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THOMSON, James. The Seasons (Herder Art Series number 23). Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$14.76 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with small tears on spine edges. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Thomson, James. The Seasons. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair. No Jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 5 poems by Thomson, one on each season and "A Hymn" from his final revised edition of 1746. Introduction by John Beresford. 5 delicate illustrations by Jacquier. Copy 95 of 1500 copies printed. Bound in marbled boards. Pages untrimmed. Text is tight and clean. Binding is fading & splitting at spine. corners worn.
Seller: Worn Bookworm, SAN MARCOS, CA, U.S.A.
Thomson, James. The Seasons. Nonesuch press, London, 1927.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: signature from previous owner on inside of front cover
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Marbled cloth with a grey leather spine label gilt, 4to., xxi, 198, (1) pages. five copper-engravings water-colored throught stencils at the Curwen Press. One of 1,500 numbered copies printed at the Kynoch Press on Dutch mould-made paper. A very good copy, with a mildly faded spine, lightly rubbed label and covers showing moderate wear, in archival mylar.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Marbled cloth with a grey leather spine label gilt, 4to., xxi, 198, (1) pages. five copper-engravings water-colored throught stencils at the Curwen Press. One of 1,500 numbered copies printed at the Kynoch Press on Dutch mould-made paper. An unopened, very good copy, with a mildly faded spine, lightly rubbed label and covers showing very light wear.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 198pp. 27pp. 437/1500 limited. Head and foot of spine have sloss. There is some ghosting on the last free endpaper and endpaper. Hand colored engravings. Laid in is a letter from Leslie Chaundy of Dulau & Company (Book dealers), 1938. Letter is to John W Hancock, Esq. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!
Seller: Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
James Thomson. The Seasons. The Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$32.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leather lettering piece to spine, gilt lettering, sl fading to spine with wear and sl fraying to tail of spine, less so to head of spine, some corners sl bumped and/or worn, marbled cloth bds, all edges untrimmed, text block edge browned, no. 379 of 1,500 copies. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall ; 198 pages
Seller: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Thomson, James. The Seasons. Nonesuch, London, 1927.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: #847/1500 copies, very good; spine soiled & sp label lost
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$36.69 + shipping
Description: xx+198pp. 4to. Original patterned cloth, with leather title label. Some leaves unopened, edges untrimmed. Head of backstrip chipped, bookplate, offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. . Limited to 1500 copies . Hand-coloured plates.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: xxi, 198 pp., 5 copperplate engravings with pochoir coloring; quarto, marbled boards. Limited to 1500 copies printed at the Kynoch Press.
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Thomson, James. Illustrated by Jacquier. The Seasons.. London, Nonesuch Press, 1927., 1927.
Price: US$43.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1500 numbered copies printed at The Kynoch Press. Illustrated with copper-plates engraved by C. Sigrist water-coloured through stencils at The Curwen Press. Bound in full marbled cloth with a gilt-stamped leather label on the spine. Wear to corners, front exterior hinge is split, interior hinges strong, former owners bookplate on front free end paper, otherwise good.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Thomson, James. THE SEASONSTHE SEASONS. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; 198 pages; Copy #81 of 1500. Marbled cloth boards with some rubbing, light fading and wear.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 198 pages. 27.5 x 20 cm. Five copper-plates were engraved by C. Sigrist, and the prints by Jacquier, water-coloured through stencils by The Curwen Press. Limited edition, copy 1328 of 1500. The text of this edition is that finally revised by James Thomson and issued in 1746. Interior contents clean and very fresh, backstrip a touch sunned, small chip backstrip foot.
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.23 + shipping
Description: 4to. xx[ii], 198[2]pp, engraved coloured title-page vignette, 5 engraved coloured plates within the pagination. Original marbled cloth, cream calf gilt spine label. Cloth unevenly faded, label rubbed, eps browned.
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom
[NONESUCH PRESS] THOMSON, James. The Seasons. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Folio. Colored engraved vignettes and illustrations. Original marbled boards, leather lettering-piece on spine (label slightly foxed, engraved bookplate on pastedown). LIMITED EDITION, number 1,178 of 1,500 copies, the text printed by The Kynoch Press, the plates engraved by C. Sigrist and watercolored through stencils by The Curwen Press.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
THOMSON, James. THE SEASONS With an Introduction by John Beresford. The Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Price: US$64.32 + shipping
Description: Limited edition. Number 751 of 1500 copies. 4to. Marbled cloth, leather title label to the spine lettered gilt. A very good copy, spine faded and corners bumped. Five colour engravings by Jacquier.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
THOMSON, James. The Seasons. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 colored illus. by Jacquier. 4to, marbled cloth; backstrip rubbed; leather label. London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Limited Edition one of 1500 numbered copies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
THOMSON, James. The Seasons. Nonesuch Press, London,, 1927.
Price: US$77.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxi + 198pp, illustrated by Jacquier, Limited Edition, neatly and expertly re-bound by Stephen Conway, boards in unusual marbled cloth, 11 x 8 inches/28 x 20 cms, VERY GOOD CONDITION, Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Thomson, James. The Seasons, with Five Pictures by Jacquier. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Marbled cloth boards; xx, [1], 198 pp.; richly illustrated. Introduction by John Beresford. This copy is number 245 of 1500 printed. Good- (Boards' corners are bumped; top 2 inches of the spine strip is missing; there is a hole in the spine strip; boards have edgewear; there is a bookplate ifc; inner hings is starting to crack at front cover; textblock edges are darkened; interior is clean; binding is solid.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TITLE: THE SEASONS By JAMES THOMSON 1927 w/Five Pictures by JACQUIER (Limited Edition) AUTHOR: JAMES THOMSON PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: THE NONESUCH PRESS, LONDON 1927 EDITION: Of this edition of THE SEASONS 1,500 copies have been printed for sale in England and America: the text by The Kynoch Press, Birmingham; the pictures by A. Alexander and Sons. The copper-plates were engraved by C. Sigrist, and the prints were watercoloured through stencils by The Curwen Press. This copy is number 1179. ISBN: CATEGORY: BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: SIZE: 11 x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 198 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition; the top edge of the spine has really really minor frays. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: With five pictures by JACQUIER and an introduction by JOHN BERESFORD COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 009014
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
Thomson, James. The Seasons. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Number 542 of 1500 copies the text printed at the Kynoch Press, Birmingham; the pictures by A. Alexander and Sons. The copper plates were engraved by C. Sigrist and the prints were hand-colored through stencils by the Curwen Press. With Five Pictures by Jacquier (Mrs. Ivy Skinner) and an Introduction by John Beresford. 198 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Beautifully printed with fine hand-colored plates in the original binding. Dreyfus 47 Marbled cloth. Leather label. Almost fine With Five Pictures by Jacquier (Mrs. Ivy Skinner) and an Introduction by John Beresford. 198 pp. 1 vols. 4to Number 542 of 1500 copies the text printed at the Kynoch Press, Birmingham; the pictures by A. Alexander and Sons. The copper plates were engraved by C. Sigrist and the prints were hand-colored through stencils by the Curwen Press.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Thomson, James. THE SEASONS. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$166.75 + shipping
Description: With five pictures by Jacquier and an Introduction by John Beresford. Pp. xxii+198+[2](colophon, blank), pochoir title page decoration and 5 plates within pagination, black & white title and headpiece decorations; tall cr. 4to; marbled cloth boards with gilt lettered beige leather skiver label on spine, short split at head of lower joint, the spine faded and with light crease at foot; uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, a couple of spots of foxing and occasional faint soiling; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927. Edition limited to 1,500 numbered copies. McKitterick 47. *The illustrations were printed from copperplates engraved by C. Sigrist after designs by Jacquier [Ivy Skinner], then water-coloured through stencils at the Curwen Press. Winter, the first poem in James Thomson's famous Seasons sequence was originally published in 1726, followed by Summer (1727), Spring (1728) and Autumn in 1730, when the set of four was published as The Seasons. The text of this edition is the poet's final revision (1746).
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to, 10 5/ 8 x 1 1/2 inches (270 x 190 mm); pp. [2] xx [2] 198 [2]. Five copperplate engravings and engraved decoration on title page, water-colored by hand with stencils, very light offset on facing pages. Full marbled cloth binding, calf label with gilt title at head of spine, which is somewhat sunned. Monotype Baskerville with Old face open and Fournier ornaments for headpieces, on Dutch mould-made paper. This is copy 1222 (inked in limitation colophon) of 1500 printed [Dreyfus 47]. A classic from 1776, The Seasons is a lengthy blank verse poem in four parts, reflecting on landscape and nature by the Scottish poet James Thomson (1700 - 1748) and his best known work. A dispute about its publishing rights gave rise to important legal decisions around copyright. Its German translation became the libretto for Haydn's oratorio by the same name. 'The Seasons may be said to be the life-work of the poet: he devoted twenty years to its composition, alteration and expansion. Thomson's poetry (which is more famous than familiar) is remarkable in that it anticipates not only the interest in nature as subject-matter, but even the diction and metre of the poetry of the Romantic Revival." [John Dreyfus. A History of The Nonesuch Press. London: 1981; p. 201] And the binding has a very special and durable feature in the hand-made cloth which was made in Leipzig. "It gives the formal richness of the old papers, with far greater durability." [p. 202] The NONESUCH PRESS was a private press founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel, and their mutual friend David Garnett who was a bookseller in Soho's Gerrard Street, in the basement of which the press began. It was unusual among private presses as it used a small hand press to design books, but had them printed by commercial printers, in order to produce book designs with the quality of a fine-press but available to a wider audience at lower prices. Meynell also wanted to demonstrate that "mechanical means could be made to serve fine ends." He believed that the production of exquisitely designed and produced books was not the preserve of the private press predicated upon the example established by William Morris's Kelmscott Press, which emphasized the primacy of the hand press printed book.
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Thomson, James.. The Seasons.. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition 198 pp Engravings Limited edition, #946 of 1500; marbled cloth over boards. Gilt spine title. Spine faded; corners lightly worn, endpapers lightly discoloured by glue, else very good.
Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada
Price: US$192.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A simply stunning book, marbled boards, gilt titles on spine. This lovely book is in really good condition, normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. No jacket. Of this edition of "THE SEASONS" 1,500 copies have been printed for sale in England and America: the text by The Kynoch Press, Birmingham; the pictures by A. Alexander and Sons. The copper plates were engraved by C.Sigrist, and the prints were water-coloured through stencils by The Curwen Press. This copy is number 7. 198 pages all intact, nice tight binding. All pages are of a high quality standard, hand cut serrated edges, some a shade different size to others, which only makes it to be such a special book. All pages, text and illustrations are in really good, clean, (however the edge of papers are a tad grubby from finger flicking) readable order. Corners of boards bend inwards slightly, tiny wear to front edge board and a wee bit of fading to spine. Overall a really lovely book that is perfect to preserve for future generations.
Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, BERKS, United Kingdom
Thomson, James. The Seasons.. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Full green crushed morocco by J. H. Elliott with red title labels and central vellum rectangular planel to front panel, simply gilt. Spine slightly sunned, minor rubbing to joints, near fine and handsome.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
THOMSON (James). The Seasons. Nonesuch Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$765.39 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Introduction by John Beresford. Illustrated by Jacquier [Mrs Ivy Skinner] with five copper plate engravings, hand-coloured through stencils by The Curwen Press. Limited edition of 1500 copies. 4to. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in dark green morocco with a central panel of tan morocco, the spine lettered and dated in gilt, hand-marbled endleaves, top edge gilt, others uncut.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom