Search Results: Authors starting with I from GN Books and Prints

The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen.
Hardback, 1909, published by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 184 pages.
Duodecimo/12mo, measures around 7 1/2" by 4 5/8" by 3/4". Paper on card boards with quarter cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine. Some scuffing and a little marking to boards, much to spine, but quite clean. Wear to spine head and tail. Bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm, a little cracking to rear inner hinge. Page edges browned, marked and scuffed. A little foxing to endpapers, to odd mark to page surfaces, previous owner name inscribed to front free endpaper but otherwise pages quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Inventing Ethan Allen by John J. Duffy and H. Nicholas Muller III

Paperback, 2014, first print, illustrated, published by University Press of New England, Hanover & London, 285 pages + xii.
In good condition, close to very good. A little scuffing and slight marking to covers but clean, label to back cover. No creasing. Binding firm. Front cover a little bowed open. Some marking and scuffing to page edges but page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Utopia and Experiment: Essays in the sociology of cooperation by Henrik F. Infield.
Hardback, 1956, first UK edition, published by Atlantic Press, London, 320+ pages.
Measures around 8 5/8" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/8". Dust jacket displays marking, discolouration, scuffing and tattering with several chips missing. Dark green cloth binding with white lettering on spine, a little marking, including a cup mark, and scuffing, but quite clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges. Book has very slight forward tilt. A little slackness to binding but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a little marked. A little marking to endpapers, previous owner name and date to front free endpaper. Otherwise page surfaces very clean apart from the odd mark, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Mopsa the Fairy by Jean Ingelow, illustrated by Dora Curtis and four redrawn in colour by Diana Stanley

Hardcover, 1964, published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 142 pages + xii + 4-page catalogue of other publications at rear.
Measures 8 5/8" by 5 7/8". Some scuffing and marking, with a little creasing, chipping and tearing to dust jacket, which is price-clipped. Pictorial beige and pink cloth binding, firm, with green lettering to front board and spine, quite clean. Page edges a little marked and scuffed, staining to the odd page but otherwise reasonably clean. Page surfaces very clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Kill the Messenger by Bernard Ingham

Hardcover, 1991, first edition, first print, published by Harper Collins, London, 408 pages + xvi. Contains note of erratum pasted onto front free endpaper. Signed/inscribed by author on title page: "To Clare, with every good wish to a fellow Yorkshire [illegible - maybe "person"] Bernard Ingham 30.5.1991".
In very good condition. Light scuffing and some marking and yellowing to dust jacket. Binding firm and clean. Page edges very clean, only slight marking and scuffing to page edges. The odd mark to a few page surfaces but otherwise clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Troubles of Children and Parents by Susan Isaacs

















Hardback, 1948, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 238 pages + xiv.











Measures around 7 1/2" by 5". No dust jacket. Red cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to spine and fading to lettering. Scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding firm, very slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges a little browned, foxed marked and scuffed. A little marking to endpapers, the odd mark to other pages throughout, but generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Proper Tea: An English Collection of Recipes and Anecdotes, devised and illustrated by Joanna Isles

Hardcover, 1987, first edition, published by Piatkus, London, 95 pages. Signed/inscribed on front free endpaper: "March 1988 For Jeremy + Linda to thankyou and as a preamble to a real Tea Dance..... with Best Wishes from Joanna".
In good condition. No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Light scuffing and marking but quite clean and firm. Some marking to page edges but quite clean. Page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. Final blank page has creased corner. See pictures for more information.