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Thomas, Edward. The Chessplayer & Other Essays. Whittington Press, 1981.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Black cloth-backed marbled boards. Faint sunning, tiny spot to rear panel, tiny rub to leading edge of front panel, near fine to fine.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$63.70 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp viii, 28. Original publisher's black cloth, over red and blue marbled boards, lettered gilt at the spine. Limited edition of 375 numbered copies, this being no. 15, on Heritage laid paper. Including two wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. ISBN: 0904845362 Fine.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Edward Thomas. The Chessplayer & Other Essays. The Whittington Press, United Kingdom, 1981.
Price: US$63.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Chessplayer & Other Essays by Edward Thomas, Hardcover, First UK Edition, No. 244 (1981). This is copy number 244 of 375 copies hand-set in 14-point Caslon, of which 350 are printed on Heritage laid paper & quarter-bound in Whittington marbled paper. The book contains an introduction by R. George Thomas, and with two wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Book in lovely condition. (See pictures).
Seller: Ann's Old Town Books, Swindon, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Royal 8vo, 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (250 x 155 mm); pp. viii +28 + colophon. This is copy 124 of 375 copies printed on Heritage cream laid paper. Two small wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn on page preceding title page and at colophon. Hand-set in 14-point Caslon, printed in black and brown; Quarter binding in black buckram and Whittington marbled paper by Smith Settle, gilt rules and spine titling, Colorplan Bagdad Red endpapers, top edge maroon, rest uncut. [Butcher 53]. First appearing circa 1911 in a little-known magazine called "Orpheus," "The Chessplayer" describes a recurring, haunting dream using vivid language and Blake-like imagery. The two other essays, 'The Listener' and 'Penderyn' were hitherto unpublished. Philip Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917) was a British poet, essayist, and novelist. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917. He is commemorated in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Small, narrow 4to, original quarter cloth and Whittington marbled paper over boards. Very fine copy. First edition. One of 350 numbered copies (out of a total edition of 375).
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$108.29 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Text set in Caslon. One of 350 (375) standard copies printed on Heritage cream laid paper, quarter bound in buckram with marbled boards, predominantly orange and blue. A fine copy.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$541.47 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Text set in Caslon. One of 25 (375) special copies printed on Arches cream mould-made paper, bound in full vellum, gilt, marbled endpapers, with a loosely inserted proof of the frontispiece signed by the artist. Lacks slipcase, otherwise a fine copy. Signed upon the colophon by R. George Thomas, Myfanwy Thomas and Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Royal 8vo, 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (250 x 155mm); pp. viii +28 + colophon. Two small wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn on page preceding title page and at colophon. Copy XIV of XXV, NUMBERED AND SIGNED on the colophon page by Mayfanwy Thomas, R. George Thomas and H. Weissenborn. Hand set in 14-point Caslon, printed in black and brown, on Arches cream wove paper. Smith Settle binding in full limp vellum, gilt spine titling, t.e.g.; Whittington marbled endpapers and matching slipcase. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. [Butcher 53]. First appearing circa 1911 in a little-known magazine called "Orpheus," "The Chessplayer" describes a recurring, haunting dream using vivid language and Blake-like imagery. The two other essays, 'The Listener' and 'Penderyn' were hitherto unpublished. Philip Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917) was a British poet, essayist, and novelist. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917. He is commemorated in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$633.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. (28)pp. One of twenty-five copies bound in vellum. Illustrated with two wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Signed by the artist, R. George Thomas (writer of the introduction and editor of the author's letters and poems), and Myfanwy Thomas (the author's daughter). First appearing circa 1911 in a little-known magazine called "Orpheus," "The Chessplayer" describes a recurring, haunting dream using vivid language and Blake-like imagery. With red and black marbled endpapers which match the slipcase. Slight bowing to the vellum, else fine.
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.