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Cecil Aldin. Old Inns. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In a brown cloth hardcover with gilt titles to spine and front. No dust jacket. Coloured frontispiece with tissue guard. 149 pp., extensively illustrated, some in colour but most in black and white. The book is in good condition with moderate shelf-wear to the cover including bumping to corners and a small area of surface damage to the bottom front corner; there is some light marking to the back board. The binding is tight. There is light offsetting to the feps. The fore edge to the frontispiece has been carelessly cut. There is light foxing and minor marking scattered throughout the book, particularly the fore edge.
Seller: Books for Amnesty Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. Old Inns. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$30.28 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black cloth hard covers in tidy condition, a little rubbed and browned at the edges, previous owners bookplate and inscription, 16 tissue guarded colour plates, first edition Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. Old Inns. William Heinemann., London, 1921.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy of this 149 page book, with 16 colour illustrations, 12 black and white plates, and numerous line drawings. Light foxing throughout, but not seriously affecting text or illustrations. Greenish cloth binding, splitting down spine, and worn at corners. 1cm white stain on front board. Binding firm and tight, with no loose plates.
Seller: Pricewisebooks, MARLBOROUGH, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. Old Inns.. London, William Heinemann 1921 1921, 1921.
Price: US$43.05 + shipping
Description: 26x20 cm. Frontispiece. VIII, 149 pp. + 16 tissue-guarded colourplates. Illustrated in text (b/w) Publisher's cloth, gilt letters on spine and front board. yellow tinted top edge. Partly unopened pages. Lightly bumped spine-ends and corners, else a tight and very good+ copy.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
ALDIN, Cecil. Old Inns. Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 16 color plates, 12 in black and white. viii + 149 pages. Tall 8vo, black cloth (well-rubbed, corners and spine ends with large repair, damp-stain to rear cover). London: William Heinemann, 1921. A very good(-) copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Cecil Aldin. Old Inns. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$50.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wonderfully Illustrated by Aldin with 16 color plates & 12 B&W plates boards edge worn much foxing through out the book but still a very lovely book of old England. 149pp.
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Aldin, Cecil. OLD INNS. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Delightful account of the charming and characterful Old Inns of England. Beautifully illustrated by the Author with 8 fine Colour Plates (protected by Captioned Tissue Guards) and 45 B&W Illustrations. Title Page illustrated with "The New Inn, Gloucester". Black cloth cover with Large Indented Gilt Lettering to Front and dull gilt indented lettering to spine. 149 Pages, 820g, 10 1/4" Tall. Cloth a little frayed at very top of spine. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Previous owner's name lightly penciled on ffep. Some very small spots of foxing in the wide margins to a few pages, only a very occasional spot on an illustration. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Cecil Aldin. OLD INNS.. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$93.92 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, Editor's cloth binding, rubbed at edges with a small split along the spine, but solid, ALDIN'S WIFE'S copy, signed by her, probably adressed to a friend; inside some usage signs but general good condition; VIII + 149 pages; with the illustrations in very good condition;
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
ALDIN, Cecil. Old Inns. London: William Heinemann, 1921.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, no. 250 of 380 copies, signed by Aldin, 4to, (viii), 149, (1) pp. 16 coloured plates with captioned tissues, black and white illustrations in the text. Original quarter vellum, t.e.g., boards rather marked and a little worn, vellum slightly soiled.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. OLD INNS. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$129.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 149pp. Original full black cloth, gilt letters; slightly edge worn and rubbed, else very good. Page edges slightly toned, else very good. Litho text illus and 16 color plates.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Aldin, Cecil. Old Inns. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Large paper edition, signed by author/illustrator, # 177 of 380. 16 tipped in color plates, many black and white drawings as well. viii + 149 pp. Interior very clean, crisp, fine. Vellum spine has tear on lower front, about 2", and similar upper rear. Lightly bumped corners. Some other minor shelfwear. Overall, very good.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ALDIN, Cecil.. OLD INNS. [ SIGNED ]. William Heinemann,, London,, 1921.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. pp 149. This edition numbered 143 of 380 printed and signed by the artist. Black & white illustrated throughout as well as color tipped in plates. End papers browned. Original publisher's quarter vellum with some slight staining to lower part of front cover. Slight surface wear otherwise VG copy with clean text. First Edition. Hardback.
Seller: Nicola Wagner, aptos, CA, U.S.A.
Aldin, Cecil.. Old Inns. Limited Signed Edition, 1921.. William Heinemann., London., 1921.
Price: US$193.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus, 1921. This edition is limited to 380 copies, signed by the author, this is number 283. Tipped-in colour plates and text illustrations throughout. printed throughout in red and black. Top edges gilt. Page edges uncut. Engraved bookplate of Reginald Roose Francis. Endpaper age toned. Publishers quarter vellum with paper covered boards. Spine and boards very lightly marked, with some very light rubbing to the edges and corners. 149 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Cecil Aldin. OLD INNS. Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: A limited edition in quarter vellum over paper covered boards, this being #43 of 380 copies signed by Cecil Aldin, the British artist best known for sporting and rural scenes evoking "Old England". This copy with some minor surface loss to the paper-covered boards, and wear to the corners. Overall a presentable, tight copy. Printed in black and white with 16 mounted color plates, with printed tissue guards. Very Good binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Cecil Aldin. Old Inns. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$463.77 + shipping
Description: A smart limited edition of this series of illustrations depicting old inns, signed by Cecil Aldin. Limited edition of three hundred and eighty copies, of which this is number one hundred and thirty-seven. Signed by the author/illustrator to the limitation page. Illustrated with sixteen tipped-in colour plates, and forty-four black and white images. Collated complete. A collection of charming images of old inns from across Great Britain, such as: The George Inn in Salisbury, The King's Head in Chigwell, The Angel Inn in Woolhampton, The Star Inn in Alfriston, and The Mermain Inn in Rye. Written and illustrated by Cecil Aldin, a British artist and illustrator known for his paintings and sketches of animals and sports. In the original quarter vellum with cream paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1095.02 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition 1921. Presentation as follows "To my friend S. B. Russell" and signed by Cecil Aldin. Also full page coloured sketch of a man looking at his empty mug. It is entitled The Empty Mug and in brackets underneath (not apropos of The Lygon's hospitable doors). The presentation is particularly interesting as S. B. Russell was the owner of the Lygon Arms in Broadway at the time. This is mentioned on page 110 of the book. The illustration is typical of the work by Aldin and is very fine. The book is lightly foxed and marked throughout. The publishers black cloth is rubbed and frayed around the edges, spine split down edges and marking to the rear cover. A very interesting and unique copy. 149 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Aldin, Cecil. Old Inns. William Heinemann, London, 1921.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Quarter vellum and decorated boards. Limited edition copy #357 of 380 copies signed by the author and illustrator, and with an original drawing in black pencil and colored pencil added to the limitation page. The limitation page also bears the name of Sidney Pawling (Heinemann publisher) Xmas, 1921. From the library of Nelson Doubleday with his bookplate fixed to front pastedown. Doubleday purchased a controlling stake in the London publishing house, Heinemann, in 1921.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.