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Landor, Walter Savage. Pericles & Aspasia. George Bell & Sons, London, 1903.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 235p tall quarto, 1/200 numbered copies this copy #148 This copy has a 4 page order form from the Chiswick Press tipped in. Very faded green cloth and gray cloth spine spotted on the front panel. Paper label on spine and front panel , extra labels tipped into the rear.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edges and corners bumped with a bit of rubbing to leading lower front corner tip; spine cloth soiled; light to moderate foxing / toning to endpapers. ; No. 106 of 220 copies printed. Green cloth and gray cloth back; paper title labels on spine and front cover; two extra paper labels tipped in at rear endpaper. Portrait frontis; woodcut initials, with marginalia printed in red. Bookplate of Herbert Elkington corner of front pastedown. ; The Chiswick Library of Noble Writers; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 235 pages; An eipistolary novel set in ancient Athens by the noble classicist.
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.76 + shipping
Description: 34,5x21,5 cm. XI, (1), 236 pp. With decorative intials and frontespiece portrait and title-page, designes by Alfred A. Longden. Publisher's green and beige cloth, in simple original slip-case. Small damage to spine, slip-case worn, otherwise a very good copy. Printed in a limited edition of 200 copies, this is no. 184. (The Chiswick Library of Noble Writers.)
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Walter Savage Landor. Pericles & Aspasia. Scott- Thaw Co/Chiswick Press, New York, 1903.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Folio 255pp Bound in green and brown boards with paper title labels to cover and spine. Limited to 200 numbered copies and signed bhy publisher Scott-Thaw. Boards show soiling Wear at top and bottom of spine and corners. Soiling to boards.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
LANDOR, Walter Savage. Pericles & Aspasia. Scot-Thaw, New York, 1903.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Woodcut title page & initials, rubricated throughout. Folio, green cloth (soiled), interior is fine, paper labels. New York: Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Co., 1903. Limited edition. Very good. One of 210 numbered copies, printed at the Chiswick Press, as part of the Chiswick Library of Noble Authors.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Landor, Walter Savage. Pericles & Aspasia. George Bell & Sons, London UK, 1903.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: This is #122 of 200 copies. Some foxing to pages; top spine has two 1" tears. Printed at The Chiswick Press. The Chiswick Library of Noble Writers. ; Limited Edition; 8 3/4 x 14 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Folio, 8 1/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. Green cloth with grey cloth spine, printed paper title labels at spine and front cover (extra labels tipped-in at rear paste-down). xi + 235pp. Frontispiece is a portrait of Landor, with a tissue guard between portrait and title page. Red marginalia and woodcut initials throughout; table of contents; index. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Boards show some soiling and foxing on title labels. Wear to the corners and to spine ends. Foxing to endpapers, some prelims (including frontispiece and title page) and to blank pages after the text. Scattered foxing throughout to the margins; text is not affected. Inserted in this copy is an order form for books printed for the Chiswick Library of Noble Writers. Form has foxing. Weight is 2.5 lbs.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: One of 200 numbered copies, printed at the Chiswick Press, as part of the Chiswick Library of Noble Authors on special paper made by Messrs Arnold and Foster. Frontispiece portait and title page designed by Alfred A. Longren. 1 vols. Foolscap Folio (13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches). With prospectus. Issued at £3 3s Quarter linen and green cloth, paper spine label. Fine. Bookplate Frontispiece portait and title page designed by Alfred A. Longren. 1 vols. Foolscap Folio (13-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches) One of 200 numbered copies, printed at the Chiswick Press, as part of the Chiswick Library of Noble Authors on special paper made by Messrs Arnold and Foster.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.33 + shipping
Description: Limited edition of 220 copies, this no. 188 of 200 for sale. The first book in the Chiswick Library of Noble Writers series. With title-page and frontispiece designed by Alfred A Longden. Printed in red and black, with woodcut initials throughout. From the library of American academics William Roy Smith and Marion Parris Smith with their bookplate. Foolscap folio (13.5 x 8.5 inches), original quarter linen and green cloth, paper labels to spine and upper board (with spare labels at rear). A handsome piece of printing with original prospectus/order form for the Chiswick Library of Noble Writers loosely inserted. "It is proposed to issue a series of finely-printed books, which attaining the highest possible standard of workmanship, shall at the smae time be volumes such as the book-lover will read and not merely treasure as curiosities. Type has been chosen which is both readable and beautiful, and a special paper of the finest quality has been made by Messrs. Arnold and Foster. Pericles and Aspasia is a rendering of classical Athens through a series of imaginary letters, which contain numerous poems. The letters are frequently unfaithful to history but attempt to capture the spirit of the Age of Pericles.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom