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Seller's Description:
Good. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Sketch portraits of G. K. Chesterton, Aldous Huxlet, Bertrand Russell, Laurence Binyon, Siegried Sassoon among others. Hardcover. Some rubbing and light bumping to covers. Ex libris (seminary library) with some library marks, but lightly used. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Neat.
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Very Good. Very good. Rubbed at spine ends and corners. Yellowed along spine, yellow spots on cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards with printed paper labels. Slight foxing on front fly, moderate wear at the corners and spine ends, very good, lacking the dustwrapper. One of 2000 copies. Portraits of mostly English creatives, especially authors.
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Very Good. First edition, American issue being one of 800 copies out of a total 2000 copies printed in American and UK. Illustrated with 24 sepia prints by Rothenstein. Large octavo. Green cloth spine papercovered boards with paper label on front board and spine. Small bookstore label on front pastedown, small stain on top margin of the illustrated page entitled "Sir Edward Elgar", corners rubbed, very good. Reproduces portraits, by William Rothenstein, of George Bernard Shaw. George Russell, J. Conrad, T. Hardy, T.E. Lawrence, M. Beerbohm, A. Bennett, R. Bridges, J. Galsworthy, J. Drinkwater, A. Gide, A.E. Housman, W.H. Hudson, H.G. Wells et al. Each portrait is accompanied by a biographical sketch; in his preface William Rothenstein thanks the subjects, stating: "...I am proud to have had the co-operation of the wise and witty writers of the appreciatory notes..." and he then thanks each subject.
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Boards ever so slightly browned at edges; very slight browning to upper edge of spine label; otherwise a near fine copy in a nice jacket with some light overall soiling and a few closed tears. Small folio,
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A fine copy in a jacket with a few small chips and a larger one at the top of the spine, which slightly affects the author's name. A split at the front joint has been neatly repaired with Japanese tissue. Small folio,
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Illustrated by B & W Reproductions. Very Good. Limited to 1500 copies. Jacket has a few small chips and short tears. One long tear along front spine fold.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.