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J. M. Barrie. Quality Street. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1913.
Price: US$180.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A colourfully illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's comical play, signed by Barrie to the half-title. Signed by J. M. Barrie to the half-title.The trade edition.Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, seventeen tipped-in colour plates, and monochrome illustrations.Collated, complete.'Quality Street' is a comical play by J. M. Barrie. The play follows two sisters, Phoebe and Susan, as they start a school for 'genteel children', trying to 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'. His other works, including this play, were popular, but often overshadowed by the success of 'Peter Pan'.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. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is discoloured and lightly rubbed. Small marks to the rear board. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some scattered spots. Author's inscription to the half-title is rubbed. Tissue guard to the frontispiece is detaching. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Barrie, J. M.. Quality Street: A Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1913.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher's full vellum, gilt titles, elaborate gilt tooling and decoration, top edge gilt, deckle edge, (12.5 x 10.5 inches). N.D. (no date, 1913. first edition copyright 1901, first Thomson illustrated edition of 1913). Number 37 of a limited edition of 1000 copies SIGNED by artist on limitation page. 197, [1] pages; 22 tipped-in colour plates with captioned and illustrated tissue guards, line drawings in-text. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to his Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press. This comedic stage play in four acts has been made into two films and a musical. Lacks the tie and some expected light page toning as usual, else a clean, bright copy inside and out of one of the earliest copies printed (37/1000) Size: Quarto
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Barrie, J. M.. Quality Street - A Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1913.
Price: US$193.15 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback, Publisher's original full vellum binding, with gilt titles and illustrations to spine and front board. vii, 197pp. Complete with 22 tipped in colour plates by Hugh Thomson, with tissue guards. Line drawings. No. 592 of a limited edition of only 1000 copies, signed by Hugh Thomson. Typically, lacking the silk ties from boards. Boards slightly bowed, binding a little darkened. Otherwise a very pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs100).
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$251.09 + shipping
Description: First edition. Deluxe edition, signed by Hugh Thomson. Large 4to. Publisher's original full vellum binding with gilt decoration and titles to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. An excellent copy, the binding with a rubbing and darkening to the extremities and a nicely rounded spine. Illustrated with 22 tipped in tissue guarded colour plates all of which are in fine condition. Further line drawings and vignettes by Hugh Thomson throughout. There is a partially removed bookplate to the front endpaper otherwise clean and bright throughout. This copy number hand numbered 633 of 1000. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
J M Barrie.. Quality Street: A Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1913.
Price: US$251.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good large de-luxe book in fresh full vellum covers with bright gilt titles to front and spine and elaborate decoration to front; slight bow to front board; re-ribboned. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; one of a LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES of which this is No. 534; SIGNED BY HUGH THOMSON, THE ILLUSTRATOR; over 20 delightful full colour illustrations by Thomson each with tissue guards bearing their title and a b/w vignette; binding tight; no foxing; top edges gilt, fore edges untrimmed; pp vii + 197[8]. A most attractive copy of this rather scarce book
Seller: Silver Trees Books, Malvern, WORCS, United Kingdom
Barrie, J. M.. Quality Street. Hodder & Stoughton, 1913.
Price: US$289.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'Quality Street' by J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Hodder & Stoughton [1913]. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is No. 59. Full vellum binding. Lacks silk ties, some foxing. Mark to spine. Good++.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$289.72 + shipping
Description: [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece, each mounted with a captioned tissue guard. Number 464 of 1000 copies thus, SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to the limitation page. Publisher's full vellum, with gilt tooling and decoration to spine and upper, as well as some contrasting purple ruling to upper. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A lovely crisp, clean copy, showing just a touch of spotting to endpapers, some minor expected bowing to boards, and a little light wear to vellum. Lacks original silk ties. Near fine.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
J. M. Barrie. Quality Street a Comedy in Four Acts. Hodder & Stoughton, 1913.
Price: US$315.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: no 342/1000 imted edition signed by artist. Full decorative vellum binding complete with all plates in very good clean condition.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$321.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. One of 1000 numbered copies. 4to.(12.5 x 10.3 inches). 22 mounted colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Publishers full vellum binding with elaborate gilt decoration to front board, within double gilt and triple blue ruled borders. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt,others untrimmed. As often with these deluxe editions the silk ties are missing from the boards. Overall a very good copy of this highly decorative and beautiful book.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.67 + shipping
Description: [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece, each mounted with a captioned tissue guard. Number 447 of 1000 copies thus, SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to the limitation page. Publisher's full vellum, with gilt tooling and decoration to spine and upper, as well as some contrasting purple ruling to upper. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Bookseller ticket (Simms of Bath) to pastedown, contents lean with no spotting, clovers clean and fresh, lacks original silk ties. Fine.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
BARRIE J. M.. QUALITY STREET - A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS. LONDON HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 1913.
Price: US$463.55 + shipping
Description: DE LUXE EDITION, ROYAL QUARTO, FULL VELUM, ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO THE FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 489 AND SIGNED BY HUGH THOMSON. WITH 22 TIPPED-IN COLOUR PLATES BY THOMSON. LACKS THE TIES. A VERY NICE COPY.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
BARRIE J.M.. Quality Street. A comedy in four acts.. , 1913.
Price: US$1119.82 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Hodder & Stoughton 1913. Quarto bound in original full pictorial vellum with front cover and spine stamped in gilt and silk ties. Top edge gilt and other edges uncut. viii 198pp. With mounted colour frontispiece and printed tissue-guard 21 full-page mounted colour plates with printed tissue-guards and numerous in-text illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the artist and numbered of which this is number 527. Fine large paper copy. Includes announcement card for an exhibition in London of the original water-colour drawings by Thomson. Scottish novelist and playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie 1860-1937 is undoubtedly best known for his classic children's character Peter Pan the very much-loved 'boy who wouldn't grow up'. Quality Street is an example of one of Barrie's earlier plays which premiered in New York and London where it proved especially popular in 1901 and 1902 respectively. Set on Quality Street in a little English country town during the Napoleonic wars this is the delightfully amusing story of Miss Phoebe Throssel and her alter ego Miss Livvy Phoebe's non-existent niece and her fraught pursuit of love in the form of one dashing Valentine Brown; or her pursuit as Phoebe herself phrases it of "every woman's birthright" namely "to be petted and admired" p. 77.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia