Search Results: Authors starting with N from Blue Sky Rare Books

Lulu Enterprises, UK Ltd., 2007. Apparent First. Paperback. Fine. Apparent First. New

London: The Folio Society, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Slipcase, jacket, book, and contents all as new. Fine. A beautiful reproduciton of an expensive book that also rarely turns up in truly fine conditon.

Scolar Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Book and jacket near fine. Free of all markings.

Ithaca, NY: Clandestine Press, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. A charming keepsake, set in Zapf's Palantino type. For sale for the Victor Hammer Felowship at the Wells College Book Arts Center. Blue wraps over plain paper. Nice letterpress item, one of 100 issued. As new.

London: Grant Richards limited, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. C.W.R. Nevinson. This book is known for the beautiful color offset lithograph by Nevinson, signed in pencil. One of the great WWI images in striking color. Plate is near fine (just very minor far-edge wear at the text block contact), beautiful image. Quarter grey-green cloth with gray boards. Boards are worn and there is some paper chipping. Overall size 290 x 228mm (11 1/2 x 9 in). The binding is a very loose sewn binding, obviously intended for easy removal of the signed lithograph.

Paulist Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine in protective mylar wrap. Nice book

2007: Oxford University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Hardcover. Book and jacket fine, warmly inscribed by the author.

Kyoto: Heiando, 1972. first edition. Hardcover. Fine. 280 p. : 278 ill. (193 col.) ; 26 x 26 cm. Book fine, about as new, in original plain plastic wrapper. Gorgeous copy. Paper slipcase is good only, worn and split. Important reference work, beautifully printed. Nicely designed book: large Zen symbol painted and pressed onto the front board, all illustrations in color.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Lovely set, very near fine or fine. 10 volumes. Gravure frontispiece from photograph by Arnold Genthe. 21.5x14.5 cm. (8 x5æ"), full gray-brown levant morocco tooled in gilt on the covers and spines, raised bands, red levant morocco doublures tooled in gilt, moirÈ silk free endleaves on morocco hinges, top edges gilt -- an exceptionally well-bound set in beautiful condition (see photos). Period armorial bookplate of the original owner on the front flyleaves following the silk endleaves. No. 5 of 245 sets of the Argonaut Manuscript Edition. With original sheet of ink manuscript by Frank Norris from McTeague, inserted in front of Vol. I (The Octopus). It is a 16x10" sheet of paper which folds, and has the original ink smears and fingerprints of the author.

Lausanne: Èditions AndrÈ Gonin., 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Marcel North. Copy No. 4 of 6 "exemplaires sur Verges surfin blanc a la main filigrane Guarro Molivell, comprenant une suite sur Chine, un cuivre barre et une etude originale signee, justifes de B a G." One of six copies with an exrta suite of the intaglio illustrations and an original copper intaglio plate in a folder. Loose in sheets as issued, the set in vellum backed folder in slipcase. Signed by the publisher and Marcel North, with an additional proof strike of one of the plates and an original full-page pen-and-ink illustration (a preliminary sketch) on what looks like japanese vellum paper. Lovely copy, minor wear to the slipcase and dab of what looks like binders glue on the spine.