Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Sewn binding is weakening- one ilustration is loose,
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth.. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane, 1900., 1900.
Price: US$7.05 + shipping
Description: 13th edition. 8vo. Prelims. + 196pp. + adverts. Occasional slight foxing, f.e.ps. browned, with bookplate to front pastedown, original yellow cloth slightly darkened to spine. US$7
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Grahame,Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head 11th Edition 1900, 1900.
Price: US$10.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good Copy of this Book in original pictorial mustard coloured boards stamped in black,edges untrimmed,there is one closed tear to title page 2 inches in length,o/w a very good copy.8vo 196pp + (2pp) of adverts
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Spine had dulled lettering and shows light wear top and bottom. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 252 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane & The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$12.81 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: John Lane & The Bodley Head. c1900. 196 pages. Cloth marked, rear hinge exposed with loose rear-end paper, binding remains firm, text clean. A good copy. 'The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, first published in book form in 1895, by The Bodley Head in London. The Prologue and six of the stories had previously appeared in the National Observer, the journal then edited by William Ernest Henley. Widely praised upon its first appearance Algernon Charles Swinburne, writing in the Daily 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.'
Seller: Hill of Dust Books, Leeds, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.81 + shipping
Description: First edition thus (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 15cm), 252pp, 2pp adverts. 18 plates. Original decorated blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. There is a short split to the head of the spine; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.
Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth.. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane, 1900., 1900.
Price: US$14.09 + shipping
Description: 18th thousand. 8vo. Prelims. + 196pp. + adverts. F.e.ps. browned, with ownership inscription to front f.e.p., original yellow cloth slightly darkened to spine with some minor soiling to boards. US$14
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bound in publisher's yellow cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Top edge gilt. Good binding and cover. Spine somewhat tanned. Clean, unmarked pages. 242 pages. The adventures of five brothers and sisters growing up in rural England in the late nineteenth century.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD, LONDON AND NEW YORK, 1900.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: gilt on cover and spine, pages age toned, black and white illustrations, shelf worn DATE PUBLISHED: 1900 EDITION: 252
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 252 pp. plus 2 pp. of ads. Frontipiece and 17 other half-tone illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Burgundy cloth with lettering and a decoration in gold of repeating X's and butterflies on the front cover. Gold lettering on the spine. TEG. Deckled edges. Our copy has some wear at the spine ends and a few rubbed spots.There are previous owners' names on the inside cover and front free end paper. There is light foxing on the frontispiece and tissue and waterstain on the lower part of the front free end paper. The binding is a bit loose at the frontispiece but the rest of the book is tight.
Seller: Alberta's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. 8" x 6". [10] + 252pp + plates + [2]pp publishers adverts. Spine a trifle wrinkled with small tear to head. Very good hardback in publishers original decorated green cloth.
Seller: Elaine Beardsell, HOLMFIRTH, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, UK, 1900.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First illustrated edition. 254pp, several black and white plates (inc. tissue-guarded frontispiece. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt and blue design on front, gilt titles on front and spine. Heavily bumped spine ends, cloth torn in places. Corners bumped. 5cm tear in cloth at rear board and spine head; repaired. Outer and bottom text block edges untrimmed. Frontispiece and title page have several heavy folds. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane/ Bodley Head, NY & London, 1900.
Price: US$16.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An attractive collection of stories for children by the author of "The Wind in the Willows", profusely illustrated by the famous artist Parrish. Tight and neat w/faint soil & rubbing to the ornate from cover illustration. Spine has darkened w/light wear to the edges. Internally clean.
Seller: Jeryl Metz, Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$19.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition thus. Green cloth boards decorated in yellow and blue. Boards are stained. Corners rubbed and spine shelf worn. Gilt top edge, rough cut.
Seller: Remember Books, Bath, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth;. Illus. by Parrish, Maxfield;. The Golden Age.. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$19.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illus. with b.w. plates incl. frontis. Large 8vo. dec. cl. bds. alittle marked inscr. else contents v.g.
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane: The Bodley Head, New York, 1900.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black & white illustrations. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration & titles. Boards clean and bright, tips trifle rubbed. Spine lightly sunned, ends gently bumped. Gilt lettering still legible. Binding with three light cracks throughout contents; remains firm with no missing or loose pages. Page edges toned. Contents unmarked. Nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$23.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1900 edition from john lane bodley head illustrated by Maxfield parrish on brown cloth and gilt lettering to spine cover and frontis
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$23.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early reissue of the 1895 edition. A nice copy in the attractive pictorial cloth with fine illustrations. Front cover of book still bright with some fading at corners. Some water stained on the back cover. Spine ends slightly worn and one of the Maxfield parrish images is partly loose, but otherwise a perfectly good copy. Previous owner's lovely ex libris pasted neatly on end paper.
Seller: Hinch Books, Brighton, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Decorative cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, and bumped corners. Name of former owner on the front endpaper. Pages are tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Maroon cloth, gilt embossed title and decorations, (8.25 x 6.25 inches). 252 pages, plus publisher adverts.; illustrated with 18 plates by Maxfield Parrish. An exceptionally clean, tight copy Size: Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. London John Lane, The Bodley Head 1900, 1900.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In yellow cloth binding which is coming lose, no dust jacket. Spine sun damaged and frayed top and bottom. Interior sound with signature of a previous owne, r pages somewhat foxed.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Good
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth.. The Golden Age.. London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900, 1900.
Price: US$25.94 + shipping
Description: 8vo. hardcover. 252pp. 17 full-page plates with titled tissue-guard + frontis. Good, some light foxing, wear to cover corners.
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
Price: US$26.47 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 252pp, black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in original decorated green cloth. Illustrations to cover and spine bright and clean. Endpapers slightly tanned. Foxing to fore edges. Previous owner's signature in pencil.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$26.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two dates given, 1899 and 1900. Maroon cloth with gold decoration. Top edge gilt. Nice and solid, rear panel rubbed.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.41 + shipping
Description: Title page damaged.Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 196 p. Subjects: Children; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, 1900.
Price: US$27.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 18 black and white plates by Maxfield Parrish. Maroon cloth with gilt titles. Bumped and rubbed, spine crease. Hinges are shaken, else interior clean and secure.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation.
Seller: Queen City Books, Lynchburg, OH, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth.. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane, 1900.
Price: US$29.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1900. John Lane. Hard Cover. Book - VG, minor wear to extremities, gilt titles on cover and spine. 8.5x6.5. 252pp. Many b/w tissue guarded photos. B/w photo tissue guarded frontis.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. Golden Age. John Lane, 1900.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tight binding, solid, gently rubbed blue boards with gilt lettering and black illustrations, gilt lettering to spine strip lightly damp-stained at foot of spine, previous owner's name in ink on early blank page, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Later printing.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane The Bodley Head, London and New York, 1900.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first printing of the Maxfield Parrish edition, and includes all 18 superb black and white plates. A shelfworn copy in faded maroon boards, but binding strong and square and book is covered in a facsimile of a later printing dust jacket, so "presents" well. Uncut pages, very faint dampstaining, top edge gilt. A classic of childhood and the true first printing.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, KENNETH.. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, New York, 1900.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: The year 1900 is at bottom of title-page illustration, 1899 on copyright page. Lettering and front cover designs in gilt. Top edge gilt. Cover extremities rubbed, top of spine frayed. Spine is sunned. Hinges are starting to weaken. This edition was illustrated by MAXFIELD PARRISH. Eighteen full-page plates in black and white. 252pp.
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$30.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1900. John Lane The Bodley Head. Hardcover. VERY GOOD Yellow cloth, illustrated cover and spine, black title, internally and externally good, pages clean, binding tight, foxing to some pages, cover marked, spine darkened, 8' x 5'
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Maroon cloth binding stamped in gold, 252pp., 2 pages of publisher's ads. Top edge gilt. Numerous b&w illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Light wear. Private bookplate on endpaper. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth.. The Golden Age.. John Lane, London, 1900. First illustrated edition., 1900.
Price: US$32.02 + shipping
Description: Black and White illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Very Good, without dust jacket. Charming decoration to front cover. Gift inscription to inside front cover.
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. , 1900.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London 1900 (1899 on verso) John Lane. 8vo., 252pp., 18 monochrome (as issued) illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, maroon cloth with full gilt decorations (many "X", butterflies, fleur de lis) on front board. Top edge gilt. VG, slight fading of spine lettering. Almost no wear; no owner marks. no dj.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane; The Bodley Head, London and New york, 1900.
Price: US$37.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback copy in yellow cloth illustrated boards, green lettering to front and spine. No dustjacket. 196pp + 4pp book catalogue to rear. Rough cut page edges. Not library copy, no inscriptions. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. (13/4)
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane 1900, 1900.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth boards with yellow and blue illustration. Spine is faded and bumped bop and bottom with some damage. Small stains on front board. Inner hinges are cracked. All Maxwell Parrish illustrations are intact. Pages are rough cut. Very Good
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Title page damaged.Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 196 p. Subjects: Children; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age (Maxfield Parrish illustrations). John Lane, 1900.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo in red cloth, gilt extra, top edge gilt, bottom and foredges untrimmed. Binding tight and square, corners bumped, spine ends lightly rubbed, front hinge starting, rear hinge cracked.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age (Maxfield Parrish (illus.). John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo in olive cloth, white title block and illustration in gilt and green on the cover, spine title in gilt. Binding tight and square, modest rubbing at the corners and spine ends, spine gilt faded, two very small and neat p.o. signatures on the ffep, frontispiece and title plates have moderate foxing in the margins only, the remaining plates have occasional very light foxing limited to the margins.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a good hardcover copy in red buckram with 41 gold X's and 40 gold butterflys stamped on the cover, no DJ, t.e.g., untrimmed edges. With the date of 1900 on the title page, but with a John Lane Copyright 1899, The University Press U.S.A. on the CR page. Previous owner's name and date of May 1903 on the f.f.e.p. With 18 Maxfield Parrish black & white plates. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a good hardcover copy in brown buckram with 41 gold X's and 40 gold butterflys stamped on the cover, no DJ, t.e.g., untrimmed edges. With the date of 1900 on the title page, but with a John Lane Copyright 1899, The University Press U.S.A. on the CR page. Previous owner's name and date of St. Louis 1904 on the front flyleaf. With 18 Maxfield Parrish black & white plates. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$43.85 + shipping
Description: London and New York, John Lane: The Bodley Head, [ 1900]. 252 S. Mit illustr. Titel, 12 Textvign. u. 18 s/w.Tafeln. Grünes OLn. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel u. blaugelbem ornamentalen Deckelschmuck und Kopfgoldschnitt. The University Press, U.S.A. - Erste illustrierte Ausgabe, erschienen fünf Jahre nach der nicht illustrierten Erstausgabe und ausgestattet nach den farbigen Vorlagen des amerikanischen Ausnahmekünstlers Maxfield Parrish. - Mit dem Exlibris des Hamburgers Julius Gertig (1914-1997). - Einband schwach fleckig u. an den Kapitalen leicht bestoßen, leeres Vorblatt mit Rasurspur, innen gering gebräunt, sonst sauber.
Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. THe Bodley Head, London, New York, 1900.
Price: US$44.99 + shipping
Description: Copyright, 1899 by John Lane. Binding is not tight. No markings on text and/or images. Some discoloration to pages. Some wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Some rubbing wear to cloth covers.
Seller: Sabra Books, Naperville, IL, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth and Maxfield Parrish. The Golden Age. John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1900 edition. with 19 b/w plates, including frontispiece and title page by Maxfield Parrish. Original green cloth with gilt titles on spine, front cover decorated in yellow and blue, top edge gilt (cloth has some spotting and wear; corners bumped; inner hinges tender).Illustrated By Maxfield Parrish.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth, Illustrated by Parrish, Maxfield. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Decorative Cloth. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Red cloth binding, front board stamped with vivid gilt designs and lettering, gilt lettering on spine. Laid paper pages. 18 black and white Parrish illustrations. Some signs of very slight rubbing to the original cloth binding but otherwise, overall, in very good condition. 252 pages + ads. Solidly bound. Text and illustrations in very good condition.
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, London and New York, 1900.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition thus with title and 18 additional illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Square octavo, decorative maroon cloth stamped in gold on spine and front panel. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Previous owner signature on front free endpaper, very mild wear to cloth binding, a couple of signatures just starting to loosen, otherwise very good.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition Thus. Octavo. Maroon fabric with gilt design to front cover and spine. Signature of Winifred Wait to front endpage. Black and white illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. A bucolic novel. Very Good. Corners slightly bumped. Minor ware to corners. Slight rub to spine head and tail. Minor foxing to endpages. Text block clean.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth.. Golden Age.. John Lane, 1900.
Price: US$47.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Includes 2 pgs ads in rear. Ptd by University Press. Very Good, with TEG and gilt decorated embossed front board and spine, no dj (as issued). Maroon cloth. London / NY: John Lane, 1900. Hardcover. First illustrated edition, later printing. 252 pgs : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Seller: Midstate Media, Southington, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 252 pp. Hardcover, bound in half morocco by Birdsall. The binding with a repair at the top front joint and minor blemishes; occasional foxing to the text.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age (Maxfield Parrish illustrations). John Lane, 1900.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thick 8vo in olive cloth, front board decorated in white, red, dark green and gilt. Moderate rubbing at the corners and spine ends, binding tight and square. Part of the white title block is scuffed.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later. Very good condition hardcover book without dustwrapper, later printing. Bound in burgundy cloth with decorative gold stamping on front cover and spine, corners bumped, inner hinges starting (paper torn). Eighteen Black and White illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, all present.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 252, [2] pp. Octavo [21 cm] Original, green cloth with yellow and blue ornamental designs and title on the front cover, and a faded gilt title on the spine. Deckled fore and bottom edges. With numerous black and white illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, including a frontispiece and illustrated title page. Good condition. There are a couple splits in the cloth along the joints, with the longer split measuring 3 inches long. There are multiple short splits in the cloth at the ends of the spine, and the underlying boards are exposed at the corners. The front endpaper is cracked along the hinge, the hinge is going, and the front free endpaper has a contemporary owner's name written in pen and pencil. Complete, all plates present. Before the age of 30, Maxfield Parrish had worked as an illustrator and poster designer for Harper's Weekly, Scribner's Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal and the National Weekly. Parrish took full advantage of the new technologies in color reproduction and established himself as the master of fantasy and romance. He quickly became one of the best designers in what has been referred to as the "golden age of illustration."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good+ tight condition pictorial board, light wear Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: near fine
Seller: Coast to Coast Books, ANACORTES, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Sq. 8vo, gilt stamped maroon cl., 252pp., ads. TEG, others untrimmed. Spine stamping a little dull, a bit darkened at the base, else a Very Good copy. With 18 plates, tailpieces & illustrated title page all the work of Maxfield Parrish.
Seller: Steve Finer - Rare Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame; Maxfield Parrish. The Golden Age. John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$59.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice original antique 1900 first edition copy of The Golden Age illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. It is overall in very good condition with just some minor signs of wear and age. The covers only have some light wear. The binding is good and sound. The page edges are rough cut. The interior is lightly toned from age but is generally nice and clean, though there may be the very occasional page with a light bit of foxing or grubbiness. Along with that, there may be the very occasional page with some kind of other minor imperfection such as a creased page corner, minor marginal chip or tear, light bit of soiling, minor interior crack, etc. Generally though, it's a nice copy. The book measures approximately 8 1/8 inches by 6 1/8 inches and is 224 pages long. It is illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with 18 black and white plates.
Seller: Nevermore Bookstore, Wallingford, CT, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London & NY, 1900.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Copyright 1899 by John Lane. First Illustrated edition actually circa 1900. 252pp. + 2 pages of ads at back. Text printed on laid paper. 18 full page B&W illustrations on slick paper by Maxfield Parrish. 14 other smaller illustrations at the end of chapters. Top page edges gilt. Foredges and bottom edges uncut. 8vo 8 1/8" tall. Red cloth stamped in bright gold on front cover and spine. Front cover design of repetitive x's with something like a fleur-de-lis above and stylized moths. Clean and tight. Text generally in excellent condition except for some very very minor foxing near spine on some pages. Tight. no jacket. Nice condition. about VG. The illustrations helped launch Parrish's career as an illustrator.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth; Parrish (Illustrator), Maxfield. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Good with rubbed and bumped edges, spine gently rolled, front free endsheet missing, faint soiling to top edge of rear endsheets, and a couple soft gutters
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
KENNETH GRAHAME. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane, N.Y., 1900.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine, clean and tight copy. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with 18 B/W inserted plates by Parrish. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are smooth and round. No signatures, no cracked hinges. Gold gilt lettering to spine and cover remain clean and bright. Comes with a clear acetate wrapper. A nice copy.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Parrish, Maxfield (Illus); Grahame, Kenneth (Auth). Golden Age. John Lane, London & New York, 1900.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [Circa 1910]. TEG. 252 pgs Olive green cloth pictoriallly stamped, covers rubbed, spine gilt dulled, foxing to tissue guards and edges of plates. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with 19 full page b&w plates (incl. title page) with captioned tissue guards. Size: Thick 8vo
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
(Illustrator) Maxfield Parrish, Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 1st edition with Parrish illustrations. T.e.g. Light edgewear to boards, especially to forecorners and spine ends. Binding slightly exposed throughout. Toning to leaves and end papers. VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
(Illustrator) Maxfield Parrish, Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 1st edition with Parrish illustrations. T.e.g. Fading to boards and spine. Light edgewear and bowing to boards, with some fraying to spine ends. Rear hinge cracked, slightly loose intact. Occasional smudging to margins of leaves. VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 1st Illustrated Edition with Parrish. T.e.g. Deckled edges. Gilt stamping to front cover with gilt stamped spine ends. Rubbing to cloth binding. Heavy rubbing to spine title. Leaning to spine. Edgewear with slight fraying arpund corners and spine ends. Chipping with tears to bidning at top of spine, about an inch long. Toning and foxing to leaves. Overopening throughout. Previous sellers sticker to bottom of r.p.d.p. Heavy overopening to rear hinge. VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$62.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt-decorated brown cloth. Illustrated with 19 full-page plates, including the frontispiece and title page, by Maxfield Parrish.
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, Kenneth; PARRISH, Maxfield. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: Later issue with 2 pages of adverts. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine and yellow and blue decoration on upper cover. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. A very good copy, the front endpapers starting to loosen, spine gilt a little dulled. Pictorial endpapers with nineteen black and white plates, including title page, under captioned tissue guards, plus smaller drawings as tail pieces.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane: the Bodley Head, London & New York, 1900.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Front inner hinge mostly cracked. Covers have slight wear to the spine ends, light wear to the outer corners. Page ends untrimmed. ; Possibly the first edition with Parrish's illustrations, although Coy Ludwig says first Parrish edition was 1899. Bookplate of The Donald Beaty Bloch Collection on the front endpaper.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 252 [2, ads] pp. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth; t.e.g. Some light use to cloth; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD, 1900.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: general ware, discoloring DATE PUBLISHED: 1900 EDITION: 252
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 252, [2] pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Red cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine and front cover, and ornamental gilt stamped patterns on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore and bottom edges. With eighteen full-page illustrations and an illustrated title page by Maxfield Parrish. The spine is rolled, and the boards are a bit concave. The spine and front board are faded (gilt still bright). There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The top margins of a number of the pages are lightly damp stained (in a couple of instances bleeding into the edge of the illustrations). The text block is just starting to crack in a couple of places. Complete, all plates present. Before the age of 30, Maxfield Parrish had worked as an illustrator and poster designer for Harper's Weekly, Scribner's Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal and the National Weekly. Parrish took full advantage of the new technologies in color reproduction and established himself as the master of fantasy and romance. He quickly became one of the best designers in what has been referred to as the "golden age of illustration."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, KENNETH. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, London & New York, 1900.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1900. The Scottish writer Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) is most famed for "The Wind in the Willows." Here are eighteen stories, with great illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing of the illustrated edition, dated 1905. Highly decorated clth binding. Olive green with gilt lettering on the spine. The front cover is a castle with trees over a body of water; filled in red, white, black, and green. Clean text;; 252 pages; decorative endpapers; the tissue guards for the illustrations are lettered in red. A sound and attractive copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Maxfield Parrish.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane, New York, 1900.
Price: US$76.52 + shipping
Description: Good in boards. Owner name, price inked in. Dampstaining.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Pp 252. 2 page publisher's list. Frontis and 17 plates. original decorative cloth. Teg. A decent copy - not bad.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame; Maxfield Parrish (illus.). The Golden Age. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description: 1900 edition. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. All illustrations intact. Very Good condition.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$80.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1900. Very good condition with no wrapper. Green/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Picture and title to front cover. 8 x 6". 18 tissue-guarded b/w plates. Page edges are uncut. Gilt to spine is faded. Bumping along a couple of cover edges. Small bookplate and inscriptions to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning. All plates present. A few small tears and creases to tissue-guards and a few page margins. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$80.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1900. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blue and yellow decoration to front cover. B/w plates. 252 pages plus publication list to rear. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Joints are partially cracked. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges, some page margins and couple of plates. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$82.22 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 252p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Country life ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, New York, 1900.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Minor spots on spine, spine slightly; Includes 18 black and white plates by Maxfield Parrish. ; 8vo; 252 pages Very Good- bumped. Front endpaper splitting at spine. One plate displaced to front of book, but present (binding error? repair work?)
Seller: Curious Book Shop, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane - The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Nicely illustrated antique copy of "The Golden Age" by Kenneth Grahame with wonderful illustrations throughout by MAXFIELD PARRISH. 1900; John Lane: The Bodley Head; London. The book features an illustrated title page, 18 full-page plates, and vignettes at the end of the chapters by Parrish. Gilt top page edges. There is a 2-page catalog at the back of the book. Condition: Clean covers; the gilt lettering on the spine has partially faded; sharp corners. There is a small, dark stain spot at the top-right corner of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only some foxing to some of the illustrated plates; small tear at the outer edge of page 5. The illustrated plate after page 76 is present but has detached. The front end paper has a name written in pencil, and an old inscription written in pen. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 252p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Country life ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp. 252,(2)[Publisher's Advertisements] + Frontis, Title Page, marginal decorations, and Eighteen (18) monochrome illustrated plates by Maxfield Parrish. Partially unopened. Top edge gilt. Square 8vo. Original full cloth binding brilliantly decorated in gold gilt with many XXs, and stylized bees & fleur de lis. 1899 date on copyright page, 1900 date on title plate. A near fine example of this classic tale of childhood, featuring wonderful illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was a Philadelphia born painter and illustrator. He is best known for his saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. These monochrome plates are especially disctinctive. DC16 / YORK
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth and Parrish, Maxfield. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$109.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus, title page dated 1900. A very good copy in green decorated cloth. Lightly rubbed at the edges, inner hinges re-enforced, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and clipping tipped in facing it. Overall a very good solid copy.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Price: US$113.90 + shipping
Description: 12mo. pp. 3 p.l., 252, [2]ads. 19 photogravures (incl. frontis. & title) & many tailpieces. with titled tissue guards. pictorial cloth (extremities bit rubbed).
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane - The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a handsome, antique copy of "The Golden Age" by Kenneth Grahame with wonderful illustrations throughout by MAXFIELD PARRISH. 1900; John Lane: The Bodley Head; London. The book features an illustrated title page, 18 full-page plates, and vignettes at the end of the chapters. Gilt top page edges. There is a 2-page catalog at the back of the book. Condition: Clean covers and spine with no stains; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are in great condition - clean with only some very light foxing to the title page and end papers, and occasionally to the illustrated plates. Presentation copy with a sheet of paper affixed to the front end paper: "Frances Parkinson Wheeler - 1900 - First Brooks Reading Prize." Overall the book is in very good condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane - The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Golden Age" by Kenneth Grahame with wonderful illustrations throughout by MAXFIELD PARRISH. 1900; John Lane: The Bodley Head; London. The book features an illustrated title page, 18 full-page plates, and vignettes at the end of the chapters by Parrish. Gilt top page edges. There is a 2-page catalog at the back of the book. Condition: Clean covers and spine; sharp corners; bright gilt on the front cover, a bit faded on the spine. Tight binding with no cracks. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only a few random, light smudges found; the outer margin of pages 6 & 7 each have a tiny stain spot; name written in pencil on the front end paper. The page 67 plate is attached, but the bottom half has pulled from the spine. Bright gilt top page edges. Overall the book is in great condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London and New York, 1900.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Pleasant Street Books, woodstock, VT, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, Kenneth (Maxfield PARRISH). The Golden Age. John Lane Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First illustrated edition. With 18 black and white illustrations plus a title page illustration by Maxfield Parrish. Very good in decorated boards, with a tear at the top of the spine, wear at the bottom of the spine and at the corners, boards and spine are soiled.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition with Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Frontispiece and eighteen additional inserted illustrations in black and white. Red cloth decorated in gilt. Thumbprint-sized spot on front board, else very good or a bit better.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, London, 1900.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth with gilt stamped color illustration on front cover, 21 cm., 252 pp., with black and white frontis., title, illustrations in the text, and 17 full page black and white plates with tissue guards. Very good copy but for foxing on tissue guards. Bookp.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first British edition after the rare Stone & Kimball American edition of 1895, with all the plates present. Original maroon red cloth with gilt decorations and gilt foreedge. 252p and ads printed on laid paper. A well-preserved copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original maroon gilt designer cloth with X and flowers patterns in gilt frame cover, gilt top foreedge and tissue interleavings to plates. A classic collaboration between a noted children's author and a great illustrator. All plates present. Aside from a small neat prior ownership signature on the flyleaf and very light cover rubbing as usual, a better than very good, clean and unmarked copy in bright cover gilt. Scarce.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth & Parrish, Maxfield. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane, 1900.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: THE GOLDEN AGE, John Lane, 1900, first American editiion thus and first illustrated edition, a bright fine copy in the publishers original highly ornate burgundy binding with gold-gilt decorations and with 18 full page illustrations plus frontispiece by Maxfield Parrish.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Golden Age. Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated title page, 18 black & white plates by Maxfield Parrish. 252pp., thick 8vo, gilt-stamped red cloth, t.e.g.; (previous owner's inscription on flyleaf, page 79 slightly browned). London and New York: John Lane/Bodley Head, 1900. Very Good (+).
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: pp. 252,(2)[Publisher's Advertisements] + Eighteen (18) monochrome illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Partially unopened. Top edge gilt. Square 8vo. 200mm. Original full cloth binding, brilliantly decorated in gold gilt with many XXs. and stylized bees & fleur de lis. 1899 Date on copyright page; 1900 date on title page. The Golden Age, first published in 1895, is a collection of childhood reminiscences by Kenneth Grahame, the author of The Wind in the Willows. The Parrish edition of The Golden Age was the first illustrated edition, published in 1899. It was bound in red cloth, with the title page dated 1900. A near fine example of this classic tale of childhood, featuring illustrations by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), a Philadelphia born painter and illustrator, He is best known for his saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. but these monochrome plates are also especially distinctive. ** BINDINGS W58
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age-illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1900.
Price: US$164.44 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very fine hardcover with gilt images and motifs on front cover and spine. Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish re-produced in photogravure. All 19 illustrations and original captioned tissue guards are present and in excellent condition. Page edges are uncut. Grahame's Golden Age is a series of short stories about a family of parentless children and their various adventures, based upon his own childhood experience. "The book was an immediate and huge success, and at once made Grahame's literary reputation". Very fine copy from the library of Charles Bewley. Collector's Item.
Seller: first editions, Dublin, Ireland
Kenneth Grahame, Maxfield Parrish. THE GOLDEN AGE. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$164.94 + shipping
Description: Good in boards. Edge wear, rubbed corners, weak binding. Some additonal wear to heel and crown of spine with staining and soiling to back cover. Owner name on front paste down. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. THE GOLDEN AGE.. John Lane at the Bodley Head, London and New York, 1900.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo hardcover in dark red gold embossed cloth boards. Book near fine with a little fading on the rear board and a small spot. No real wear gold very good spine and boards tight. End papers not split or marked. One name on inner endpaper in 1902. 252 pages and 19 Parrish plates are all in fine clean condition.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane / The Bodley Head - 1900, 1900.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dark red cloth with elaborate and bright gilt designs, border lining and titling to front, slightly less bright to spine. Top edge gilt. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings other than aforementioned fading to spine titling, minor browning to text block foreedge. Interior spotless and near fine. Book overall close to NF but certainly Very Good+. 1899 Date on copyright page; 1900 date on title page. Wonderfully illustrated by Maxfield Parrish - with 18 full-page plates, and vignettes at the end of the chapters. 2 page catalog at end of book listing additional titles by Grahame - 252 pp.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, New York, 1900.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st ptg. of the Parrish illustrated edition, 8vo, full maroon cloth with all-over gilt design, top edge gilt, illustrated with tissue-guarded photogravures by Maxfield Parrish. A touch of wear to corners else fine, no previous owner's marks or dj.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-252 [253-254: ads] [255-256: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], illustrated title page inserted, eighteen inserted plates with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, original decorated burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First printing of the edition with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Stories of child life told from their perspective. See Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), pp. 476-77. Bleiler (1948), p. 130. Not in Bleiler (1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). NCBEL IV 593. Just a touch of rubbing to cloth, tiny scuff and a bit of patchy fading to rear cover, but a nearly fine copy. A nice copy. (#160814)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age & Dream Days. John Lane 1900-02, London and New York, 1900.
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A scarce two volume collection of these important early short story collections by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. 'The Golden Age' was Grahame's first collection of stories, which he had previously been publishing in London periodicals. First published in 1895, it is considered a classic of its genre. It takes its foundation as the culture and myth of Ancient Greece, which Grahame using characters from mythology throughout the work. The original publication was not illustrated; it was reissued in 1899 with Maxfield Parrish's illustrations in black and white.'Dream Days' is a collection of fiction for children which acts as a sequel to 'The Golden Age'; it contains 'The Reluctant Dragon', which was later adapted to film by Walt Disney Productions.Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was a British writer, most widely known for 'The Wind in the Willows' and 'The Reluctant Dragon'.Both volumes are illustrated by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), an American illustrator and painter who also illustrated works for Washington Irving and Frank L. Baum.'The Golden Age' contains nineteen full plate illustrations, 'Dream Days' contains ten. Collated, complete.'Dream Days' is undated; dated from copies on Jisc. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, boards are a touch discoloured and the spines are worn to the head and tail, with a few spots to the spine of 'The Golden Age'. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age. John Lane at the Bodley Head, London and New York, 1900.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 1900 at title page. In the pretty preferred full gilt green and gold full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, . Rolling hills leading to castle with deep green shrubs adorn the cover. Thick deckled pages near fine. top edge gilt. may mean 1st issue, this is the 2nd appearance of the Golden Age which first appeared in 1895 without the Parrish Illustrations. Monochromatic pictorial endpapers of knight on horseback and castle upon hills Charmingly illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with eighteen photogravures with captioned tissue guards. Uniquely two full-page designs at frontispiece and title page, each with their own captioned guard. Bind fine; hinges intact. Very good example of fine book craftsmanship. Publisher's note: "The publication of this new edition of 'The Golden Age,' the favourite amongst Mr. Kenneth Grahame's favoured books, with the illustrations by Mr. Maxfield Parrish reproduced in photgravure, was accomplished through the kindness of the various owners, who gave access to the oroginals in their respective collections." From Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows," emanates this enchanting set of tales that map the imaginative landscape of childhood. A lovely blend of the reminiscences of Grahame's own childhood experiences framed within the motif of ancient Greek gods. Theses adventures and elaborate imaginings are charming and a classic Edwardian evocation. Grahame names adults "Olympians," as in serious and remote, compared to the fantastic world of childhood. The tales are long on Grahame's wonderful writing and an elegiac tribute to the natural beauty of warm summer days, stolen fruit, escapades on farmers' rowboats, and the innocence of youth. Contents: "Prologue: The Olympians; A Holiday; A White-Washed Uncle; Alarums and Excursions; The Finding of the Princess; Sawdust and Sin; 'Young Adam Cupid'; The Burglers; A Harvesting; Snowbound; What They Talked About; The Argonauts; The Roman Road; The Secret Drawer; 'Exit Tyrannus'; The Blue Room; A Falling Out;
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane, The Bodley Heaad, 1900.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good light blue cloth hardcover with decorated cover and gilt lettering to cover and spine. 252 pages
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane. The Bodley Head, London, 1900.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Parrish. Maxfield. First Parrish Edition. Illustrated with title-page and 18 black and white illus. by Maxfield Parrish. 252, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. Square small 4to. PARRISH PLATES. First published in 1895 by Stone & Kimball, Grahame's Golden Age is a series of short stories about a family of parentless children and their various adventures, based upon his own childhood experience. "The book was an immediate and huge success, and at once made Grahame's literary reputation" (Carpenter & Pritchard, 217). The Golden Age was followed in 1898 by its sequel, Dream Days, which was also received enthusiastically. Here it is most delightfully illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Original crimson gilt stamped cloth. Fine Illustrated with title-page and 18 black and white illus. by Maxfield Parrish. 252, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. Square small 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Golden Age. John Lane The Bodley Head, New York, 1900.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated title page and 18 b/w plates, all by Maxfield Parrish. 252pp +2pp ads. Short thick 8vo, rebound in full tan morocco; gilt-lettered and ruled spine with green leather label and raised bands; uncut edges, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. London and N.Y.: John Lane/Bodley Head, 1900. First Edition. Fine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$739.71 + shipping
Description: Frontispieces, title-pages, plates and illustrations by Maxfield Parrish Together two volumes Small 4to Spine and top of one upper cover with some sunning, some foxing, mostly to end-papers and fore-edge, but nice copies Three-quarter purple morocco, sides with gilt fillets, spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1900 at title page. Dark maroon full-cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, light shelf wear, bow. Rolling hills leading to castle with deep green shrubs adorn the cover. Thick deckled pages near fine. Monochromatic pictorial endpapers of knight on horseback and castle upon hills in b.g. Navy top-stain. Charmingly illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with eighteen photogravures with captioned tissue guards. Uniquely two full-page designs at frontispiece and title page, each with their own captioned guard. Bind fine; hinges intact. Very good example of fine book craftsmanship. Publisher's note: "The publication of this new edition of 'The Golden Age,' the favourite amongst Mr. Kenneth Grahame's favoured books, with the illustrations by Mr. Maxfield Parrish reproduced in photgravure, was accomplished through the kindness of the various owners, who gave access to the oroginals in their respective collections." From Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows," emanates this enchanting set of tales that map the imaginative landscape of childhood. A lovely blend of the reminiscences of Grahame's own childhood experiences framed within the motif of ancient Greek gods. Theses adventures and elaborate imaginings are charming and a classic Edwardian evocation. Grahame names adults "Olympians," as in serious and remote, compared to the fantastic world of childhood. The tales are long on Grahame's wonderful writing and an elegiac tribute to the natural beauty of warm summer days, stolen fruit, escapades on farmers' rowboats, and the innocence of youth. Contents: "Prologue: The Olympians; A Holiday; A White-Washed Uncle; Alarums and Excursions; The Finding of the Princess; Sawdust and Sin; 'Young Adam Cupid'; The Burglers; A Harvesting; Snowbound; What They Talked About; The Argonauts; The Roman Road; The Secret Drawer; 'Exit Tyrannus'; The Blue Room; A Falling Out; and, 'Lusisti Satis'." 252 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.