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William J. Locke. Where Love Is. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1925.
Price: US$6.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1925. Autograph Edition. 358 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
J B Priestley. The English Comic Characters. John Lane / The Bodley Head, London, 1925.
Price: US$16.05 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THE ENGLISH COMIC CHARACTERS J B Priestley. John Lane / The Bodley Head, London 1925 First edition.276pp + 8pp Adverts Hardback. This copy is bound in original blue linen covered boards with gilt titling to the spine. There is some offsetting to the endpapers otherwise the text block is tight and bright and unmarked. The outer page edges are uncut. A dustwrapper is not present. In his introduction to this edition, Priestley maintains that this book was written in a very short period of time, and relied for the most part on his memory of the works and characters cited, so that not a lot of time was needed for research. Plus, he needed the money at the time; his then current wife was dying of cancer. In this book, he puts together an arbitrary list of comic characters from, typically, well-known works by well-known authors. In his book book he examines the following characters: Bully Bottom, from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”, Touchstone, from Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.”, Falstaff and his circle, from Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Pts. 1 & 2.”, Parson Adams, from Fielding’s “Joseph Andrews.”, The Brothers Shandy, from Sterne’s “Tristram Shandy.”, Mr. Collins, from Austen’s “Persuasion.”, Prince Seithenyn from Thomas Love Peacock’s “The Misfortunes of Elphin.”, The Two Wellers, from Dickens’ “Pickwick Papers.”, Dick Swiveller, from Dickens’ “The Old Curiosity Shop,” and Mr. Micawber, from Dickens’ “David Copperfield.” John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) Author, novelist,playwright, essayist, broadcaster, scriptwriter, social commentator and man of letters, whose career straddled the 20th Century. J.B.Priestley was born John Priestley on September 13th 1894 in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a schoolmaster. His mother died when he was very young, and he was brought up by his stepmother.After leaving Belle Vue School when he was 16, he worked in a wool office. But, already determined to become a writer, he spent his hard earned money on buying books, and used his spare time trying different kinds of writing, including a regular unpaid column in a local periodical, the Bradford Pioneer. Samples of his early writing are kept in the Archive at the Special Collections of the J.B.Priestley Library at the University of Bradford. His first piece of professional writing was an article "Secrets of the Rag-Time King" which appeared in London Opinion on Dec 14th 1912. Writer, broadcaster and critic J.B. Priestley may be best known for his "time plays", such as "An Inspector Calls", for enduringly popular novels like "The Good Companions" and "Angel Pavement" and for his wartime broadcasts, the "Postscripts". However, he also wrote essays, autobiography, social history and time theory. Priestley was active in politics, although never a member of any party, expressing his concerns (for instance about the nuclear arms race) through commentary and campaigning. Born and brought up in Bradford, Priestley used his Yorkshire background in some of his finest works, such as "Bright Day" and "When we are married". His connections with the city were later marked by the statue near Central Library and the naming of the J.B. Priestley Library at the University of Bradford, which he officially opened in 1975. The University awarded him the title of honorary Doctor of Letters in 1970, and he was awarded the freedom of the City of Bradford in 1973 and the Order of Merit in 1977. This is just one of a number of books by or about J B Priestley that I am selling on this site. Ref DDD5
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
J. Lewis May. The Love Books of Ovid. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1925.
Price: US$25.44 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1925. No Edition Remarks. 216 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Colour illustrated plates. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild fraying, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with minor splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good - tight condition light shelfwear Limited Edition No. 1697 of 3000 copies. BOOK PLATE ON FEP, GILT ON BLUE CLOTH ON BOARD
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Solid Book With An Inscription On The Half Title Page And A Stamped Name At The Top Of The Ffep. Rough Cut Pages. Illustration By Bosschere Throughout. Eps Slightly Shadowed Where A Jacket Had Once Been. Blue Had Cover Boards With Blind Stamped Border. Circular Gilt Illustration On Front Board, Very Bright. Gilt Illustration And Lettering On The Spine, Again Very Bright. Bumping To Head And Tail Of Spine Liquid Spill Marks On Front Board Which Has Slightly Dulled The Shine Otherwise In Very Good Condition For A Book Of This Age. Only 3000 Copies Printed , This One Number 2193. Heavy Book, May Require Extra Shipping.
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Translated out of the Latin by J.Lewis May, #639/3000, light edgewear to blue cloth covers, gilt titles and illustration, light foxing throughout, illustrated in colour and black and white, 216pp, G+/--.
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$88.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG W/SOME CHIPPING & BUMPING AT CORNERS & RUBBED TOP SPINE BOOK PLATE ON FEP, GILT ON BLUE CLOTH ON BOARD
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has light foxing to endpapers, intermittent spine breaks, clean text and illustrations; xxxiv, 216 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (color plates). 1350021. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
de Bosschere, Jean. The Love Books of Ovid. The Bodley Head, London, 1925.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #2190 of 3000 numbered copies. 8vo, full blue cloth with bright gilt titling.Translated by J. Lewis May and illustrasted with plates in shades of red and gray, yellows or crisp black and white by Jean de Bosschere. Bookplate to front pastedown, back panel of dj laid in.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Royal 8vo. [xxxiv], 216 pp. Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. Gilt stamped pictorial cloth binding in scarce dustwrapper, very good copy. (89063). No. 63 of 3000 copies. Translated out of the Latin by J. Lewis May.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$386.83 + shipping
Description: London, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1925. Grand in-8 (165 X 250) percaline bleu roi, dos lisse et premier plat ornés de fers spéciaux d'après les illustrations de Jean de Bosschère, double encadrement de filet à froid sur le premier plat, titre doré (reliure de l'éditeur) ; (2), frontispice, XXXIV (dont faux-titre et titre en rouge et noir)- 1 feuillet non chiffré (list of plates), 216 pages, (1). JOLIE EDITION ILLUSTREE comportant 24 PLANCHES hors-texte dont 16 en couleurs (frontispice compris) et 8 en noir, ainsi que des dessins en noir dans le texte. Tirage limité à 3 000 EXEMPLAIRES imprimés sur beau papier vergé. BEL EXEMPLAIRE non rogné, dans son charmant et frais cartonnage décoré de l'éditeur. FINE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
Seller: LIBRAIRIE ÉRIC CASTÉRAN, TOULOUSE, MP, France