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Shakespeare, William.. Venus and Adonis.. Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart., 1931.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Leather-backed tan cloth. Tall quarto. 81pp. Reddish-brown cardboard slipcase. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Copy #297 of 1175 copies signed by Rockwell Kent. This copy is also inscribed by Leo Hart to noted book editor, Saxe Commins. A worn copy with much chipping and wear to the leather spine which lacks several pieces. The cloth covers are very good with some light soiling. The text is very good and clean. The slipcase is good with a short split at the bottom and some edge-chipping.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. Leo Hart, Rochester, New York, 1931.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Three-quarter maroon leather with tan cloth boards, maroon slipcase, gilt letters on spine, gilt top edge, 82 pp., 21 illus. SIGNED BY ROCKWELL KENT on the limitation page. Poem by Shakespeare, with enhanced pen-and-ink illus. by American artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). #856 of 1250 copies, and signed by Rockwell Kent on the rear fly leaf. Isn't Valentine's Day approaching? G (Ex-library, with spine marks on slipcase, book block pages are all uncut at top edges, leather spine head & heel are worn down a layer, slipcase shows edge wear, text block itself is very good.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 11 in. Quarto. Brown calf with linen boards. Signed by Kent on the limitation pg, copy 1092/1250. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; leather supple, joints excellent. Some small marks and scuffs to spine. Covers very clean with no shelf wear. Binding tight, textspotless. The publisher used folded sheets and the pgs are uncut where there is no need to cut them, i.e., no printing on those pgs. Original slipcase is a bit rough, sunned, edges chipped, one joint started, rear lower end broken but it doesn't affect the overall solidity of the case much at all. RK. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. The Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, 1931.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Limited to 1250 copies signed by Kent. Good in an about Very Good slipcase, sunning and soiling, some chips to the paper. Quarter red leather, some chipping and flaking, with silk on the boards, lightly soiled. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Ltd. SIGNED edition 589/1250. SIGNED by the illustrator. T.e.g. with gilt stamped spine title. Spine bound in leather. Deckled edges. Slight edgewear with bumping to spine ends. Scraping along spine and spine ends. Small chips to tail of spine. Fading to spine. Slight rubbing with light stains to covers. Previous owner's note to f.p.d. Rubbing and fading to slipcase. Edgewear to slipcase with abrasion to upper front foredge. Bottom edge of slipcase detaching from front panel starting at foredge. Top edge of slipcase detaching from front and rear panels. VG in VG slipcase.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, NY, 1931.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition of 1250 copies, this being no. 607. Signed by the illustrator Rockwell Kent on the limitations page. Near Fine. Leather spine and corners over cloth boards. Touch of wear and very slight sunning to spine. The brown slipcase is Very Good, with no splits or tears.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original cloth and gilt-stamped leather spine. In original slipcase. 28 cm. 81 pages. Two-color illustrations by Kent throughout. This copy has been signed by Rockwell Kent directly on the limitations page at the rear of the book. The book is in near fine condition. Previous owner's name/date written on the front loose end page. Hinges tight, interior pages bright. The leather spine is in excellent overall condition with just a touch of scuffing and edge wear to the head and tail. Light edge wear/bumping to the covers. Moderate to heavy edge wear, soiling, staining to the slipcase. Limited edition of 1250 signed copies (this being no. 1034).
Seller: JNBookseller, Palm Harbor, FL, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. VENUS AND ADONIS. Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, 1931.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 1250 copies Signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 707. Quarto. 81p. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Gilt-titled leather spine over linen boards, t.e.g. Printed in black and brown on French-fold paper with typography by Will Ransom. Quite scarce with the spine still in decent condition. Fine but for minor wear to spine extremes, in slipcase Limited to 1250 copies Signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 707.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Number 1143 from an edition of 1250 printed on Hand & Arrows paper. Features typography by Will Ransom. An attractive edition of this classic that includes illustrations by Rockwell Kent. A very good plus copy with the pages partially unopened in cloth covered boards with leather spine that has some of the usual wear and a former owner signature to the second blank endpaper in a very good slipcase that has some minor wear. No dust jacket. Signed by Kent on the limitation page.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Shakespeare, William. VENUS AND ADONIS. Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, 1931.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 1250 copies Signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 1111. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 4to. Gilt-titled leather spine over linen boards, t.e.g. Printed in black and brown on French-fold paper with typography by Will Ransom. Quite scarce with the spine still in fine condition. Limited to 1250 copies Signed by Rockwell Kent, this no. 1111.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cardboard box containing 21 individual matted plates with acetate overlays. These plates reproduce Rockwell Kent's illustrations for "Venus and Adonis" and were issued thus to accompany the deluxe edition of the book (limited to 75 copies). They are offered here separately from the book. Each mat has "The Printing House of Leo Hart" printed in the lower inside corner. The plate are in very good condition. Many of them have come loose in the mat and have old glue stain marks in the upper (unseen) margin. The visible portion of each plate is clean and free of any markings. The acetate overlays are all present and have some light browning. A few of the mats have some light tanning and soiling. The box is in good condition with some fading and wear. One corner is chipped and torn and both covers have old tape marks across the middle.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
SHAKESPEARE, William. Venus and Adonis. Leo Hart, Rochester, 1931.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Color woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 81pp., 4to, 1/4 brown calf over silk boards, t.e.g., uncut. Rochester, New York: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1931. Limited Edition. Fine. One of 1250 copies signed by Kent, with typography by Will Ransom.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.