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Price: US$127.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Undated but presumed 1908 due to former ownership inscription on front free endpaper. 4to: xxiv, 143pp, plus 40 tipped in plates. Rubbed, green cloth boards, without dust wrapper. Gilt lettering and decor on spine and front cover. Cloth has partially split along hinge of spine. Minor spotting throughout. Back free endpaper is missing.
Seller: Westwood Books Sedbergh, Sedbergh, United Kingdom
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL, Hodder & Stoughton, ( ca. 1925 ), unobtrusive small tape stains to the f.e.p. & r.e.p., else a near fine copy in the publishers original pictorial stamped cloth with 16 full color tipped in plates by W. Heath Robinson. From the collection of esteemed Canadian fandom member Michael Glicksohn.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$187.93 + shipping
Description: underneath the image taken from Shakespeare's Comedy Twelfth Night, titled "For the rain it raineth every day", the picture shows the jester Feste carrying a lute standing in full-length pose roaring with laughter during a heavy downpour of rain and with tortured grey clouds in the sky, from Act V, Scene I, taken from Robinson's illustrated edition purlbished by Hodder and Stoughton in New York in 1908, 6½" x 6½", no place, The term "Heath Robinson" entered the popular language during the First World War as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance, much as "Rube Goldberg machines" came to be used in the US from the 1920s onwards as a term for similar efforts. "Heath Robinson contraption" is perhaps more often used in relation to temporary fixes using ingenuity and whatever is to hand, often string and tape, or unlikely cannibalisations.
Seller: Sophie Dupre ABA ILAB PADA, Calne, United Kingdom
Shakespeare,William. The Tempest. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1908.
Price: US$299.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's original green cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine and the upper cover.The book has original plain green olive endpapers.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The outer boards are a littkle marked along the edges to the rear coverbut their corners remain sharp and undamaged.The book's contents remain clean apart from just a little spotting to the half title and title pages and the final 3 pages.Superbly illustrated in colour by Edmund Dulac with a total of 40 tipped in plates each with captioned and protective guards.A very attractive example of this work and certainly one for the collector,Large and Heavy 4to [xxiv] [A] 143pp Undated but I gather that this is the 1908 First Illustrated Edition by Dulac
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st standard edition, 4to full green cloth stamped in gilt, 40 color plates by Edmund Dulac mounted on dark green art paper covered with letter press tissue guards. (Hughey, 19a). Light wear to tips and spine ends, custom bookplate to front pastedown, else fine.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$318.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the 1st trade edition with 40 tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. In original green decorative cloth binding with gilt design on front board and spine. The binding is clean with bright gilt to the front board and spine. It has been professionally rebacked so is sound and tight. There is slight marking at the bottom edge of the front board and some very slightly paler areas on the back board. Corners with light wear. The original green endpapers are present with an inscription dated Xmas 1908 to the fep. There is some light foxing to the half title. Contents in very good condition being very clean with some light toning to page edges. The plate at p11 has a small corner crease and the tissue guard to the plate at p126 is creased.
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Hodder & Stoughton [1908], London, 1908.
Price: US$318.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxv, 143 pp., Green, gilt decorated publishers cloth. Some marks to the binding, with spine rubbed and slightly sunned. Binding firm. Some spotting throughout, not effecting the plates. Illustrated with 40 lovely tipped in colour plates, by Edmund Dulac. Contains a notice laid in announcing that an exhibition of the original drawings and water colours will be displayed at the Leciester Galleries from November 14th until Christmas 1908. Plates complete. 4to. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto, 7.25 in.x 10 in., xxiv + 144 p., 40 LOVELY tipped in color plates by Edmund Dulac on thick, olive card stock with captioned tissue-guards. Green boards and spine with gilt title and fairy design. Light rubbing to extremities. Shelf-bumping to edges and bottom of front joint. "Presentation Copy" embossed on top of title page. Very light foxing to half-title. Pages and plates are clean. Embossed on title page: "Presentation Copy", possibly pre-publication, or gift from publisher, perhaps to reviewer.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG half leather and cloth covered boards. 40 tipped-in color illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Bookplate of Jean & Ernest Boissevain. Beautiful edition in special binding.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$329.43 + shipping
Description: In-4°, pp. XXIV, 144, 40 tavv. a coloti applicate su cartoncino e protette da veline parlanti, tela editoriale titolo e impressioni in oro al piatto superiore e al dorso.
Seller: LIBRERIA XODO, Torino, Italy
Price: US$329.43 + shipping
Description: Tela editoriale verde con titoli ed illustrazioni impresse in oro al ds. e al piatto anteriore. Piccola fenditura alla cerniera posteriore e lievi difetti alle cuffie, altrimenti esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Prima edizione con queste illustrazioni. 8vo (cm. 24,7), XXIV-144 pp. Con 40 tavole a colori applicate, protette da velina parlante (di cui una in antiporta).
Seller: Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italy
Shakespeare, William. SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST. Hodder & Stoughton, 1908.
Price: US$341.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1908. Very good condition with no wrapper. 40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small, light mark to front cover and light scuffing to rear cover. Some light browning and a couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing throughout on text pages. Plates all present and in fine condition. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Hodder & Stoughton [1908], London, 1908.
Price: US$356.73 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xxiv, 144 pp. Full blue cloth with gilt designs and lettering to boards and spine. Spine a little sunned, minor rubbing to extremities; head of spine has been repaired, and tail is slightly worn. Gilt bright and boards clean. Spotting to prelims but otherwise internally clean. Shakespeare's classic play, illustrated with 40 lovely tipped in colour plates with tissue guards, by Edmund Dulac. A special volume, would be very good condition if not for repair to spine. 4to.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in half leather with cloth-covered boards. Five raised bands on the spine with gilt stamping and gilt on the top edge of the text. 40 color illustrations by W. Heath Robinson tipped onto dark blue/gray sheets of card stock. Introduction by A.T. Quiller-Couch, 18 pages. Approximately 8x10". xxiv+144+illustrations and tissue guards. Near fine with brief small areas of rubbing. A well-illustrated edition in special binding.
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+, spine head worn, edges worn & slightly frayed; Green gilt decorated cloth, 40 tipped in color plates, Hughey 195, 19a; scans available on request.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st standard edition, 4to full green cloth stamped in gilt, 40 color plates by Edmund Dulac mounted on dark green art paper covered with letter press tissue guards. (Hughey, 19a). Exhibit notice alid in.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.72 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A lovely near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright with only slight rubbing to the extremities. The spine lightly faded through the dustwrapper. The contents are entirely complete with no inscriptions or stamps. The forty tipped in colour plates are all present and in fine condition. There is a small tear to one of the tissue guards, otherwise all pages are complete, clean and bright. Complete with the scarce original dustwrapper which is in very good condition showing some rubbing and light chipping to the extremities. The spine is very slightly darkened. A very attractive example in the rarely seen dustwrapper. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Shakespeare, William. SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST. Hodder & Stoughton, 1908.
Price: US$892.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1908. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. 40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine is faded. Corners are nice and sharp. All plates are present and fine. Foxing throughout book, but still very good! Contained in original (rare) wrapper with pictorial onlay to front panel. Edge-creasing to wrapper, with a few tears and chips, but minimal loss. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 29 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. Limited to 500 copies bound in publisher's vellum with gilt design and lettering and signed by the artist Edmund Dulac this being copy number 83. Frontispiece and an additional 39 tipped in color plates. Gilt top foredge. Vellum boards are bowed. Lacking the ribbon. Scattered foxing to the text, not the plates. Some fading to the spine. Bit of discoloration to the edges of the front cover.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine and tight copy bound in full vellum. Limited Edition of 500 copies of which this is no. 96, Signed by Edmund Dulac. Forty tipped in color plates in perfect condition. Ribbon is still attached. A very nice copy and much nicer than usual. (See Pict's).
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1908.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. Quarto. xxiv, 144p. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac. Bound in half red leather with red cloth sides, t.e.g., the spine with dark blue and brown title labels gilt, the remainder ornately gilt. Hughey 19a. Fine and bright but for small creases to lower corner of one plate
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: One of 500 numbered copies signed by Dulac. xxiv, 143 (1) pp. + 40 tipped-in color plates. Hardcover, bound in full vellum. The binding spotted, lacking ties, boards slightly splayed as usual; the text with light foxing at the extremities, generally unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1592.55 + shipping
Description: First Heath Robinson edition, signed limited issue, number 66 of 350 copies, signed by the artist. Simon Heneage in the ODNB describes Heath Robinson's illustrations for this volume as "atmospheric". A contemporary review in The Graphic noted that "the new edition of Twelfth Night. has the advantage of the poetic insight and decorative skill which mark Mr. W. Heath Robinson's serious work. This year he shows a considerable advance in freedom and grace upon the book to which we refer. The coloured drawings. are instinct with the decorative spirit of the play". The Graphic, 24 October 1908, p. 492. Quarto. Original vellum, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, grey endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated title page, colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Heath Robinson. Natural variation to vellum, front cover slightly bowed, minor split at head of front hinge, some light soiling, lacking ribbons: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1592.55 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (i), xxiv, 144 pp. Signed limited edition. Publisher's gilt-decorated vellum, with top edge gilt. Boards bright with minor marks and original gold ribbon ties, rear tie is lose and laid in. Binding firm. Internally fresh and bright with no ownership marks. Introduction by A. T. Quiller-Couch. Number 150 of a limited run of 350, signed by the artist. With forty tissue-guarded & tipped-in colour plates by W. Heath Robinson. Plates complete with no creasing. Born into a talented family of artists, his father was the illustrator Thomas Robinson, W. Heath Robinson's illustrations provide a beautifully moody and atmospheric accompaniment to Shakespeare's classic comedy. 4to. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1665.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. pp. 1 p.l., xxiv, 143, [1]. 40 tipped-in colour plates after drawings by W. Heath Robinson. tissue guards with legends. woodcut decoration on title. original gilt-stamped vellum, t.e.g., others uncut (vellum little soiled, covers bowed, lacking ties). First Edition Illustrated by Heath Robinson, Deluxe Issue Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the Artist.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1968.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1908. Very good condition with no wrapper. Signed limited edition of 350 copies. Printed on handmade paper and bound in white vellum, gilt. 40 superb tipped-in colour plates on dark green mounts with captioned tissue-guards. 143 pages. Large, heavy format. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 53. A few small, light marks to covers. Silk ties are missing. Foxing to textblock and to some page margins. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom