The Life and Letters of R.S.Hawker by Byles, C.E - 1905

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1905 The Abbey Press, 1905. Hardcover in good condition.. Hardcover. Good.

New York: John Lane, 1906. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Dark brown leather look embossed front board; embossed spine with gold print. Bumping and slight fraying to edges and corners of boards. Spine has a 5" long spilt where it looks like someone accidently cut it with a box opener. Pages detached along inside spine/gutter so book will lay open. Pages clean but a quick look through shows a couple of pages with neat underlining or pencil writing (I saw two pages with marks). Very slight browning to edges. 689 pages + additional advertising pages. Only print info stated is "MCMVI" on title page. "With two sketches by the Earl of Carlisle, Lithographs by J. Ley Pethybridge, andreproductions from portraits, photographs, etc." Large ex-libris ink stamp on ffep. Split along seam of front and back endpapers. Probably better than Good condition given it's age. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Frontis. has a Full-Length Colour Portrait of Rev. Hawker.Illustrated withh Full-page Drawings, photos etc.Special Period Binding Designed from old carved Oak in the Churches of Morwenstow and Wellcombe. Brown cloth cover with beautiful blind embossed Grape & Vine with central Floral Design on front & spine. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. XXIII (23) preliminary pages, main text 689 pages + publisher's adverts.7 3/4" tall, 940g.Some edge wear, tips of corners worn. Hinges sound & text block firm. Bookseller name embossed in corner of ffep. Previous owner's inscription and Note of Visit to Morwenstow dated 1906 on ffep. No other inscriptions.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Decorative Cloth. Good+. Frontis has a colour full length portrait of Rev. Hawker. In special Binding designed from Old oak in Morwenstow and Wellcombe Churches. Ornate Brown cloth cover with blind embossed grape & vine decoration, with central floral design to front & spine. Bright gilt lettering to spine. Top page edges Gilt. XXIII (23) preliminary pages. Main Text 689 Pages + Publisher's adverts. 7 3/4" Tall, 940g. Illustrated with full page Drawings, Photographs etc. Some edge wear, tips of corners worn. Hinges sound and text block firm. Bookseller name embossed in corner of ffep. Previous owner's inscription and note of visit to Morwenstow, dated 1906, on ffep. No other inscriptions. ( Other Hawker volumes in same bindings available.)

JOHN LANE, BODLEY HEAD. LONDON. 1905. FIRST EDITION, RED CLOTH, WEAR TO THE SPINE AND FRONT HINGE WEAK BUT A GOOD COPY. TWO SKETCHES BY THE EARL OF CARLISLE. LITHOGRAPHS BY J. LEY PETHYBRIDGE, AND REPRODUCTIONS FROM PORTRAITS, PHOTOGRAPHS ETC.