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BLUNDEN, Edmund. A summer's fancy,. Beaumont Press, 1930.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, 1930; limited edition # 176/325; illustrated cloth covered boards; edges and spine toned; corner and spine edge wear; housed in a Mylar cover; gift inscription on free front end paper; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; tide mark at bottom edges; interior is clean and unmarked; 54 pages
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Blunden, Edmund. A SUMMER'S FANCY. The Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarter cloth gilt with decorated paper-covered boards, 8vo., 53, (3) pages, decorations and illustrations by Randolph Schwabe. One of 325 numbered copies on hand-made paper. Spine toned, tips worn, faint offsetting to flyleaves, else a very good partially unopened copy in archival mylar.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
BLUNDEN, Edmund. A Summer's Fancy. Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. Illustrations by Randolph Schwabe. Quarter cloth and decorated papercovered boards. Bookplate on the front pastedown, corners a little bumped, else fine. One of 325 numbered copies on handmade paper. The 25th book from the press.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Blunden, Edmund. A SUMMER'S FANCY. The Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: No. 321 of 324 copies. Twenty-fifth book of the press. 54p. The cover, title-page, wood cut illustrations and decorations designed by Randolph Schwabe. Typography and binding arranged and the book produced by Cyril William Beaumont. Bound in gilt-titled quarter linen over marbled boards. Covers and boards mildly faded and a bit worn, contents fine No. 321 of 324 copies. Twenty-fifth book of the press.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Edmund Blunden. A Summer's Fancy. The Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No.315 from the edition of 325 copies on hand-made paper, in VG order throughout, with Schwabe's attractive engravings showing well. Some of the roughcut edges are a little toned, likewise endpapers, but otherwise all is clean and bright. No inscriptions. Floral patterned paper-covered boards a little dulled to edges. Cream cloth to spine also dulled and with small mark. 8vo. 56pp
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United Kingdom
BLUNDEN EDMUND. A SUMMER'S FANCY. BEAUMONT PRESS, 1930.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Description: NUMBER 220 OF ONLY 325 COPIES PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER. SMALL OCTAVO, GREEN DECORATED BOARDS, CLOTH SPINE, GILT TITLES. ILLUSTRATIONS DESIGNED BY RANDOLPH SCHWABE. A VERY GOOD COPY, 54 PAGES. PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DOUGLAS GRANT, CHAIR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, LEEDS UNIVERSITY, WITH HIS SIGNATURE.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
BLUNDEN, Edmund. A SUMMER'S FANCY. London The Beaumont Press 1930, 1930.
Price: US$59.01 + shipping
Description: LIMITED EDITION, Number 227 of 405. 8vo. hardback with cloth spine, gilt and decorative paper-covered boards. 54pp., with b/w illustrations by Randolph Schwabe. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Light ageing to endpapers. Slight browning and foxing to linen spine and board edges. Overall a VERY GOOD, ATTRACTIVE COPY. (Shelf 2) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
BLUNDEN, Edmund. A summer's fancy. The Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Description: 53pp [3]. One of 325 copies on handmade paper (numbered 81-405), this no. 231. Original publisher's cloth-backed decorated paper boards, lettered in gilt. Illustrations and decorations throughout designed by Randolph Schwabe. All edges untrimmed. Cloth a little stained and sunned, paper remains bright with slight bumping to corners. The limited edition of Edmund Blunden's (1896-1974) eighteenth collection of poetry. Blunden had a fruitful career as a poet, publishing over thirty collections of poetry over a span of fifty three years. He was awarded several international honours, including six separate Nobel Prize nominations. Blunden won the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry on the Western Front during WWI, and his name rests among the Great War slate in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. Size: 8vo
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$74.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Number 229 of 325 (405) copies printed on Millbourn hand-made paper. Text printed in black with a cover design, title-page decoration and 6 other decoration (4 full-page) by Randolph Schwabe. Quarter cream buckram, gilt, with decorative paper-covered boards (flowers in white and yellow). A near fine copy A previously unpublished poem, written in 1922, concerning the countryside, love and war.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
BLUNDEN, Edmund. A Summer's Fancy. Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, illustrations by Randolph Schwabe, cloth-backed patterned boards. Faint offsetting to endpapers, spine a trifle sunned, otherwise a fine copy. Faint offsetting to endpapers, spine a trifle sunned, otherwise a fine copy First edition. The twenty-fifth book from the press. One of 325 numbered copies on hand-made paper.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
BLUNDEN, Edmund. A SUMMER'S FANCY. Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$76.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 53. Illustrated by Randolph Schwabe. Patterned paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover somewhat browned on spine and edges, cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Edmund Blunden. A Summer's Fancy. The Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$89.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A limited edition of A Summer's Fancy by Edmund Blunden, illustrated throughout. The twenty-fifth book issued by the Beaumont Press. Numbers 81-405 printed on handmade paper, this is number 347. First edition. Edmund Charles Blunden, MC (1896 - 1974) was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. With bookplate of Sybil Waller to front pastedown. In a quarter buckram binding with decorative paper boards. Externally, generally smart but with minor wear to extremities, slight spotting and handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean throughout but with offsetting and foxing to endpapers and spots to text block edges only. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Blunden, Edmund. A Summer's Fancy.. Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 325 copies of the 25th book issued by the Beaumont Press. The cover, title page, illustrations and decorations were designed by Randolph Schwabe.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Edmund Blunden. A Summer's Fancy. The Beaumont Press, London, 1930.
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A limited edition poetry collection by the renowned English poet, Edmund Blunden, with beautiful illustrations throughout. The first edition, printed on handmade paper. Limited to 325 copies, this being number 197. In the original quarter cloth binding on patterned boards. With a beautiful frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout by Randolph Schwabe. Edmund Charles Blunden, MC (1896 - 1974) was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. The half title page is present. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the edges. Spine is darkened. Marks to the front board, and handling marks to both boards. Very light offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with just the odd handling mark. Several pages are uncut throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Blunden, Edmund. A Summer's Fancy. Beaumont Press, 1930.
Price: US$121.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cover, title page, illustrations and decorations by Randolph Schwabe. Small bookplate. Patterned paper boards, white vellum spine. Near fine. One of 80 numbered copies on parchment vellum signed by Blunden and Schwabe.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Blunden, Edmund. A Summer's Fancy,. The Beaumont Press, 1930.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #22 of 80 signed by author and artist (Randolph Schwabe) on handmade paper. Floral paper covered boards lightly soiled, abraded at tips, vellum spine gilt titles. Poetry; 53 pages
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Blunden, Edmund. Summer's Fancy.. The Beaumont Press (1930), 1930.
Price: US$214.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 54pp. Cloth. (No. 193 of 405 copies).
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publisher's vellum-backed boards, a little timed stained. 54pp. ONE OF 80 copies on handmade paper, signed by the poet and artist.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Blunden, Edmund. A Summer's Fancy. London The Beaumont Press 1930, 1930.
Price: US$301.45 + shipping
Description: LIMITED EDITION. 'No. 47' of 80 copies (5 of which were not for sale) printed on hand-made parchment vellum SIGNED by both the author and the artist. Publisher's patterned paper over boards with a vellum spine with gilt lettering and decoration, uncut fore-edge. Octavo. pp. [1-10] 11-56 with four full-page wood-engravings. Wood-engravings by Randolph Schwabe. A book in Very Good condition with rubbing to lower edge corner of paper covering of front board which does not detract. Issued without a dust-jacket.
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom