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BARRIE J. M. - THOMSON Hugh. QUALITY STREET. A Comedy in Four Acts.. Hodder & Stoughton, 1901.
Price: US$166.35 + shipping
Description: In-4 carré ( 320 X 255 mm ) de 198 pages, plein vélin ivoire, dos lisse titré en doré, riche décor doré sur le premier plat. Illustrations en couleurs hors-texte contrecollées de Hugh THOMSON sous serpentes légendées. Tirage limité à 1000 exemplaires. Agréable exemplaire avec la signature autographe de Hugh THOMSON. Gravure Littérature
Seller: Tiré à Part, Marseille, France
BARRIE, J.M.. Quality Street: A Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder & Stoughton, Edinburgh, 1901.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tipped-in color frontis., 21 tipped-in color illustrations and many black and white text illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 198pp., small thick folio, gilt-stamped vellum with elaborate cover design, lacks ties, lettered tissue guards, t.e.g.; (cover slightly spotted and yellowed, light dampstaining on outer margin of a few pages). Edinburgh: Hodder and Stoughton, 1901. Very good. Limited Edition, one of 1000 copies, signed by Hugh Thompson on the limitation page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
BARRIE, J.M.. Quality Street: A Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder & Stoughton, Edinburgh, 1901.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tipped-in color frontispiece, and 21 tipped-in color illustrations and many black and white text illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 198 pages. Small thick folio, gilt-stamped vellum with elaborate cover design, lettered tissue guards, t.e.g. Edinburgh: Hodder and Stoughton, 1901. A near fine copy, lacking the silk ties. Limited Edition -- number 559 of 1000 copies, signed by Hugh Thompson on the limitation page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$303.00 + shipping
Description: Small Folio, 12.5 x 9.75 in., pp. vii, [1] (characters), 198. Illustrated with tipped-in water-color frontispiece and twenty-one additional tipped-in paintings by Hugh Thomson. Limited edition, #433/1000. Signed by the artist on limitation page. Contemporary vellum boards ruled with two gilt and three purple frames, gilt title, and an elaborately decorated gilt scene based on Thomson's art to front. Gilt title and decoration to spine. Gilt top-edge; fore-edge and bottom-edge untrimmed. Burgundy silk ties. Very light rubbing to boards. Spotting to right half of spine. Front board very lightly bowed. Captioned tissue-guards to plates. Light age-toning to pages. Includes laid in announcement of Hugh Thomson's 1913 exhibition of the original watercolor drawings for Quality Street at The Leicester Galleries. Olive-green cloth-covered slipcase with red interior. A lavish presentation of Quality Street, a comedy in four acts by Scottish playright and novelist J. M. Barrie (1860 - 1937), which was written before his more famous work Peter Pan. The story is about two sisters who start a school "for genteel children". The original Broadway production opened in 1901 and ran for only 64 performances. Hugh Thomson (1860- 1920) was an Irish Illustrator born at Coleraine near Derry, Ireland. He is best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie. Thomson inaugurated the Cranford School of illustration in 1891. Very Good / Near Fine (slipcase)
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
BARRIE J. M.. Quality Street A Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1901.
Price: US$420.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [vii] 198pp. Original vellum w gilt decoration and titles. Lacking ties. No 321 in LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST with 22 colour plates tipped-in each with a printed tissue guard. Also original invitation to the exhibition of the original water-colours at The Leicester Galleries, London. Attractjve book-plate to fep. TEG. Clean and tight, a lovely copy.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
J. M. Barrie. Quality Street a Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1901.
Price: US$452.77 + shipping
Description: A limited edition copy of J. M. Barrie's play 'Quality Street', illustrated with colour plates throughout by Hugh Thomson, signed by the artist. A limited edition work, limited to one thousand copies, this one numbered one-hundred and four. Signed by the artist to the edition page. 'Quality Street' is a play written by J. M. Barrie. The play follows two sisters, Phoebe and Susan, as they start a school for 'genteel children', as they try and get the attention of an old suitor who went away to war. The play was written before Barrie's famous 'Peter Pan', and it opened on Broadway in 1901, with the cast including Seymour Hicks, Ellaline Terriss, Marion Terry, and Irene Rooke. J. M. Barrie is best known for his work 'Peter Pan', who was inspired to write the novel by the Llewelyn Davies boys. His other works, including this play, were popular, but often overshadowed by the success of 'Peter Pan'. With a colour frontispiece, and twenty-one colour plates. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Thomson was an Irish illustrator, who did pen-and-ink illustrations for editions of works by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's vellum binding with gilt decoration to the boards and spine. Externally, generally smart. Light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine, as is usual with vellum binding. Light spots to the spine. Lacking the ribbon tie to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$582.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With a 2 page hand written letter, signed by Barrie. Book measures 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Collation, vii,[2],197,[1],pp, 22 tipped in coloured plates. Bound by Bayntun, in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt tooling within compartments, top gilt edge, marble endpapers. Leather lightly rubbed on edges and corners, cloth has a light stain mark. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy. Size: Quarto
Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom