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Lamb, Charles. A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig. Leo Hart, Rochester, 1932.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1932. 8vo. Unpaginated. Quarter vellum & tan paper boards, spine letters red, Chinese script in red on front cover, top edges gilt. Four small holes in spine, rest of book in fine condition. Lacks slipcase. #547 of 950 printed on Ikawara paper signed by illustrator Wilfred Jones, typography by Will Ransom, Chinese characters by San Ho. Thirteen colorful illustrations including endpapers first printed in black and white and finished by hand in color, all humorously presented in text and image.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Lamb, Charles. A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig. Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, 1932.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1932. 8vo. Unpaginated. Quarter vellum & beige paper boards, spine letters red, Chinese script in red on front cover, top edges gilt. Tiny spot on spine, corner edge of foot rubbed, interior fine condition, private bookplate on front pastedown. Publisher's decorated paper over board slipcase discolored/soiled, worn. #236 of 950 printed on Ikawara paper, signed by illustrator Wilfred Jones, typography by Will Ransom, Chinese characters by San Ho. Thirteen colorful illustrations including endpapers first printed in black and white and finished in color by hand, all humorously presented in text and image. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Lamb, Charles. A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig, An Essay. Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, 1932.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tan paper covers with yellow spine has light foxing to spine and fore edges. This book is #441/950 printed on Okawara paper under the direction of leo Hart . Illustrations are by Wilfred Jones (SIGNED ON LIMITATION PAGE) with typography by Will Ransom and Chinese characters by Sang Ho. The pages appear unread. Title on spine has some flaking to the T and O and light soil at top. Slipcase is heavily worn and rubbed.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Lamb, Charles. DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG.|A. The Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, NY, 1932.
Price: US$114.00 + shipping
Description: small 8vo. quarter vellum with paper-covered boards, slipcase. 35, (3) pages. Printed on Okawara paper in an edition limited to 950 numbered copies. Rubbing to the slipcase. Else a near fine copy. Illustrated with 7 full-page hand colored wood blocks and 4 smaller ones on endpapers by Wilfred Jones, and signed by him on the limitation page. Typography by Will Ransom. Chinese characters in red drawn by Sang Ho. quarter vellum with paper-covered boards, slipcase
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LIMITED EDITION of 950 copies of which this is numbered 94 and SIGNED by illustrator. Very Good hardcover, Illustrated by Wilfred Jones. (illustrator). Original hand-made, cream-coloured, Japanese paper covered boards with slightly soiled vellum spine. Text printed on oriental Okawara paper.
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$349.81 + shipping
Description: First edition with these illustrations. Octavo. pp [iv], 37. Colour illustrations printed in pochoir by Wilfred Jones. Pigskin-backed paper boards, lettered in red. Printed on oriental Okawara paper. Typography by Will Ransom, Chinese characters by Sang Ho. A somewhat bizarre stab at orientalism. The pictures were first printed in black and then the vivid Japanese watercolours were done by hand by a team of young artists who copied from originals done byJones. One of the figures depicts George Bernard Shaw squeezing his nose. One of 950 numbered copies signed by the artist.Fine in publisher's very good patterned paper-covered card slipcase split at one edge.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Color illustrations. Signed by illustrator Wilfred Jones. Limited Edition, 879 of 950 copies. Quarter vellum in slipcase. Handmade paper, partially uncut. Food appreciation writing by 19th-century English essayist Charles Lamb. Very good, bookplate on verso of front free endpaper; shelf wear to slipcase.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$362.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by artist. Book is fine with original glassine cover, split at spine edge with a few tears to top and bottom front edges. Boards and interior are unused with gorgeous vivid illustrations. Slip case intact with rubbing to surfaces and light wear to edges and spine ends.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.