Search Results: Fine Presses & collector's editions from CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB

Tokyo: Meiji Press, 1937. Book. Good. Cloth (hardcover). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown coarse-weave cloth hardcover, with title labels to front and spine. Some toning to labels, moreso to spine, which also shows two shallow chips (not affecting letters). A light moisture stain affects rear endpapers as well as top and bottom edges of text. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Signed presentation copy from author to "Greta, With best wishes and kindest regards. Ken. Tokyo Christmas 1937." Scarce. 93p..

Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1914. Book. Illus. by Sullivan, Edmund J.. Very Good. Buckram. First Edition thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt green buckram cloth hardcovers. Top edge gilt. Grey endpapers. 12 colour illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan, tipped in. Fore and bottom edges uncut (untrimmed). Internally a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Elfick & Harris 24. xxii,655[+1][+ads.]p..

Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1911. Book. Illus. by Hardie, Charles Martin. Very Good. Buckram. First Edition thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt brown buckram cloth hardcovers. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edges uncut (untrimmed). Plain endpapers. Colour illustrations by Hardie, tipped in. Brief gift inscription, dated 1912. Internally a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Elfick & Harris 243. xxii,355+1[+ads.]p..

Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1911. Book. Illus. by Hardie, Charles Martin. Very Good. Suede. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Suede full leather stiff card covers with gilt lettering to spine and titling stamped to front. Yapp edges. Some discoloration to spine area and edges. All edges gilt. Grey endpapers. Colour illustrations by Hardie, tipped in. Internally a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Elfick & Harris 243, variant. xxii,355+1[+ads.]p..

London: Henry Frowde -- Hodder & Stoughton Book. Illus. by Aldin, Cecil. Very Good. Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [1913]. Light olive/tan paper-covered boards. Black titling to front and spine; Colour plate to front. Very bright all around, with some slight "furring" of paper surface at extremities. Pictorial endpapers. A clean, tight and unmarked book in very good to near fine condition -- a superb copy. Six colour illustrations by Aldin -- one is over two pages..

London: George Allen, 1899. Book. Illus. by Thomson, Hugh. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gilt decorative buckram cloth hardcovers. Unopened (ie. gatherings have not been slit). Edges uncut. This is the large-paper edition of 200 copies on hand-made paper. Slight rubbing to covers, and a little sunning to spine. Some moisture and bumping to lower fore-corners, with attendant staining to same part of endpapers and a few leaves, front and rear. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. Illustrated. lii,298p..

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Book. Illus. by Davie, Howard. Good. Cloth-backed boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Olive quarter-cloth binding over illustrated paper-covered boards. Black lettering to spine. Some moderate wear, rubbing and loss to extremities of covers. Occasional foxing to text. Otherwise a clean and unmarked book. Neat. Colour plates throughout, all present. 106+6[ads.]p..

Toronto: William Briggs, 1906. Book. Illus. by Campbell, V. Floyd. Poor. Cloth-backed boards. First Canadian Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green quarter-cloth binding over green grey paper-covered boards. Colour plate set to front cover. Moderate wear and rubbing to extremities. Text-block is loose from binding, with many loose pages and attendant edge-wear. There is significant loss to one colour illustration, but no loss to text. A few pages have closed tears. Rear endpaper is lost. A damaged (or well-used) example of the scarce Canadian issue of the first edition, with cancel title-page with the Toronto imprint. Interesting thus, and still readable, with all the entertaining colour prints and line illustrations. 180p..