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de la Mare, Walter. Songs of Childhood. Longmans Green and Co, 1923.
Price: US$109.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'Songs of Childhood' by Walter de la Mare. Longmans, Green and Co 1923 new edition. Limited edition of 310 copies signed by de la Mare. This is No. 41. Pages uncut. Very good in good dust jacket with some sunning and an internally repaired tear down the spine.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE,WALTER. Songs of Childhood. longmans green london 1923, 1923.
Price: US$123.75 + shipping
Description: new edition signed by author 174pp ills.[b/w and col.by estella canziani] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt dec.to top board,v.sl.soiled,spine v.sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to slip of paper pasted to ffep)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras: Longmans, Green and Co., 1923. 1923. Very good. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY WALTER DE LA MARE - Octavo, light grayish blue boards backed with a natural white parchment spine, titled in gilt on the spine. The white spine is slightly soiled and the edges of the covers are darkened. xiv, [i], 173 & [1] deckle-edged pages, with numerous textual illustrations and 8 color plates by Estella Canziani. Gotham Book Mart's discreet book label is mounted at the bottom of the rear pastedown. An internally near fine unopened copy, with an extra label tipped-in onto the rear pastedown. Limited edition of 310 numbered large paper copies, signed by Walter de la Mare.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
De La Mare, Walter. Songs of Childhood. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1923.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First thus. 8vo, half vellum, gilt lettering. The deluxe edition, limited to 310 copies signed y de la Mare. Illustrated with 8 full-page mounted color plates by Estella Canziani. A very good copy with lower corners heavily rubbed, some light soiling, bookplate inside front cover, pencil erasures on front flyleaves. Pristine text block. Lacking dustjacket.
Seller: Burns' Bizarre, IOBA, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
de la Mare, Walter. SONGS OF CHILDHOOD. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1923.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition of his first book, published under the name Walter Ramal in 1902. One of 310 SIGNED numbered copies with illustrations by Estella Canziani. Printed on hand-made paper and bound with vellum spine and boards. Spine a little soiled, corners bumped and spine ends have a few chips, otherwise very good condition.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
De La Mare, Walter. SONGS OF CHILDHOOD. Longmans, Green & Co., 1923.
Price: US$128.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st thus 1923. Very good condition with no wrapper. Originally published in 1902, this is the new and limited edition of 310 copies. Cream vellum spine with gilt title, grey boards. 8 pretty colour plates mounted with tissue-guards plus b/w illustrations. 172 pages, edges untrimmed. This is copy no. 204 SIGNED by the author. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and cover edges browned. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Tissue-guards to plates are browned. A couple of hinges are cracked. A few foxspots to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
DE LA MARE, Walter. Songs of Childhood - SIGNED limited edition. London: Longmans Green, 1923.
Price: US$129.18 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A New Edition, limited edition of 310 copies, this being #165, and SIGNED by the author to the limitation page. Bound in quarter vellum over paper covered hard boards. With 8 colour plate illustrations by Estella Canziani. Songs of Childhood was originally published in 1902. Some pages remain uncut. The book is in lovely Fine condition, the jacket is tanned to the spine and has a small hole (7mm x 3mm) to the lower spine.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
De La Mare, Walter. Songs of Childhood. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1923.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: One of 310 numbered copies with colored illustrations, signed by the author.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Canziani, Estella. New edition, Number 220 of 350 copies, signed. Illustrated with colour tipped in Illustrations by Estella Canziani. 175 oo. 1 vols. 12mo. Vellum and blue boards, edges uncut. Fine in slightly rubbed and soiled dj Illustrated with colour tipped in Illustrations by Estella Canziani. 175 oo. 1 vols. 12mo New edition, Number 220 of 350 copies, signed.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Walter De La Mare. Songs of Childhood. Longman Green, London, 1923.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SONGS OF CHILDHOOD. New Edition. DE LA MARE. WALTER.; CANZIANI. ESTELLA. Illustrates. Quantity Available: 1 Longmans, Green and Co. London., 1923. FIRST CANZIANI EDITION. 8vo Royal 9 by 6 inches. Beautifully illustrated with 8 wonderful full colour plates and dozens of line illustrations by Estella Canziani. A fine, bright copy in a fine, contemporary 3/4 red morocco Art Nouveau custom binding signed by Birdsall. , spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and decorated with gilt rules each with Greek designs a la Nouveau. Red cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A fine pretty binding on this beautiful book. Superb printing on 100% Rag hand made paper with deckle edge, very heavy stock, superb copy.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
de la Mare, Walter. SONGS OF CHILDHOOD. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1923.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: New Edition. Number 116 of 310 numbered copies signed by de la Mare on a special limitation page. De la Mare's first book, collection of poems originally published in 1902. All eight color plates by Canziani are present. Also illustrated with a number of black and white drawings. Quarter bound in white vellum over gray paper covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine. Probably never read as a number of pages remain unopened. Covers lightly toned along the edges. Near fine in not quite very good dust jacket with one inch chip from the base of the spine panel.
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$387.53 + shipping
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 310 copies only, of which this is no. 185. Octavo, pp. xiii, [1], 173, [1]. With 8 colour full page plates by Estella Canziani and additional black and white illustrations. Bound in quarter vellum and pale blue paper over publisher's boards, gilt fillet to vellum edge, gilt titles to spine, all edges uncut. With the original publisher's cream dust-jacket. Dust-jacket lightly faded to spine, slightly finger-marking with some miniscule nicks to top edge. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket. An excellent copy of this charming illustrated edition of De La Mare's first published work. Many of the pages unopened, the book appears unread and is a rare survival in the original 1923 dust-jacket. Boldly signed by De La Mare to the limitation leaf.
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom