Hero and Leander

New York: Covici Friede, 1934. Hardcover. Good/Good. Richard Jones. First Covici, Friede printing, no additional printings; 4to, green cloth; good (cocked; top edge darkened and dustsoiled; spine ends bumped and worn; shelfwear; cracked at pp32-3, 48-9, 80-1, 96-7, 128-9; eps and pages toning) in good dj (soiled; long crease to both panels; spine browned; edges heavily chipped, torn,… Read more about this item

Birmimgham: Birmingham School Of Printing, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rose Thornton; Ivy Ellis. Beautifully produced under the direction of Leonard Jay at the renowned Birmingham School of Printing. Light offsetting from attractive woodcuts, but otherwise all in VG+ clean and bright internal order throughout. Blue cloth quite… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Caxton Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1945. First Thus. Softcover. Previous owner's rubber stamp on front fly leaf "Lionel W. Grindlay". Clear plastic jacket taped to inside covers. ; (39) pages. Card covers with black wrappers. Page dimensions: 220 x 135mm. Handset in 14 Point Italic Perpetua. "About her necke hung chaines of peble… Read more about this item

New York: Covici Friede, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. First thus. Very good with small stain on faded spine, brown spotting on end papers, and lightly bumped spine ends. The poet Norman Kraeft's copy with his signature on front pastedown and embossed ex libris stamp on end papers.

New York: Covici-Friede, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Richard Jones. VG- (endpaper gone). Scarce. Printed by S.A. Jacobs on quality paper. Folio size. Merits bindery restoration of endpaper. Binding is cloth boards.

Christchurch New Zealand: Caxton Press, 1945 stiff paper boards with printed dust jacket glued at spine, 37pp + imprint etc, not one of the 14 special copies, still a nice example of the quality achieved by Christchurch's premier (semi-) private press, no limitation given but would have been quite small considering War Economy Measures and the nature of the company.… Read more about this item

S.A. Jacobs, Van Rees Press. Used - Very Good. NY: S A Jacobs at Van Rees Press for Covici Friede 1934. 1st thus. Hardcover 4to 162 pgs. B/w illustrations. Very good in a good dust jacket. Light wear to spine ends. Toning/foxing spots to endpapers. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped and has edge tears. Light… Read more about this item

Christchurch, New Zealand: Caxton Press, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition thus printing private press printing Tall card covers with black wrappers. paperback 40 pp One corner of the black wrapper has a small amount of material missing otherwise near Very Good condition. No inscriptions.… Read more about this item

New York: Covici Friede, 193. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Jones, Richard. 162 pages. 1/2" dampstain on bottom of cover and first 30 pages in gutter, ink smudge on front cover, spine printing faded.; 6 x 10

NY: S.A. Jacobs, Van Rees Press, 1934. 1st thus edition; green c lw/gilt titles (fadding); 162 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Richard Jones. 4 vo.

NY and Washington: Johnson Reprint/Folger Lib.. Fine in a fine slipcase. 1972. hardcover. hardcover. 12mo . unpp. . Facsimile of the first edition. .

The Caxton Press 1945. first edition, softcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

1934. MARLOWE, Christopher. HERO AND LEANDER. Illustrated by Richard Jones and printed by S.A. Jacobs at The Van Rees Press. New York: Covici Friede, 1934. 8vo., green cloth, spine in gilt. A very good copy that shows some sunning at the spine and board perimeters, light rubbing at the spine ends. Bump with small perforation at bottom edge of… Read more about this item

NY: Covici-Friede, 1934. Richard Jones. Large 8vo, pp. 162. Illustrated by Richard Jones and printed by S. A, Jacobs at Van Rees Publishers. Some foxing throughout, spine slightly soiled, o/w VG.

CollectibleAcceptable. 1927 Maddox and Gray hardcover, unmarked, covers have significant wer and tear, parts of spine peeled. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

CollectibleGood. Vintage 1927 Maddox & Gray printing, HARDCOVER copy is solid with no dust jacket, unmarked text, mild wear. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping… Read more about this item

New York: Covici-Friede. 1934. 1st thus. Fine in chipped & browned jacket; 162 pp. .

New Zealand: Caxton Press. Good. Paperback. 1945. 36 pages. d/j on light card covers-small chip to d/j -slight corn er wear .

S.A. Jacobs, Van Rees Press, 1934T. hardcover. Acceptable. . Has heavier wear, tear, and dirtiness. Overall has some soiling and discoloration due to age and usage.

New York: Covici, Friede, 1934. Hardcover. Good condition, head & foot of spine worn . Richard Jones. 162p., illus.