Search Results: Titles starting with I from Thorn Books

Santa Fe: Press at the Palace of the Governors, 1921. Limited edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Unpaginated. Finely printed letterpress on Biblio and handmade Koravia paper; the cover paper is handmade by John Koller and marbled by Thomas Leech in warm brown and turquoise. Printed by Thomas Leech and James Bourland, who bound the edition in wraps in the style of travel journals. Title page in Irish calligraphy drawn by Patricia Musick. One of 100 numbered copies; this is copy number 86. Illustrated with a photograph of O'Malley and one of Stewart, as well as reproductions of eight of Stewart's linoleum block prints taken to Ireland by Ernie in 1934. The text printed excerpt from Ernie's diary, artistically arranged by the Palace Press. O'Malley, from Ireland, and Stewart, from Philadelphia, spent time in Santa Fe and Mexico in the 1930's. .

London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Leslie Jones. Folio. Unpaginated. Suede spine, cover of offset printing on linen after a watercolor by Denton Welch, with gilt title. Pictorial endpapers .Illustrations in both black and white and color. Frontispiece portrait. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is No. 113. Light foxing to the foredge and first two pages else near fine.In publisher's double slipcase (light abrasion from removal of a sticker on the rear).

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Comapny, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 4to. 194pp. Blue cloth blocked in deep blue, red and gilt. A fine copy. In a plain white dustwrapper with manuscript title on the spine. Introduction by Charles Mills. One of 350 numbered copies finely printed letterpress. This is copy 195. Signed by Charles Mills and John M. Carroll on the limitation page. In addition, there is a long inscription from Carroll on the front free endpaper dated 1983. .

Norwalk. CT: The Easton Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Gistave Doré.. Folio. Facsimile of the first Doré-illustrated edition of Tennyson's Idylls. Full leather blocked in gilt on the spine and on the boards. All edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Moiré endpapers. Bookplate, else a fine copy. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Illustrated by Eleanor F. Brickdale.. 4to. First Brickdale illustrated edition. Blue cloth blocked in a design in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. 21 exquisite mounted plates by Brickdale in her best style. A near fine copy with only traces of wear at the corners and edges.

London & New York: Hoddder & Stoughton, 1911. First Brickdale edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.. 8vo. viii,(2),216pp. Brown cloth blocked on the spine and upper boards with titles in gilt and designs in dark brown. Illustrated endpapers. Twelve full color full page plates by Brickdale. A fine, bright copy. The dustwrapper repeats the designs of the binding, but in dark brown only. It is lightly toned, shows some wear and chipping at the edges. The original price on the spine was at some time neatly excised, but left the "$" intact, indicating this was a copy intended for the American market. Contains "Enid," "Vivien," "Elaine" and "Guinevere" from Tennyson's Idylls. The designs on the upper board incorporate King Arthur's shield and crest, both forms of the expected dragon rampant. Neat gift inscription on the reverse of the frontispiece leaf. Scarce in this condition; rare in dustwrapper. Howey F-209. Fine.

London & New York: Hoddder & Stoughton, 1911. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio. Full vellum tooled in gilt and blue on the spine and upper board; top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with twenty full color tipped-in plates by Eleanor Brickdale. Vellum soiled and lightly rubbed with a few red spots in the lower left quadrant,, boards yawning, ties perished, else a very good copy. Contains "Enid," "Vivien," "Elaine" and "Guinevere" from Tennyson's Idylls. The designs on the upper board and spine incorporate Arthur's sword with crowns and hearts. One of 350 copies signed by the artist. This is No. 103. Howey F-209. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Illustrated by Eleanor F. Brickdale.. 4to. First Brickdale illustrated edition. Blue cloth blocked in a design in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. 21 exquisite mounted plates by Brickdale in her best style. A near fine copy.

London: Werner Shaw, 1983. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 4to. 156pp. Illustrated in black and white and color. Green morocco spine, gilt spine title; green cloth boards; top edge green. Dark green endpapers. A fine copy housed in custom cloth slipcase matching the boards. 255 bibliographic entries covering 1896-1979, preceded by background information and followed by appendix and index. Introduction by Oliver Robinson, the son of W. Heath Robinson. One of 5 numbered copies finely bound by the author and signed by him and by Oliver Robinson.

Guben (Prussia): F. Fechner, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin oblong 4to. Gray paper over boards with a decorative paste-on printed in black, red, yello , green and blue. 23pp. Several short children's stories, each with a large handcolored illustration. Rear board and spine appear later than the front over; woodcut bookplate of Marjorie Moonon the front paste down. Traces of soil and age spotting, some creasing to the upper board, else a very good copy and quite scarce: only one institutional copy located.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 31400. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and both upper and lower boards; upper edge gilt. Illustrated and with a full color frontispiece. Limited edition; 210 copies of which 200 were for sale. This is copy No. 208 and is a Review Copy with slip laid-in and also the card of Karl Küp from the Spencer Collection. A fine copy. The slipcase is lightly worn at edges and the lettering label is chipped else it is in very good condition.

(Rome): Jo. Jacobus de Rubeis (Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi), 1674. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong folio. 13 by 18 inches. Engraved title/dedication to and with portrait of Queen Christina followed by an engraved depiction of Raphael, who died in 1520. These are followed by 52 etchings which reproduce Raphael's paintings and which were executed by Cesare Fantetti or Pietro Aquila. Page edges are toned with age but the etchings are in fine condition. The title'dedication has a small right margin restoration else it is in near fine condition. Bound to style in quarter morocco, gilt spine title, printed paper boards. Overall a verygood to near fine examplar. Text in Latin. .

Mérida, Yucatan: Dante, 2013. Limited edition. Softcover. Fine. Oblong folio, softcover, approximately 13 by 17 inches, including borders. Eight full color prints by Castro Pacheco: La Siesta (1992), Los Músicos (1979), Los Amantes (1992), Mujeres Platicando (1992), Mujer en Rojo (1979), Mujer en Blanco (1990), Mujer Recargada (1985), and La Cinta (1992), Text (on rear cover) is in Spanish. Each print is signed in pencil by the artist. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Castro, of which this is No. 342. Fernando Castro Pacheco was a noted Mayan artist, and is especially remembered for the huge "murals" of Mayan history which adorn the walls of the Governor's Palace in Mérida, Yucatan. While this title was obviously published in 2000, it is housed in a publishers box dated 2013, the date of the artist's death. We believe that, of the original 500 copies signed by the artist in 2000, the small number remaining unsold at his death were specially packaged by the publisher, The box is of brown… Read More

Ithaca, NY: n.p., n.d.. Fine. Apparently a unique copy, one of Fernando Llosa's beautiful one-of-a-kind artist books. Fourteen mounted Indian ink washes by the artist loose in case. The mounts are 8 inches square. The illustrations vary considerably in size. Each mount is initialed by the artist on the reverse, and each illustration has a barely visible number written on the lower right corner. A fine set in its original clamshell case. The case itself is a work of art. Tan buckram. The upper board contains a raised square onto which are onlaid a golden disk and a petrified fossil. The inside is lined with a soft Asian paper containing flower petals. The artist has written the title and publishing information on the inside of the upper cover. While Llosa has done some limited editions, some books are unique. Examples are "Seen in Ithaca" and "A Glimpse of Death from the Vantage Point of Love". His books are always scarce and much in demand because of his fabulous ink washes. In fine condition. .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First English edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First English edition. 12mo. Original brown cloth blocked in gray and black. Top edge gilt. 314pp. followed by a 6 page publisher's catalogue. Lacks ffep, cloth has a couple of small bubbles, else this is a very good to near fine copy. The first edition was published in the United States in 1893. Author's first book. Scarce.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1981. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. Stated first edition. White cloth, gilt spine titles. Trace of wear along bottom edge else a fine copy. fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped; it has some light soil else is fine as well. Inscribed by the author on the half title; "For my friends Peter and Jackie...." dated 1981, th eyear of publication.

New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Thin folio. Unpaginated (42pp.) Cream-colored cloth with full color paste-on to the upper board. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is fine with the first state code of 1070 and the first state list of seven books on the rear flap, but with a second state price of $5.95 and with the Caldecott sticker on the upper cover. Inscribed by Sendak on the front free endpaper, "For the Fosters -- Cock - a - Doodle Doo! Maurice Sendak." Except for the price and sticker on the dustwrapper, this copy has all of the first printing indicia. Hanrahan A75.

Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, n.d.. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Single sheets 10 by 12 inches, printed letterpress, hand-colored, numbered and signed by the artist. Each illustration is accompanied by a separate sheet telling the story of the shield. A fine set housed in the publisher's black cloth clamshell case, printed spine label. One of 18 complete suites from a total printing of 48. The remaining sheets were sold individually. This set is No. 42. Scott Momaday is a Kiowa novelist. His work, House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and is considered the beginning of the Native American Renaissance. .

Bristol and London: W. Crofton Hemmons et al., 1896. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 269pp. Illustrated with full page plates with tissue guards as well as in-text illustrations. Full vellum blocked in gilt, the spine with title and a scene of nature, and the boards with floral borders. The upper board has a central illustration in gilt of someone walking in the country along with the title and author. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. SLight fading of the spine else a fine copy. One of 50 numbered copies; this is copy No. 18, signed by the author. Sketches describing the countryside and history of the west country of England. .

Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1941. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. Unpaginated. Natural linen cloth, the title printed in black on the upper board. Finely printed on Georgian paper by Harry Duncan, Katherine Frazier & Jane Ward, the staff of the Cummington Press. One of three hundred numbered copies; this is No. 236. A fine copy. The first book printed by the Cummington Press .