decorative endpapers; hardback: colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with cloth spine; corners of covers worn, with rubbing to edges, slight darkening to spine, first and last leaves very lightly browned, and light foxing to page edges, but otherwise a very nice, tightly-bound copy, with main contents in very clean condition. Each page is a lovely colour illustration, with a panel of text. Elia was the pseudonym used by Charles Lamb for his well-known series of letters for the London Magazine. There has, thankfully, been no attempt to cut open the pages, which is correct, as the backs of each leaf is blank. A lovely book.
Seller: Andrew Johnson Books, Shipston-on-Stour, United Kingdom
. A MASQUE OF DAYS. Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1901.
Price: US$80.81 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st 1901. Good condition with no wrapper. From the last essays of Elia. Attractive pictorial boards, cream cloth spine. Blue and yellow decorated endpapers. Pretty colour illustrations on every page. Unpaginated. Pages printed one side only and unopened. 11 x 8.5". Covers scuffed, edges & corners worn, Top & tail and front edge of spine a little frayed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rear joint pulled. A few foxspots and light marks to contents. Small closed tear to lower margin of one page (no loss). Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$82.42 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4to. 22 (44 S.) Doppelbätter durchgehend farbig illustriert von Walter Crane. Farbig illustrierter Original-Halbleinwandband. Nur der Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren ( Die Deckelkanten leicht berieben, die Ecken leicht bestoßen). Das erste und letzte weiße Blatt etwas stockfleckig. Sonst SEHR gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600
Seller: Chiemgauer Internet Antiquariat GbR, Altenmarkt, BAY, Germany
Price: US$89.01 + shipping
Description: 4to. 22 (44 S.) Doppelbätter durchgehend farbig illustriert von Walter Crane. Farbig illustr. Orig.-Halbleinwandband. Erste Ausgabe. - Kapitale bestossen, Kanten berieben. 1. Doppelblatt (Vortitel und Titel) aufgetrennt, letztes Doppelblatt mit geklebtem Einriss. Sonst gutes Exemplar.
Seller: Manfred Nosbuesch, Kuchenheim, Germany
Elia. A Masque Of Days. Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1901.
Price: US$96.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Colour illustrations. Internally in fine condition, extremely clean, leaves remain uncut. There is a small scuff to inner hinge of front pastedown/free front endpaper. The attractive boards are very firm with a few light marks and edge wear.
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
ELIA (LAMB, Charles). A Masque of Days. London Cassell & Company Ltd, 1901.
Price: US$96.20 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. 21 x 28.4cm yellow cloth backed paper covered boards, blue and yellow endpapers, unpaginated, 44 french folded pages with images by Walter Crane. Very good boards with a little rubbing to the corners. Internally, there are no names, inscriptions or book plates. There is a little spotting to the verso of the end papers and adjacent page and to the edge of the text block but otherwise the book is very clean. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Crane, Walter. A MASQUE OF DAYS. Cassell, London, 1901.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Text from the Last Essays of Elia. A series of 40 page in French-fold fashion. Small 4to. Black-titled yellow cloth spine with color-printed boards. Each page fully illustrated in color and printed from the artist's own script. Masse p. 54. Rubbing to edges, but VG with remnants of the rare dust jacket First edition. Text from the Last Essays of Elia.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
. A MASQUE OF DAYS. Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1901.
Price: US$121.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1901. Very good condition with no wrapper. From the last essays of Elia. Attractive pictorial boards, cream cloth spine. Blue and yellow decorated endpapers. Pretty colour illustrations on every page. Unpaginated. Pages printed one side only and unopened. 11 x 8.5". Cover edges worn. Some scuffing/rubbing to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$141.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition hardback, 1901, with the original unclipped dust jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges with chips and repair to spine (now protected); illustrated paper-covered boards, with yellow cloth spine, slightly rubbed to edges and a touch darkened to spine where the dust jacket is chipped. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean - no foxing; no annotation - Christmas gift inscription to half-title page dated 1907; slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations particularly bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 4to., unpaginated; VG/no DJ; spine tan cloth with no lettering, cloth-backed pictorial paper boards; some rubbing and shelfwear to boards; bumping and peeling to corners; 40 illustrated plates, each with boxed-in text in the artist's calligraphic hand, on folded pages, Japanese style; NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1277743. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
CRANE, Walter. Words by 'Elia' (Charles Lamb).. A MASQUE OF DAYS.. London Cassell, 1901.
Price: US$160.33 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION 1901 IN DUSTWRAPPER (see image 2), 4to, 285 x 210, 11¼ x 8¼ inches, yellow cloth backed colour illustrated boards, spine lettered black, grey and yellow illustrated endpapers, pages Japan folded. 40 pages of charming coloured illustrations with text inset. The New Year, upon the death of the Old, gives a party for all the special days of the year who are wonderfully and beautifully personified. Corners very slightly worn, bookseller's tiny faint blind stamp to front endpaper, no inscriptions, a touch of pale browning to half-title and final page, otherwise a Fine, tight, bright, clean copy in very good grey printed DUSTWRAPPER (dw: spine darkened, a couple of small splits to spine edges, 2 small splits across spine, 10 mm (½") missing at tail of spine, slightly worn at head of spine, small chips to corners, a few tiny closed edge tears, a few archival tape mends to blank side (see image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Crane, Walter. A Masque of Days - From the Last Essays of Elia.. Cassell & Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$192.31 + shipping
Description: Newly addressed and decorated by Walter Crane. p.p. 40. All pages delightfully illustrated in colour and with brief text by Elia. Original pictorial cloth
Seller: Healy Rare Books, Galway, Ireland
Charles Lamb. A Masque of Days. Cassell & Company LTD, London, 1901.
Price: US$211.64 + shipping
Description: One of the popular tales of Charles Lamb, this edition beautifully illustrated by Walter Crane with colourful illustrations to every page. The first edition thus, being the first time this work was published separately from 'Last Essays of Elia'.Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout by eminent Arts and Crafts artist Walter Crane. This volume is colourful and whimsical in his distinct and influential style, with colour illustrations to every page. His drawings for this work draw fashion inspiration from a wide range of eras and style, with examples of Jacobean, Regency, and Mediaeval fashions.In the original scarce unclipped dust wrapper.The text is bound with pages folded in the Japanese style.A charming short story depicting a New Year's party by the essayist Charles Lamb, who is best known for his 1823 'Essays of Elia', and his 'Tales From Shakespeare', co-authored with his sister.Prior owner's gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, dated Christmas 1901.Collated, complee. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the extremities. A little discolouration to the extremities of the boards, and very light rubbing to the pictorial boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. A few scattered spots to the endpapers. Dust wrapper is edge worn with chips to the head and tail of the spine, head of the front wrap, tail of the rear wrap, and a smaller chip to the tail of the front wrap, with closed tears. Light handling marks to the wraps. Spine is a little age-toned, with one small tide mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Dresses, Elia and Crane, Walter. A Masque of Days. Cassell and Company, London, 1901, 1901.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 4to in illustrated paper covered boards. Chipped at corners and top of spine, rubbed and slightly smudged. Contents near fine Charming and lush illustrations by Walter Crane on every page. Pages folded Japanese style and uncut. Printed on one side only. A GEM.
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Elia. A Masque of Days. Cassell and Company, Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$289.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$329.68 + shipping
Description: Cartonato editoriale figurato a colori con ds. in tela. Sovraccoperta con piccoli difetti marginali. Minime fioriture al taglio, ma eccellente esemplare. Prima edizione. 4to (cm. 28,2), 3 pp.nn., 40(1) pp.
Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy
Dresses, Elia. A masque of days. Cassell & Company Limited, London [et al.], 1901.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, small folio, pp. [44] frenchfold; illustrated in color throughout by Walter Crane; illustrated endpapers, original yellow cloth-backed pictorial boards; very good.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Newly Dressed & Decorated by Walter Crane. Illustrated throughout in color by Walter Crane. Small folio, publisher's cloth spine and boards illustrated in color. First edition. Masse p. 54. Some scattered light foxing (including the inscribed half-title page); light rubbing to the edges of the boards and corners; tight and sound. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed "with high regard" by Walter Crane for Prof. Enrico Ferri, Italian criminologist, April 1903.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to. 29.5 by 22 cm. 40, [1] pp. Leaves are folded in the Japanese manner, giving the leaves a substantiality. In this, one of Walter Crane's most famous works, he freely draws upon the styles of dress from the Jacobean, Georgian, Regency periods, as well as those from a vague Medieval past -- court jesters, wizards, etc. -- such as one finds in fairy tales, some ball gowns more contemporary to him. The illustrations are a pageantry of color inspired by the work's fanciful progression of the calendar. This is a near exemplary copy of the work that was a part of the Forbes Magazine Collection (which was a privately owned museum gallery). A discrete impressed stamp identifies it as such and it may thus be technically considered ex-lib, although the provenance in this instance, combined with its lovely condition, would seem to enhance the copy. The dust jacket is an uncommon survival. Externally there is one minor corner chip and light wear besides. If one lifts the jacket off the book one will see an old edge tape repair that is best to leave as is. Hardcover, illustrated paper pastedown
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated color plates, each with a boxed-in text in the artist's calligraphic hand, folded pages in the Japanese manner. Slim 4to, unpaginated. Beautifully rebound in full orange crushed morocco, ornately gilt spine and covers, inner dentelles and green morocco doublures, white silk end papers, top edge gilt. Small neat presentation on title page. London: Cassel & Co., 1901. First Edition. An exquisite copy. Masse 54.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.