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Laver, James. A Stitch In Time; Or Pride Prevents A Fall. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small tear to front lower corner of paper cover. ; Copy #496 of 1525.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Laver, James. A STITCH IN TIME; OR PRIDE PREVENTS A FALL. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 1525 copies. 27p. 4to. Stiff wraps covered with marbeled paper with paper cover title label. Dreyfus 46. Rubbed and chiped around the edged with inner front flap detached, unopened.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
LAVER.JAMES. A STITCH IN TIME;OR PRIDE PREVENTS A FALL.. NONESUCH PRESS., LONDON., 1927.
Price: US$11.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: IN VERY GOOD PLUS SLIPCASE.LIMITED EDITION(1167/1525).C18TH STYLE PRODUCTION OF THIS PARODY OF POPE'S "RAPEW OF THE LOCL".ATTRACTIVE MARBLED PAPER WRAPPER.BINDING TIGHT.CONTENTS CLEAN.FIRM WELL-MADE SLIPCASE.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Laver, James. A Stitch in Time; or, Pride Prevents a Fall.. Nonesuch Press, Bungay, 1927.
Price: US$11.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of this limited edition publication. Number 293 of 1525 copies. No inscriptions, and entirely unopened. Marbled paper slightly worn at corners and top and bottom of spine.
Seller: Pricewisebooks, MARLBOROUGH, United Kingdom
Price: US$11.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 27pp. Limited edition of 1525 numbered copies printed on Arches cream laid paper by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd of Bungay, Suffolk. This is copy #1368. Decorated paper dust jacket with cream title plate tipped to front with black lettering. Touch of shelf wear to tail of spine. Untrimmed lower page edges. No inscriptions. Slight weakness in cotton thread binding at pp16/17 and 24/25. Complete with original glassine wraps that are also showing signs of shelf wear to top and tail of spine.
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
LAVER, James:. A STITCH IN TIME or Pride Prevents a Fall.. The Nonesuch Press, London:, 1927.
Price: US$12.74 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: FIRST edition numbered (noted as out of series by author), SIGNED by James Laver, with personal inscription to Veronica [Turleigh - Anglo-Irish actress 1903 - 1971 who became his wife], poor condition, medium quarto, marbled papers over plain boards, covers worn and marbled papers in parts, boards rubbed, 29 pages on hand made paper. [QP]
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.86 + shipping
Description: Slim 4to, stiffened card, 27pp. Fair+ condition. Plain boards have patterned wrap with pasted on rectangular title label at front. Paper wrap is general worn, withj chipped lower front edge, spine and corners. Bookseller's stickers at lower fep and ffep, ffep has several small marks and note at upper edge, uncut edges, interior clear and crisp. This item is light and may attract less postage. Pictures available on request.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Laver, James.. A STITCH IN TIME; OR PRIDE PREVENTS A FALL.. Nonesuch, 1927.
Price: US$16.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1927. Nonesuch. Limited 739/1525. Softback. Book- VG. Dj- VG, protective covered. 11.5x7.5. 27pp.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Laver, James. A STITCH IN TIME; OR PRIDE PREVENTS A FALL. Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$19.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Nonesuch Press, 1927, number 189 of 1525 copies. Hardback, 4to, 27pp. Marbled paper over boards, paper label. A good copy. /0.2uk
Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.11 + shipping
Description: First edition in publisher's original stiff card covers wrapped in symmetrical four colour paper wrapper, paper title label to upper panel. 4to 11½" x 7¼" 28 pp. No. 83 of 1525 Limited Edition copies. The majority of the paper covering the spine is missing, age darkening to the page edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Laver, James:. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. Nonesuch 1927, 1927.
Price: US$19.11 + shipping
Description: 1st thus limited edition unnumbered of 1525. VG in vg marbled dw, though slight wear to bottom of spine.
Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Laver, James. A STITCH IN TIME; Pride Prevents a Fall.. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 27 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and browning. Dustjacket, constructed of marbled paper with a printed front cover label, is moderately rubbed at the extremities, with one small tear and crease. Limited edition: number 356 of 1525 published. Several pages uncut and unopened. Size: Quarto (4to)
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thin unprinted boards. No. 1303 of an edition limited to 1,525 numbered copies. Covers tanned, binding somewhat shaken. Marbled dust jacket shows partial loss along spine panel, reinforced on verso along top front edge and front flap fold (with spots of loss). 27 pp. Former owner's signature/date penciled on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
LAVER, James. A STITCH IN TIME; OR PRIDE PREVENTS A FALL. Nonesuch, London, 1927.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: Small 4to, pp. 27. In plain cardboard boards that had been covered with a marbled paper dj, the latter torn and laid in the book in pieces. Sewing a little loose. 1/1525 copies. A satirical poem.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Laver, James. A STITCH IN TIME; OR PRIDE PREVENTS A FALL. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Marbled paper-covered limp boards, cover label, large 4to., 27, (1) pages. One of 1,525 numbered copies printed by Richard Clay & Sons on Arches handmade paper. A clean, bright very good copy with usual edgewear to wrapper but no tears or loss, in archival mylar.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Laver,James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: sm4to. Limited to 1525 copies of which this is #406. Tissue wrap around book has some tears and large piece out.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
James Laver. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$25.48 + shipping
Description: Limited edition number 1438 of 1525 copies. Hardback with paper boards and marbled paper dust jacket with pastedown title label. Pages untrimmed. A little fading to edges of jacket, and some toning. Otherwise a bright crisp copy. Overall very good condition. 29 pp.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Price: US$26.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: #1085 of 1525 copies. Minor wear to corners, 1 inch closed internal tear to rear jacket corner. 1927 Hard Cover. 27 pp. Flexible cardstock boards with marbled jacket, sewn binding. A pastiche of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock set in modern times. James Laver was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1938 and 1959. His work helped legitimize the academic study of costume.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
James Laver. A Stitch in Time : or Pride prevents a Fall. The Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$26.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing. No 1046 of an edition limited to 1525 copies.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$29.56 + shipping
Description: 4to. [32]pp including wraps. Original stiff card with marbled wraps, printed paper label to front wrap. Spine chipped.
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom
Price: US$29.56 + shipping
Description: 4to. 27[3]pp. Marbled paper over stiff card wraps, printed paper label to front wrap, unopened and uncut.
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom
Laver, James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$29.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edition limited to 1525 o which this is No. 603. From the 1000+ volume private collection of well-known Australian poet and author Guy Weller all of which are listed or will soon be listed on this site. Includes many hardcover Collected Poems from sought-after 20th century poets from all countries. Search Mr Pickwick's store on this site under category Poetry, or else do a Keyword search for the special keyword '"pickwickpoems" to display these as an isolated group. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 28 pages. Item Type: Ephemera, small booklet or pamphlet, limited pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; 1920s; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 30262. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Price: US$35.68 + shipping
Description: pp28 (2). 4to [190x300mm], original card covers with marbled wrapper; very good. A beautifully printed Nonesuch Press book. No. 92 of 1525 copies.
Seller: Louella Kerr Books, Petersham, NSW, Australia
Price: US$39.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Quarto, 28 (last blank), [1] (limitation page) pages (including front cover). Plain card covers slightly tanned and creased; an excellent copy in the slightly rubbed marbled fold-around dustwrapper. Number 748 of 1525 copies.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Price: US$42.77 + shipping
Description: A very good copy in original marbled, stiff-card wrappers, with printed-title label to front. Slightest suggestion of dust-dulling, with wear to spine, and only minimal wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 27 pages; Numbered 774 of only 1525 printed copies. Description: 1 p. L. , 7-27 p. , 1 l. 30 cm. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$42.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The prospectus announces "The life of William Blake", Blake's "Poetry and prose", Blake's "Pencil drawings", "The life and adventures of Peter Porcupine", "The New Testament", "The Temple", "The princess of Babylon", "The seasons", "A stitch in time", "The divine comedy", Vanbrugh's "Works", Pindar's "Pythian odes", and "The pilgrim's progress". Retrospectus of limited editions and a list of unlimited editions including blank books. Extract from Stanley Morison's "A review of recent typography" (1927). ¶ Description: Sewn plain paper doubled over wrappers. Quarto: 27 × 20 cm; pp. 23. With 4 headpieces by Percy Smith and the Nonesuch device 'Prospectus and retrospectus 1927' on front and back. Printed by R. & R. Clark in Caslon and Moreau-le-jeune open types on laid paper. ¶ Enclosed: Addendum slip (13 × 9 cm) with details of price of Herbert's "The temple" loosely laid in. ¶ Ref.: Dreyfus: P14 ¶ Condition: Covers slightly soiled and browned at the edges. Internally somewhat browned at the page corners. Apart from this, however, the pages are clean and well preserved. According to the age a good copy of a fragile and ephemeral production. ¶
Seller: Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints, Zürich, Switzerland
Laver, James. A Stitch in Time ; Or Pride Prevents A Fall. The Nonesuch Press 1927, London, 1927.
Price: US$50.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition. 30 pp. Marbled paper covered boards with title label to front cover, in slipcase. Markings and edgewear to slipcase and ink writing reading '1927-limited edition' to board. Very minor spotting to leaves. No. 728 of 1525 copies. 4to. Limited Edition
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Laver, James. A STITCH IN TIME; OR PRIDE PREVENTS A FALL.. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; 27 pages; Copy #685 of 1525. Flexible covers with marbled dust jacket wrapped around the book. Also has the glassine jacket present.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Description: First edition limited to 1525 copies, this being no. 1508; 4to, pp. 27, [3]; original limp, marbled paper-covered boards, printed paper label on front cover, and original glassine; light wear to extremities, the glassine a little tattered along edges with portions missing from top of front and back panels; a very good unopened copy. Dreyfus 46.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.74 + shipping
Description: A very good copy in original marbled, stiff-card wrappers, with printed-title label to front. Slightest suggestion of dust-dulling, with wear to spine, and only minimal wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 27 pages; Numbered 774 of only 1525 printed copies. Description: 1 p. L. , 7-27 p. , 1 l. 30 cm. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #1019 of 1525 copies for England and America. Original marbled-paper covered boards, with cover label. In Near Fine condition. Folio size.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$61.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 27p, 30p first editions, limited edition, number 1272 and 1191 of 1525, attractively produced A4 format, plain stiff card cover with marbled paper wrapper in blues and greens and reds and blues respectively, title labels to fronts, marbled wrappers a little worn particularly at corners, spines rubbed, colours fresh, text clean, Language: English
Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Laver, James. A STITCH IN TIME; or, Pride prevents a fall. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$99.12 + shipping
Description: Pp. 28(including upper endpapers)+[2](colophon, blank); tall impl. 8vo; semi-stiff boards, slightly foxed, loosely covered (as issued) with marbled paper, edges lightly rubbed and browned, fore-corners and spine extremities a trifle chipped, the printed paper title label on upper board faintly soiled, spine lightly faded and rubbed; uncut; lacking the glassine wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, small inked doodle initialled 'K' on verso of title page, with 6 other tiny inked initials apparently added by hand above and below the colophon, hinges tender at a couple of points, a little faint soiling; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927. Edition limited to 1,525 numbered copies. McKitterick 46. *James Laver (1899-1975) worked in the Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum for nearly four decades.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
James Laver. A Stitch in Time or Pride Prevents a Fall. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$127.40 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition of James Laver's pastiche poem. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. In original paper wrap. Limited edition, number 994 of 1525 copies printed. A Stitch in Time is a poem that is a pastiche of Alexander Pope's The Rape of The Lock. It is set in modern times, and successfully captured public attention. This led to Laver's popularity. A sequel followed in 1929, Loves Progress. Both were then published together as Ladie's Mistakes in 1933. In original marble covered boards and glassine wrap. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear to extremities. Loss to top of glassine wrap at front board. Section is loosely inserted inside. Otherwise, wrap is very smart with minor bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: James Lever's "Stitch in Time" [NONESUCH PRESS]. LAVER, James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, 1927. First edition. Limited to 1,525 copies. Small folio (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 292 x 191 mm). 27, [1 colophon], [1 blank] pp. Printed on Arches cream laid paper in 18pt Caslon. Sewn into semi-stiff boards loosely covered with predominantly brown, green, and yellow marbled paper folded over inside. Printed paper label on front cover. A near fine copy. In the original (worn) glassine dust wrapper. "James Laver (1899-1975) matriculated at Oxford in 1917. In 1921 he won the Newdigate Prize for a poem on Cervantes, and in 1922 he was appointed an assistant keeper in the Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he was to remain for 37 years" (Dreyfus). Laver wrote in his autobiography, Museum Piece (1963): "For my own amusement and without very much hope of publication I had written a Popeian poem called A Stitch in Time. It was quite frankly a pastiche of The Rape of the Lock but transposed into modern times. I showed it to my Director, Sir Eric Maclagan, who seemed to like it. I then showed it to Herz, who passed it on to Dorothy Moulton Mayer. She happened to be a friend of Stephen Gooden, who was then producing his miraculous line engravings for the publications of the Nonesuch Press, and she invited him to dinner to meet me and hear the poem. He carried it off to show to Francis Meynell and to my astonishment and delight Meynell offered to publish it.The small edition was soon exhausted and it became something of a collector's piece, so that even The Financial Times was moved to comment upon the bullish qualities of a publication which had risen in price in a couple of weeks, from 3s. 9d. to 35s" (quoted in Dreyfus). Dreyfus 46. The Nonesuch Century 46.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
James Laver. A Stitch in Time; or, Pride Prevents a Fall. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$159.26 + shipping
Description: A limited Nonesuch edition of James Laver's poem 'A Stitch in Time', in the original dustwrapper. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition work, being numbered edition 1397 of 1525. 'A Stitch in Time' is James Laver's pastiche poem of Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock'. The poem is set in contemporary to the time of writing, and a sequel was published two year's later, 'Love's Progress'. Laver was a author, critic, and curator, being the Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is possibly best known for his contributions to fashion history, discussing the influence of economic and social factors on the development of fashion. He also created 'Laver's Law, a cycle of fashion change and general attitude towards a certain style or period. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so, books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. Bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper, belonging to Melville Russell Cooke. In the publisher's original paper covered board with dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart. Some discolouration and spotting to the boards, with light bumping to the extremities. Dustwrapper with some loss to the spine, joints, and head of the spine. Edgewear to the dustwrapper, with a couple of small chips to the extremities. Discolouration to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just the very odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$247.07 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Signed by author to Lady Methuen with an additional author signed letter loosely inserted. Limited run of 1525 copies of which this is number 996. Physical description: 1 preliminary leaf, 7-27 pages, 1 leaf 30 cm. Subjects: Fine books England London; Specimens. Fine books.Bookplates. England London. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Signed by author to Lady Methuen with an additional author signed letter loosely inserted. Limited run of 1525 copies of which this is number 996. Physical description: 1 preliminary leaf, 7-27 pages, 1 leaf 30 cm. Subjects: Fine books England London; Specimens. Fine books.Bookplates. England London. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.