WOOD ENGRAVINGS
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THE NORSE MYTHS
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Illustrated by Jane Lydbury.
Stock no. 1827631
Published by Folio Society.
1991.
Nearly fine condition.
Top edge red. Burgundy leather spine, with silver title. Grey and white decorated boards. B/w illustrations. Introduced and retold by Crossley-Holland. Third printing. Tiny patch of red ink bleeding from top edge to top margin of front endpaper and half-title page. Else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is very clean.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
- NORWAY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Written by Flavius Arrianus; Aubrey De Selincourt.
Illustrated by Raymond Hawthorn.
Stock no. 1827291
Published by Folio Society.
1971.
Very good condition.
Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt. Turquoise/blue cloth with silver title to spine and head motif to front cover. Wood Engravings by Hawthorn. Second impression. Light corner crease to top corner prelims. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed and worn at corners.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- BIOGRAPHY
GOING FISHING
Written by Negley Farson.
Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1326733
Published by White Lion Publishers.
1st thus
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New edition. Tales of fishing between the two world wars. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 143 numbered pages. ISBN: 0856179507. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine (which is also slightly grubby).
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- FLY FISHING
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
THE SONNETS & A LOVER'S COMPLAINT
Written by William Shakespeare; Katherine Duncan-Jones.
Illustrated by Simon Brett; Peter Reddick; Jane Lydbury; et al..
Stock no. 1827013
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Reissue of the 1989 edition with new binding. Introduction by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Blue/burgundy silk moire boards. Lilac endpapers. B/w engravings by various engravers. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- SHAKESPEARE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
THE FISHERMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1326254
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1946.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Something unique for all lovers of angling, a selection from some of the best descriptive writing in English, practical advice, unusual adventures, records, everything which can recall for fishermen the pleasures of their chosen sport. Illustrated thoughout with BB's dramatic woodcuts. 568 thin pages. Small format, 6.75" x 4.25" Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges slightly rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and slightly grubby/browned, small stain to base of spine.
- Categorised in:
- ILLUSTRATED
- ANGLING
- FIELD SPORTS
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB; Duff Hart-Davis.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826890
Published by White Lion Books.
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A companion volume to BB's "Fisherman's Bedside Book", illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. A handsome new edition with an introduction by Duff Hart-Davis. ISBN: 1874762112. Reprint.Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and spine edges of panels, tiny nick to front vertical edge.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826110
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1947.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. Boards a little grubby. Spine is a little cocked. Some minor foxing mainly to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners with slight loss, surface paper rubbing to spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- HUNTING
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
THREE CLASSIC NOVELS
Written by Jane Austen.
Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1325651
Published by Folio Society.
1997.
Nearly fine condition.
Three volumes. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma. Red cloth. Wood engravings. Eighteenth printing, reset. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly dusty and rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
THE SPORTSMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1325099
Published by The Country Library.
1940.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The essence of the English countryside captured in text and superb wood-engravings and sepia plates. 7 etchings by BB, 5 drawings by G.D.Armour and chapter tail-pieces by BB. 237 pages. Green cloth, yellow title to spine. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn and marked with damp stains to spine and loss to spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323825
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd..
1st
1927.
Almost very good condition.
No. 4 of The Ariel Poems. Pink cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustration. A very slim volume. Covers slightly grubby, mark to front cover. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young.
Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1323737
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1937.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Spine bumped. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Large foxspots to preliminary pages, some smaller foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, spine browned with slight loss at top and bottom and also a small hole to centre.
- Categorised in:
- COUNTRYSIDE
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
A BOOK OF BIRDS
Written by Mary Priestley.
Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1323728
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd..
1st
1937.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
82 wood-engravings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine 384 pages. A scarce Tunnicliffe item. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to cover edges. Endpapers foxed. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, grubby, foxed and browned to spine. Crease to front flap.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS