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Hughes, Ted. Orts. Rainbow Press, 1978.
Price: US$354.33 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: With a drawing by Leonard Baskin. Full black calf. Spine trifle marked, else very nice copy in slipcase. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Ownership signature of the author's daughter, Frieda.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted; Leonard Baskin (Illust). Orts. Rainbow Press, London, 1978.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages; [SIGNED] 1978 Printed at the John Roberts Press and bound by Zaehnsdorf in full blue/black polished calf leather lettered in gilt at spine. Published in an edition limited to 200 copies, this copy numbered 107 and signed by Hughes on the colophon. Illustrated from an etching by Baskin at front. Leather a trifle touched at spine. Felt lined slipcase solid and fresh. About Fine ; Signed by Author
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
HUGHES, Ted. Orts. Rainbow Press, London, 1978.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Frontispiece illustration by Leonard Baskin. Fine in fine black cloth publisher's slipcase. Printed letterpress on Italian paper, at the John Roberts Press, bound by Zaehnsdorf. Limited to 200 numbered copies Signed by Ted Hughes.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
HUGHES, TED. Orts. Rainbow Press, London, 1978.
Price: US$515.39 + shipping
Description: First edition - number 177 of 200 copies printed on Italian paper, in full black calf bound by Zaehnsdorf, signed by the author. With a drawing by Leonard Baskin. Slight fading to spine else an excellent copy in slipcase lined with flock fabric.
Seller: Peter Grogan, London, United Kingdom
HUGHES, Ted. Orts. Rainbow Press, London, 1978.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Frontispiece illustration by Leonard Baskin. Full calf. Fine in fine black cloth publisher's slipcase. Printed letterpress on Italian paper, at the John Roberts Press, bound by Zaehnsdorf. Limited to 200 numbered copies Signed by Ted Hughes.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hughes, Ted. Orts. Rainbow Press, London, 1978.
Price: US$578.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A perfectly beautiful Fine Press First Edition, signed and numbered. Bound in black calf, on rough-cut Italian paper, with bright endpapers, gilt top edges and a single illustration by Leonard Baskin, opposite the title page. Number 29 of an edition of 200. Features 63 short poems. Book is in fine conditon, slipcase is black boards lined in felt, with only slight shelfwear. This production is really lovely.
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
HUGHES, Ted.. Orts.. Rainbow Press, London., 1978.
Price: US$579.81 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece drawing by Leonard Baskin. Full black calf covers by Zaehnsdorf. Printed at the John Roberts Press on Italian paper. Patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. Sixty-three poems.One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author.Very near fine in fine publisher's cloth slipcase.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$612.02 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The sole printing published by The Rainbow Press, London in 1978. The numbered limited edition, this being number '11' of only 200 copies, signed by Ted Hughes on the limitation page. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a hint of spotting to the prelims. Patterned end-papers. Free from inscriptions. The B/W frontispiece illustration is by Leonard Baskin. Bound in the original full black calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, top edge gilt, printed at the John Roberts Press London, set in Bodoni types and printed on Italian handmade paper. Housed in the publishers original black cloth slipcase as issued. A very handsome production. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom