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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Alastair (illustrator). Hardcover, has slight lean to binding, previous owner's name inked to first free endapge, slight bumps to spine ends and board corners, faint sunning to spine, and a couple small light spots of staining near upper corner of front board, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy in Good+ dust jacket which has bumps with shallow chips to spine ends and corners, edgewear with some short creased tears that have been internally repaired with small pieces clear tape, light sunning with small torn snag to spine, and rubbing with small spots of soiling to panels.
Published by Rarity Press, Nt, 1931
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Alastair (illustrator). 1st. 1st thus, limited edition; rose c w/lite sunning/rubbing; in mylar protective wraps; 197 clean, unmarked pages Size: 8 Vo; 2 Pounds.
Published by Rarity Press, Nt, 1931
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Alastair (illustrator). 1st. 1st, thus limited edition; rose c w/moderate wear at tips; slight sunning; ownr's plate; in mylar protective wraps 197 clean, unmarked pages Size: 8 Vo; 2 Pounds.
Published by Rarity Press
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. New York, 1931. Red cloth covered boards with silver spine titles; mild wear; jacket is worn with chips and tears in edges, now covered with Mylar jacket; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 196 pages.
Published by Rarity Press (Privately Printed), New York, 1931
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Alastair(Interior Artist) (illustrator). First Printing. Manon Lescaut by The Abbe Prevost (Alastair, Illus.) Firm square copy with minor rubbing to corners. Bright dust jacket with minor edge wear. Slight soiling to front cover. First thus. 11 two-color illustration plates by Alastair. Translated by D. C. Moylan. Introduction by Arthur Symmons. BOOK.
Published by John Lane, the Bodley Head, London, 1928
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Limited edition. Quarto; Limited edition, 278/1850; G/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with orange print; DJ has portions torn away at top, center, and bottom of spine, tears to rear top edge and flap fold corners, smudging, toning to spine, peripheral toning; Boards in grey cloth with orange print, wear to spine caps and corners, peripheral toning; Text block has orange tinted top edge, deckle edges, tanning/foxing to endpapers, else clean and tight; xxxv, 196 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (2-color). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. 1346686. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1928
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Jacket. Alastair (illustrator). 1st Edition.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1928
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Alastair (illustrator). Limited Edition. 1928 First Edition. Limited Edition. Size Folio. 197 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with Bronze titles to the front cover and spine. Title page printed in Red and Black. No dust jacket. Condition good, spine and edges of covers are faded and grubby, edges rubbed, Spotting to end-papers else contents very clean throughout, a couple of spots to margins of last couple of pages of text. The plates are very clean, protected with captioned tissue-guards. Two tone illustrations by Alastair. A Limited Edition of 1850. "Eighteen hundred and fifty numbered copies" though for some reason this copy has not been numbered, the line at the end of the limitation statement is blank. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head; Dodd, Mead and Company, London, 1928
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. ALASTAIR (illustrator). Boards (HB) in very good minus condition. Light wear and soiling to covers, small enclosed half inch tear top left of spine. Inside is all bright and clean with no marks, writings or folds of any kind. Shows off to full advantage the wonderfully twisted 11 full color illustrations by Alastair. The edition is limited to 1850 numbered copies for sale in England and America. This edition is numbered # 91. As this book is both over sized and heavy there will be an extra postage charge for priority mail or for shipping outside of the United States.
Published by John Lane; Dodd, Mead, London and New York, 1928
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Translated from the French by D. C. Moylan Introduction by Arthur Symons. xxxv, 197 pp. With eleven illustrations by Alastair. Folio, publisher's cloth in slipcase with two printed labels. No. 1,151 of 1850 copies. Bookplate tipped onto blank flyleaf; spine slightly tanned with one small spot; contents clean, tight and sound. The slipcase is dampstained at the bottom, repaired at joints, and with small chips to the covering paper.
Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited edition of 1,850 copies printed. Copy #1,451. Jacket is tanned and scuffed, but text is legible. Jacket spine is worn along edges with a large tear from top edge along back cover hinge. Book itself is in very good condition for its age. Spine is bumped and slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Published by Bodley Head; Dodd, Mead and Co. January 1928, 1928
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Good. Limited edition, 787/1850. Dust Jacket a little rough and browned on spine. Gift inscription. Limited edition, 787/1850. Dust Jacket a little rough and browned on spine. Gift inscription.
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., E-219, 1928
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd / Dodd, Mead and Company. 1928. Xxxv, 197 pgs. Illustrated with 10 pages of Color Plates. Number 265 of 1850 limited edition copies. Issued in a paper slipcase with a paper label present to the board. DJ has shelf-wear, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities (spine is sun darkened and faded). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt (20 October 1887 30 October 1969) , best known by his nickname Alastair, was a German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator. EB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 196 pages.