Search Results: the kingdom of the pearl by leonard rosenthal

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006-02-17. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006-02-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Brentano's. Limited edition. Cloth. Fair. Edmund Dulac. Limited edition of 675, of which this is 417. Folio, 150 pp., bound in cloth with decorated paper boards. Spine attached on one side only, board tips and edges rubbed through, PLATES MISSING. A good copy for reading.

Hardback. New.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Book. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Full leather with attractive gilt design with minor wear thus near fine. A limited edition. .

New York: Brentano's, 1920. Deluxe Edition . Quarter Vellum / Beige Boards. Poor. 12 1/4" Tall. Plates Removed. 151 Pp. Deluxe Edition, 1/100 Copies For The U.S.A., Printed In Great Britain, Bound In Quarter Vellum, Gilt Lettering And Decorations On Spine And Front Cover, "Brentano's" At Base Of Spine, High Quality Paper. All Gilt Still Brilliant. Wear To Boards With Small Losses At Lower Tips, Light Soiling. Lacking Signed Limitation Page, And All Plates, Which Were Excised At The Spine Edge, Leaving Partial Cuts At The Spine Edges Of Adjacent Pages, But Binding Tight, Decorated Endpapers Immaculate, No Names Or Marks. Quite Scarce.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. First Hodder and Stoughton Editi. Hardcover. Fine. Edward Dulac. Featuring 10 beautiful color plates by Edward Dulac, including a frontispiece. Each plate is glued in and has a tissue guard. Full teal blue leather decorated and titled in gold. Hubbed spine, gilt page edges, dark blue silk moire end sheets, silk ribbon bookmark. 151 pp. A few small scratches on fore edge. Light edge wear on bottom edge. Full refund if not satisfied.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Hardcover. fine. Quarto. Bound in full blue decorated leather. 150pp. Ten full page color tipped in illustrations by Edmund Dulac.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. NF. Limited Edition, 1st Thus. 19.3 x 26.5 cm black leather with gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine. Blue silk endpapers, [xii] 150 [10]pp with 10 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards and a ribbon book mark. A near fine book with just a hint of shelf wear. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The tipped in plates are all in fine condition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Nisbet & Co, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy #594 of only 675 numbered copies issued. 10 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac. A Very Good copy in the original white cloth over grey boards printed in silver, with paper label on the front cover, spine stampe in gilt (some smudging and light wear to cloth; boards rubbed at corners, pen note on the back of the cloth near the spine (see image)). A scarce work on Pearls, beautifully illustrated by Dulac.

Brentano's, 1/1/1921. Hardcover. Good. Limited edition, no. 23 of 675 copies. Publisher's 1/4 white cloth of black and silver pictorial boards. 150 pages, 10 leaves of mounted color illustration plates; 30 cm. Top edge gilt. Light shelf wear. Bump on cover edge. Hughey 54e; Sinkakas 5559. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

New York: Brentano's, 1921. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 151 pages. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Top edge gilt. Gilt title on white cloth spine, front cover with sea motif in silver over gray paper. Title on pastedown in upper right corner of front cover. Hand numbered #93 of 675 copies. Features 10 full color tipped-in plates illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Cover corners with light/moderate rubbing. Hinges intact but tender. Nice copy. Record # 612389

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1920. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edmund Dulac. A book on the subject of the Pearl (unsurprisingly) illustrated with 10 coloured plates by Edmund Dulac. Quarter bound with grey boards and white cloth spine, TEG. The top board is decorated with a maritime theme of shells and waves. Limited to 675 copies this copy is, internally, in very good condition with boards that are a trifle scuffed with a rubbed spine (see photos). Two pages have neat pencil annotations. Uncommon.

Brentano's, New York, undated. Early Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Edmund Dulac. LEONARD ROSENTHAL. The Kingdom of the Pearl, New York: Brentano's, undated (1920s).Quarto, copy No. 151 of an edition of 675, pp. [viii], 151, 10 illustrations by Edmund Dulac tipped in, under tissue guards, printed boards quarter-bound in vellum with gilt lettering and nautical decoration to spine, paper label on front, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Worldcat lists the date of printing as 1925, other sources disagree or say nothing at all. Rosethal's text covers the history of pearls, their treatment, harvesting and marketing; Dulac's illustrations are in a Persian style.Condition of this book:Covers soiled, spine darkened, spine ends and edges chipped. Leaves toning with occasional minor staining, plates fine, overall good and sound. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Special Limited Edition,… Read More

London. Nisbet & Co. [1920], 1920. Hardcover. 4to. 29cm, 151p., limited edition of 675 copies, this being #298, (for sale in the British Empire), with 10 tipped in colour plates including frontis, titled tissue guards, decorated endpapers, in the original quarter white fine grain linen backed silver decorated paper over boards, gilt spine titles and device on the spine, paper title label on upper cover, t.e.g., expertly rebacked, some slight foxing throughout, some soiling on the spine and upper cover, upper cover slightly faded, a good to very good sound copy (Igc). - A history and study of the pearl first published in 1919 and vividly enhanced by Dulac illustrations in 1920. The ten delightful water colours are in the artist's characteristic decorative Oriental style.

New York: Brentano's, 1925. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Brentano's, [1925]. First U.S. Trade Edition, printed in a run of 675 copies, of which this is #312. Quarto. 151 pp. 10 color plates by Dulac, mounted on white art paper, framed with gray-green lines, with tissue guards printed at top with black letterpress. Dust jacket of tan paper printed in lavender with geometric seaweed design. Half white cloth with grey papered boards, stamped in silver with design of stylized waves and sea shells, spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt; geometric seaweed endpapers. Dust jacket chipped with several short closed tears and rubbed along edges with some unfortunate dampstaining along spine, and a longer 5" tear to front joint starting at bottom edge. Large dampstain to bottom quarter of back board extending up along fore-edge, with some runs and ripples to paper and outward bowing toward fore-edge. Boards otherwise lightly edgeworn with exposure to bottom edge near corners. Binding is sound. Bookseller… Read More

London Uk: Nisbet, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12 1/4" Tall. 151 Pp. First Edition, #152 Of 675 Copies For The Uk, Bound In Quarter Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt, Over Illustrated Boards With Printed Paper Label, Printed On Thick, High Quality Paper. Color Plates Tipped In. All Gilt Still Brilliant. Very Good, Wear To Boards With Fraying At Edges, Some Browning To Spine Cloth. Binding Tight, Decorated Endpapers Immaculate, Very Nice Illustrated Engraved Bookplate Of E. Howard Paget, 1926. Quite Scarce.

New York: Brentano. 1st ed. Dulac, Edmund. #128 of 675 copies allocated for sale in America.10 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards by Edmund Dulac. 4to half white cloth and grey paper-covered boards, decorated with a Dulac underwater design of stylized waves and sea shells, silver on a black background. Gilt spine titles and vignette, small onlaid title plate on the cover. Includes just the rear half of the dust wrapper, lavender on cream paper, edgeworn. The bottom tips have about 1/2" worn through to boards, small scuff on the upper left cover, 4 tape residue marks on the free endpapers.Light to moderate foxing inside. Bright covers and spine, near fine. Although the theme of this is pearls, their history, commerce and origin, Dulac has incorporated his love of Asian and Persian mythology in each plate, sporting naked ladies and characters in ornate costumes and settings. This was first published in 1920, when he was migrating from his traditional style to a more stylized Art Deco,… Read More

Nisbet,, [1920]. 4to., First Edition thus, with fine tipped-in coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 9 fine tipped-in coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present) and patterned endpapers, some very light and virtually negligible spotting; original dark grey boards, upper board patterned in silver with printed paper label (chipped and worn), ivory cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, boards lightly chafed at corners else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 675 NUMBERED COPIES FOR SALE IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE (THIS COPY NO. 162). Hughey 54c.