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Whytford,Richard (Translated By) Thomas Kempis. Of the Imitation of Christ. Chatto & Windus, 1908.
Price: US$11.71 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: NOT ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [lvi], [280]pp++ [withdrawn ex-library with spine letters and requisite indications inside covers; front free endpaper removed; some bowing to covers] Nice, mounted color illustrations Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New edition, first thus with illustrations by W Russell Flint including 8 plates in color and chapter head designs. Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather with raised spine bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Gift inscription to first blank leaf, minor wear to leather at points else very good.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Thomas a Kempis. Of the Imitation of Christ. Chatto and Windus, 1908.
Price: US$134.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: As translated out of Latin by Richard Whytford. Re-edited into modern English with an historical introduction by Wilfrid Raynal, D.S.B. Illustrations and designs by W. Russell Flint. . Overall Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Cloth colour: Blue and Gold. Remarks: Writing on front flyleaf from Christmas 1914. Slight foxing on front and back flyleaves, otherwise very good condition in interior pages. Rough cut edges, typical of the publishing style of that time. Library sticker on spine. Number of Pages: 274
Seller: Cenacle House, Skelmersdale, United Kingdom
KEMPIS, Thomas A. Of the Imitation of Christ. Chatto & Windus, London, 1908.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Beautifull bound in brown calf, five raised bands to spine and red leather title label. Stamped in gold in custom made slipcase. Marbled endsheets, All edges gilt. The slipcase matches the endsheets. Quality binding. 280 pp. Beautiful. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$515.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages mostly clean and bright, some light spotting, heavy spotting on endpapers and title pages, foxing on title page, inscription on front endpaper, rubbing to edges of boards but otherwise firm. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$837.37 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Pp liii, 280. Frontis and 11 further mounted colour plates with titled tissue guards. Full morocco by Riviere & Son. Top edge gilt, raised bands. Scattered foxing to the margins of a few plates. No inscription. Exceptionally nice.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$837.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A lovely copy with minimal wear. 12 colour plates including the frontispiece which has some foxing.
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
a Kempis, Thomas. The Imitation of Christ.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1908.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Description: Finely bound example of a Kempis' classic work. Octavo, bound in morocco by Bayntun, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt doublures, illustrated including color plates by Flint. Translated from the Latin by Richard Wbytford and then re-edited into modern English by Wilfrid Raynal. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book has been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. The text is divided into four books, which provide detailed spiritual instructions: "Helpful Counsels of the Spiritual Life", "Directives for the Interior Life", "On Interior Consolation" and "On the Blessed Sacrament".
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Thomas A Kempis; Cedric Chivers. The Imitation of Christ. Chatto and Windus, London, 1908.
Price: US$6183.66 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A finely bound copy of Thomas A Kempis' 'Of the Imitation of Christ'. In a beautiful vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath. A fantastic vellucent binding by the noted bookbinder Cedric Chivers. Chivers created this technique of bookbinding which involved an artist painting on a thin medium. The designs included inlays of mother of pearl or gold leaf. This was then overlaid with a specially-treated sheet of vellum so that the designs were translucent. There are some beautiful inlays to this work on the front board, including a pearl inlay to the 'I' of the title.Chivers' associate H Granville Fell designed many of the bindings, and the shop hired a number of female artists including Dorothy Carleton Smyth to paint the scenes onto the binding.The design to this board consists of four kneeling saints within a decorative surround reminiscent of medieval illuminated manuscripts.Binder's stamp to the rear pastedown, Cedric Chivers of Bath.This is a 1908 reprint of the crown 4to special edition issued by Chatto and Windus in London.Translated into English from the original Latin by Richard Whytford and illustrated throughout from designs by W Russell Flint. In a full vellucent binding. Held in custom clipcase. Externally, in an excellent condition. A few light marks to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Blind stamp to the verso of front endpaper, 'From the Library of Dana C Bradford'. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom