Twenty-Four Portraits - Second Series

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.,, 1920. Octavo. Original tan cloth backed grey boards, grey endpapers, printed paper labels to spine and upper board, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 24 plates by William Rothenstein. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Boards a little rubbed and spotted, spine tanned, wear to corners. A very good copy. First edition, first impression of this collection of twenty-four portraits or authors, artists, and intellectuals by William Rothenstein, including Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, André Gide, Thomas Hardy, T. E. Lawrence, George Bernard Shaw, and H. G. Wells. Provenance: from the library of Conrad collector Stanley J. Seeger, with his bookplate.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. First. hardcover. fine. Illus., tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards. London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. First Edition The subjects include G.K. Chesterton, Aldous Huxley. Augustus John, Walter de la Mare, Bertrand Russell, Siegfried Sassoon, et al

London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. 1st Edition. 1/1500 copies. Gray, quarter cloth, gray paper wrapped boards, off-white title label and spine label, uncut fore-edge, TEG. A VG copy, age toning to boards, back strip sunned/age toned, spine label a bit chipped, corners bumped and rubbed, pencil markings and age toning to end papers, sketches and text bright and clean, light scuffing/soiling to lower corner, or lower past down end paper, spine tight.. Unpaginated. Twenty-four sketch reproductions by Mr. Rothenstein. 10-2/8" x 6-1/2" Sketched portraits (and short biographies) included are of G.K. Chesterton, Aldous Huxley, John Middleton Murry, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1920. Green cloth back strip. Paper spine and front cover labels. Top edge gilt Top and bottom of spine sunned. In chipped, darkened dust jacket. Limited to 200 copies, 1200 for sale in England, 800 in the United States. To the reproductions of Rothenstein's sketches of notable men of the period has been added a page of text about each one written by his friends, the "wise and witty writers of the appreciatory notes." including Max Beerbohm, Arnold Bennett, Eric Gill, H.G. Wells, Sir Edward Elgar, and 19 others. . Limited Edition. Green Cloth-covered Boards.. Moderate Edge Wear and Soiling/Chipped Dust Jacket. Tall Octavo.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1923. First edition of this book which was limited to 1500 copies. Unpaginated. "With critical appreciations by various hands". The second in a series of portraits which represented some of the great personalities of the early part of the twentieth century. Portraits include Compton Mackinzie, G.K. Chesterton, Aldous Huxley, Sir Edward Lutyens, Augustus John, Ralph Vaughan Williams etc. Grey paper covered boards with cloth spine. A very good, clean copy. Portraits are tissue protected.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

NY: Harcourt, Brace and Comany, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. First edition of 2000 copies, "of which 1200 are for sale in Great Britain and 800 in the U.S.A." Green papered boards with quarter cloth backing and paper spine label. Light wear to corners, with boards just peeking through the paper. One small abrasion to front panel. Spine shows dulling/darkening, though spine label remains complete and legible. Curiously, the title page has been professionally tipped onto the stub of a removed leaf, perhaps marking this as a later state of the first edition. Portrait subjects include Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, Andre Gide, Thomas Hardy, and H.G. Wells.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1920. Hardcover. 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.

London Chatto & Windus, 1923, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, limited to 1500 copies. Each drawing has tissue guard. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good (pages and plates are bright and crisp; cover tips lightly rubbed, and spine label touch tanned).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. Hardcover. 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.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. Book. Good. Cloth-backed boards. First Edition. 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..

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1920. Very good in green 1/2 cloth boards showing wear and tear to corners, light wear and fading to spine extremities, fading towazrd edges of pages, and light soiling to second endpaper at front. Limited to 2,000 copies.. Limited First Edition. Hard Bound. Very Good.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. Hardcover. Dust jacket and boards are protected with clear plastic sleeve. Jacket is marked and tanned and has loss on spine, rear lower leading corner and front upper edge. Hardcover leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Page edges are rough. A few marks in the volume. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Used.