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Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1928.
Price: US$6.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is in good condition with the pages unmarked and no dog-ears. There is a very tiny nick to the head of the frontispiece (<2mm). The binding is till pretty tight for its age and there is very little bumping or shelf wear to the corners. The spine is similarly sound. Small amount of light staining on the back cover (about 1.5 sq cms). A little tanning to the pages but primarily to the end papers. November 1928 reprint. This timeless classic is as entertaining now as ever and the Shepard illustrations are delightful. A lovely little book.
Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane the Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Full leather, elaborate gilt detailing on spine. Minor shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd - November Reprint, 1928.
Price: US$12.19 + shipping
Description: Hardback in good condition. No Dust Jacket. Grey cloth boards sunned to spine and board edges and generally discoloured. Black silhouette design of two children sitting under a tree to front boards. Previous owners name neatly written in ink to inside of front boards. Frontispiece and twenty eight (28) other illustrations and decorations by Ernest H Shepard. Internally clean and bright.
Seller: Rhos Point Books, Conwy, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$12.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardback, grey pictorial cloth lettered black and gilt, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, b&w illustrations by Ernest H Shepard, 166pp
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane and the Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$15.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1928. John Lane and the Bodley Head. Hardcover. GOOD First edition. Gilt titles, cream boards. Black and white illustrations. Edgewear and extremities are darkened. Spine is damaged at the top. Previous owners name. 7x5
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: True first British printing of this edition. First thus. No jacket. With illustrations and decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Cream boards with gold lettering to spine are good with a few marks/patchy browning, little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small bump to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. The binding is tight. End-papers tanned. Top of pages slightly dusty. Mark to bottom edge of pages. Occasional minor mark to a few pages. Pages little tanned (not major). No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$20.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1928. Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, original cover wapped in green paper and pasted on inside cover. Original spine remains exposed with edge wear and some nicks. Yellowing of pages, remains a good copy. . . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Price: US$23.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: November 1928 1st reprint [in same month and year as first edition]. Buff cloth, black titles and illustration to front; gilt titles to spine. Unclipped pictorial dustjacket. 28 b/w illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Condition: VG book in F dj. A little staining to spine ends. Browning to endpapers. Pages clean and bright. Binding is firm. Dj with loss to spine ends and top edge. Age toned. Now in removable plastic sleeve. Size: 7.5x5in / 19x13cm. 166pp plus 4pp book list. Weight: 250g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1928.
Price: US$25.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Clean and tight. Printed on high quality paper
Seller: The Recycled Book Company, Scarborough, United Kingdom
Grahame,Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$30.79 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1896 sixth edition John Lane on grey illustrated cloth rubed at edges small split on one spine cover side seam
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$32.33 + shipping
Description: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). x, 166pp + ads. First Shepard illustrated edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Spine and boards darkened. Small tear to top of spine Cream illustrated hardback cloth cover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor fading to spine, light shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: x, 166 [4, ads] pp. With illustrations and decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. 12mo, publisher's white illustrated cloth. Some light use to cloth; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$36.09 + shipping
Description: pp168, (4), b/w ills by Ernest Shepard; 8vo, pictorial cloth, spine sunned, rear board marked. Else very good. Stories and reminiscences of childhood.
Seller: Louella Kerr Books, Petersham, NSW, Australia
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 166p., illus. Very good condition, short gift inscription on flyleaf
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$43.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st thus 1928. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Lovely cream cloth with gilt titles and black silhouette illustration to front cover. B/w silhouette and line drawings to text. 166 pages plus 4 page publication list to rear. Top edge red. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Spine darkened. Some grubby marks and foxing to covers. Name in pencil to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Just an odd mark to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Grahame Kenneth and Shepard Ernest (illus). The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1928.
Price: US$44.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION THUS with illustration and decoration by E H Shepard.Bound in Cream Illustrated cloth with gilt lettering.Spine is faded else a VG+ copy lacking the dustwrapper
Seller: barnoble-books, Boston, LINCS, United Kingdom
Shepard (Ernest H.). Grahame (Kenneth). The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited,, 1928.
Price: US$47.14 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece, illustrations and upper cover by Shepard Cloth a little marked, but a very nice copy Original white cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1928.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 12mo. Decorative binding with stamped, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Red top edge. Former owner signature to front endpage. Illustrations and decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. The Golden Ageis a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written byKenneth Grahameand first published in book form in1895, byThe Bodley Headin London and by Stone & Kimball in Chicago. The Prologue and six of the stories had previously appeared in theNational Observer,the journal then edited byWilliam Ernest Henley.Widely praised upon its first appearance ?Algernon Charles Swinburne, writing in theDaily Chronicle,called it one of the few books which are well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise ? the book has come to be regarded as a classic in its genre. Typical of his culture and his era, Grahame casts his reminiscences in imagery and metaphor rooted in the culture ofAncient Greece; to the children whose impressions are recorded in the book, the adults in their lives areOlympians, while the chapter titled TheArgonauts refers toPerseus,Apollo,Psyche, and similar figures ofGreek mythology. Grahame's reminiscences, inThe Golden Ageand in the laterDream Days(1898), were notable for their conception of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult 'Olympians' who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young ? a theme later explored byJ.M. Barrieand other authors.The first editions were not illustrated. An edition published in Britain and America by The Bodley Head in1899featuredhalftoneblack-and-white artwork byMaxfield Parrish? 19 full-page illustrations and twelve tailpieces. The full-page pictures were afrontispieceand one accompanying each of the eighteen chapters. Very Good. Soiling to covers with sunning to spine. Some stray marks and soiling to interior.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1928.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition illustrated by E. H. Shepard of this lovely childhood reminiscences. In original publisher's cloth binding. First published in 1895, this edition of The Golden Agewas the first with illustrations by E. H. Shepard.The book is a collection of reminiscences of childhood intended for nostalgic adults and suitable for children readers. The contents includes 'A Holiday', 'The Burglars', and 'The Olympians' - referring to adults from a child's eye, using Ancient Greek metaphors and imagery that was typical of the time.Kenneth Grahame was a British writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows, a children's literature classic. E. H. Shepard is a well known book illustrator who also illustratedThe Wind in the Willows, and other famous children's literature such asWinnie The Pooh.Gold lettering to the front board and spine.No dust wrapper present.Includes adverts to the rear endpapers. In original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. The boards and spine are aged. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The spine is slightly discoloured and the lettering of the publisher's mark is slightly faded. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with only the occasional spot. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1928.
Price: US$75.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Tormod Opedal, Sarpsborg, VIKEN, Norway
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The golden age. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1928.
Price: US$82.55 + shipping
Description: 1st ed thus. Illustrated by Ernest H.Shepard. Clean cream cloth with black decoration & gilt lettering; short tear (no loss) in edge of p.57/8; dust jacket a little worn at edges, with chipping & small loss at head of spine. Dustjacket protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth.. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$83.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1928. John Lane The Bodley Head. Hard Cover. Book- VG, DJ: gilt titles on spine, black titles and decoration on front board, brown boards. 7.5x5. 166pp. Frontis and 27 b/w illus by Ernest H. Shepard. Inscription on fep.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth.. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928.
Price: US$84.54 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The golden age. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1928.
Price: US$85.50 + shipping
Description: 1st edition thus, with illustrations & decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Binding tight; buff cloth very slightly darkened on spine; dust jacket worn & a little soiled by handling, with small losses at edges; dust jacket protected in removable clear film. Used - Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. , 1928.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: GRAHAME, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd. (1928). First edition. 166 pp. 8vo., pale cloth stamped in gilt and black with attractive silhouette cover. Some dark staining to cloth at spine and corners. Pencil ownership to front flyleaf. Interior clean and bright, with more b/w silhouette illustrations as well as line drawings by Shepard. In a fair to good chipped dust jacket, soiled and dampstained, with text missing at heel and crown of spine. Good overall.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1928.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Description: x, 166pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Beige cloth decorated in black and gold/copper on the front panel and lettered in gold on the spine panel. Frontispiece, illustrations and decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Mild toning to free endpapers else a bright, fine copy in very good- dustjacket with three closed tears, light toning (especially to spine panel), and mild chipping. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Description: Attractive black & white illustrations & decorated boards by the illustrator of Winnie the Pooh. Gilt titles on spine & front board. Boards a little marked but generally VG. Clean internally. No dustjacket.
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1928.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: The 1928 1st Ernest Shepard-illustrated edition. Tight and VG in a bright, VG- example of the charming dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and along the panel edges. 12mo, 166 pgs., the wonderful Ernest Shepard line drawings thtruout complementing the Kenneth Grahame text.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, UK, 1928.
Price: US$102.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This edition of " The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard " the olive green boards has a black silhouette drawing and lettering on the front board and gilt lettering down the spine. it has also been covered by the previous owner in a clear protective covering , the text block is tanned with a small label on the back paste-down, there are illustrations throughout by Ernest H. Shepard. All-in-all a good clean copy for its age.Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only. All books are photographed in the box they are packed in as proof against in-transit damage.
Seller: powellbooks Somerset UK., Ilminster, SOM, United Kingdom
Price: US$121.86 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION THUS. 8vo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. x + [ii] + 166 + [2] pp. + [4] pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in original cream cloth, gilt, with silhouette on front board, in similar dust wrapper, which has some edge loss including head and tail of spine. A little wear to extremities and spotting of spine, but otherwise a very good clean copy. Illustrated by 28 drawings and silhouettes, including frontispiece and whole page, and by endpiece vignettes, all by E. H. Shepard. The Golden Age was first published in book form in 1895 and this is the first edition with the illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard (1879-1976). Shepard was already well known for his illustrations of the books of A. A. Milne when this classic combination of author and artist first appeared in 1928. A collection of childhood reminiscences in which the children conflict with the adult Olympians of the Prologue. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS CHILDREN'S LIT. FICTION CHILDREN'S 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$288.62 + shipping
Description: First edition with these illustrations. Octavo. ppxii, 166. Drawings in black and white and in silhouette. Four pages of adverts at rear. Pictorial cloth. Childhood reminiscences.Some darkening to endpapers. Spine faintly tanned. Near fine in very good, chipped and slightly rubbed dustwrapper with a few closed tears at top edge.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: x, 166 [1] pp. With illustrations and decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. 8vo, publisher's vellum-backed marbled boards; t.e.g. First edition; No. 3 of 275 copies in the Large Paper Edition, signed by Kenneth Grahame and Ernest H. Shepard. Free endpapers slightly tanned; a few very light spots of foxing to the backstrip; a fresh, unworn copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$577.24 + shipping
Description: First edition with these illustrations. Octavo. pp xii, 166. Drawings in black and white and in silhouette. Pages unopened.Number 36 of 250 copies printed on rag paper, signed by the author and the artist and bound in quarter vellum with marbled boards, top edge gilt.Endpapers faintly tanned. Very near fine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed limited edition of Grahame's reminiscences of his boyhood, framed as a conflict between the Olympians (adults) and the Argonauts (children) - the first with illustrations by regular collaborator Ernest H. Shepard. Best known for his illustrations of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS and WINNIE THE POOH, in THE GOLDEN AGE Ernest H. Shepard's artistic talent is on full display. This limited edition on "specially made rag paper" is signed by both Shepard and Grahame. An unusually attractive copy. 8.75'' x 5.5''. Original parchment-backed marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Black-and-white frontispiece with 27 black-and-white illustrations. x, 168 pages. Signed by Grahame and Shepard to limitation page, numbered 190 of 275. Bookplate of architect Parker Morse Hooper to front pastedown. Binding with mild bumping to corners, slight lean. Clean.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame, Ernest Shepard (illus). The Golden Age. John Lane, 1928.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1928 John Lane Bodley Head large paper edition on rag papers #189 of 275 limitation. Signed by Grahame and Shepard, vellum over marbled boards. Book plate to front pastedown otherwise tight and unmarked. No slipcase. A51 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: Limited issue; one of 275 numbered copies signed by both the author and illustrator. Bottom of spine slightly bumped; a nearly fine copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.