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Price: US$107.59 + shipping
Description: 260mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). vii, 104pp. 92 caricature etchings. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G: in good condition. Cover marked and bumped. Edge-wear. Spine faded, with chipping to ends; some loss to top end. Splitting to outer hinges. Occasional inner hinge cracking; pronounced at front hinge. Sporadic foxing, occasionally impinging on content. Teg
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$124.24 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Rebound copy. Foxing and light marks throughout. vi, 104 pages. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries Size: 260mm Tall, 4to
Seller: Andmeister Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 104pp. Octavo [24 cm] 3/4 red leather with red cloth covered boards, raised bands, a gilt tooled spine, and gilt stamped linear borders on the covers. Top edge gilt. Marbled endsheets. Olive green silk ribbon place marker. Very good. The spine is faded, and the corners of the covers are very slightly bumped. There are a couple of tiny stains on the bottom edge of the text block. There is a small stain on the verso of the rear free endsheet. There are also notations in pencil on versos of the free endsheets. The pages have large stains due to foxing, and have occasional offsetting from the illustrations. Sporadic soiling on the pages as well. The book is sturdy. R. B. Peake became widely known for writing plays about farce during the early stages of his career.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4200.00 + shipping
Description: large 8vo. full leather, gilt tooling on covers and spine, five raised bands. viii, 104 pages. Later edition. Beautiful full burgundy morocco, covers tooled in gilted panel design with floral motif at corners built up from small gouges and circles, by the Guild of Women-Binders, with stamp in gilt on front turn-in and label on verso of front free endpaper. A most desirable copy with a royal association. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Harry Hanson / from / Edward R / Xmas 1902." Loosely inserted is a card bearing the Royal crest "Dieu et mon droit." King Edward VII ruled as the King of England from 1901 to 1910 and was a noted book collector, as well as a noted book gifter around the holiday season. The Guild of Women-Binders was established by a collection of women binders and Frank Karslake in 1898 primarily as a commercial venture. It lasted until 1904 and boasted the likes of Helen Schofield, Frances Knight, Constance Karslake, Edith de Rheims, and Annie C. MacDonald among its ranks. Very light rubbing along the edges and top 1" of the front hinge. A few small scratches on the front and rear cover. Leather turn-ins have caused discoloration on the front and rear free endpapers. Else a tight and bright copy. full leather, gilt tooling on covers and spine, five raised bands
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.